Soul Train
Teddy Pendergrass/ The Jones Girls
TV Flash files “Teddy Pendergrass/ The Jones Girls” as hour 340 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 10, episode 6, aired 1980-10-25, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E06: listed hour 340 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 6 of 32 in season 10. It aired 1980-10-25 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Tyrone Davis/ Teena Marie” (S10E05). Next is “Cameo/ Edmund Sylvers” (S10E07). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Teddy performs "Love T.K.O." & "Can't We Try?", and has an in depth interview with Don Cornelius (shown in segments throughout the episode). Flashback performances of Teddy's are also shown - "The More I Get, The More I Want" (from Episode #220, 23-Apr-1977) & "I Don't Love You Anymore" (from Episode #235, 05-Nov-1977) The Jones Girls also appear on this show performing "Children Of The Night" and "Dance Turned Into a Romance."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Teddy Pendergrass/ The Jones Girls sit in the Soul Train guide?
S10E06 is listed hour 340 of 1134 — hour 6 of 32 in season 10, season 10 episode 6.
When did Soul Train S10E06 air?
Teddy Pendergrass/ The Jones Girls aired 1980-10-25 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…