Soul Train was the place of love, peace, and of course, soul. Broadcast nationally from 1971 through 2006, it was one of the longest-running TV shows in history — with the longevity of this cultural ...

Sign for Soul Train a film inside the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Ohio that you can see. (Photo credit: Shuttestock.com/Melissa Herzog) As February rolls ...

From 1971 to 2006, “Soul Train” was the place to see some of the hottest Black musical artists on television. But viewers didn’t just tune in for the music, they came back week after week to watch a ...

When Chris Lehman set out to write the story of Soul Train, he didn’t know he’d be writing an obituary. But in April, just as McFarland published his A Critical History of Soul Train on Television, ...

"Back in the kitchen of my family's Brooklyn housing project, I'd sit alongside my little sister, eat a bowl of Cap'n Crunch cereal, and watch 'Soul Train'." So writes Nelson George early on in The ...

LOS ANGELES — “Soul Train” host Don Cornelius was the arbiter of cool, a brilliant TV showman who used his purring, baritone voice to seduce mainstream America into embracing black music and artists.

THE REPORT: The death of creator Don Cornelius could create new interest in a movie centered on the variety program. By Daniel Miller, Kim Masters Don Cornelius hosted "Soul Train" in the mid-'70s.

“Soul Train” had been on the air in Chicago for a year or so when creator and host Don Cornelius pulled up stakes in 1971 to relaunch the show in Los Angeles with an eye towards national syndication.

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Don Cornelius was born and raised in Chicago. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working a few different jobs, he took a broadcasting course and landed as a news announcer and DJ at a radio ...

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