Soul Train
Graham Central Station / Zulema / Leon Haywood
TV Flash files “Graham Central Station / Zulema / Leon Haywood” as hour 123 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 4, episode 17, aired 1975-01-11, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E17: listed hour 123 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 17 of 39 in season 4. It aired 1975-01-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Bobby Womack / Latimore / The Kay-Gees” (S04E16). Next is “Ike & Tina Turner / Lonette McKee” (S04E18). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Title ("TSOP") 1st song, on record, dancers: "Rhyme Time People" Kool & the Gang Performance: Zulema "I Wanna Be Where You Are" Scrambleboard (DAVID RUFFIN) "Whatever You Got I Want" Jackson 5 Performance: Graham Central Station "Feel the Need" 2nd song, on record, dancers: "When Will I See You Again" The Three Degrees Performance: Leon Haywood "Believe Half of What You See (And None of What You Hear)" plus an interview with Don Cornelius Midpoint Song: "Funky President" James Brown Don Cornelius interviews Larry Graham of the Graham Central Station Performance: Graham Central Station "Release Yourself" 3rd song, on record, dancers: "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" Barry White Performance: Zulema "Standing in the Backdoor" plus an interview with Don Cornelius Soul Train Line: The Isley Brothers "Midnight Sky" Performance: Graham Central Station "Can You Handle It" Closing
Viewer FAQ
Where does Graham Central Station / Zulema / Leon Haywood sit in the Soul Train guide?
S04E17 is listed hour 123 of 1134 — hour 17 of 39 in season 4, season 4 episode 17.
When did Soul Train S04E17 air?
Graham Central Station / Zulema / Leon Haywood aired 1975-01-11 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
- S04E03 Johnnie Taylor / The Joneses / Syreeta
- S04E04 The Miracles / Herbie Hancock / Yvonne Fair
- S04E05 Michael Jackson / MDLT
- S04E06 The Four Tops / The New Birth / Creative Source