Soul Train
Curtis Mayfield / Millie Jackson / Natural Four
TV Flash files “Curtis Mayfield / Millie Jackson / Natural Four” as hour 78 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 11, aired 1973-11-10, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E11: listed hour 78 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 11 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1973-11-10 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Jackson 5” (S03E10). Next is “Tower of Power / The Pointer Sisters / Tavares” (S03E12). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme ("TSOP" by MFSB). Performance: Curtis Mayfield - "Back To The World." Soul Train Line: The Jackson 5 "Get It Together." Interview with Clarence Avant discussing the movie Save The Children. 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "Keep On Truckin'" Eddie Kendricks. Performance: Millie Jackson - "Hypocrisy." Scrambleboard: (TOWER OF POWER) "Ashes to Ashes" The 5th Dimension. Performance: Natural Four "Can This Be Real?" + Interview. Midpoint record: "Joy" Isaac Hayes.' Interview + Performance: Curtis Mayfield - "If I Were Only A Child Again." 2nd song, on record, Dancers: "Funky Stuff" Kool & The Gang. Performance: Millie Jackson - "Hurts So Good" + Interview. 3rd song, on record, Dancers: "The Love I Lost" Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. Performance: Curtis Mayfield - "Future Shock." Closing credits.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Curtis Mayfield / Millie Jackson / Natural Four sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E11 is listed hour 78 of 1134 — hour 11 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 11.
When did Soul Train S03E11 air?
Curtis Mayfield / Millie Jackson / Natural Four aired 1973-11-10 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…