Soul Train
Bobby Womack/ The Gap Band
TV Flash files “Bobby Womack/ The Gap Band” as hour 396 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 11, episode 30, aired 1982-06-26, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S11E30: listed hour 396 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 30 of 32 in season 11. It aired 1982-06-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Cameo/ Patrice Rushen” (S11E29). Next is “The O'Jays/ Gene Chandler” (S11E31). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening Theme "Up on Soul Train" 1st song, on record, Dancers: "Take-a-Lickin and Keep on Kickin'" Bootsy Collins (a rare faux-pas on the show's end as the wrong song is announced. The record is actually "Play On Playboy") 2nd song, on record, Dancers: "Standing on the Top" The Temptations with Rick James Performance: Bobby Womack "Where Do We Go from Here" Soul Train Scramble Board: "Work That Body" Diana Ross 3rd song, on record, Dancers: "Old Fashioned Love" Smokey Robinson Performance: The Gap Band "Early in the Morning" plus an interview Midpoint Song: "Forget Me Nots" Patrice Rushen Performance: Bobby Womack "Just My Imagination" Soul Train Line Song: Stevie Wonder "Do I Do" Performance: The Gap Band "Stay with Me" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bobby Womack/ The Gap Band sit in the Soul Train guide?
S11E30 is listed hour 396 of 1134 — hour 30 of 32 in season 11, season 11 episode 30.
When did Soul Train S11E30 air?
Bobby Womack/ The Gap Band aired 1982-06-26 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…