Soul Train
The Isley Brothers / Luther Ingram
TV Flash files “The Isley Brothers / Luther Ingram” as hour 32 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 2, episode 2, aired 1972-09-16, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E02: listed hour 32 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 2 of 37 in season 2. It aired 1972-09-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Bobby Womack / The Bar-Kays / Candi Staton” (S02E01). Next is “Gladys Knight & The Pips / The O'Jays / Major Lance” (S02E03). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Isley Brothers ("Pop That Thang", "Work To Do" & "It's Too Late") Luther Ingram ("If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Wanna Be Right" & "My Honey And Me") Dance Songs: "We The People" by The Soul Searchers, "Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart" by The Trammps, "Give Me Your Love" by Curtis Mayfield, "Slow Motion" by Johnny Williams Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Dance, Dance, Dance" by The Bar-Kays Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Curtis Mayfield"; Song: "Back Stabbers" by The O'Jays Dance Contest Song: "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins (winners: Melanie Glenn and Courtney Glenn) Creative Dance Award Winners: Jimmy "Scoo B Doo" Foster and Jackie Irvin ("The Stop And Go") Special Guests: Melba Moore & Heshimu
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Isley Brothers / Luther Ingram sit in the Soul Train guide?
S02E02 is listed hour 32 of 1134 — hour 2 of 37 in season 2, season 2 episode 2.
When did Soul Train S02E02 air?
The Isley Brothers / Luther Ingram aired 1972-09-16 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…