Soul Train
Ready for the World/ Cheryl Pepsii Riley/ Billy Always
TV Flash files “Ready for the World/ Cheryl Pepsii Riley/ Billy Always” as hour 585 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 18, episode 9, aired 1988-11-19, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S18E09: listed hour 585 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 10 of 33 in season 18. It aired 1988-11-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Ziggy Marley/ Karyn White with Freddie Jackson” (S18E08). Next is “Sheena Easton/ Howard Huntsberry/ Sweet Obsession” (S18E10). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ready for the World/ Cheryl Pepsii Riley/ Billy Always sit in the Soul Train guide?
S18E09 is listed hour 585 of 1134 — hour 10 of 33 in season 18, season 18 episode 9.
When did Soul Train S18E09 air?
Ready for the World/ Cheryl Pepsii Riley/ Billy Always aired 1988-11-19 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…