Soul Train
Billy Preston / Creative Source / Eric Mercury
TV Flash files “Billy Preston / Creative Source / Eric Mercury” as hour 85 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 18, aired 1974-01-05, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E18: listed hour 85 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 18 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1974-01-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Eddie Kendricks / The Persuaders / Eddie Floyd” (S03E17). Next is “Johnny Nash/Kool & the Gang/The Originals” (S03E19). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Billy Preston - "Space Race" and "I'm So Tired." Creative Source - "Who Is He and What Is He to You?" (and possibly "You Can't Hide Love"). Eric Mercury - "Love Is Taking Over."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Billy Preston / Creative Source / Eric Mercury sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E18 is listed hour 85 of 1134 — hour 18 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 18.
When did Soul Train S03E18 air?
Billy Preston / Creative Source / Eric Mercury aired 1974-01-05 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…
Filed against
- 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…