Soul Train
A Taste of Honey/ Jeffrey Osborne
TV Flash files “A Taste of Honey/ Jeffrey Osborne” as the last listed hour of season 11 — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 11, episode 32, aired 1982-07-10, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S11E32: listed hour 398 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, last listed hour of season 11. It aired 1982-07-10 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The O'Jays/ Gene Chandler” (S11E31). Next is “A Tribute to Joe Tex” (S12E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening credits ("Up on Soul Train") Dancers, record: "Standing On The Top" (The Temptations feat. Rick James) Dancers, record: "Outlaw" (War) Performance: A Taste of Honey - "I'll Try Something New" and interview. Soul Train Scramble Board (BILL COSBY), song: "Old Fashioned Love" (Smokey Robinson) Soul Train History Book clip: Al Green - "Let's Stay Together" (from Soul Train #21, 19-Feb-1972) Midpoint song: "Do I Do" (Stevie Wonder) Performance: Jeffrey Osborne - "I Really Don't Need No Light" and interview. Dancers, record: "Early In The Morning" (The Gap Band) Performance: A Taste of Honey - "We've Got The Groove" Soul Train Line: "Let It Whip" (Dazz Band) Performance: Jeffrey Osborne - "Baby"
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Taste of Honey/ Jeffrey Osborne sit in the Soul Train guide?
S11E32 is listed hour 398 of 1134 — last listed hour of season 11, season 11 episode 32.
When did Soul Train S11E32 air?
A Taste of Honey/ Jeffrey Osborne aired 1982-07-10 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…