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  • Truely the best Theme of all time soul train themes!!!!!!

  • ikr now its 2011

  • i wish times were this good again

  • This has to be the definitive Soul Train theme! You can feel the rhythm way down deep!!!!

  • THEE best Soul Train theme!

  • The theme song for season 1 is posted as RAMRODS - SOUL TRAIN. Someone posted both parts 1 and 2. The original version of the song Hot Potatoes - Soul Train is on You Tube as follows: Ramrods - Soul Train. There are three versions posted. The one posted by MrBWilliams for ST Theme 71 is not the original version of the song from the show Soul Train. The original version is RAMRODS Soul Train.

  • this is the one and only soul train theme song in my mind

  • We LOVE you Don!

  • RIP Don and thank you, thank you, thank you <3

  • RIP Don Cornelius....

  • Let's get it on...it's time to get down

  • Grew up with Soul Train!! Loved it from the start. My favorite memory: Seeing Michael Jackson doing the Robot to "Dancing Machine" in '74. For a 12 year old girl who loved the Jackson 5, that is a memory that will be etched in my mind forever. Thank you, Don Cornelius, for making that possible. Rest in peace, brotha. You will never be forgotten.

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  • " PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD"

    PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF DON CORNELIUS

    WE KNOW, IN REALITY, THERE IS NO DEATH FOR YOU

    YOU WILL ALWAYS LIVE ON IN OUR HEARTS

  • Don Cortez Cornelius

    September 27, 1936 - February 1, 2012

    May he Rest In Peace

  • may God bless and keep the Soul of Don Cornelius

    Thank you, Mr. Cornelius, for all the happiness you gave and we wish your spirit peace

  • will people stop posting their age and whether they like this song or not? nobody cares if you're 14 and like disco. shut up.

  • @cowboyzsuk81 i beg to differ. disco and soul are 2 VERY different things

  • This song, TSOP is, in my POV, the only one true theme song to SOUL TRAIN. RIP Don. We will forever wish Love, Peace,& Soul.

  • @zendwayne My ALL TIME Favorite.

  • And don't forget: Lesley Gore would have been nothing without "Q" as her producer!

  • As a caucasian who really digs Philly Soul and Motown 70's style music (Moments, Delfonics, Three Degrees, Four Tops, SMOKEY, etc.), Soul Train was a regular staple of my teenage years. After Bandstand on ABC, I'd flip over to the independent Metromedia channel and dig Don Cornelius and the groove on Soul Train. Caucasian recording artists owe a lot to African-American performers, NO DOUBT!!!

  • @mrbe5a1r You're not alone. I have lots of friends who tell me the same thing.

  • This one is my very favorite ST theme music. love the music and it brings back so many memories. HEY it's got a lot of soul.

  • I think Don said "It's always in parting, I wish you love, peace and SOUL!"

    Best ST theme song IMO.

  • This song takes me back!! lol jk I barely turn 18 next month:(....but I CAN DREAM CAN I?! :D. This takes my parents back though...they were my age (like 18) when this came out. How I envy them....:/

  • @XxTheBeatlesxX1

    Funny. :-D Oh, and yes, you may dream.

  • I'm Don Cornelius and its been parting I'm wishing you love, peace, and SOULLLLLLL!!!!!!

  • Great song

  • This is the BEST SoulTRain theme song!!! Brings back a lot of goooddd memories. I love it!!!!

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  • Soul Train Truly Helped Put CBS' Saturday Mornings On The Right Track Kind Of Map!

  • this is the Soul Train i was watching on Saturday afternoons

  • I want to go through a time tunnel and come out of the Soul Train tunnel back in 1973, onto the dance floor, and yell "It's the Sooooooouuuuuuuuuuuullllllllll­l Train!"

  • I was in Vietnam in 73 and the ship was rocking :)

  • @rickyt11 i was born in 68 but glad you made it outta there...fucked up times indeed

  • I must agree with the others. Best theme song ever. Makes me wish I could dance down that Soul Train Line

  • Pure music, soul and timeless

    

  • I got hooked to this when my mother would play the DVDs

  • i remember hear this song when i was going to scool at age 19-20

  • Dancing, swaying the body with hands in the AIR, saying, "Awwwwwwwww!!!"

  • Soul Train's best theme of all!!!

  • This is THE sound of Soul Train.

  • and also, BTO-Bachman Turner Overdrive gave us their very 1st American Top 40 Pop Hit called Let It Ride

    and during 74-75, CBS had an AWESOME Daytime Game Show Line-Up:

    The Joker's Wild w/the late Jack Barry, Gambit w/Wink Martindale, Now You See It w/the late Jack Narz, The NEW Price is Right w/Bob Barker (the late Dennis James was still hosting the syn. version) Match Game w/the late Gene Rayburn and TattleTales w/the late Bert Convy

    abc also had Password/Password All-Stars and Showoffs

  • wow there should be 50 million hits here. wish i could dance... thank you. a grateful white boy.

  • and here's something else:

    When The Rookies were still goin' strong abc and the late Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg gave us The Spin-off of The Rookies called S.W.A.T. which debut in February of 1975 Starring Steve Forrest, the late Robert Urich, Rod Perry, Mark Shera and James Coleman

    and also, NBC gave us Police Woman Starring Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman, Charles Dierkop and Ed Bernard

    and CBS gave us TattleTales w/the late Bert Convy and the debut of The Young and the Restless

  • It's the SOOOooooul Train!!!!!

  • This verion is the best!

  • Love this sound, brings me back...

  • HELLO?!? THIS IS WHAT, YOU CALL "REAL MUSIC".

  • ALL ABOARD!!

  • Was the full vocal version of "TSOP" with the Three Degrees singing, "Sooooul Traaain, Sooouuuuul Traaain" ever released as a single? I can't remember if it was or not.

  • God Bless Them, Gamble & Huff. They made some great music.

  • I recall Don Cornelius saying that he did NOT want this tune called "The Soul TrainTheme,"because he was very protective of the brand. It was called "The Sound Of Philadelphia." It became an instant hit in 1974. Don said that since he wished it was called "The Soul Train Theme."

  • @carchavtube Yes, you're right. I saw tht piece of documentry on television lately.

  • Man, those days with the music, forget the oil embargo.

  • Can you listen to this without wanting to dance???? Wooooo--the 70's--take me back, please!

  • This is the one I really remember the best!! It was perfectly fitting for those times, wasn't it? In fact, when I was a kid I used to say "Hey, isn't that the Soul Train song?" when I'd hear TSOP!!

  • What was the song I saw on Comcast on demand? The music is the same but the lyrics are different/

  • There is no doubt when you hear this Soul Train theme you automatically associate the show with the music.....even Don Cornelius said he made a mistake not letting Gamble and Huff name this song the Soul Train Theme. PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.......LOVE IT.

  • greatest theme ever!!!!!!

  • Soul Train was a classical show that brought the best of classic soul, funk and disco.

    Brother Don Cornelius made our souls full of joy and excitment.

    Soul Train had Marvin, Aretha, The Spinners, Al Green, Smokey Robinson, The O'Jays and The SOS Band.

    What a show it was.

  • @peasah2005

    Brother Ken Gamble and Brother Leon Huff are excellent music producers because they produce records for The O'Jays, Billy Paul and The Three Degrees.

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  • i wish i lived back in the 70's this is real music....this generation don't know music./..like what is Soulja Boy? THIS IS MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • every time my family has a party, we play this song, and have a soul train line

  • MAN THIS THEME TAKES ME BACK-OH HOW I MISS THE 1970s!!!! AFROS & BELL BOTTOMS, BLUE JEANS!!! AFRO SHEEN AND ULTRA SHEEN COSMETICS!!!! WISH I COULD RELIVE THOSE DAYS FOREVER!!!!

  • @gerlsus And best of all, the music wasn't offensive at all. No cursing, no 'N' word usage etc. Back then, our musicians/artists had PRIDE in our culture. I wish this sub-culture we have today would go away, far away....

  • @bhigdaddymark I AGREE!!TV shows back then were a lot funnier,such as "The Jeffersons" and "Sanford And Son"!! Especially when hot tempered Aunt Esther used to beat up on poor Fred Sanford with her heavy pocketbook,and Fred's isults and comebacks to her,made the show!!Nowadays it's all about "Gangbanging",violence and shooting!! It's so sad that a violent culture has permeated and taken over a once proud culture!! At least Fred Sanford and Aunt Esther live on in cable reruns!!

  • ; Thank You! 'Soul Train' featured real musicianship, real dance moves, oh how that is so missed, not monkey whoops, hoochie-dancin', and retarded 'bling-bling'. Rest in Peace, Don Cornelius!

  • @bhigdaddymark

    I have always heard about so called ho's and pimp's but back in the day no one wanted to make a song about them and no one wanted to dance to a song about them. This music today is disrespectful. It lacks soul, rhythm, morals and respect not to mention talent.

  • @MIMI88998899 Well said and TRUE. Thanks for stating that reality.

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    i love that song is a so great music history in the america

  • Also my birth year!

  • 1973 that also when the Oakland A's won the second consecutive world series by beating the Mets in seven games and their third title in '74 by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games A's closer Rollie Fingers who picked up four save was named the series MVP. And aso in January of that year the Miami Dolphins beat the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl VIII by a score of 24-7 Larry Csonka was named the game's MVP.

  • saturday morning ritual capt cruch with or without crunch berries, fat albert, jackson 5 cartoon, then SOUL TRAIN

  • @avadoll77 Yes I remember Fat Albert we had a little group in middle school that would watch it every Sat and discuss it on Mon. at school.

  • The BEST Soul Train theme for real...this one never gets old, an eternal nulcear.

  • Groovy. I danced to this on my rabbit ear TV. My afro swayed and my hips dipped. Great song great memories.

  • IM ONLY 14 AND I LOVE THIS SONG HAHAHAHA

  • @c3295100 me too brotha

  • @c3295100 Aint nothing wrong with that. U just appreciate good music.

  • I like the tumpets

  • This is the most famous soul train theme ever! Still used to this day! "Soul train, Soul Train", People all over the world"!!

  • And we're back. :)

  • The absolute best groove ever!! I so miss this stuff.

  • The Bomb!

  • The only theme song for SOUL TRAIN!

  • "doo doo doo dudididooooo doo doo doooooooo...."

  • and also, this song was out when Concentration moved from NBC to syn. and the late Jack Narz was the host of the show for 5 straight years and Concentration was A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production and Alex Trebek hosted his 1st American Game Show The Wizard of Odds for NBC Produced by Burt Sugarman who gave us The Midnight Special w/the late Wolfman Jack

  • Does anyone have the version where they sing SOUL TRAIN, SOUL TRAIN????

  • @Nema30 im lookin for it too..if i find it i can let you know

  • @Diamondgrl2007 Thanks

  • @Nema30 i think it might be the 1975 version."ohhh that's yourrrrrr train..." that one

  • gotta love that bass line!

  • A classic to be sure :D and thanks for posting the production info.

  • i heard this on Local on the 8's. i was dancing to this while eating breakfast before i went to school

  • I love this version and I am looking for the one where they sing "Soul Train, Soul Trian, instead of "people all over the world".... Love it anyway!!!

  • @Nema30 i am looking for that version too!

  • I remember watching Soul Train, Bandstand and The Midnight Special as a kid. I loved the different types of music and seeing the guest musicians they would. My God what has happened to music today. I'm with Don Cornelius I'm not a big fan of rap music either, the soul has definitely left the music industry!

  • The horns & orchestra are EVERYTHING! It reminds me of my childhood & Sunny Saturday mornings.

    I used to pretend I was one of the dancers. ^_^

  • THE BEST!!!! They should have kept it longer!!!

  • love it

  • and here are some more facts:

    We still had Sanford & Son w/the late Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson and the late Aaron Spelling also had The Rookies and plus, The Joker's Wild was still on CBS and that's when they had Jokers and Devils and later the Face the Devil Bonus Game w/o the Natural Triple Rule and Jack Narz was hosting Now You See It and Concentration

  • @tnawcwvictoria The Joker's Wild happens to be one of my favorite game shows of all time the 1978-86 version.

  • @tnawcwvictoria Redd Foxx and LaWanda Page aka Aunt Esther live on in cable reruns!! I still crack up at seeing Aunt Esther beatin' up on poor Fred Sanford,while he insults her,and makes jokes about her!! Classic TV at it's best!!

  • uno de los maximos sonidos yepoca inigualable

  • 1 of my 2 favorite themes. The other is the O'Bryan sung theme!

  • work it work it work Yah oooo ! love it

  • Soul Train rules!

  • This is hands down the best Soul Train theme and overall one of the best tracks from the seventies in my expert opinion.

  • The Sound Of Philadelphia by MFSB. This theme song was used from 1973-1975.

  • I also graduated from high school in ' 73.

  • This is TRULY The Best Soul Train Theme EVER.

    and also, here's some more facts:

    1973 gave us The Return of Match Game w/the late Gene Rayburn, Roger Moore took over as James Bond 007 and we were also introduced to Jane Seymour and also, 1973 gave us Superfriends, Inch High Private Eye, Yogi's Gang and Goober and the Ghost Chasers and also, we still had Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids along with the Electric Company and Sesame Street as well as The NEW Scooby-Doo Movies, this is AWESOME.

  • 1973 also gave us:

    Barnaby Jones w/ the late Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, and later joned by Mark Shera. Kojak w/ the late Telly Savalas, the original $10,000 Pyramid w/ Dick Clark, Police Story among shows.

  • Here some more Facts the TV Game Show Gambit with host Wink Martindale was still on TV, and even Speed Suggy was introduced to TV viewers.

  • I ment the cartoon show Speed Buggy and yes The Archies, Sabrina and Josie & the Pussycats was still on TV.

  • I TRULY AGREE WITH YOU!!!

  • @tnawcwvictoria  Tell it like is....Brother.

  • @tnawcwvictoria IF EVER A TIME TO BE BLACK AND PROUD WAS BACK THEN WHEN THIS THEME SONG CAME OUT PLAYING OVER THE AIRWAYS IN THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS!!!!!

  • @gerlsus hell ya man this song has so much soul to it. music now a days blows

  • @gerlsus As Barry White would say........"Right on" brother!

  • @tnawcwvictoria thank goodness it's been passed down cause i enjoy some of the things you mentioned too through my mother/youtube etc

  • Indeed it is! I feel great when I hear this again. I feel I'm back in the 70's again. tnawcwvictoria, I love ya! Yeah!

  • This arguably may be the most brilliant dance track of the 70's, the musical arrangements, along with the fabulous vocals of The Three Degrees, the sound of this is synonomous with the decade, this is simply a divine 70's dance track, undeniably!!

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