Soul Train
O'Bryan/ Imagination
TV Flash files “O'Bryan/ Imagination” as the last listed hour of season 12 — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 12, episode 24, aired 1983-07-16, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S12E24: listed hour 422 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, last listed hour of season 12. It aired 1983-07-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Thelma Houston/ The System” (S12E23). Next is “The S.O.S. Band/ Mary Jane Girls” (S13E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Two Song Dance Segment: Debra Hurd | "Hug Me, Squeeze Me" Michael Jackson | "Beat It" Performance: Imagination | "Changes" Scrambleboard: The System | "Sweat" (The copy of this episode I got does not include the segment after the Scrambleboard...) Station ID Break: Al Jarreau | "Boogie Down" Performance: O'Bryan | "You and I" Dance Segment: The Whispers | "Keep On Lovin' Me" Performance: Imagination | "Just An Illusion" Soul Train Line: Mary Jane Girls | "Candy Man" Performance: O'Bryan | "Dazzlin' Lady"
Viewer FAQ
Where does O'Bryan/ Imagination sit in the Soul Train guide?
S12E24 is listed hour 422 of 1134 — last listed hour of season 12, season 12 episode 24.
When did Soul Train S12E24 air?
O'Bryan/ Imagination aired 1983-07-16 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…