Soul Train
The Supremes/ Willie Hutch
TV Flash files “The Supremes/ Willie Hutch” as a desk essential hour — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 5, episode 1, aired 1975-08-23, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 146 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 1975-08-23 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes/ The South Shore Commission” (S04E39). Next is “Johnny Bristol / Donald Byrd & The Blackbyrds” (S05E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Essential hour: “The Supremes/ Willie Hutch”. The Supremes and Willie Hutch mark a mid-1970s landmark hour. Fashion, the Line, and Motown-adjacent booking: Soul Train still the national dance floor the networks had not built.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Supremes "This is Why I Believe in You", "Where Is it I Belong," "Early Morning Love" & "He's My Man." Willie Hutch "Love Power" & "Party Down"
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Supremes/ Willie Hutch sit in the Soul Train guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 146 of 1134 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did Soul Train S05E01 air?
The Supremes/ Willie Hutch aired 1975-08-23 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…
Also in season 5
- S05E02 Johnny Bristol / Donald Byrd & The Blackbyrds
- S05E03 Joe Simon/ Millie Jackson/ Choice Four
- S05E04 New Birth / Blue Magic / Bobby Moore
- S05E05 The Impressions/ Rance Allen Group/ Soul Train Dance Contest
- S05E06 Eddie Kendricks/ Tavares/ Paul Mooney
- S05E07 The Pointer Sisters/ B.T. Express/ Ralph Carter