Soul Train
The Whispers / Mandrill
TV Flash files “The Whispers / Mandrill” as hour 69 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 2, aired 1973-09-01, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E02: listed hour 69 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 2 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1973-09-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Intruders / Foster Sylvers” (S03E01). Next is “Fred Wesley & the JB's/ Lyn Collins/ The Sly, the Slick and the Wicked” (S03E03). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme "Hot Potatoe" Performance: Mandrill - "Get It All" 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "Sexy, Sexy, Sexy" James Brown Soul Train Line Song: Jackson 5 "Get It Together" 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "Future Shock" Curtis Mayfield Performance: The Whispers - "Feel Like Comin' Home" plus an interview. 3rd Song, on record, Dancers: "Higher Ground" Stevie Wonder 4th Song, on record, Dancers: "Put Your Hands Together" The O'Jays The Soul Train dancers ask special guest Isaac Hayes questions Soul Train Scramble Board: "I Believe In You (You Believe In Me)" Johnnie Taylor Performance: Mandrill - "Hang Loose" plus an interview. 5th Song, on record, Dancers: "Keep On Truckin'" Eddie Kendricks Performance: The Whispers - "I Only Meant To Wet My Feet." Closing Credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Whispers / Mandrill sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E02 is listed hour 69 of 1134 — hour 2 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 2.
When did Soul Train S03E02 air?
The Whispers / Mandrill aired 1973-09-01 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…