List of Soul Train episodes

• Honey Cone ("Want Ads" & "Stick-Up")
• Dance Songs: "Make It Funky" by James Brown, "Call My Name, I'll Be There" by Wilson Pickett, "The Breakdown'" by Rufus Thomas, "Gotta Get Over The Hump" by Simtec & Wylie^[4]
• Eddie Kendricks ("I Did It All For You" & "It's So Hard For Me To Say Goodbye")
• Gladys Knight & the Pips ("Friendship Train" & "I Don't Want To Do Wrong")
• Bobby Hutton ("You're My Whole Reason")
• Soul Train Gang Q & A: Gladys Knight & the Pips
• Highlighted Soul Train Gang Dancers: Jen Robinson & Roni Morrison, Dwayne Dirk & Natalia Combs, Denee Williams & Von Founder
• Dance Contest Winners: Renee Armalon, Tony Crandle

• Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band ("Express Yourself" & "Your Love (Means Everything to Me)")
• Carla Thomas ("You Got a Cushion to Fall On")
• General Crook ("Do It for Me" & "What Time is It")

• Chairmen of the Board ("Give Me Just a little more Time" & "Hang on to a Memory")
• Rufus Thomas ("(Do the) Push and Pull", "Do the Funky Chicken" & "The World is Round")
• Laura Lee ("Women's Love Rights" & "Wedlock is Padlock")

• The Staple Singers ("Respect Yourself" & "Heavy Makes You Happy")
• Freda Payne ("Band of Gold" & "Bring the Boys Home")

• Bill Withers ("Ain't No Sunshine" & "Grandma's Hands")
• Al Green ("I Can't Get Next to You" & "Tired of Being Alone")
• Viola Wills ("Sweetback")

• Lou Rawls ("Natural Man")
• 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) ("Somebody's Been Sleeping", "Driveway" & "One Man's Leftovers")
• The Emotions ("So I Can Love You" & "Show Me How")

• Martha and the Vandellas ("Dancing In The Streets", "Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things" & "Bless You")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Get Down" by Curtis Mayfield
• Dance Songs: "90 Day Freeze (On Her Love)" by 100 Proof (Aged In Soul), "Rock Steady" by Aretha Franklin, "Groove On" by Isaac Hayes, "Make It Funky" by James Brown, "Natural Man" by Lou Rawls
• The Intruders ("I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" & "Cowboys To Girls")
• G. C. Cameron ("Act Like A Shotgun")
• Soul Train Gang Q & A: Martha and the Vandellas

• The Friends of Distinction ("Grazing in the Grass" & "I Need You")
• Clarence Carter ("Patches", "Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love" & "Scratch my Back")

• The Chambers Brothers ("Time Has Come Today", "Let's Do It Together" & "Funky")
• Five Stairsteps ("O-o-h Child" & "Didn't it Look so Easy")

• Bobby Womack ("Communication" & "That's The Way I Feel About 'Cha")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Rock Steady" by Aretha Franklin
• Jr. Walker & the All Stars ("Do That Shing-A-Ling" & "These Eyes")
• Dance Songs: "Let Me See You Do That Thing" by King Floyd, "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" by The Temptations
• Thelma Houston ("I Want To Go Back There Again" & "Save The Country")
• Soul Train Gang Q & A: Jr. Walker & the All Stars

• Jean Knight ("Mr. Big Stuff")
• The Delfonics ("Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time" & "Hey Love")
• Maurice Jackson ("Step By Step")
• Ralfi Pagan ("Make It With Me")

• The Chi-Lites ("For God Sakes, Give More Power to the People" & "Have You Seen Her")
• Joe Tex ("Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants" & "I Gotcha")
• The Originals ("The Bells")

• Gene Chandler ("Yes I'm Ready (If you Don't Let Go)" & "Stone Cold Love")
• Simtec & Wylie ("Got To get Over the Hump")
• The Free Movement ("I Found Someone" & "The Harder I Try")

• B.B. King ("Think it Over")
• O. C. Smith ("Little Green Apples" & "Help Me Make it Through the Night")
• Patrice Holloway ( "Evidence" & "That's the Chance You Gotta Take")

• Dennis Coffey ("Scorpio" & "Ride Sally Ride")
• The Detroit Emeralds ("Wear This Ring with Love" & "You Want it, You Got It")
• Jesse James ("I Need You Baby" & "At Last")

• Little Richard ("Freedom Blues" & "Greenwood Mississippi")
• The Undisputed Truth ("Smiling Faces Sometimes" & "You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth")
• Nolan Porter ("Crazy Love" and "Keep On Keeping On")

• Curtis Mayfield ("Get Down")
• Honey Cone ("Want Ads")
• The Persuaders ("Thin Line Between Love And Hate" & "Love Gonna Pack Up")

• The Impressions ("Ain't Got Time" & "Love Me")
• Merry Clayton ("After All This Time")
• The Three Degrees ("There's So Much Love", "Maybe" & "Trade Winds")

• The Dells ("It's All Up To You" & "The Love We Had")
• Kim Weston ("Little By Little And Bit By Bit" & "If I Had It My Way")
• Luther Ingram ("Be Good To Me Baby" & "I'll Love You Until The End")

• Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager ("Ain't Understanding Mellow")
• Jerry Butler ("Walk Easy My Son" & "How Did We Lose It Baby")
• Joe Tex ("I Gotcha" & "A Mother's Prayer")
• Hodges, Smith, James & Crawford ("Signal Your Intention")

• Dance Songs: "Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey, "I Gotcha" by Joe Tex, "Stanger" by Sister Rose Stone
• Al Green ("Tired Of Being Alone" & "Let's Stay Together")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "The Delfonics"; Song: "Hey Big Brother" by Rare Earth
• The Whispers ("Can't Help But Love You" & "Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong")
• Soul Train Line Song: "You Want It, You Got It" by The Detroit Emeralds
• Denise LaSalle ("Trapped By This Thing Called Love" & "Now Run And Tell That")

• Four Tops ("A Simple Game" & "MacArthur Park")
• Jackie Wilson ("(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher" & "Love Is Funny That Way")
• Kool & the Gang ("I Want To Take You Higher" & "Love The Life You Live")

• Gladys Knight & the Pips ("Make Me The Woman That You Go Home To" & "I Don't Want To Do Wrong")
• Ohio Players ("Got Pleasure" & "Pain")
• Garland Green ("Just My Way Of Loving You" & "Plain And Simple Girl")

• Rufus Thomas ("Do The Funky Penguin" & "Breakdown")
• The Bar-Kays ("Son Of Shaft")
• Laura Lee ("Rip Off" & "Since I Fell For You")

• The Chi-Lites ("Oh Girl" & "The Coldest Days of My Life)
• Edwin Starr ("War" & "Double Agent O' Soul")

• Dance Songs: "Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Mo" by The 8th Day, "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing" by James Brown
• Wilson Pickett ("Fire And Water", "Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You", "Call My Name, I'll Be There", "I'm In Love" & "Don't Knock My Love")
• Curtis Mayfield ("We Got To Have Peace", "Get Down" & "Beautiful Brother of Mine")
• War ("All Day Music" & "Slippin' into Darkness") (Special Guest: Fred Williamson)
• Soul Train Dance Contest: Winners - Tanya Gram & Tony Jones; 2nd place - Damita Jo Freeman & Don Campbell; 3rd place - Cookie Morris & Randy Gardner; 4th place - Angela Johnson & Charles Washington
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers
• Contest Judge Panel: Rafer Johnson, O. J. Simpson, Abbey Lincoln, Quincy Jones, Claudia Tate

• Joe Tex ("You Said A Bad Word")
• Gloria Lynne ("Watermelon Man" & "I Wish You Love")
• The Independents ("Just As Long As You Need Me")

• Lou Rawls ("His Song Shall Be Sung")
• Otis Clay ("Trying To Live My Life Without You")
• ("In My Heart" & "You Couldn't Have Been Thinking About Me")

• The Isley Brothers ("Lay Away" & "Pop That Thang")
• Dance Songs: "Funk Factory" by Wilson Pickett, "Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart" by The Trammps, "You're The Man" by Marvin Gaye, "Ride Sally Ride" by Dennis Coffey
• Love Unlimited ("Walkin' In The Rain (With The One I Love)" & "Fragile (Handle With Care)")
• Millie Jackson ("Ask Me What You Want" & "My Man, A Sweet Man")
• Soul Train Gang Q & A: The Isley Brothers
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "We Got To Get You A Woman" by The Four Tops
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Whispers"; Song: "You Said A Bad Word" by Joe Tex

• Ike & Tina Turner ("I Want To Take You Higher," "Feel Good" & "Proud Mary")
• Dance Songs: "Pop That Thing" by The Isley Brothers, "I Wanna Be Where You Are" by Michael Jackson, "Is It You Girl" by Betty Wright
• Jerry Butler ("I Only Have Eyes for You")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Stylistics"; Song: "We The People" by The Soul Searchers
• Soul Train Gang Q & A: Ike & Tina Turner
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "We Got To Get You A Woman" by The Four Tops
• Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager ("Close To You")

• Bobby Womack ("I Can Understand It" & "Woman's Gotta Have It")
• The Bar-Kays ("Dance, Dance, Dance" & "Six O'Clock News Report")
• Candi Staton ("In the Ghetto" & "Do It In The Name Of Love")
• Dance Songs: "Your Wonderful Sweet, Sweet Love" by The Supremes, "We The People" by The Soul Searchers, "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" by The Temptations, "Power Of Love" by Joe Simon
• Dance Contest Song: "Get On The Good Foot" by James Brown (winners: JC Thompson and Rhonda Brown)
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Hey Man-We Got To Get You A Woman" by The Four Tops
• Creative Dance Award winners: Damita Jo Freeman and Perry Brown ("The Runaway")
• Special Guest: Fred Williamson

• The Isley Brothers ("Pop That Thang", "Work To Do" & "It's Too Late")
• Luther Ingram ("If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Wanna Be Right" & "My Honey And Me")
• Dance Songs: "We The People" by The Soul Searchers, "Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart" by The Trammps, "Give Me Your Love" by Curtis Mayfield, "Slow Motion" by Johnny Williams
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Dance, Dance, Dance" by The Bar-Kays
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Curtis Mayfield"; Song: "Back Stabbers" by The O'Jays
• Dance Contest Song: "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins (winners: Melanie Glenn and Courtney Glenn)
• Creative Dance Award Winners: Jimmy "Scoo B Doo" Foster and Jackie Irvin ("The Stop And Go")
• Special Guests: Melba Moore &

• Gladys Knight & the Pips("I Heard It Through The Grapevine" and "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "This World" by the Staple Singers
• The O'Jays ("Deeper (In Love With You)" & "Back Stabbers")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Luther Ingram", Song: "Use Me" by Bill Withers
• Major Lance ("Since I Lost My Baby's Love")
• Soul Train Gang Q & A: Gladys Knight & the Pips
• Dance Songs: "We The People" by The Soul Searchers, "Get On The Good Foot" by James Brown
• Dance Contest Song: "We The People" The Soul Searchers (winners: Janet Berraman and Gary Keyes)
• Special Guests: Teresa Graves & Brock Peters

• Eddie Kendricks ("Eddie's Love", "If You Let Me" & "Can I (live acapella)")
• The Whispers ("I Only Meant To Wet My Feet" & "Life & Breath")
• Dance Songs: "Slow Motion" by Johnny Williams, "Power of Love" by Joe Simon, "Your Wonderful Sweet, Sweet Love" by The Supremes, "Dance, Dance, Dance" by The Bar-Kays
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "This World" by the Staple Singers
• Dance Contest Song: "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins (winners: Connie Blackino and Lamont Peterson)
• Creative Dance Award winners: Rhonda Brown and Reuben Williams ("The Whispers")
• Special Guests: Gail Fisher & Bill Russell

• Jermaine Jackson ("That's How Love Goes" & "Daddy's Home")
• The Jackson 5 ("I Want You Back", "Corner Of The Sky" & "Lookin' Through The Windows")
• Dance Songs: "Slow Motion" by Johnny Williams, "Ain't That Peculiar" by Jermaine Jackson, "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (instrumental)" by The Temptations, "Baby Sitter" by Betty Wright, "Slaughter" by Billy Preston
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "This World" by The Staple Singers
• Dance Contest Song: "We The People" by The Soul Searchers (winners: Cookie Morris and Randy Gardner)

• Johnnie Taylor ("Who's Makin' Love?", "Stop Doggin' Me Around" & "Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone") (live performance)
• The Undisputed Truth ("Girl You're Alright" & "Mama I Got A Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)")
• Dance Songs: "I'll Be Around" by the Spinners, "I Can Understand It" by Bobby Womack, "Slow Motion" by Johnny Williams
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Slaughter" by Billy Preston
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Betty Wright", Song: "Woman, Don't Go Astray" by King Floyd
• Dance Contest Song: "Get On The Good Foot" by James Brown (winners: Thelma Davis-Martin and Ralph Witherspoon)

• Bill Withers ("Lonely Town, Lonely Street", "Lean On Me", "Use Me" A "Harlem") (live performance)
• Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ("If You Don't Know Me By Now" & "I Miss You")
• Dance Songs: "992 Arguments" by the O'Jays, "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" by the Temptations Soul Train Line Dance Song: "This World' by the Staple Singers
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Billy Preston", Song: "That's How Love Goes" by Jermaine Jackson
• Dance Contest Song: "Superfly" by Curtis Mayfield (winners: Damita Jo Freeman and Jimmy "Scoo B Doo" Foster)
• Creative Dance Award winners: Edward Champion and Wanda Fuller ("the Tightrope")
• Special Guest: Denise Nicholas

• Billy Preston ("Outa-Space," "The Bus" & "Slaughter")
• Laura Lee ("If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair)")
• Johnny Williams ("Slow Motion")
• Special Guest: Jim Brown

• Joe Simon ("Power Of Love" & "I Found My Dad")
• The Sylvers ("Wish That I Could Talk To You" & "Fool's Paradise")
• Billy Paul ("Me And Mrs. Jones" & "This Is Your Life")
• Dance Songs: "She's Taken My Part" by Irma Thomas, "If You Had A Change In Mind" by Tyrone Davis, "Ain't That Peculiar" by Jermaine Jackson, "Baby Sitter" by Betty Wright
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Love Train" by the O'Jays
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Billy Preston", Song: "That's How Love Goes" by Jermaine Jackson
• Dance Contest Song: "Superfly" by Curtis Mayfield (winners: Margaret Blake and Lil' Joe Chism)
• Creative Dance Award winners: Damita Jo Freeman and Jimmy "Scoo B Doo" Foster ("the Stop and Go")
• Special Guest: Wallace Terry

• Friends of Distinction ("Going In Circles" & "Now Is The Time")
• The Persuaders ("Love's Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out)" & "Peace In The Valley")
• Doug Gibbs ("I'll Always Have You")
• Special Guest: William Marshall

• The Temptations ("Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)", "Take A Look Around", "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" & "Mother Nature")
• King Floyd ("Groove Me" & "Woman, Don't Go Astray")
• Dance Songs: "You Ought To Be With Me" by Al Green, "Now Is The Time" by Friends of Distinction, "992 Arguments" by the O'Jays, "Slaughter" by Billy Preston
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins
• Dance Contest Song: "Superfly" by Curtis Mayfield (winners: Jeri Turner and Tony "Go-Go" Lewis)
• Special Guest: Cicely Tyson

• Betty Wright ("Clean Up Woman" & "Baby Sitter")^[5]
• The Intruders ("Memories Are Here To Stay" & "(Win, Place Or Show) She's A Winner")
• ("Beer Cans And Empty Hands")
• Dance Songs: "Work To Do" by The Isley Brothers, "(It's The Way) Nature Planned It" by Four Tops, "Corner Of The Sky" by Jackson 5, "I'm So Tired" by Bobby Bland
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Wilson Pickett", Song: "If You Had A Change In Mind" by Tyrone Davis
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Love Train" by The O'Jays
• Soul Train Dance Contest Song: "Mama Told Me Not To Come" by Wilson Pickett (winners: Derek Bennett and Angelle Cave)
• Special Guest: George Kirby

• Billy Paul ("Me And Mrs. Jones" & "Brown Baby")
• Barbara Mason ("Give Me Your Love" & "Bed And Board")
• Anacostia ("On And Off")
• Dance Songs: "Corner Of The Sky" by Jackson 5, "I Believe I'm Gonna Take This Ride" by Valerie Simpson, "Trouble Man" by Marvin Gaye, "(I've Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind" by Sir Joe Quarterman and Free Soul
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Stevie Wonder", song: "We Did It" by Syl Johnson
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "The Cisco Kid" by War
• Soul Train Dance Contest Song: "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder (winners: Niles Gay and LaQuinta Gross)

• Tyrone Davis ("Turn Back The Hands Of Time" & "If You Had A Change In Mind")
• Lyn Collins ("Think (About It)" & "Me And My Baby Got A Good Thing Going")
• Dance Songs: "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder, "The World Is A Ghetto" by War, "Why Can't We Live Together" by Timmy Thomas, "(I Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind" by Joe Quarterman & Free Soul, "Slow Motion" by Johnny Williams
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Love Train" by The O'Jays
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Johnny Williams", Song: "Keeper Of The Castle" by Four Tops
• Dance Contest Song: "" by James Brown (winners: Sharon Hill and Tyrone Proctor)
• Creative Dance Award winners: Pat Davis and Gary Keys, dance by Damita Jo Freeman and Jimmy Foster ("the Slow Motion") *
• Special Guest: Elgin Baylor

• Curtis Mayfield ("Pusherman," "Superfly" & "Freddie's Dead")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Cisco Kid" by War
• Special Guest: Vonetta McGee
• Dance Songs: "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash, "I Got a Bag of My Own" by James Brown, "Give Me Your Love" by Barbara Mason
• The Main Ingredient ("Everybody Plays The Fool" & "You've Got To Take It (If You Want It)"
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Lyn Collins", "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder
• Hank Ballard ("From The Love Side")
• Soul Train Gang Q & A: Curtis Mayfield

• Stevie Wonder ("Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours," "Superstition" & "Soul Train (All The Brothers And Sisters Get Together)")
• Dance Songs: "I Got So Much Trouble In My Mind" by Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul, "Keeper Of The Castle" by The Four Tops, "Cisco Kid" by War, "I Got A Bag Of My Own" by James Brown, "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash
• Special Guest: Judy Pace
• The Moments, ("Just Because He Wants To Make Love (Doesn't Mean He Loves You)" & "My Thing)
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Love Train" by The O'Jays
• Fully Guaranteed ("We Can Make It Together")

• Johnny Nash ("I Can See Clearly Now" & "Stir it Up")
• ("Hung Up On You")
• Brighter Side of Darkness ("Love Jones" & "Just A Little Bit")

• The Dramatics ("Get Up And Get Down," "In The Rain" & "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get")
• Syl Johnson ("We Did It" & "Any Way The Wind Blows")
• ("(I've Been A Winner, I've Been A Loser) I've Been In Love")

• 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" & "Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud")
• Lyn Collins ("Never Gonna Give You Up")

• The Four Tops ("Ain't No Woman Like The One I Got," "Keeper Of The Castle" & "I Must Be Dreaming")
• Otis Clay ("Trying To Live My Life Without You")
• Special Guests: James Brown &
• Soul Train Dance Contest Semifinals

• The Spinners ("I'll Be Around", "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" & "How Could I Let You Get Away")
• Sisters Love ("(I Could Never Make) A Better Man Than You" & "Give Me Your Love")
• Dance Songs: "The World Is a Ghetto" by War

• Al Green ("You Ought To Be With Me", "For The Good Times" & "Love And Happiness")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Love Train" by The O'Jays
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Spinners"; Song: "Kissing My Love" by Bill Withers
• Mel & Tim ("Starting All Over Again" & "I May Not Be What You Want")
• Dance Songs: "Mama Feel Good" by Lyn Collins, "Masterpiece" by The Temptations, "Stop And Go" by Bohannon Band, "Ain't No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got)" by The Four Tops

• Friends of Distinction ("Now Is The Time")
• Timmy Thomas ("Why Can't We Live Together")
• The Independents ("Leaving Me")
• Special Guest: Richard Pryor

• The Chi-Lites ("A Letter To Myself" & "Sally")
• The Honey Cone ("One Monkey Don't Stop No Show")
• G.C. Cameron ("Don't Wanna Play Pajama Games")
• Special Guest: Pam Grier

• The Impressions ("Preacher Man" & "Lost")
• Tyrone Davis ("Change In Mind" & "Without You in My Life")
• Billy Preston ("Will It Go Round In Circles?")
• Special Guests: Diana Ross & Brenda Sykes

• Aretha Franklin ("Day Dreaming," "Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)," "Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)," & "Rock Steady")
• Special Guest: Cecil Franklin

• The O'Jays ("Back Stabbers", "Love Train" & "Sunshine")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Mama Feel Good" by Lyn Collins
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Isley Brothers"; Song: "Girl You Need A Change Of Mind" by Eddie Kendricks
• David Ruffin ("Blood Donors Needed" & "Common Man")
• Dance Songs: "Ain't No Woman Like The One I Got" by The Four Tops, "Across 110th Street" by Bobby Womack, "Master Of Eyes" by Aretha Franklin, "Don't You Fool With My Soul" by Johnnie Taylor
• Sylvia ("Pillow Talk")

• The Sylvers ("Wish I Could Talk to You" & "I'll Never Be Ashamed")
• Ronnie Dyson ("One Man Band" & "I Think I'll Tell Her")
• Archie Bell & the Drells ("I Can't Stop Dancing" (1968 song) & "Dancing To Your Music")
• Special Guest: Rosey Grier

• The Manhattans ("There's No Me Without You" and "Back Up")
• Lyn Collins ("Fly me to the Moon" and "Never Gonna Give it Up")
• ("Gimme Your Hand" and "Real Woman")
• Special Guest: James Brown

• The Supremes ("Floy Joy", "Bad Weather", "I Guess I'll Miss The Man", "Bad Weather" & "Stoned Love")
• Lloyd Price ("Just For Baby" & "Love Music")

• Bobby Womack ("I Can Understand It", "Harry Hippie" & "Woman's Gotta Have it"
• The Whispers ("POW MIA" & "Somebody Loves You")
• Thelma Houston ("Black California" & "Piano Man")

• Little Anthony & the Imperials ("Goin' Out of My Head", "Hurts So Bad" & "La La La (At the End)")
• Edwin Starr ("Twenty-Five Miles" & "There You Go")
• The Valentinos ("I Can Understand It")

• Bill Withers ("Grandma's Hands," "If I Can't Write Lefthanded," "Kissin' My Love" and "Friend of Mine")
• Special Guest:

• The Miracles ("What Is A Heart Good For?" "Don't Let It End (Till You Let It Begin)," & "If You're Ever In The Neighborhood")
• Chuck Jackson ("I Only Get This Feeling" & "Put A Little Love Away)"
• The Jackson Sisters ("Why Can't We Be More Than Friends?")
• Special Guest: Smokey Robinson "Sweet Harmony"

• Chairmen of the Board ("Finders Keepers" & "Chairman of the Board")
• Charles Mann ("It's All Over")
• Sylvia ("Didn't I?" & "Pillow Talk")
• Special Guest: Jeffrey Bowen

• Chuck Berry ("Reelin' And Rockin'," "Wee Wee Hours", "Roll 'Em Pete" & "Johnny B. Goode")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare" by Gladys Knight & the Pips
• Maxayn ("Check Out Your Mind")
• Dance Songs: "Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out" by Bobby Womack, "Soul Makosa" by Afrique, "Think" by James Brown, "Finders Keepers" by chairmen of the Board
• Willie Hutch ("Brothers Gonna Work It Out" & "Slick")
• Special Guest: Max Julien
• Soul Train Gang Q & A: Chuck Berry

• "The Best of Soul Train" featuring James Brown, The Jackson 5, Chuck Berry, The O'Jays, The Temptations, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield,
  The Supremes, Teddy Brown, The Four Tops, and Stevie Wonder

Clips of past performances are shown:

• James Brown - "Make It Funky," "Super Bad" and Medley: "Please, Please, Please" and "Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud" (from Episode #49, February 10, 1973)
• James Brown & Teddy Brown (James Brown's son) interview (from Episode #50, February 17, 1973)
• Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode" (from Episode #66, July 7, 1973)
• Aretha Franklin - "Day Dreaming" (from Episode #56, April 14, 1973)
• Curtis Mayfield - "Superfly" (from Episode #45, January 6, 1973)
• The Temptations - "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" and "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (from Episode #41, November 18, 1972)
• The Four Tops - "Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)" (from Episode #50, February 17, 1973)
• The Supremes - "Floy Joy" and "Bad Weather" (from Episode #60, May 12, 1973)
• Jermaine Jackson feat. Jackson 5 - "Daddy's Home" (from Episode #35, October 7, 1972)
• Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" (from Episode #35, October 7, 1972)
• Al Green - "For The Good Times" (from Episode #52, March 3, 1973)
• The O'Jays - "Love Train" (from Episode #57, April 21, 1973)
• Stevie Wonder - "Soul Train (All The Brothers And Sisters Get Together)" (from Episode #46, January 13, 1973)

• The Intruders ("I'll Always Love My Mama" & "I Wanna Know Your Name")
• Foster Sylvers ("Misdemeanor" & "Hey Little Girl"), Introduced by Edmund & Ricky Sylvers
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: Mandrill; Song: "Sweet Charlie Babe" by Jackie Moore
• Soul Train Line Dance Song "Put Your Hands Together" by The O'Jays
• Dance Songs: "If You Feel Like Coming Home" by The Whispers, "I Believe in You" by Johnnie Taylor, "Sexy, Sexy, Sexy" by James Brown, "Keep on Truckin'" by Eddie Kendricks
• Midpoint Song: "Hang Loose" by Mandrill

• The Whispers ("Feel Like Coming Home" and "I Only Meant to Wet My Feet")
• Mandrill ("Get it All" and "Hang Loose")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Get it Together" by The Jackson 5
• Dance Songs: "Sexy, Sexy, Sexy" by James Brown, "Future Shock" by Curtis Mayfield, "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder, "Put Your Hands Together" by The O'Jays, "Keep on Truckin'" by Eddie Kendricks
• Special Guest: Isaac Hayes

• Fred Wesley & the JB's ("Doin' It to Death" and "If You Don't Get It the First Time")
• Lyn Collins ("Take Me As I Am")
• The Sly, the Slick and the Wicked ("Sho' Nuff'")

• The Sylvers ("Stay Away from Me" and "Through The Love In My Heart")
• Soul Train Dance Contest with a cameo by Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley

• The Isley Brothers ("Listen To The Music", "That Lady" & "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight")
• Betty Wright ("Gimme Back My Man" & "Let Me Be Your Lovemaker")
• Jr. Walker & the All-Stars ("Peace And Understanding Is Hard To Find")
• Dance Songs: "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder, "Sexy, Sexy, Sexy" by James Brown, "Keep on Truckin'" by Eddie Kendricks
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Put Your Hands Together" by The O'Jays
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Bloodstone"; Song: "We're On The Right Track" by Ultra High Frequency

• Eddie Kendricks ("Keep on Truckin'")
• The Dramatics ("Hey You! Get Off My Mountain")
• Rufus ("Keep It Coming")

• B.B. King ("I Like to Live the Love," "I Can't Leave," "To Know You Is To Love You")
• The Moments ("My Thing" and "Gotta Find a Way")

• The Four Tops ("Are You Man Enough")
• Bloodstone ("Natural High")
• Lee Charles ("I Just Want to Be Loved")

• Love Unlimited ("Oh Love, Well We Finally Made It" & "It May Be Winter Outside")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Evil" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Special Guest: Lola Falana
• Dance Songs: "Funky Stuff" by Kool & the Gang, "This Time It's Real" by Tower of Power, "If You Feel Like Coming Home" by The Whispers
• Barry White ("I've Got So Much To Give" & "Never Never Gonna Give You Up")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Edwin Starr"; Song: "Midnight Train To Georgia" by Gladys Knight & the Pips
• The Temprees ("Love's Maze" & "Wrap Me In Love")

• The Jackson 5 ("Dancing Machine", "Get It Together" & "Don't Say Good Bye Again")^[6]
• Interview: Joseph Jackson (including footage of a Jackson Family party)
• Dance Songs: "It's Too Late To Change The Time" by Jackson 5, "Hum Along And Dance" by Jackson 5, "Blow Your Whistle" by KC and the Sunshine Band
• Jermaine Jackson ("You're In Good Hands")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Put Your Hands Together" by The O'Jays
• Soul Train Gang Q & A: Jackson 5
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Millie Jackson"; Song: "Let Me Be Your Lovemaker" by Betty Wright
• Michael Jackson ("With A Child's Heart")

• Curtis Mayfield ("Back To The World," "If I Were Only A Child Again", "Future Shock")^[7]
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Get It Together" by Jackson 5
• Special Guest Interview: Clarence Avant
• Dance Songs: "Keep On Truckin'" by Eddie Kendricks, "Joy" by Isaac Hayes, "Funky Stuff" by Kool & the Gang, "The Love I Lost" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
• Millie Jackson ("Hypocrisy" & "Hurts So Good")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Tower of Power"; Song: "Ashes To Ashes" by The 5th Dimension
• Natural Four ("Can This Be Real?")

• Tower of Power ("This Time It's Real", "So Very Hard To Go" & "What Is Hip?")^[8]
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Put Your Hands Together" by The O'Jays
• The Pointer Sisters ("Yes We Can Can" & "Cloudburst")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Ohio Players", Song: "Rockin' Roll Baby" by The Stylistics
• Tavares ("Check It Out")
• Dance Songs: "Funky Stuff" by Kool & The Gang, "Stoned To The Bone" by James Brown
• Soul Train Gang Q&A: Tower of Power

• Smokey Robinson ("Just My Soul Responding", "Baby Come Close" & "Sweet Harmony")^[9]
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Put Your Hands Together" by The O'Jays
• First Choice ("Armed & Extremely Dangerous" & "Smarty Pants")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Tower of Power"; Song: "Stoned To The Bone" by James Brown
• Al Wilson ("Show And Tell")
• Dance Songs: "Space Race" by Billy Preston, "If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)" by The Staple Singers
• Interview: Smokey Robinson

• The Temptations ("Plastic Man," "Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)" & "Masterpiece")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Stoned To The Bone" by James Brown
• Dance Songs: "Put You Hands Together" by The O'Jays, "Funky Stuff" by Kool & the Gang, "This Time It's Real" by Tower of Power, "Rockin' Roll Baby" by The Stylistics
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Diana Ross"; Song: "Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" by Aretha Franklin
• G.C. Cameron ("Let Me Down Easy" & "No Matter Where")

• Bobby Bland ("This Time I'm Gone for Good" and "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City")
• Ashford & Simpson ("Keep it Coming" and "I'd Know You Anywhere")
• ("You're Gonna Need Somebody To Love (While You're Looking For Someone To Love)")

• Johnnie Taylor ("I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)," "Cheaper to Keep Her" and "One Thing Wrong With My Woman")
• Ann Peebles ("I Can't Stand the Rain" and "(I Feel Like) Breaking Up Somebody's Home")
• Maceo & the Macks ("Soul Power '74")

• Eddie Kendricks ("Boogie Down," "Darling, Come Back Home" and "Keep on Truckin'")
• The Persuaders ("Some Guys Have All the Luck" and "Love Attack")
• Eddie Floyd ("I Wanna Do Things for You")

• Billy Preston ("Space Race" and "I'm So Tired")
• Creative Source ("Who Is He and What Is He to You?" and "You Can't Hide Love")
• Eric Mercury ("Love is Taking Over")

• Johnny Nash ("I Can See Clearly Now," "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")

• The 5th Dimension ("Flashback", "One Less Bell to Answer", "Ashes to Ashes" & "Black Patch")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "I've Got To Use My Imagination" by Gladys Knight & the Pips
• Dance Songs: "Stoned Soul Picnic" by The 5th Dimension, "High Heel Sneakers" by Ramsey Lewis, "Wedding Bell Blues" by The 5th Dimension
• Willie Hutch ("Sunshine Lady" & "Tell Me Why Our Love's Gone Cold")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Eddie Floyd"; Song: "I Miss You" by The Dells

• Johnny Mathis ("I'm Coming Home," "I'm Stone In Love With You," "Life Is a Song Worth Singing" & "Foolish")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "For The Love Of Money" by The O'Jays
• Dance Songs: "You're So Unique" by Billy Preston, "Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back)" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, "Mighty Love" by The Spinners
• The Dells ("I Miss You" & "Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "James Brown"; Song: "Boogie Down" by Eddie Kendricks

• Marvin Gaye ("Come Get To This", "Distant Lover", "Let's Get It On" & "Keep Gettin' It On")
• Dance Songs: "Mighty Love" by The Spinners, "For The Love Of Money" by The O'Jays, "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "You're So Unique" by Billy Preston
• The Whispers ("A Mother For My Children" & "What More Can A Girl Ask For?")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Johnny Mathis"; Song: "Sexy Mama" by The Moments
• Interview with George Foreman

• Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ("The Love I Lost," "Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back)" and "If You Don't Know Me By Now")
• Billy Paul ("Thanks for Saving My Life" and "The Whole Town's Talking")
• Maxine Weldon ("Jubilation")

• Jerry Butler ("Power of Love," "I Don't Want to Lose You" and "That's How Heartaches Are Made")
• The Delfonics ("I Told You So" and "Don't Want to Make You Wait")
• Cecil Shaw ("What Do You Want From Me, Girl?")

• 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")

• Al Green ("Sweet Sixteen","Jesus Is Waiting", "Livin' For You" & "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "First Choice", Song: "Newsy Neighbors" by First Choice
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang
• The Impressions ("If It's In You To Do Wrong" & "Finally Got Myself Together")
• Dance Songs: "For The Love Of Money" by The O'Jays

• The Stylistics ("Betcha by Golly, Wow", "You Make Me Feel Brand New" & "Rockin' Roll Baby")
• Dance Songs: "The Payback" by James Brown, "I Told You So" by The Delfonics, "Boogie Down" by Eddie Kendricks
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang
• Bobby Womack ("Lookin For A Love" & "Let It Hang Out (Point Of No Return)")
• The Undisputed Truth ("Help Yourself")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Stevie Wonder"; Song: "Sexy Mama" by The Moments
• Interview: Fred Williamson and Jim Brown

• The Four Tops ("Am I My Brother's Keeper" & "I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind")
• Dance Songs: "Boogie Down" by Eddie Kendricks, "For the Love Of Money" by The O'Jays, "The Payback" by James Brown, "Sexy Mama" by The Moments
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang
• Blue Magic ("Look Me Up & "Stop To Start")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "The Moments"; Song: "Lookin' For A Love" by Bobby Womack
• Barbara Mason ("World War Three")

• Eddie Kendricks ("Boogie Down" and "Son of Sagittarius")
• The Dramatics ("And I Panicked" and "Now You Got Me Loving You")
• Martha Reeves ("Power of Love")

• Gladys Knight & the Pips ("I've Got To Use My Imagination", "On And On", "Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)" & "You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Martha Reeves"; Song: "Dancing Machine" by The Jackson 5
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Mighty Mighty" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Lamont Dozier ("Trying To Hold On To My Woman" & "Fish Ain't Bitin'")
• Dance Songs: "For the Love Of Money" by The O'Jays, "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & The Gang

• Sylvia Robinson ("Sweet Stuff" & "Pillow Talk")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Mighty Mighty" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Jackson Five"; Song: "Power Of Love" by Martha Reeves
• The Moments ("Sexy Mama" & "What's Your Name")
• Dance Songs: "Let's Get Married" by Al Green, "Chamaeleon" by Herbie Hancock, "For The Love Of Money" by The O'Jays, "The Payback" by James Brown
• Ecstasy, Passion & Pain ("I Wouldn't Give You Up")
• Sylvia & The Moments ("Sho Nuff Boogie")

• The Spinners ("One Of A Kind (Love Affair)", "Ghetto Child" & "Mighty Love")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Lamont Dozier"; Song: "I'm In Love" by Aretha Franklin
• The Independents ("The First Time We Met" & "Rise And Shine")
• Dance Songs: "Boogie Down" by Eddie Kendricks, "Sally B. White" by Charles Bevills, "The Payback" by James Brown
• Leroy Hutson ("Ella Wheeze")

• Bill Withers ("You," "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" and "Let Me In Your Life")
• The Soul Children ("I'll Be The Other Woman" and "We're Getting Too Close")
• Melvin Van Peebles ("Eye on the Rabbit")

• Tyrone Davis ("There It Is" and "What Comes Up (Must Come Down)")
• Hugh Masekela ("Jungle Jim" and "Rekpete")
• Black Ivory ("What Goes Around (Comes Around)")

• The Staple Singers ("If You're Ready","Touch A Hand, Make A Friend" & "We The People")
• Mavis Staples ("A House Is Not A Home")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Mighty Mighty" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Gladys Knight", Song: "Honey Please, Can't Ya See" by Barry White
• Dance Songs: "One Chain Don't Make No Prison" by The Four Tops, "You've Got My Soul On Fire" by The Temptations, "Come And Get Your Love" by Redbone, "For The Love Of Money" by The O'Jays
• Bunny Sigler ("That's How Long I'll Be Loving You" & "Things Are Gonna Get Better")

• Kool & the Gang ("Funky Stuff", "Hollywood Swinging" & "Jungle Boogie")
• Dance Songs: "Let's Get Married" by Al Green, "Can You Handle It" by Graham Central Station, "I'm In Love" by Aretha Franklin, "You've Got My Soul On Fire" by The Temptations
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Bill Withers", Song: "Come And Get Your Love" by Redbone
• Al Wilson ("Touch And Go" & "Broken Home")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "For The Love Of Money" by The O'Jays
• Natural Four ("Love That Really Counts")
• Interview with Kool & the Gang

• The O'Jays ("Put Your Hands Together", "You Got Your Hooks In Me" & "For The Love Of Money")
• Dance Songs: "Son Of Sagittarius" by Eddie Kendricks, "Help Yourself" by The Undisputed Truth, "Come And Get Your Love" by Redbone
• Ramsey Lewis ("Sweet And Tender You" & "Love For A Day")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Mighty Mighty" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Special Guest: Marcia Ann Gillespie
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Redbone", Song: "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing" by Stevie Wonder

• Sly & the Family Stone ("Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", "I Want To Take You Higher", "Dance To The Music" & "If You Want Me To Stay")
• Dance Songs: "You've Got My Soul On Fire" by The Temptations, "Come And Get Your Love" by Redbone, "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing" by Stevie Wonder
• The Trammps ("Where Do We Go From Here")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Mighty Mighty" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Graham Central Station", Song: "One Chain Don't Make No Prison" by The Four Tops

• "The Best of Soul Train"
• Reverend Jesse Jackson joins Don Cornelius for an interview and a clip from the documentary "Wattstax" is shown.

Clips from past shows are shown:

• B.B. King "I Like To Live The Love" (from Episode #74, October 6, 1973)
• The Staple Singers "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)" (from Episode #102, June 8, 1974)
• Smokey Robinson "Sweet Harmony" (from Episode #80, November 24, 1973)
• Tower Of Power "This Time It's Real" (from Episode #79, November 17, 1973)
• Marvin Gaye "Distant Lover" (from Episode #89, February 16, 1974)
• Sly & The Family Stone "I Want To Take You Higher" (from ST #105, 29-Jun-1974)
• Jackson 5 "Dancing Machine" (from ST #77, 03-Nov-1973)
• Johnny Mathis "Foolish" (from ST #88, 09-Feb-1974)
• Gladys Knight & the Pips "On and On" (from ST #97, 04-May-1974)
• Al Green "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)" (from ST #93, 06-Apr-1974)
• The O'Jays "Love Train" (from ST #57, 21-Apr-1973)

• Dance Songs: "Live It Up" by The Isley Brothers, "My Thang" by James Brown, "Boogie Joe The Grinder" by Quincy Jones, "Main Line" by Ashford & Simpson^[10]
• George McCrae ("Rock Your Baby")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Herbie Hancock", Song: "Machine Gun" by Kool & the Gang
• Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ("Tell Me Something Good" & "You Got The Love")
• Comedian: Franklyn Ajaye
• Billy Preston ("Nothing From Nothing" & "Struttin'")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Ballero" by War

• James Brown and the First Family of Soul ("Cold Sweat," "I Can't Stand It," "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag," "Hell," "Try Me," "Papa Don't Take No Mess" & "My Thang")
• Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s ("Damn Right & I'm Somebody")
• Lyn Collins ("Rock Me Again & Again & Again")
• Sweet Charles Sherrell ("Soul Man")

• Johnnie Taylor ("It Don't Pay To Get Up In The Morning" & "It's September")
• The Joneses ("Hey, Babe" & "Sugar Pie Guy")
• Syreeta Wright ("I'm Going Left")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Live it Up" by The Isley Brothers
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "James Brown"; Song: "Midnight Flower" by The Four Tops
• Dance Songs: "You Haven't Done Nothin'" by Stevie Wonder, "Kalimba Story" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "My Thang" by James Brown
• Midpoint Song: "Ballero" by War

• The Miracles ("Do It Baby" and "What is a Heart Good For")
• Herbie Hancock ("Chameleon" and "Watermelon Man")
• Yvonne Fair (""Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On" and "Walk Out the Door if You Wanna")

• Michael Jackson ("What You Don't Know", "Whatever You Got, I Want" & "If I Don't Love You This Way")
• ("What's Your Game" & "Runnin' And Pushing")

• Dance Songs: "Papa Don't Take No Mess" by James Brown, "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe" by Barry White, "Boogie On Reggae Woman" by Stevie Wonder
• Creative Source ("Let Me Be The One" & "Keep On Movin'")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Ohio Players", Song: "Party Down" by Little Beaver
• The Four Tops ("Midnight Flower" & "Right On Brother")
• The New Birth ("I Wash My Hands Of The Whole Damn Deal" & "Wildflower")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Sugar Pie Guy" by The Joneses

• The Chi-Lites ("That's How Long" & "You Got to Be the One")
• Bloodstone ("That's Not How It Goes" & "I Need Time")
• New York City ("Love is What You Make It" & "Happiness Is."

• Ashford & Simpson ("Everybody's Got to Give It Up," "Spoiled," and a medley at the piano)
• Tavares ("Too Late" and "She's Gone")
• Little Beaver ("Party Down")

• The 5th Dimension ("Soul and Inspiration" and "Harlem")
• Al Wilson ("La La Peace Song" and "Willoughby Brook")
• Formula IV ("Wee Willie Sweet Wine")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Cold Blooded" James Brown
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "James Brown"; Song: "Hey Pocky Way" by The Meters
• Dance Songs: "Loose Booty" Sly and the Family Stone, "Time" by The Mighty Clouds of Joy, "In the Bottle" by Brother to Brother
• Midpoint Song: "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" by Barry White
• Special Guest:

• Dance Songs: "Funky President" by James Brown, "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas, "I Like What You Give" by José Feliciano, "I Can't Leave You Alone" by George McCrae
• Ecstasy, Passion & Pain ("Good Things Don't Last Forever" & "Ask Me")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Barry White", Song: "You're The First, The Last, My Everything" by Barry White
• The Ohio Players ("Jive Turkey", "Skintight" & "Heaven Must Be Like This")
• B.T. Express ("Do It Til You're Satisfied")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Release Yourself" by Graham Central Station

• Nancy Wilson ("Ocean of Love" and "Streetrunner")
• Johnny Bristol ("Hang On in There Baby" and "You and I")
• Mighty Clouds of Joy ("Time" and "Mighty Clouds of Joy")

• The Moments ("What's Your Name?" and "Sugar, Sugar")
• Labelle ("Lady Marmalade" and "What Can I Do for You")
• Carl Carlton ("Everlasting Love")

• Dance Songs: "Boogie On Reagge Woman" by Stevie Wonder, "You're The First, The Last, My Everything" by Barry White, "Struttin'" by Billy Preston, "One Tear" by Eddie Kendricks^[11]
• The Isley Brothers ("That Lady", "Live It Up", "Summer Breeze", "Midnight Sky" & "Hello, It's Me")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Latimore", Song: "Shoorah! Shoorah!" by Betty Wright
• Interview: Isley Brothers
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Release Yourself" by Graham Central Station

• José Feliciano ("Hard Times In El Barrio," "Golden Lady" and "California Dreamin'")
• Minnie Riperton ("Reasons" and "Lovin' You")
• The Dynamic Superiors ("Shoe Shoe Shine")

• Johnny Nash ("You Can't Go Halfway," "Celebrate Life" and "For Your Love")
• The Commodores ("Machine Gun")
• Lonnie Youngblood ("Man to Woman")

• Bobby Womack ("You're Welcome, Stop on By," "I Don't Know" and "Lookin' for a Love")
• Latimore ("Let's Straighten it Out")
• The Kay-Gees ("Master Plan")

• Dance Songs: "Rhyme Time People" by Kool & the Gang, "When Will I See You Again" by The Three Degrees, "Funky President" by James Brown, "You're The First, The Last, My Everything" by Barry White ^[12]
• Zulema ("Wanna Be Where You Are" & "Standing In The Backdoor")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "David Ruffin", Song: "Whatever You Got, I Want" by The Jackson 5
• Graham Central Station ("Feel The Need", "Release Yourself" & "Can You Handle It")
• Leon Haywood ("Believe Half Of What You See (None Of What You Hear)")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Midnight Sky" by The Isley Brothers

• Ike & Tina Turner ("Oh My My", "Sexy Ida", "Nutbush City Limits" and "River Deep, Mountain High")
• Lonette McKee ("Save It (Don't Give it Away)")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Release Yourself" by Graham Central Station
• Dance Songs: "Happy People" by the Temptations, "Get Dancin'" by Disco Tex & the Sex-O-Lettes, and "Boogie On Reggae Woman" by Stevie Wonder

• David Ruffin ("Me and Rock and Roll are Here to Stay" and "Take Me Clear from Here")
• Shirley Brown ("I've Got to Go On Without You" and "Woman to Woman")
• ("Skin it Back)
• The Lockers
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Release Yourself" by Graham Central Station
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Barbara Mason"; Song: "Boogie On Reggae Woman" by Stevie Wonder
• Dance Songs: "Midnight Sky" by The Isley Brothers and "Tell me What You Want" By Jimmy Ruffin
• Midpoint Song: "Heartbreak Road" by Bill Withers

• Tower of Power ("Only So Much Oil in the Ground", "Willing to Learn" and "(To Say the Least) You're the Most")
• The Hues Corporation ("Rockin' Soul" and "Into My Music")
• Garland Green ("Let the Good Times Roll")

• Dance Songs: "Dance The Kung Fu" by Carl Douglas, "Lady Marmalade" by Labelle, "Pick Up The Pieces" by The Average White Band, "Get Dancin'" by Disco-Tex And The Sex-O-Lettes
• The Crusaders ("Stomp And Buck Dance" & "Greasy Spoon")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Buddy Miles", Song: "Happy People" by The Temptations
• Ben Vereen ("By Your Side" & "Stop Your Half-Steppin' Ma Ma")
• The Whispers ("Bingo" & All I Ever Do (Is Dream of You)")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Once You Get Started" by Rufus & Chaka Khan

• Dance Songs: "Express" by B.T. Express, "Boogie On Reggae Woman" by Stevie Wonder, "Take Me To The River" by Al Green
• Gino Vannelli ("People Gotta Move" & "Powerful People")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Manhattans", Song: "Fire" by The Ohio Players
• Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ("Once You Get Started", "Please Pardon Me (You Remind Me Of A Friend)", "Pack'd My Bags", "Stop On By" & "I'm A Woman (I'm A Backbone)"
• Bohannon ("South African Man")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "I Am Love" by The Jackson 5

• Dance Songs: "Get Dancin'" by Disco-Tex And The Sex-O-Lettes, "Dance The Kung Fu" by Carl Douglas, "Fire" by The Ohio Players
• Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band ("Is It Real", "One Lie (Leads to Another)")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Jimmy Ruffin", Song: "Lady Marmalade" by Labelle
• Kool & the Gang ("Higher Plane", "Summer Madness" & "Rhyme Tyme People")
• The Jackson Sisters ("Boy, You're Dynamite" & "I Believe In Miracles")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Once You Get Started" by Rufus & Chaka Khan

• Jimmy Ruffin ("Our Favorite Melody")
• Buddy Miles ("We Got Love" and "Pull Yourself Together")
• The Manhattans ("Don't Take Your Love from Me" and "Summertime in the City")

• Lou Rawls ("She's Gone" and "Feel like Making Love")
• The Main Ingredient ("Happiness is Just Around the Bend" and "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely")
• Gloria Scott ("Just as Long As We're Together")

• Bobby Bland ("I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (the Way You Treated Me)")
• Tavares ("Remember What I Told You to Forget" and "My Ship"
• Lyn Collins ("Baby Don't Do It" and "Try a Little Tenderness")
• ("Breaking Bread" and "Making Love")

• Bloodstone ("For the First Time" and "My Little Lady")
• Carol Douglas ("Doctor's Orders" and "A Hurricane is Coming Tonite")
• Syl Johnson "Stuck in Chicago"

• B.B. King ("I Like to Live the Love" and "The Thrill is Gone")
• B.B. King and Bobby Bland ("It's My Own Fault")
• ("Dedicate (My Life to You)" and "Wake Up and Start Standing")
• People's Choice ("Party is a Groovy Thing")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Glasshouse" by The Temptations
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Tavares"; Song: "Lady Marmalade" Labelle
• Dance Songs: "Once You Get Started" by Rufus & Chaka Khan, "Fire" by The Ohio Players and "Dance, Damce, Dance" by Final Touch
• Midpoint Song: "Satin Soul" by the Love Unlimited Orchestra

• Dance Songs: "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "Just As Long As We're Together (In My Life There Will Never Be Another)" by Gloria Scott, "Express" by B.T. Express, "Feel The Need" by Graham Central Station
• Al Green ("Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)", "L-O-V-E", "God Blessed Our Love" & " Take Me To The River")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Miracles", Song: "Bad Luck" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Glasshouse" by The Temptations

• Dance Songs: "What I'm Gonna Do With You" by Barry White, "I Didn't Know" by The Three Degrees, "Express" by B.T. Express, "L-O-V-E" by Al Green
• Sister Sledge ("Circle Of Love" & "Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Dionne Warwick", Song: "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Blue Magic ("Never Gonna Get Over You", "Love Has Found Its Way To Me" & "Sideshow")
• Major Harris ("Love Won't Let Me Wait")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Bad Luck" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

• Dance Songs: "Reality" by James Brown, "One Beautiful Day" by Ecstacy Passion & Pain, "Satin Soul" by Love Unlimited Orchestra
• Barbara Mason ("From His Woman To You" & "Shackin' Up")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Gladys Knight", Song: "My Little Lady" by Bloodstone
• The Dramatics ("Me, Myself & I," "Me & Mrs. Jones" & "(I'm Going By) The Stars In Your Eyes)"
• Ben E. King ("Supernatural Thing")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Once You Get Started" by Rufus & Chaka Khan

• Eddie Kendricks ("Shoeshine Boy," "One Tear" and "Time in a Bottle")
• L.T.D. ("It's You" and "Don't Lose Your Cool")
• The Waters ("Find It")

• Melba Moore ("Get Into My Mind" and "My Soul Is Satisfied")
• Eddie Harris ("Get on Down" and "Funkorama")
• Bunny Sigler ("Shake Your Booty" and "Keep Smiling")

• Dance Songs: "Shake You Booty" by Bunny Siegler, "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "Satin Soul" by Love Unlimited Orchestra, "Bad Luck" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
• Greg Perry ("Come On Down" & "One For The Road")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "B.T. Express", Song: "Reality" by James Brown
• Dionne Warwick ("Move Me No Mountain", "Take It From Me" & "Getting In The Way")
• The Futures ("I Had A Dream")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Glasshouse" by The Temptations

• Elton John ("Bennie and the Jets" and "Philadelphia Freedom")
• Mandrill ("Wind on Horseback" and "Peck Yer Neck")
• Comedian:
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Bad Luck" by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
• Dance Songs: "Sex Machine '75" by James Brown and "Dynomite" by Bazuka

• Barry White ("Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe", "What Am I Gonna Do with You" & "You're The First, The Last, My Everything")
• Love Unlimited Orchestra ("Love's Theme", "Making Believe That It's You" and "Wanna Stay")

• Dance Songs: "Give The People What They Want" by The O'Jays, "I Didn't Know" by The Three Degrees, "Shakey Ground" by The Temptations, "Dynomite" by Bazuka
• Leroy Hutson ("All Because Of You" & "So In Love With You")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Barry White", Song: "One Beautiful Day" by Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
• Natural Four ("Heaven Right Here On Earth")
• Curtis Mayfield ("Billy Jack" & "Jesus")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Bad Luck" by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

• Dance Songs: "Shakey Ground" by The Temptations, "Spirit Of The Boogie" by Kool & the Gang, "The Bottle" by Joe Bataan, "Sex Machine" by James Brown
• Betty Wright ("Tonight Is The Night" & "Where Is The Love")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Dramatics", Song: "What Am I Gonna Do With You" by Barry White
• Smokey Robinson ("I Am I Am", "Virgin Man", Baby That's Backatcha & "Baby Come Close")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Bad Luck" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

• Dance Songs: "Baby That's Backatcha" by Smokey Robinson, "What Am I Gonna Do With You" by Barry White, "Dynomite" by Bazuka, "I Didn't Know" by The Three Degrees^[13]
• Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ("To Be True", "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" feat. Sharon Page, "Bad Luck" & "Somewhere Down The Line")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Billy Paul", Song: "Just A Little Bit Of You" by Michael Jackson
• The Southshore Commission ("Free Man")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Glasshouse" by The Temptations

• Dance Songs: "Fight The Power" by The Isley Brothers, "7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle)" by Gary Toms Empire, "Sexy" by MFSB, "Happy Feelin'" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Willie Hutch ("Love Power" & "Party Down")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "New Birth", Song: "I Could Dance All Night" by Archie Bell & the Drells
• The Supremes ("This Is Why I Believe In You", "Where Is It I Belong", "Early Morning Love", & "He's My Man")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Forever Came Today" by The Jackson 5

• Johnny Bristol ("Love Takes Tears" & "Leave My World")
• The Blackbyrds ("Flying High")
• Donald Byrd and The Blackbyrds ("Walkin' In Rhythm", "Stepping Into Tomorrow" & "Rock And Roll Again")

• Joe Simon ("Get Down, Get Down (Get On The Floor)" & "Music In My Bones")
• Millie Jackson ("Loving Arms" & "You Can't Stand The Thought")
• ("When You're Young And In Love")

• The New Birth (""Grandaddy," "Dream Merchant" & "Forever")
• Blue Magic ("Chasing Rainbows" & "Spell")
• Bobby Moore ("Call Me Your Anything Man")

• The Impressions ("Same Thing It Took" & "Sooner Or Later")
• Rance Allen Group ("Ain't No Need Of Crying" & "I Give My All To You")
• Soul Train Dance Contest: The first-place winners are Anthony Joe Wright and Cheryl Quarles of Detroit.
• In second place: Donna Allen and Willie Kearney of Tampa, Florida.
• In third place, Lorene Bonds and James Bryant of Memphis, Tennessee.

• Dance Songs: "Rockin' And Rollin' On The Streets Of Hollywood" by Buddy Miles, "Brazil" by The Ritchie Family and "Low Rider" by War
• Eddie Kendricks ("Happy" & "If Anyone Can")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Spinners"; Song: "How Long (Betcha Got A Chick On The Side) by The Pointer Sisters
• Tavares ("Free Ride" and "It Only Takes a Minute")
• Comedian: Paul Mooney
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Happy Feelin'" By Earth, Wind & Fire

• Dance Songs: "Low Rider" by War, "I Get High On You" by Sly & the Family Stone
• B.T. Express ("Peace Pipe" & "Give It All You Got")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Isaac Hayes"; Song: "Get the Cream Off the Top" by Eddie Kendricks
• The Pointer Sisters ("Going Down Slowly", "How Long (Betcha Got A Chick On The Side)" & "Sleeping Alone")
• Ralph Carter ("When You're Young And In Love")
• Midpoint Song: "Survival" by The O'Jays
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Fight The Power" by The Isley Brothers

• Dance Songs: "High On You" by Sly Stone, "How Long (Betcha' Got A Chick On The Side)" by The Pointer Sisters, "Dreaming A Dream" by Crown Heights Affair
• Little Milton ("If You Talk In Your Sleep" & "Packed Up And Took My Mind")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "B.T. Express", Song: "Do It Any Way You Wanna" by The People's Choice
• Special Guest: Cholly Atkins
• The O'Jays ("How Time Flies", "Give The People What They Want", "Survival" & "Let Me Make Love To You")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Happy Feelin'" by Earth, Wind & Fire

• Dance Songs: "Mr. D.J." by Aretha Franklin, "It Only Takes A Minute" by Tavares
• Labelle ("Cosmic Dancer," "Good Intentions," "Slow Burn" & "Messin' With My Mind")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Spinners"; Song: "Get The Cream Off The Top" by Eddie Kendricks
• Creative Source ("Pass The Feelin' On" & "Sincerely")
• Midpoint Song: "Love Rollercoaster" The Ohio Players
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Survival" by The O'Jays

• Dance Songs: "It Only Takes a Minute" by Tavares, "Love Rollercoaster" by The Ohio Players, "Games People Play (They Just Can't Stop It)" by The Spinners
• Minnie Riperton ("When It Comes Down To It", "Inside My Love" & "Simple Things"
• Special Guest: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Stevie Wonder"; Song: "Give It What You Got" by B.T. Express
• Twenty First Century "Child" & "Remember The Rain"
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Waterbed" by Herbie Mann

• Dance Songs: "Messin' With My Mind" by Labelle, "Hooked for Life" by The Trammps, "(They Just Can't Stop It) The Games People Play " by The Spinners
• Ramsey Lewis ("Don't It Feel Good", "That's The Way Of The World" & "Spider Man")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Elton John"; Song: "Mr D.J." by Aretha Franklin
• Leslie Uggams ("I Was The Life of the Party" & "I Want To Make It Easy For You")
• Midpoint Song: "Fancy Lady" by Billy Preston
• The Fantastic Four ("Alvin Stone (The Birth And Death Of A Gangster)")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Survival" by The O'Jays

• Dance Songs: "Hooked For Life" by Trammps, "Messin' With My Mind" by Labelle, "Salsoul Hustle" by Salsoul Orchestra, "Mr. D.J." by Aretha Franklin
• Merry Clayton ("One More Ride" & "Keep Your Eyes On The Sparrow")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Barry White", Song: "Give It What You Got" by B.T. Express
• The Spinners ("I've Got To Make It On My Own", "Sadie", "Games People Play" & "Love Don't Love Nobody")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Waterbed" by Herbie Mann

• Dance Songs: "Love Power" by Willie Hutch, "Mr. D.J." by Aretha Franklin, "Salsoul Hustle" by Salsoul Orchestra
• The Main Ingredient ("Over You" & "Shame On The World")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Esther Phillips", Song: "Fancy Lady" by Billy Preston
• War ("Southern Part Of Texas", "Low Rider" & "Smile Happy")
• Music Video: War ("Why Can't We Be Friends")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Waterbed" by Herbie Mann

• Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ("To Be True", "You Know How To Make Me Feel So Good", "Bad Luck" & "Wake Up Everybody")
• Esther Phillips ("What A Difference A Day Makes" & "You're Coming Home")

• Dance Songs: "I Love Music" by The O'Jays, "Fancy Lady" by Billy Preston, "Make Love To Your Mind" by Bill Withers, "That's The Way I Like It" by KC & the Sunshine Band
• The Miracles ("Do It Baby" & "Love Machine")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Average White Band"; Song: "Happy" by Eddie Kendricks
• ("Let Me Lay My Funk On You")
• Midpoint Song: "Salsoul Hustle" by The Salsoul Orchestra
• Quincy Jones (Special Guest: Nat Adderley) ("Tryin' To Find Out About You" & "Is It Love That We're Missin'")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Watrebed" by Herbie Mann

• Dance Songs: "To Each His Own" by Faith Hope & Charity, "Peace Pipe" by B.T. Express, "Happy" by Eddie Kendricks
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Quincy Jones", Song: "Love Power" by Willie Hutch
• The Undisputed Truth ("Ma" & "Boogie Bump Boogie")
• Average White Band ("Cut The Cake," "Person To Person" & "School Boy Crush")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "I Love Music" by The O'Jays

• Dance Songs: "Boogie Fever" by The Sylvers, "We're On The Right Track" by South Shore Commission, "That's The Way (I Like It)" by KC & the Sunshine Band, "That's Life" by Billy Preston
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Sylvers", Song: "Sing A Song" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• David Ruffin ("Walk Away From Love" & "Wild Honey")
• Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ("Dance Wit Me," "Ooh I Like Your Loving", "Have A Good Time", "Sweet Thing" & "Fool's Paradise")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "I Love Music" by The O'Jays

• Dance Songs: "Happy" by Eddie Kendricks, "Love Machine" by The Miracles, "Superbad Superslick" by James Brown, "Baby Open The Door" by The Soul Train Gang, "I'm On Fire" by Jim Gilstrap
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Chaka Khan", Song: Is It Love That We're Missin'" by Quincy Jones feat. The Brothers Johnson
• Freda Payne ("You," "I Hear Rumors" & "Seems So Long")
• The Whispers ("Little Red Riding Hood" & "In Love Forever")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Boogie Fever" by The Sylvers

• Dance Songs: "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players, "That's The Way (I Like It)" by KC & The Sunshine Band, "We're On The Right Track" by South Shore Commission, "Superbad, Superslick" by James Brown
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Freda Payne", Song: "Happy" by Eddie Kendricks
• Billy Preston ("That's Life", "Do It While You Can" & "Fancy Lady")
• The Sylvers ("Free Style" & "Boogie Fever")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Dance Wit Me" by Rufus & Chaka Khan

• Dance Songs: "Sing A Song" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "Boogie Fever" by The Sylvers, "Dance Wit Me" by Rufus & Chaka Khan, " Is It Love That We're Missin'" by Quincy Jones feat. The Brothers Johnson
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Staple Singers", Song: "Full Of Fire" by Al Green
• Faith, Hope and Charity ("Don't Go Looking For Love" & "To Each His Own")
• Jeff Perry ("Love Don't Come No Stronger (Than Yours And Mine)")
• David Bowie ("Golden Years" & "Fame")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "I Love Music" by The O'Jays

• The Temptations ("Glasshouse," "Darling Stand By Me," "Keep Holding On" & "Shakey Ground")
• Edwin Starr ("Stay With Me" & "Abyssinia Jones")

• The Staple Singers ("Let's Do It Again," "Funky Love" and "Whole Lot of Love")
• Bobby Womack ("Where There's A Will, There's A Way" & "Daylight")

• Dance Songs: "It's Alright" by Graham Central Station, "Babyface" by Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps, "I Can Do It All Night" by The Soul Train Gang, "Theme from S.W.A.T." by Rhythm Heritage, "Let's Go Disco" by Archie Bell & the Drells
• Michael Jackson ("Just A Little Bit Of You", "One Day In Your Life" & "We've Got Forever")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Earth, Wind and Fire"; Song: "Boogie Fever" by The Sylvers
• The Jackson 5 ("Forever Came Today" & "All I Do Is Think Of You")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Dance Wit Me" by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

• Dance Songs: "Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved) by James Brown, "Let's Go Disco" by Archie Bell & the Drells, "Babyface" by Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corp, "Turning Point" By Tyrone Davis
• Bloodstone ("Give Me Your Love" & "Hooray For Romance")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Temptations"; Song: "Walk Away from Love" by David Ruffin
• Bloodstone ("Give Me Your Love" & "Hooray For Romance")
• The Dells ("Power Of Love", "We Gotta Get Our Thing Together" & "Strike Up The Band")
• Midpoint Song: "Garbage Can" by The Soul Train Gang
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Boogie Fever" by The Sylvers

• Bill Withers ("Make Love to Your Mind", "Sometimes A Song" & "I Wish You Well")
• The Soul Train Gang ("Searchin' For Another Love" & "Soul Train '75")

• The Jimmy Castor Bunch ("King Kong, Part 1" & "A Groove Will Make You Move")
• Leon Haywood ("Just Your Fool" & "Come & Get Yourself Some")
• The Southshore Commission ("We're On The Right Track" & "Train Called Freedom")

• The Commodores ("Sweet Love" & "Slippery When Wet")
• George McCrae ("I Ain't Lyin' " & "Honey I (I'll Live My Life For You)")

• Joe Tex ("Have You Ever" & "Baby, It's Rainin'")
• The Chi-Lites ("The Devil Is Doing His Work" & "It's Time for Love")
• Comedian: Tom Dreesen

• Dance Songs: "Train Called Freedom" by South Shore Commission, "Sunny" by Yambú, "Honey I (I'll Live My Life For You)" by George McCrae, "What's The Name Of This Funk (Spider Man)" by Ramsey Lewis, "Love Or Leave" by Spinners^[14]
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Leon Haywood"; Song: "Let The Music Play" by Barry White
• Betty Wright ("Slip And Do It" & "Everybody Was Rockin'")
• The Modulations ("Worth Your Weight In Gold")^[15]
• Wilson Pickett ("The Best Part Of A Man" & "Love Will Keep Us Together")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Let's Go Disco" by Archie Bell & the Drells

• Eddie Kendricks ("Chains," "He's A Friend" & "Never Gonna Leave You")
• The Temprees ("I Found Love On A Disco Floor" & "There Ain't A Dream Been Dreamed")

• Dance Songs: "He's A Friend" by Eddie Kendricks, "Let's Go Disco" by Archie Bell & the Drells, "Livin' For The Weekend" by The O'Jays, "Feel The Spirit ('76)" by Leroy Hutson, "Open" by Smokey Robinson
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Johnnie Taylor", Song: "Heavy Love" by David Ruffin
• Donna Summer ("Love To Love You Baby" & "Could It Be Magic")
• Johnnie Taylor ("Somebody's Gettin' It", "Disco Lady" & "Running Out Of Lies")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Dance Wit Me" by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

• Dance Songs: "Livin' For The Weekend" by The O'Jays, "You're My One Weakness Girl" by the Street People, "Movin'" by Brass Construction
• Al Wilson ("Show And Tell" & "I've Got A Feeling (We'll Be Seeing Each Other Again)")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Eddie Kendricks"; Song: "He's A Friend" by Eddie Kendricks
• The Supremes ("I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking", "Don't Let My Teardrops Bother You" & "You're What's Missin' In My Life")
• Special Guest: Ossie Davis
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Dance Wit Me" by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

• The Dramatics ("I Was The Life Of The Party")
• Dorothy Moore ("Misty Blue")
• Leon Thomas ("Thank You Baby")

• Dance Songs: "That's Where The Happy People Go" by Trammps, "Movin'" by Brass Construction, "Street Talk" by The Bob Crewe Generation, "After The Dance" by Marvin Gaye
• Ronnie McNeir ("Sagittarian Affair" & "I'm Your Lover")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "D. J. Rogers", Song: "Get Up And Boogie (That's Right)" by Silver Convention
• Kool & the Gang ("Love And Understanding" & "Sugar")
• Ashford & Simpson ("Tell It All" & "Somebody Told A Lie")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Living For The Weekend" by The O'Jays

• The Delfonics ("This Time, This Time," "The Phoney," & "I've Got Everything (I Ever Wanted In You)")
• D.J. Rogers ("(It's Alright Now) Think I'll Make It Anyhow" & "Say You Love Me")
• Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. ("I Hope We Get To Love On Time")

• Billy Paul ("When Love Is New," "People Power" & "Let's Make A Baby")
• The Trammps ("That's Where The Happy People Go" & "Hold Back the Night")

• Archie Bell & the Drells ("Let's Go Disco" & "I Could Dance All Night")
• Brass Construction ("Changin'" & "Movin'")

• Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ("Fool's Paradise," "Dance With Me" & "Jive Talkin'")
• The Checkmates ("All Alone By The Telephone" & "Body Language")
• ("Spirit Of '76")

• The 5th Dimension ("Love Hangover" & "Will You Be There?")
• The Brothers Johnson ("I'll Be Good To You" & "Get The Funk Out Of My Face")
• Pat Lundy ("Ain't No Pity in the Naked City" & "Lady Has Arrived")

• Johnnie Taylor ("Disco Lady," "Somebody's Gettin' It" & "Running Out of Lies")
• The Tymes ("It's Cool" & "Only Your Love")

• The Sylvers ("Boogie Fever," "Ain't No Good In Goodbye" & "Cotton Candy")
• Sun ("Wanna Make Love" & "Show Is Over")
• Special Guest: Frankie Crocker

• Dance Songs: "One Love In My Lifetime" by Diana Ross, "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" by KC and the Sunshine Band, "Who'd She Coo?" by The Ohio Players, "Get The Funk Out Ma Face" by The Brothers Johnson, "Message In Our Music" by The O'Jays
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Aretha Franklin", Song: "Getaway" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Melba Moore ("This Is It", "Lean On Me" & "Free")
• The Whispers ("One For The Money" & "Living Together (In Sin)")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "You Should Be Dancing" by The Bee Gees

• Dance Songs: "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" by KC & the Sunshine Band, "One For The Money" by The Whispers, "Get The Funk Out Of My Face" by The Brothers Johnson, "Groovy People" Lou Rawls
• Thelma Houston ("The Bingo Long Song (Steal On Home)" & "Razzle Dazzle")
• The O'Jays ("I Love Music", "Message In Our Music" & "Stairway To Heaven")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Brothers Johnson"; Song: "Get Up Offa That Thing" by James Brown
• Midpoint Song: "Who'd She Coo" by The Ohio Players
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Getaway" by Earth, Wind & Fire

• D.J. Rogers ("On The Road Again," "Let Your Love Shine" & "Bula Jean")
• The Lockers
• Soul Train National Dance Contest

• Labelle ("Get You Somebody New," "Chameleon" & "Gypsy Moths")
• Brother to Brother ("Let Your Mind Be Free" & "Chance With You")

• The Spinners ("If You Can't Be In Love" & "Wake Up Susan")
• David Ruffin ("Everything's Coming Up Love" & "On And Off")

• Jermaine Jackson ("My Touch Of Madness," "Look Past My Life" & "Let's Be Young Tonight")
• Tata Vega ("Full Speed Ahead" & "Never Had A Dream Come True")

• The Emotions ("Flowers" & "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love")
• The Rimshots ("We've Got You Singing" & "Super Disco")
• The Ritchie Family ("The Best Disco In Town")

• Dance Songs: "The Best Disco in Town" by The Ritchie Family, "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" by KC & the Sunshine Band, "Message in Our Music" by The O'Jays, "Mr. Melody" by Natalie Cole
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Four Tops"; Song: "Flowers" by The Emotions
• Deniece Williams ("Free" & "It's Important To Me")
• Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. ("I Hope We Get To Love In Time", "You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)" & "You Can't Change My Heart")
• Midpoint Song: "Energy To Burn" by B.T. Express
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "You + Me = Love" by The Undisputed Truth

• The Undisputed Truth ("You + Me = Love" & "Method To The Madness")
• Impact ("Happy Man")
• Carol Douglas ("Doctor's Orders" & "Midnight Love Affair")

• Dance Songs: "Soul Searchin' Time" by The Trammps, "Paradise" by The O'Jays, "Changin'" by Brass Construction, "Mr. Melody" by Natalie Cole, "Let's Be Young Tonight" by Jermaine Jackson.
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Deniece Williams"; Song: "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" by KC & the Sunshine Band
• Vicki Sue Robinson ("Daylight" & "Turn The Beat Around")
• The Four Tops ("Love Don't Come Easy", "Catfish" & "Feel Free")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "You + Me = Love" by The Undisputed Truth

• Dance Songs: "Enjoy Yourself" by The Jacksons, "Black Man" by Stevie Wonder, "I Like to Do It" by KC and the Sunshine Band, "Car Wash" by Rose Royce, "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots^[16]
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Ronnie Dyson"; Song: "What Was I Thinkin' In My head" by Sly and the Family Stone
• Ronnie Dyson ("(I Like Being) Close To You" & "The More You Do It (The More I Like It Done To Me)")
• Interview: Stephen Burrows
• Aretha Franklin ("Jump" & "Sparkle")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Message In Our Music" by O'Jays (with a fake fight)

• The Manhattans ("Kiss And Say Goodbye" & "I Kinda Miss You")
• Brass Construction ("What's On Your Mind (Expression)" & "Get to the Point")
• Rose Royce ("Car Wash")

• Dance Songs: "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder, "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots, "Ooh Cha" By The Soul Train Gang, "I Need It" by Johnny Guitar Watson, "Jump" by Aretha Franklin
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Ronnie Dyson"; Song: "What Was I Thinkin' In My Head" by Sly & the Family Stone
• Dee Dee Bridgewater ("Going Thru the Motions" and "My Prayer (Disco)")
• K.C. and the Sunshine Band ("That's The Way (I Like It)", "I Like To Do It" & "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Hotline" by The Sylvers

• Dance Songs: "Jump" by Aretha Franklin, "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder, "Enjoy Yourself" by The Jacksons, "Groovy People" by Lou Rawls, "I Don't Want To Lose Your Love" by The Emotions
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "The Manhattans", Song: "Catfish" by The Four Tops
• Johnny Bristol ("Do It To My Mind" & "You Turned Me On To Love")
• The Ohio Players ("Who'd She Coo?", "Feel That Beat (Everybody Disco)" & "Bi-Centennial")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Hotline" by The Sylvers

• Average White Band ("I'm The One," "A Love Of Your Own" & "Queen of My Soul")
• The Soul Train Gang ("Ooh Cha", "All My Life (I Wanna Live With You)" & "If It Takes All Night")

• O.C. Smith ("Together" & "La La Peace Song")
• Dorothy Moore ("For Old Times' Sake" & "Funny How Time Slips Away")

• Dance Songs: "Open Sesame" by Kool & The Gang, "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder, "Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet, Tender, Love)" by The O'Jays, "Shake Your Rump To The Funk by The Bar-Kays
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Sylvers", Song: "I Don't Want To Lose Your Love" by The Emotions
• Donna Summer ("Spring Affair" & "Winter Melody")
• The Moments ("Come In Girl", "With You" & "I Don't Want To Go")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "High School Dance" by The Sylvers

• Dance Songs: "Who Are You (And What Are You Doing With The Rest Of Your Life)" by The Temptations, "High School Dance" by The Sylvers, "Enjoy Yourself" by The Jacksons, "Keep Me Cryin'" by Al Green, "Ohh Cha" by The Soul Train Gang^[17]
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Stevie Wonder", Song: "Spring Affair" by Donna Summer
• Al Hudson & the Soul Partners ("I Got A Notion" & "Disco Lover")
• The Supremes ("Come Into My Life", "You Are The Heart Of Me" & "You're My Driving Wheel")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder

• The Sylvers ("Guitar Man," "Disco Showdown" & "Hot Line")
• Donald Byrd & the Blackbyrds ("Change")

• Dance Songs: "Saturday Night" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "I Like To Do It" by KC and the Sunshine Band, "Black Man" by Stevie Wonder
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Lou Rawls", Song: "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston
• Brick ("Dazz" & "Smilin, Laughin, Lovin, Cryin")
• Billy Paul ("Word Sure Gets Around", "Let 'Em In" & "I Trust You")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Hot Line" by The Sylvers

• Lou Rawls ("You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine," "Groovy People" & "From Now On")
• L.T.D. ("Love To The World" & "Love Ballad")

• Dance Songs: "Let's Go Down To The Disco" by The Undisputed Truth, "Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder, "Bodyheat" by James Brown
• Billy Preston ("Girl", "Do What You Wanna Do" & "I've Got The Spirit")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Supremes"; Song: "I Like To Do It" by KC & the Sunshine Band
• Brenda Payton ("I Keep Coming Back For More" & "Home To Myself")
• Special Guests: Pam Grier and Richard Pryor
• Midpoint Song: "Spring Affair" by Donna Summer
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Think Happy" by The Jacksons

• Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ("Hollywood," "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)" & "Earth Song")
• The Impressions ("This Time" & "You'll Never Find")
• Comedian: Franklin Ajaye

• The Commodores ("Just To Be Close to You," "Fancy Dancer" & "High On Sunshine")
• Thelma Houston ("Don't Leave Me This Way" & "Any Way You Like It")

• The Dramatics ("Be My Girl" & "I Can't Get Over You")
• Randy Crawford ("I'm Easy" & "I Let You Wak Away")
• Crown Heights Affair ("Dancin'")

• Ashford & Simpson ("Destiny," "Tried, Tested & Found True" & "Over and Over")
• Bootsy's Rubber Band ("Pinocchio Theory" & "Munchies For Your Love")

• Latimore ("Somethin' 'Bout 'Cha" & "It Ain't Where You Been")
• Shalamar ("Uptown Festival" & "Inky Winky Wang Dang Doo")
• Crown Heights Affair ("Searching For Your Love")

• Dance Songs: "Uptown Festival" by Shalamar, "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)" by Joe Tex, "From Now On" by Lou Rawls, "Show You The Way" by The Jacksons, "Disco Lucy (I Love Lucy Theme)" by Wilton Place Street Band
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Melba Moore", Song: "Spy For Brotherhood" by The Miracles
• Arthur Prysock ("When Love Is New" & "I Want You Baby")
• Natalie Cole ("I've Got Love On My Mind", "Peaceful Living" & "Party Lights")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Ha Cha Cha (Funktion)" by Brass Construction

• Dance Songs: "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)" by Joe Tex, "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston, "Disco Lucy (I Love Lucy Theme)" by Wilton Place Street Band, "Theme From King Kong" by The Love Unlimited Orchestra, "Dancin" by Crown Heights Affair
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Diana Ross", Song: "Uptown Festival" by Shalamar
• Fatback Band ("Double Dutch" & "(Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop")
• Al Green ("Keep Me Cryin'", "Have A Good Time" & "I Tried To Tell Myself")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Ha Cha Cha (Funktion)" by Brass Construction

• Melba Moore ("The Long And Winding Road," "The Greatest Feeling" & "Good Love Makes It All Alright")
• Joe Tex ("Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)"

• Dance Songs: "Dancing", "Ha Cha Cha" by Brass Construction
• Gwen McCrae ("Damn Right It's Good" & "Tears On My Pillow")
• Lonnie Liston Smith ("Space Lady" & "Starlite And You")
• Roy Ayers Ubiquity ("Searching" & "Everybody Loves The Sunshine")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Barry White", Song: "Disco Lucy" by Wilton Place Street Band
• Soul Train Line Dance song: medley including "I Can't Help Myself", "Uptight" by Stevie Wonder, "Stop In The Name Of Love" by The Supremes, and others.

• Dance Songs: "The Pride" by The Isley Brothers, "I Gotta Keep Dancin'" by Carrie Lucas, "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps, "Super Band" by Kool & the Gang^[18]
• Enchantment ("Gloria" & "Hold On")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Emotions"; Song: "I'm Qualified To Satisfy You" by Barry White
• B.T. Express ("Expose Yourself" & "We Got It Together")
• Letta Mbulu ("Music Man" & "Many Rains Ago (Oluwa)")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Uptown Festival" by Shalamar

• Archie Bell & the Drells ("Everybody Have A Good Time" & "I Bet I Can Do That Dance That You're Doin'")
• Brainstorm ("This Must Be Heaven", "Wake Up And Be Somebody" & "Lovin' Is Really My Game")

• Teddy Pendergrass ("You Can't Hide From Yourself," "Somebody Told Me" & "The More I Get, The More I Want")
• Double Exposure ("Ten Percent" & "My Love Is Free")

• Dance Songs: "Got To Give It Up" by Marvin Gaye, "Do What You Wanna Do" by T-Connection, "Super Band" by Kool & the Gang, "I'm Your Boogie Man" by KC & the Sunshine Band
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Commodores", Song: "I Gotta Keep Dancin' (Keep Smiling)" by Carrie Lucas
• Lakeside ("If I Didn't Have You" & "Shine On (Lift Your Spirit Higher)")
• Smokey Robinson ("Vitamin U", "There Will Come A Day (I'm Gonna Happen To You)" & "Let's Do The Dance Of Life Together")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Uptown Festival" by Shalamar

• During the show, there's a basketball skit featuring Marvin Gaye and Don Cornelius, with Smokey Robinson portraying the referee.
• Dance Songs: "Do What You Wanna Do" by T-Connection, "While I'm Alone" by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, "I Gotta Keep Dancin' by Carrie Lucas, "Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo" by Shalamar
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Marvin Gaye"; Song: "Ain't Gonna Bump No More With No Big Fat Woman" by Joe Tex
• Marvin Gaye ("Got To Give It Up", "After The Dance" & "Got To Give It Up")
• Midpoint Song: "Vitamin U" by Smokey Robinson

• Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (""Reaching Out for the World" & "Sandman")
• Side Effect ("Always There" & "S.O.S.")

• O.C. Smith ("Together," "You And I" & "Simple Life")
• Hot ("Angel In Your Arms")
• Floaters ("Float On")

• Jermaine Jackson ("I Love You More", "You Need To Be Loved" & "My Touch Of Madness")
• Switch ("Somebody's Watching You" & "I Want To Be With You")

• The O'Jays ("Work On Me" & "Stand Up")
• Al Jarreau ("Take Five" & "Loving You")
• Truth ("Come Back Home")

• Dance Songs: "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer, "Brick House" by The Commodores, "Devil's Gun" by C.J. & Co., "Runnin' For Your Lovin'" by The Brothers Johnson
• Johnny "Guitar" Watson ("A Real Mother For Ya", "Tarzan" & "Lover Jones")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Jimmy Carter"; Song: "O-H-I-O" by The Ohio Players
• The Whispers ("Make It With You" & "I'm Gonna Make You My Wife")
• Midpoint Song: "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" by Barry White
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Work On Me" by The O'Jays

• Tyrone Davis ("Give It Up (Turn It Loose)" & "This I Swear")
• Dorothy Moore ("I Believe You" & "Let The Music Play")

• The Dramatics ("Come Inside", "Shake It Well" & "Ocean of Thoughts and Dreams")
• Tata Vega ("Come In Heaven, Earth Is Calling", "You'll Never Rock Alone" & "Just When Things Are Getting Good")

• Dance Songs: ""O-H-I-O"" by The Ohio Players, "Turn This Mutha Out" by Idris Muhammad, "Wrap You Arms Around Me" by KC and the Sunshine Band, "Devil's Gun" by C. J. & Company, "Look What You've Done To My Heart" by Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.^[19]
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Reggie Jackson"; Song: "Deeper" by New Birth
• Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly ("While I'm Alone" & "Lady Of Magic")
• The Emotions ("Rejoice," "Don't Ask My Neighbors" & "Best Of My Love")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer

• Lamont Dozier ("Going Back To My Roots" & "Sight For Sore Eyes")
• Phyllis Hyman ("Loving You, Losing You" & "No One Can Love You More")
• High Inergy ("You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On)")

• Dance Songs: "Brick House" by The Commodores, "Another Star" by Stevie Wonder, "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me" by Barry White, "Rejoice" by The Emotions
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Paula Kelly"; Song: "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer
• Dee Dee Sharp ("Nobody Could Take Your Place" & "What Color Is Love")
• Smokey Robinson ("Theme from Big Time" & "Hip Trip (You Say You Got It All)")
• Midpoint Song: "Star Wars Theme" by Meco
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Dusic" by Brick

• Tavares ("Heaven Must be Missing An Angel" & "Whodunnit")
• David Oliver ("Love So Strong" & "Friends and Strangers")

• Dance Songs: "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again" by L.T.D., "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" by KC and the Sunshine Band, "Deeper" by The New Birth, "Star Wars Theme" by Meco
• Johnnie Taylor ("Love Is Better In The A.M.," "Disco 9000" & "Your Love Is Rated X")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Harriet Tubman"; Song: "Brick House" by The Commodores
• Millie Jackson ("If You're Not Back In Love By Monday" & "You've Created A Monster")
• Midpoint Song: "Rejoice" by The Emotions
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Dusic" by Brick

• Teddy Pendergrass ("Easy, Easy, Got to Take it Easy", "The Whole Town's Laughing at Me" and "I Don't Love You Anymore")
• Rose Royce ("Do Your Dance" & "Ooh Boy")

• Soul Train visits Barry White at his home, where he performs "You Turned My Whole World Around," "Playing Your Game, Baby," "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me" & "Oh, What A Night For Dancing"
• Love Unlimited ("He's All I Got")

• Lou Rawls ("Lady Love," "Trade Winds" & "See You When I Git There")
• The Ritchie Family ("Quiet Village" & "African Queens")

• The Manhattans ("We Never Danced To A Love Song," "It's You" & "It Feels So Good To Be Loved So Bad")
• ("If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It" & "Turn On The Light")

• Deniece Williams ("Seasons")
• Mother's Finest ("Baby Love" & "Truth'll Set You Free")

• Ashford & Simpson ("Send It", "By Way Of Love's Express" and "Top of the Stairs")
• Ronnie Dyson ("Don't Be Afraid" and "Sara Smile")

• The Spinners ("Heaven On Earth (So Fine)," "Baby I Need Your Love (You're The Only One)" and "Easy Come, Easy Go")
• ("Don't Take Away Your Love" and "Since I Fell for You")

• Dance Songs: "Any Way You Want Me" by The Sylvers, "Serpentine Fire" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "More Than a Woman" by Tavares, "As" by Stevie Wonder, "Brick House" by Commodores
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "James Harris"; Song: "Come Go With Me!!" by Pockets
• Sister Sledge ("Baby, It's the Rain" & "As")
• Brick ("Dusic", "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" & "Happy")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Galaxy" by War

• Philippé Wynne ("Take Me as I Am" and "That's Alright Too")
• Side Effect ("Goin' Bananas" and "It's All Your Mind")
• Al Hudson & the Soul Partners ("If You Feel like Dancing")

• Brothers Johnson ("Strawberry Letter 23," "Runnin' for Your Lovin'" and "Right On Time")
• Foster Sylvers ("Don't Be Cruel" and "Knockin' on Your Door")

• Dance Songs: "Which Way Is Up" by Stargard, "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" by Chic, "I Love You" by Donna Summer, "Come Go With Me" by Pockets^[20]
• Ronnie Laws ("Friends And Strangers" & "Always There")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Walter Payton"; Song: "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" by Brick
• Freda Payne ("Love Magnet", "Master Of Love" & "Stares And Whispers")
• Morris Jefferson ("Spank Your Blank Blank")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Galaxy" by War

• The Sylvers ("New Horizons", "Party Maker" and "Any Way You Want Me")
• Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs ("Fly Away to my Wonderland" & "What Kind of Man Would I Have to Be")

• Bill Withers ("Lovely Day", "I Want to Spend the Night" & "Tender Thing")
• Odyssey ("Native New Yorker" and "Easy Come, Easy Go")

• Dance Songs: "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" by Chic, "To Hot To Trot" by The Commodores, "Jupiter" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "Junkie To My Music" by Lonnie Jordan, "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" by Brick
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Tom Bradley"; Song: "Baby, Baby My Love's All For You" by Deniece Williams
• Michael Henderson ("Won't You Be Mine" & "Let Me Love You")
• L.T.D. ("Never Get Enough Of Your Love", "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again" & "We Party Hardy")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Which Way Is Up" by Stargard

• Dance Songs: "Junkie To My Music" by Lonnie Jordan, "Theme From Which Way Is Up" by Stargard, "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" by Chic, "Lady Love" by Lou Rawls
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Crispus Attucks"; Song: "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" by Brick
• William Bell ("Easy Comin' Out (Hard Goin' In)" & "Tryin' to Love Two")
• Midpoint Song: "Top of the World" by Diana Ross
• Pattie Brooks ("Don't Make Me Wait")
• The Temptations ("In A Lifetime" & "I'm On Fire (Body Song)")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Jupiter" by Earth, Wind & Fire

• War ("Galaxy", "Junkie to My Music" and "L.A. Sunshine")
• Eloise Laws ("Number One" and "Baby You Lied")

• Billy Preston ("Wide Stride", "I'm Really Gonna Miss You" and "Whole New Thing")
• Esther Phillips ("Love Addict" and "In a Soft and Subtle Way")

• Lonnie Jordan ("Grey Rainy Days" and "Jungle Dancin'")
• Brass Construction ("L-O-V-E-U" and "Celebrate")
• Pattie Brooks ("Love Shock")

• Dance Songs: "Bootzilla" by Bootsy's Rubber Band, "We Don't Wanna Sit Down (We Wanna' Git Down)" by Brick, "Save And Spend" by Cheryl Barnes, "Love Makes A Woman" by Phoebe Snow
• The Four Tops ("The Show Must Go On", "Love Is A Joy" & "I Can't Live Without You")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Maynard Jackson"; Song: "Don't Cost Ya Nothing" by Ashford & Simpson
• Con Funk Shun ("Ffun" & "ConFunkShunizeYa")
• Midpoint Song: "On Broadway" by George Benson
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Junkie To My Music" by Lonnie Jordan

• Bobby Womack ("Trust Your Heart", "It's Party Time" and "Wind It Up")
• Denise LaSalle ("Love Me Right" and "Move Your Body")

• Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. ("Look What You've Done" and "My Reason is to be With You")
• Cheryl Barnes ("Save and Spend" and "I Know")
• Stargard ("Theme From 'Which Way Is Up'" and "Love is So Easy")

• Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ("Baby, You Got My Nose Open" and "Let's Talk it Over")
• Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Sharon Paige ("I Want to Know Your Name")
• Roy Ayers ("Running Away" and "Freaky Deaky")

• Johnny Mathis ( "How Deep Is Your Love?" and "Till Love Touches Your Life")
• Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams ("Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" and "Emotion")
• Deniece Williams ("God is Amazing")

• Enchantment ("It's You That I Need" & "If You're Ready (Here it Comes)")
• Wild Cherry ("Play That Funky Music" and "I Love My Music")
• Bunny Sigler ("Let Me Party with You")

• Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela ("Skokiaan," "Moonza" and "Happy Hanna")
• Aalon ("Rock 'N' Roll Gangster" and "Cream City")

• The 5th Dimension ("Star Dancing")
• Mandrill ("Happy Beat")

• Dance Songs: "Your Love is So Good for Me" by Diana Ross, "Dance Across the Floor" by Jimmy "Bo" Horne, "I Feel Good" by Al Green, "Dance With Me" by Peter Brown
• Smokey Robinson ("Daylight and Darkness", "Why You Wanna See My Bad Side" and "Trying It Again")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: unknown; Song: "Everybody Dance" by Chic
• Patti Austin ("We're in Love" & "I Just Want to Know")
• Special Guest: Quincy Jones
• Midpoint Song: "Rumour Has It" by Donna Summer
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Freaky Deaky" by Roy Ayers

• Cuba Gooding ("Mind Pleaser" & "As Long As There's You")
• Lenny Williams ("Look Up With Your Mind" & "Choosing You")
• The Harlettes ("Ain't No Man Worth It")

• Dance Songs: "Stuff Like That" by Quincy Jones, "When Somebody Loves You Back" by Teddy Pendergrass
• The O'Jays ("Used Ta Be My Girl", "Brandy" & "Cry Together")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Pete Rose"; Song: "The Spank" by James Brown
• Etta James ("Sugar On The Floor" & "Laying Beside You")
• Midpoint Song: "Youngblood (Livin' In The Streets)" by War
• Special Guests: Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "You And I" by Rick James

• Dance Songs: "Used Ta Be My Girl" by The O'Jays, "Stuff Like That" by Quincy Jones, "Runaway Love" by Linda Clifford,"Don't Stop Get Off" by The Sylvers, "Smile" by The Emotions^[21]
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Yaphet Kotto", Song: "Miss You" by The Rolling Stones
• The Dells ("Superwoman" & "My Life Is So Wonderful (When You're Around)")
• The Brothers Johnson ("Blam!", "Ain't We Funkin' Now" & "Ride-O-Rocket")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Only You" by Teddy Pendergrass

• The Emotions ("Best of My Love", "Time is Passing" & "Smile")
• Randy Jackson ("How Can I Be Sure")
• Hal Jackson's Talented Teen: Sheryl Piland

• The Sylvers ("Don't Stop, Get Off," "Come Dance With Me" & "Forever Yours")
• Kenny Brawner & Raw Sugar ("Whups It on Me" & "Stay Up")

• Dance Songs: "What You Waitin' For" by Stargard "Strokety Stroke" by The O'Jays, "Don't Stop, Get Off" by The Sylvers, "When Somebody Loves You Back" by Teddy Pendergrass
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Leon Spinks", "Don't Stop, Get Off" by the Sylvers
• Heaven & Earth ("Guess Who's Back In Town" & "No Limit")
• Earth Wind & Fire (in concert at the Capital Centre) ("Serpentine Fire", "Sunshine", "Jupiter" & "Fantasy")
• Midpoint Song: "Get Off" by Foxy
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Ain't We Funky Now" by the Brothers Johnson

• Dance Songs: "Holding On (When Love is Gone) by L.T.D., "Get Off" by Foxy, "If You Wanna Do A Dance" by The Spinners, "Strokety Stroke" by The O'Jays, "Smile" by The Emotions^[22]
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Paul Robeson", Song: "Blam!" by The Brothers Johnson
• D.J. Rogers ("Love Brought Me Back" & "When Love Is Gone")
• Rose Royce ("Do It, Do It", "I'm In Love (And I Love The Feeling)" and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Only You" by Teddy Pendergrass

• Dance Songs: "If You Wanna Do a Dance" by The Spinners, "Ain't We Funkin' Now" by The Brothers Johnson, "Shake and Dance With Me" by Con Funk Shun, "I Like What You Do" by The Commodores.
• Peabo Bryson ("Reaching for the Sky", "Feel the Fire" and "Smile")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Vernon Jordan"; Song: "When Somebody Loves You Back" by Teddy Pendergrass
• Stargard ("What You Waitin' For" and "Theme from 'Which Way is Up'")
• Midpoint Song: "Got to Get You Into My Life" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Strokety Stroke" by The O'Jays

• Dance Songs: "Get Off" by Foxy, "Shake And Dance With Me" by Con Funk Shun, "Don't Stop, Get Off" by The Sylvers
• Larry Graham & Graham Central Station ("My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me", "Is It Love" & "Pow")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Maya Angelou"; Song: "Smile" by The Emotions
• Charles Jackson ("Ooh Child" & "Passionate Breezes")
• Midpoint Song: "I Like What You Do" By the Commodores
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Strokety Stroke" by The O'Jays

• The Whispers ("(Let's Go) All The Way," "Chocolate Girl" and "(Olivia) Lost and Turned Out")
• Gil Scott-Heron ("Angel Dust")
• Evelyn "Champagne" King ("Shame" and "I Don't Know If It's Right")

• Melba Moore ("You Stepped Into My Life," "Pick me Up I'll Dance" and "Together Forever")
• Michael Henderson ("In the Night Time" and "Yours Truly, Indiscreetly")

• Dance Songs: "One Nation Under A Groove" by Funkadelic, "Strokety Stroke" by The O'Jays, "Got To Get You Into My Life" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "Get Off" by Foxy, "Don't Stop, Get Off" by The Sylvers
• Soul Train Scrambleboard "Leslie Uggams", Song: "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" by Barry White
• Atlantic Starr ("Stand Up" & "Being In Love With You Is So Much Fun")
• Freda Payne ("Livin' For The Beat", "Happy Days Are Here Again" & "Falling In Love")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Only You" by Teddy Pendergrass

• The Trammps ("Disco Inferno" and "Where the Happy People Go")
• Shalamar ("Tossing, Turning and Swinging" and "Take That to the Bank")
• Norma Jean Wright ("Saturday" and "Having a Party")

• Frankie Valli ("Grease," "Save Me, Save Me" and "You Can Do It")
• Creme D'Coca ("Do What You Feel" and "Baby, Don't You Know")

• Jerry Butler ("Coolin' Out" and "Dream World")
• Rick James ("You and I" and "Mary Jane")

• Lenny Williams ("Midnight Girl" and "You Got Me Running")
• Mother's Finest ("Love Changes" and "Don't Wanna Come Back")
• Cheech & Chong- Comedy Routine

• Dance Songs: "I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan, "Take That To The Bank" by Shalamar, "Blame It On The Boogie" by The Jacksons, "Only You" by Teddy Pendergrass, "Shine On Silver Moon" by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.
• Johnny "Guitar" Watson ("Miss Frisco (Queen Of The Disco)" & "Gangster Of Love")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Alexander Dumas"; Song: "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" by Barry White
• Jean Carne ("Don't Let It Go to Your Head" & "Happy To Be With You")
• Midpoint Song: "In The Bush" by Musique
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Ease on Down the Road" by Diana Ross & Michael Jackson

• Dance Songs: "Get Down" by Gene Chandler, "I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan, "In The Bush" by Musique, "Now That We Found Love" by Third World, "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" by Barry White
• Stylistics ("First Impressions" & "You're The Best Thing In My Life")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Norm Nixon"; Song: "Shine On Silver Moon" by Marilyn McCoo And Billy Davis, Jr.
• Sun ("Sun Of A Gun" & "Sun Is Here")
• Midpoint Song: "(I'm Just Thinking About) Cooling Out" by Jerry Butler
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire

• Barry White ("September When I First Met You," "Just The Way You Are" and "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness")
• Danny Pearson ("What's Your Sign Girl?")
• Lester Wilson's Dancers (12-person troupe) dance to three Barry White records: "Love's Theme," "It's Ecstasy" and "Sha La La Means I Love You"

• Dance Songs: "Le Freak" by Chic, "Got to Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn, "Now That We Found Love" by Third World, "I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan, "Sha La La Means I Love You" by Barry White, "Take That to the Bank" by Shalamar^[23]
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Azie Morton", Song: "I'm Just Cooling Out" by Jerry Butler
• The McCrarys ("Don't Wear Yourself Out" & "You")
• Switch ("There'll Never Be" & "We Like To Party...Come On")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Look At Her" by Barry White

• Dance Songs: "Got To Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn, "Shine On Silver Moon" by Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr., "Le Freak" by Chic, "Get Down" by Gene Chandler, "Take That to the Bank" by Shalamar
• The Temptations ("Bare Back" and "Ever Ready Love")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: unknown; Song: "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Randy Brown ("I Love You Baby" & "I Wanna Make Love to You")
• Midpoint Song: "Now That We Found Love" by Third World
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Look at Her" by Barry White

• Dance Songs: "Contact" by Edwin Starr, "Take That to The Bank" by Shalamar, "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "I'm Just Thinking About Coolin' Out" by Jerry Butler, "Got to Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn
• Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. ("Shine On Silver Moon" and "You Got the Love")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "George Garvin"; Song: "Now That We Found Love" by Third World
• Lakeside ("A Shot of Love" and "It's All the Way Live")
• Midpoint Song: "Sha La La Means I Love You" by Barry White
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Instant Replay" by Dan Hartman

• Dance Songs: "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches & Herb, "Get Down" by Gene Chandler, "Le Freak" by Chic, "YMCA" by The Village People, "Coolin' Out" by Jerry Butler
• Roy Ayers & Ubiquity ("Heat of the Beat" - with special guest Wayne Henderson + "You Send Me")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Edwin Starr"; Song: "Got to Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn
• Sarah Dash ("Sinner Man" and "(Come and Take This) Candy from Your Baby")4
• Midpoint Song: "You Stepped Into My Life" by Melba Moore
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Instant Replay" by Dan Hartman

• Dance Songs: "YMCA" by The Village People, "Contact" by Edwin Starr, "Instant Replay" by Dan Hartman, "Take That to the Bank" by Shalamar, "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches & Herb
• Gene Chandler ("Get Down" and "Please Sunrise")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Mary Bethune"; Song: "Now That We Found Love" by Third World
• Chic ("Le Freak" and "I Want Your Love")
• Midpoint Song: "Shine On Silver Moon" by Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire

• Dance Songs: "Got To Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn, "Instant Replay" by Dan Hartman, "Now That We Found Love" by Third World, "Get Down" by Gene Chandler, "Contact" by Edwin Starr
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Ron Dellums", Song: "Le Freak" by Chic
• Brass Construction ("Get Up" & "One To One")
• Captain Sky ("Wonder Worm")
• Peaches & Herb ("Shake Your Groove Thing" & "Reunited")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire

• New Set Change: The Futuristic shapes and neon designs. This will be the main set for the next few seasons.
• Dance Songs: "Knock on Wood" by Amii Stewart, "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart, "YMCA" by The Village People, "Bustin' Loose" by Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
• The Jacksons ("Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", "Push Me Away" & "Things I Do For You")
• History Clip: "I Want You Back" (from Episode #35, October 7, 1972)
• Music Video: "Blame It On The Boogie"
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Franco Harris"; Song: "Get Down" by Gene Chandler
• Midpoint Song: "Chase" by Georgio Moroder
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Contact" by Edwin Starr

• Dance Songs: "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart, "Keep on Dancin" by Gary's Gang, "YMCA" by the Village People
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Martin Luther King"; Song: "Souvenirs" by Voyage
• Michael Jackson comes on to talk about The Wiz and a clip from the movie is shown: "Ease On Down The Road" by Diana Ross and Michael Jackson
• David Oliver ("I Surrender" & "Southern Comfort")
• Pattie Brooks ("After Dark" & "This Is The House Where Love Died")
• Midpoint Song: "Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)" by The Jacksons
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Knock On Wood" by Amii Stewart

• Dance Songs: "Shake Your Body Down To The Ground" by The Jacksons, "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart, "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches & Herb, "Knock On Wood" by Amii Stewart, "Keep On Dancing" by Gary's Gang^[24]
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Rick James", Song: "I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet" by Gonzalez
• Joe Simon ("Love Vibration" & "Going Through These Changes")
• Cheryl Lynn ("Got To Be Real" & "Star Love")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Contact" by Edwin Starr

• Edwin Starr ("Contact" and "I'm So Into You")
• The Jimmy Castor Bunch ("You Light Up My Life" and "Let it Out")
• Grace Jones ("Fame" and "Do or Die")

• Bonnie Pointer ("Free Me from My Freedom" and "Ah, Shoot")
• Dan Hartman ("Instant Replay" and "This is It")

• Dance Songs: "Bustin' Loose" by Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, "I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet" by Gonzalez, "Heaven Knows" by Donna Summer, "Anger" by Marvin Gaye, "Aqua Boogie" by Parliament^[25]
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Lorraine Hansberry", Song: "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart
• Gloria Gaynor ("I Will Survive" & "Anybody Wanna Party?")
• Spotlight Dance Routine: Cheryl Song & Randy Thomas, Song "Keep On Dancin'" by Gary's Gang
• Gino Vannelli ("I Just Wanna Stop" & "Wheels Of Life")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "All Night Dancin'" by The Jacksons

• Dance Songs: "At Midnight" by T-Connection, "Keep On Dancing" by Gary's Gang, "Souvenirs" by Voyage, "Disco Nights" by GQ^[26]
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Jamal Wilkes"; Song: "Contact" by Edwin Starr
• Arpeggio ("Love & Desire" & "Spellbound")
• Spotlight Dance Routine: Janice Carr & Abe Clark, Song: "Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet" by Gonzalez
• The Bar-Kays ("Holy Ghost" & "Shine")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Knock On Wood" by Amii Stewart

• Isaac Hayes ("Just the Way you Are" and a medley of his hits)
• Tasha Thomas ("Shoot Me (With Your Love)")

• Instant Funk ("I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" and "Cryin'")
• Cerrone ("Look for Love" and "Je Suis Music")

• Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright ("With You I'm Born Again" and "Go For It")
• Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers ("Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Bustin' Loose")

• Curtis Mayfield ("This Year" and "In Love, in Love, in Love")
• Linda Clifford ("Sweet Melodies" and "Bridge over Troubled Water")
• Keith Barrow ("Turn Me Up")

• Amii Stewart ("Knock On Wood" and "Light My Fire")
• Boney M ("Dancing in the Streets" and "Rasputin'")

• Hamilton Bohannon ("Cut Loose" and "Let's Start the Dance")
• The Raes ("A Little Lovin'" and "Get Up and Dance")

• Third World ("African Woman" and "Now That We Found Love")
• Danny Pearson ("What's Your Sign, Girl?" and "Honey Please, Can't Ya See?")

• Dance Songs: "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer, "High on Your Love Suite" by Rick James, "What a Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers, "Dance With You" by Carrie Lucas
• Tyrone Davis ("In The Mood" & "You Know What To Do")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Larry Byrd"; Song: "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge
• Gary's Gang ("Keep on Dancin'" & "Let's Lovedance Tonight")
• Dance Routine Spotlight: Cheryl Song and Janice Carr dance to "Night Dancin'" by Taka Boom
• Midpoint Song: "Don's Place" by The Hollywood Disco Jazz Band"
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Hot Number" by Foxy

• Dance Songs: "I Wanna Be With You" by The Isley Brothers, "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer, "I Don't Want Nobody Else" by Narada Michael Walden
• Carrie Lucas ("Dance With Me" & "Sometimes a Love Goes Wrong")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Magic Johnson"; Song: "Any Fool Can See" by Barry White
• GQ ("Disco Nights" & "Happy Feelin")
• Dance Spotlight Routine: Sherri Foster & Vince Carlos dance to "Hot Number" by Foxy
• The Gap Band ("Shake")
• Midpoint Song: "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Night Dancin'" by Taka Boom

• A Tribute to Minnie Riperton
• Dance Songs: "Seeing You This Way" by Minnie Riperton, "I'm A Woman" by Minnie Riperton
• Minnie Riperton ("Lovin' You", "Lover And Friend" & "Memory Lane")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Minnie Riperton", Song: "Reasons" by Minnie Riperton
• Wintley Phipps ("I Give You My Life" & "Sing A Song Of Love")
• Special Dance Routine: Lorraine Fields and Larry Vickers, Song: "Special Things" by Minnie Riperton
• Stevie Wonder ("Perfect Angel" & "Lovin' You")

• Dance Songs: "The Boss" by Diana Ross, "Let Your Feeling Show" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "Sing a Happy Song" by The O'Jays
• Deniece Williams ("I've Got the Next Dance" and "I Found Love")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Andrew Young"; Song: "Good Times" by Chic
• Apollo ("Astro Disco" and "Right in Front of You")
• Professional Dance Routine: Frances Lee Morgan and Michael Peters dance to "Dance Forever" by Ashford & Simpson
• Midpoint Song: "Rise" by Herb Alpert
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Working Day and Night" by Michael Jackson

• Shalamar ("The Second Time Around" and "Right In The Socket")
• Tata Vega ("I Need You Now" and "I Just keep Thinking About You, Baby")

• Bonnie Pointer ("Heaven Must Have Sent You" and "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)")
• Switch ("Best Beat in Town" and "I Call Your Name")

• David Ruffin ("Let Your Love Rain Down on Me" and "Break My Heart")
• Heatwave ("One Night Tan" and "Raise a Blaze")
• Music Video: Michael Jackson ("Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough")

• Dance Songs: "It's a Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)" by The Isley Brothers, "Do You Love What You Feel" by Rufus & Chaka Khan, "Lover And Friend" by Minnie Riperton, "How Did You Know It Was Me?" by Barry White, "Deja Vu" by Dionne Warwick
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Jesse Jackson", Song: In The Stone by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Teena Marie ("Don't Look Back" & "I'm A Sucker For Your Love" as a duet with Rick James)
• Spotlight Dance Routine: Larry "Bobcat" Jeffries, Song: "Ladies Night" by Kool & the Gang
• Rick James & the Stone City Band ("Fool On The Street" & "Love Gun")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson

• Billy Preston ("Late at Night" and "Come in Time")
• Creme D'Coca ("Mr. Me, Mrs. You" and "Doin' the Dog")

• Dance Songs: "Do You Love What You Feel" by Rufus and Chaka Khan, "Ladies Night" by Kool & the Gang, "No One Gets the Prize" by Diana Ross, "How Did You Know it Was Me" by Barry White
• The Bar Kays ("Move Your Boogie Body" and "You've Been")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Dionne Warwick"; Song: "Dim All the Lights" by Donna Summer
• McFadden & Whitehead ("Ain't No Stopping Us Now" and "I've Been Pushed Aside")
• Spotlight Dance Routine: Jeffrey Daniel & The Eclipse dance to "Working Day and Night" by Michael Jackson. This is the first time we were exposed to the dance that would later become the moonwalk, which was originally called "The Backslide"
• Midpoint Song: "Deja Vu" by Dionne Warwick
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)" by The Isley Brothers

• Herb Alpert ("Rise" and "Rotation")
• Dynasty ("I Don't Want to Be a Freak (But I Can't Help Myself)" and "Satisfied")

• Salute to Smokey Robinson
• Smokey Robinson ("Cruising" and "I Love the Nearness of You")
• Keith & Darrell ("Feel the Fever" and "Kickin' It Around")

• Dance Songs: "(Ooh Wee) She's Killing Me" by Johnnie Taylor, "Dim All the Lights" by Donna Summer, "Get Ready" by Smokey Robinson
• The Whispers ("A Song For Donny" and "Homemade Lovin'")
• Soul Train Scrableboard: "Vernon Jordan"; Song: "Roller Skatin' Mate" by Peaches & Herb
• Vernon Burch ("Never Can Find A Way (Hot Love)" and "Once Again In My Life")
• Comedian: Tom Dreesen
• Midpoint Song: "In the Stone" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Working Day and Night" by Michael Jackson

• Tribute to Aretha Franklin
• All Songs in the Dance segments performed by Aretha Franklin ("Think", "You Send Me", "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)", "Don't Play That Song" and "Something He Can Feel")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Aretha Franklin"; Song: "Ladies Only"
• Aretha Franklin performs "I Was Made for You" featuring Eric Robinson, "Mary Don't You Weep", "Ooh Baby Baby" featuring Smokey Robinson, and "It's Gonna Get a Bit Better"
• Choreographed Dance Spotlight: Dancer dances to "Rock Steady"
• Midpoint Song: "Day Dreaming"
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Respect"

• Johnnie Taylor ("Ooh Wee (She's Killing Me)")
• Lakeside ("Pull My Strings" and "From 9:00 Until")

• A Salute to The Commodores
• All songs in the Dance segments performed by The Commodores: "Slippery When Wet", "Sweet Love", "Brick House"
• The Commodores perform "Wonderland", "Still", "Three Times a Lady" and "Sail On"
• Soul Train History Clip: "Machine Gun" (from Episode 121, December 28, 1974)
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Too Hot to Trot"

• A Salute to War ("I'll Be Around" and "Don't Take (It) Away")

• Dance Songs: "And The Beat Goes On" by The Whispers, "The Second Time Around" by Shalamar, "Sexy Dancer" by Prince
• Chic ("My Feet Keep Dancing" & "Good Times")
• High Inergy ("Skate To The Rhythm" & "I Love Making Love To The Music")
• Comedian: Dick Gregory
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Walter Payton"; Song: "Move Your Boogie Body" by The Bar-Kays
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Working Day and Night" by Michael Jackson

• Lou Rawls ("Sit Down and Talk to Me")
• Narada Michael Walden ("I Shoulda Loved Ya" & "I Don't Want Nobody Else to Dance with You")

• Shalamar ("Right in the Socket" and "I Owe You One")
• The Gap Band ("I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops)" and "Steppin Out")

• The Whispers ("And the Beat Goes On")
• Patrice Rushen ("Haven't You Heard")

• L.T.D. ("Dancin' N Singin" and "One on One")
• Cheryl Lynn ("I've Got Faith In You" and "Keep It Hot")

• Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ("Prayin'" and "I Should Be Your Lover")
• Brass Construction ("Right Place")

• Sister Sledge ("Got to Love Somebody")
• Randy Brown ("We Ought to Be Doing It")

• Dance Songs: "Got To Love Somebody Today" by Sister Sledge, "Don't Push It Don't Force It" by Leon Haywood, "You Are My Heaven" by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, "Let's Boogie, Let's Dance" by The Spinners, "Do That To Me One More Time" by Captain & Tennille
• Con Funk Shun ("Got To Be Enough" & "Spirit Of Love")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Bessie Smith", Song: "Masterjam" by Chaka Khan & Rufus
• Spotlight Dance Routine: Bobcat and Anton dancing to "And The Beat Goes On" by The Whispers
• The Spinners ("Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl" & "Body Language")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Love Injection" by Trussel

• Dance Songs: "Masterjam" by Rufus & Chaka Khan, "Love Injection" by Trussel, "Every Generation" by Ronnie Laws
• Captain & Tennille ("Do That to Me One More Time" and "Never Make Your Move too Soon")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Maynard Jackson"; Song: "And the Beat Goes On" by the Whispers
• The Ritchie Family (Introduction by Jacques Morali) ("Put Your Feet to the Beat" and "Give Me a Break")
• Dance Routine: The Electric Boogaloos dance to "Up in Here" by the Bar-Kays
• Midpoint Song: "Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc.
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Don't Push It, Don't Force It" by Leon Heywood

• Dance Songs: "Got to Be Enough" by Con Funk Shun, "Let the Music Take Me" by Patrice Rushen, "Let's Get Serious" by Jermaine Jackson, "Out the Box" by The Whispers
• Stephanie Mills ("Sweet Sensation" and "I Just Wanna Say")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Julian Bond"; Song: "Right in the Socket" by Shalamar
• Roy Ayers ("Don't Stop the Feeling" and "What You Won't Do for Love")
• Dance Spotlight: Janelle Sparks dances to "Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc.
• Midpoint Song: "Love Injection" by Trussel
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Don't Push It, Don't Force It" by Leon Haywood

• Village People ("Can't Stop the Music" and "Magic Night")
• Side Effect ("Take a Chance, Dance")

• Dance Songs: "From 9:00 Until" by Lakeside, "Got to Be Enough" by Con Funk Shun, "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" by The Manhattan Transfer, "Landlord" by Gladys Knight & the Pips
• Jermaine Jackson ("Let's Get Serious" and "You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Bill Cosby"; Song: "Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc.
• The Dramatics ("Welcome Back Home" and "Be With the One That You Love")
• Dance Spotlight: Patricia and K.C. cance to "Love Injection" by Trussel
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Don't Push It, Don't Force It" by Leon Haywood

• Salute to Gladys Knight & the Pips ("Landlord" and "Bourgie Bourgie")

• Dance Songs: "Let's Get Serious" by Jermaine Jackson, "Behind the Groove" by Teena Marie, "Power" by The Temptations
• Ray, Goodman & Brown ("Inside of You" and "Special Lady")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Shirley Chisolm"; Song: "From 9:00 Until" by Lakeside
• Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio ("Two Places at the Same Time" and "For Those Who Like to Groove")
• Spotlight Dance Routine: Kirk Washington dances to "Let the Music Take Me" by Patrice Rushen
• Midpoint Song: "A Lover's Holiday" by Change
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Don't Push It, Don't Force It" by Leon Haywood

• Salute to The Temptations ("Power" and "I'm Going Home")
• Syreeta Wright ("Love Fire" and "Blame it On the Sun")

• Leon Haywood (""Don't Push It Don't Force It" & "Who You Been Giving it Up To")
• L.A. Boppers ("Is This The Best (Bop-Doo-Wah)" & "Be Bop Dancin'")

• Salute to Barry White ("Sheet Music" and "I Believe in Music")

• Dance Songs: "I've Just Begun to Love You" by Dynasty, "Give Me the Night" by George Benson, "Upside Down" by Diana Ross, "Pop It" by One Way
• Brothers Johnson ("Stomp" and "Treasure")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "George Brett"; Song: "More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp
• Rockie Robbins ("You and Me" and "Hang Tough")
• Dance Showdown: Bobcat vs. Mr. X dance to "Wide Receiver" by Michael Henderson
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Big Time" by Rick James

• L.T.D. ("Where Did We Go Wrong?" and "Love Is What You Need")
• Seventh Wonder ("I Enjoy Ya" and "The Tilt")
• Kurtis Blow ("The Breaks")

• Larry Graham ("One in a Million You")
• Irene Cara ("Fame" and "Out Here on My Own")
• Kurtis Blow ("The Breaks")

• Dance Songs: "Shake Your Pants" by Cameo, "I've Just Begun To Love You" by Dynasty, "Pop What You Got" by One Way, "Love Don't Make It Right" by Ashford & Simpson
• Rick James ("Big Time" & "Mary Go Round")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Mary Bethune", Song: "Love Making Music" by Barry White
• The S.O.S. Band ("Take Your Time (Do It Right)" & "S.O.S. (Dit Dit Dit Dash Dash Dash Dit Dit Dit)")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Wide Receiver" by Michael Henderson

• Dance Songs: "Lovely One" by The Jacksons, "Let Me Talk" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross, "Pop What You Got" by One Way
• Tyrone Davis ("How Sweet It Is" & "Overdue")
• Comedian: Tom Dreesen
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Billy Simms", Song: "Give It On Up (If You Want To)" by Mtume
• Teena Marie ("I Need Your Lovin'" & "Behind The Groove")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Wide Receiver" by Michael Henderson

• Teddy Pendergrass ("Love T.K.O." and "Can't We Try")
• The Jones Girls ("Children of the Night" and "Dance Turned Into a Romance")
• Soul Train History Book: Teddy Pendergrass ("The More I Get, The More I Want" from Episode 220, April 23, 1977; "I Don't Love You Anymore" from Episode 235, November 5, 1977)

• Cameo ("Shake Your Pants")
• Edmund Sylvers ("That Burning Love" and "Have You Heard")
• Special Guest: Kim Fields

• Michael Henderson ("Wide Receiver")
• La Toya Jackson ("If You Feel the Funk" and "Are You Ready")

• Shalamar ("Full of Fire" and "Three for Love")
• Mtume ("Give it On Up" and "So You Wanna Be a Star")

• Lakeside ("Fantastic Voyage")
• Geraldine Hunt ("Can't Fake the Feeling")

• Dance Songs: "S.O.S. (Dit Dit Dit Dat Dat Dit Dit)" by The S.O.S. Band, "Let Me Talk" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang, "Master Blaster (Jammin)" by Stevie Wonder, "What a Fool Believes" by Aretha Franklin
• Lenny Williams ("Ooh, Child" and "Messing With My Mind")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "John Jefferson"; Song: "The Wanderer" by Donna Summer
• Yellow Magic Orchestra ("Tighten Up" and "Firecracker")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Lovely One" by The Jacksons

• Ray, Goodman & Brown ("Happy Anniversary")
• ("You Don't Know Like I Know")

• Al Green ("The Lord Will Make a Way" and "Pass Me Not")
• The Dells ("I Touched a Dream")
• Soul Train History Book: LaBelle ("Lady Marmalade" from Episode 118, December 7, 1974)

• Dynasty ("Do Me Right" & "I've Just Begun to Love")
• Tierra ("Together" & "Gonna Find Her")
• Soul Train History Book: Marvin Gaye ("Got to Give it Up" from Episode 222, May 7, 1977)

• The Stylistics ("Hurry Up This Way Again")
• Spyro Gyra ("Morning Dance" and "Foxtrot")
• Soul Train History Book: The Four Tops ("Ain't No Woman Like the One I Got" from Episode 50, February 17, 1973)

• Dance Songs: "It's a Love Thing" by The Whispers, "Walk Right Now" by The Jacksons, "Keep it Hot" by Cameo, "Little Girl (Don't You Worry)" by Jermaine Jackson
• The Chi-Lites ("Heavenly Body" and "Have You Seen Her '80")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Vince Evans"; Song: "Do Like You" by Stevie Wonder
• Patrice Rushen ("Look Up" and "Don't Blame Me")
• Soul Train History Book: Lou Rawls ("From Now On" from Episode 207, January 22, 1977)
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Who Said" by The Isley Brothers

• Deniece Williams ("Strangers" and "What Two Can Do")
• The Gap Band ("Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" and "Yearning for your Love")
• Soul Train History Book: Curtis Mayfield ("Superfly" from Episode 45, January 6, 1973)

• The Bar-Kays ("Boogie Body Land")
• Yarbrough & Peoples ("Don't Stop the Music")
• ("Magic Man" and "Face the Music")

• The Pointer Sisters ("He's So Shy" and "Where Did the Time Go")
• Con Funk Shun ("Too Tight", "Got to Be Enough" and "Happy Face")
• Soul Train History Book: Billy Paul ("Me and Mrs. Jones" from Episode 39, November 18, 1972)

• The Whispers ("It's a Love Thing" and "This Kind of Lovin'")
• Carrie Lucas ("Career Girls" and "It's Not What You Got (It's How You Use It)")
• The Whispers and Carrie Lucas ("Just a Memory")

• Rufus ("Party 'Til You're Broke")
• Dee Dee Sharp ("Breaking and Entering" and "Easy Money")

• Billy Preston ("Hope" and "Sock-it, Rocket")
• Lakeside ("Your Love is On the One" and "I Love Everything You Do")

• Shalamar ("Make That Move" and "This is For the Lover in You")
• Teena Marie ("Young Love" and "You Make Love Like Springtime")

• Dance Songs: "What Cha Gonna Do For Me" by Chaka Khan, "Bon Bon Vie" by TS Monk, "Ai No Corrida" by Quincy Jones, "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Patrice Rushen
• A Taste of Honey ("Sukiyaki" and "Rescue Me")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Booker T. Washington"; Song: "Thighs High" by Tom Browne
• Jerry Knight ("Perfect Fit" and "Overnight Sensation")
• Soul Train History Book: David Ruffin ("Walk Away from Love" from Episode 162, December 13, 1975)
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Make that Move" by Shalamar

• Sister Sledge ("He's Just a Runaway" and "Next Time You'll Know")
• Atlantic Starr ("When Love Calls" and "Am I Dreaming")

• The Spinners ("Yesterday Once More")
• Skyy ("Here's to You")
• Comedian: Arsenio Hall

• Dance Songs: "Give It To Me Baby" by Rick James, "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" by Chaka Kahn, "Ai No Corrida" by Quincy Jones, "Call It What You Want" by Bill Summers & Summers Heat^[27]
• Patrice Rushen ("Never Gonna Give You Up" & "I Need Your Love")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Billie Holiday", song: "Make That Move" by Shalamar
• Spotlight Dance routine: Shabba Doo; song: "Get Tough" by Kleeer
• Sugarhill Gang ("8th Wonder" & "Rapper's Delight")
• Soul Train Line Dance song: "Superlove" by Skyy

• For the first time, Soul Train introduced a country music-themed episode, which is called "Country Soul"
• Dance Songs: "Seven Year Ache" by Rosanne Cash, "I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbitt, "Friday Night Blues" by John Conlee, "Feels So Right" by Alabama^[28]
• Mickey Gilley ("Don't The Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Rosanne Cash", Song: "Couldn't Do Nothin' Right" by Rosanne Cash
• Soul Train History Book: Joe Tex ("I Gotcha" from Episode 20, February 12, 1972)
• Bellamy Brothers ("Let Your Love Flow" & "Dancin' Cowboys")
• Soul Train Line Dance: "Drivin' My Life Away" by Eddie Rabbitt

• Bill Withers ("Just the Two of Us")
• Side Effect ("Make You Mine" and "Georgy Porgy")
• Special Guests: Leon & Jayne Kennedy

• Jermaine Jackson ("You Like Me, Don't You?" and "Little Girl Don't You Worry")
• T-Connection ("Groove City")
• Comedian: Marsha Warfield

• Rick James ("Give it to Me Baby" and "Summer Love")
• Brenda Russell ("If You Love", "Love Life" and "So Good, So Right")

• Cameo ("Freaky Dancin'" and "I Like It")
• ("Doin' It to the Bone" and "Promise Me")

• Dance Songs: "She's a Bad Mamma Jama" by Carl Carlton, "I'm in Love" by Evelyn King, "Square Biz" by Teena Marie, "Love All the Hurt Away"
• Barry White & Glodean White ("I Want You" and "The Better Love Is (The Worse It Is When It Is Over)")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Thomas Hearns"; Song: "Do it Now" by The S.O.S. Band
• Soul Train History Book: Barry White ("It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" from Episode 236, November 12, 1977)
• Barry White ("Louie, Louie" and "Beware")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Super Freak" by Rick James

• Dance Songs: "Super Freak" by Rick James, "Louie, Louie" by Barry White, "Hold On, I'm Coming" by Aretha Franklin, "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" by the Commodores
• Phyllis Hyman ("Tonight, You and Me" and "You Sure Look Good to Me")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Roy Wilkins"; Song: "Furious" by Furious Five & Sugarhill Gang
• Carl Carlton ("She's a Bad Mamma Jama" and "I Think It's Gonna Be Alright")
• Cameo: Mike Weaver
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Square Biz" by Teena Marie

• Deniece Williams ("Silly" and "It's Your Conscience")
• Richard "Dimples" Fields ("She's Got Papers on Me" and "Earth Angel")

• Dance Songs: "Louie, Louie" by Barry White, "Super Freak" by Rick James, "We're in This Love Together" by Al Jarreau, "Hold On, I'm Comin" Aretha Franklin)
• Brothers Johnson ("Dancin' Free" and "The Real Thing")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Nat King Cole"; Song: "I'm in Love" by Evelyn King
• La Toya Jackson ("Stay the Night" and "I Don't Want You to Go")
• Soul Train History Book: Sly and the Family Stone ("Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" from Episode #105, June 29, 1974)
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "She's A Bad Mamma Jama" by Carl Carlton

• Salute to Rick James
• All Dance Songs performed by Rick James: "Big Time", "Bustin' Out (Of L Seven)", "Call Me Up", "I'm a Sucker for Your Love" (with Teena Marie)
• Rick James performs "You and I", "Super Freak" and "Ghetto Life"
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Rick James" Song: "Mary Jane"
• Soul Train History Book: "Fool on the Street" from Episode 308, October 20, 1979)
• Stone City Band ("Freaky")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Give it to Me Baby"

• Dance Songs: "Dancin' Free" by The Brothers Johnson, "Inside You" by The Isley Brothers, "I'm in Love" by Evelyn King, "Funtown USA" by Rafael Cameron
• The Four Tops ("When She Was My Girl" and "Let Me Set You Free")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "George Rodgers"; Song: "She's a Bad Mamma Jama" by Carl Carlton
• Stacy Lattisaw ("Love On a Two-Way Street" and "It Was So Easy")
• Comedian: Arsenio Hall
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Super Freak" by Rick James

• Dance Songs: "I Like It" by Cameo, "Louie, Louie" by Barry White, "She's a Bad Mamma Jama" by Carl Carlton, "Now That I Know" by The Emotions
• José Feliciano ("Everybody Loves Me" and "Ain't That Peculiar")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Phyllis Hyman"; Song: "Hold On, I'm Coming" by Aretha Franklin
• Soul Train History Book: The Sylvers ("Boogie Fever" from Episode 186, August 28, 1976)
• Stone City Band ("Freaky" and "Funky Reggae")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Inside You" by The Isley Brothers

• Brick ("Sweat ('Til You Get Wet)" and "Wide Open")
• Frankie Smith ("Double Dutch Bus" and "The Auction")
• Soul Train History Book: The Supremes ("Stoned Love" from Episode 60, May 12, 1973)

• Dance Songs: "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "Saturday, Saturday Night" by Zoom, "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" by Diana Ross, "Snapshot" by Slave
• The Time ("Get It Up" & "Cool")
• Comedian: James Wesley Jackson
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Ray Charles", Song: "This Kind Of Lovin'" by The Whispers
• Patti LaBelle ("Family" & "Over The Rainbow")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Inside You (Part I & II)" by The Isley Brothers

• Dance Songs: "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" by Diana Ross, "Steppin' Out" by Kool & The Gang, "Let's Dance (Make Your Body Move)" by West Street Mob
• George Benson ("Turn Your Love Around" & "Love X Love")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Dusty Baker", Song: "Sweeter As The Days Go By" by Shalamar
• Soul Train History Book: The Floaters ("Float On" from Episode 224, August 20, 1977)
• Patti Austin ("Do You Love Me?" & "Every Home Should Have One")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Saturday, Saturday Night" by Zoom

• Dance Songs: "This Kind of Lovin" by The Whispers, "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "Let's Dance (Make Your Body Move)" by the West Street Mob, "Baby Hold On" by The Isley Brothers
• The Spinners ("You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" and "Love Connection (Raise the Window Down)")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Arna Bontemps"; Song: "So Ruff, So Tuff" by Roger Troutman
• Bobby Womack ("If You Think You're Lonely Now" and "Stand Up")
• Special Guest: Kimberly Brooks, Hal Jackson's Talented Teen 1981
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Louie, Louie" by Barry White

• Rockie Robbins ("Time to Think" and "I Believe in You")
• Slave ("Snap Shot" and "Wait for Me")

• Dance Songs: "Kickin' Back" by L.T.D., "Cool" by The Time, "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "Apache" by The Sugarhill Gang
• Skyy ("Call Me" and "Let's Celebrate")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Mahalia Jackson"; Song: "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" by Diana Ross
• O'Bryan ("The Gigolo" and "It's Over")
• Comedians: and
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Louie, Louie" by Barry White

• L.T.D. ("Kickin' Back" and "April Love")
• James Ingram ("Just Once" and "One Hundred Ways")

• ("Love Seasons" and "Saturday Saturday Night")
• Syreeta ("Quick Slick" and "I Don't Know")
• Soul Train History Book: Deniece Williams and Johnny Mathis ("Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" from Episode 257, April 8, 1978)

• Salute to Diana Ross
• All Dance Songs performed by Diana Ross: "The Boss", "I'm Coming Out", "Supremes Medley", "Work That Body", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
• Diana Ross performs "It's Never Too Late" and "Endless Love"
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Diana Ross"; Song: "Upside Down"
• Music Videos: "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" and "Mirror, Mirror"

• Dance Songs: "Let's Work" by Prince, "Hot on a Thing" by The Chi-Lites, "Mirror, Mirror" by Diana Ross, "Steppin' Out" by Kool & the Gang, "Mama Used to Say" by Junior
• Irene Cara ("Anyone Can See" and "My Baby (He's Something Else)")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Norm Nixon"; Song: "The Gigolo" by O'Bryan
• Andrae Crouch ("Handwriting on the Wall" and "Waiting for the Son")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "You're the One for Me" by D-Train

• Dance Songs: "Hot on a Thing" by The Chi-Lites, "You're the One for Me" by D-Train, "The Gigolo" by O'Bryan, "In the Raw" by The Whispers
• Al Jarreau ("Teach Me Tonight" and "We're in This Love Together")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Joe Greene"; Song: "Let's Work" by Prince
• Music Video: Al Jarreau ("Roof Garden")
• Aurra ("Make Up Your Mind" and "Are You Single")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Mama Used to Say" by Junior

• Dance Songs: "Mama Used to Say" by Junior, "Hot on a Thing" by The Chi-Lites, "Mirror, Mirror" by Diana Ross, "Make Up Your Mind" by Aurra
• The Whispers ("In the Raw" and "Say Yes")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Harry Belafonte"; Song: "Shine On" by George Duke
• Music Video: The Whispers "Emergency"
• Mary Wells ("Gigolo" and "These Arms")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "You're the One for Me" by D-Train

• The Chi-Lites ("Hot on a Thing")
• Bill Summers & ("Jam the Box!")

• Tribute to Smokey Robinson
• All Dance Songs by Smokey Robinson: "Destiny", "It's You, Baby", "Tell Me Tomorrow", "I'll Try Something New"
• Smokey Robinson performs "Old-Fashioned Love", "Tell Me Tomorrow" and "Cruisin"
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Smokey Robinson"; Song: "International Baby"
• Bettye LaVette ("Right in the Middle of Falling in Love" and "I Can't Stop")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "The Only Game in Town"

• Dance Songs: "Work That Sucker to Death" by Xavier, "You're The One for Me" by D-Train, "The Gigolo" by O'Bryan, "Genius Of Love" by Tom Tom Club
• Ray Parker, Jr. ("The Other Woman" & "Street Love")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Ralph Sampson"; Song: "Let's Work" by Prince
• Soul Train History Book: Smokey Robinson ("Baby Come Close" from Episode 80, November 24, 1973)
• Sister Sledge ("My Guy")
• Kathy Sledge & David Simmons ("All The Man I Need")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Let It Whip" by Dazz Band

• Lakeside ("I Want to Hold Your Hand")
• ("Get Down, I'm So Bad")
• Soul Train History Book: Bobby Bland, James Brown and B.B. King

• Dance Songs: "Genius of Love" by The Tom Tom Club, "Let's Work" by Prince, "In the Raw" by The Whispers, "Work That Sucker to Death" by Xavier
• George Duke ("Shine On" and "Dream On")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Chappie James"; Song: "Tell Me Tomorrow" by Smokey Robinson
• Cameo: Hinton Battle dances to "Fall in Love" from the Broadway play "Sophisticated Ladies"
• D-Train ("You're the One for Me" and "Walk on By")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Let it Whip" by The Dazz Band

• Dance Songs: "Freaky Behavior" by The Bar-Kays, "You're The One For Me" by D Train, "Tell Me Tomorrow" by Smokey Robinson, "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club ^[29]
• O'Bryan ("Still Water" & "The Gigolo")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Coretta King", Song: "Work That Sucker To Death" by Xavier
• Soul Train History Book: Chairmen of the Board ("Pay to the Piper")
• War ("You Got The Power" & "Outlaw")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Let It Whip" by Dazz Band

• Dance Songs: "You Got the Power" by War, "Genius of Love" by the Tom Tom Club, "Get Down on it" by Kool & the Gang, "Just Be Yourself" by Cameo
• Ronnie Dyson ("Bring it On Home" and "Heart to Heart")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Smokey Robinson"; Song: "Hot on a Thing" by The Chi-Lites
• The Dazz Band ("Let it Whip" and "Gamble With My Love")
• Ebony Fashion Fair models Veda Halloway and Peter Moray do a mini fashion show to the song "Hot on a Thing" by The Chi-Lites
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "You're the One for Me" by D-Train

• Al Green ("Aamzing Grace" and "Highway to Heaven")
• Third World ("Try Jah Love" and "Hooked on Love")

• Dance Songs: "Just Be Yourself" by Cameo, "You Got the Power" by War, "Freaky Behavior" by The Bar-Kays, "Hot on a Thing" by The Chi-Lites
• Deniece Williams ("Gonna Take a Miracle" and "Waiting By the Hotline")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Marcus Garvey"; Song: "You're the One for Me" by D-Train
• Junior ("Mama Used to Say" and "Too Late")
• Soul Train History Book: Ben E. King ("Supernatural Thing" from Episode 137, April 19, 1975)
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Let It Whip" by The Dazz Band

• Dance Songs: "Do I Do" by Stevie Wonder, "Early In The Morning" by The Gap Band, "Let It Whip" by Dazz Band, "Work That Body" by Diana Ross
• Patrice Rushen ("Forget Me Nots" & "If Only")
• Scramble Word: Jesse Jackson; Song: "Standing On The Top" by Temptations
• Soul Train History Book: Marvin Gaye "Let's Get It On" (from Soul Train episode #89)
• Cameo ("Be Yourself" & "Flirt")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Outlaw" by War

• Dance Songs: "Play On Playboy" by Bootsy Collins, "Standing on the Top" by The Temptations & Rick James, "Old-Fashioned Love" by Smokey Robinson, "Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen
• Bobby Womack ("Where Do We Go from Here" and "Just My Imagination")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: unknown; Song: "Work That Body" by Diana Ross
• The Gap Band ("Early in the Morning" and "Stay With Me")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Do I Do" by Stevie Wonder

• Dance Songs: "Outlaw" by War, "Do I Do" by Stevie Wonder, "Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen, "Work That Body" by Diana Ross
• The O'Jays ("I Just Want to Satisfy" and "Your Body's Here With Me (But Your Mind is On the Other Side of Town)")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Bob McAdoo"; Song: "Early in the Morning" by The Gap Band
• Soul Train History Book: Stevie Wonder ("Soul Train" from Episode 46, January 13, 1973)
• Gene Chandler ("I'll Make The Living If You Make The Loving Worthwhile" and "Rainbow '80")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Standing on the Top" by The Temptations & Rick James

• Dance Songs: "Standing On The Top" by The Temptations, "Outlaw" by War, "Early In The Morning" by The Gap Band
• A Taste of Honey ("I'll Try Something New" & "We've Got The Groove")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Bill Cosby"; Song: "Old Fashioned Love" by Smokey Robinson
• Soul Train History Book: Al Green ("Let's Stay Together" from Soul Train #21, 19-Feb-1972)
• Jeffrey Osborne ("I Really Don't Need No Light" & "Baby")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Let It Whip" by Dazz Band

• A Tribute to Joe Tex
• Clips of Joe Tex are shown: "I Gotcha" and "Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants" (from ST #12, Dec-18-1971) and "Ain't Gonna Bump No More" (from ST #216, Mar-26-1977)
• Special Guest/Co Host: Barry White ("Change", "Passion" and "I Got That Love Fever")

• Dance Songs: "Change" by Barry White, "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" by Jermaine Jackson, "Ribbon in the Sky" by Stevie Wonder, "Dance Floor" by Zapp
• Evelyn "Champagne" King ("Love Come Down" and "Betcha She Don't Love You")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Rickey Henderson"; Song: "Jump to It" by Aretha Franklin
• ("Turn Around" and "Shippin' Out")
• George Wallace (American comedian)
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Hard to Get" by Rick James

• A Salute to Jermaine Jackson ("Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" and "Let's Get Serious")
• DeBarge ("Stop! Don't Tease Me" and "I Like It")

• Larry Graham ("Sooner or Later" and "Let Me Come Into Your Life")
• The Busboys ("American Worker" and "I Get Lost")

• Salute to Lionel Richie ("Truly", "You Are" and "Serves You Right")
• Ozone ("Li'l Suzy", "Do What You Wanna" and "Keep on Dancing")
• Special Guests: Hal Jackson's Talented Teens

• Jerry Butler ("No Love Without Changes" and "All the Way")
• Daryl Hall & John Oates ("I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" and "Maneater")

• Dance Songs: "1999" by Prince, "Change" by Barry White, "Do Wah Ditty" by Zapp, "Alligator Woman" by Cameo
• Luther Vandross ("A House Is Not A Home", "If This World Were Mine" as a duet with Cheryl Lynn, "Bad Boy/Having A Party")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Frank Robinson"; Song: "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" by Jermaine Jackson
• Cheryl Lynn ("I Just Wanna Be Your Fantasy")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Do Something" by Robert "Goodie" Whitfield

• Johnnie Taylor ("What About My Love?" and "Just Ain't Good Enough")
• Tavares ("A Penny For Your Thoughts" and "Gotta Get My Way Back to You")

• Chuck Mangione ("Steppin Out" and "Love Notes")
• Howard Johnson ("So Fine" and "Keeping Love New")
• Soul Train History Book: Aretha Franklin ("Day Dreaming" from Episode 56, April 14, 1973)

• Dance Songs: "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye, "Change" by Barry White, "Doo Wah Ditty" by Zapp, "Shipping Out" by Glenn Edward Thomas
• Michael McDonald ("I Keep Forgettin'(Every Time You're Near)" and "I Gotta Try")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Willie McGee"; Song: "777-9311" by The Time
• Janet Jackson ("Young Love" and "Say You Do")
• Music Video: Stevie Wonder ("Ribbon in the Sky")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "1999" by Prince

• Dance Songs: "Young Love" by Janet Jackson, "She's Just a Groupie" by Bobby Nunn, "Jump to It" by Aretha Franklin, "Do Wah Ditty" by Zapp
• The Time ("777-9311" and "The Walk")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Tom Bradley"; Song: "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye
• ("Red Hot Stuff" and "Give it Up")
• Soul Train History Book: David Bowie ("Fame" from Episode 165, January 3, 1976)
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Change" by Barry White

• Dance Songs: "She's Just A Groupie" by Bobby Nunn, "Young Love" by Janet Jackson, "Change" by Barry White, "Muscles" by Diana Ross
• Vanity 6 ("Nasty Girl" & "He's So Dull")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Stevie Wonder"; Song: "Do Wah Ditty" by Zapp
• Soul Train History Book: Frankie Valli ("Grease" from Episode 275, November 4, 1978)
• Carl Carlton ("Baby, I Need Your Loving" & "Swing That Sexy Thang")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "1999" by Prince

• The Bar-Kays ("She Talks To Me (With Her Body)" and "Anticipation")
• O'Bryan ("I'm Freaky" and "Together Always")
• Special Guests: Los Angeles Lakers featuring Magic Johnson and Norm Nixon

• Dance Songs: "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" by Michael Jackson, "We Got The Juice" by Attitude, "Tonight" by The Whispers, "Too Tough" by Angela Bofill^[30]
• Yarbrough & Peoples ("Heartbeats" & "Feels So Good")
• Robert "Goodie" Whitfield ("Do Something")
• The Gap Band ("Outstanding" & "You Dropped A Bomb On Me")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "I'm Freaky" by O'Bryan

• Dance Songs: "Fall In Love With Me" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "I'm Freaky" by O'Bryan
• DeBarge ("I Like It" & "All This Love")
• Champaign ("Try Again" & "Let Your Body Rock")
• Soul Train History Book: Ramsey Lewis "That's The Way Of The World" (from episode #156, November 1, 1975)
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Eubie Blake"; song: "On The One For Fun" by Dazz Band
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: Too Tough by Angela Bofill

• Dance Songs: "On The One For Fun" by Dazz Band, "Too Tough" by Angela Bofill, "Fall In Love With Me" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "I'm Freaky" by O'Bryan [31]

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five ("The Message" & "Survival") Soul Train Scramble Word: "Eddie Murphy"; song: "Lady Cab Driver" by Prince Soul Train History Book: "Pillow Talk" by Sylvia Evelyn "Champagne" King ("Betcha She Don't Love You" & "Get Loose") Special Guest Interview: B.B.D. Banana Soul Train Line Dance Song: P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) by Michael Jackson

• Dance Songs: "Little Red Corvette" by Prince, "Joy" by Marvin Gaye, "Gigolo" by O'Bryan, "Boogie Down" by Al Jarreau
• Angela Bofill ("Too Tough" & "Tonight I Give In")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Grace Jones"; Song: "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
• Con Funk Shun ("Love's Train" & "You Are the One")
• Soul Train History Book: Herb Alpert ("Rise" from Episode 311, November 10, 1979)
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" by Michael Jackson

• The Temptations ("Surface Thrills" and "Love on My Mind Tonight")
• Anita Baker ("No More Tears" and "Angel")
• Music Video: Prince ("Little Red Corvette")

• A Tribute to Marvin Gaye
• All Dance Songs by Marvin Gaye: "Joy", "Got to Give it Up", "Let's Get it On", "What's Going On"
• Marvin Gaye performs "Rockin After Midnight", "Sexual Healing", "Turn On Some Music" and "Til Tomorrow"
• Soul Train History Book: "Distant Lover" (taken from episode #89, March 2, 1974)
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Third World Girl"

• Deniece Williams ("Do What You Feel" and "I'm So Proud")
• Kiddo ("Try My Loving (Gimme Just Enough)" and "Give it Up")
• Soul Train History Book: ("Do That to Me One More Time" from Episode 326, April 19, 1980)

• Dance Songs: "Beat It" by Michael Jackson, "Side By Side" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "On the One for Fun" by the Dazz Band, "Boogie Down" by Al Jarreau
• The Whispers ("Keep on Lovin' Me" and "This Time")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: unknown; Song: "Raid" by Lakeside
• Nona Hendryx ("Keep it Confidential" and "Transformations")
• Soul Train History Book: Gladys Knight & the Pips ("Neither One of Us" from Episode 97, May 4, 1974)
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Candy Man" by the Mary Jane Girls

• Dance Songs: "Candy Man" by Mary Jane Girls, "Sweat" by The System, "Tonight" by The Whispers, "Hug Me, Squeeze Me" by Debra Hurd
• Lakeside ("Raid" and "Turn the Music Up")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Benjamin Banneker"; Song: "Boogie Down" by Al Jarreau
• High Inergy ("He's a Pretender" and "Groove Patrol")
• Soul Train History Book: The 5th Dimension ("One Less Bell to Answer" from Episode 87, January 26, 1974)
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Beat It" by Michael Jackson

• Dance Songs: "Raid" by Lakeside, "Candy Man" by The Mary Jane Girls, "Side By Side" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "Beat It" by Michael Jackson
• The System ("You Are In My System" & "Sweat")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Dionne Warwick", Song: "Hug Me, Squeeze Me" by Debra Hurd
• Soul Train History Book: Blue Magic ("Sideshow", from episode 136, April 12, 1975)
• Thelma Houston ("Just Like All The Rest" & "What For")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Tonight" by The Whispers

• Dance Songs: "Hug Me, Squeeze Me" by Debra Hurd, "Beat It" by Michael Jackson, "Boogie Down" by Al Jarreau, "Keep on Lovin' Me" by The Whispers
• O'Bryan ("You and I" and "Dazzling Lady")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: unknown; Song: "Sweat" by The System
• Imagination ("Changes" and "Just an Illusion")^[31]
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Candy Man" by the Mary Jane Girls

• Dance Songs: "Cold Blooded" by Rick James, "Get It Right" by Aretha Franklin, "Just Be Good To Me" by S.O.S. Band
• Philip Bailey ("I Know" & "Your Boyfriend's Back")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Frank Robinson", Song: "High-Rise" by Ashford & Simpson
• Soul Train History Book: Kool & the Gang ("Funky Stuff", from episode 36)
• The Manhattans ("Crazy" & "Forever By Your Side")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock

• Dance Songs: "Get It Right" by Aretha Franklin, "I Can Make You Dance" by Zapp, "Crazy" by The Manhattans
• Midnight Star ("Freak-A-Zoid" & "Wet My Whistle")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Jesse Jackson", Song: "Just Be Good To Me" by The S.O.S. Band
• Special Guest: T.K. Carter
• Jeffrey Osborne ("Don't You Get So Mad" & "Stay With Me Tonight")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Cold Blooded" by Rick James

• Al Green ("I Know It Was the Blood" and "Look at the Things God Has Made")
• Planet Patrol ("Cheap Thrills" and "Play At Your Own Risk")

• The S.O.S. Band ("Just Be Good to Me" & "Tell Me If You Still Care")
• Mary Jane Girls ("Candy Man" and "All Night Long")
• Soul Train History Book: Jackie Wilson ("Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher" from Episode 22, February 26, 1972)

• The Gap Band ("Party Train" & "Season's No Reason to Change")
• Michael Sembello ("Maniac" and "Automatic Man")

• Dance Songs: "Party Train" by The Gap Band, "Fix It" by Teena Marie, "Kick it Live from 9 to 5" by The Sugarhill Gang, "Ain't Nobody" by Rufus & Chaka Khan
• Sister Sledge ("Gotta get Back to Love" and "Lifetime Lover")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Vanessa L. Williams"; Song: "Show Me the Way" by Skyy
• Lillo Thomas ("You're a Good Girl" and "Who Do You Think You Are")
• Music Video: Gladys Knight and the Pips ("Save the Overtime (For Me)")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Bad Lady" by Stone City Band

• Dance Songs: "Kick It Live from 9-5" by The Sugarhill Gang, "Show Me The Way" by Skyy, "Cold Blooded" by Rick James, "Don't You Get So Mad" by Jeffrey Osborne
• Klique ("Stop Doggin' Me Around" & "Burning Hot")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Mary Bethune", Song: "Ain't Nobody" by Rufus & Chaka Khan
• Soul Train History Book: Jermaine Jackson ("Daddy's Home", from episode 35, October 7, 1972)
• Jennifer Holliday ("I Am Love" & "Just Let Me Wait")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock

• Dance Songs: "Show Me the Way" by Skyy, "Cold Blooded" by Rick James, "Ain't Nobody" by Rufus & Chaka Khan, "Party Train" by The Gap Band
• The Manhattan Transfer ("Spice of Life" and "Birdland")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Paul Robeson"; Song: "Pilot Error" by Stephanie Mills
• Kashif ("Say Something Love" and "I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)")
• Music Video: Lionel Richie ("All Night Long (All Night)")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Kick it Live from 9 to 5" by the Sugarhill Gang

• Herbie Hancock ("Rockit" and "Autodrive")
• DeBarge ("Time Will Reveal" and "Baby Won't Cha Come Quick")

• Dance Songs: "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, "I'm Ready (If You're Ready)" by The Gap Band, "Tell Me If You Still Care" by The S.O.S. Band, "Heartbreaker" by Zapp
• Tavares ("Deeper In Love" & "Words And Music")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Martin Luther King", Song: "Delirious" by Prince
• Special Guests: Hal Jackson and Talented Teen Winner: Delise Jones
• Kool & the Gang ("Joanna" & "Tonight")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Put Our Heads Together" by The O'Jays

• Dance Songs: "Automatic Man" by Michael Sembello, "Put Our Heads Together" by The O'Jays, "Wet My Whistle" by Midnight Star, "I'm Ready If You're Ready" by The Gap Band
• The Commodores ("Only You" and "Nothing Like a Woman")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "James Worthy"; Song: "All Night Long (All Night)" by Lionel Richie
• Anita Baker ("Angel" and "You're the Best Thing Yet")
• Music Video: Herbie Hancock ("Rockit")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Thriller" by Michael Jackson

• Dance Songs: "Heartbreaker" by Zapp, "Private Party" by Bobby Nunn, "Wet My Whistle" by Midnight Star^[32]
• James Ingram ("Party Animal" & "She Loves Me")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Jeffrey Osborne", Song: "Put Our Heads Together" by The O'Jays
• Soul Train History Book: Tower of Power ("What Is Hip?" from Episode 79, November 17, 1973)
• Atlantic Starr ("Touch A Four Leaf Clover" & "Yours Forever")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Automatic Man" by Michael Sembello

• Cheryl Lynn ("Encore" and "Love Rush")
• Con Funk Shun ("Baby I'm Hooked (Right Into Your Love)")

• Dance Songs: "Action" by Evelyn "Champagne" King, "Joystick" by The Dazz Band, "Nubian Nut" by George Clinton^[33]
• New Edition ("Candy Girl" & "Jealous Girl")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Andrew Young", Song: "Say It Isn't So" by Daryl Hall & John Oates
• Music Video: Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson – Say Say Say
• Ray Parker, Jr. ("I Still Can't Get Over Loving You" & "In The Heat Of The Night")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "I Wanted Your Love" by Luther Vandross

• Evelyn "Champagne" King ("Action" and "Shakedown")
• D-Train ("Something's On Your Mind")

• Tom Tom Club ("Genius of Love" and "Pleasure of Love")
• Howard Johnson ("Let's Take Time Out" and "Let This Dream Be Real")

• Dance Songs: "Joystick" by Dazz Band, "Automatic" by The Pointer Sisters, "Body Talk (instrumental version)" by The Deele, "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes
• Teena Marie ("Midnight Magnet" and "Dear Lover")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Ralph Sampson"; Song: "Shakedown" by Evelyn "Champagne" King
• Womack & Womack ("Love Wars" and "Express Yourself")
• Music Video: The Police ("Wrapped Around Your Finger")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Let the Music Play" by Shannon

• Patti LaBelle ("If Only You Knew" and "Love, Need and Want You")
• J. Blackfoot ("Taxi")

• Bobby Womack & Patti LaBelle ("Love Has Finally Come at Last" and "It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye"]
• Shannon ("Let the Music Play" and "Give Me Tonight")

• The Pointer Sisters ("Automatic" and "Jump (For My Love)")
• Bobby Nunn ("Private Party" and "Do You Look That Good In The Morning?")

• Shalamar ("Dead Giveaway" and "Dancing in the Sheets")
• Nona Hendryx ("I Sweat (Going Through The Motions)" and "Electricity")
• Music Video: Daryl Hall & John Oates ("Say it Isn't So")

• Tribute to Dionne Warwick
• Dionne Warwick performs "Got a Date," "Two Ships Passing in the Night" and "Do It Because I Like It."
• Music Videos: ("How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" and "Heartbreaker")
• NYC Breakers do a dance routine

• Dance Songs: "Automatic" by The Pointer Sisters, "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins, "Lovelite" by O'Bryan, "Dancing in the Sheets" by Shalamar
• Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett ("Don't Look Any Further")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Joe Louis"; Song: "Shakedown" by Evelyn "Champagne" King
• Newcleus ("Jam on It" and "Jam on Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song)"
• Dennis Edwards ("You're My Aphrodisiac")
• Music Video: "Weird Al" Yankovic ("Eat It")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "The Politics of Dancing" by Re-Flex

• Yarbrough & Peoples ("Don't Waste Your Time" and "Heartbeats")
• Stacy Lattisaw & Johnny Gill ("Perfect Combination" and "Baby It's You")

• O'Bryan ("Lovelite" and "Be My Lover")
• ("Love Me like This" and "Can You Treat Me like She Does?")
• Music Video: Culture Club ("Karma Chameleon")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Heart of Rock and Roll" by Huey Lewis & the News

• The O'Jays ("Extraordinary Girl" & "Let Me Show You (How Much I Really Love You)")
• The Romantics ("Talking in Your Sleep" and "One in a Million")

• Dance Songs: "Lovelite" by O'Bryan, "Freakshow On The Dance Floor" by The Bar-Kays, "She's Strange" by Cameo
• Run-D.M.C. ("Rock Box" & "Jam Master Jay")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "John Thompson", Song: "Don't Look Any Further" by Dennis Edwards feat. Siedah Garrett
• Music Video: Huey Lewis and the News ("The Heart Of Rock & Roll")
• The Dazz Band ("Joystick" & "Swoop (I'm Yours)")
• Special Guest: Jesse Peralez
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Dancing In The Sheets" by Shalamar

• Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. ("Just Like You")
• The Deele ("Just Our Luck" and "Body Talk")
• Kim Fields ("Dear Michael")

• Dance Songs: "When Doves Cry" by Prince & the Revolution, "State of Shock" by The Jacksons & Mick Jagger, "17" by Rick James, "Are We Ourselves" by The Fixx
• O'Bryan ("Breakin' Together" and "Lady I Love You")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Benjamin Hooks"; Song: "Smile" by One Way
• New Edition ("Cool it Now" and "Mr Telephone Man")
• Ollie & Jerry ("Breakin...There's No Stopping Us")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Jungle Love" by The Time

• Dance Songs: "17" by Rick James, "Jungle Love" by The Time, "In the Midnight Hour" by Roger and The Mighty Clouds of Joy, "Ghostbusters" By Ray Parker, Jr.
• Lakeside ("Outrageous" and "Make My Day")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Jesse Owens"; Song: "State of Shock" by The Jacksons & Mick Jagger
• Vanity ("Pretty Mess" and "Wild Animal")
• Music Video: O'Bryan ("Breakin' Together")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "When Doves Cry" by Prince & the Revolution

• Dance Songs: " Roger and The Mighty Clouds Of Joy - ""The Midnight Hour
• Cameo ("She’s Strange" and "Talkin' Out The Side Of Your Neck")

• Billy Ocean ("Carribean Queen (No More Love On The Run)" and "Syncopation")
• Music Video: ("The Glamorous Life ")

• Stephanie Mills ("In My Life" and "The Medicine Song")
• Richard "Dimples" Fields ("Jazzy Lady" and "I Need You So")
• Special Guest: Michael Winslow
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "When Doves Cry" by Prince & the Revolution

• Joyce Kennedy ("Stronger Than Before")
• Joyce Kennedy & Jeffrey Osborne ("The Last Time I Made Love")
• Randy Hall ("I've Been Watching You (Jamie's Girl)" and "A Gentleman")
• Music Video: The Jacksons ("Torture")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "No Favors" by Temper

• Dance Songs: "Centipede" by Rebbie Jackson, "No Favors" by Temper, "The Glamorous Life" by Sheila E., "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince^[34]
• Alicia Myers ("You Get The Best From Me (Say Say Say)" & "Appreciation")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Nell Carter", Song: "Blue Jean" by David Bowie
• Mr. T (Gives a speech, then sings "Mr. T's Commandments")
• Jeffrey Osborne ("Don't Stop" & "The Borderlines")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Torture" by The Jacksons

• Lillo Thomas ("Your Love's Got a Hold on Me" and "Holdin' On")
• Cherrelle ("I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" and "Fragile...Handle With Care")
• Music Video: The Fat Boys ("Fat Boys")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "No Favors" by Temper

• Janet Jackson ("Don't Stand Another Chance" and "Fast Girls")
• Beau Williams ("You Are the One" and "Don't Say No")
• Comedian:
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "The Glamorous Life" by Sheila E.

• Dance Songs: "I Feel For You" by Chaka Khan, "The Bird" by the Time, "Sunglasses At Night" by Corey Hart, "Don't Stop" by Jeffrey Osborne
• ("After The Dance Is Through" & "Nobody's Gonna Get This Lovin' But You")
• Soul Train Scramble Word "Maxine Waters", Song: "Cool It Now" by New Edition
• Music Video: Lionel Richie ("Penny Lover")
• Thelma Houston ("You Used To Hold Me (So Tight)" & "I'd Rather Spend The Bad Times With You Than Spend The Good Times With Someone New")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Baby I'm a Star" by Prince & the Revolution

• Berlin ("Dancing in Berlin" and "No More Words")
• The Controllers ("Crushed" and "Givin' Up On Love")
• Music Video: Chaka Khan ("I Feel for You")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "The Bird" by The Time

• Dance Songs: "Pretty Mess" by Vanity, "Let It All Blow" by Dazz Band, "Cool It Now" by New Edition, "Swept Away" by Diana Ross ^[35]
• Champaign ("Off And In Love" & "Mardi Gras")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Tony Dorsett", Song: "The Bird" by The Time
• Music Video: Tina Turner
• Dan Hartman ("I Can Dream About You" & "We Are The Young")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Baby I'm A Star" by Prince

• Herb Alpert ("Bullish" and "Struttin on Five")
• Rodney Saulsberry ("I Wonder" and "Look What You've Done")
• Music Video: Billy Ocean ("Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "I Feel for You" by Chaka Khan

• Dance Songs: "Strut" by Sheena Easton, "Freaks Come Out At Night" by Whodini, "Jamie" by Ray Parker Jr., "Operator" by Midnight Star
• The Staple Singers ("Slippery People" & "This Is Our Night")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Billie Holiday", Song: "Lovergirl" by Teena Marie
• Hal Jackson's Talented Teen Winner: Michelle Thomas
• Donna Summer ("Supernatural Love" & "I'm Free")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Beep A Freak" by The Gap Band

• Dance Songs: "Operator" by Midnight Star, "The Borderlines" by Jeffrey Osborne, "Request Line" by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three, "Out of Touch" by Hall & Oates
• The Fat Boys ("Fat Boys" & "Jailhouse Rap")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Franco Harris", Song: "Freaks Come Out At Night" by Whodini
• Music Video: Madonna ("Like A Virgin")
• The Temptations ("Treat Her Like A Lady" & "My Love Is True (Truly For You)")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Lovergirl" by Teena Marie

• Dance Songs: "Treat Her Like A Lady" by The Temptations, "Request Line" by Rock Master Scott, "The Borderlines" by Jeffrey Osborne, "Misled" by Kool & The Gang
• Whodini ("The Freaks Come Out At Night" & "Friends")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Willie Brown"; Song: "Jamie" by Ray Parker Jr.
• Music Video: Daryl Hall & John Oates ("Out Of Touch")
• Teena Marie ("We've Got To Stop Meeting Like This" in duet with Ronnie McNeir & "Lovergirl")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Operator" by Midnight Star

• New Edition ("Lost in Love" & "Kinda Girls We Like")
• Rebbie Jackson ("Centipede" and "Fork in the Road")
• Music Video: Kool & the Gang ("Misled")

• Rockwell ("Somebody's Watching Me", "Obscene Phone Caller" and "He's a Cobra")
• Redd Foxx does a comedy routine

• The Commodores ("Night Shift" and "Brick House")
• Eugene Wilde ("Gotta Get You Home Tonight" and "Rainbow")

• Dance Songs: "Freaks Come Out at Night" by Whodini, "Lovergirl" by Teena Marie, "Treat Her Like A Lady" by The Temptations, "Jamie" by Ray Parker, Jr.^[36]
• ("I Promise (I Do Love You)" & "Contact")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Donna Summer"; Song: "Strut" by Sheena Easton
• Music Video: Billy Ocean ("Loverboy")
• Shalamar ("Amnesia", "My Girl Loves Me")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Beep A Freak" by The Gap Band

• Bonnie Pointer ("Beast in Me" and "Heaven Must Have Sent You")
• Thomas McClary ("Thin Walls" and "Man in the Middle")

• Dance Songs: "Just Another Night" by Mick Jagger, "Neutron Dance" by The Pointer Sisters, "Smooth Operator" by Sade, "Easy Rider" by Philip Bailey and Phil Collins
• The Gap Band ("Beep a Freak" and "I Found My Baby")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Andrew Young"; Song: "This is My Night" by Chaka Khan
• Sam Harris ("Over the Rainbow" and "I've Heard it All Before")
• Music Video: Glenn Frey ("The Heat Is On")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "The Men All Pause" by Klymaxx

• Dance Songs: "Neutron Dance" by The Pointer Sisters, "Back In Stride" by Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly, "Easy Lover" by Phillip Bailey feat. Phil Collins, "Scientific Love" by Midnight Star
• Klymaxx ("Meeting In The Ladies Room" & "The Men All Pause")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Ralph Sampson", Song: "Outta The World" by Ashford & Simpson
• Music Video: Sade ("Smooth Operator")
• Johnnie Taylor ("Lady, My Whole World Is You" & "L.O.V.E.")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Beep A Freak" by The Gap Band

• Jesse Johnson ("Can You Help Me" and "Be Your Man")
• LeVert ("I'm Still" and "All in the Way You Dance")

• Ray, Goodman & Brown ("My Prayer" and "How Can Love So Right Be So Wrong?")
• Glenn Jones ("Show Me" and "Bring Back Your Love")

• Dance Songs: "Do You Wanna Get Away" by Shannon, "Sussudio" by Phil Collins, "Can't Stop" By Rick James, "Fresh" by Kool & the Gang
• Mary Jane Girls ("In My House" & "Shadow Lover")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Marvelous Marvin Hagler", Song: "Innocent" by Alexander O'Neal
• Music Video: The Commodores ("Nightshift")
• Sheena Easton ("Sugar Walls" & "Strut")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Material Thangz" by The Deele

• Don Henley ("All She Wants to Do Is Dance")
• Whitney Houston ("You Give Good Love" and "How Will I Know?")
• Comedian: Marsha Warfield

• Atlantic Starr ("Freak-a-Ristic" and "If Your Heart Isn't In It")
• Greg Phillinganes ("Behind The Mask" and "Lazy Nina")

• The Four Tops ("Sexy Ways" and "Make Yourself Right at Home")
• Spandau Ballet ("Revenge for Love" and "Only When You Leave")

• Shannon ("Do You Wanna Get Away?" and "Urgent")
• Alexander O'Neal ("Innocent" and "If You Were Here Tonight")

• Natalie Cole ("Dangerous" and "Love is On the Way")
• Ready for the World ("Deep Inside Your Love" and "Tonight")

• Dance Songs: "Dangerous" by Natalie Cole, "Raspberry Beret" by Prince, "Innocent" by Alexander O'Neal, "Feel So Real" by Steve Arrington
• Womack & Womack ("No Relief" and "Strange and Funny")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Natalie Cole"; Song: "Save Your Love (for #1)" by Rene & Angela with Kurtis Blow
• Pennye Ford ("Dangerous" and "Change Your Wicked Ways")
• Music Video: Phil Collins ("Sussudio")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Material Thingz" by The Deele

• Dance Songs: "Glow" by Rick James, "Body Snatchers" by Midnight Star, "Dangerous" by Natalie Cole, "Can You Help Me" by Jesse Johnson's Revue
• Carrie Lucas ("Hello Stranger" and "Summer in the Street")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Marva Collins"; Song: "Innocent" by Alexander O'Neal
• Steve Arrington ("Feel So Real" and "Dancin' in the Key of Life")
• Music Video: Harold Faltermeyer ("Axel F")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Kinda Girls We Like" by New Edition

• Dance Songs: "Party All the Time" by Eddie Murphy, "Oh Sheila" by Ready for the World, "All Fall Down" by Five Star, "The Screams of Passion" by The Family
• Go West ("We Close Our Eyes" and "Eye to Eye")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: unknown; Song: "Pop Life" by Prince & the Revolution
• Rosie Gaines ("Skoolology (Ain't No Strain)" and "I've Gone Too Far")
• Music Video: Aretha Franklin ("Freeway of Love")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "The Dance Electric" by Andre Cymone

• Dance Songs: "Eaten Alive" by Diana Ross, "Dance Electric" by Andre Cymone, "Pop Life" by Prince, "Freeway Of Love" by Aretha Franklin
• Five Star ("All Fall Down" & "Let Me Be The One")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: Desmond Tutu, Song: "Part-Time Lover" by Stevie Wonder
• Music Video: Dire Straits ("Money For Nothing")
• Sheila E. ("Sister Fate" & "A Love Bizarre")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Party All The Time" by Eddie Murphy

• Dance Songs: "Skoolology (Ain't No Strain)" by Rosie Gaines, "Pop Life" by Prince & the Revolution, "Stand By Me" by Maurice White, "Party All the Time" by Eddie Murphy
• Dennis Edwards ("Coolin' Out" and "Try a Little Tenderness")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Josephine Baker"; Song: "The Dance Electric" by Andre Cymone
• 9.9 ("All of Me for All of You" and "Feel the Fire")
• Music Video: Cheech Marin ("Born in East LA")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Freeway of Love" by Aretha Franklin

• Cheryl Lynn ("Fidelity" and "Fade to Black")
• a-ha ("Take on Me" and "Train of Thought")
• Comedian: Paul Mooney

• Ready for the World ("Oh Sheila" and "Ceramic Girl")
• Starpoint ("Object of My Desire" and "What You've Been Missing")
• Music Video: Paul Young ("I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down")

• Rick Dees ("Eat My Shorts" and "Get Nekkid")
• U.T.F.O. ("Beats and Rhymes" and "Fairy Tale Lover")

• New Edition ("Count Me Out" and "Let's Be Friends")
• ("More Than You Can Handle" and "The One You Love")

• The System ("This Is For You" & "Pleasure Seekers")
• ("Somebody Took My Love" & "When a Man Loves a Woman")
• Music Video: Whitney Houston ("Saving All My Love for You")

• Dance Songs: "America" by Prince, "Digital Display" by Ready for the World, "Miami Vice Theme" by Jan Hammer, "Sun City" by Artists United Against Apartheid
• Michael McDonald ("No Lookin' Back" & "Lost In The Parade")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Percy Sutton", Song: "The Oak Tree" by Morris Day
• Music Video: Sheila E. ("A Love Bizarre")
• Cameo ("Single Life" & "Attack Me With Your Love")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "(Krush Groove) Can't Stop The Street" by Chaka Khan

• Sheena Easton ("Swear" and "Do It for Love")
• Bernard Wright ("Who Do You Love" and "After You")

• The Thompson Twins ("Lay Your Hands on Me")
• The Jets ("Curiosity" and "Crush on You")
• Doug E. Fresh ("The Show")

• Dance Songs: "You Wear It Well" by El DeBarge, "Count Me Out" by New Edition, "Frustration" by Rosie Gaines
• Stephanie Mills ("Stand Back" & "Automatic Passion")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Diahann Carroll", Song: "Stop Playing On Me" by Vikki Love With Nuance
• Howard Jones ("Like To Get To Know You Well" & "Bounce Right Back")
• Music Video: Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight and Elton John ("That's What Friends Are For")
• Soul Train Line Dance: "Digital Display" by Ready For The World

• New Edition ("A Little Bit of Love (Is All it Takes)" and "With You All the Way")
• Rosie Gaines ("Good Times" and "Wake Up")
• Music Video: Whitney Houston ("How Will I Know")

• Klymaxx ("I Miss You" and "The Men All Pause")
• Jack Wagner ("Too Young")
• Jack Wagner and Valerie Carter ("Love Can Take Us All the Way")
• Music Video: Wham! ("Im Your Man")

• Dance Songs: "Crush On You" by The Jets, "Kiss" by Prince, "I'm Your Man" by Wham!, "Legs" by Art Of Noise
• LL Cool J (I Can't Live Without My Radio" & "Rock The Bells")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Phillis Wheatley", Song: "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston
• Five Star ("System Addict" & "Love Take Over")
• Soul Train Line Dance: "Hot" by Roy Ayers

• Dance Songs: "Hot" by Roy Ayers, "Let Me Be the One" by Five Star, "Living in America" by James Brown, "Kiss" by Prince
• Janet Jackson ("What Have You Done for Me Lately" and "Control")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Marian Anderson"; Song: "Legs" by the Art of Noise
• Atlantic Starr ("Secret Lovers" and "If Your Heart Isn't in It")
• Music Video: Billy Ocean ("When the Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going)")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Conga" by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine

• The Gap Band ("Going in Circles" and "Video Train")
• Force M.D.'s ("Tender Love" and "One Plus One")

• Dance Songs: "Do It To Me Good (Tonight)" by Michael Henderson, "Another Night" by Aretha Franklin, "I'm Not Gonna Let You (Get The Best Of Me)" by Colonel Abrams
• Zapp ("Computer Love" & "Itchin' For Your Twitchin'")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "William Gray", Song: "Kiss" by Prince
• Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam ("All Cried Out")
• Meli'sa Morgan ("Do Me Baby" & "Do You Still Love Me?")
• Soul Train Line Dance: "Crush On You" by The Jets

• Johnnie Taylor ("Wall to Wall" and "Can I Love You")
• Yarbrough & Peoples ("Guilty" and "I Wouldn't Lie")
• Full Force ("Unselfish Lover")

• Culture Club ("Move Away")
• Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neal ("Saturday Love")
• Cherrelle ("You Look Good to Me")
• Alexander O'Neal ("What's Missing")

• Dance Songs: "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco, "Kiss" by Prince, "Crush on You" by The Jets, "Nasty" by Janet Jackson
• Little Richard ("Great Gosh A'Mighty")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Larry Bird"; Song: "Don't You Want My Love" by Nicole
• Animotion ("Obsession" and "I Engineer")
• Colonel Abrams ("I'm Not Gonna Let" and "Never Change")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "The Jammin' National Anthem" by Steve Arrington

• Morris Day ("Oak Tree" and "The Character")
• Tramaine Hawkins ("Spirit of Love (Fall Down)" and "I Am Determined")
• ("Best Friends")

• Dance Songs: "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco, "Nasty" by Janet Jackson, "I'm Not Gonna Let" by Colonel Abrams
• Al Green ("You Brought the Sunshine" and "I Feel like Going On")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Pervis Ellison"; Song: "Rock the Bells" by L.L. Cool J
• Evelyn "Champagne" King ("High Horse" and "Long Time Coming")
• Music Video: Sly Fox ("Let's Go All the Way")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Crush on You" by The Jets

• Roy Ayers ("Hot" and "Programmed for Love")
• The Pet Shop Boys ("West End Girls" & "Opportunities")

• Tribute to Patti LaBelle
• Patti LaBelle performs "Kiss Away the Pain" and "Oh People"
• Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald ("On My Own")
• Soul Train History Book: Labelle ("Lady Marmalade" from Episode 118, December 7, 1974)
• Eugene Wilde ("Diana" and "30 Minutes to Talk")

• Starpoint ("Restless" and "Till the End of Time")
• The Dramatics ("Somewhere in Time", "When Love is Over" and "One Love Ago")
• ("I'd Rather Be My Myself")

• Dance Songs: "Artificial Heart" by Cherrelle, "Dial My Number" by Pauli Carman, "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer, "Love Take Over" by Five Star
• Jermaine Stewart ("We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" & "Dance Floor")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Sidney Poitier", Song: "Nasty" by Janet Jackson
• Juicy ("Nobody But You")
• The S.O.S. Band ("The Finest" & "Borrowed Love")
• Soul Train Line Dance: "Givin' It To You" by "Skyy

• Philip Bailey ("State of the Heart" and "Welcome to the Club")
• The Controllers ("Stay")

• Dance Songs: "Love of a Lifetime" by Chaka Khan, "Word Up" by Cameo, "Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna, "You Be Illin" by Run DMC
• Midnight Star ("Midas Touch" and "Headlines")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Hattie McDaniel"; Song: "Typical Male" by Tina Turner
• Gavin Christopher ("One Step Closer" and "Back in Your Arms")
• Music Video: Michael McDonald ("Sweet Freedom")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Private Number" by The Jets

• Dance Songs: "Typical Male" by Tina Turner, "Private Number" by The Jets, "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood, "Word Up" by Cameo
• Howard Hewett ("I'm for Real" and "Stay")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Herschel Walker"; Song: "Dancing on the Ceiling" by Lionel Richie
• Shirley Jones ("Do You Get Enough Love" and "Last Night I Needed Somebody")
• Music Video: Janet Jackson ("When I Think of You")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Sweet Freedom" by Michael McDonald

• Dance Songs: "Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna, "Private Number" by The Jets, "Love of a Lifetime" by Chaka Khan, "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent" by Gwen Guthrie
• Oran "Juice" Jones ("The Rain" and "Your Song")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Jermaine Stewart"; Song: "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood
• The Whitehead Brothers ("Stylin" and "I Jumped Out My Skin")
• Special Guests: Henry Laurence and Todd Christenson from The Los Angeles Raiders
• Music Video: Los Angeles Raiders ("The Silver and Black Attack")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Word Up" by Cameo

• Dance Songs: "Sweet Freedom" by Michael McDonald, "Typical Male" by Tina Turner, "Word Up" by Cameo, "Papa Don’t Preach" by Madonna
• James Ingram ("Always")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "William Gray^{[disambiguation needed]}"; Song: "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent" by Gwen Guthrie
• Music Video: Lionel Richie ("Dancing On The Ceiling")
• Levert ("Pop, Pop, Pop Goes My Mind" and Fascination")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Love of a Lifetime" by Chaka Khan
• Soul Train History Book: James Ingram ("One Hundred Ways" from Episode 380, January 16, 1982)

• Dance Songs: "When I Think of You" by Janet Jackson, "Word Up" by Cameo, "Ain't Nothing Goin' On But the Rent" by Gwen Guthrie
• Jean Carne ("Closer Than Close" and "Flame of Love")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Bessie Smith"; Song: "Crazay" by Jesse Johnson
• Earl Thomas Conley and Anita Pointer ("Too Many Times")
• Glenn Jones ("Giving Myself to You" and "Stay")
• Interview with Hal Jackson and his talented Teen od 1986, Oween Davis
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Gravity" by James Brown

• Dance Songs: "Point Of No Return" by Nu Shooz, "Gravity" by James Brown, "Jody" by Jermaine Stewart, "Midas Touch" by Midnight Star
• Genobia Jeter ("All Of My Love" & "Peace Of Mind")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Lerone Bennett"; Song: "Word Up!" by Cameo
• Special Guest Interview: Dick Anthony Williams
• Run–D.M.C. ("Hit And Run" & "Proud To Be Black")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Private Number" by The Jets

• Melba Moore & Freddie Jackson ("A Little Bit More")
• Freddie Jackson ("Tasty Love")
• Beau Williams (There's Just Something About You")
• Special Guest interview: Blair Underwood

• Millie Jackson ("Love is a Dangerous Game" and "Hot Wild Unrestricted Crazy Love")
• Whodini ("One Love" and "Fugitive")

• Dance songs: "Nail It To The Wall" by Stacy Lattisaw, "Jody" by Jermaine Stewart, "Point Of No Return" by Nu Shooz, "Control" by Janet Jackson
• Anita Baker ("Sweet Love", "Same Ole Love" & "Caught Up In The Rapture")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Shari Belafonte"; Song: "Talk To Me" by Chico DeBarge
• Gregory Abbott ("Shake You Down")
• Special Guest Interview: Troy Beyer
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Gravity" by James Brown

• Tribute to Luther Vandross
• All Dance Songs by Luther Vandross: "I Wanted Your Love", "Never Too Much", "I'll Let You Slide", "It's Over Now"
• Luther Vandross performs "Give Me The Reason", "Stop to Love" & "Wait for Love")
• Interview with Eric Dickerson from the Los Angeles Rams
• Soul Train History Book: "A House is Not a Home" (from Episode 405, November 27, 1982)
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Til My Baby Comes Home"

• Dance songs: "Talk To Me" by Chico DeBarge, "Control" by Janet Jackson, "Shiver" by George Benson, "Jealousy" by Club Nouveau
• Krystol ("Precious, Precious" & "Passion From A Woman")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Michael Jordan"; Song: "Gravity" by James Brown
• Music Video: "Victory" by Kool & The Gang
• Timex Social Club ("Rumors" & "Mixed Up World")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Nail It To The Wall" by Stacy Lattisaw

• Dance Songs: "Control" by Janet Jackson, "Gravity" by James Brown, "Sweet Love" by Anita Baker, "Talk To Me" by Chico DeBarge
• Ready For The World ("Love You Down" & "Mary Goes Round")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Harold Washington"; Song: "For Tonight" by Nancy Martinez
• Music Video: Cameo ("Candy")
• Rebbie Jackson ("Reaction" & "Ticket To Love")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Crazay" by Jesse Johnson

• Klymaxx ("Divas Need Love Too" & "Sexy")
• Club Nouveau ("Jealousy")
• Bobby Brown ("Girlfriend" & "Girl Next Door")

• Al Jarreau ("Since I Fell for You" and "L is for Love")
• Vesta Williams ("Once Bitten Twice Shy" and "Sweet Thang")

• Dance Songs: "Sexy" by Klymaxx, "Sex Appeal" by Georgio, "Control" by Janet Jackson, "Candy" by Cameo
• Jody Watley ("Looking for a New Love" and "Still a Thrill")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Charlie Parker"; Song: "I Need Your Loving" by Human League
• Jeff Lorber featuring Karyn White ("Facts of Life")
• Jeff Lorber and Michael Jeffries ("Back in Love")
• Special Guest: Tim Reid
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Victory" by Kool & the Gang

• Dance Songs: "I Need Your Loving" by the Human League, "Sex Appeal" by Georgio, "Once in a Lifetime Groove" by New Edition, "Sexy" by Klymaxx
• Loose Ends ("Slow Down" and "Stay a Little While, Child")
• Soul Train Scrambleboard: "Lonette McKee"; Song: "Jimmy Lee" by Aretha Franklin
• George Howard ("No No" and "The Sweetest Taboo")
• Music Video: Cameo ("Candy")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "Control" by Janet Jackson

• Dance Songs: "He Wants By Body" by Starpoint, "She (I Can't Resist)" by Jesse Johnson, "Take it from Me" by The Commodores, "Candy" by Cameo
• O'Bryan ("Driving Force" and "Tenderoni")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Oprah Winfrey"; Song: "You Better Quit" by One Way
• Beastie Boys ("Posse in Effect" and "Brass Monkey")
• Music Video: Robbie Nevil ("C'est La Vie")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "If I Say Yes" by Five Star

• Dance Songs: "She (I Can't Resist)" by Jesse Johnson, "If I Say Yes" by Five Star, "Serious" by Donna Allen
• James Cleveland and the Cleveland Singers ("Sunshine Follows Rain" & "Love Is Only One Prayer Away")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Anita Baker"; Song: "Candy" by Cameo
• The Rose Brothers ("Easy Love")
• Grace Jones ("I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)" & "Crush")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "He Wants My Body" by Starpoint

• Dance Songs: "Take It From Me" by The Commodores, "Serious" by Donna Allen, "Candy" by Cameo, "Respect Yourself" by Bruce Willis
• Rose Royce ("It Doesn't Have To Be This Way" & "Lonely Road")
• Soul Train Scramble Word: "Spud Webb"; Song: "Save The Best For Me" by Bunny DeBarge
• Music Video: Jody Watley ("Looking For A New Love")
• Chico DeBarge ("Talk To Me" & "The Girl Next Door")
• Soul Train Line Dance Song: "She (I Can't Resist)" by Jesse Johnson

• Little Richard ("Somebody's Coming")
• Miki Howard ("Come Share My Love")
• Special Guest: Danielle Spencer

• Duran Duran ("Skin Trade" and "Meet El Presidente")
• Stacy Lattisaw ("Nail it to the Wall" and "Jump Into My Life")

• Starpoint ("He Wants My Body")
• Shirley Murdock ("As We Lay" and "Go On Without You")
• Bodybuilding champions Carla Dunlap and Tony Pearson

• Bunny DeBarge ("Save the Best for Me" and "Let's Spend the Night")
• The System ("Don't Disturb this Groove")
• Georgio ("Sex Appeal" and "Tina Cherry")