List of Soul Train episodes
No . in season No . in series Guests Original air date
1 543 Dance Songs : U Got The Look by Prince , Love Will Save The Day by Whitney Houston , Jam Tonight by Freddie Jackson Jody Watley ( Do n't You Want Me ? & Some Kind Of Lover ) Soul Train Scramble Word : Percy Sutton ; Song : How Soon We Forget by Colonel Abrams LeVert ( Casanova & My Forever Love ) Soul Train Line Dance Song : Fake by Alexander O'Neal September 19 , 1987
2 544 Dance Songs : Jump Start ( My Heart ) by Natalie Cole , How Soon We Forget by Colonel Abrams , Love Will Save The Day by Whitney Houston Alexander O'Neal ( Fake & Criticize ) Soul Train Scramble Word : Eric Davis ; Song : Love Power by Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne Shalamar ( Circumstantial Evidence & Games ) Soul Train Line Dance Song : The Pleasure Principle by Janet Jackson September 26 , 1987
3 545 Five Star , Babyface , Music Video : Madonna October 3 , 1987
4 546 Dance Songs : Cross My Broken Heart by The Jets , Jump Start ( My Heart ) by Natalie Cole , Fake by Alexander O'Neal La La ( My Love Is On The Money & We 'll Keep Strivin ' in duet with Bernard Wright ) Soul Train Scramble Word : Ahmad Rashad ; Song : Jam Tonight by Freddie Jackson Giorge Pettus ( My Night For Love ) Atlantic Starr ( One Lover At A Time & All In The Name Of Love ) Soul Train Line Dance Song : How Soon We Forget by Colonel Abrams October 10 , 1987
5 547 Anita Pointer , Chico DeBarge , Regina Belle October 17 , 1987
6 548 Barry White , Shanice Wilson October 24 , 1987
7 549 Dance Songs : How Soon We Forget by Colonel Abrams , Jump Start ( My Heart ) by Natalie Cole , Do n't You Want Me by Jody Watley Madame X ( Just That Type Of Girl & I 'm Weak For You ) Soul Train Scramble Word : Gordon Parks Sr. , Song : Crazy Love by Nancy Martinez Marlon Jackson ( Do n't Go & Baby Tonight ) Soul Train Line Dance Song : Bad by Michael Jackson October 31 , 1987
8 550 DeBarge , Jonathan Butler November 7 , 1987
9 551 Dance Songs : System Of Survival by Earth , Wind & Fire , Bad by Michael Jackson , Sho ' You Right by Barry White Whodini ( Be Yourself & Life Is Like A Dance ) Soul Train Scramble Word : Marla Gibbs , Song : Skeletons by Stevie Wonder Lace ( My Love Is Deep ) Freddie Jackson ( Look Around & Jam Tonight ) Soul Train Line Dance Song : So Emotional by Whitney Houston November 14 , 1987
10 552 LL Cool J , Meli'sa Morgan , Sting November 21 , 1987
11 553 Dance Songs : Sho ' You Right by Barry White , System Of Survival by Earth , Wind & Fire , Skeletons by Stevie Wonder Colonel Abrams ( Nameless & How Soon We Forget ) Soul Train Scramble Word : Nelson Mandela ; Song : So Emotional by Whitney Houston Eric B . & Rakim ( I Know You Got Soul ) ABC ( The Night You Murdered Love & When Smokey Sings ) Soul Train Line Dance Song : Bad by Michael Jackson November 28 , 1987
12 554 Dance Songs : Skeletons by Stevie Wonder , So Emotional by Whitney Houston , Another Part Of Me by Michael Jackson The Jets ( I Do You & Cross My Broken Heart ) Soul Train Scramble Word : Ozzie Smith ; Song : System Of Survival by Earth , Wind & Fire Public Enemy ( Rebel Without A Pause ) Kashif ( Love Changes in duet with Meli'sa Morgan & Love Me All Over ) Soul Train Line Dance Song : Baby Tonight by Marlon Jackson December 5 , 1987
13 555 Full Force , Angela Winbush , The Controllers January 9 , 1988
14 556 Tribute to Smokey Robinson Dance Songs : It 's Time To Stop Shoppin ' Around by Smokey Robinson , Love Do n't Give No Reason by Smokey Robinson , The Tears Of A Clown by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Smokey Robinson ( Just To See Her , What 's Too Much , If You Asked Me To & One Heartbeat ) Soul Train Scramble Word : Smokey Robinson , Song : Cruisin ' by Smokey Robinson Classic Clip : Smokey Robinson ( 1982 ) Pretty Poison ( Catch Me ( I 'm Falling ) ) Soul Train Line Dance Song : Vitamin U by Smokey Robinson January 16 , 1988
15 557 Ray Parker , Jr. , Shanice Wilson , Miles Jaye January 23 , 1988
16 558 Dance Songs : Fight Like a Brave by Red Hot Chili Peppers , So Emotional by Whitney Houston , Baby Tonight by Marlon Jackson Georgio ( Quarter To Nine & Lover 's Lane ) Soul Train Scramble Word : Willie Brown , Song : Love Overboard Gladys Knight & The Pips Hal Jackson 's Talented Teens Winner : Tammy Townsend Pebbles ( Girlfriend ) The Deele ( Two Occasions & So Many Thangz ) Soul Train Line Dance Song : Get It by Stevie Wonder feat . Michael Jackson January 30 , 1988
17 559 Dance Songs : Thinking Of You by Earth , Wind & Fire , The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson , Dark ' N ' Lovely by Stevie Wonder Kool Moe Dee ( How You Like Me Now & Wild Wild West ) Soul Train Scramble Word : Wynton Marsalis , Song : I Want Her by Keith Sweat Angela Winbush and Ronald Isley ( Hello Beloved ) Vanity ( Far Away Eyes & Undress ) Soul Train Line Dance song : Rocket 2 U by The Jets March 5 , 1988
18 560 Dance Songs : Rocket 2 U by The Jets , Get It by Stevie Wonder feat . Michael Jackson , The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson , Kiss by Total Contrast Miki Howard ( Baby Be Mine & Crazy ) Soul Train Scramble Word : Doug Williams ; Song : He Turned Me Out by The Pointer Sisters Heavy D & the Boyz ( The Overweight Lovers In The House ) Lou Rawls ( When Love Walked In The Door & I Wish You Belonged To Me ) Soul Train Line Dance Song : Thinking Of You by Earth , Wind & Fire March 12 , 1988
19 561 Dance Songs : He Turned Me Out by The Pointer Sisters , Thinking Of You by Earth , Wind & Fire , Girlfriend by Pebbles Keith Sweat ( I Want Her & Something Just Ai n't Right ) Soul Train Scramble Word : Jesse Jackson ; Song : The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson Rebbie Jackson ( Plaything ) Peabo Bryson ( Without You in duet with Regina Belle & Love Me All Over ) Soul Train Line Dance Song : Get It by Stevie Wonder feat . Michael Jackson March 19 , 1988
20 562 Stacy Lattisaw , Salt-N-Pepa , Tony Terry March 26 , 1988
Episodes -- Season 17 ( 1987–88 )
Soul Train introduces a new theme song : `` TSOP '87 '' by George Duke ( vocalized by Howard Hewett ) .
Soul Train is an American musical variety television program, which aired in syndication from 1971 until 2006. In its 35-year history, the show primarily featured performances by R&B, soul and hip hop artists, although funk, jazz, disco and gospel artists have also appeared. The series was created by Don Cornelius, who also served as its first host and executive producer. This is a list of episodes that aired originally 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 December 2006 until the show's cancellation in September 2008. The dates shown are the first airings of the episodes.