Soul Train
Pointer Sisters/ Con Funk Shun
TV Flash files “Pointer Sisters/ Con Funk Shun” as hour 353 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 10, episode 19, aired 1981-03-21, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E19: listed hour 353 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 19 of 32 in season 10. It aired 1981-03-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Bar-Kays/ Yarbrough & Peoples/ Robert Winters” (S10E18). Next is “Whispers/ Carrie Lucas” (S10E20). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Pointer Sisters "He's So Shy" and "Where Did the Time Go." Con-Funk-Shun – "Too Tight" and "Happy Face." From the Soul Train History Book: Billy Paul "Me and Mrs. Jones" (from Soul Train #39, 18-Nov-1972)
Viewer FAQ
Where does Pointer Sisters/ Con Funk Shun sit in the Soul Train guide?
S10E19 is listed hour 353 of 1134 — hour 19 of 32 in season 10, season 10 episode 19.
When did Soul Train S10E19 air?
Pointer Sisters/ Con Funk Shun aired 1981-03-21 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…