Soul Train
Stephanie Mills/ Roy Ayers
TV Flash files “Stephanie Mills/ Roy Ayers” as a desk essential hour — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 9, episode 25, aired 1980-04-26, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E25: listed hour 327 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 25 of 32 in season 9. It aired 1980-04-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Captain & Tenille/ Ritchie Family” (S09E24). Next is “Village People/ Side Effect” (S09E26). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Essential hour: “Stephanie Mills/ Roy Ayers”. Stephanie Mills and Roy Ayers is late-1970s trip energy. Guests as the catalog's true episode titles: a weekly archive of Black pop, funk, and the kids who became the show.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening credits Dancer Dub Sack: 1st Song, Dancers, on record: "Got To Be Enough" ConFunkShun Dancer Dub Sack:2nd Song, Dancers, on record: "Let The Music Take Me" Patrice Rushen Scrambleboard: (JULIAN BOND), on record:"Right In The Socket" Shalamar Performance: Roy Ayers "Don't Stop The Feeling." Dance Routine Spotlight: Janelle Starks, on record: "Funky Town" Lipps, Inc. Dancers, record:"Let's Get Serious" Jermaine Jackson Midpoint Song, Dancers, on record: "Love Injection" Trussel Performance: Stephanie Mills "Sweet Sensation"and interview with Don Cornelius. Dancers, record: "Out The Box" The Whispers Performance: Roy Ayers - "What You Won't Do For Love" and interview with Don Cornelius. Soul Train Line, record:"Don't Push It, Don't Force It" Leon Haywood Performance: Stephanie Mills - "I Just Wanna Say." Closing credits.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Stephanie Mills/ Roy Ayers sit in the Soul Train guide?
S09E25 is listed hour 327 of 1134 — hour 25 of 32 in season 9, season 9 episode 25.
When did Soul Train S09E25 air?
Stephanie Mills/ Roy Ayers aired 1980-04-26 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…