Soul Train
Gladys Knight & the Pips / Lamont Dozier
TV Flash files “Gladys Knight & the Pips / Lamont Dozier” as hour 97 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 30, aired 1974-05-04, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E30: listed hour 97 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 30 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1974-05-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Eddie Kendricks / The Dramatics / Martha Reeves” (S03E29). Next is “Sylvia / The Moments / Ecstasy, Passion & Pain” (S03E31). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme ("TSOP") Performance: Gladys Knight & the Pips "I've Got To Use My Imagination" Performance: Gladys Knight & the Pips "On and On" Scramble Board: (MARTHA REEVES) "Dancing Machine" Jackson 5 Soul Train Line: Earth, Wind & Fire "Mighty Mighty" Performance: Lamont Dozier "Trying to Hold On to My Woman" plus an interview 1st Song, Dancers, on record: "For The Love of Money" The O'Jays Interview with Gladys Knight & the Pips and clips from the Grammy Awards Performance: Gladys Knight & the Pips "Neither One Of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" Performance: Lamont Dozier "Fish Ain't Bitin'" 2nd Song, Dancers, on record: "Jungle Boogie" Kool & the Gang Performance: Gladys Knight & The Pips - "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me' Closing Credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Gladys Knight & the Pips / Lamont Dozier sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E30 is listed hour 97 of 1134 — hour 30 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 30.
When did Soul Train S03E30 air?
Gladys Knight & the Pips / Lamont Dozier aired 1974-05-04 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…