Soul Train
Gladys Knight & The Pips / The O'Jays / Major Lance
TV Flash files “Gladys Knight & The Pips / The O'Jays / Major Lance” as hour 33 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 2, episode 3, aired 1972-09-23, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E03: listed hour 33 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 3 of 37 in season 2. It aired 1972-09-23 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Isley Brothers / Luther Ingram” (S02E02). Next is “Eddie Kendricks / The Whispers” (S02E04). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme "Hot Potatoe" Performance: Gladys Knight & the Pips - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine." The Soul Train dancers ask special guest Teresa Graves (actress) questions Soul Train Line Song: The Staple Singers "This World" Performance: The O'Jays - "Deeper (In Love With You)" Soul Train Scramble Board: "Use Me" Bill Withers Performance: Major Lance "Since I Lost My Baby's Love" plus an interview. The Soul Train dancers ask Gladys Knight & The Pips questions and performance "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare" Dance contest: "We The People" The Soul Searchers" and interview with the winners Performance: The O'Jays "Back Stabbers" plus an interview. The Soul Train dancers ask special guest Brock Peters (actor) questions Dancers, on record: "Get On The Good Foot" James Brown Closing Credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Gladys Knight & The Pips / The O'Jays / Major Lance sit in the Soul Train guide?
S02E03 is listed hour 33 of 1134 — hour 3 of 37 in season 2, season 2 episode 3.
When did Soul Train S02E03 air?
Gladys Knight & The Pips / The O'Jays / Major Lance aired 1972-09-23 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…