Soul Train
Salute to Gladys Knight & the Pips
TV Flash files “Salute to Gladys Knight & the Pips” as hour 330 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 9, episode 28, aired 1980-05-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E28: listed hour 330 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 28 of 32 in season 9. It aired 1980-05-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Jermaine Jackson/ Dramatics” (S09E27). Next is “Ray, Goodman & Brown/ Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio” (S09E29). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Soul Train celebrates Gladys Knight & the Pips with a look back at their past hits, and their current releases "Landlord" and "Bourgie, Bourgie."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Salute to Gladys Knight & the Pips sit in the Soul Train guide?
S09E28 is listed hour 330 of 1134 — hour 28 of 32 in season 9, season 9 episode 28.
When did Soul Train S09E28 air?
Salute to Gladys Knight & the Pips aired 1980-05-17 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…
Filed against
- 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…