Soul Train
Dance Contest Show / The Sylvers
TV Flash files “Dance Contest Show / The Sylvers” as hour 71 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 4, aired 1973-09-15, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E04: listed hour 71 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 4 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1973-09-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Fred Wesley & the JB's/ Lyn Collins/ The Sly, the Slick and the Wicked” (S03E03). Next is “The Isley Brothers / Betty Wright / Jr. Walker & the All-Stars” (S03E05). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Sylvers perform "Stay Away from Me" and "Through The Love In My Heart." Los Angeles mayor Thomas Bradley presents scholarships to the winners of a dance contest.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dance Contest Show / The Sylvers sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E04 is listed hour 71 of 1134 — hour 4 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 4.
When did Soul Train S03E04 air?
Dance Contest Show / The Sylvers aired 1973-09-15 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…