Soul Train
Johnny Nash/Billy Butler & Infinity/Brighter Side of Darkness
TV Flash files “Johnny Nash/Billy Butler & Infinity/Brighter Side of Darkness” as hour 47 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 2, episode 17, aired 1973-01-27, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E17: listed hour 47 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 17 of 37 in season 2. It aired 1973-01-27 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Stevie Wonder/ The Moments/ Fully Guaranteed” (S02E16). Next is “The Dramatics/ Syl Johnson/ The Smith Connection” (S02E18). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Johnny Nash "I Can See Clearly Now" and "Stir it Up" Billy Butler & the Infinity "Hung Up on You" Brighter Side of Darkness "Love Jones" and "Just a Little Bit"
Viewer FAQ
Where does Johnny Nash/Billy Butler & Infinity/Brighter Side of Darkness sit in the Soul Train guide?
S02E17 is listed hour 47 of 1134 — hour 17 of 37 in season 2, season 2 episode 17.
When did Soul Train S02E17 air?
Johnny Nash/Billy Butler & Infinity/Brighter Side of Darkness aired 1973-01-27 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…