Soul Train
Sylvia / The Moments / Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
TV Flash files “Sylvia / The Moments / Ecstasy, Passion & Pain” as hour 98 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 31, aired 1974-05-11, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E31: listed hour 98 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 31 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1974-05-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Gladys Knight & the Pips / Lamont Dozier” (S03E30). Next is “The Spinners/ The Independents/ Leroy Hutson” (S03E32). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme Performance: Sylvia - "Sweet Stuff." Soul Train Line: "Mighty Mighty" Earth Wind & Fire Scrambleboard: (JACKSON FIVE) "Power of Love" Martha Reeves Performance: The Moments - "Sexy Mama" Dancers, on record: "Let's Get Married" Al Green Performance: Ecstasy, Passion & Pain - "I Wouldn't Give You Up." Don Cornelius interviews Barbara Roy (of Ecstasy, Passion & Pain). Midpoint song: "Chameleon" Herbie Hancock Don Cornelius interviews Sylvia and The Moments. Performance: Sylvia & The Moments - "Sho Nuff Boogie." Dancers, on record: "For The Love Of Money" The O'Jays Performance: The Moments - "What's Your Name?" Dancers, on record: "The Payback" James Brown Performance: Sylvia - "Pillow Talk." Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Sylvia / The Moments / Ecstasy, Passion & Pain sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E31 is listed hour 98 of 1134 — hour 31 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 31.
When did Soul Train S03E31 air?
Sylvia / The Moments / Ecstasy, Passion & Pain aired 1974-05-11 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…