Soul Train
Larry Graham & Graham Central Station/ Charles Jackson
TV Flash files “Larry Graham & Graham Central Station/ Charles Jackson” as hour 270 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 8, aired 1978-10-07, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E08: listed hour 270 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 8 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1978-10-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Peabo Bryson/ Stargard” (S08E07). Next is “The Whispers/ Gill Scott-Heron/ Evelyn Champagne King” (S08E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme: "Soul Train '78" 1st Song, on record, Dancers: "Get Off" Foxy 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "Shake And Dance With Me" Con Funk Shun Soul Train Scramble Board: "Smile" The Emotions Performance: Charles Jackson "Ooh Child" 3rd Song, on record, Dancers: "Don't Stop, Get Off" The Sylvers Performance: Graham Central Station "My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me" Midpoint Song: "I Like What You Do" Commodores Interview with Graham Central Station plus performance "Is it Love?" Performance: Charles Jackson "Passionate Breezes" plus an interview Soul Train Line Song: The O'Jays "Strokety Stroke" Performance: Graham Central Station "Pow" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Larry Graham & Graham Central Station/ Charles Jackson sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E08 is listed hour 270 of 1134 — hour 8 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 8.
When did Soul Train S08E08 air?
Larry Graham & Graham Central Station/ Charles Jackson aired 1978-10-07 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…