Soul Train
Billy Paul/ Brick
TV Flash files “Billy Paul/ Brick” as hour 206 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 6, episode 22, aired 1977-01-15, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E22: listed hour 206 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 22 of 39 in season 6. It aired 1977-01-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Sylvers/ Donald Byrd & the Blackbyrds” (S06E21). Next is “Lou Rawls/ L.T.D.” (S06E23). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Two Song Dance Segment: Record: "Saturday Night" (Earth, Wind, and Fire) Record: "I Like To Do It" (KC and The Sunshine Band) Scrambleboard: (LOU RAWLS) record: "Don't Leave Me This Way" (Thelma Houston) Performance: Brick - "Dazz" Interview: "Sunny" Jim Kelsey (General Manager for Washington, D.C.'s WOL Radio). Dance Segment: Record: "Black Man" (Stevie Wonder) Performance: Billy Paul - "Word Sure Gets Around." Station ID Break. Midpoint song, record: "Dazz" (Brick) Performance: Billy Paul - "Let 'Em In" (features some vocal samples from Farrakhan, MLK JR, Dick Gregory, and Malcolm X) Dance Segment, record: "How Much Longer Must I Wait?" (The Soul Train Gang) Performance: Brick - "Smilin, Laughin, Lovin, Cryin." (During the interview, Brick is presented a gold record by Don Cornelius for their LP their promoming, "Good High"... in turn Brick presents Don Cornelius with a gold chain with a gold peanut attached.) Soul Train Line, record: "Hot Line" (The Sylvers). Performance: Billy Paul - "I Trust You"
Viewer FAQ
Where does Billy Paul/ Brick sit in the Soul Train guide?
S06E22 is listed hour 206 of 1134 — hour 22 of 39 in season 6, season 6 episode 22.
When did Soul Train S06E22 air?
Billy Paul/ Brick aired 1977-01-15 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…