Soul Train
Tower of Power / The Pointer Sisters / Tavares
TV Flash files “Tower of Power / The Pointer Sisters / Tavares” as hour 79 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 12, aired 1973-11-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E12: listed hour 79 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 12 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1973-11-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Curtis Mayfield / Millie Jackson / Natural Four” (S03E11). Next is “Smokey Robinson / First Choice / Al Wilson” (S03E13). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme ("TSOP" by MFSB) Performance: Tower Of Power "This Time It's Real" Line: The O'Jays "Put Your Hands Together" Performance: The Pointer Sisters "Yes We Can Can" Scrambleboard: (OHIO PLAYERS) "Rockin' Roll Baby" The Stylistics Performance: Tavares "Check It Out" plus an Interview Midpoint: Kool & The Gang - Funky Stuff Q & A with Tower Of Power followed by performance of "So Very Hard To Go" Song, Dancers, on record: "Stoned To The Bone" James Brown Performance: The Pointer Sisters "Cloudburst" + Interview Performance: Tower Of Power - "What Is Hip" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Tower of Power / The Pointer Sisters / Tavares sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E12 is listed hour 79 of 1134 — hour 12 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 12.
When did Soul Train S03E12 air?
Tower of Power / The Pointer Sisters / Tavares aired 1973-11-17 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…