Soul Train
The Impressions / Tyrone Davis / Billy Preston
TV Flash files “The Impressions / Tyrone Davis / Billy Preston” as hour 55 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 2, episode 25, aired 1973-04-07, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E25: listed hour 55 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 25 of 37 in season 2. It aired 1973-04-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Chi-Lites / Honey Cone / G.C. Cameron” (S02E24). Next is “Aretha Franklin” (S02E26). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Impressions - "Preacher Man" and "Lost." Tyrone Davis - "Change In Mind" and "Without You in My Life." Billy Preston - "Will it Go Round in Circles?" Diana Ross, making a cameo appearance, is interviewed by Don Cornelius. Actress Brenda Sykes also does a cameo appearance.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Impressions / Tyrone Davis / Billy Preston sit in the Soul Train guide?
S02E25 is listed hour 55 of 1134 — hour 25 of 37 in season 2, season 2 episode 25.
When did Soul Train S02E25 air?
The Impressions / Tyrone Davis / Billy Preston aired 1973-04-07 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…
Filed against
- 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…