The Soul Train Gang

The Soul Train Gang were an American R&B vocal group. In the early 1970s, the dancers on Don Cornelius' hit television program Soul Train were called 'The Soul Train Gang'. The dancers became 'The Soul Train Dancers' in 1975 when the name 'The Soul Train Gang' was given to a R&B vocal quintet by Cornelius and Dick Griffey. They did so to announce the founding of Soul Train Records, home to Lakeside, Shalamar, The Whispers and others. Consisting of two brothers from Cincinnati, Ohio; Gerald Brown & Terry Brown; Judy Jones, Patricia Williamson and Hollis Pippin, The Soul Train Gang recorded its debut album, Don Cornelius Presents the Soul Train Gang, in 1975. Produced by Cornelius and Griffey, the LP included "Soul Train '75," one of the many themes from Soul Train. The song peaked at 75 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 9 on the R&B chart. The group recorded its second album, The Soul Train Gang, produced by Norman Harris and done largely in Philadelphia, in 1976. Cornelius and Griffey hoped they could use Soul Train's popularity to make The Soul Train Gang a hit. Lead single "Ooh Cha" peaked at 107 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and 62 on the R&B chart. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sou...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)