Soul Train
Jermaine Jackson/ Dramatics
TV Flash files “Jermaine Jackson/ Dramatics” as hour 329 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 9, episode 27, aired 1980-05-10, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E27: listed hour 329 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 27 of 32 in season 9. It aired 1980-05-10 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Village People/ Side Effect” (S09E26). Next is “Salute to Gladys Knight & the Pips” (S09E28). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening credits: "Up on Soul Train" by the Waters Dancers, record: "From 9:00 Until" Lakeside Dancers, record: "Got To Be Enough" Con Funk Shun Soul Train Scramble Board (BILL COSBY), record: "Funkytown" Lipps Inc. Performance: The Dramatics - "Welcome Back Home." Dance routine: Patricia and K.C. dance to "Love Injection" by Trussel. Dancers, record: "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" The Manhattan Transfer) Midpoint song: ?? Performance: Jermaine Jackson - "Let's Get Serious" and interview. Dancers, record: "Landlord" Gladys Knight & The Pips Performance: The Dramatics - "Be With The One That You Love" and interview. Soul Train Line: "Don't Push It, Don't Force It" (Leon Haywood) Performance: Jermaine Jackson - "You're Supposed To Keep Your Love For Me." Don Cornelius closing comment & credits.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Jermaine Jackson/ Dramatics sit in the Soul Train guide?
S09E27 is listed hour 329 of 1134 — hour 27 of 32 in season 9, season 9 episode 27.
When did Soul Train S09E27 air?
Jermaine Jackson/ Dramatics aired 1980-05-10 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…