Soul Train
Eddie Kendricks/ Tavares/ Paul Mooney
TV Flash files “Eddie Kendricks/ Tavares/ Paul Mooney” as hour 151 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 5, episode 6, aired 1975-09-27, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E06: listed hour 151 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 6 of 39 in season 5. It aired 1975-09-27 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Impressions/ Rance Allen Group/ Soul Train Dance Contest” (S05E05). Next is “The Pointer Sisters/ B.T. Express/ Ralph Carter” (S05E07). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme ("Soul Train '75" by the Soul Train Gang) 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "Rockin' And Rollin' On The Streets Of Hollywood" Buddy Miles Performance: Tavares - Free Ride Scrambleboard: (SPINNERS) "How Long" The Pointer Sisters Performance: Eddie Kendricks "Happy" 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "Brazil" The Ritchie Family Comedy Routine: Paul Mooney + Interview Midpoint: "Dreaming A Dream" Crown Heights Affair Interview + Performance: Eddie Kendricks - "Get The Cream Off The Top" 3rd song, on record, Dancers: "Low Rider" War Performance: Tavares - It Only Takes A Minute + Interview Soul Train Line: Earth Wind & Fire "Happy Feelin'" Performance: Eddie Kendricks - If Anyone Can Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Eddie Kendricks/ Tavares/ Paul Mooney sit in the Soul Train guide?
S05E06 is listed hour 151 of 1134 — hour 6 of 39 in season 5, season 5 episode 6.
When did Soul Train S05E06 air?
Eddie Kendricks/ Tavares/ Paul Mooney aired 1975-09-27 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…