Soul Train
The Brothers Johnson/ LaToya Jackson
TV Flash files “The Brothers Johnson/ LaToya Jackson” as hour 370 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 11, episode 4, aired 1981-10-10, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S11E04: listed hour 370 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 4 of 32 in season 11. It aired 1981-10-10 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Deniece Williams/ Richard Dimples Fields” (S11E03). Next is “Salute to Rick James” (S11E05). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening titles: "Up on Soul Train" by The Whispers Dubsack / Two Song Dance Segment: record: "Louie, Louie" Barry White record: "Super Freak" Rick James Performance: LaToya Jackson - "Stay The Night" + Interview with Don Cornelius Scrambleboard: Jenee + Derek (NAT KING COLE) "I'm In Love" Evelyn King History Book, file performance: Sly + The Family Stone "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (taken from Soul Train episode #105, originally aired 29 June, 1974) Midpoint, record: "We're In This Love Together" Al Jarreau Performance: Brothers Johnson - "Dancin' Free" + Interview with Don Cornelius 3rd record, Dancers, record: "Hold On, I'm Comin" Aretha Franklin Performance: LaToya Jackson - "I Don't Want You To Go." Soul Train Line: "She's A Bad Mamma Jama" Carl Carlton Performance: Brothers Johnson "The Real Thing." Closing Titles
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Brothers Johnson/ LaToya Jackson sit in the Soul Train guide?
S11E04 is listed hour 370 of 1134 — hour 4 of 32 in season 11, season 11 episode 4.
When did Soul Train S11E04 air?
The Brothers Johnson/ LaToya Jackson aired 1981-10-10 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…