Soul Train
Smokey Robinson/ Dee Dee Sharp
TV Flash files “Smokey Robinson/ Dee Dee Sharp” as hour 232 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 7, episode 9, aired 1977-10-15, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E09: listed hour 232 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 9 of 39 in season 7. It aired 1977-10-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Lamont Dozier/ Phyllis Hyman/ High Inergy” (S07E08). Next is “Tavares/ David Oliver” (S07E10). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme "Soul Train '76" 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "Brick House" Commodores 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "Another Star" Stevie Wonder Soul Train Scramble Board: "I Feel Love" Donna Summer Performance: Dee Dee Sharp Gamble "Nobody Could Take Your Place" 3rd Song, on record, Dancers: "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" Barry White Smokey Robinson interview (and a clip from the movie Big Time) Midpoint Song: "Star Wars Theme" Meco Performance: Smokey Robinson "Theme From Big Time" 4th Song, on record, Dancers: "Rejoice" The Emotions Performance: Dee Dee Sharp Gamble "What Color Is Love" plus an interview Soul Train Line Song: Brick "Dusic" Performance: Smokey Robinson "Hip Trip (aka "You Say You Got It All")" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Smokey Robinson/ Dee Dee Sharp sit in the Soul Train guide?
S07E09 is listed hour 232 of 1134 — hour 9 of 39 in season 7, season 7 episode 9.
When did Soul Train S07E09 air?
Smokey Robinson/ Dee Dee Sharp aired 1977-10-15 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…