Soul Train
Roy Ayers & Ubiquity/ Sarah Dash
TV Flash files “Roy Ayers & Ubiquity/ Sarah Dash” as hour 284 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 22, aired 1979-01-13, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E22: listed hour 284 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 22 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1979-01-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr./ Lakeside” (S08E21). Next is “Gene Chandler/ Chic” (S08E23). 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: "Shake Your Groove Thing" Peaches and Herb record: "Get Down" Gene Chandler Scrambleboard: Stephanie + Phiverio (EDWIN STARR) "Got To Be Real" Cheryl Lynn Performance: Sarah Dash "Sinner Man." 3rd record, Dancers: "Le Freak" Chic 4th record, Dancers: "YMCA" Village People Midpoint, record: "You Stepped Into My Life" Melba Moore Performance: Roy Ayers and Ubiquity, with Wanye Henderson "Heat Of The Beat" + Interview with Don Cornelius 5th record, Dancers: "Coolin' Out" Jerry Butler Performance: Sarah Dash "(Come And Take This) Candy From Your Baby" + Interview with Don Cornelius. Soul Train Line: "Instant Replay" Dan Hartman (oddly, the record skips and the dancers stay on beat - same line from #283, but with a few extra seconds) Performance: Roy Ayers and Ubiquity "You Send Me." Closing Titles
Viewer FAQ
Where does Roy Ayers & Ubiquity/ Sarah Dash sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E22 is listed hour 284 of 1134 — hour 22 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 22.
When did Soul Train S08E22 air?
Roy Ayers & Ubiquity/ Sarah Dash aired 1979-01-13 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…