Soul Train
Bill Withers / The Soul Children / Melvin Van Peebles
TV Flash files “Bill Withers / The Soul Children / Melvin Van Peebles” as hour 100 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 33, aired 1974-05-25, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E33: listed hour 100 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 33 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1974-05-25 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Spinners/ The Independents/ Leroy Hutson” (S03E32). Next is “Tyrone Davis / Hugh Masekela / Black Ivory” (S03E34). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Bill Withers - "You," "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" and "Let Me In Your Life." The Soul Children - "I'll Be The Other Woman" and "We're Getting Too Close." Melvin Van Peebles - "Eyes On The Rabbit."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bill Withers / The Soul Children / Melvin Van Peebles sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E33 is listed hour 100 of 1134 — hour 33 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 33.
When did Soul Train S03E33 air?
Bill Withers / The Soul Children / Melvin Van Peebles aired 1974-05-25 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…