Soul Train
Peabo Bryson/ Stargard
TV Flash files “Peabo Bryson/ Stargard” as hour 269 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 7, aired 1978-09-30, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E07: listed hour 269 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 7 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1978-09-30 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Rose Royce/ D.J. Rogers” (S08E06). Next is “Larry Graham & Graham Central Station/ Charles Jackson” (S08E08). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening theme 1st Song, on record, dancers: "If You Wanna Do a Dance" The Spinners. 2nd song, on record, dancers: "Ain't We Funkin' Now" The Brothers Johnson. Scrambleboard: (VERNON JORDAN) on record: "When Somebody Loves you Back" Teddy Pendergrass. Performance: Stargard - "What You Waitin' For?" 3rd Song, on record, dancers: "Shake and Dance With Me" Con Funk Shun. Performance: Peabo Bryson - "Reaching For the Sky." Midpoint Song: "Got to Get You Into My Life" Earth, Wind & Fire. Performance: Peabo Bryson - "Feel the Fire" and an interview with Don Cornelius. 4th song, on record, dancers: "I Like What You Do" The Commodores. Performance: Stargard - "Which Way is Up" and an interview with Don Cornelius. Soul Train Line, on record: "Strokety Stroke" The O'Jays. Performance: Peabo Bryson - "Smile." Closing theme
Viewer FAQ
Where does Peabo Bryson/ Stargard sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E07 is listed hour 269 of 1134 — hour 7 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 7.
When did Soul Train S08E07 air?
Peabo Bryson/ Stargard aired 1978-09-30 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…