Soul Train
The Spinners/ Sisters Love
TV Flash files “The Spinners/ Sisters Love” as hour 51 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 2, episode 21, aired 1973-02-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E21: listed hour 51 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 21 of 37 in season 2. It aired 1973-02-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Four Tops/ Otis Clay” (S02E20). Next is “Al Green / Mel & Tim” (S02E22). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Credits: "Hot Potatoe" Performance: The Spinners "I'll Be Around" Soul Train Line Song: The O'Jays "Love Train" 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "Mama Feel Good" Lyn Collins Soul Train Scramble Board (unknown): "Call Me" Al Green Performance: Sisters Love "(I Could Never Make) A Better Man Than You" Interview with Sisters Love plus performance "Give Me Your Love" 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "Stop And Go" Bohannon Interview with the Spinners and performance "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" 3rd Song, on record, Dancers: "I Got Ants In My Pants" James Brown 4th Song, on record, Dancers: "The World Is A Ghetto" War Dance contest: "Step By Step" Joe Simon and and an interview with the winners Performance: The Spinners - How Could I Let You Get Away Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Spinners/ Sisters Love sit in the Soul Train guide?
S02E21 is listed hour 51 of 1134 — hour 21 of 37 in season 2, season 2 episode 21.
When did Soul Train S02E21 air?
The Spinners/ Sisters Love aired 1973-02-24 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…