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Soul Train Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 1971 - 1972
Episode 1
Gladys Knight & The Pips/Eddie Kendricks/The Honey Cone/Bobby Hutton
Sat, Oct 2, 1971
Gladys Knight and the Pips performed "Friendship Train" and "I Don't Wanna Do Wrong." Eddie Kendricks performed "It's So Hard for Me to Say Goodbye" and "I Did It All For You." The Honey Cone performed "Stick-Up" and "Want Ads." Bobby Hutton performed "You're My Only Reason."
Episode 2
Charlie Wright & Watts 103rd Street Band/Carla Thomas/General Crook
Sat, Oct 9, 1971
Charlie Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Band perform "Express Yourself" and "Your Love". Carla Thomas performs "You Got a Cushion to Fall on". General Crook performs "Do It for Me" and "What Time is It".
Episode 3
Chairmen of the Board/Rufus Thomas/Laura Lee
Sat, Oct 16, 1971
Chairmen of the Board performed "Give Me Just a little more Time" and "Hang on to a Memory" Rufus Thomas performed "(Do the) Push and Pull", "Do the Funky Chicken" and "The World is Round" Laura Lee performed "Women's Love Rights" and "Wedlock is Padlock"
Episode 4
Staple Singers/Freda Payne
Sat, Oct 23, 1971
The Staple Singers perform "Express Yourself" and "Heavy Makes You Happy". Freda Payne perform "Band of Gold" and "Bring the Boys Home".
Episode 5
Bill Withers/Al Green/Viola Wills
Sat, Oct 30, 1971
Bill Withers performs "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Grandma's Hands". Al Green performs "Let's Stay Together" and "Tired of Being Alone". Viola Wills performs "Sweetback".
Episode 6
Lou Rawls/The 100 Proof/The Emotions
Sat, Nov 6, 1971
Lou Rawls perform "Natural Man". The 100 Proof perform "Somebody's Been Sleeping", "Driveway" and "One Man's Leftovers". The Emotions perform "So I Can Love You" and "Show Me How".
Episode 7
Martha & the Vandellas/The Intruders/G.C. Cameron
Sat, Nov 13, 1971
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas perform "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)", "Dancing In The Streets", and "Bless You". The Intruders perform "I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" & "Cowboys To Girls". G.C. Cameron perform "Act Like A Shotgun"
Episode 8
Friends of Distinction/Clarence Carter
Sat, Nov 20, 1971
The Friends of Distinction perform "Grazing in the Grass" and "I Need You". Clarence Carter perform "Patches", "Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love" and "Scratch my Back".
Episode 9
Chambers Brothers/The Five Stairsteps
Sat, Nov 27, 1971
The Chambers Brothers perform "Time Has Come Today", "Let's Do It Together" and "Funky". The Five Stairsteps perform "O-o-h Child" and "Didn't it Look so Easy".
Episode 10
Junior Walker & The All Stars/Bobby Womack/Thelma Houston
Sat, Dec 4, 1971
Jr. Walker & The All-Stars perform "Do That Shing-A-Ling" live and "These Eyes". Bobby Womack perform "Communication" and "That's the Way I Feel About 'Cha". Thelma Houston perform "I Want to Go Back There Again" and "Save The Country".
Episode 11
Jean Knight/The Delfonics/Maurice Jackson/Ralphi Pagan
Sat, Dec 11, 1971
Jean Knight performs "Mr. Big Stuff". The Delfonics performs "Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time" and "Hey Love". Maurice Jackson performs "Step By Step". Ralphi Pagan performs "Make It With Me".
Episode 12
The Chi-Lites/Joe Tex/The Originals
Sat, Dec 18, 1971
The Chi-Lites performs "For God Sakes, Give More Power to the People" and "Have you Seen Her". Joe Tex performs "Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants" and "Bad Feet". The Originals performs "Baby I'm for Real" and "Keep Me".
Episode 13
Gene Chandler/Simtec & Wylie/The Free Movement
Sat, Dec 25, 1971
Gene Chandler performs "Yes I'm Ready (If you Don't Let Go)" and "Stone Cold Love". The group Simtec & Wylie performs "Got To get Over the Hump". The Free Movement performs "I Found Someone" and "The Harder I Try".
Episode 14
B.B. King/O.C. Smith/Patrice Holloway
Sat, Jan 1, 1972
B.B. King performs "Think it Over". O.C. Smith performs "Little Green Apples" and "Help Me Make it Through the Night". Patrice Holloway performs "Evidence" and "That's the Chance You Gotta Take".
Episode 15
Dennis Coffey/Detroit Emeralds/Jesse James
Sat, Jan 8, 1972
Dennis Coffey performs "Scorpio" and "Ride Sally Ride". The Detroit Emeralds performs "Wear This Ring with Love" and "You Want it, You Got it". Jesse James performs "I Need You Baby" and "At Last".
Episode 16
Little Richard/Undisputed Truth/Nolan F. Porter
Sat, Jan 15, 1972
Little Richard performs "Freedom Blues" and "Greenwood Mississippi". The Undisputed Truth performs "Smiling Faces Sometimes" and "You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth".
Episode 17
Curtis Mayfield/The Honey Cone/The Persuaders
Sat, Jan 22, 1972
Curtis Mayfield performs "Move on Up" and "Get Down". The Honey Cone performs "Stick Up" and "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show". The Persuaders performs "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" and "Love Gonna Pack Up".
Episode 18
The Impressions/Mary Clayton/The Three Degrees
Sat, Jan 29, 1972
The Impressions perform "Ain't Got Time" and "Love Me". Merry Clayton performs "After All This Time". The Three Degrees performs "There's So Much Love", "Maybe" and "Trade Winds".
Episode 19
The Dells/Kim Weston/Luther Ingram
Sat, Feb 5, 1972
The Dells perform "It's All Up to You" and "The Love We Had". Kim Weston performs "Little By Little And Bit By Bit" and "If I Had it My Way". Luther Ingram performs "Be Good to Me Baby" and "I'll Love You Until the End".
Episode 20
Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager/Joe Tex/Hodges, Smith, James & Crawford
Sat, Feb 12, 1972
Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager performed "Ain't Understanding Mellow". Jerry Butler performed "Walk Easy my Son" and "How Did We Lose it Baby". Joe Tex performed "I Gotcha" and "A Mother's Prayer". Hodges, Smith, James & Crawford performed "Signal Your Intention"
Episode 21
Al Green/The Whispers/Denise LaSalle
Sat, Feb 19, 1972
Al Green performed "Look What you Done For Me" and "Driving Wheel". The Whispers performed "I Only Meant to Wet My Feet" and "Can't Help But Love You". Denise LaSalle performed "Trapped By this Thing Called Love" and "Now Run and Tell That"
Episode 22
The Four Tops/Jackie Wilson/Kool & the Gang
Sat, Feb 26, 1972
The Four Tops performed "A Simple Game" and "MacArthur Park". Jackie Wilson performed "Your Love Keeps Lifting me Higher and Higher" and "Love is Funny That Way". Kool & the Gang performed "I Want to Take You Higher" and "Love The Life You Live"
Episode 23
Gladys Knight & the Pips/The Ohio Players/Garland Green
Sat, Mar 4, 1972
Gladys Knight & the Pips performed "Make me the Woman That you Go Home to" and "I Don't Want to Do Wrong". The Ohio Players performed "Got Pleasure" and "Pain". Garland Green performed "Just My Way of Loving You" and "Plain and Simple Girl"
Episode 24
Rufus Thomas/The Bar-Kays/Laura Lee
Sat, Mar 11, 1972
Rufus Thomas performs "Do the Funky Penguin" and "Breakdown". The Bar-Kays performs "Son of Shaft". Laura Lee performs "Rip Off" and "Since I Fell for You".
Episode 25
The Chi-Lites/Edwin Starr/James Gadsen
Sat, Mar 18, 1972
The Chi-Lites performs "Oh Girl" and "The Coldest days of My Life". Edwin Starr performs "War" and "Dougle Agent O Soul".
Episode 26
Curtis Mayfield/War/Wilson Pickett
Sat, Mar 25, 1972
Curtis Mayfield performed "We Got To Have Peace", "Get Down" and "Beautiful Brother of Mine". War performed "All Day Music" & "Slippin' Into Darkness". Wilson Pickett (performing live) "Fire and Water,", "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You", "Call My Name, I'll be There", "I'm In Love" and "Don't Knock My Love".
Episode 27
Joe Tex/Gloria Lynne/The Independents
Sat, Apr 1, 1972
Joe Tex perform "You Said a Bad Word". Gloria Lynne performs "Watermelon Man" and "I Wish You Love". The Independents performs "Just as Long as You Need Me".
Episode 28
Lou Rawls/Otis Clay/The Peaches
Sat, Apr 8, 1972
Lou Rawls performs "His Song Shall be Sung". Otis Clay performs "Trying to Live My Life without you". The Peaches performs "In My Heart" and "You Couldn't Have Been Thinking About Me".
Episode 29
Isley Brothers/Love Unlimited/Millie Jackson
Sat, Apr 15, 1972
The Isley Brothers performs "Lay Away" and "Pop That Thang". Love Unlimited performs "Walkin' in the Rain (with the One I Love) and "Fragile (Handle With Care)". Millie Jackson performs "Ask Me What You Want" & "My Man, A Sweet Man".
Episode 30
Ike & Tina Turner/Jerry Butler/Brenda Lee Eager
Sat, Apr 22, 1972
Ike & Tina Turner perform "I Want To Take You Higher," "Feel Good" and "Proud Mary". Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager perform "Close To You". Jerry Butler performs "I Only Have Eyes for You".