This Black Music Month, we're looking back at the 'Soul Train' dancers who had the flyest fashion and the hottest dance moves ...

The Apollo has long been the ultimate destination for black artists. Early on, the iconic Harlem theater launched the careers of Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald on its famous Amateur Night, while ...

Soul Train is an American musical variety show that aired in syndication from 1971 to 2006. In its 35-year history, the show primarily featured performances by R&B, soul, and hip hop artists, although ...

In October, 1971, something new hit the television screens of America. Chicago host Don Cornelius stepped in front of live cameras and introduced “Soul Train”. If it looked like “American Bandstand,” ...

LOS ANGELES - Through music, scripture and song, Don Cornelius was remembered Thursday as the man who elevated black culture and entertainment with his "Soul Train," demolishing barriers of race and ...

When Soul Train was first nationally syndicated in October 1971, there was nothing else like it on TV. It was the iconic Black music and dance show, a party every weekend that anyone could join from ...

The first syndicated episode of “Soul Train” aired October 2, 1971, and featured a performance by Gladys Knight and The Pips singing “The Friendship Train.” Other performers on that memorable episode ...

Don Cornelius, the silky, deep-voiced creator and host of the groundbreaking African-American song and dance TV series Soul Train, was found dead Wednesday morning of an apparent suicide. He was 75.

(CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - Don Cornelius, the creator of the long-running TV dance show "Soul Train," shot himself to death Wednesday morning at his home, police said. He was 75. Officers responding to a ...

Don Cornelius and the Soul Train Dancers doing the signature Soul Train show ending. (Soul Train via Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive ...

Saturday television in the nineteen-eighties was an hour-by-hour journey toward maturation. You would start at 8 A.M., a mere child watching “Super Friends.” When you were old enough to still be ...

"Soul Train" is the longest running, first-run, nationally Syndicated music program in television history (35 years - from 1971 to 2006). It predominantly featured performances by R&B, pop, soul, and ...