Soul Train
Patti LaBelle/ The Time
TV Flash files “Patti LaBelle/ The Time” as hour 375 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 11, episode 9, aired 1981-11-14, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S11E09: listed hour 375 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 9 of 32 in season 11. It aired 1981-11-14 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Brick/ Frankie Smith” (S11E08). Next is “George Benson/ Patti Austin” (S11E10). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening theme 1st song, on record: "Let's Groove" Earth, Wind & Fire 2nd song, on record: "Saturday Saturday Night" Zoom Performance: The Time "Get it Up" and interview Soul Train Scrambleboard: (RAY CHARLES), on record: "This Kind of Lovin" The Whispers James Wesley Jackson - Comic Routine Soul Train Mid-point song: "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Diana Ross Performance: Patti LaBelle "Family" and interview 3rd song, on record: "Snapshot" Slave Performance: The Time "Cool" Soul Train Line: Isley Brothers "Inside You" Performance: Patti LaBelle "Over the Rainbow" Closing theme
Viewer FAQ
Where does Patti LaBelle/ The Time sit in the Soul Train guide?
S11E09 is listed hour 375 of 1134 — hour 9 of 32 in season 11, season 11 episode 9.
When did Soul Train S11E09 air?
Patti LaBelle/ The Time aired 1981-11-14 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…