50 Iconic Moments from the Soul Train Archives: A Tribute to Funky Town
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1991 | PHOTO: TRIBUNE ENTERTAINMENT/ COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION
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Stevie Wonder | PHOTO: COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION
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James Brown
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Aretha Franklin and Don Cornelius | 1970s
Love, Peace, & Soul
Did You Know: Soul Train is among the list of longest running U.S. first-run syndicated TV series with 35 Seasons under its belt from October 2, 1971 - March 25, 2006.
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Chaka Khan performing with Rufus on Soul Train, 1970s.
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David Bowie at Soul Train
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Soul Train Episode 491
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Marvin performing Let’s Get It On on Soul Train, February 16, 1974
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Rosie Perez as a featured Soul Train Dancer (1983-1984)
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The O’Jays on Soul Train (photographed by Michael Ochs/Michael Ochs Archives, 1974)
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Drummer Sheila E. at Soul Train
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Time to Get Funky!
What Soul Train did was take black joy - the excitement, the vitality, the spirit of soul music, of black music, of funk, of the beginnings of disco - and put it here in a format for everyone could enjoy in their living room. It took the idea of blackness and took it away from the news as strife or as conflict…Soul Train not only entertained us, but it was a guide for style, a guide for dancing and a guide to music. So it was a very 360 cultural experience. — Writer Nelson George
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The Pointer Sisters on “Soul Train” in 1975. Credit: Bruce W. Talamon
Soul Train: Don Cornelius Photo Print
(Ca. Mid-1970S)
Photo: Howard Bingham/Tv Guide/Courtesy Everett Collection
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1972 Jackson Five on Soul Train | MadVision Entertainment
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The Emotions 1970s
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David Bowie Soul Train
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Gladys Knight and the Pips
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The Gap Band on Soul Train
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The Village People perform on an episode of “Soul Train.” (Los Angeles Times)
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Debarge on episode 401 of Soul Train
What The Funk?!
For the first time, we were seeing ourselves on a national stage in every facet of our lives: politicians, teenagers, radio hosts, actors, comedians, musicians and singers. And it was unapologetically Black and undiluted. — Ericka Blount Danois
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The Whispers in 1974 | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
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Soul Train Episode 491
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Soul Train Episode 492
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Lola Falana on Soul Train 1973
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Oh What A Night!
“This was the creative genius of Don Cornelius: He took dances and songs so marginalized as black music, and as black audiences, and took them across all racial and ethnic lines,” — Author and commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson
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Soul Train Episode 121
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Soul Train Episode 28
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Soul Train Episode 104 with Ramsey Lewis
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Richard Pryor and Pam Grier 1970s Soul Train
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Soul Train Creator and Host Don Cornelius
THAT’S A WRAP!
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