The only time I feel my age is when icons from my childhood pass on. Today, Don Cornelius, the creator and host of Soul Train, died. I remember many Saturday afternoons watching cartoons, Creature Double Feature, and Soul Train. Soul Train was a large part of my musical development. It also taught me cool dance moves; these moves have served me very well in marching.
Soul Train was a very important show for mainstream culture as well as music. Don Cornelius was a genius!
Thank you Don Cornelius for the years of Soul Train.  …and as always in parting, we wish you love, peace… and SOUL.
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This show really needs to come back! It really was very cool.
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-Diane.
Great post!
What I want to know is: Why isn’t this show on the air these days?
The fashions are slowly coming back. 60s-80s is showing up in the Malls. The music? Classic Soul music NEVER gets old.
I hope someone brings this show back. Not as some dodgy ‘re-boot’. The Original Soul Train in all of it’s big Afro, bell bottom, hot pants, shiny shirts, platform shoes, classic soul music glory.
(And with Elton John throwing down ‘Bennie & the Jets’!)