Soul Train
Salute to Diana Ross
TV Flash files “Salute to Diana Ross” as hour 382 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 11, episode 16, aired 1982-01-30, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S11E16: listed hour 382 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 16 of 32 in season 11. It aired 1982-01-30 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Syreeta/ Zoom” (S11E15). Next is “Irene Cara/ Andrae Crouch” (S11E17). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening titles Dancers, Two Song Segment: record: "The Boss" Diana Ross record: "I'm Coming Out" Diana Ross Diana Ross, Introduction + Interview with Don Cornelius Video: Diana Ross - "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" Scrambleboard: Jackie and Steve (DIANA ROSS) "Upside Down" Diana Ross Dancers, record: Diana Ross + The Supremes - Medley, "You Keep Me Hangin On" & "My World Is Empty Without You" Midpoint song: "Work That Body" Diana Ross Diana Ross, Question and Answer interview with dancers. Performance: Diana Ross - "It's Never Too Late" Dancers, record: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Diana Ross Video: Diana Ross - "Mirror Mirror" Dancers, record: "Love Hangover" - Diana Ross Performance: Diana Ross - "Endless Love" —From SOULTRAINFANS: "...She had on Black and Gold....and She was very personable to the ST Gang! Don let us ask her questions. She stood on the stage alone, Don C. down in the audience with the gang! Don called her a special guest and said,.... the ST Gang would like to ask you "Harmless Questions" (a hint to us not to get deep)! I think we were warned before hand as well, if my memory is correct!!!! "Diana".......-Said, she would answer almost anything! ST member "NiLes"-(First Question);- "Diana, Will you perform on Broadway?" "Diana"-(Answer); "Never done Broadway!, Interested in doing Broadway! Will wait and see what comes her way! ST member "Reggie Thornton"- (question)-"Can I have a kiss on National TV, cause all my friends know that I am CRAZY about Ms. Ross ..and It is my biggest TURN-On!!!!! (Don C. is holding his breath, he is breathing hard and passes the mike back to Diana) "Diana" (answer) ARE YOU READY?....! She stoops down and Reggie approaches ready for his (Wish come true) Reggie kisses her left cheek and hugs her tightly!...Diana says;...And he hugs real TIGHT too!!! ST member "Bernita"-(question)-"Who designs her clothing?" "Diana" Myself of course...she says Norma Kamali, A friend Jackie Rodgers in New York..Bob Mackie...Ray Avion.. Valentino..Yves St Laurent.. .and she had just done a Vogue spread! ST member "Tonia Drumgoole"-(question)-"Will you and Michael Jackson be working together?" "Diana"-(answer)- Hopefully, that would be GREAT....Michael and Paul McCartney are working together now!!! (Before Muscles I think came out!) ST member "Derek Fox" (question); Diana, Growing up you are like a sister to us, and we admire you Alot! Who were your Idols while growing up? "Diana" (answer)-Drifters and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles....There weren't a lot of artist to look up to..."growing up in the "Ghetto" in Brewster projects! Lena Horne, Eartha Kitt..were people she liked! She said, They had to use their imaginations and created a lot of their own moves, clothing and FORBIDDEN!!! Diana Thanked me for the compliment and Thanked the Soul Train Gang for admiring her!!!! She had a lot of FORBIDDEN and it felt like a genuine interview....Nothing planned! They showed her new Video "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" Diana dancing and running waving at people on the street's of Las Vegas! Classic 80's Show!!!!
Viewer FAQ
Where does Salute to Diana Ross sit in the Soul Train guide?
S11E16 is listed hour 382 of 1134 — hour 16 of 32 in season 11, season 11 episode 16.
When did Soul Train S11E16 air?
Salute to Diana Ross aired 1982-01-30 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…