Soul Train
Tyrone Davis/ Gary's Gang
TV Flash files “Tyrone Davis/ Gary's Gang” as hour 301 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 8, episode 39, aired 1979-05-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E39: listed hour 301 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 39 of 40 in season 8. It aired 1979-05-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Third World/ Danny Pearson” (S08E38). Next is “Carrie Lucas/ G.Q./ The Gap Band” (S08E40). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening credits ("Soul Train '78") Dancer Dub Sack: 1st Song, Dancers, on record: "Hot Stuff" Donna Summer Dancer Dub Sack: 2nd Song, Dancers, on record: "High On Your Love Suite" Rick James Scrambleboard: (Bernadette Robertson & Ronald Williams - LARRY BYRD), on record: "We Are Family" Sister Sledge Performance: Gary's Gang "Keep On Dancin'" Dance Routine Spotlight: Cheryl Song & Janice Carr, on record: "Night Dancin'" Taka Boom Dancers, on record: "What A Fool Believes" The Doobie Brothers Midpoint Song, Dancers, on record: "Don's Place" The Hollywood Disco Jazz Band ("Don's Place" was the theme and title of Don Cornelius' ill-fated late night talk show pilot.) Performance: Tyrone Davis "In The Mood" and interview with Don Cornelius. Dancers, record: "Dance With You" Carrie Lucas Performance: Gary's Gang "Let's Lovedance Tonight" and interview with Don Cornelius. Soul Train Line, record: "Hot Number" Foxy Performance: Tyrone Davis "You Know What To Do" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Tyrone Davis/ Gary's Gang sit in the Soul Train guide?
S08E39 is listed hour 301 of 1134 — hour 39 of 40 in season 8, season 8 episode 39.
When did Soul Train S08E39 air?
Tyrone Davis/ Gary's Gang aired 1979-05-12 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 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…