Spinning Gold

Spinning Gold 2023

5.30

Vad har Donna Summer, Gladys Knight, The Isley Brothers och The Village People gemensamt med rockbandet KISS? De nådde alla sina musikaliska höjdpunkter på grund av musikbranschens mest färgstarka och briljanta musikproducent, Neil Bogart. Han grundade Casablanca Records som kom att bli ett av det mest framgångsrika skivbolaget genom tiderna. Casablanca Records förändrade musikbranschen och deras kreativa galenskap och musiken de skapade, formade vår kultur och i slutändan definierade en hel generation. I en historia så osannolik att den bara kan vara sann skapade Casablanca Records vårt livs största soundtrack.

2023

Little Richard – rockens supernova

Little Richard – rockens supernova 2023

6.65

När Little Richard äntrade scenen exploderade rockmusiken. I en uppmärksammad dokumentär ifrågasätts den vittvättade amerikanska pophistorien och belyser såväl den legendariske rockikonens genomslagskraft som hela pophistoriens afroamerikanska rötter. Genom exklusivt arkivmaterial med stjärnor som Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney och Nile Rodgers samt genom insikter från forskare inom svart populärkultur och queerhistoriker skildras Richards unika karriär och liv.

2023

James Brown: Say It Loud

James Brown: Say It Loud 2024

8.00

Traces the incredible trajectory of Brown’s life and career from a 7th grade drop-out arrested and jailed at the age of 16 for breaking into a car in the Jim Crow-era South, to an entertainment legend whose groundbreaking talent and unique perspective catapulted him to become a cultural force.

2024

The Bobby Brown Story

The Bobby Brown Story 2018

7.20

The life and career of R&B singer Bobby Brown, who left the pop group New Edition to score eight consecutive top-10 pop singles as a solo artist before his life began to unravel after his marriage to pop icon Whitney Houston.

2018

Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music

Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music 2005

7.00

Soul music has conquered the world in the last 50 years - growing from the raw, electric rhythms of the black underclass, it is now a billion dollar industry with R&B and hip hop dominating the world's charts. It's been the soundtrack to some of the most extraordinary social, political and cultural shifts. Together with the civil rights movement, it has challenged white hegemony, helped break down segregation and encouraged the fight for racial equality. This new six-part series, made by the BBC team who produced the critically-acclaimed Lost Highway, Walk On By and Dancing In The Street series, charts the evolution of soul music - with a fascinating combination of rare archive footage and over 100 contemporary interviews. The movers and shakers from the world of soul – such as James Brown, Mary J Blige, Beyoncé and Martha Reeves, - plus some often overlooked talent, track the music that shaped our lives.

2005