Soul Train
Stylistics/ Spyro Gyra
TV Flash files “Stylistics/ Spyro Gyra” as hour 349 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 10, episode 15, aired 1981-01-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E15: listed hour 349 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 15 of 32 in season 10. It aired 1981-01-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Dynasty/ Tierra” (S10E14). Next is “The Chi-Lites/ Patrice Rushen” (S10E16). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Stylistics - "Hurry Up This Way Again." Spyro Gyra "Morning Dance" and "Foxtrot." Vintage clip: The Four Tops - "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)." (ST #50, 17-Feb-1973)
Viewer FAQ
Where does Stylistics/ Spyro Gyra sit in the Soul Train guide?
S10E15 is listed hour 349 of 1134 — hour 15 of 32 in season 10, season 10 episode 15.
When did Soul Train S10E15 air?
Stylistics/ Spyro Gyra aired 1981-01-24 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…