Soul Train
The Dramatics/ Dorothy Moore/ Leon Thomas
TV Flash files “The Dramatics/ Dorothy Moore/ Leon Thomas” as hour 178 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 5, episode 33, aired 1976-04-03, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E33: listed hour 178 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 33 of 39 in season 5. It aired 1976-04-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Supremes/ Al Wilson” (S05E32). Next is “Kool & The Gang/ Ashford & Simpson/ Ronnie McNeir” (S05E34). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Dramatics - "I Was the Life of the Party" Dorothy Moore - "Misty Blue" Leon Thomas - "Thank You Baby"
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Dramatics/ Dorothy Moore/ Leon Thomas sit in the Soul Train guide?
S05E33 is listed hour 178 of 1134 — hour 33 of 39 in season 5, season 5 episode 33.
When did Soul Train S05E33 air?
The Dramatics/ Dorothy Moore/ Leon Thomas aired 1976-04-03 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…