Soul Train
Deniece Williams/ The Gap Band
TV Flash files “Deniece Williams/ The Gap Band” as hour 351 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 10, episode 17, aired 1981-03-07, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E17: listed hour 351 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 17 of 32 in season 10. It aired 1981-03-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Chi-Lites/ Patrice Rushen” (S10E16). Next is “Bar-Kays/ Yarbrough & Peoples/ Robert Winters” (S10E18). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Deniece Williams "Strangers" and "What Two Can Do." The Gap Band "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" and "Yearning for your Love." From Soul Train History Book: Curtis Mayfield "Superfly" (from Soul Train #45, 06-Jan-1973)
Viewer FAQ
Where does Deniece Williams/ The Gap Band sit in the Soul Train guide?
S10E17 is listed hour 351 of 1134 — hour 17 of 32 in season 10, season 10 episode 17.
When did Soul Train S10E17 air?
Deniece Williams/ The Gap Band aired 1981-03-07 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…