Soul Train
Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes / Billy Paul / Maxine Weldon
TV Flash files “Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes / Billy Paul / Maxine Weldon” as hour 90 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 23, aired 1974-02-23, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E23: listed hour 90 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 23 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1974-02-23 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Marvin Gaye / The Whispers” (S03E22). Next is “Jerry Butler / The Delfonics / Cecil Shaw” (S03E24). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - "The Love I Lost," "Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back)" and "If You Don't Know Me By Now. Billy Paul - "Thanks for Saving My Life" and "The Whole Town's Talking." Maxine Weldon - "Jubilation."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes / Billy Paul / Maxine Weldon sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E23 is listed hour 90 of 1134 — hour 23 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 23.
When did Soul Train S03E23 air?
Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes / Billy Paul / Maxine Weldon aired 1974-02-23 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…