Soul Train
A Tribute to Joe Tex
TV Flash files “A Tribute to Joe Tex” as the first listed hour of season 12 — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 12, episode 1, aired 1982-10-16, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S12E01: listed hour 399 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, first listed hour of season 12. It aired 1982-10-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Taste of Honey/ Jeffrey Osborne” (S11E32). Next is “Evelyn Champagne King/ Glen Edward Thomas/ George Wallace” (S12E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Soul Train pays respect to Joe Tex, who died on August 13, 1982. Joe Tex clips: "I Gotcha" and "Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants" (from ST #12, Dec-18-1971) and "Ain't Gonna Bump No More" (from ST #216, Mar-26-1977) Special guest Barry White performs "Change", "Passion" and "I Got That Love Fever."
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Tribute to Joe Tex sit in the Soul Train guide?
S12E01 is listed hour 399 of 1134 — first listed hour of season 12, season 12 episode 1.
When did Soul Train S12E01 air?
A Tribute to Joe Tex aired 1982-10-16 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…