Soul Train
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes/ The South Shore Commission
TV Flash files “Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes/ The South Shore Commission” as the last listed hour of season 4 — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 4, episode 39, aired 1975-06-21, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E39: listed hour 145 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, last listed hour of season 4. It aired 1975-06-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Smokey Robinson/ Betty Wright” (S04E38). Next is “The Supremes/ Willie Hutch” (S05E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme ("TSOP" by MFSB) Guest Host Richard Pryor 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "Baby That's Backatcha" Smokey Robinson Performance: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes "To Be True" Scrambleboard: (BILLY PAUL) "Just A Little Bit Of You" Michael Jackson Performance: South Shore Commission "Free Man" plus an Interview 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "What Am I Gonna Do With You" Barry White Performance: The Blue Notes f/Sharon Paige "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" Midpoint: "Dynomite" Bazuka Interview + Performance: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes "Bad Luck" Little Joe Chism presents Richard Pryor with a Platinum Album Award for That Nigger's Crazy LP. Richard Pryor performs a brief comedy routine 3rd Song, on record, Dancers: "I Didn't Know" The Three Degrees Soul Train Line: The Temptations "Glasshouse" Performance: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes "Somewhere Down The Line" Don Cornelius joins Richard Pryor for the close.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes/ The South Shore Commission sit in the Soul Train guide?
S04E39 is listed hour 145 of 1134 — last listed hour of season 4, season 4 episode 39.
When did Soul Train S04E39 air?
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes/ The South Shore Commission aired 1975-06-21 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
- 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