Soul Train
Sister Sledge/ Randy Brown
TV Flash files “Sister Sledge/ Randy Brown” as hour 324 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 9, episode 22, aired 1980-04-05, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E22: listed hour 324 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 22 of 32 in season 9. It aired 1980-04-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes/ Brass Connection” (S09E21). Next is “The Spinners/ Con Funk Shun” (S09E23). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sister Sledge - "Got To Love Somebody." Randy Brown "We Ought to Be Doing It."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Sister Sledge/ Randy Brown sit in the Soul Train guide?
S09E22 is listed hour 324 of 1134 — hour 22 of 32 in season 9, season 9 episode 22.
When did Soul Train S09E22 air?
Sister Sledge/ Randy Brown aired 1980-04-05 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…