Celebrating 40 Years Of 'Soul Train'

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Celebrating 40 Years Of 'Soul Train'
by Karen Grigsby Bates

February 4, 2010

I have to laugh when I see current fashion layouts that feature shorts in corduroy, suede and denim worn with tall boots and vests — and touted as The New Look.

Uh, no. That was The New Look 40 years ago, and people picked it up on Soul Train, the hourlong dance variety show that showcased some of the nation's premier soul artists from the early '70s until 2006. On Saturday, VH1 will air an hourlong documentary, Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America, as part of its rock-doc series.

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[BulldogM.Ed.23]

I'm suprised more people had not repsonded to this thread. I've watched the Documentary quite a few times and discussed it with my students. There were a lot of good business lessons to learn from Don Cornelius and how Soul Train came about. He was intelligent, gansta, & had some luck on his side....excellent documentary...

 

[yvette23]

I only caught part of it. Does anyone know when it comes on again?

 

[cat daddy]

This is the first time I'm seeing this post. I did watch the show a couple of weeks ago and really enjoyed it. I had both my boys watch it with me and they were cracking up at the fashions. I also got a kick out of seeing them. I didn't realize American Bandstand tried to create a show to compete directly with Soul Train.

 

[THE PVAMU]

Dude at 1:08 was trippin me out

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[yvette23]

Dude at 1:08 was trippin me out

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U know who that is, don't cha? :lol:

I never knew he was on Soul Train until I saw this episode on Centric. :tup:

 

[THE PVAMU]

U know who that is, don't cha? :lol:

CEE? Mike Big? :lol:

 

[SLT]

CEE? Mike Big? :lol:

Rerun from 'What's Happening!" :tup:


Did ya'll see when Mary Wilson and Don Cornelius came down the Soul Train line. DC tried to break it down like James Brown and do a split.....it wasn't happening...:lol:

 

[yvette23]

Rerun from 'What's Happening!" :tup:


Did ya'll see when Mary Wilson and Don Cornelius came down the Soul Train line. DC tried to break it down like James Brown and do a split.....it wasn't happening...:lol:

Yep. :nod: :tup:

And I've seen that clip.....I was trippin too cause I always wondered what it would be like if Don came down the Soul Train lne. :lol: