Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (2005) | Full Cast

Sebastian Barfield

DIRECTOR

Kate Broome

DIRECTOR

Anna Gravelle

DIRECTOR

Alastair Laurence

DIRECTOR

Deep Sehgal

DIRECTOR

Francis Whately

DIRECTOR

Colin Salmon

Narrator

James Brown

Self

Etta James

Self

Solomon Burke

Self

Bobby Womack

Self

Jerry Butler

Self

Jerry Wexler

Self - Billboard Magazine 1947-1951

Gerald Early

Self

Peter Guralnick

Self

Earl Palmer

Self

Magnificent Montague

Self

Kelly Rowland

Self

Beyoncé

Self

Mary J. Blige

Self

Ray Charles

Self

George Clinton

Self

Steve Cropper

Self - Booker T. & the M.G.'s

Lou Adler

Self

Clive Davis

Self - President, Arista Records 1974-99

Destiny's Child

Themselves

Gene Barge

Self

Wyclef Jean

Self

Ruth Brown

Self - Singer

Mathew Knowles

Self - Manager, Destiny's Child

Hype Williams

Self - Video Director

Branford Marsalis

Self - Saxophonist

Jimmy Jam

Self - Record Producer

Greg Errico

Self

Bootsy Collins

Self

Terry Lewis

Self - Record Producer

Mavis Staples

Self

Nelson George

Self - Music Writer

Sam Moore

Self - Sam & Dave

Jerry Martini

Self

Barry Michael Cooper

Self - Music Writer

Wilson Pickett

Self

Ben E. King

Self

Martha Reeves

Self

Andre Harrell

Self - CEO, Uptown Records 1986-96

Brian Holland

Self

Candi Staton

Self

Mary Wilson

Self

Otis Williams

Self

Allen Toussaint

Self - Pianist

Ahmet Ertegun

Self - Atlantic Records

Barrett Strong

Self - Songwriter

Percy Sledge

Self

Eddie Holland

Self

Lamont Dozier

Self

Cynthia Robinson

Self

Greg Tate

Self - Music Critic

David Porter

Self - Songwriter

Stanley Crouch

Self - Music Critic

Renaldo Benson

Self

Mark Anthony Neal

Self

Luigi Creatore

Self

Fred Wesley

Self

Fontella Bass

Self

Robert Hamlett

Self

Mable John

Self - Singer

William Stevenson

Self

Wilson Waters Jr.

Self

Abdul 'Duke' Fakir

Self

Mark Anthony Neal

Self - Professor, Duke University

Pee Wee Ellis

Self

Al Bell

Self - Vice President, Stax

Spooner Oldham

Self - Songwriter

David 'Fathead' Newman Jr.

Self

L.C. Cooke

Self

Uriel Jones

Self - Drummer, The Funk Brothers

Erica Kennedy

Self - Journalist and Novelist

Cosimo Matassa

Self - Record Producer

Dean Salvara

Young Ray Charles

Marvell Thomas

Self - Stax Musician

Deanie Parker

Self - Marketing Manager, Stax

Dan Penn

Self - Songwriter

Rickey Vincent

Self - DJ and Music Critic

Roosevelt Jamison

Self - James Carr's Manager

Daniel Wolff

Self

Michael Lydon

Self - Biographer

James Roberson

Self

Quinton Claunch

Self - Producer, Goldwax Records

Isaac 'Dickie' Freeman

Self

Carl Davis

Self

David Ritz

Self - Music Writer

Marshall Chess

Self

Malcolm Cecil

Self

Robert Margouleff

Self

Barney Ales

Self

Wayne Jackson

Self - The Memphis Horns

Alan Walden

Self - Otis Redding Management

Portia Maultsby

Self - Professor, Indiana University

Robert Pruter

Self

Diana Ross

Self (archiveFootage)

Aretha Franklin

Self (archiveFootage)

Muhammad Ali

Self (archiveFootage)

Dick Clark

Self (archiveFootage)

The Rolling Stones

Themselves (archiveFootage)

Sam Cooke

Self (archiveFootage)

Otis Redding

Self (archiveFootage)

Sonny Liston

Self (archiveFootage)

The Staple Singers

Themselves (archiveFootage)

Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

Self (archiveFootage)

Johnnie Taylor

Self (archiveFootage)

The Dixie Hummingbirds

Themselves (archiveFootage)

R.H. Harris

Self (archiveFootage)

Bertha Franklin

Self (archiveFootage)