--Gladys Knight and the Pips performed ""Friendship Train"" and ""I Don't Wanna Do Wrong."" --Eddie Kendricks performed ""It's So Hard for Me to Say Goodbye"" and ""I Did It All For You."" --Honey Cone perfomed ""Stick-Up"" and ""Want Ads."" --Bobby Hutton performed ""You're My Only Reason.""

--Charlie Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Band ""Express Yourself"" and ""Your Love"" --Carla Thomas ""You Got a Cushion to Fall on"" --General Crook ""Do It for Me"" and ""What Time is It""

--Chairmen of the Board ""Give Me Just a little more Time"" and ""Hang on to a Memory"" --Rufus Thomas ""(Do the) Push and Pull"", ""Do the Funky Chicken"" and ""The World is Round"" --Laura Lee ""Women's Love Rights"" and ""Wedlock is Padlock""

--Staple Singers ""Express Yourself"" and ""Heavy Makes You Happy"" --Freda Payne ""Band of Gold"" and ""Bring the Boys Home""

--Bill Withers "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Grandma's Hands" --Al Green "I Can't Get Next to You" and "Tired of Being Alone" --Viola Wills "Sweetback"

This episode introduced a staple of "Soul Train"- The Soul Train Line and its first song is "Respect Yourself" by the Staple Singers.

--Lou Rawls- ""Natural Man"" --The 100 Proof ""Somebody's Been Sleeping"", ""Driveway"" and ""One Man's Leftovers"" --The Emotions ""So I Can Love You"" and ""Show Me How""

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - "Dancing In The Street", "Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things" and "Bless You." The Intruders - "I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" & "Cowboys To Girls." G.C. Cameron - "Act Like A Shotgun."

--Friends of Distinction ""Grazing in the Grass"" and ""I Need You"" --Clarence Carter ""Patches""

Chambers Brothers - "Time Has Come Today", "Let's Do It Together" and "Funky" Five Stairsteps - "O-o-h Child" and "Didn't it Look So Easy"

--Jr. Walker & The All-Stars - ""Do That Shing-A-Ling"" (live) and ""These Eyes"" --Bobby Womack - ""Communication"" and ""That's the Way I Feel About 'Cha"" --Thelma Houston - ""I Want to Go Back There Again"" and ""Save The Country""

--Jean Knight ""Mr. Big Stuff"" --The Delfonics ""Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time"" and ""Hey Love"" --Maurice Jackson ""Step By Step"" --Ralphi Pagan ""Make It With Me""

The Chi-Lites - "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People" and "Have You Seen Her?" The Originals - "The Bells." Joe Tex - "I Gotcha."

--Gene Chandler "Yes I'm Ready (If you Don't Let Go)" and "Stone Cold Love" --Simtex & Wylie "Got To get Over the Hump" --The Free Movement "I Found Someone" and "The Harder I Try"

--B.B. King ""Think it Over"" --O.C. Smith ""Little Green Apples"" and ""Help Me Make it Through the Night"" --Patrice Halloway ""Evidence"" and ""That's the Chance You Gotta Take""

--Dennis Coffey ""Scorpio"" --Detroit Emeralds ""Wear This Ring with Love"" and ""You Want it, You Got it"" --Jesse James ""I Need You Baby"" and ""At Last""

--Little Richard ""Freedom Blues"" and ""Greenwood Mississippi"" --Undisputed Truth ""Smiling Faces Sometimes"" and ""You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth""

--Curtis Mayfield ""Move on Up"" and ""Get Down"" --The Honey Cone ""Want Ads"" and ""One Monkey Don't Stop No Show"" --The Persuaders ""Thin Line Between Love and Hate"" and ""Love Gonna Pack Up""

--The Impressions ""Ain't Got Time"" and ""Love Me"" --Merry Clayton ""After All This Time"" --The Three Degrees ""There's So Much Love"", ""Maybe"" and ""Trade Winds""

--The Dells ""It's All Up to You"" and ""The Love We Had"" --Kim Weston ""Little By Little And Bit By Bit"" and ""If I Had it My Way"" --Luther Ingram ""Be Good to Me Baby"" and ""I'll Love You Until the End""

--Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager ""Ain't Understanding Mellow"" --Jerry Butler ""Walk Easy my Son"" and ""How Did We Lose it Baby"" --Joe Tex ""I Gotcha"" and ""A Mother's Prayer"" --Hodges, Smith, James & Crawford ""Signal Your Intention""

Denise LaSalle - "Now Run and Tell That" and "Trapped By this Thing Called Love." Al Green - "Tired Of Being Alone" and "Let's Stay Together." The Whispers - "Can't Help But Love You" and "Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong."

--The Four Tops "A Simple Game" and "MacArthur Park" --Jackie Wilson "Your Love Keeps Lifting me Higher and Higher" and "Love is Funny That Way" --Kool & the Gang "I Want to Take You Higher" and "Love The Life You Live"

--Gladys Knight & the Pips ""Make me the Woman That you Go Home to"" and ""I Don't Want to Do Wrong"" --The Ohio Players ""Got Pleasure"" and ""Pain"" --Garland Green ""Just My Way of Loving You"" and ""Plain and Simple Girl""

--Rufus Thomas ""Do the Funky Penguin"" and ""Breakdown"" --The Bar-Kays ""Son of Shaft"" --Laura Lee ""Rip Off"" and ""Since I Fell for You""

--The Chi-Lites ""Oh Girl"" and ""The Coldest days of My Life"" --Edwin Starr ""War"" and ""Double Agent O Soul""

Curtis Mayfield - "We Got To Have Peace" & "Get Down." War - "All Day Music" & "Slippin' Into Darkness." Wilson Pickett (performing live) - "Fire and Water," "I'm In Love" and "Don't Knock My Love."

--Joe Tex ""You Said a Bad Word"" --Gloria Lynne ""Watermelon Man"" and ""I Wish You Love"" --Independents ""Just as Long as You Need Me""

--Lou Rawls "His Song Shall be Sung" --Otis Clay "Trying to Live My Life without you" --Peaches “In My Heart” and “You Couldn’t Have Been Thinking About Me”

--The Isley Brothers - "Lay Away" and "Pop That Thang" --Love Unlimited - "Walkin' in the Rain (with the One I Love) and "Fragile (Handle With Care)" --Millie Jackson - "Ask Me What You Want" & "My Man, A Sweet Man"

--Ike & Tina Turner - "I Want To Take You Higher," "Feels Good" and "Proud Mary" --Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager "Close to You" --Jerry Butler "I Only Have Eyes for You"