Soul Train
Wilson Pickett/ Betty Wright/ The Modulations
TV Flash files “Wilson Pickett/ Betty Wright/ The Modulations” as hour 174 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 5, episode 29, aired 1976-03-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E29: listed hour 174 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 29 of 39 in season 5. It aired 1976-03-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Joe Tex/ The Chi-Lites” (S05E28). Next is “Eddie Kendricks/ The Temprees” (S05E30). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Credits Dancers, record: "A Train Called Freedom" (South Shore Commission) Dancers, record "Sunny" (by Jambeau??? - not sure of group) Soul Train Scrambleboard (LEON HAYWOOD) record: "Let the Music Play" (Barry White) Performance: Betty Wright - "Slip And Do It" Dancers, record "Honey I" (George McCrae) Performance: The Modulations - "Worth Your Weight in Gold" Midpoint song: "Spiderman" (Ramsey Lewis) Performance: Wilson Pickett - interview and "The Best Part of a Man" Dancers, record: "Love or Leave" (The Spinners) 2nd Performance: Betty Wright -"Everybody Was Rockin'" and interview Soul Train Line, record: "Let's Go Disco" (Archie Bell & The Drells) 2nd Performance: Wilson Pickett - "Love Will Keep Us Together" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Wilson Pickett/ Betty Wright/ The Modulations sit in the Soul Train guide?
S05E29 is listed hour 174 of 1134 — hour 29 of 39 in season 5, season 5 episode 29.
When did Soul Train S05E29 air?
Wilson Pickett/ Betty Wright/ The Modulations aired 1976-03-06 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…
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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…