Soul Train
Ike & Tina Turner/ Jerry Butler/ Brenda Lee Eager
TV Flash files “Ike & Tina Turner/ Jerry Butler/ Brenda Lee Eager” as the last listed hour of season 1 — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 1, episode 30, aired 1972-04-22, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E30: listed hour 30 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, last listed hour of season 1. It aired 1972-04-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Isley Brothers/ Love Unlimited/ Millie Jackson” (S01E29). Next is “Bobby Womack / The Bar-Kays / Candi Staton” (S02E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme "Hot Potatoe" Performance: Ike & Tina Turner "I Want To Take You Higher" 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "Pop That Thang" The Isley Brothers Interview with Soul Train dancers 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "I Wanna Be Where You Are" Michael Jackson Performance: Jerry Butler "I Only Have Eyes For You" Soul Train Scramble Board (Unknown): "We The People" The Soul Searchers 3rd Song, on record, Dancers: "Is It You Girl" Betty Wright The Soul Train dancers ask Ike & Tina Turner questions and performance "Feel Good" Soul Train Line Song: The Four Tops "Medley (Hey Man/We Got To Get You A Woman)" Interview with Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager interview and performance "(They Long To Be) Close To You" Performance: Ike & Tina Turner "Proud Mary" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ike & Tina Turner/ Jerry Butler/ Brenda Lee Eager sit in the Soul Train guide?
S01E30 is listed hour 30 of 1134 — last listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 30.
When did Soul Train S01E30 air?
Ike & Tina Turner/ Jerry Butler/ Brenda Lee Eager aired 1972-04-22 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch from 1971 in order?
No. It is a music-and-dance series, not a plot. Sample eras for the guests and the Line; Cornelius's classic hosting years are the brand center.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Don Cornelius promises the hippest trip in America and delivers the national dance party corporate TV had under-served: guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous. Syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as the rope.
Chicago, 1971: Don Cornelius promises a hip trip across America and delivers the most important dance party in television history, then keeps delivering it until 2006. Soul Train began locally, went to national syndication, and ran thirty-five seasons, more than a thousand hours, putting Black music, fashion, and the Soul Train Line into living rooms corporate television had long under-served. Artists performed. Dancers — including scrambleboard kids who became famous — moved the culture forward. Cornelius…
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- Don Cornelius as Host
Don Cornelius promised the hippest trip in America on Soul Train — guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous, syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as a…
Also in season 1
- S01E01 Gladys Knight & the Pips/ Eddie Kendricks/ The Honey Cone/ Bobby Hutton
- S01E02 Charlie Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Band/ Carla Thomas/ General Crook
- S01E03 Chairmen of the Board/ Rufus Thomas/ Laura Lee
- S01E04 The Staple Singers / Freda Payne
- S01E05 Bill Withers/ Al Green/ Viola Wills
- S01E06 Lou Rawls/ The 100 Proof/ The Emotions