Soul Train
Harold Melvin & the Blue notes/ Side Effect
TV Flash files “Harold Melvin & the Blue notes/ Side Effect” as the last listed hour of season 6 — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 6, episode 39, aired 1977-05-14, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E39: listed hour 223 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, last listed hour of season 6. It aired 1977-05-14 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Marvin Gaye” (S06E38). Next is “O.C. Smith/ HOT/ Floaters” (S07E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - "Reaching Out for the World" and "Sandman." Side Effect - "Always There" and "S.O.S."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Harold Melvin & the Blue notes/ Side Effect sit in the Soul Train guide?
S06E39 is listed hour 223 of 1134 — last listed hour of season 6, season 6 episode 39.
When did Soul Train S06E39 air?
Harold Melvin & the Blue notes/ Side Effect aired 1977-05-14 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…