Soul Train
Johnnie Taylor / The Joneses / Syreeta
TV Flash files “Johnnie Taylor / The Joneses / Syreeta” as hour 109 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 4, episode 3, aired 1974-09-21, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E03: listed hour 109 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 3 of 39 in season 4. It aired 1974-09-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “James Brown & the First Family of Soul / Fred Wesley & the JB's / Lyn Collins” (S04E02). Next is “The Miracles / Herbie Hancock / Yvonne Fair” (S04E04). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme ("TSOP") 1st Song, Dancers, on record: "You Haven't Done Nothin'" Stevie Wonder Performance: Syreeta "I'm Going Left" plus an interview. Scramble Board: (JAMES BROWN) "Midnight Flower" The Four Tops Performance: The Joneses "Hey Babe (Is The Gettin' Still Good?)" Special guests Cecil Hale (president of the National Association of Television and Radio Artists) and Richard Thomas (executive director of NATR) interview 2nd Song, Dancers, on record: "Kalimba Story" Earth, Wind & Fire Midpoint: "Ballero" War Interview with Johnnie Taylor and performance "It Don't Pay To Get Up In The Morning" 3rd Song, Dancers, on record: "My Thang" James Brown Performance: The Joneses "Sugar Pie Guy" plus an interview Soul Train Line: The Isley Brothers "Live It Up" Performance: Johnnie Taylor "It's September" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Johnnie Taylor / The Joneses / Syreeta sit in the Soul Train guide?
S04E03 is listed hour 109 of 1134 — hour 3 of 39 in season 4, season 4 episode 3.
When did Soul Train S04E03 air?
Johnnie Taylor / The Joneses / Syreeta aired 1974-09-21 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…
Also in season 4
- S04E01 Billy Preston/ Rufus/ George McCrae
- S04E02 James Brown & the First Family of Soul / Fred Wesley & the JB's / Lyn Collins
- S04E04 The Miracles / Herbie Hancock / Yvonne Fair
- S04E05 Michael Jackson / MDLT
- S04E06 The Four Tops / The New Birth / Creative Source
- S04E07 The Chi-Lites / Bloodstone / New York City