Soul Train
The Spinners/ Con Funk Shun
TV Flash files “The Spinners/ Con Funk Shun” as hour 325 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 9, episode 23, aired 1980-04-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E23: listed hour 325 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 23 of 32 in season 9. It aired 1980-04-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Sister Sledge/ Randy Brown” (S09E22). Next is “Captain & Tenille/ Ritchie Family” (S09E24). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme: "Up on Soul Train" by The Waters Dancers, record: "Love Somebody Today" Sister Sledge Dancers, record: "Don't Push It, Don't Force It" Leon Haywood Soul Train Scramble Board (BESSIE SMITH) record: "Masterjam" Rufus and Chaka Khan Performance: Con Funk Shun - "Got To Be Enough" "Bobcat" and Antoine Thomas (Soul Train regulars, spotlight) record: "The Beat Goes On" The Whispers Dancers, record: "You Are My Heaven" Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack Midpoint song: "Let's Boogie, Let's Dance" The Spinners Performance: The Spinners - "Working My Way Back To You/ Forgive Me Girl" and interview. Dancers, record: "Do That To Me One More Time" Captain and Tennille (In his introduction to this song, Don announces that the duo will be the show's special guests next week.) Performance: Con Funk Shun - "Spirit of Love" and interview. Soul Train Line: "Love Injection" Trussel Performance: The Spinners - "Body Language." Don Cornelius closing comments & closing credits.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Spinners/ Con Funk Shun sit in the Soul Train guide?
S09E23 is listed hour 325 of 1134 — hour 23 of 32 in season 9, season 9 episode 23.
When did Soul Train S09E23 air?
The Spinners/ Con Funk Shun aired 1980-04-12 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 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…