Wattstax
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title:
Wattstax
text:
Wattstax was a benefit concert organized by Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 1965 riots in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles. The concert took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on August 20, 1972. The concert's performers included all of Stax's prominent artists at the time. The genres of the songs performed included soul, gospel, R&B, blues, funk, and jazz. Months after the festival, Stax released a double LP of the concert's highlights, Wat
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1973 benefit concert and film in Watts, Los Angeles, California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattstax
date created:
2005-01-20T21:29:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T04:22:04Z
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