Soul Train
The Gap Band/ Sam Harris
TV Flash files “The Gap Band/ Sam Harris” as hour 471 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 14, episode 21, aired 1985-03-16, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S14E21: listed hour 471 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 21 of 32 in season 14. It aired 1985-03-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Bonnie Pointer/ Thomas McClarey” (S14E20). Next is “Johnnie Taylor/ Klymaxx” (S14E22). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Gap Band/ Sam Harris sit in the Soul Train guide?
S14E21 is listed hour 471 of 1134 — hour 21 of 32 in season 14, season 14 episode 21.
When did Soul Train S14E21 air?
The Gap Band/ Sam Harris aired 1985-03-16 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…