MickyDolenz said:

They're dancing to Jesse Johnson's She on the Soul Train line. Rosie Perez is one of the dancers.

I never liked her dancing. She looked so stiff.

This one is Angela Bofill & Con Funk Shun. The ST line is dancing to a song I've never heard before called P.Y.T. I have the album that the songs Angela are performing come from.

Tavares / Kool & The Gang

This one is different: Whodini, Lace, & Freddie Jackson.

MickyDolenz said:

Madonna's Who's That Girl video is on.

I think that this particular episode is probably my favorite ever!

This episode has 4 acts. This looks like a mid 90's show, so I'm not really familiar with any of them. I remember a couple of songs by For Real though. The others are Case, Southside Boys, & Mint Condition. Darius from Family Matters is the host. I wonder why Don C. appears at the front of the show, but then has guest hosts for the rest of it.

getxxxx said:

Bounce TV will honor Don Cornelius with a seven-hour "Soul Train" marathon this Saturday starting at 7P ET / 4P PT.

The marathon, hosted by TLC's Chilli, will begin with the show's first episode and conclude with his final episode as host.

That's great to here.

Right now, they're showing the episode with Thelma Houston & The Commodores.

I've been watching on Centric since last night. Quite a jump from 1977 to 1987. The clothes, the dances, the music. The 'Bump.' From Johnny Guitar Watson to Chico DeBarge to the Dramatics. I love watching and remembering where I was in my life by looking at the fashions on Soul Train and listening to the music.

Now The Time is on. Get It Up! Jesse with an afro. Morris with an attitude...I love this. But this comedian sucks.

RIP Don... And thank you!

(yep...1981)

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PATTI!!!!...in hot pink

C--O--O--L

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Oh snap, an episode with Foster Sylvers.

They've played that one before too.

vainandy said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Oh snap, an episode with Foster Sylvers.

They've played that one before too.

Man, I missed it.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Chili is introducing the premier episode. She says Gladys Knight/Pips were a new group. Maybe she's reading of a Card.

I'd like to think the Abilfy ad that ran in the first commercial break was just a coincidence, and not some drug company's cynical attempt to cash in on Don's tragic demise.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Chili is introducing the premier episode. She says Gladys Knight/Pips were a new group. Maybe she's reading of a Card.

She just said that Gino Vanelli was the 1st white act on the show. I'm pretty sure that the Average White Band, Elton John, and others were before him. Bounce or whoever gave her this information needs to do more research.

MickyDolenz said:

MickyDolenz said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Chili is introducing the premier episode. She says Gladys Knight/Pips were a new group. Maybe she's reading of a Card.

She just said that Gino Vanelli was the 1st white act on the show. I'm pretty sure that the Average White Band, Elton John, and others were before him. Bounce or whoever gave her this information needs to do more research.

VH1's 2010 Soul Train documentary mentioned that as well. Gino and Don were both interviewed in the program and confirmed it. Gino recalled discussing with Don his invitation to perform on the show, saying "I'm not black". Don's response was "you're off-white", However some people claim Dennis Coffey was actually the 1st white artist to perform on Soul Train, before Gino.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Chili is introducing the premier episode. She says Gladys Knight/Pips were a new group. Maybe she's reading of a Card.

What? They were 18 years deep (and 14 years professional) when they were on the show.

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KemiVA said:

MickyDolenz said:

She just said that Gino Vanelli was the 1st white act on the show. I'm pretty sure that the Average White Band, Elton John, and others were before him. Bounce or whoever gave her this information needs to do more research.

VH1's 2010 Soul Train documentary mentioned that as well. Gino and Don were both interviewed in the program and confirmed it. Gino recalled discussing with Don his invitation to perform on the show, saying "I'm not black". Don's response was "you're off-white", However some people claim Dennis Coffey was actually the 1st white artist to perform on Soul Train, before Gino.

Reading Wikipedia's page of the list of the ST episodes in the first ten years and yeah, Dennis Coffey was on that show in January 1972, a year before Gino so technically he definitely was the first white artist on Soul Train. Gino was probably the first white SINGER since Dennis was an instrumentalist.

Love how all the Soul Train dancers were doing variations of (what would be known as) the Carlton dance to Prince's "Delirious",

Timmy84 said:

KemiVA said:

VH1's 2010 Soul Train documentary mentioned that as well. Gino and Don were both interviewed in the program and confirmed it. Gino recalled discussing with Don his invitation to perform on the show, saying "I'm not black". Don's response was "you're off-white", However some people claim Dennis Coffey was actually the 1st white artist to perform on Soul Train, before Gino.

Reading Wikipedia's page of the list of the ST episodes in the first ten years and yeah, Dennis Coffey was on that show in January 1972, a year before Gino so technically he definitely was the first white artist on Soul Train. Gino was probably the first white SINGER since Dennis was an instrumentalist.

Interesting. Too bad that was never mentioned in Soul Train's official doc or other bios. Dennis Coffey's "Scorpio" is a funky track, too.

Timmy84 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Chili is introducing the premier episode. She says Gladys Knight/Pips were a new group. Maybe she's reading of a Card.

What? They were 18 years deep (and 14 years professional) when they were on the show.

That is what Gladys said on the show from a question one of the dancers asked the group.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

MickyDolenz said:

She just said that Gino Vanelli was the 1st white act on the show. I'm pretty sure that the Average White Band, Elton John, and others were before him. Bounce or whoever gave her this information needs to do more research.

Gino was on in 73 right, I think the same year as AWB.

Oh, was Elton the same year too?