Soul Train
Rockie Robbins/ Slave
TV Flash files “Rockie Robbins/ Slave” as hour 378 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 11, episode 12, aired 1981-12-19, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S11E12: listed hour 378 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 12 of 32 in season 11. It aired 1981-12-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Spinners/ Bobby Womack/ Hal Jackson's Talented Teen” (S11E11). Next is “Skyy/ O'Bryan” (S11E13). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Rockie Robbins - "Time to Think" & "I Believe in You." Slave - "Snap Shot" & "Wait For Me."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Rockie Robbins/ Slave sit in the Soul Train guide?
S11E12 is listed hour 378 of 1134 — hour 12 of 32 in season 11, season 11 episode 12.
When did Soul Train S11E12 air?
Rockie Robbins/ Slave aired 1981-12-19 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…