Soul Train
Sugarhill Gang/ Patrice Rushen
TV Flash files “Sugarhill Gang/ Patrice Rushen” as hour 361 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 10, episode 27, aired 1981-05-16, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E27: listed hour 361 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 27 of 32 in season 10. It aired 1981-05-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Spinners/ Skyy” (S10E26). Next is “Betty Wright/ Funkadelic” (S10E28). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening titles record: "Give It To Me Baby" Rick James record: "What'cha Gonna Do For Me?" Chaka Khan Performance: Patrice Rushen - "Never Gonna Give You Up" Scrambleboard: (BILLIE HOLIDAY) "Make That Move" Shalamar Dance Spotlight: Shabba Doo, Angel Cejas and 1 other person dance to "Get Tough" by Kleeer Midpoint song: "Ai No Corrida" Quincy Jones and Dune Performance: Sugarhill Gang - "8th Wonder" 3rd record, Dancers, record: "Call It What You Want" Bill Summers and Summers' Heat Performance: Patrice Rushen - "I Need Your Love." Soul Train Line: "Superlove" Skyy Performance: Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Sugarhill Gang/ Patrice Rushen sit in the Soul Train guide?
S10E27 is listed hour 361 of 1134 — hour 27 of 32 in season 10, season 10 episode 27.
When did Soul Train S10E27 air?
Sugarhill Gang/ Patrice Rushen aired 1981-05-16 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…