I was on Dirpy(a program where you can convert YouTube videos into mp3s/mp4s) trying to look for a good version of Vanity 6's "Nasty Girl" to convert into a mp3 for my mp3 player and I saw that they had made an appearance on Soul Train. I was shocked because I never thought they had been on there before! Mind ya'll I'm a yungin! Lol! I remember seeing old reruns of Soul Train on TV where they had all the old greats in black music like: Marvin Gaye,Aretha Franklin,Gladys Knight&The Pips,The Temptations,James Brown, The Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, etc..... But, I was wondering how come Prince never performed on Soul Train?! Or how come Don Cornelius never invited him to show us his Purple Funk? That would have been cool and to see him dance in the Soul Train line. Lol! Just a thought!!!

Yes.

I believe he did some Gold Experience material or something within that era on Soul Train.

He lip synced his performance if I can remember.


Does anyone remember what the songs were on that performance?
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IIRC, he did in 1994 four songs - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World, Now, Acknowledge Me and Love Sign.

Didn't he also do LRC on in in 1983?

or was it solid gold?
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See:

http://www.princevault.co...sion_Shows

9 April 1994:
Soul Train
Stage 30
Paramount Studios
Hollywood
California USA

http://www.princevault.co...pril,_1994

The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
Now
Acknowledge Me
Love Sign (with Nona Gaye)

langebleu said:

IMDB has him on Soul Train 4 June 1983

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0767456/

But the princevault lists him on Solid Gold twice in 1983 but has no mention of ST
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I'm pretty sure he was not on Soul Train in 1983. When Sheila E was on there in 1986, he asked Sheila to tell Prince to come on there.

TheVoid said:

everyone pretty much lip synced on soul train

yes, he's been on ST a few times and it was lip synching each time not that it matters cuz baby aint gotta sing a lick...just stand there and let everyone look.

V6 has been on there and The Time as well.


some of those were on YT for a time.

What in the hell?

I have Prince on dvd on that show and all I got was acknowlegde me.

I thought he played Soul Train in 79-80 for "I Wanna Be Your Lover", but I think I'm wrong.

So he did the Midnight Special and American Bandstand, but no Soul Train for the Prince album? Or am I right and he did show love to the brothas in the early days?

oops...double post
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StonedImmaculate said:

I believe you're thinking about "The Midnight Special" from 1980. It's the clip where he was introduced by Dr. Hook.

I think people are confusing the LRC performance with a show called 'Solid Gold'

And yes, he lip-synced it

herb4 said:

yeash I know the clip, (starts with Prince sitting on the bass drum)

What is confusing me is IMDB has Prince as being on ST but not SG.

I think he was on SG twice. (as backed up by the vault link) once for 1999 and once for LRC.

didnt they have sexy dancer play without prince?

Llanishenlad said:

they played his songs all the time.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

He was on Solid Gold twice with LRC and 1999, I have it on an old videotape. He didn't perform on Soul Train until 1994. He did show up for some achievement award in 1992?, but only Patti Labelle, Rosie Gaines, and someone else sang his songs.

Wasn't Prince tweakedon Solid Gold when he did LRC?