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Thread started 02/07/06 3:50pm

WillieDynamite

Which artists have sung live on Soul Train?

I know its a short list but Kirk Franklin's recent live performance had me thinking back to which artist actualy had a working microphone while perfoming.

Mariah Carey (Early 90's)
Brian Mcknight
Stevie Wonder
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Reply #1 posted 02/07/06 5:25pm

PurpleCharm

Minnie Riperton
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Reply #2 posted 02/07/06 6:16pm

Bull

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zero
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Reply #3 posted 02/08/06 12:41am

funkpill

Luther

House Is Not A Home


James Brown

Make It Funky

Super Bad

Black & Proud


Aretha

Rock Steady

She also performed at the piano, with Smokey Robinson one time..

Can't recall the song they sang tho'..hmmm


Eddie Kendricks

Can I


Al Green

Love & Happiness

You Oughta Be With Me

Sha La La


The Isley Brothers

Live It Up

That Lady

Hello, It's Me

Ike & Tina Turner

NutBush City Limits


War

All Day Music

Slippin into Darkness


The band Mandrell performed live also....

Stevie performed on piano also one time...

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Reply #4 posted 02/08/06 1:20am

prettymansson

Al Green


I also have seen stevie wonder sitting at a piano with the soul train dancers and singing a song live
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Reply #5 posted 02/08/06 1:33am

MrSoulpower

James Brown has made to major performances on Soul Train, one in 1973, the other one in 1974. On both shows, he and the JB's played live, and they also brought in guests like Lyn Collins and Sweet Charles Sherrell.

Mandrill appeared on Soul Train in 1973, playing "Hang Loose" and "Git it all", both entirely live.
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Reply #6 posted 02/08/06 1:40am

vainandy

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funkpill said:

Ike & Tina Turner

NutBush City Limits


They also did "Sexy Ida".
Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #7 posted 02/08/06 3:57am

Ottensen

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Not true. Prior to the mid 80's nearly everyone sang live. That's what it USED TO MEAN to be a soul-rythm&blues artist....you could blow live on TV without a care in the world because you could S I N G,
lol lol lol
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Reply #8 posted 02/08/06 5:20am

Romera

Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
Heather Headley
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Reply #9 posted 02/08/06 6:20am

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Average White Band

School Boy Crush

Cut The Cake

Person to Person


Tower of Power

So Very Hard To Go

This Time It's Real

What Is Hip?



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Reply #10 posted 02/08/06 6:56am

MrSoulpower

Ottensen said:

Bull said:

zero


Not true. Prior to the mid 80's nearly everyone sang live. That's what it USED TO MEAN to be a soul-rythm&blues artist....you could blow live on TV without a care in the world because you could S I N G,
lol lol lol



That's not true either. Even back in the 1970s, most performances on Soul Train were lip-synch. There are some really terrible ones by Marvin Gaye and Al Green I can think of .. they really didn't know how to lip-synch.
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Reply #11 posted 02/08/06 7:25am

TheSmyrk

They let Shaggy and Rik Rok do It Wasn't Me live. I was crushed. They make everybody lipsync and then you got these ass clowns singin live. Booo.
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Reply #12 posted 02/08/06 12:44pm

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MrSoulpower said:

Ottensen said:



Not true. Prior to the mid 80's nearly everyone sang live. That's what it USED TO MEAN to be a soul-rythm&blues artist....you could blow live on TV without a care in the world because you could S I N G,
lol lol lol



That's not true either. Even back in the 1970s, most performances on Soul Train were lip-synch. There are some really terrible ones by Marvin Gaye and Al Green I can think of .. they really didn't know how to lip-synch.

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Who cares that Marv and Al can't lip synch. We all would rather have heard them sing live (LOL)
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Reply #13 posted 02/08/06 1:53pm

musicman

vainandy said:

funkpill said:

Ike & Tina Turner

NutBush City Limits


They also did "Sexy Ida".


I would have loved to see that!

"Don't give your love to Sexy Ida, cuz she's the sister of a black widow spyda!"
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Reply #14 posted 02/08/06 2:02pm

Darla

MrSoulpower said:


That's not true either. Even back in the 1970s, most performances on Soul Train were lip-synch. There are some really terrible ones by Marvin Gaye and Al Green I can think of .. they really didn't know how to lip-synch.


This one from New Birth is particularly bad. They actually used the Vynl LP to lip synch too falloff. Listen & you can hear the record skip in the middle of the song lol .


http://www.youtube.com/w/...=nickfresh
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Reply #15 posted 02/08/06 8:21pm

Bull

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You guys are good. Hats off to all of you. Guys and girls
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Reply #16 posted 02/08/06 8:36pm

JesseDezz

Aretha Franklin and Smokey Robinson once sat at the piano and did a medley of their songs. Those were rare/special moments.
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