Soul Train
The Spinners/ Bobby Womack/ Hal Jackson's Talented Teen
TV Flash files “The Spinners/ Bobby Womack/ Hal Jackson's Talented Teen” as hour 377 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 11, episode 11, aired 1981-12-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S11E11: listed hour 377 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 11 of 32 in season 11. It aired 1981-12-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “George Benson/ Patti Austin” (S11E10). Next is “Rockie Robbins/ Slave” (S11E12). 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: "This Kind Of Lovin'" The Whispers record: "Let's Groove" Earth, Wind & Fire Performance: Bobby Womack "If You Think You're Lonely Now" + Interview with Don Cornelius (Don jokingly quips that the song is "kind of depressing." Bobby replies "well, as long as it depress'em to the stores!" - Laughter erupts.) Scrambleboard: Michelle + Derrick (ARNA BONTEMPS) "So Ruff, So Tuff" Roger (This scrambleboard is quite possibly will be the only one that was never corrected as it was spelled "ARNAS BONTEMPT" not "ARNA BONTEMPTS") Hal Jackson's Talented Teen 1981: Kimberly Brooks (Kimberly, an actress and dancer, went onto guest star on shows like Jamie Foxx, Martin and previously starred in the 1980 PBS show "Gettin' To Know Me") + Interview with Don Cornelius Midpoint, record: "Let's Dance (Make Your Body Move)" West Street Mob Performance: The Spinners - "You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" +Interview with Don Cornelius 3rd record, Dancers, record: "Baby Hold On" Isley Brothers Performance: Bobby Womack - "Stand Up" Soul Train Line: "Louie, Louie" Barry White Performance: The Spinners - "Love Connection (Raise The Window Down)." Closing Titles
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Spinners/ Bobby Womack/ Hal Jackson's Talented Teen sit in the Soul Train guide?
S11E11 is listed hour 377 of 1134 — hour 11 of 32 in season 11, season 11 episode 11.
When did Soul Train S11E11 air?
The Spinners/ Bobby Womack/ Hal Jackson's Talented Teen aired 1981-12-12 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…