A 'small' benefit-concert to raise funds for the 7th Watts Summer Festival. This festival begun as a memorial to the 34 people killed in the 1965 Watts Riots.
Wattstax 1972
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Date
Sun Aug 20, 1972
Map
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
3911 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles California 90037
United States
Los Angeles California 90037
United States
Years active
1972
Founded by
Stax Record's director Forrest Hamilton, Al Bell and Tommy Jacquette
Documentary Wattstax (1973), directed by Mel Stuart.
Official Links
Arts & Acts
- Albert King
- Billy Eckstine
- Carla Thomas
- David Porter
- Debra Manning
- Eddie Floyd
- Eric Mercury
- Ernie Hines
- Freddy Robinson
- Freddy Williamson
- Fredric Knight
- Hot, Buttered and Soul
- Isaac Hayes
- Jesse Jackson
- Jimmy Jones
- Joe Hicks
- John Kasandra
- Johnnie Taylor
- Kim Weston
- Lee Sain
- Little Milton
- Little Sonny
- Luther Ingram
- Mel and Tim
- Newcomers
- Rance Allen Group
- Rufus Thomas
- Sons of Slum
- Soul Children
- Temprees
- The Bar-Kays
- The Emotions
- The Movement
- The Staple Singers
- Tommy Tate
- William Bell
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