5x01 The Supremes/ Willie Hutch
August 23, 1975 1:00 pm
--The Supremes ""This is Why I Believe in You"", ""Where Is it I Belong,"" ""Early Morning Love"" & ""He's My Man"" --Willie Hutch ""Love Power"" & ""Party Down""
5x02 Johnny Bristol/ The Blackbyrds
August 30, 1975 1:00 pm
--Johnny Bristol ""Leave My World"" and ""love Takes Tears"" --The Blackbyrds ""Walking in Rhythm"" and ""Flying High""
5x03 Joe Simon/ Millie Jackson/ Choice Four
September 6, 1975 1:00 pm
--Joe Simon ""Get Up, Get Down On the Floor"" and ""Music in My Bones"" --Millie Jackson ""If Loving You is Wrong I don't Wanna be Right"" and ""Loving Arms"" --Choice Four ""The Finger Pointers"" and ""I Can't Make you Love Me""
5x04 New Birth/ Blue Magic/ Bobby Moore
September 13, 1975 1:00 pm
--New Birth ""Dream Merchant"" --Blue Magic ""I Like You"" and ""Haunted By Your Love"" --Bobby Moore ""Try to Hold On"" and ""Call Me Your Anything Man""
5x05 The Impressions/ Rance Allen Group/ Soul Train Dance Contest
September 20, 1975 1:00 pm
--The Impressions ""Sooner or Later"" --Rance Allen Group ""Ain't No Need of Crying"" and ""Talk That Talk""
5x06 Eddie Kendricks/ Tavares/ Paul Mooney
September 27, 1975 1:00 pm
--Eddie Kendricks ""Get the Cream off the Top"" and ""Honey Brown"" --Tavares ""It Only Takes a Minute"", ""The Love I Never Had"" and ""Free Ride""
5x07 The Pointer Sisters/ B.T. Express/ Ralph Carter
October 4, 1975 1:00 pm
--The Pointer Sisters - ""Going Down Slowly,"" ""How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)"" & ""Sleeping Alone"" --B.T. Express ""Peace Pipe"" and ""Give It What you Got"" --Ralph Carter ""When You're Young and in Love""
5x08 The O'Jays/ Little Milton
October 11, 1975 1:00 pm
--The O'Jays ""How Time Flies"" (live),""Give The People What They Want"" (live),""Survival"" (live), and ""Let Me Make Love To You"" (live) --Little Milton ""If You Talk In Your Sleep"" and ""Packed Up And Took My Mind""
5x09 LaBelle/ Creative Source
October 18, 1975 1:00 pm
--LaBelle ""Messin With My Mind"", ""Cosmic Dancer"" and ""Slow Burn"" --Creative Source ""Let Me In Your Life"" and ""You're Too Good to Be True""
5x10 Minnie Riperton/ Twenty First Century
October 25, 1975 1:00 pm
--Minnie Riperton ""Inside My Love"", ""Simple Things"", ""When It comes Down to It"" and ""Adventures in paradise"" --Twenty First Century ""Child""
5x11 Ramsey Lewis/ Fantastic Four
November 1, 1975 1:00 pm
--Ramsey Lewis ""That's the Way of the World"" and ""Sun Goddess"" --Fantastic Four ""Alvin Stone (The Birth and Death of a Gangster)""
5x12 The Spinners/ Merry Clayton
November 8, 1975 1:00 pm
--Merry Clayton - ""One More Ride"" and ""Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow"" --The Spinners - ""I've Got To Make It On My Own,"" ""Sadie,"" ""Games People Play (They Just Can't Stop It)"" and ""Love Don't Love Nobody""
5x13 War/ The Main Ingredient
November 15, 1975 1:00 pm
--Main Ingredient - ""Over You"" and ""Shame On The World"" --War (live performances) - ""Southern Part of Texas,"" ""Low Rider,"" and ""Lotus Blossom"" --War (music video) - ""Why Can't We Be Friends""
5x14 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes/ Esther Phillips
November 22, 1975 1:00 pm
--Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ""Hope That We Can be Together Soon"", ""Wake Up Everybody"", ""Bad Luck"" and ""To Be true"" --Esther Phillips ""What a Difference a Day Makes"" and ""You're Coming Home""
5x15 The Miracles/ Poison/ Quincy Jones
November 29, 1975 1:00 pm
--The Miracles - ""Do It Baby"" and ""Love Machine"" --Poison - ""Let Me Lay My Funk on You"" --Quincy Jones featuring the Brothers Johnson - ""Tryin' To Find Out About You"" and ""Is It Love That We're Missing""
5x16 Average White Band/ Undisputed Truth
December 6, 1975 1:00 pm
--The Undisupted Truth - ""Ma"" & ""Boogie Bump Boogie"" --Average White Band (live performances) - ""Cut The Cake,"" ""Person To Person"" and ""School Boy Crush""
5x17 Rufus/ David Ruffin
December 13, 1975 1:00 pm
--Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - ""Dance Wit' Me,"" ""Have A Good Time,"" ""Sweet Thing"" & ""Fool's Paradise"" --David Ruffin - ""Walk Away from Love"" & ""Wild Honey"" Additional song? --Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - ""Ooh, I Like Your Loving""
5x18 Freda Payne/ The Whispers
December 20, 1975 1:00 pm
--The Whispers - ""Little Red Riding Hood"" and ""In Love Forever"" --Freda Payne - ""You,"" ""I Hear Rumors"" and ""Seems So Long"" From another source: --Freda Payne ""Look What I Found""
5x19 Billy Preston/ The Sylvers
December 27, 1975 1:00 pm
--Billy Preston - Fancy Lady"" and ""That's Life"" --The Sylvers - ""Boogie Fever"" and ""Free Style"" Additional song? --Billy Preston - ""Struttin'""
5x20 David Bowie/ Faith, Hope and Charity/ Jeff Perry
January 3, 1976 1:00 pm
--David Bowie - ""Golden Years"" and ""Fame"" --Faith, Hope and Charity - ""Don't Go Looking For Love"" and ""To Each His Own"" --Jeff Perry - ""Love Don't Come No Stronger (Than Yours and Mine)""
5x21 The Temptations/ Edwin Starr
January 10, 1976 1:00 pm
--The Temptations - ""Shakey Ground"" and ""Glasshouse"" --Edwin Starr - ""Stay With Me""
5x22 The Staple Singers/ Bobby Womack
January 17, 1976 1:00 pm
--The Staple Singers ""Let's Do it Again"" --Bobby Womack ""Check It Out""
5x23 The Jackson Five
January 24, 1976 1:00 pm
--Michael Jackson - ""Just A Little Bit Of You,"" ""One Day In Your Life"" & ""We've Got Forever"" --The Jackson Five - ""Forever Came Today"" & ""All I Do Is Think Of You""
5x24 The Dells/ Bloodstone
January 31, 1976 1:00 pm
--The Dells ""I Wish It was Me You Loved"" and ""Bring Back the Love of Yesterday"" --Bloodstone ""As Tikme Goes By"" and ""Yakety Yak"", ""Money (That's What i want)"" and ""Toot! Toot! Tootsie Goodbye""
5x25 Bill Withers/ The Soul Train Gang
February 7, 1976 1:00 pm
--Bill Withers ""Sometimes a Song"" and ""I Wish You Well"" --The Soul Train Gang ""Searchin' for Another Love"" and ""Soul Train '75""
5x26 The Jimmy Castor Bunch/ Leon Haywood/ Southshore Commission
February 14, 1976 1:00 pm
--The Jimmy Castor Bunch ""The Bertha Butt Boogie"" and ""Potential"" --Leon Haywood ""Keep It in the Family"" and ""Come and Get Yourself Some"" --Southshore Commission ""We're On the Right Track"" and ""Train Called Freedom""
5x27 The Commodores/ George McCrae
February 21, 1976 1:00 pm
--The Commodores ""Sweet Love"", ""Better Never Than Forever"" and ""This is Your Life"" --George McCrae ""I Can't Leave You Alone"" and ""I Get Lifted""
5x28 Joe Tex/ The Chi-Lites/ Tom Dreeson
February 28, 1976 1:00 pm
--Joe Tex ""Baby It's Raining"" and ""Mama Red"" --The Chi-Lites ""It's Time for Love"" --Tom Dreeson
5x29 Wilson Pickett/ Betty Wright/ The Modulations
March 6, 1976 1:00 pm
--Wilson Pickett - ""Love Will Keep Us Together"" --Betty Wright - ""Everybody Was Rockin'"" --The Modulations - ""Worth Your Weight in Gold""
5x30 Eddie Kendricks/ The Temprees
March 13, 1976 1:00 pm
--Eddie Kendricks ""He's a Friend"" and ""All of My Love"" --The Temprees Loving You Is Easy,"" ""Your Love (Is All I Need),""
5x31 Johnnie Taylor/ Donna Summer
March 20, 1976 1:00 pm
--Donna Summer - ""Love to Love You Baby"" and ""Could It be Magic"" --Johnnie Taylor - ""Somebody's Gettin' It,"" ""Disco Lady"" & ""Running Out Of Lies""
5x32 The Supremes/ Al Wilson
March 27, 1976 1:00 pm
--The Supremes - ""I'm Gonna Let My Heart do the Walking,"" ""Don't Let My Teardrops Bother You"" and ""You're What's Missing In My Life"" --Al Wilson - ""Baby I Want Your Body"" and ""I've Got a Feeling (We'll Be Seeing Each Other Again)""
5x33 The Dramatics/ Dorothy Moore/ Leon Thomas
April 3, 1976 1:00 pm
--The Dramatics ""I'm Going By the Stars In Your Eyes"" and ""You're Fooling You"" --Dorothy Moore ""Misty Blue"" --Leon Thomas ""The Creator Has a Master Plan""
5x34 Kool & The Gang/ Ashford & Simpson/ Ronnie McNeir
May 1, 1976 1:00 pm
--Kool and the Gang - ""Love And Understanding (Come Together)"" and ""Sugar"" --Ashford & Simpson - ""Tell It All"" and ""Somebody Told A Lie"" --Ronnie McNeir - ""I'm Your Lover"" and ""Sagittarian Affair""
5x35 The Delfonics/ D.J. Rogers
May 8, 1976 1:00 pm
--Delfonics ""This Time"" --D.J. Rogers ""Say You Love Me"" --Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.
5x36 Billy Paul/ The Trammps
May 15, 1976 1:00 pm
--Billy Paul ""When Love is New"" and ""People Power"" --The Trammps ""Love Epidemic"" and ""Save a Place""
5x37 Archie Bell & the Drells/ The Brass Connection
May 22, 1976 1:00 pm
--Archie Bell & the Drells - ""Let's Go Disco"" & ""I Could Dance All Night"" --Brass Construction - ""Changin'"" Additional songs: --Archie Bell & the Drells - ""Stragedy"" --Brass Construction - ""Moving""
5x38 Rufus/ The Checkmates/ The Booty People
June 12, 1976 1:00 pm
--Rufus - ""Fool's Paradise"" & ""Dance Wit Me"" --The Checkmates Ltd. - ""All Alone By the Telephone"" --The Booty People - ""Spirit of '76"" Additional songs: --Rufus - ""Sweet Thing"" --The Booty People - ""Booty People""
5x39 The Fifth Dimension/ The Brothers Johnson/ Pat Lundy
June 19, 1976 1:00 pm
--The Fifth Dimension - ""Love Hangover"" and ""Will You Be There"" --The Brothers Johnson - ""I'll be Good to You"" --Pat Lundy - ""Ain't No Pity in the Naked City"" Additional songs: --The Brothers Johnson - ""Get the Funk Out of My Face"" --Pat Lundy - ""Lady Has Arrived""
