Soul Train
Cuba Gooding/ Lenny Williams
TV Flash files “Cuba Gooding/ Lenny Williams” as the last listed hour of season 7 — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 7, episode 39, aired 1978-05-13, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E39: listed hour 262 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, last listed hour of season 7. It aired 1978-05-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Smokey Robinson/ Patti Austin” (S07E38). Next is “O'Jays/ Etta James” (S08E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Cuba Gooding - "Mind Pleaser" and "As Long as There's You." Lenny Williams - "Look Up with Your Mind" and "Choosing You." Sharon Redd, Ula Hedwig and Charlotte Crossley (formerly of the Harlettes, Bette Midler's backup group) - "Ain't No Man Worth It."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Cuba Gooding/ Lenny Williams sit in the Soul Train guide?
S07E39 is listed hour 262 of 1134 — last listed hour of season 7, season 7 episode 39.
When did Soul Train S07E39 air?
Cuba Gooding/ Lenny Williams aired 1978-05-13 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…