Soul Train
The Trammps/ Shalamar/ Norma Jean
TV Flash files “The Trammps/ Shalamar/ Norma Jean” as hour 274 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 12, aired 1978-11-04, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E12: listed hour 274 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 12 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1978-11-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Freda Payne/ Atlantic Starr” (S08E11). Next is “Frankie Valli/ Creme D'Coca” (S08E13). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Trammps - "Disco Inferno" and "Where the Happy People Go." Shalamar performs "Tossing, Turning and Swinging" and "Take That to the Bank." Norma Jean Wright sings "Saturday" and "Having a Party."
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Trammps/ Shalamar/ Norma Jean sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E12 is listed hour 274 of 1134 — hour 12 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 12.
When did Soul Train S08E12 air?
The Trammps/ Shalamar/ Norma Jean aired 1978-11-04 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…