Soul Train
Rufus/ The Checkmates/ The Booty People
TV Flash files “Rufus/ The Checkmates/ The Booty People” as hour 183 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 5, episode 38, aired 1976-06-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E38: listed hour 183 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 38 of 39 in season 5. It aired 1976-06-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Archie Bell & the Drells/ Brass Construction” (S05E37). Next is “The Fifth Dimension/ The Brothers Johnson/ Pat Lundy” (S05E39). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - "Fool's Paradise," "Dance with Me" and "Jive Talkin'." Checkmates, Ltd. - "All Alone by the Telephone" and "Body Language." Booty People - "Spirit of '76."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Rufus/ The Checkmates/ The Booty People sit in the Soul Train guide?
S05E38 is listed hour 183 of 1134 — hour 38 of 39 in season 5, season 5 episode 38.
When did Soul Train S05E38 air?
Rufus/ The Checkmates/ The Booty People aired 1976-06-12 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…
Filed against
- 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…