Soul Train
Joe Simon/ Millie Jackson/ Choice Four
TV Flash files “Joe Simon/ Millie Jackson/ Choice Four” as hour 148 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 5, episode 3, aired 1975-09-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E03: listed hour 148 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 3 of 39 in season 5. It aired 1975-09-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Johnny Bristol / Donald Byrd & The Blackbyrds” (S05E02). Next is “New Birth / Blue Magic / Bobby Moore” (S05E04). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Joe Simon - "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" and "Music In My Bones." Millie Jackson - "Loving Arms" and "You Can't Stand the Thought." Choice Four - "When You're Young and in Love."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Joe Simon/ Millie Jackson/ Choice Four sit in the Soul Train guide?
S05E03 is listed hour 148 of 1134 — hour 3 of 39 in season 5, season 5 episode 3.
When did Soul Train S05E03 air?
Joe Simon/ Millie Jackson/ Choice Four aired 1975-09-06 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…