Soul Train
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr./ Lakeside
TV Flash files “Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr./ Lakeside” as hour 283 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 21, aired 1979-01-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E21: listed hour 283 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 21 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1979-01-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Temptations/ Randy Brown” (S08E20). Next is “Roy Ayers & Ubiquity/ Sarah Dash” (S08E22). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
opening title 1st song, Dancers, on record: "Contact" Edwin Starr 2nd song, Dancers, on record: "Take That to The Bank" Shalamar Scrambleboard: (GEORGE GARVIN) "Now That We Found Love" Third World 3rd song, Dancers, on record: "September" Earth, Wind & Fire Performance: Lakeside "It's All the Way Live" Midpoint song: "Sha La La Means I love You" Barry White Performance: Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. "Shine On" plus interview 4th song, Dancers, on record: "I'm Just Thinking About Coolin' Out" Jerry Butler 5th song, Dancers, on record: "Got to Be Real" Cheryl Lynn Performance: Lakeside "A Shot of Love" plus interview Soul Train Line: Dan Hartman "Instant Replay" Performance: Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. "You Got the Love" closing song
Viewer FAQ
Where does Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr./ Lakeside sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E21 is listed hour 283 of 1134 — hour 21 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 21.
When did Soul Train S08E21 air?
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr./ Lakeside aired 1979-01-06 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…