Soul Train
B.B. King / The Moments
TV Flash files “B.B. King / The Moments” as hour 74 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 7, aired 1973-10-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E07: listed hour 74 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 7 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1973-10-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Eddie Kendricks / The Dramatics / Rufus” (S03E06). Next is “The Four Tops / Bloodstone / Lee Charles” (S03E08). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
B.B. King - "I Like to Live the Love," "I Can't Leave," "To Know You Is To Love You." The Moments - "My Thing" and "Gotta Find a Way."
Viewer FAQ
Where does B.B. King / The Moments sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E07 is listed hour 74 of 1134 — hour 7 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 7.
When did Soul Train S03E07 air?
B.B. King / The Moments aired 1973-10-06 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…