Soul Train
The Four Tops/ Con Funk Shun
TV Flash files “The Four Tops/ Con Funk Shun” as hour 253 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 7, episode 30, aired 1978-03-11, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E30: listed hour 253 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 30 of 39 in season 7. It aired 1978-03-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Lonnie Jordan/ Brass Construction/ Pattie Brooks” (S07E29). Next is “Bobby Womack/ Denise La Salle” (S07E31). 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: "Bootzilla" Bootsy's Rubber Band 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "We Don't Wanna' Sit Down (We Wanna' Git Down)" Brick Soul Train Scramble Board: "Don't Cost You Nothing" Ashford & Simpson Performance: Con Funk Shun "Ffun" 3rd Song, on record, Dancers: "Save And Spend" Cheryl Barnes Performance: The Four Tops "The Show Must Go On" Midpoint Song: "On Broadway" George Benson Interview with the Four Tops and performance "Love is a Joy" 4th Song, on record, Dancers: "Love Makes a Woman" Phoebe Snow Performance: Con Funk Shun "ConFunkShunizeYa" plus an interview Soul Train Line Song: Lonnie Jordan "Junkie To My Music" Performance: The Four Tops "I Can't Live Without You" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Four Tops/ Con Funk Shun sit in the Soul Train guide?
S07E30 is listed hour 253 of 1134 — hour 30 of 39 in season 7, season 7 episode 30.
When did Soul Train S07E30 air?
The Four Tops/ Con Funk Shun aired 1978-03-11 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…