Soul Train
The Temptations/ William Bell/ Pattie Brooks
TV Flash files “The Temptations/ William Bell/ Pattie Brooks” as hour 249 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 7, episode 26, aired 1978-02-11, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E26: listed hour 249 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 26 of 39 in season 7. It aired 1978-02-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “L.T.D./ Michael Henderson” (S07E25). Next is “War/ Eloise Laws” (S07E27). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme: "Soul Train '76" 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "Junkie to My Music" Lonnie Jordan 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "Theme From Which Way Is Up" Stargard Soul Train Scramble Board: "Ain't Gonna' Hurt Nobody" Brick Performance: William Bell "Easy Comin' Out (Hard Goin' In)" 3rd Song, on record, Dancers: "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" Chic Performance: Pattie Brooks "Don't Make Me Wait" plus an interview with Don. Midpoint Song: "Top of the World" Diana Ross Perfomance: The Temptations "In a Lifetime" plus an interview with Don 4th Song, on record, Dancers: "Lady Love" Lou Rawls Performance: William Bell "Tryin' To Love Two" plus an interview with Don Soul Train Line Song: Earth, Wind & Fire "Jupiter" Performance: The Temptations "I'm On Fire (Body Song)" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Temptations/ William Bell/ Pattie Brooks sit in the Soul Train guide?
S07E26 is listed hour 249 of 1134 — hour 26 of 39 in season 7, season 7 episode 26.
When did Soul Train S07E26 air?
The Temptations/ William Bell/ Pattie Brooks aired 1978-02-11 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…