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VH1 Honors Soul Train [Post a Comment]
Finally, the classic show Soul Train gets its proper due!
Terrence Howard, who recently co-hosted the return of the Soul Train Awards, will host a documentary special on VH1 Friday night honoring the legendary “hippest trip in America”.
Soul Train was created in the early seventies by Don Cornelius and was hosted by Cornelius for the brunt of its existence before stepping down to let younger hosts take over. Cornelius’ smooth talk and deep voice ushered the classic into people’s living rooms on Saturday afternoon for decades as the Black counterpart to Dick Clark’s American Bandstand.
We were treated to performances that you would not get to see on mainstream television. Everyone from B.T Express, Skyy, Bootsy’s Rubber Band, Klymaxx, and the list goes on and on. Just about every Black music legend you can think of, and a few White music legends as well. It became a badge of honor to appear on Soul Train back in the day.
Let’s not forget the Soul Train Dancers, from whose ranks we were given two thirds of the membership for the seventies group Shalamar (Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels). Or the Soul Train Line, where the dancers would give us their funky moves down the line to a different funk classic each week.
While the show ultimately would primarily feature lip-synced performances, it did have its share of live performances which were classics. Al Green doing a very soulful performance of his then-new single Jesus Is Waiting. B.B. King, Bobby “Blue” Bland, and James Brown doing a jam session together. Patti LaBelle doing a live rendering of her then-new hit If Only You Knew, bringing the house down as only she can. Aretha Franklin doing a live mini-concert on Soul Train in 1973 with her sisters. Kurtis Blow doing The Breaks live (the music was played from the record but his rapping was live).
Thanks to the company that now owns the rights to Soul Train, we finally get to legally enjoy many classic clips on YouTube.
Enjoy the special on VH1 Friday night and then go enjoy some classic vintage footage on YouTube and on Soul Train’s own site.
Finally, the classic show Soul Train gets its proper due!
Terrence Howard, who recently co-hosted the return of the Soul Train Awards, will host a documentary special on VH1 Friday night honoring the legendary “hippest trip in America”.
Soul Train was created in the early seventies by Don Cornelius and was hosted by Cornelius for the brunt of its existence before stepping down to let younger hosts take over. Cornelius’ smooth talk and deep voice ushered the classic into people’s living rooms on Saturday afternoon for decades as the Black counterpart to Dick Clark’s American Bandstand.
We were treated to performances that you would not get to see on mainstream television. Everyone from B.T Express, Skyy, Bootsy’s Rubber Band, Klymaxx, and the list goes on and on. Just about every Black music legend you can think of, and a few White music legends as well. It became a badge of honor to appear on Soul Train back in the day.
Let’s not forget the Soul Train Dancers, from whose ranks we were given two thirds of the membership for the seventies group Shalamar (Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels). Or the Soul Train Line, where the dancers would give us their funky moves down the line to a different funk classic each week.
While the show ultimately would primarily feature lip-synced performances, it did have its share of live performances which were classics. Al Green doing a very soulful performance of his then-new single Jesus Is Waiting. B.B. King, Bobby “Blue” Bland, and James Brown doing a jam session together. Patti LaBelle doing a live rendering of her then-new hit If Only You Knew, bringing the house down as only she can. Aretha Franklin doing a live mini-concert on Soul Train in 1973 with her sisters. Kurtis Blow doing The Breaks live (the music was played from the record but his rapping was live).
Thanks to the company that now owns the rights to Soul Train, we finally get to legally enjoy many classic clips on YouTube.
Enjoy the special on VH1 Friday night and then go enjoy some classic vintage footage on YouTube and on Soul Train’s own site.
Posted by T-Mad on 02/04/2010 at 9:40 PM
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