Soul Train
Barry White/ Danny Pearson
TV Flash files “Barry White/ Danny Pearson” as hour 280 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 18, aired 1978-12-16, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E18: listed hour 280 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 18 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1978-12-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Stylistics/ Sun” (S08E17). Next is “Switch/ McCrarys” (S08E19). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Barry White - "September When I First Met You," "Just The Way You Are" and "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness." Danny Pearson (tenor & protege of Barry White) - "What's Your Sign Girl?" Lester Wilson's Dancers (12-person troupe) dance to three Barry White records: "Love's Theme," "It's Ecstasy" and "Sha La La Means I Love You."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Barry White/ Danny Pearson sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E18 is listed hour 280 of 1134 — hour 18 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 18.
When did Soul Train S08E18 air?
Barry White/ Danny Pearson aired 1978-12-16 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…