Soul Train
Freda Payne/ Atlantic Starr
TV Flash files “Freda Payne/ Atlantic Starr” as hour 273 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 11, aired 1978-10-28, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E11: listed hour 273 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 11 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1978-10-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Melba Moore/ Michael Henderson” (S08E10). Next is “The Trammps/ Shalamar/ Norma Jean” (S08E12). 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: "One Nation Under a Groove" (Funkadelic) 2nd song, on record, dancers: "Strokety Stroke" (The O'Jays) Scrambleboard: (LESLIE UGGAMS) record: "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" (Barry White) Performance: Atlantic Starr - "Stand Up" 3rd Song, on record, dancers: "Got To Get You Into My Life" (Earth Wind & Fire) Performance: Freda Payne - "Livin' for the Beat" Midpoint Song: "Get Off" (Foxy) Performance: Freda Payne - interview and "Happy Days Are Here Again" 4th song, on record, dancers: "Don't Stop, Get Off" (The Sylvers) Performance: Atlantic Starr - "Keep It Comin'" and interview. Soul Train Line, record: "Only You" (Teddy Pendergrass) Performance: Freda Payne - "Falling in Love." Closing theme
Viewer FAQ
Where does Freda Payne/ Atlantic Starr sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E11 is listed hour 273 of 1134 — hour 11 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 11.
When did Soul Train S08E11 air?
Freda Payne/ Atlantic Starr aired 1978-10-28 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…