Fred Wesley and the J.B.'s perform "Doing it to Death" and "If You Don't Get it the First Time". Lyn Collins performs "Take Me As I Am". The Sly, the Slick and the Wicked perform "Sho' Nuff".
The Sylvers perform "Stay Away from Me" and "Through The Love In My Heart." Los Angeles mayor Thomas Bradley presents scholarships to the winners of a dance contest.
The Isley Brothers perform "That Lady", "Listen To The Music" and "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight". Betty Wright performs "Gimme Back My Man" and "Let Me Be Your Lovemaker". Jr. Walker and the All-Stars perform "Peace and Understanding Is Hard To Find."
Bloodstone perform "Natural High". Lee Charles performs "I Just Want to Be Loved". The Four Tops perform "Are You Man Enough?" (from the 'Shaft in Africa' soundtrack)
Barry White performed "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby", "I've Got So Much to Give", "Never Never Gonna Give You Up". Love Unlimited performed "Love's Theme". The Temprees performed "Dedicated to the One I Love" and "Love's Maze".
The Jackson Five perform "Dancing Machine", "Don't Say Goodbye Again" and "Get It Together". Jermaine Jackson performs "You're In Good Hands". Michael Jackson performs "With a Child's Heart"
Curtis Mayfield performs "Back to the World", "If I Were only a Child Again" and "Future Shock". Millie Jackson performs "Hurts So Good" and "Hypocrisy". Natural Four performs "Can This Be Real".
Tower Of Power performs "This Time It's Real," "So Very Hard To Go" and "What is Hip?". The Pointer Sisters perform "Yes We Can Can" and "Cloudburst". Tavares performs "Check it Out".
Smokey Robinson performs "Just My Soul Responding," "Baby Come Close" and "Sweet Harmony". First Choice perform "Armed and Extremely Dangerous" and "Smarty Pants". Al Wilson performs "Show and Tell".
The Temptations performed "Plastic Man," "Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)" and "Masterpiece". G.C. Cameron performed "Let Me Down Easy" and "No Matter Where". Also, Hal Jackson makes an appearance in the episode with recent 1973 winner Edna Hill as Miss Talented Teen.
Bobby Bland performed "This Time I'm gone for Good" and "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City". Ashford & Simpson performed "Keep it Coming" and "I'd Know You Anywhere". Barbara Jean English performed "You're Gonna Need Somebody To Love (While You're Looking For Someone To Love)".
Johnnie Taylor performed "I Believe in You (You Believe in me)", "Cheaper to Keep Her" and "One Thing Wrong With My Woman". Ann Peebles performed "I Can't Stand the Rain" and "(I Feel Like) Breaking Up Somebody's Home". Maceo and the Macs performed "Soul Power '74"
Eddie Kendricks perform "Boogie Down", "Darling, Come Back Home" and "Keep on Truckin'". The Persuaders perform "Some Guys Have All the Luck" and "Love Attack". Eddie Floyd performs "I Wanna Do Things For You."
Billy Preston performs "Space Race" and "I'm So Tired". Creative Source performs "Who is He and What is he to You?" and "You Can't Hide Love". Eric Mercury performs "Love is Taking Over".
Johnny Nash performs "I Can See Clearly Now", "Ooh, What a Feeling" and "Loving You". Kool and the Gang performs "Funky Stuff" and "Jungle Boogie". The Originals performs "There's A Chance When You Love You'll Lose"
Fifth Dimension perform "Flashback," "One Less Bell To Answer," "Ashes To Ashes" and "Black Patch". Willie Hutch performs "Sunshine Lady" and "Tell Me Why Our Love's Gone Cold".
Johnny Mathis performs "I'm Coming Home", "I'm Stone In Love With You", "Life is a Song Worth Singing" and "Foolish." The Dells perform "I Miss You" and "Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation".
Marvin Gaye performs "Come Get To This," "Let's Get It On," "Distant Lover" and "Keep Gettin' It On". The Whispers perform "A Mother for My Children" and "What More Can A Girl Ask For".
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes perform "The Love I Lost", "Satisfaction Guaranteed" and "If You Don't Know Me By Now". Billy Paul performs "Thanks for Saving My Life" and "The Whole Town's Talking". Maxine Weldon performs "Jubilation."
Curtis Mayfield performs "Future Shock" and "Future Song (Love A Good Woman, Love A Good Man)". The Main Ingredient perform "Just Don't Want to be Lonely" and "Girl Blue". Bloodstone performs "Outside Woman" and "Let Me Ride".
Al Green performs "Sweet Sixteen," "Jesus Is Waiting," "Living For You" and "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)". The Impressions perform "If It's In You To Do Wrong" and "Finally Got Myself Together".
The Stylistics perform "Rockin' Roll Baby," "Betcha by Golly, Wow," and "You Make Me Feel Brand New". Bobby Womack performs "Lookin For A Love" and "Let It Hang Out (Point Of No Return)". The Undisputed Truth perform "Help Yourself".
The Four Tops perform "Am I My Brother's Keeper" and "I Just Can't Get You Out of My Mind". Blue Magic performs "Look Me Up" and "Stop to Start". Barbara Mason performs "World War Three".
Eddie Kendricks performs "Son of Sagittarius" and "Boogie Down". The Dramatics perform "And I Panicked" and "Now You Got Me Loving You". Martha Reeves performs "Power of Love".
Gladys Knight and The Pips performed "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to me", "I Got to Use My Imagination", "On and On" and "Neither One Of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)". Lamont Dozier performed "Trying To Hold On To My Woman" and "Fish Ain't Bitin".
The Spinners performed "One of a Kind (Love Affair)", "Ghetto Child" and "Mighty Love". The Independents performed "The First Time We Met" and "Arise and Shine (Let's Get It On)". Leroy Hutson performed "Ella Wheeze". The Soul Train Line Song is Kool and The Gang "Jungle Boogie"
The Staple Singers lip-sync "If You're Ready", "Touch A Hand, Make a Friend" and "We The People" Mavis Staple lip-syncs "A House Is Not A Home". Bunny Sigler lip-syncs "That's How Long I'll Be Loving You" and "Things Are Gonna Get Better"
Kool and the Gang perform "Funky Stuff", "Hollywood Swinging" and "Jungle Boogie". Al Wilson performs "Touch And Go" and "Broken Home". Natural Four perform "Love That Really Counts".
Bill Withers performs You", "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" and "Let Me In Your Life". The Soul Children perform "I'll Be The Other Woman" and "We're Getting Too Close". Melvin Van Peebles performs "Eyes On The Rabbit."
Tyrone Davis performs "There It Is" and "What Comes Up (Must Come Down)". Hugh Masekela performs "Jungle Jim" and "Rekpete". Black Ivory performs "What Goes Around (Comes Around)."
The O'Jays perform "For the Love of Money", "Put Your Hands Together", "You Got Your Hooks in Me" and "Wildflower". Ramsey Lewis performs "Sweet and Tender You" and "Love for a Day".
Sly & The Family Stone performed "Thank You," "Dance To The Music," "I Want To Take You Higher" & "If You Want Me To Stay". The Trammps performed "Where Do We Go From Here".