Soul Train
Brick/ Frankie Smith
TV Flash files “Brick/ Frankie Smith” as hour 374 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 11, episode 8, aired 1981-11-07, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S11E08: listed hour 374 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 8 of 32 in season 11. It aired 1981-11-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Jose Feliciano/ Stone City” (S11E07). Next is “Patti LaBelle/ The Time” (S11E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Brick - "Sweat (Til you Get Wet)" and "Wide Open." Frankie Smith - "Double Dutch Bus" and "The Auction." Soul Train History Book: The Supremes - "Stoned Love" (from Soul Train #60, 12-May-1973).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Brick/ Frankie Smith sit in the Soul Train guide?
S11E08 is listed hour 374 of 1134 — hour 8 of 32 in season 11, season 11 episode 8.
When did Soul Train S11E08 air?
Brick/ Frankie Smith aired 1981-11-07 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…
Filed against
- 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…