Soul Train
Jeffrey Osborne/ Midnight Star
TV Flash files “Jeffrey Osborne/ Midnight Star” as hour 425 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 13, episode 3, aired 1983-10-29, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S13E03: listed hour 425 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 3 of 28 in season 13. It aired 1983-10-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Manhattans/ Philip Bailey” (S13E02). Next is “Al Green/ Planet Patrol” (S13E04). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Midnight Star - "Freak-A-Zoid" and "Wet My Whistle." Jeffrey Osborne - "Don't You Get So Mad" and "Stay with Me Tonight." Comedian-actor T.K. Carter talks about his ABC-TV series 'Just Our Luck.'
Viewer FAQ
Where does Jeffrey Osborne/ Midnight Star sit in the Soul Train guide?
S13E03 is listed hour 425 of 1134 — hour 3 of 28 in season 13, season 13 episode 3.
When did Soul Train S13E03 air?
Jeffrey Osborne/ Midnight Star aired 1983-10-29 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…