Soul Train
Edwin Starr/ The Jimmy Castor Bunch/ Grace Jones
TV Flash files “Edwin Starr/ The Jimmy Castor Bunch/ Grace Jones” as hour 290 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 28, aired 1979-02-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E28: listed hour 290 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 28 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1979-02-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Joe Simon/ Cheryl Lynn” (S08E27). Next is “Bonnie Pointer/ Dan Hartman” (S08E29). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Edwin Starr - "Contact" and "I'm So Into You." The Jimmy Castor Bunch - "You Light Up My Life" and "Let It Out." Grace Jones - "Fame" and "Do or Die." The Jimmy Castor Bunch "Maximum Stimulation."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Edwin Starr/ The Jimmy Castor Bunch/ Grace Jones sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E28 is listed hour 290 of 1134 — hour 28 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 28.
When did Soul Train S08E28 air?
Edwin Starr/ The Jimmy Castor Bunch/ Grace Jones aired 1979-02-24 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…