Soul Train
The Staple Singers / Bunny Sigler
TV Flash files “The Staple Singers / Bunny Sigler” as hour 102 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 35, aired 1974-06-08, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E35: listed hour 102 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 35 of 39 in season 3. It aired 1974-06-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Tyrone Davis / Hugh Masekela / Black Ivory” (S03E34). Next is “Kool & The Gang / Al Wilson / The Natural Four” (S03E36). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
opening title ("TSOP") Performance: The Staple Singers "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)" Pop Staples talks to the audience and introduces the next song. Performance: Mavis Staples "A House is Not a Home" Soul Train Line: Earth, Wind & Fire "Mighty Mighty" Scrambleboard: (GLADYS KNIGHT) "Honey Please, Can't You See" Barry White 1st Song, Dancers, on record: "One Chain Don't Make No Prison" The Four Tops Performance: Bunny Sigler "That's How Long I'll Be Loving You" plus an interview from Don Cornelius. Midpoint song: "You Got My Soul On Fire" The Temptations Don Cornelius interviews the Staple Singers and takes a few questions from the Dancers. Performance: The Staple Singers "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" 2nd song, Dancers, on record: "Come and Get Your Love" Redbone Performance: Bunny Sigler "Things Are Gonna Get Better" 3rd Song, Dancers, on record: "For the Love of Money" The O'Jays Performance: The Staple Singers "We the People" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Staple Singers / Bunny Sigler sit in the Soul Train guide?
S03E35 is listed hour 102 of 1134 — hour 35 of 39 in season 3, season 3 episode 35.
When did Soul Train S03E35 air?
The Staple Singers / Bunny Sigler aired 1974-06-08 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 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…