The BEST episodes of Soul Train season 5
Every episode of Soul Train season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Soul Train season 5!
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 - The Dells/ Bloodstone
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 1/31/1976
--The Dells ""I Wish It was Me You Loved"" and ""Bring Back the Love of Yesterday"" --Bloodstone ""As Tikme Goes By"" and ""Yakety Yak"", ""Money (That's What i want)"" and ""Toot! Toot! Tootsie Goodbye""
#2 - The Jackson Five
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 1/24/1976
--Michael Jackson - ""Just A Little Bit Of You,"" ""One Day In Your Life"" & ""We've Got Forever"" --The Jackson Five - ""Forever Came Today"" & ""All I Do Is Think Of You""
#3 - David Bowie/ Faith, Hope and Charity/ Jeff Perry
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/3/1976
--David Bowie - ""Golden Years"" and ""Fame"" --Faith, Hope and Charity - ""Don't Go Looking For Love"" and ""To Each His Own"" --Jeff Perry - ""Love Don't Come No Stronger (Than Yours and Mine)""
#4 - The Fifth Dimension/ The Brothers Johnson/ Pat Lundy
Season 5 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/19/1976
--The Fifth Dimension - ""Love Hangover"" and ""Will You Be There"" --The Brothers Johnson - ""I'll be Good to You"" --Pat Lundy - ""Ain't No Pity in the Naked City"" Additional songs: --The Brothers Johnson - ""Get the Funk Out of My Face"" --Pat Lundy - ""Lady Has Arrived""
#5 - The Temptations/ Edwin Starr
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/10/1976
--The Temptations - ""Shakey Ground"" and ""Glasshouse"" --Edwin Starr - ""Stay With Me""
#6 - The Staple Singers/ Bobby Womack
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 1/17/1976
--The Staple Singers ""Let's Do it Again"" --Bobby Womack ""Check It Out""
#7 - Bill Withers/ The Soul Train Gang
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/7/1976
--Bill Withers ""Sometimes a Song"" and ""I Wish You Well"" --The Soul Train Gang ""Searchin' for Another Love"" and ""Soul Train '75""
#8 - The Jimmy Castor Bunch/ Leon Haywood/ Southshore Commission
Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 2/14/1976
--The Jimmy Castor Bunch ""The Bertha Butt Boogie"" and ""Potential"" --Leon Haywood ""Keep It in the Family"" and ""Come and Get Yourself Some"" --Southshore Commission ""We're On the Right Track"" and ""Train Called Freedom""
#9 - The Commodores/ George McCrae
Season 5 - Episode 27 - Aired 2/21/1976
--The Commodores ""Sweet Love"", ""Better Never Than Forever"" and ""This is Your Life"" --George McCrae ""I Can't Leave You Alone"" and ""I Get Lifted""
#10 - Joe Tex/ The Chi-Lites/ Tom Dreeson
Season 5 - Episode 28 - Aired 2/28/1976
--Joe Tex ""Baby It's Raining"" and ""Mama Red"" --The Chi-Lites ""It's Time for Love"" --Tom Dreeson
#11 - Wilson Pickett/ Betty Wright/ The Modulations
Season 5 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/6/1976
--Wilson Pickett - ""Love Will Keep Us Together"" --Betty Wright - ""Everybody Was Rockin'"" --The Modulations - ""Worth Your Weight in Gold""
#12 - Eddie Kendricks/ The Temprees
Season 5 - Episode 30 - Aired 3/13/1976
--Eddie Kendricks ""He's a Friend"" and ""All of My Love"" --The Temprees Loving You Is Easy,"" ""Your Love (Is All I Need),""
#13 - Johnnie Taylor/ Donna Summer
Season 5 - Episode 31 - Aired 3/20/1976
--Donna Summer - ""Love to Love You Baby"" and ""Could It be Magic"" --Johnnie Taylor - ""Somebody's Gettin' It,"" ""Disco Lady"" & ""Running Out Of Lies""
#14 - The Supremes/ Al Wilson
Season 5 - Episode 32 - Aired 3/27/1976
--The Supremes - ""I'm Gonna Let My Heart do the Walking,"" ""Don't Let My Teardrops Bother You"" and ""You're What's Missing In My Life"" --Al Wilson - ""Baby I Want Your Body"" and ""I've Got a Feeling (We'll Be Seeing Each Other Again)""
#15 - The Dramatics/ Dorothy Moore/ Leon Thomas
Season 5 - Episode 33 - Aired 4/3/1976
--The Dramatics ""I'm Going By the Stars In Your Eyes"" and ""You're Fooling You"" --Dorothy Moore ""Misty Blue"" --Leon Thomas ""The Creator Has a Master Plan""
#16 - Kool & The Gang/ Ashford & Simpson/ Ronnie McNeir
Season 5 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/1/1976
--Kool and the Gang - ""Love And Understanding (Come Together)"" and ""Sugar"" --Ashford & Simpson - ""Tell It All"" and ""Somebody Told A Lie"" --Ronnie McNeir - ""I'm Your Lover"" and ""Sagittarian Affair""
#17 - The Delfonics/ D.J. Rogers
Season 5 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/8/1976
--Delfonics ""This Time"" --D.J. Rogers ""Say You Love Me"" --Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.
#18 - Billy Paul/ The Trammps
Season 5 - Episode 36 - Aired 5/15/1976
--Billy Paul ""When Love is New"" and ""People Power"" --The Trammps ""Love Epidemic"" and ""Save a Place""
#19 - Archie Bell & the Drells/ The Brass Connection
Season 5 - Episode 37 - Aired 5/22/1976
--Archie Bell & the Drells - ""Let's Go Disco"" & ""I Could Dance All Night"" --Brass Construction - ""Changin'"" Additional songs: --Archie Bell & the Drells - ""Stragedy"" --Brass Construction - ""Moving""
#20 - Rufus/ The Checkmates/ The Booty People
Season 5 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/12/1976
--Rufus - ""Fool's Paradise"" & ""Dance Wit Me"" --The Checkmates Ltd. - ""All Alone By the Telephone"" --The Booty People - ""Spirit of '76"" Additional songs: --Rufus - ""Sweet Thing"" --The Booty People - ""Booty People""
#21 - Minnie Riperton/ Twenty First Century
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/25/1975
--Minnie Riperton ""Inside My Love"", ""Simple Things"", ""When It comes Down to It"" and ""Adventures in paradise"" --Twenty First Century ""Child""
#22 - The Supremes/ Willie Hutch
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/23/1975
--The Supremes ""This is Why I Believe in You"", ""Where Is it I Belong,"" ""Early Morning Love"" & ""He's My Man"" --Willie Hutch ""Love Power"" & ""Party Down""
#23 - Johnny Bristol/ The Blackbyrds
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/30/1975
--Johnny Bristol ""Leave My World"" and ""love Takes Tears"" --The Blackbyrds ""Walking in Rhythm"" and ""Flying High""
#24 - Joe Simon/ Millie Jackson/ Choice Four
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/6/1975
--Joe Simon ""Get Up, Get Down On the Floor"" and ""Music in My Bones"" --Millie Jackson ""If Loving You is Wrong I don't Wanna be Right"" and ""Loving Arms"" --Choice Four ""The Finger Pointers"" and ""I Can't Make you Love Me""
#25 - New Birth/ Blue Magic/ Bobby Moore
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/13/1975
--New Birth ""Dream Merchant"" --Blue Magic ""I Like You"" and ""Haunted By Your Love"" --Bobby Moore ""Try to Hold On"" and ""Call Me Your Anything Man""