Soul Train
Bobby Womack / The Bar-Kays / Candi Staton
TV Flash files “Bobby Womack / The Bar-Kays / Candi Staton” as the first listed hour of season 2 — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 2, episode 1, aired 1972-09-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 31 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 1972-09-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Ike & Tina Turner/ Jerry Butler/ Brenda Lee Eager” (S01E30). Next is “The Isley Brothers / Luther Ingram” (S02E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Bobby Womack ("I Can Understand It" & "Woman's Gotta Have It") The Bar-Kays ("Dance, Dance, Dance" & "Six O'Clock News Report") Candi Staton ("In the Ghetto" & "Do It In The Name Of Love") Fred Williamson makes a cameo appearance
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bobby Womack / The Bar-Kays / Candi Staton sit in the Soul Train guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 31 of 1134 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did Soul Train S02E01 air?
Bobby Womack / The Bar-Kays / Candi Staton aired 1972-09-09 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…