Soul Train
The Staple Singers/ Bobby Womack
TV Flash files “The Staple Singers/ Bobby Womack” as hour 167 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 5, episode 22, aired 1976-01-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E22: listed hour 167 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 22 of 39 in season 5. It aired 1976-01-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Temptations/ Edwin Starr” (S05E21). Next is “The Jackson Five” (S05E23). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Staple Singers - "Let's Do It Again," "Funky Love" and "Whole Lot of Love." Bobby Womack - "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" and "Daylight."
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Staple Singers/ Bobby Womack sit in the Soul Train guide?
S05E22 is listed hour 167 of 1134 — hour 22 of 39 in season 5, season 5 episode 22.
When did Soul Train S05E22 air?
The Staple Singers/ Bobby Womack aired 1976-01-17 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…