Soul Train
The O'Jays/ Little Milton
TV Flash files “The O'Jays/ Little Milton” as hour 153 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 5, episode 8, aired 1975-10-11, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E08: listed hour 153 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 8 of 39 in season 5. It aired 1975-10-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Pointer Sisters/ B.T. Express/ Ralph Carter” (S05E07). Next is “LaBelle/ Creative Source” (S05E09). 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: "I Get High On You" Sly Stone Performance: Little Milton - If You Talk In Your Sleep Scrambleboard: (BT EXPRESS) "Do It Any Way You Wanna" People's Choice Performance: The O'Jays "How Time Flies" 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "How Long" The Pointer Sisters Interview with Cholly Atkins + clip rehearsing with The O'Jays Performance: The O'Jays - Give The People What They Want Midpoint: "Dreaming A Dream" Crown Heights Affair Interview + Performance: The O'Jays "Survival" Performance: Little Milton "Packed Up & Took My Mind" + Interview Line: Earth Wind & Fire "Happy Feelin'" Performance: The O'Jays "Let Me Make Love To You" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does The O'Jays/ Little Milton sit in the Soul Train guide?
S05E08 is listed hour 153 of 1134 — hour 8 of 39 in season 5, season 5 episode 8.
When did Soul Train S05E08 air?
The O'Jays/ Little Milton aired 1975-10-11 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…