Soul Train
Curtis Mayfield / The Main Ingredient / Hank Ballard
TV Flash files “Curtis Mayfield / The Main Ingredient / Hank Ballard” as hour 45 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 2, episode 15, aired 1973-01-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E15: listed hour 45 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 15 of 37 in season 2. It aired 1973-01-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Tyrone Davis / Lyn Collins” (S02E14). Next is “Stevie Wonder/ The Moments/ Fully Guaranteed” (S02E16). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme "Hot Potatoe" Performance: Curtis Mayfield "Pusherman" Soul Train Line Song: War "The Cisco Kid" The Soul Train dancers ask special guest Vonetta McGee (actress) questions 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "I Can See Clearly Now" Johnny Nash Performance: The Main Ingredient "Everybody Plays The Fool" Soul Train Scramble Board: "Superstition" Stevie Wonder Performance: Hank Ballard "From The Love Side" plus an interview The Soul Train dancers ask Curtis Mayfield questions and performance "Superfly" 2nd song, on record, Dancers: "I Got A Bag Of My Own" James Brown Performance: The Main Ingredient "You've Got To Take It (If You Want It)" plus an interview. 3rd Song, on record, Dancers: "Give Me Your Love" Barbara Mason Performance: Curtis Mayfield - "Freddie's Dead." Closing Credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Curtis Mayfield / The Main Ingredient / Hank Ballard sit in the Soul Train guide?
S02E15 is listed hour 45 of 1134 — hour 15 of 37 in season 2, season 2 episode 15.
When did Soul Train S02E15 air?
Curtis Mayfield / The Main Ingredient / Hank Ballard aired 1973-01-06 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…