Soul Train
Jermaine Jackson/ Switch
TV Flash files “Jermaine Jackson/ Switch” as hour 225 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 7, episode 2, aired 1977-08-27, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E02: listed hour 225 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 2 of 39 in season 7. It aired 1977-08-27 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “O.C. Smith/ HOT/ Floaters” (S07E01). Next is “O'Jays/ Al Jarreau/ Truth” (S07E03). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Jermaine Jackson - "I Love You More" (and possibly "You Need to be Loved" and "My Touch of Madness"). Switch - "Somebody's Watching You" and "I Want to Be with You."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Jermaine Jackson/ Switch sit in the Soul Train guide?
S07E02 is listed hour 225 of 1134 — hour 2 of 39 in season 7, season 7 episode 2.
When did Soul Train S07E02 air?
Jermaine Jackson/ Switch aired 1977-08-27 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…