The BEST episodes of Soul Train season 18
Every episode of Soul Train season 18, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Soul Train season 18!
It's the SOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUL TRAIN! Pop music has always had shows like American Bandstand to sing its praises, but R&B music had to wait a while for its own major weekly showcase. Just the same, Soul Train proved to be well worth the wait when it hit the airwaves in the 1970s. This weekly extravaganza, which showed off the latest and greatest in soul music and dance moves, became a national sensation in the mid-1970s and became a pop culture juggernaut that broke new ground for African-American entertainment. Soul Train was the brainchild of radio announcer Don Cornelius. After studying broadcasting in college, Cornelius got a job at WVON, one of Chicago's most popular urban radio stations. During this time, he pondered breaking into television with a dance and music show from an African-American perspective. In 1969, he produced a pilot episode and dubbed it "Soul Train" after a local radio promotion he had done in Chicago. The pilot impressed the Sears Roebuck Company, whic
#1 - Manhattan Transfer/ Rene Moore/ Lateasha
Season 18 - Episode 27 - Aired 5/20/1989
--Manhattan Transfer ""Killer Joe"" and ""Soul Food to Go (Sina)"" --Rene Moore ""All or Nothing"" --Lateasha ""It Just ain't Easy"" and ""Move on You""
#2 - Georgio/ The Bar-Kays/ Tone Loc
Season 18 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/29/1989
--Georgio ""I Don't want 2 Be Alone"" and ""Romantic Love"" --The Bar-Kays ""Just Like a Teeter-Totter"" --Tone Loc ""Funky Cold Medina"" --Additional song ""Wild Thing""
#3 - El DeBarge/ Vesta/ Troop
Season 18 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/11/1989
--El DeBarge ""Real Love"" --Vesta ""Sweet, Sweet Love"" and ""Congratulations"" --Troop ""Mamacita"" and ""Watch Me Dance""
#4 - Midnight Star/ Gerald Alston/ Kiara & Shanice Wilson
Season 18 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/1989
--Midnight Star ""Don't Rock the Boat"" and ""Snake in the Grass"" --Gerald Alston ""Let's Try Love Again"" and ""Take me Where You Want To"" --Kiara & Shanice Wilson ""This Time""
#5 - Betty Wright/ K-9 Posse/ Today
Season 18 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/1989
--Betty Wright ""No Pain, no Gain"" --K-9 Posse ""Ain't Nothin to It"" and ""It gets No Deeper"" --Today ""Him or Me"" and ""Girl i Got my Eyes on You""
#6 - George Duke/ Tony! Toni! Tone!/ Marcus Lewis
Season 18 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/1989
--George Duke ""Guilty"" --Tony! Toni! Tone! ""Little Walter"" and ""Born Not to Know"" --Marcus Lewis ""Sing me a Song""
#7 - Milli Vanilli/ Was Not Was/ Z-Looke
Season 18 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/1989
--Milli Vanilli ""Girl You Know It's True"" and ""I'm gonna Miss you"" --Was Not Was ""Walking the Dinosaur"" --Z-Looke ""Take U Back to My Place""
#8 - Skyy/ Desiree Coleman/ Apollonia
Season 18 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/15/1989
--Skyy ""Real Love"" --Desiree Coleman ""To Love Forever"" and ""Always in the Mirror"" --Apollonia ""Since I feel for You"" and ""Beat of My Heart""
#9 - Ashford & Simpson/ Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock/ Johnny Kemp
Season 18 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/22/1989
--Ashford & Simpson ""Cookies and Cake"" and ""Love or Physical"" --Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock ""It Takes Two"" --Johnny Kemp ""Dancin' With Myself"" and ""One Thing Lead to Another""
#10 - Starpoint/ Cherrelle/ Robert Brookins & Stephanie Mills
Season 18 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/4/1989
--Starpoint ""Hot to the Touch"" --Cherrelle ""Affair"" and ""Everything I Miss at Home""
#11 - E.U./ Grady Harrell/ Joyce Fenderella Irby with Doug E. Fresh
Season 18 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/6/1989
--E.U. ""Da Butt"" --Grady Harrell ""You and Me"" and ""Sticks and Stones"" --Joyce ""Fenderella"" Irby with Doug E. Fresh ""Mr. D.J.""
#12 - Third World/ Donna Allen
Season 18 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/13/1989
--Third World ""Forbidden Love"" and ""Same old Song"" --Donna Allen ""Joy and Pain"" and ""You Move, You Lose""
#13 - Wendy & Lisa/ Charlie Singleton
Season 18 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/27/1989
--Wendy & Lisa ""Waterfalls"" and ""Someday I"" --Charlie Singleton ""Man on a Misson"" and ""Good, Bad & Ugly""
#14 - Robert Palmer/ Atlantic Starr/ Stephanie Mills
Season 18 - Episode 29 - Aired 6/3/1989
--Robert Palmer ""Simply Irresitable"" and ""She Makes My Day"" --Atlantic Starr ""My First Love"" --Stephanie Mills ""Something in the Way You Make Me Feel"" and ""Home""
#15 - Eugene Wilde/ Tribute to Patti LaBelle
Season 18 - Episode 30 - Aired 6/10/1989
--Eugene Wilde ""I Choose You Tonight"" --Patti LaBelle ""If You Ask Me To"" and ""Yo Mister""
#16 - M.C. Hammer/ Hiroshima/ James Ingram
Season 18 - Episode 31 - Aired 6/17/1989
--M.C. Hammer ""Let's get It Started"" and ""Turn This Mutha Out"" --Hiroshima ""Midtown Higashi"" --James Ingram ""It's Real"" and ""A Natural Man (You Make Feel Like a)""
#17 - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam/ June Pointer/ Christopher Max
Season 18 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/24/1989
--Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam ""Little Jackie Wants to Be A Star"" --June Pointer ""Tight on Time"" --Christopher Max ""More Than Physical""
#18 - George Benson/ Guy
Season 18 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/1989
--George Benson ""Let's Do It Again"" and ""Twice the Love"" --Guy ""I Like"" and ""Piece of My Love""
#19 - Chaka Khan Tribute/ Fishbone
Season 18 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1989
--Chaka Khan ""It's My Party"" and ""The End of a Love Affair"" --Fishbone ""Freddie's Dead"" and ""Bonin' in the Boneyard""
#20 - The Boys/ Breathe/ Desiree Coleman
Season 18 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1989
--Breathe - ""How Can I Fall"" and ""Hands To Heaven"" --The Boys ""Lucky Charm"" and ""A Little Romance"" --Desiree Coleman ""Romance""
#21 - Levert/ James D-Train Williams
Season 18 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1988
--Levert ""Addicted to You"" and ""Just Coolin'"" --James ""D-Train"" Williams ""Misunderstanding""
#22 - Keith Sweat/ Surface/ EMPD
Season 18 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/1988
--Keith Sweat - ""Right And Wrong Way"" and ""Don't Stop The Love"" --Surface ""Shower Me With Your Love"" and ""Closer Than Friends"" --EMPD ""You Gots to Chill"" and ""Let the Funk Flow"" Additional song: Keith Sweat ""How Deep is Your Love""
#23 - Sheena Easton/ Howard Huntsberry/ Sweet Obsession
Season 18 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1988
--Sheena Easton - ""The Lover in Me"" and ""No Deposit, No Return."" --Howard Huntsberry ""A Woman, A Lover, A Friend"" --Sweet Obsession ""Being in Love Ain't Easy"" and ""Somebody is Tapping""
#24 - Ready for the World/ Cheryl Pepsii Riley/ Billy Always
Season 18 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1988
--Ready for the World ""My Girly"" and ""It's All Up to You"" --Cheryl Pepsii Riley ""Thanks for My Child"" --Billy Always ""Back on Track"" and ""Where You Touch me""
#25 - Ziggy Marley/ Karyn White with Freddie Jackson
Season 18 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1988
--Ziggy Marley ""Tomorrow People"" and ""Tumblin' Down"" --Karyn White with Freddie Jackson --Karyn White ""The Way You Love Me"" --Freddie Jackson ""Nice & Slow""