Soul Train
Al Green / Mel & Tim
TV Flash files “Al Green / Mel & Tim” as hour 52 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 2, episode 22, aired 1973-03-03, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E22: listed hour 52 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 22 of 37 in season 2. It aired 1973-03-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Spinners/ Sisters Love” (S02E21). Next is “Friends of Distinction / Timmy Thomas / The Independents” (S02E23). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme "Hot Potatoe" Performance: Al Green "You Ought To Be With Me" Soul Train Line: The O'Jays "Love Train" Soul Train Scramble Board: "Kissing My Love" Bill Withers Performance: Mel & Tim "Starting All Over Again" Interview with Al Green and performance "For The Good Times" Song #1, on record, Dancers: "The Stop And Go" Bohannon Song #2, on record, Dancers: "Masterpiece" The Temptations Song #3, on record, Dancers: "Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)" The Four Tops Performance: Mel & Tim - "I May Not Be What You Want" plus an interview. Performance: Al Green - "Love And Happiness" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Al Green / Mel & Tim sit in the Soul Train guide?
S02E22 is listed hour 52 of 1134 — hour 22 of 37 in season 2, season 2 episode 22.
When did Soul Train S02E22 air?
Al Green / Mel & Tim aired 1973-03-03 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…