Soul Train
David Ruffin / Shirley Brown / 9th Creation / The Lockers
TV Flash files “David Ruffin / Shirley Brown / 9th Creation / The Lockers” as hour 125 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 4, episode 19, aired 1975-01-25, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E19: listed hour 125 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 19 of 39 in season 4. It aired 1975-01-25 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Ike & Tina Turner / Lonette McKee” (S04E18). Next is “Tower of Power / Hues Corporation / Garland Green” (S04E20). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
(1) Opening credits. (2) dancers, record: "Midnight Sky" (The Isley Brothers). (3) Performance: Shirley Brown - "I've Got to Go on Without You." (4) Soul Train Scramble board ("BARBARA MASON"), record: "Boogie On Reggae Woman" (Stevie Wonder). (5) 9th Creation - "Skin It Back" (instrumental). (6) The Lockers (dance troupe founded by Toni Basil). Following their performance, Don Cornelius talks with the individual dancers: Toni Basil (also the group's choreographer), Fred Berry (later played 'Rerun' on "What's Happening"), Leo "Fluky Luke" Williamson, Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quinones, Bill "Slim the Robot" Williams, Greg Pope, and Don "Campbellock" Campbell. (7) Mid-Point song: "Heartbreak Road" (Bill Withers). (8) David Ruffin interview and sings "Me & Rock And Roll Are Here To Stay." (9) dancers, record: "Tell Me What You Want" (Jimmy Ruffin). (10) Performance: Shirley Brown - "Woman To Woman" and interview. (11) Soul Train Line, record: "Release Yourself" (Graham Central Station). (12) Performance: David Ruffin - "Take Me Clear From Here." (13) Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does David Ruffin / Shirley Brown / 9th Creation / The Lockers sit in the Soul Train guide?
S04E19 is listed hour 125 of 1134 — hour 19 of 39 in season 4, season 4 episode 19.
When did Soul Train S04E19 air?
David Ruffin / Shirley Brown / 9th Creation / The Lockers aired 1975-01-25 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 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…
Also in season 4
- S04E01 Billy Preston/ Rufus/ George McCrae
- S04E02 James Brown & the First Family of Soul / Fred Wesley & the JB's / Lyn Collins
- S04E03 Johnnie Taylor / The Joneses / Syreeta
- S04E04 The Miracles / Herbie Hancock / Yvonne Fair
- S04E05 Michael Jackson / MDLT
- S04E06 The Four Tops / The New Birth / Creative Source