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The show "Soul Train" was broadcast nationally on TV from 1971 through 2006. And for years, it helped shape musical tastes all across the country. But it began as a local TV show in Chicago. The ...

Don Cornelius was born and raised in Chicago. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working a few different jobs, he took a broadcasting course and landed as a news announcer and DJ at a radio ...

From 1971 to 2006, “Soul Train” was the place to see some of the hottest Black musical artists on television. But viewers didn’t just tune in for the music, they came back week after week to watch a ...

*It’s been three years since Don Cornelius, founder of “Soul Train,” committed suicide. But author Ericka Blount Danois opened up recently to Jet Magazine about his impact and talked about her new ...

Pro dancer Brandon Armstrong and Chandler Kinney brought the funk on Monday's Soul Train-themed night on Dancing With the Stars. (Disney/Christopher Willard) For over 35 years, Soul Train earned its ...

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 ...

As is the case with many sequels (save for "Toy Story 2" and "Shrek 2"), "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" wasn’t anything to write home about. While it wasn’t the worst follow-up film I’ve seen, it certainly ...

Halfway through the premiere of “Hippest Trip – The Soul Train Musical,” the audience jumped to their feet for a standing ovation, after a riotous dance number to Bobby Brown’s 1988 hit “My ...