Soul Train
Johnny Guitar Watson/ Jean Carn
TV Flash files “Johnny Guitar Watson/ Jean Carn” as hour 278 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 16, aired 1978-12-02, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E16: listed hour 278 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 16 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1978-12-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Lenny Williams/ Mother's Finest/ Cheech & Chong” (S08E15). Next is “Stylistics/ Sun” (S08E17). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening titles Dubsack / Two Song Dance Segment: record: "I'm Every Woman" Chaka Khan record: "Take That To The Bank" Shalamar (this segment has very cool, yet dark disco stage lighting!) Scrambleboard: Annette + Jerry (ALEXANDER DUMAS) "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" Barry White Performance: Jean Carn "Don't Let It Go To Your Head" 3rd record, Dancers: "Blame It On The Boogie" The Jacksons 4th record, Dancers: "Only You" Teddy Pendergrass Midpoint, record: "In The Bush" Musique Performance: Johnny "Guitar" Watson - "Miss Frisco (Queen of the Disco)" + Interview with Don Cornelius 5th record, Dancers: "Shine On Silver Moon" Marilyn McCoo + Billy Davis, Jr. Performance: Jean Carn "Happy to Be with You" + Interview with Don Cornelius Soul Train Line: "Ease On Down The Road" Diana Ross + Michael Jackson Performance: Johnny "Guitar" Watson "Gangster Of Love" Closing Titles
Viewer FAQ
Where does Johnny Guitar Watson/ Jean Carn sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E16 is listed hour 278 of 1134 — hour 16 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 16.
When did Soul Train S08E16 air?
Johnny Guitar Watson/ Jean Carn aired 1978-12-02 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…