Soul Train
Ike & Tina Turner / Lonette McKee
TV Flash files “Ike & Tina Turner / Lonette McKee” as hour 124 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 4, episode 18, aired 1975-01-18, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E18: listed hour 124 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 18 of 39 in season 4. It aired 1975-01-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Graham Central Station / Zulema / Leon Haywood” (S04E17). Next is “David Ruffin / Shirley Brown / 9th Creation / The Lockers” (S04E19). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "Happy People" The Temptations Performance: Ike & Tina Turner "Oh My My" 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "Get Dancin'" Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes Soul Train Scramble Board: "Fire" The Ohio Players Performance: Lonette McKee "Save It (Don't Give It Away)" plus an interview Interview with Ike & Tina Turner plus performance "Sexy Ida" 3rd song, on record, Dancers: "Boogie On Reggae Woman" Stevie Wonder Performance: Ike & Tina Turner "Nutbush City Limits" Soul Train Line: Graham Central Station "Release Yourself" Performance: Ike & Tina Turner "River Deep - Mountain High" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ike & Tina Turner / Lonette McKee sit in the Soul Train guide?
S04E18 is listed hour 124 of 1134 — hour 18 of 39 in season 4, season 4 episode 18.
When did Soul Train S04E18 air?
Ike & Tina Turner / Lonette McKee aired 1975-01-18 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