Soul Train
Betty Wright/ Funkadelic
TV Flash files “Betty Wright/ Funkadelic” as hour 362 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 10, episode 28, aired 1981-05-23, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E28: listed hour 362 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 28 of 32 in season 10. It aired 1981-05-23 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Sugarhill Gang/ Patrice Rushen” (S10E27). Next is “Bill Withers/ Side Effect” (S10E29). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening credits: 'Up on Soul Train" by The Whispers Dancers, record: "You're Lying" (Linx) Dancers, record: "Superlove" (Skyy) Performance: Funkadelic (Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon and Grady Thomas) - "Connections and Disconnections" and interview. Soul Train Scramble Board (ROBERTA FLACK), record: "Paradise" (by Change) Soul Train History Book (vintage clip): Joe Tex - "I Gotcha" (From Soul Train #20, 12-Feb-1972) Midpoint song: "Make That Move" (Shalamar) Performance: Betty Wright - "What Are You Going To Do with It?" Dancers, record: "Take It To The Top" (Kool & The Gang) Performance: Funkadelic (Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon and Grady Thomas) - "Who's A Funkadelic?" Soul Train Line: "Give It to Me Baby" (Rick James) Performance: Betty Wright - "I Like Your Loving" Don Cornelius closing comments & Soul Train closing credits.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Betty Wright/ Funkadelic sit in the Soul Train guide?
S10E28 is listed hour 362 of 1134 — hour 28 of 32 in season 10, season 10 episode 28.
When did Soul Train S10E28 air?
Betty Wright/ Funkadelic aired 1981-05-23 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 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…