8.5/1014 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1971
No description available
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- 7.3/109 votes
#2 - Staple Singers/ Freda Payne
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1971
-Staple Singers ""Express Yourself"" and ""Heavy Makes You Happy"" --Freda Payne ""Band of Gold"" and ""Bring the Boys Home""
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- 6.6/107 votes
#3 - Martha & the Vandellas/ The Intruders/ G.C. Cameron
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1971
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - "Dancing In The Street", "Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things" and "Bless You." The Intruders - "I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" & "Cowboys To Girls." G.C. Cameron - "Act Like A Shotgun." English
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- 6.2/107 votes
#4 - Wilson Pickett/ Curtis Mayfield/ War
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/25/1972
Curtis Mayfield - "We Got To Have Peace" & "Get Down." War - "All Day Music" & "Slippin' Into Darkness." Wilson Pickett (performing live) - "Fire and Water," "I'm In Love" and "Don't Knock My Love.
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- NaN/100 votes
#5 - Ike & Tina Turner/ Jerry Butler/ Brenda Lee Eager
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/22/1972
Ike & Tina Turner - "I Want To Take You Higher," "Feels Good" and "Proud Mary" --Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager "Close to You" --Jerry Butler "I Only Have Eyes for You"
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- NaN/100 votes
#6 - Isley Brothers/ Luther Ingram
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 9/16/1972
The Isley Brothers "Work to Do" and "Lay Lady Lay." Luther Ingram "If Loving You is Wrong, I Don't Wanna Be Right" and "Missing You." Singer Melba Moore makes a cameo appearance. Heshimu, the actor who plays Jason Allen on the ABC-TV series "Room 222," is interviewed.
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- NaN/100 votes
#7 - Gladys Knight & the Pips/ The O'Jays/ Major Lance
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 9/23/1972
Gladys Knight & The Pips - "Help Me Make It Through the Night," "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" and "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare." --The O'Jays - "Deeper (In Love With You)" and "Back Stabbers." --Major Lance - "Since I Lost My Baby's Love.
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- NaN/100 votes
#8 - The Jackson Five
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 10/7/1972
The Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back," "Corner of the Sky" and "Lookin' Through the Windows." Jermaine Jackson - "That's How Love Goes" and "Daddy's Home."
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- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Episode 36
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 9/28/1991
No description available
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- NaN/100 votes
#10 - Bill Withers/ Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 10/21/1972
Bill Withers ""Lean on Me"" and ""Use Me"" --Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes ""I Miss You"" and ""If You Don't Know Me By Now
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- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Joe Simon/ Sylvers/ Billy Paul
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 11/4/1972
Joe Simon - "Power of Love." The Sylvers - "Wish That I Could Talk to You." and "Fool's Paradise" Billy Paul - "Me and Mrs. Jones."
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- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Curtis Mayfield/ The Main Ingredient/ Hank Ballard
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 1/6/1973
Curtis Mayfield - "Superfly," "Pusherman" and "Freddie's Dead." The Main Ingredient - "Everybody Plays The Fool" and "You've Got To Take It (If You Want It)." Hank Ballard - "From The Love Side."
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- NaN/100 votes
#13 - Stevie Wonder/ The Moments/ Fully Guaranteed
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 1/13/1973
Stevie Wonder ""Signed Sealed Delivered"" and ""Superstition"" --The Moments ""Just Becuase He Wants To Make Love"" and ""My Thing"" --Fully Guaranteed ""We Can Make It Together""
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- NaN/100 votes
#14 - James Brown
Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 2/19/1973
-James Brown - ""Get On The Good Foot,"" ""Soul Power,"" ""Make It Funky,"" ""Cold Sweat,"" ""Try Me,"" ""Hot Pants,"" ""Get Up (I Feel Like A) Sex Machine,"" ""Super Bad,"" ""Please Please, Please"" and ""Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud"" --Lyn Collins - Never Gonna Give You Up"" English
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- NaN/100 votes
#15 - The Four Tops/ Otis Clay
Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 2/17/1973
The Four Tops ""Keeper of the Castle"", ""I Must be Dreaming"", and ""Ain't No Woman Like the One I got"" --Otis Clay ""Trying to Live My Life Without You"" Also, The Soul Train dance contest finals took place. With James Brown and Don C. looking on, three couples: Damita Jo Freeman and Jimmy Fosters; Pat Davis and Gary Keys; Connie Platino and Lamont Peterson... fought their way to a Johnson Products $10,000 scholarship and worldwide dancer acclaim.
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- NaN/100 votes
#16 - The Spinners/ Sisters Love
Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 2/24/1973
-The Spinners - ""I'll Be Around,"" ""Could It Be I'm Falling In Love"" and ""How Could I Let You Get Away"" --Sisters Love ""(I Could Never Make) A Better Man than You"" and ""Give Me Your Love""
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- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Al Green/ Mel & Tim
Season 1 Episode 52 - Aired 3/3/1973
Al Green ""You Ought to be with Me,"" ""For the Good Times"" and ""Love and Happiness"" --Mel & Tim ""Starting All Over Again"" and "I May Not Be What You Want"
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- NaN/100 votes
#18 - Aretha Franklin
Season 1 Episode 56 - Aired 4/14/1973
Aretha Franklin sings several of her classics including "Respect," "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone," "Think," "Call Me," "Spanish Harlem," "Rock Steady," "Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)" and "Day Dreaming." The 'Queen of Soul' also performs her latest release "Master of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)." Plus, an interview with Aretha's brother, the Reverend Cecil Franklin.
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- NaN/100 votes
#19 - The Supremes/ Lloyd Price
Season 1 Episode 60 - Aired 5/12/1973
The Supremes - "Floy Joy," "Bad Weather", "I Guess I'll Miss the Man" and "Stoned Love" Lloyd Price "Just for Baby" and "Love Music"
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- NaN/100 votes
#20 - Chuck Berry/ Maxayn/ Willie Hutch
Season 1 Episode 66 - Aired 6/7/1973
Chuck Berry - "Reelin' and Rockin'", "Wee Wee Hours", "Roll em' Pete" and "Johnny B. Goode" Maxayn - "Check Out Your Mind." Willie Hutch - "Slick" and "Brother's Gonna Work It Out." Also: An interview with actor Max Julien (star of the movie "The Mack").
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- NaN/100 votes
#21 - The Best of Soul Train
Season 1 Episode 67 - Aired 8/11/1973
James Brown "Make It Funky", "Super Bad" and Medley: "Please, Please, Please" and "Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud" (10-Feb-1973) James Brown & Teddy Brown (James Brown's son) interview (- 17-Feb-1973) Chuck Berry "Johnny B. Goode" ( 07-Jul-1973) Aretha Franklin "Day Dreaming" ( 14-Apr-1973) Curtis Mayfield "Superfly" (06-Jan-1973) The Temptations "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" and "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (, 18-Nov-1972) The Four Tops "Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)" (, 17-Feb-1973) The Supremes "Floy Joy" and "Bad Weather" (, 12-May-1973) Jermaine Jackson feat. Jackson 5 "Daddy's Home" ( 07-Oct-1972) Jackson 5 "I Want You Back" ( 07-Oct-1972) Al Green "For The Good Times" (from , 03-Mar-1973) The O'Jays "Love Train" (from 21-Apr-1973) Stevie Wonder "Soul Train (from ST 13-Jan-1973)
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- NaN/100 votes
#22 - Curtis Mayfield/ Millie Jackson/ Natural Four
Season 1 Episode 78 - Aired 11/10/1973
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- NaN/100 votes
#23 - Johnny Nash/ Kool & the Gang/ The Originals
Season 1 Episode 86 - Aired 1/12/1974
Johnny Nash - "I Can See Clearly," "Ooh, What a Feeling" and "Loving You" Kool & the Gang - "Funky Stuff" and "Jungle Boogie" The Originals - "There's A Chance When You Love You'll Lose"
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- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Curtis Mayfield/ The Main Ingredient/ Bloodstone
Season 1 Episode 92 - Aired 3/30/1974
Curtis Mayfield - "Future Shock" and "Future Song (Love A Good Woman, Love A Good Man)" The Main Ingredient - "Just Don't Want to be Lonely" & "Girl Blue" Bloodstone - "Outside Woman" & "Let Me Ride"
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- NaN/100 votes
#25 - The Stylistics/ Bobby Womack/ Undisputed Truth
Season 1 Episode 94 - Aired 4/13/1974
The Stylistics - "Rockin' Roll Baby," "Betcha by Golly, Wow," and "You Make Me Feel Brand New" Bobby Womack - "Lookin For A Love" and "Let It Hang Out (Point Of No Return)" Undisputed Truth - "Help Yourself"
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Soul Train" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/2/1971. This episode is rated 1.2 points higher than the second-best, "Staple Singers/ Freda Payne".