List of Soul Train episodes

Gladys Knight & the Pips on Soul Train in 1974
The Jackson 5 on Soul Train

This is a list of episodes for the musical variety show Soul Train. Soul Train premiered on WCIU-TV on August 17, 1970, as a live show airing weekday afternoons. Beginning as a low-budget affair, in black and white, the first episode of the program featured Jerry Butler, The Chi-Lites, and The Emotions as guests.[1] The show would air in Syndication from October 2, 1971, to March 25, 2006. The dates shown are original air dates, but some dates are approximate because in the 1970s, most syndication markets did not get the episodes at the same time, so the dates shown are the first airings of the episodes. This is also a list for the Best of Soul Train reruns that aired from 2006 until the show's cancellation in September 2008. The dates shown are the first airings of the episodes.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "'An ad for blackness': how Soul Train made America do the Hustle". The Guardian. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Home". loc.gov.
  3. ^ Various TV Guides listings from 1971 to 1980
  4. ^ U.S. Copyright Office