Soul Train
Gene Chandler/ Chic
TV Flash files “Gene Chandler/ Chic” as hour 285 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 23, aired 1979-01-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E23: listed hour 285 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 23 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1979-01-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Roy Ayers & Ubiquity/ Sarah Dash” (S08E22). Next is “Brass Construction/ Peaches & Herb/ Captain Sky” (S08E24). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening titles. Dancers, record: "Y.M.C.A." (The Village People) Dancers, record: "Contact" (Edwin Starr) Soul Train Scramble board (MARY BETHUNE), record: "Now That We Found Love" (Third World) Performance: Chic - "Le Freak." Dancers, record: "Instant Replay" (Dan Hartman) Dancers, record: "Take That To The Bank" (Shalamar) Midpoint song: "Shine On Silver Moon" (Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.) Don Cornelius interviews Gene Chandler. Performance: Gene Chandler - "Get Down." Dancers, record: "Shake Your Groove Thing" (Peaches & Herb) Performance: Chic - "I Want Your Love" and interview by Don Cornelius. Dancers, record: "September" (Earth, Wind and Fire) Performance: Gene Chandler - "Please Sunrise."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Gene Chandler/ Chic sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E23 is listed hour 285 of 1134 — hour 23 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 23.
When did Soul Train S08E23 air?
Gene Chandler/ Chic aired 1979-01-20 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…