Soul Train
Stylistics/ Sun
TV Flash files “Stylistics/ Sun” as hour 279 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 17, aired 1978-12-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E17: listed hour 279 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 17 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1978-12-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Johnny Guitar Watson/ Jean Carn” (S08E16). Next is “Barry White/ Danny Pearson” (S08E18). 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 Down" Gene Chandler 2nd Song, on record, Dancers: "I'm Every Woman" Chaka Khan Soul Train Scramble Board: "Shine On Silver Moon" Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. Performance: Sun "Sun is Here" 3rd Song, on record, Dancers: "In The Bush" Musique 4th Song, on record, Dancers: "Now That We Found Love" Third World Midpoint Song: "(I'm Just Thinking About) Cooling Out" Jerry Butler. Interview with the Stylistics plus a performance "You're the Best Thing in My Life" 5th Song, on record, Dancers: "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" Barry White Performance: Sun "Sun of a Gun" plus an interview Soul Train Line Song: Earth, Wind & Fire "September" Performance: The Stylistics "First Impressions" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Stylistics/ Sun sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E17 is listed hour 279 of 1134 — hour 17 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 17.
When did Soul Train S08E17 air?
Stylistics/ Sun aired 1978-12-09 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…