Dick Clark was also the host of another music show called Where The Action Is. Later seasons it had the title "Action" with whatever year it was like Action '73. The singers/bands usually performed on a beach instead of a TV studio set. On that show a couple of the performances I like are by Roy Head & Stevie Wonder. One of my all time favorite songs is the 1970s theme to American Bandstand by Barry Manilow. It's called Bandstand Boogie.

I used to watch it all the time, it never mattered to me that no one was live there were reasons for that, I mainly just wanted to see artists I liked because this was my mtv I didn't have cable then so it was this then Friday night videos etc...

Soul Train was the better show but we watched American Bandstand, too. I can't remember a particular performance that was a favorite. For exciting live performances, the best ones were on the Midnight Special which came on late. I can remember being riveted by Tina Turner when she was still with Ike.

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purplethunder3121 said:

Soul Train was the better show but we watched American Bandstand, too. I can't remember a particular performance that was a favorite. For exciting live performances, the best ones were on the Midnight Special which came on late. I can remember being riveted by Tina Turner when she was still with Ike.

I like a show called SOUL! which started before Soul Train. It ran from 1968 to around 1973 on PBS. SOUL! had music acts, but was not only a music show. Some episodes were all music and even had episodes with only one artist performing for the entire hour. Other episodes had poets, interviews with actors, black authors & black leaders. It wasn't just R&B acts like Soul Train, SOUL! also had gospel, jazz, folk, salsa music, etc. Another similar show is Black Omnibus which was hosted by James Earl Jones.

MickyDolenz said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Soul Train was the better show but we watched American Bandstand, too. I can't remember a particular performance that was a favorite. For exciting live performances, the best ones were on the Midnight Special which came on late. I can remember being riveted by Tina Turner when she was still with Ike.

I like a show called SOUL! which started before Soul Train. It ran from 1968 to around 1973 on PBS. SOUL! had music acts, but was not only a music show. Some episodes were all music and even had episodes with only one artist performing for the entire hour. Other episodes had poets, interviews with actors, black authors & black leaders. It wasn't just R&B acts like Soul Train, SOUL! also had gospel, jazz, folk, salsa music, etc. Another similar show is Black Omnibus which was hosted by James Earl Jones.

I don't remember those shows. The first show I can recall watching was the Electric Company. Besides Sesame Street and Mr. Roger's, of course!

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purplethunder3121 said:

I don't remember those shows. The first show I can recall watching was the Electric Company. Besides Sesame Street and Mr. Roger's, of course!

There's a recent documentary about SOUL! and its creator Ellis Haizlip. It's called Mr. SOUL!. The James Earl Jones show is on DVD, but I don't know if it's still in print. Black Omnibus only ran one season and the DVD has all of the episodes.

RJOrion said:

We used to watch 'Solid Gold' all the time, too,

so i can't remember which show Adam Ant did "Goodie Two Shoes" on

nayroo2002 said:

We used to watch 'Solid Gold' all the time, too,

so i can't remember which show Adam Ant did "Goodie Two Shoes" on

Yeah, I used to watch that. Dionne Warwick hosted it and then Andy Gibb.

purplethunder3121 said:

Yeah, I used to watch that. Dionne Warwick hosted it and then Andy Gibb.

So did Marilyn McCoo & LaToya Jackson

MickyDolenz said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Yeah, I used to watch that. Dionne Warwick hosted it and then Andy Gibb.

So did Marilyn McCoo & LaToya Jackson

That's right--Marilyn McCoo, too. I never saw it with LaToya... I had stopped watching it by then.

purplethunder3121 said:

That's right--Marilyn McCoo, too. I never saw it with LaToya... I had stopped watching it by then.

One of the Solid Gold Dancers (Darcel) was in the Fresh video by Kool & The Gang

RJOrion said:

i saw the episode with Prince, but we normally didnt watch that show...we were very loyal to Soul Train

I love Prince, but I cringe whenever I watch him on American Bandstand with Dick Clark interviewing him, and the way he was acting. I was embarrassed for him.

MickyDolenz said:

purplethunder3121 said:

MickyDolenz said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Soul Train was the better show but we watched American Bandstand, too. I can't remember a particular performance that was a favorite. For exciting live performances, the best ones were on the Midnight Special which came on late. I can remember being riveted by Tina Turner when she was still with Ike.

I like a show called SOUL! which started before Soul Train. It ran from 1968 to around 1973 on PBS. SOUL! had music acts, but was not only a music show. Some episodes were all music and even had episodes with only one artist performing for the entire hour. Other episodes had poets, interviews with actors, black authors & black leaders. It wasn't just R&B acts like Soul Train, SOUL! also had gospel, jazz, folk, salsa music, etc. Another similar show is Black Omnibus which was hosted by James Earl Jones.

The whole 1st Season of SOUL!! is on Amazon Prime! LaBelle, Mandrill & The Dells are 3 of the Performances that BLEW ME AWAY!!!

woogiebear said:

The whole 1st Season of SOUL!! is on Amazon Prime! LaBelle, Mandrill & The Dells are 3 of the Performances that BLEW ME AWAY!!!

That's probably not the 1st season (1968) because Mandrill did not have a record out until 1970

Here's all of the 1st season SOUL! episodes. I don't see Mandrill or The Dells listed:

September 12, 1968 (Premiere episode)
Guests: Barbara Acklin, Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, Novella Nelson, Billy Taylor, The Vibrations and Pearl Williams Jones, and Irwin C. Watson
Hosts: Alvin Poussaint and Loretta Long

September 26, 1968
Guests: Betty Shabazz (widow of Malcolm X), author Julius Lester, comedian Arnold Dover, vocalist Tiny Irvin, vocal quintet Popular Five, vocal quartet Sweet Inspirations
Hosts: Alvin Poussaint and Loretta Long

October 10, 1968
Featured: Segments of the second act of Hair, Michael Butler’s smash Broadway production of the American-Tribal Love-Rock Musical, presented with members of the show’s cast performing exactly as they did at the Biltmore Theater. Hair was the first integrated musical produced on Broadway.
Host: Alvin F. Poussaint

October 17, 1968
Guests: The Sam and Dave Revue: Sam and Dave Orchestra, comedian Redd Foxx, vocal trio The Mirettes, and vocalists Johnny “K”. Double Dynamite Duo Sam and Dave, whose sensational hit recording of “Soul Man” last year earned them their first gold record. Maxine Brown – “soul, poignancy, sex, subtlety, sincerity, humor, and warmth – packed neatly into one great voice.”
Host: Alvin F. Poussaint

October 24, 1968
Guests: Barbara Ann Teer, Marion Williams, The Last Poets, Duke and Leonard
Co-hosts: Ellis Haizlip and Loretta Long

October 31, 1968
Guests: Gilbert Price, The Manhattans, Lilly Fields, and a special debate on the 1968 Presidential Elections
Hosts: Loretta Long and Ellis Haizlip

November 7, 1968
Guests: Billy Taylor Trio, vocalist and composer Delsey McKay, vocal group C and the Shells, Henry Davis of the New York Giants

November 14, 1968
Guests: comedian Joe Keyes, singing group 125th Street Candy Store, Vertamae Grosvenor, Johnnie Taylor, Jimmy McGriff and Trio

November 21, 1968
Guests: vocalist Mary Wells accompanied Cecil and Harry Womack, singer Jackie Verdell, Florence Rice of the Harlem Consumer Educational Council, song stylist Shirley Shaw
Hosts: Ellis Haizlip and Loretta Long

November 28, 1968
Guests: The Rufus Harley Quartet and the Dinizulu Africa Dance Company
Hosts: Ellis Haizlip and Loretta Long

December 5, 1968
Guests: singer Maxine Brown, author Ann Moody, Clarence Haynes, singing group The Constellations, singer George Smith
Hosts: Ellis Haizlip and Loretta Long

December 12, 1968
Tribute to Hal Jackson, popular radio personality, in recognition of his many contributions to broadcasting and the metropolitan community.
Guests: Don Covay and the Sandpebbles

December 19, 1968
This program was devoted to the Latin Soul Beat and African Music
Guests: Senorita Carla Pinza (a Puerto Rican actress, singer and dancer), Los Pleneros (Puerto Rican rhythm band), Matiwane Manana (African folk singer/dancer and his musical group), Cruz Martinez (Puerto Rican composer/guitarist), and Clayton Riley of the Manhattan Tribune
Host: Ellis Haizlip

December 26, 1968
Guests: Alex Bradford, vocalist Lonnie Youngblood, Robert MacBeth, Chuck Jackson, Spider Harrison, The Soul Children
Host: Ellis Haizlip

daingermouz2020 said:

It would definitely be Prince. Other than hearing "I Wanna Be Your Lover" on the radio and in the skating rinks, the "American Bandstand" performance was my first introduction to him and after seeing it, it made a huge impression on me and how I carried myself from then on.

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Having personally been called every homophobic slur in the book before I even knew what they meant, or homosexuality itself meant, I knew it was something that most of the world hated. From the descriptions I would get from people trying to explain it to me, when I saw Prince on that show, he fit every single description except one.....that gay men are weak, nerdy, and into things like ballet, show tunes, classical music, etc. that more masculine straight men would hate. Here this bitch was on national TV in skin tight satin pants that hookers were wearing on the street corners, prancing all over the stage slinging beautiful, bouncy straight hair that mainly black women had at the time, and to top it all off, he had an earring in, not his left ear, but his right ear, and you know what they used to say about men with an earring in their right ear at the time. He made damn sure you noticed it too because it wasn't a little stud earring either, it was a big ass hoop earring. You better work bitch! There was none of the classical music, show tune stereotypes attached to being gay either, this bitch was doing disco which was uptempo strong music and for the second song, he didn't just break the stereotype that went with his look, he absolutely shattered it. He grabbed his guitar, threw his entire body damn near down to the floor, and broke into not only rock, but hard ass rock that could outdo even the hardest of the straight men. That was it, I was hooked forever and carried myself in a strong "fuck you" manner to people that didn't like me from then on.

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vainandy said:

It would definitely be Prince. Other than hearing "I Wanna Be Your Lover" on the radio and in the skating rinks, the "American Bandstand" performance was my first introduction to him and after seeing it, it made a huge impression on me and how I carried myself from then on.

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Having personally been called every homophobic slur in the book before I even knew what they meant, or homosexuality itself meant, I knew it was something that most of the world hated. From the descriptions I would get from people trying to explain it to me, when I saw Prince on that show, he fit every single description except one.....that gay men are weak, nerdy, and into things like ballet, show tunes, classical music, etc. that more masculine straight men would hate. Here this bitch was on national TV in skin tight satin pants that hookers were wearing on the street corners, prancing all over the stage slinging beautiful, bouncy straight hair that mainly black women had at the time, and to top it all off, he had an earring in, not his left ear, but his right ear, and you know what they used to say about men with an earring in their right ear at the time. He made damn sure you noticed it too because it wasn't a little stud earring either, it was a big ass hoop earring. You better work bitch! There was none of the classical music, show tune stereotypes attached to being gay either, this bitch was doing disco which was uptempo strong music and for the second song, he didn't just break the stereotype that went with his look, he absolutely shattered it. He grabbed his guitar, threw his entire body damn near down to the floor, and broke into not only rock, but hard ass rock that could outdo even the hardest of the straight men. That was it, I was hooked forever and carried myself in a strong "fuck you" manner to people that didn't like me from then on.

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I thought it was always the left side (earring). It was the right side @ one time?

MickyDolenz said:

woogiebear said:

The whole 1st Season of SOUL!! is on Amazon Prime! LaBelle, Mandrill & The Dells are 3 of the Performances that BLEW ME AWAY!!!

That's probably not the 1st season (1968) because Mandrill did not have a record out until 1970

Gotcha! And THANK U 4 the info. I stand corrected! I think that's how Amazon Prime promoted it though.....

Questlove's documentary about 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. It won 2 awards there.

Franke and the Knockouts, with the silly lead singer with the porn mustache:

https://www.youtube.com/w...Avd56OFoU0

MickyDolenz said: