Soul Train
The O'Jays/ The Romantics
TV Flash files “The O'Jays/ The Romantics” as hour 448 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 13, episode 26, aired 1984-06-09, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S13E26: listed hour 448 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 26 of 28 in season 13. It aired 1984-06-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “O'Bryan/ Real to Real” (S13E25). Next is “The Dazz Band/ Run D.M.C.” (S13E27). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The O'Jays/ The Romantics sit in the Soul Train guide?
S13E26 is listed hour 448 of 1134 — hour 26 of 28 in season 13, season 13 episode 26.
When did Soul Train S13E26 air?
The O'Jays/ The Romantics aired 1984-06-09 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…