Soul Train
Billy Paul/ Barbara Mason/ Anacostia
TV Flash files “Billy Paul/ Barbara Mason/ Anacostia” as hour 43 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 2, episode 13, aired 1972-12-23, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E13: listed hour 43 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 13 of 37 in season 2. It aired 1972-12-23 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Intruders / Betty Wright / True Reflection” (S02E12). Next is “Tyrone Davis / Lyn Collins” (S02E14). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Billy Paul - "Me and Mrs. Jones" and "Brown Baby." Barbara Mason - "Give Me Your Love" and "Bed and Board." Anacostia - "On and Off"
Viewer FAQ
Where does Billy Paul/ Barbara Mason/ Anacostia sit in the Soul Train guide?
S02E13 is listed hour 43 of 1134 — hour 13 of 37 in season 2, season 2 episode 13.
When did Soul Train S02E13 air?
Billy Paul/ Barbara Mason/ Anacostia aired 1972-12-23 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…
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…