Soul Train
Al Green/ The Impressions
TV Flash files “Al Green/ The Impressions” as hour 93 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 26, aired 1974-04-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E26: listed hour 93 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 26 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1974-04-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Curtis Mayfield/ The Main Ingredient/ Bloodstone” (S03E25). Next is “The Stylistics/ Bobby Womack/ Undisputed Truth” (S03E27). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening titles Performance: Al Green "Sweet Sixteen" and "Jesus is Waiting." Scrambleboard: (FIRST CHOICE) First Choice (coincidentally) "Newsy Neighbors." Soul Train Line Song: Kool and the Gang "Jungle Boogie." Performance: The Impressions "If It's In You To Do Wrong" and an interview with Don Cornelius. Soul Train Mid-point song: The O'Jays "For the Love of Money." Al Green answers questions from the Dancers and performs "Livin' for You." Performance: The Impressions "Finally Got Myself Together." Performance: Al Green "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)." Closing theme.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Al Green/ The Impressions sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E26 is listed hour 93 of 1134 — hour 26 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 26.
When did Soul Train S03E26 air?
Al Green/ The Impressions aired 1974-04-06 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…