Watching Soul Train clips on youtube. Digging on the clothes, the couples, the lack of pretending it was live, the great Don Cornelius shilling for Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen cosmetics… and the relentless parade of the very best soul and R&B talent in the world, show after show. I loved this show as a kid, and love to go down the youtube rabbit hole and watch those clips now.
My question is, did anybody here ever participate, not sure what to call it, on Soul Train. Go and dance with their main squeeze? Ask the artists questions? Show off their stuff on the Soul Train shuffle or whatever it was called? I would love to hear (read) all about it. Thanking you!
I made it to a taping back in the day ('73 or '74) with Cecil. I didn’t make it on the air, but Cecil tore it up with a fine foxy lady doing the Soul Train!!! Don C. had the best connections for ultra pure C.
I assume you have seen the Soul Train documentary? A quick Google suggests the one I am thinking of is Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America, but may be wrong. The one I saw was a great history of the show, how it evolved, its cultural impact, the music itself. I loved it.
And it featured a bit on Rosie Perez - damn, she was fierce.
I do remember from my youth, on Saturday mornings, hearing that intro.
“The Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuullll Train!”
