Soul Train
The Temptations/ G.C. Cameron
TV Flash files “The Temptations/ G.C. Cameron” as hour 81 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 14, aired 1973-12-01, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E14: listed hour 81 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 14 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1973-12-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Smokey Robinson / First Choice / Al Wilson” (S03E13). Next is “Bobby Bland / Ashford & Simpson / Barbara Jean English” (S03E15). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme ("TSOP") Performance: The Temptations "Plastic Man" 1st Song, Dancers, on record: "Stoned To The Bone" James Brown Special guests Hal Jackson (founder of the Miss U.S. Talented Teen Pageant & Revue) and Miss Edna Hill (1973 winner of the contest) interview Soul Train Line: The O'Jays "Put Your Hands Together" Scramble Board: (DIANA ROSS) "Until You Come Back to Me" Aretha Franklin Performance: G.C. Cameron "Let Me Down Easy" plus an interview Midpoint: "Funky Stuff" Kool & the Gang Interview with The Temptations and the Soul Train Dancers Performance: The Temptations "Hey Girl (I Like Your " 2nd Song, Dancers, on record: "This Time It's Real" Tower of Power Performance: G.C. Cameron "No Matter Where" 3rd Song, Dancers, on record: "Rockin' Roll Baby" The Stylistics Performance: The Temptations "Masterpiece" Closing Credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Temptations/ G.C. Cameron sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E14 is listed hour 81 of 1134 — hour 14 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 14.
When did Soul Train S03E14 air?
The Temptations/ G.C. Cameron aired 1973-12-01 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…