Soul Train
James Brown / Lyn Collins
TV Flash files “James Brown / Lyn Collins” as hour 49 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 2, episode 19, aired 1973-02-10, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E19: listed hour 49 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 19 of 37 in season 2. It aired 1973-02-10 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Dramatics/ Syl Johnson/ The Smith Connection” (S02E18). Next is “The Four Tops/ Otis Clay” (S02E20). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme "Hot Potatoe" James Brown speaks to the Soul Train Gang Medley: · Get On The Good Foot · Soul Power · Make It Funky —————— The letters on stage say JAMES IS NO. 1 James Brown interview Medley: · Cold Sweat · Try Me —————— Medley: · Hot Pants · Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine —————— Special guests Belinda Williams (James Brown's secretary) and Teddy Brown (James Brown's son) interview —————— The Soul Train dancers ask James Brown questions Performance: Lyn Collins "Never Gonna Give You Up" Song, on record, Dancers: "I Got Ants In My Pants" James Brown —————— James Brown dialogue and performance "Super Bad" (with help from dancer Damita Jo Freeman) —————— James Brown dialogue and Medley · Please, Please, Please · Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud —————— Closing Credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does James Brown / Lyn Collins sit in the Soul Train guide?
S02E19 is listed hour 49 of 1134 — hour 19 of 37 in season 2, season 2 episode 19.
When did Soul Train S02E19 air?
James Brown / Lyn Collins aired 1973-02-10 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…