Soul Train
The Four Tops/ Stacy Lattisaw
TV Flash files “The Four Tops/ Stacy Lattisaw” as hour 372 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 11, episode 6, aired 1981-10-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S11E06: listed hour 372 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 6 of 32 in season 11. It aired 1981-10-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Salute to Rick James” (S11E05). Next is “Jose Feliciano/ Stone City” (S11E07). 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: "Dancin' Free" Brothers Johnson record: "Inside You" Isley Brothers Performance: Stacy Lattisaw "It Was So Easy" Scrambleboard: Joya + Sam (GEORGE RODGERS) "She's A Bad Mamma Jama" Carl Carlton Comedy Break: Arsenio Hall (his second appearance!) Midpoint, record: "I'm In Love" Evelyn King Performance: The Four Tops "When She Was My Girl" + Interview with Don Cornelius. 3rd record, Dancers, record: "Funtown USA" Rafael Cameron Performance: Stacy Lattisaw "Love On A Two Way Street" Soul Train Line: "Super Freak" Rick James (oddly, the record is pitched up this time around and it works!) Performance: The Four Tops "Let Me Set You Free." Closing Titles
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Four Tops/ Stacy Lattisaw sit in the Soul Train guide?
S11E06 is listed hour 372 of 1134 — hour 6 of 32 in season 11, season 11 episode 6.
When did Soul Train S11E06 air?
The Four Tops/ Stacy Lattisaw aired 1981-10-24 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…