Soul Train
Bill Withers/ Odyssey
TV Flash files “Bill Withers/ Odyssey” as hour 247 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 7, episode 24, aired 1978-01-28, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E24: listed hour 247 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 24 of 39 in season 7. It aired 1978-01-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Sylvers/ Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs” (S07E23). Next is “L.T.D./ Michael Henderson” (S07E25). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Bill Withers - "Lovely Day". "I Want to Spend the Night" & "Tender Thing." Odyssey - "Native New Yorker" and "Easy Come, Easy Go."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bill Withers/ Odyssey sit in the Soul Train guide?
S07E24 is listed hour 247 of 1134 — hour 24 of 39 in season 7, season 7 episode 24.
When did Soul Train S07E24 air?
Bill Withers/ Odyssey aired 1978-01-28 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…