Soul Train
Melba Moore/ Joe Tex
TV Flash files “Melba Moore/ Joe Tex” as hour 216 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 6, episode 32, aired 1977-03-26, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E32: listed hour 216 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 32 of 39 in season 6. It aired 1977-03-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Al Green/ Fatback Band” (S06E31). Next is “Roy Ayers' Ubiquity/ Lonnie Liston Smith/ Gwen McCrae” (S06E33). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Melba Moore - "The Long and Winding Road," "The Greatest Feeling" & "Good Love Makes It All Alright." Joe Tex - "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (with No Big Fat Woman)."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Melba Moore/ Joe Tex sit in the Soul Train guide?
S06E32 is listed hour 216 of 1134 — hour 32 of 39 in season 6, season 6 episode 32.
When did Soul Train S06E32 air?
Melba Moore/ Joe Tex aired 1977-03-26 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…