Soul Train
Evelyn Champagne King/ Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
TV Flash files “Evelyn Champagne King/ Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five” as hour 414 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 12, episode 16, aired 1983-05-21, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S12E16: listed hour 414 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 16 of 24 in season 12. It aired 1983-05-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “DeBarge/ Champaign” (S12E15). Next is “Angela Bofill/ Con Funk Shun” (S12E17). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
opening title 1st song, on record, dancers: "On the One" Dazz Band 2nd song, on record, dancers: "Too Tough" Angela Bofill Performance: Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five "The Message" plus an interview with Don Cornelius. Scrambleboard: (EDDIE MURPHY) "Lady Cab Driver" Prince Soul Train History Book: Sylvia "Pillow Talk" (from Soul Train #57, 21-Apr-1973) Soul Train Midpoint Song: "Fall in Love With Me" Earth, Wind & Fire Performance: Evelyn Champagne King "Betcha She Don't Love You" plus an interview with Don Cornelius Side interview with Chicago DJ B.B. King Banana 3rd song, on record, dancers: O'Bryan "I'm Freaky" Performance: Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five "Survival" Soul Train Line: Michael Jackson "PYT (Pretty Young Thing)" Performance: Evelyn Champagne King "Get Loose" closing title
Viewer FAQ
Where does Evelyn Champagne King/ Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five sit in the Soul Train guide?
S12E16 is listed hour 414 of 1134 — hour 16 of 24 in season 12, season 12 episode 16.
When did Soul Train S12E16 air?
Evelyn Champagne King/ Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five aired 1983-05-21 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…