All episodes Season 8 S08E34 1979-04-07 60 min 1970s Syndicated

Soul Train

Billy Preston & Syreeta/ Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers

TV Flash files “Billy Preston & Syreeta/ Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers” as hour 296 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 34, aired 1979-04-07, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S08E34: listed hour 296 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 34 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1979-04-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Instant Funk/ Cerrone” (S08E33). Next is “Curtis Mayfield/ Linda Clifford/ Keith Barrow” (S08E35). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Billy Preston & Syreeta - "With You I'm Born Again" and "Go For It." Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Bustin' Loose."

Viewer FAQ

Where does Billy Preston & Syreeta/ Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers sit in the Soul Train guide?

S08E34 is listed hour 296 of 1134 — hour 34 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 34.

When did Soul Train S08E34 air?

Billy Preston & Syreeta/ Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers aired 1979-04-07 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.

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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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