Soul Train
The Four Tops/ Blue Magic/ Barbara Mason
TV Flash files “The Four Tops/ Blue Magic/ Barbara Mason” as hour 95 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 28, aired 1974-04-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E28: listed hour 95 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 28 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1974-04-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Stylistics/ Bobby Womack/ Undisputed Truth” (S03E27). Next is “Eddie Kendricks / The Dramatics / Martha Reeves” (S03E29). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Four Tops - "Am I My Brother's Keeper" and "I Just Can't Get You Out of My Mind" Blue Magic - "Look Me Up" and "Stop to Start" Barbara Mason - "World War Three"
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Four Tops/ Blue Magic/ Barbara Mason sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E28 is listed hour 95 of 1134 — hour 28 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 28.
When did Soul Train S03E28 air?
The Four Tops/ Blue Magic/ Barbara Mason aired 1974-04-20 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…