Soul Train
Earth Wind & Fire (in concert)/ Heaven & Earth
TV Flash files “Earth Wind & Fire (in concert)/ Heaven & Earth” as hour 267 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 5, aired 1978-09-16, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E05: listed hour 267 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 5 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1978-09-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Sylvers/ Kenny Brawner & Raw Sugar” (S08E04). Next is “Rose Royce/ D.J. Rogers” (S08E06). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme: (NEW THEME) "Soul Train '78" by the Hollywood Disco Jazz Band and the Waters 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "What You Waitin' For" Stargard 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "Strokety Stroke" The O'Jays 3rd Song, on record, Dancers: "Don't Stop, Get Off" The Sylvers Performance: Heaven & Earth "Guess Who's Back In Town" 4th Song, on record, Dancers: "When Somebody Loves You Back" Teddy Pendergrass Concert film: Earth, Wind & Fire "Jupiter" (live from the Capitol Centre in Washington, D.C.) Midpoint Song: "Get Off" Foxy Concert film: Earth, Wind & Fire "Sunshine" (live from the Capitol Centre in Washington, D.C.) Concert film: Earth, Wind & Fire "Fantasy" (live from the Capitol Centre in Washington, D.C.) Performance: Heaven & Earth "No Limit" plus an interview Soul Train Line Song: The Brothers Johnson "Ain't We Funkin' Now" Concert film: Earth, Wind & Fire "Serpentine Fire" (live from the Capitol Centre in Washington, D.C.) Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Earth Wind & Fire (in concert)/ Heaven & Earth sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E05 is listed hour 267 of 1134 — hour 5 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 5.
When did Soul Train S08E05 air?
Earth Wind & Fire (in concert)/ Heaven & Earth aired 1978-09-16 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…