Soul Train
Chuck Berry / Maxayn / Willie Hutch
TV Flash files “Chuck Berry / Maxayn / Willie Hutch” as hour 66 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 2, episode 36, aired 1973-07-07, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E36: listed hour 66 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 36 of 37 in season 2. It aired 1973-07-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Chairman of the Board / Charles Mann / Sylvia” (S02E35). Next is “The Best of Soul Train” (S02E37). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Credits: "Hot Potatoe" Performances: Chuck Berry - "Reelin' And Rockin'" and "Wee Wee Hours." Soul Train Line Song: Gladys Knight & the Pips "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare" Performance: Maxayn - "Check Out Your Mind" plus an interview. 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out" Bobby Womack Performance: Willie Hutch - "Brother's Gonna Work it Out" Interview with actor Max Julien 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "Soul Makossa" Afrique Soul Train dancers ask Chuck Berry questions and performance "Roll 'Em Pete" 3rd Song, on record, Dancers: "Think" James Brown Performance: Willie Hutch - "Slick" plus an interview. 4th Song, on record, Dancers: "Finder's Keepers" Chairmen Of The Board Performance: Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode." Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Chuck Berry / Maxayn / Willie Hutch sit in the Soul Train guide?
S02E36 is listed hour 66 of 1134 — hour 36 of 37 in season 2, season 2 episode 36.
When did Soul Train S02E36 air?
Chuck Berry / Maxayn / Willie Hutch aired 1973-07-07 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…
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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…