Soul Train
Smokey Robinson/ Patti Austin
TV Flash files “Smokey Robinson/ Patti Austin” as hour 261 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 7, episode 38, aired 1978-05-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E38: listed hour 261 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 38 of 39 in season 7. It aired 1978-05-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Fifth Dimension/ Mandrill” (S07E37). Next is “Cuba Gooding/ Lenny Williams” (S07E39). 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: "Your Love Is So Good for Me" Diana Ross 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "Dance Across the Floor" Jimmy "Bo" Horne Soul Train Scramble Board: "Everybody Dance" Chic Performance: Patti Austin "We're in Love", with introduction featuring special guest Quincy Jones 3rd Song, on record, Dancers: "I Feel Good" Al Green Performance: Smokey Robinson "Daylight and Darkness" Midpoint Song: "Rumour Has It" Donna Summer Interview with Smokey Robinson and performance "Why You Wanna See My Bad Side" 4th Song, on record, Dancers: "Dance With Me" Peter Brown Performance: Patti Austin "I Just Want To Know" plus an interview with Don. Soul Train Line Song: Roy Ayers "Freaky Deaky" Performance: Smokey Robinson "Trying It Again" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Smokey Robinson/ Patti Austin sit in the Soul Train guide?
S07E38 is listed hour 261 of 1134 — hour 38 of 39 in season 7, season 7 episode 38.
When did Soul Train S07E38 air?
Smokey Robinson/ Patti Austin aired 1978-05-06 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…