Soul Train
Average White Band/ The Soul Train Gang
TV Flash files “Average White Band/ The Soul Train Gang” as hour 201 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 6, episode 17, aired 1976-12-11, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E17: listed hour 201 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 17 of 39 in season 6. It aired 1976-12-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Ohio Players/ Johnny Bristol” (S06E16). Next is “O.C. Smith/ Dorothy Moore” (S06E18). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Average White Band - "I'm The One," "A Love Of Your Own" and "Queen of My Soul." The Soul Train Gang - "Ooh Cha.", "All My Life (I Wanna Live With You)" and "If It Takes All Night."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Average White Band/ The Soul Train Gang sit in the Soul Train guide?
S06E17 is listed hour 201 of 1134 — hour 17 of 39 in season 6, season 6 episode 17.
When did Soul Train S06E17 air?
Average White Band/ The Soul Train Gang aired 1976-12-11 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…
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…