Soul Train
Fifth Dimension/ Mandrill
TV Flash files “Fifth Dimension/ Mandrill” as hour 260 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 7, episode 37, aired 1978-04-29, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E37: listed hour 260 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 37 of 39 in season 7. It aired 1978-04-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Herp Alpert & Hugh Maskela/ Aalon” (S07E36). Next is “Smokey Robinson/ Patti Austin” (S07E38). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The 5th Dimension - "Star Dancing" Mandrill - "Happy Beat"
Viewer FAQ
Where does Fifth Dimension/ Mandrill sit in the Soul Train guide?
S07E37 is listed hour 260 of 1134 — hour 37 of 39 in season 7, season 7 episode 37.
When did Soul Train S07E37 air?
Fifth Dimension/ Mandrill aired 1978-04-29 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…