Soul Train
Bar Kays/ McFadden & Whitehead
TV Flash files “Bar Kays/ McFadden & Whitehead” as hour 310 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 9, episode 8, aired 1979-11-03, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E08: listed hour 310 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 8 of 32 in season 9. It aired 1979-11-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Billy Preston/ Creme D'Coca” (S09E07). Next is “Herb Alpert/ Dynasty” (S09E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme ("Soul Train '78" by the Hollywood Disco Jazz Band) 1st Dance Segment: "Do You Love What You Feel" Rufus & Chaka Khan 2nd Dance Segment: "Ladies Night" Kool & the Gang Scrambleboard: (DIONNE WARWICK) "Dim All The Lights" Donna Summer Performance: The Bar Kays "Move Your Boogie Body" Dance Routine: Jeffrey Daniels & Eclipse,"Working Day & Night" Michael Jackson; TRIVIA: This is the first time we were exposed to the dance that would later become the moonwalk, which was originally called "The Backslide" Dance with Jeffrey and the rest of the Soul Train Dancers: "No One Gets The Prize" Diana Ross Midpoint Song: "Deja Vu" Dionne Warwick Performance: McFadden & Whitehead - "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" plus interview. 3rd Dance Segment: "How Did You Know It Was Me?" Barry White Performance: The Bar Kays - "You've Been" plus interview. Soul Train Line: The Isley Brothers "It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)" Performance: McFadden & Whitehead - "I've Been Pushed Aside." Closing Credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bar Kays/ McFadden & Whitehead sit in the Soul Train guide?
S09E08 is listed hour 310 of 1134 — hour 8 of 32 in season 9, season 9 episode 8.
When did Soul Train S09E08 air?
Bar Kays/ McFadden & Whitehead aired 1979-11-03 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…