Soul Train
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes/ Roy Ayers
TV Flash files “Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes/ Roy Ayers” as hour 256 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 7, episode 33, aired 1978-04-01, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E33: listed hour 256 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 33 of 39 in season 7. It aired 1978-04-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr./ Cheryl Barnes/ Stargard” (S07E32). Next is “Johnny Mathis/ Deniece Williams” (S07E34). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - "Baby, You Got My Nose Open" and "Let's Talk it Over." Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Sharon Paige - "I Want to Know Your Name." Roy Ayers' Ubiquity - "Running Away" and "Freaky Deaky."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes/ Roy Ayers sit in the Soul Train guide?
S07E33 is listed hour 256 of 1134 — hour 33 of 39 in season 7, season 7 episode 33.
When did Soul Train S07E33 air?
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes/ Roy Ayers aired 1978-04-01 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…