Soul Train
Joe Simon / The Sylvers / Billy Paul
TV Flash files “Joe Simon / The Sylvers / Billy Paul” as hour 39 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 2, episode 9, aired 1972-11-04, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E09: listed hour 39 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 9 of 37 in season 2. It aired 1972-11-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Billy Preston / Laura Lee / Johnny Williams” (S02E08). Next is “Friends of Distinction / The Persuaders / Doug Gibbs” (S02E10). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Joe Simon - "Power of Love." The Sylvers - "Wish That I Could Talk to You" and "Fool's Paradise." Billy Paul - "Me and Mrs. Jones" and "This is Your Life."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Joe Simon / The Sylvers / Billy Paul sit in the Soul Train guide?
S02E09 is listed hour 39 of 1134 — hour 9 of 37 in season 2, season 2 episode 9.
When did Soul Train S02E09 air?
Joe Simon / The Sylvers / Billy Paul aired 1972-11-04 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…
Filed against
- 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…