Soul Train
Curtis Mayfield/ Linda Clifford/ Keith Barrow
TV Flash files “Curtis Mayfield/ Linda Clifford/ Keith Barrow” as hour 297 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 35, aired 1979-04-14, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E35: listed hour 297 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 35 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1979-04-14 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Billy Preston & Syreeta/ Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers” (S08E34). Next is “Amii Stewart/ Boney M” (S08E36). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Curtis Mayfield - "This Year" and "In Love, in Love, in Love." Linda Clifford - "Sweet Melodies" and "Bridge over Troubled Water." Keith Barrow - "Turn Me Up."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Curtis Mayfield/ Linda Clifford/ Keith Barrow sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E35 is listed hour 297 of 1134 — hour 35 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 35.
When did Soul Train S08E35 air?
Curtis Mayfield/ Linda Clifford/ Keith Barrow aired 1979-04-14 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…
Filed against
- 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…