Soul Train
The Spinners/ The Independents/ Leroy Hutson
TV Flash files “The Spinners/ The Independents/ Leroy Hutson” as hour 99 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 32, aired 1974-05-18, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E32: listed hour 99 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 32 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1974-05-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Sylvia / The Moments / Ecstasy, Passion & Pain” (S03E31). Next is “Bill Withers / The Soul Children / Melvin Van Peebles” (S03E33). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme ("TSOP" by MFSB) Performance: The Spinners "One Of A Kind(Love Affair)" Soul Train Line: Kool & The Gang "Jungle Boogie" Scrambleboard: (LAMONT DOZIER) "I'm In Love" Aretha Franklin Performance: The Independents "The First Time We Met" 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "Boogie Down" Eddie Kendricks Performance: Leroy Hutson "Ella Wheeze" + Interview Midpoint: "Mississippi" Charles Bevel - Sally B. White Interview + Performance: The Spinners "Ghetto Child" 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "The Payback" James Brown Performance: The Independents - Arise And Shine + Interview Performance: The Spinners - Mighty Love Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Spinners/ The Independents/ Leroy Hutson sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E32 is listed hour 99 of 1134 — hour 32 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 32.
When did Soul Train S03E32 air?
The Spinners/ The Independents/ Leroy Hutson aired 1974-05-18 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…