Soul Train
The Four Tops / The New Birth / Creative Source
TV Flash files “The Four Tops / The New Birth / Creative Source” as hour 112 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 4, episode 6, aired 1974-10-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E06: listed hour 112 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 6 of 39 in season 4. It aired 1974-10-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Michael Jackson / MDLT” (S04E05). Next is “The Chi-Lites / Bloodstone / New York City” (S04E07). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Four Tops "Midnight Flower" and "Right On Brother." The New Birth "Wildflower" and "I Wash My Hands Of The Whole Damn Deal." Creative Source "Let me Be the One" and "Keep on Moving."
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Four Tops / The New Birth / Creative Source sit in the Soul Train guide?
S04E06 is listed hour 112 of 1134 — hour 6 of 39 in season 4, season 4 episode 6.
When did Soul Train S04E06 air?
The Four Tops / The New Birth / Creative Source aired 1974-10-12 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…
Filed against
- 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…