It's the SOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUL TRAIN! Pop music has always had shows like American Bandstand to sing its praises, but R&B music had to wait a while for its own major weekly showcase. Just the same, Soul Train proved to be well worth the wait when it hit the airwaves in the 1970s. This weekly extravaganza, which showed off the latest and greatest in soul music and dance moves, became a national sensation in the mid-1970s and became a pop culture juggernaut that broke new ground for African-American entertainment. Soul Train was the brainchild of radio announcer Don Cornelius. After studying broadcasting in college, Cornelius got a job at WVON, one of Chicago's most popular urban radio stations. During this time, he pondered breaking into television with a dance and music show from an African-American perspective. In 1969, he produced a pilot episode and dubbed it "Soul Train" after a local radio promotion he had done in Chicago. The pilot impressed the Sears Roebuck Company, whic
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| Specials | March 1987 | December 2004 | 16 |
| Season 1 | October 1971 | April 1972 | 30 |
| Season 2 | September 1972 | August 1973 | 37 |
| Season 3 | August 1973 | July 1974 | 39 |
| Season 4 | September 1974 | June 1975 | 39 |
| Season 5 | August 1975 | June 1976 | 39 |
| Season 6 | August 1976 | May 1977 | 39 |
| Season 7 | August 1977 | May 1978 | 39 |
| Season 8 | August 1978 | May 1979 | 40 |
| Season 9 | September 1979 | June 1980 | 32 |
| Season 10 | September 1980 | June 1981 | 32 |
| Season 11 | September 1981 | July 1982 | 32 |
| Season 12 | October 1982 | July 1983 | 24 |
| Season 13 | October 1983 | June 1984 | 28 |
| Season 14 | September 1984 | June 1985 | 32 |
| Season 15 | October 1985 | June 1986 | 28 |
| Season 16 | September 1986 | June 1987 | 32 |
| Season 17 | September 1987 | June 1988 | 32 |
| Season 18 | September 1988 | June 1989 | 32 |
| Season 19 | September 1989 | June 1990 | 32 |
| Season 20 | September 1990 | June 1991 | 32 |
| Season 21 | September 1991 | June 1992 | 32 |
| Season 22 | September 1992 | June 1993 | 32 |
| Season 23 | October 1993 | June 1994 | 32 |
| Season 24 | September 1994 | June 1995 | 32 |
| Season 25 | September 1995 | June 1996 | 32 |
| Season 26 | October 1996 | May 1997 | 31 |
| Season 27 | September 1997 | June 1998 | 32 |
| Season 28 | September 1998 | June 1999 | 32 |
| Season 29 | September 1999 | June 2000 | 32 |
| Season 30 | September 2000 | June 2001 | 32 |
| Season 31 | October 2001 | July 2002 | 28 |
| Season 32 | September 2002 | June 2003 | 32 |
| Season 33 | October 2003 | June 2004 | 28 |
| Season 34 | October 2004 | June 2005 | 24 |
| Season 35 | November 2005 | March 2006 | 16 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
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| Unassigned Episodes | 1133 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
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| Don Cornelius | 689 | 10/02/1971 - 06/25/2005 | |
| Shemar Moore | 79 | 09/16/2000 - 06/21/2003 | |
| Mystro Clark | 7 | 09/27/1997 - 09/18/1999 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
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| J.D. Lobue | 390 | 03/11/1972 - 12/12/1992 | |
| Ron de Moraes | 123 | 01/16/1993 - 05/24/2003 | |
| B.J. Jackson | 99 | 12/23/1972 - 09/20/1975 | |
| Sid McCoy | 71 | 09/27/1975 - 05/06/1978 | |
| Morris Abraham | 56 | 05/31/2003 - 06/25/2005 | |
| Don Buccola | 35 | 10/16/1971 - 12/16/1972 | |
| Mark Warren | 2 | 10/02/1971 - 10/09/1971 | |
| Stan Lathan | 1 | 10/06/1984 | |
| J.B. Lobue | 1 | 07/10/1982 |
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