Soul Train
Ramsey Lewis/ Fantastic Four/ Leslie Uggams
TV Flash files “Ramsey Lewis/ Fantastic Four/ Leslie Uggams” as hour 156 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 5, episode 11, aired 1975-11-01, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E11: listed hour 156 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 11 of 39 in season 5. It aired 1975-11-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Minnie Riperton/ Twenty First Century” (S05E10). Next is “The Spinners/ Merry Clayton” (S05E12). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening credits ("Soul Train '75") Dancers, on record: "Messin' With My Mind" Labelle Performance: Ramsey Lewis "Don't It Feel Good" Scrambleboard: (Damita Jo Freeman & Gary Keys - ELTON JOHN), on record: "Mr. DJ" Aretha Franklin Performance: Leslie Uggams "I Was The Life Of The Party" Dancers, on record: "Hooked For Life" The Trammps Performance: Fantastic Four "Alvin Stone (The Birth & Death of a Gangster)," and interview with Don Cornelius. Midpoint Song, Dancers, on record: "Fancy Lady" Billy Preston & Syreeta Interview: Ramsey Lewis Performance: Ramsey Lewis "That's The Way Of The World" Dancers, record: "Games People Play (They Just Can't Stop It)" The Spinners Performance: Leslie Uggams "I Want To Make It Easy For You," and interview with Don Cornelius. (in a surprise twist, Don turns the questioning over to the Soul Train dancers mid-interview.) Soul Train Line, record: "Survival" The O'Jays Performance: Ramsey Lewis "Spider Man" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ramsey Lewis/ Fantastic Four/ Leslie Uggams sit in the Soul Train guide?
S05E11 is listed hour 156 of 1134 — hour 11 of 39 in season 5, season 5 episode 11.
When did Soul Train S05E11 air?
Ramsey Lewis/ Fantastic Four/ Leslie Uggams aired 1975-11-01 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…