Soul Train
Emotions/ Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
TV Flash files “Emotions/ Maze featuring Frankie Beverly” as hour 230 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 7, episode 7, aired 1977-10-01, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E07: listed hour 230 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 7 of 39 in season 7. It aired 1977-10-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Dramatics/ Tata Vega” (S07E06). Next is “Lamont Dozier/ Phyllis Hyman/ High Inergy” (S07E08). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme ("Soul Train '76- Get on Board") 1st Song, Dancers: The Ohio Players - O-H-I-O 2nd Song, Dancers: Idris Muhammad - Turn This Mother Out Scrambleboard: (REGGIE JACKSON) New Birth - Deeper Performance: Maze f/Frankie Beverly - While I'm Alone 3rd Song, Dancers: KC & The Sunshine Band - Wrap Your Arms Around Me Performance: The Emotions - Rejoice Midpoint: C.J. & Co. - Devil's Gun Interview with The Emotions followed by performance of "Don't Ask My Neighbors." 4th Song, Dancers: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - Look What You've Done To My Heart Performance: Maze f/Frankie Beverly - "Lady Of Magic" + Interview Soul Train Line: Donna Summer - "I Feel Love" Performance: The Emotions - "Best Of My Love." Closing Credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Emotions/ Maze featuring Frankie Beverly sit in the Soul Train guide?
S07E07 is listed hour 230 of 1134 — hour 7 of 39 in season 7, season 7 episode 7.
When did Soul Train S07E07 air?
Emotions/ Maze featuring Frankie Beverly aired 1977-10-01 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…