Soul Train
The Sylvers/ Donald Byrd & the Blackbyrds
TV Flash files “The Sylvers/ Donald Byrd & the Blackbyrds” as hour 205 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 6, episode 21, aired 1977-01-08, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E21: listed hour 205 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 21 of 39 in season 6. It aired 1977-01-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Supremes/ Al Hudson & the Soul Partners” (S06E20). Next is “Billy Paul/ Brick” (S06E22). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Sylvers - "Guitar Man," "Disco Showdown" and "Hot Line." Donald Byrd & the Blackbyrds - "Change."
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Sylvers/ Donald Byrd & the Blackbyrds sit in the Soul Train guide?
S06E21 is listed hour 205 of 1134 — hour 21 of 39 in season 6, season 6 episode 21.
When did Soul Train S06E21 air?
The Sylvers/ Donald Byrd & the Blackbyrds aired 1977-01-08 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…