Verifying Booty People's Soul Train Appearance

Soul Train was a nationally syndicated American dance music television program that served as one of the primary broadcast platforms for Black music through the 1970s and 1980s. An appearance on the program was a recognized indicator of commercial visibility for recording artists of the era.

Booty People were a Southern California funk and soul group operating within the Far Out label network distributed through ABC Records. Their 1976 season five Soul Train appearance placed the group within this national broadcast landscape at a formative point in the band's documented activity.

A TVMaze record for Soul Train season five, episode 38 (episode number 183 in the full series), broadcast June 12, 1976, lists Booty People as performers alongside Rufus and The Checkmates, performing "Spirit of '76."

A contemporary television listing published in the Focus News on June 1, 1976 advertises the upcoming Soul Train episode and names Booty People as scheduled performers. This pre-broadcast advertisement establishes that the listing was not retrospective.

A December 4, 1976 feature in Record World places Robert D. Palmer within Booty People's lineup at approximately the same period, corroborating his membership in the group at the time of the broadcast.

The TVMaze episode record was identified during the initial credit survey. The record was cross-referenced against the Focus News television listing to confirm that the episode credit was not added retrospectively.

The Record World article, a tier-1 contemporary trade publication source, was used to establish Robert's presence in the group during the relevant period. The three sources were evaluated independently before being treated as mutually corroborating.