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  • Опубликовано: 20 дек 2022
  • Best friends Demonica Santiago & Joyce Tolbert AKA "The Dapper Girls" talk about their rise through Soul Train to a record deal, on this edition of I Was A Soul Train Dancer! #SoulTrain #BET #IWasASoulTrainDancer
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  • @madskillz848
    @madskillz848 Год назад +81

    I always wondered what their story was how they went from dancers to artists. WHOEVER is making these? PLEASE keep making em! There are millions of us who grew up on Soul Train & are still interested in any and everything Soul Train related.

    • @lostdomesticarts7413
      @lostdomesticarts7413 Год назад +5

      The producer and director of this series is Timiza Sanyika. I will let her know you like the series

    • @myolox
      @myolox Год назад +3

      So true, I'm about to watch "American Soul" series. These stories definitely has many layers and what an era of the good ole days.

    • @lamielemcmillan76
      @lamielemcmillan76 Год назад +2

      Right please. I watch them ALL...

  • @radioqueenbee7008
    @radioqueenbee7008 Год назад +66

    My girls! I didn't know they were Soul Train dancers! This series is awesome. Please keep it going.

  • @chrislaustin
    @chrislaustin Год назад +58

    Damn, I miss the Good Girls so much, you guys were awesome back in the day, I had no idea Joyce and Demonica actually had Soul Train cred.

    • @DDot-im3jr
      @DDot-im3jr Год назад +3

      And Shireen Crutchfield was a soul train dancer also

  • @deneenjeffries2768
    @deneenjeffries2768 Год назад +7

    This show was a great stepping stone for many!

  • @HuntsvilleHomeGirl
    @HuntsvilleHomeGirl Год назад +34

    I was obsessed with the Good Girls!!! Gorgeous then and now.
    Please keep the interviews coming Soul Train. Thank you. 😄

  • @1Goddess76
    @1Goddess76 Год назад +76

    I really wish someone would bring Soul Train back to television. A new age Soul Train. That would be AWESOME!!!!!!

    • @momcolorloveallcolors474
      @momcolorloveallcolors474 Год назад +4

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @christopherredding5851
      @christopherredding5851 Год назад +49

      No that time has come and gone you can never duplicate a classic only make it bad, the music that they play today is pure garbage and the dances is even worse. So just enjoy looking at the older videos of Soul train."

    • @1Goddess76
      @1Goddess76 Год назад +13

      @@christopherredding5851 😂 You are so right!!!!

    • @merchantsmithimages
      @merchantsmithimages Год назад +17

      I remember the last full season of Soul Train in 2005-06. The Soul was about gone due to the music.

    • @1Goddess76
      @1Goddess76 Год назад +4

      @@merchantsmithimages 😂 I think Shemar was hosting at that point. He had great energy.

  • @jeaninejulian2596
    @jeaninejulian2596 Год назад +19

    Love the Good Girls ❤️❤️ Nice to get their background and see them get their start on Soul Train. Your Sweetness and I Wanna Make You Mine with MC Trouble (RIP) are in constant rotation in my roller skate playlist. Wish they would’ve included Shireen in the interviews.

  • @lizdickerson7038
    @lizdickerson7038 Год назад +24

    I’ve always LOVED the Good Girls❣️
    They don’t get enough play in old school music mixes.

    • @KishBish
      @KishBish Год назад +5

      They really don't!

  • @nataliemscrzysxycoolharris
    @nataliemscrzysxycoolharris Год назад +44

    I absolutely enjoyed their stories ❤️❤️💯.

    • @ohiorichkidbeats
      @ohiorichkidbeats Год назад +6

      Yeah that was a amazing story, I'm very proud of they're accomplishments

  • @nickfreshalive
    @nickfreshalive Год назад +24

    Love me some Joyce and DeMonica.
    I always saw them as the crew that helped breathe some life into Soul Train in the 80s. They were young, had the energy and were sometimes doing New Edition’s routines! So dope.
    I remember finding out that they were alumni in Right On! Magazine. Made me love them that much more!

    • @sirpoppinchuck
      @sirpoppinchuck Год назад +4

      Two other homegirls girls from L.A. Westchester high were dancers for Bell Biv Devoe dancers Debra Molton, Marcella Lewis!!! We had the coldest dancers!!! I was apart of that “Trendy scene” my highschool Westchester!!!

    • @DDot-im3jr
      @DDot-im3jr Год назад +1

      @@sirpoppinchuck Yeah Pluke and Deb got busy all 4 did : Straight Ahead Straight Ahead got our 🔙......

  • @michilove6554
    @michilove6554 Год назад +7

    Look at my cousin Tracy! This takes me back to when Bell, Biv, Devoe came here to Florida when my great aunt died. She was Tracy's grandmother. Ppl freaked out seeing them, even tho we were at a funeral.

  • @t.thompson8985
    @t.thompson8985 Год назад +9

    I loved the Good Girls as a kid. I remember us trying to learn their routines and emulating their style.

  • @sandysandy8938
    @sandysandy8938 Год назад +26

    I didn't think you guys could top the last 2 "I was a Soul Train Dancer " videos, but this was excellent! I just love these videos. Keep them coming! 👏🏽👏🏽

  • @vashtikelly6837
    @vashtikelly6837 Год назад +29

    I NEED A UNSUNG EPISODE ON "THE GOOD GIRLS"..........THEY WAS SO DAMN CUTE........

    • @powerbadpowerbad
      @powerbadpowerbad Год назад +1

      An Unsung episode would be-GRAND !!! LOL. Also an Unsung on 5 Star would go well with their fans.

    • @GalaxyGyrl8888
      @GalaxyGyrl8888 Год назад +1

      👍THISSS!!!🎯💯👍

    • @vashtikelly6837
      @vashtikelly6837 Год назад +1

      @@GalaxyGyrl8888 YEAH THEY WAS CUTE....

  • @MonkeyTornado
    @MonkeyTornado Год назад +30

    Yes. The Good Girls. They were all beautiful. Original SWV/Destiny's Child etc. Shame Motown did those girls so dirty. "It Must Be Love", favorite record from them.

    • @chinbeats6551
      @chinbeats6551 Год назад +2

      It must be love is a classic record

  • @draperlamarcakes
    @draperlamarcakes Год назад +10

    Great interview. Would love an update on Shireen Crutchfield too. The ladies both look fantastic currently. Aging gracefully. 💕

  • @chinbeats6551
    @chinbeats6551 Год назад +6

    My favorite girl group of all time. All of their shit was dope.

  • @1Goddess76
    @1Goddess76 Год назад +38

    This is sooooo GOOD!!!! I LOVE this Soul Train Channel/Series!!!!! ❤

  • @terigiese1322
    @terigiese1322 Год назад +11

    Those dancers were absolutely LEGENDARY!!!They taught me my very first moves back in the day!!!👏🏻🙏🏻💫🖤💃🏼🪩

  • @yoshluv7
    @yoshluv7 Год назад +6

    Hey Joyce, I was friends with your sister!!!!!!! I remember your dad Mr. Tab!!!!!!

  • @Rabb71
    @Rabb71 Год назад +7

    This is my favorite episode. Featured my favorite Female group!!! These Women were the prototype for dopeness!!!!

  • @marnetteleioncouture7169
    @marnetteleioncouture7169 8 месяцев назад +3

    I also was a soul train dancer 1994!

  • @K7M80
    @K7M80 Год назад +6

    The Good Girls were my Favorite✨✨✨ They were like me; not trying to be fast but embraced my femininity. So happy this platform existed for so many creative Black and Brown youth!

  • @larrythomas4998
    @larrythomas4998 Год назад +9

    Oh, these were the days, the best of our generation, brings back so many good memories, thank you so much for sharing, as I'm smiling and remembering so many wonderful times as I watch your story thanks again for the memories, peace, love, and soul.

    • @jeaninejulian2596
      @jeaninejulian2596 Год назад

      I agree Larry. I’m class of ‘87, and I love music from the late 80s into the 90s.

  • @t.r.stephens7547
    @t.r.stephens7547 Год назад +2

    This is classic bad ass female from the 80s real women and gals. They all great grandmothers now and wives. Mad respect!!!!!

  • @jae6506
    @jae6506 Год назад +10

    What an amazing story👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 They chased their dreams and achieved them!! Inspiring for sure✊🏾

  • @mrcarter7314
    @mrcarter7314 Год назад +4

    They were both fine and fly. How could anyone not love the Good girls?

  • @Jerrybrice
    @Jerrybrice Год назад +20

    Love seeing this!...out of all the music videos I produced and Directed, "Your Sweetness" is my favorite one!

    • @KishBish
      @KishBish Год назад +3

      Great job! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

    • @geewizwiz3
      @geewizwiz3 Год назад +1

      What other videos did you direct? Just curious.

  • @Preteahumblegirl
    @Preteahumblegirl Год назад +10

    I used to love the Good Girls never knew they were Soul Train dancers brings back memories when life was so good please keep the interviews coming ❤❤❤

  • @docclarke9661
    @docclarke9661 Год назад +12

    I friggin love this...S/O to JT & Demonica...My girls for years!!......The Good Girls don't get the props they should..They set the tone for alot of female groups who came after them...

  • @lynettemorales7455
    @lynettemorales7455 Год назад +5

    I love watching these updates on soul train dancers

  • @KishBish
    @KishBish Год назад +6

    goodness, I was so obsessed with them.. me and my 2 cousins would perform their songs! and I ended up going to an all-girls catholic high school and was **so happy** I'd get to wear uniforms like theirs 😏😆 this was everything!!! glad they are still looking great and thriving!!!💖

  • @lolaDYM
    @lolaDYM Год назад +2

    I still listen to TGG today! One of my fav groups growing up. And they worked with MC Trouble. Loved that song as well! So glad to see them now.❤

  • @thehapagirl92
    @thehapagirl92 Год назад +2

    Demonica is such a cool name

  • @ronrico5001
    @ronrico5001 Год назад +2

    So glad they did a segment with them, I still have them on CD, cassette and record, they will always be one of my all-time favorite girl groups 🤎🤎🤎 I would kill for one of those sweatshirts they used to wear 💗

  • @latashaesawhouseaustin4169
    @latashaesawhouseaustin4169 Год назад +4

    🗣️ I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE GOOD GIRLS 🤍🤍🤍❕ THEY WERE/ARE THEE PRETTIEST GIRL GROUP EVER ❕ THEY WERE MY FIRST DANCE TEACHERS AS I STILL KNOW ALL OF THE DANCE STEPS TO… “YOUR SWEETNESS IS MY WEAKNESS” 🤍🤍🤍 TILL THIS DAY ❕

  • @dredd2460
    @dredd2460 Год назад +3

    *Never knew the Good Girls started off dancing on Soul Train. 🤯*

  • @AskCeleste
    @AskCeleste Год назад +3

    This was another amanzing video. Dance crews and cliques were everything in LA. Loved catching up with Joyce and Demonica. I wore that Good Girls album out!

  • @BlessedMasterpiece
    @BlessedMasterpiece Год назад +5

    I love the Good Girls! I remember going to their concert!

  • @expressomixed7558
    @expressomixed7558 Год назад +3

    I remember seeing them on Soul Train, loved them as The Good Girls. Love the Black Girls too!!!

  • @RatardedMusic
    @RatardedMusic Год назад +2

    I always had a crush on Joyce every since I was a youngan I miss those day it was all a positive vibe just having fun and dancing no drama and no violence just good music and happiness

  • @RP.123
    @RP.123 Год назад +2

    I would have never thought Demonica sounded like that. So grown and sexy. I thought she was the shy one. Love to hear that she was the architect behind the group. I always loved Joyce’s voice.

  • @lanelle.delina
    @lanelle.delina Год назад +5

    I loved the good girls and remember that soul train line moment. 😂

  • @annemarielafortune1209
    @annemarielafortune1209 Год назад +2

    Loved the Good Girls. I used to memorize their choreography in my living room back in the day.

  • @jjmars9160
    @jjmars9160 Год назад +4

    I remember watching their videos on BET, Donnie Simpsons' Video Soul back in the day. They're were all beautiful but Demonica was the stand out for me. She was gorgeous and still is. I think she did some modeling for the old Ebony Men's magazine. Thanks for posting!!!

    • @geewizwiz3
      @geewizwiz3 Год назад +2

      She was my favorite too.

    • @GalaxyGyrl8888
      @GalaxyGyrl8888 Год назад +1

      👍she’s my favorite too!!! Very nice person as well!!☺️😇🥰🎯💯👍💫⭐️

  • @gritzgravy1760
    @gritzgravy1760 Год назад +12

    I love these episodes. Thank you so much

  • @gregorya.champion3784
    @gregorya.champion3784 Год назад +4

    I still listen to the good girls music. Plus I had a huge crush on Joyce 😍

    • @mariohenley149
      @mariohenley149 Год назад +1

      You and me both......Loved me some Joyce!!!!

    • @DDot-im3jr
      @DDot-im3jr Год назад

      @@mariohenley149 We all did her and Alicia Keys could be sisters for real

  • @ATLSTLCurls
    @ATLSTLCurls Год назад +6

    I remember these ladies!!! 🥰🥰🥰

    • @clarencesimmons8580
      @clarencesimmons8580 Год назад +1

      Shireen Crutchfield, Joyce Tolbert, and DeMonica Santiago are the best girls' group in the world.🌎

  • @melvintate8186
    @melvintate8186 Год назад +2

    Beautiful ladies that could sing and dance glad too see they are doing well God bless them!!

  • @ddubbaby3
    @ddubbaby3 Год назад +1

    I was 16 in L.A. in that scene and I remember them as the Good Girls and on Soul Train, and going to L.A. clubs and seeing them perform. It was soo much fun!

  • @maeevans1059
    @maeevans1059 Год назад +3

    I really enjoyed this awesome video about a time in L.A. history we will always remember ...I had the privilege of dancing on SOUL TRAIN a couple of times but never as a regular! Every Sat. am at my house SOUL TRAIN was rocken!! Thank you for sharing these GOLDEN MEMPRIES💃🏽🦋💜🦋🎄☃️🍁💫💥💯⚘️🌴🎄💞
    😃🥳💃🏽👯🏽‍♀️🕺🏾🕴🏽

  • @AbbeyAdeb
    @AbbeyAdeb Год назад +2

    Another gem of a story.

  • @GearsinMotionGraphics
    @GearsinMotionGraphics 2 месяца назад

    ❤ I'll tell you, there's really nothing like seeing Timeless memories towards one of the most underrated groups alive The Good Girls🕒❤️

  • @true8teesbaby
    @true8teesbaby 6 месяцев назад

    Whoever runs this channel, please put a thumbnail with The Good Girls picture. This video should have a million views already. They are mentioned in many other Soul Train dancers segments and became successful pioneers of women New Jack Swing & R&B Groups.

  • @branevans3705
    @branevans3705 6 месяцев назад

    Two smart, savvy, and beautiful ladies! Well done, cheers

  • @tammymcleod9860
    @tammymcleod9860 Год назад +1

    Bring back Soul Train!

  • @kjkj8514
    @kjkj8514 Год назад +9

    I didn't read the entire title of the video before watching it. then i saw them and thought they look familiar. then it got to the Good Girls part and I flipped. I've been wondering where they are nowadays. This is awesome.

    • @JeffTheGent
      @JeffTheGent Год назад +2

      There’s a video of a reunion concert they did in 2018 here on RUclips. It’s _definitely_ worth checking out if you haven’t already!

    • @kjkj8514
      @kjkj8514 Год назад

      @@JeffTheGent thanks! I will look for it!

    • @sandysandy8938
      @sandysandy8938 Год назад

      Me too!

  • @venusjohnson4999
    @venusjohnson4999 22 дня назад

    Love this! Demonica taught me the Guess dance move. I loved her for that

  • @rafaelramirez1507
    @rafaelramirez1507 Год назад +1

    The best dancers in dancing on the "Soul Train" was from between 1972 thru 1983 , after that I lost interest ... but in those years that I mentioned , 😳 boy did they dance 🌟 🌟 🌟 👍

  • @susanhurst3292
    @susanhurst3292 Год назад +2

    Good Girls I remember when they was on Soul Train. Love them!!!

  • @m.b.1702
    @m.b.1702 Год назад +2

    I really liked the "Good Girls "!!🎵🎵🎵🎵💜💜💜💜

  • @messiahblack2295
    @messiahblack2295 7 дней назад

    Love these girls🙏🏿👑👑👑 I'm a Hip Hop dude but The Good Girls was always dope to me....

  • @plugged1
    @plugged1 Год назад +1

    I remember the good girls. My best friend had their tape. I thought they were so pretty. And they still are!

  • @gorgeouslady5612
    @gorgeouslady5612 Год назад +1

    Those were the day's my friend !🎶I wish they didn't end!🎶We Cabbage Patched! 🎶And did the funky Prep!🎶.

  • @lorenzochi7654
    @lorenzochi7654 Год назад +2

    we called the lead singer of the good girls ,vanity ,nimber 2 Cause She Looked liked Her

  • @shirleyperry3170
    @shirleyperry3170 8 месяцев назад

    Love it!!

  • @GearsinMotionGraphics
    @GearsinMotionGraphics 2 месяца назад

    The One of a kind Good Girls❤.. underrated by far! 🕒

  • @georgerivera6970
    @georgerivera6970 Год назад +1

    Beautiful story; beautiful women!!!

  • @classicredwine
    @classicredwine Год назад +1

    Demonica was so beautiful when she was young

  • @pjay6746
    @pjay6746 Год назад +1

    Oh snap! The Good Girls! I liked that group - Demonica was my fave of 3.
    I remember these 2 - I liked them because their steps stood out on the Soul Train line and they dressed alike. Makes sense now knowing that we're around the same age (Class of 88). Didn't know the show's connection with The Good Girls, though.

  • @PeacewitL
    @PeacewitL Год назад +2

    My baby JT! ❤

  • @shirleyperry3170
    @shirleyperry3170 8 месяцев назад

    I love this!!strong women!! Keep promoting and sharing with young women!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @mgichndz
    @mgichndz 6 месяцев назад

    Those were the best years!

  • @sharoncole8249
    @sharoncole8249 Год назад +1

    I Remmber this band. Good on you ladys 💖🙏💖👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @CTDisqoTeck78
    @CTDisqoTeck78 Год назад +1

    Outstanding video post, I love this video. I love the background and insights offered about the show. Videos like this definitely made watching Soul Train on Saturday afternoons great.

  • @insertyourquarters
    @insertyourquarters Год назад +1

    Another fascinating story in history. They were way before my time (90s baby) but I appreciate the education and will look them up. Thanks Soul Train.

  • @ceci82
    @ceci82 Год назад +4

    Amazing

  • @zdoll12
    @zdoll12 Год назад +1

    OMG THIS ONE IS SO CLASSIC! THE 80'S YES!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 AND SO L.A.!!!! DON'T FORGET THAT PART! BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL, PASADENA C/O '84 😄

  • @pamelajett4095
    @pamelajett4095 5 месяцев назад

    I misses Soul Train with all the dancer my Saturday are dead!

  • @edlecawilliams8200
    @edlecawilliams8200 Год назад +1

    Beautiful work!!! Keep it coming those were some of the best dances ever!!!! Beautiful work ladies😘

  • @sm8884
    @sm8884 Год назад +2

    I just loved everything about The Good Girls back when I was in high school way down in Birmingham, Alabama!🤗 I use to dress like them with the little pleated skirts and the suit and tie😁 I'm glad they stuck with their cute fun image and didn't let the industry make them over the top sexy like some other girl groups. I still listen to their music to this day😊

  • @carayj
    @carayj Год назад +6

    I remember Evette Moss and her signature mushroom, please interview her!

  • @FloridaGeorgia
    @FloridaGeorgia Год назад +2

    Love it! God Bless the Good Girls!

  • @nathanscipio6148
    @nathanscipio6148 9 месяцев назад

    I never knew they were Soul Train dancers! It makes sense tho because they really danced so well on stage. Beautiful then and beautiful now!❤️

  • @VeeMoraless
    @VeeMoraless 8 месяцев назад

    Omg! I absolutely love these stories❤💃👯👭🌹💐

  • @icecol22
    @icecol22 8 месяцев назад

    Whaaat!! The Good Girls!! I love this story!! I never knew that they were Soul Train Dancers. I loved them Your Sweetness!! (1989)💛💛💛My favorite song!! I was 19 when they were very popular!!!❤❤❤

  • @8397storm
    @8397storm Год назад +1

    wow wow wow I remember them dancing on soul ttaim had no idea tbey were the good girls....memories

  • @karendavis4212
    @karendavis4212 5 месяцев назад

    I loved the Good Girls!!!

  • @AuntyM66
    @AuntyM66 Год назад +1

    I remember the Good girls. 👍

  • @merchantsmithimages
    @merchantsmithimages Год назад

    Great episode!

  • @user-hz8xv6vn7m
    @user-hz8xv6vn7m 7 месяцев назад

    Lo mejor para ser feliz

  • @briab10
    @briab10 6 месяцев назад

    Bring this series back!! It’s not like y’all have anything else fun on here anyways. We need history being told first hand, BET has been horrible about passing on the legacy. We need more of this

  • @charlita25
    @charlita25 Год назад

    I met “The Good Girls” at a For Sister’s Only even when I was little. I loved 🥰 their music 🎶 and style when i was a kid.

  • @briandyer2090
    @briandyer2090 5 месяцев назад

    You'll did GOOD transitioning from dance to other endeavors fulfilling your goals.🎉❤

  • @rosalindhampton24
    @rosalindhampton24 Год назад +1

    "The Good♥️Old Days"

  • @brendajimenez8477
    @brendajimenez8477 3 месяца назад

    Brrrinnggg it back !

  • @akzutube
    @akzutube 22 дня назад

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
    My Lil Sistas🥰🌹🎶
    🤴🏾💙

  • @daniellej7914
    @daniellej7914 Год назад +5

    They shouldn’t have canceled American Soul

  • @jamesfloyd377
    @jamesfloyd377 Год назад

    I kept on looking like dang there's another Damanaca and remembering Joyce now it finally came to me cause i was checking the ladies out longgggg ago on how they stood out and hell yeah i still listen to the GOOD GIRLS to this day...

  • @lilmama291
    @lilmama291 Год назад

    Aye! My era, original with style & grace! C/o '88, we STILL great!