Soul Train
Al Jarreau/ Vesta Williams
TV Flash files “Al Jarreau/ Vesta Williams” as hour 524 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 16, episode 14, aired 1987-01-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S16E14: listed hour 524 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 14 of 32 in season 16. It aired 1987-01-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Klymaxx/ Club Nouveau/ Bobby Brown” (S16E13). Next is “Jody Watley/ Jeff Lorber featuring Karyn White and Michael Jeffries” (S16E15). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Al Jarreau "Since I Feel For You" and "L is for Love" Vesta Williams "Once Bitten Twice Shy" and "Sweet Thang"
Viewer FAQ
Where does Al Jarreau/ Vesta Williams sit in the Soul Train guide?
S16E14 is listed hour 524 of 1134 — hour 14 of 32 in season 16, season 16 episode 14.
When did Soul Train S16E14 air?
Al Jarreau/ Vesta Williams aired 1987-01-17 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…