Soul Train
Marvin Gaye
TV Flash files “Marvin Gaye” as hour 222 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 6, episode 38, aired 1977-05-07, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E38: listed hour 222 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 38 of 39 in season 6. It aired 1977-05-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Smokey Robinson/ Lakeside” (S06E37). Next is “Harold Melvin & the Blue notes/ Side Effect” (S06E39). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme "Soul Train '76" Soul Train one-on-one Basketball Championship, part one (Marvin Gaye VS. Don Cornelius / referee: special guest Smokey Robinson) 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "Do What You Wanna Do" T-Connection Soul Train one-on-one Basketball Championship, part two Soul Train Scramble Board: "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)" Joe Tex Performance: Marvin Gaye "Got To Give It Up (Part I)" Soul Train one-on-one Basketball Championship, part three 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "While I'm Alone" Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly)" Performance: Marvin Gaye "All The Way Around" Soul Train one-on-one Basketball Championship, part four Midpoint Song: "Vitamin U" Smokey Robinson Interview with Marvin Gaye and performance "After The Dance" Soul Train one-on-one Basketball Championship, part five 3rd song, on record, Dancers: "I Gotta Keep Dancin'" Carrie Lucas Soul Train one-on-one Basketball Championship, part six 4th song, on record, Dancers: "Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo" Shalamar Soul Train one-on-one Basketball Championship, part seven Performance: Marvin Gaye "Got To Give It Up (Part II)" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Marvin Gaye sit in the Soul Train guide?
S06E38 is listed hour 222 of 1134 — hour 38 of 39 in season 6, season 6 episode 38.
When did Soul Train S06E38 air?
Marvin Gaye aired 1977-05-07 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…