Dark Side of Soul: Could THIS Be The Real Reason Soul Train's Don Cornelius Unalived Himself?
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- Dark Side of Soul: Could THIS Be The Real Reason Soul Train's Don Cornelius Unalived Himself?
Peace, Love and Soul. Those were the last words we’d hear everytime Don Cornelius signed us off of Soul Train’s weekly national broadcast. The famous catchphrase has echoed in our minds every Saturday morning since 1971 with Don set center stage full of afro sheen, ready to take us on an hour long journey through the lens of black America’s trendiest forms of entertainment. Soul Train gave us an escape into the world of black culture during a time when the culture was given the crappy end of the stick, Don propelling the likes of ‘black music,’ dance, and a variety of pop culture’s hottest topics. Soul Train’s wheels wouldn’t be derailed until 2006, but it's conductor may have become unhinged long before the days of Soul Trains departure.
I danced on Soul Train from 1980 to 1985. I enjoyed it very much. To participate down the soul train line you were hand picked. Fortunately I was able to do that too! It was fun and met lots of people. In my early 20’s and in college at the time, it was one of those things you never forget!
How many times did you have to see a producers uncut whiteness to do it?
tell us more, what was it like? any stories?
Wow, you are apart of history then young lady, kudos to you for being on the most classic show of that era. I wish I could see you going down the soul train line. Do you have a taping of that episode?
I know I had to have seen u in the 80s in the soul train line lolol I was stuck on the TV screen
Did you eat the fried chicken?
As a white kid growing up in rural North Carolina in the 70s I never missed an episode Soul Train. Always great musical guests and of course my favorite part, the Soul Train line dance.
Still love watching clips on TH-cam.
Great memories.
Yep as a kid growing up, both Soul Train and American Bandstand were the highlight of our Saturdays for my sisters and I. We'd switch channels between the two shows during the commercials. Sadly after shows, it was chores time.
I was also a white kid growing up in the 70s and remember Soul Train came on after Sat morning cartoons.
@drooshmaroosh8261 Yes...😊
I'm from NC as well. What part are you from?
@@sandrastokes9847 I was born in Winston Salem, but I grew up in Yadkin County. Outside Boonville to be specific.
And you?
At the age of 15 I got to be on soul train. For a dance contest. It was 1975. It was an experience I will never forget. My dance partner and I. Represented Charlotte North. I was the youngest contestant. The night after the contest. They had dinner for us. At Capitol records. That night was the best. Black people dancing like you've never seen before. They gave us the new theme song stay soft fro kit. We only got two pieces of Kentucky fried Chicken. A Coke and a biscuit. To eat at the taping of the contest show. Best experience of my life I will never forget.
Thank God you weren't raped!
@@sandraknight4751 never met Don Cornelius. After the taping he would disappear. I was only 15 but I wasn't done either.
Thats when KFC was good too
That was a great year 1975. Remember nothing but magic. Indeed a great lifetime experience for you.
The dinner was probably sponsored by Capital Records, because Don was only giving out chicken and hard times! 🥴
Some families still do soul train 🚂 dances at family gatherings because it's something we will never forget RIP, Don Cornelius🪦🌹🕊️
My family is white but we always have soul train lines at weddings it’s just fun, the electric slide and the hustle are also huge at weddings in my family.
@@samsalamander8147: it's for, just letting the good times roll🕺💃while enjoying families get togetherns ☺️
True true
he died like a FOOL
@@MoneyComethToshelia Black millennials die like fools everyday.
True Fact: Patricia Rushen was a 15 year old Soul Train dancer. More than a decade later, she was up on stage performing "Forget Me Nots".
Yeah, same thing with Jodi Watley, she started out as a Soul Train dancer, then started singing with the group Shalimar and later started with her own music. Loved her style!😊
@@sheilaelaina8587 You mean, Shalamar. Either way, she was the reason why the group lasted as long as it did even during her solo career.
@Kate Batiste-Jones Even so, she was just 19 when she released her first album of jazz standards!
He had been played
So he committed suicide.
Dam 🦫 never knew that 🫡
A place in time that will never seen again. Thank you Mr. Cornelius R.I.P.
Yes RIP Rest in Purgatory you bastard
Don Cornelius did a fantastic job with Soul Train. However , he personal life was a mess. Thanks for Soul Train Don Cornelius. R. I. P. 🙏
Legend...@DonCornelius🕊️🕊️🕊️
Every person' with that status life was a mess as it is today!
@@mrgivins9690 this is how life is with the rich life
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That’s a fact
@@sylvia785 ONLY when you have no morals! and no relationship with JESUS
I loved soul train. People need to realize that entertainers are human & not put them on pedestals.
i think times are changing.. 'celebrity' is not what it once was.
He was brutal sadistic!
Well said.....
Apparently! You love, who you love. Who would have thought, the End, would have happened, like this, judging, from the beginning!
You mean subhuman. He hung out at the playboy mansion looking for the best nut then married porn trash from a foreign country and actually thought that it was going to be all squeaky clean up hill? I am proud of soul train but disappointed in the man behind it all.
I’m 63 and it was one of most favorite tv show to watch never missing . I say Love, Peace,& Soul Don Cornelius RIP ❤️❤️
Same here
Yes every time the soul train line happened I would yell it out!!! 😂😂😂❤❤❤✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
Yep...Yep...Amen...One Love Fam...
I doubt he's resting in peace after the life he lived.
I'm 65 every Saturday at 12oclock I watched Soul Train 😎💃👍🙂
Many successful people think that they are invincible and that they can hurt others, but karma has a way of reminding them that the way you treat others determines your outcome!
He let a white woman who could not even dance, never worked as hard as those dancers, he should have paid those dancers at some point, however, he was cheap and greedy.
I had heard about the Soul Train dancers never getting paid, and just getting fried chicken to eat during the long taping sessions! Not cool, but the young’uns got some opportunities out of the deal and many went on to do great things! However I was shocked and appalled when I saw the Playboy documentary! Even though I still think the whole Soul Train thing is an important milestone in Black History,and the progress Don Cornelius made, I have not been able to look at him the same since that Playboy series, and I couldn’t finish watching the series after that sickening story!
Yeah and all the pathetic ppl who support them no matter their horrible deeds.
@Ms.Robbie The truth hurts. In a song by Ice Cube featuring Scarface called "The Hand of the Dead Body" Ice Cube disses Don Cornelius and called him a house nigga. I heard the honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan also spoke negatively about Don Cornelius.
@@russelladams7134 Factz
As a kid I used to get up and do house chores on Saturday morning with Soul Train on and would finish just in time to catch the start of the Soul Train line about 45 minutes into the show.
In my area soul train came on at 2 pm every Saturday and I would get up at 5 in the morning to get the tv before my brothers !! we only had one tv, who ever gets it first controls it for the whole day! I loved SOUL TRAIN, vey depressed when I wasn’t able to watch it.
Me to
yup when soul train comes on grown folks were welp Saturday Morning cartoons are over get to work.
We would stop to watch it. My mom would be fussing, but we were trying to see it.
You did all your chores in 45 minutes you must’ve been on speed.
I have no respect for anyone who brutalize anyone for sexual pleasures
Me neither!!!
Girl after watching that A&E show about playboy, it would be fair and just to say that I hope him and hugh hefner are sharing a pit in the lowest level of Hell!
I did not know he was married don't like men who abused women
There was never any proof or criminal charges. Just someone story about a man who is not here to defend himself. Why wasn’t the stories told, when he was alive?
@ryanrichard7495 Because he had money and influence and he could make them go away.
I'm 53 and grew up watching this show Soul Train and still do watch soul train to this day.🔥❤️ Rest in peace Mr.Don Cornelius.☮️❤️
How it not syndicated
Yeah, where are you watching it, we want to know.
@@billgreen1861 TH-cam
@@billgreen1861 i ask her the same question b.e.t own the rights they need to syndicated
@@cokethearussell8630
Thank you for responding, I'll check it out even if it's just excerpts of the show I still want to see it.
Love, Peace & Soul-long. Thanks for the memories. RIP Mr. Don Cornelius.
Don used to be my aunt’s insurance agent in the 60s before he got on radio in Chicago
Back in the fabulous 1970's the soul train dancers were so cool by the way they were dancing 😎
Pat Davis, Lil Joe, Jody Watley, Damita Jo Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne etc. Those were the days
@@parisshelton8043 don't forget about Fred Rerun Berry and Boogaloo Shrimp from the movie Breaking ☺️
@parisshelton8043 another dancer was Shabba Doo (Adolfo Quinones) who is also founding member (and a dancer) of the dance group The Lockers 😊😊
“Equal Rights,And Equal Lefts” LOL 😂 😂😂😂😂
It’s f-ed up
Took me right out. 😉🤪😆🤭🤗😵😝
A Russian model and former adult film star. BM definitely know how to pick the topshelf of preferences/non BW.🤣🤣🤣
He sure knows how to pickum....So sad.
That’s why it’s hard to feel sorry for them when they get done in by the exoticalz
Yeah he got caught up yeah she was a porn star she knew what she was doing with her jack pot she put it on him hooked then divorced him owwie
Cmon yall.He still a brother.
Most brother's become suckers for the glory of getting that pudding got to strong to fight off the urdge of a sinsation to know God on a better 🎵 note amen
Nobody is perfect. R.I.P Don you made a difference in Black people lives throughout the world. Thanks so much. Much Love!
It's one thing to not be perfect...it's another to be a sadistic monster.
When I lived in rural Mississippi, the show was the one thing that gave me a glimpse of life outside the Podunk town. I got style tips from watching that show and it made me thirsty to see more of the world. I got to see lots of it. My favorite dancers were Jody, Jeffrey, Demita Joe, and the Chong girl.
The Chong Girl?? Well, you DID say you were from Podunk town...
Her name was Cheryl Song.@@margolangley4472
Love me some Soul Train. Every Saturday morning so looked forward to seeing Soul Train. Omgoodness good old days.
I don’t do domestic violence for anyone I lost my mom to it , and I grew up with a mom at the age 8 yrs old I’m 63 now. I very much dislike a woman beater.SMH
Good comment. Domestic violence along with emotional, psychological and verbal abuse is devastating to the survivor. Foolishness like being given 20 minutes to run a 45 min errand. Then being accused of going somewhere else. The more time spent with a crazy person, the more the survivor talks, acts and thinks like the abuser. Free at last, thank God Almighty, free at last.
I dislike them too. However there are some trifling woman out there who will irritate you and fight you like a man. You come home on three different occasions and she is caught with a different man...in your bed and when you tell her to leave she tells you NO because half of the house belongs to her and if he physically puts her out she would call 2 Russian gangsters to finish him. She's funneling money from 4 accounts and sends money to her parents in Russia to save for their flights to America.
She was trained to rob the train! He gave her some well deserved lumps. She took advantage of him. Did he deserve that? He was warned. They gave her way too much in settlement. He should have left Hollywood and married in his own race.
thank you all these people praising this monster despicable ,sorry for your loss i saw abuse like that also when young
I agree with you I don't do violence ever. I get very disguested when I hear about others having to deal with it. Dealing with a loss of to dv. Really it makes my blood boil. I unfortunately lost my family member to dv. It really sucks and is depressing.
I met Don Cornelius in person in Chicago and his voice sounded so unreal it sounded as if it was being projected from a speaker somewhere in the room!
😆😆😆😆😆😆😆yea I bet I bet even more it vibrated the room itself.
😂😂😂😂
The funny thing is he doesn't have rap or sing he just describes how funky the beat is and how smooth and soulful it is. If that track have the correct electric bass strings and bass vibes and horn sections even a little keyboard it's instant hit maaan have to hide the backpack niggaz be stealing copies.😗😗😗😗
@@khnemu4u you would have had to have heard it that s*** was Unreal!
😭🤣LMFAO!
Don IS a LEGEND and I LOVE the term Melanin deficient for American bandstand crowd 👍🏿
😂 LoL 🤣 LmFAO!
A little black boy was telling me about his sister one day, he said, "My sister isn't black like me, she charcoal black!" She must be melanin overloaded
@@earlwright9715 Booooo shit is a dud...FOH
Keep division alive, so woke you are asleep
Ridiculous Comment 👎
Love,Peace and Soul
❤️✌️🎶
The most dangerous diseases are the ones we can't see,until its to late,novelty do wears off! 🙏🕊🕊
To anyone else who is suffering from an addiction, depression or simply feel that everyday life is too much to bear, just know that there are professionals available 24/7. With the support of family and friends, your situation becomes their situation, and together you ALL will make it better.
Just remember that taking your life will also rip the "SOUL" out of people that you truly love.
One day at time........
R.I.P Mr. Don Cornelius
Thank you Mr Jefferson.
If you are suffering and don’t have a support system reach out to someone that has brought light to you in the past. It might feel weird, but it’s your life in the line so it’s worth it. Don’t overwhelm yourself considering how others will feel about what you are going through. Just know that you can only make life beautiful if you are here to do it. Please enlist someone to help you find counseling (cause that’s a whole job). All the love in the world to you.❤🫂
He had a congenital brain detect he even had surgery
As a kid in the fabulous 1970's watching soul train on Saturday afternoon after Fat Albert cartoons was definitely a treat. My cousin Angela would yell out the door to us "The Soooooooouuuuul Train" then we would all run into the house to watch a house of some great dancing and singing 🤗
Still a Icon you can't take that away from Don C he did a great movement for black culture
If this story is the truth, he was a monster. What good did he do for our people?
Grow up he did a cultural movement for our people, we know he was trouble still you cannot take away ,what he did for black people, pride, entrepreneurs, and gave black entertainment a platform. What do you do for your people? Quick to judge. But what do you do ?
Yeah but he was mentally unstable and dangerous.
@@jillkramer4438 he said he was never the same after he had surgery' aneurysm to the brain . I love Don C for being a trailblazer ,for black culture ,with all his faults He will always be a Icon.
All I do is all I can do sister. But what I don't do is pay people in fried chicken😂
I think Spike Lee should do a movie about Don Cornelius
There was a show called “American Soul” which came on BET, and lasted 2 seasons but the show really wasn’t that great.
@@a.b.s_productions i wanted another season i liked it
@@kiabeetv9784 According to sources the show hasn’t been canceled but it hasn’t been in production in 2 years but the actor that played Don Cornelius has moved on to other projects.
Nah Spike's movies ain't that good. Only one that was fire was Malcolm X
@@user-fq4jo7tw5k ….What about Lee Daniels
After all that success gained with his people He turned on us and gave it all to a strange woman who most likely killed him.
Hello Nunya how are you doing today? well we can't teach how heart to choose who we want to love our heart do the loving and choosing....are you mad at him for who he choose to love?
@@marvincaldwel111 yes. That's why we're created with a heart and BRAIN. Based on historical record he should've KNOWN better.
Money talks. B.S. walks in Show business.
Amen!!
Imagine growing up watching and dancing along w/ Soul Train to actually meeting, dancing and working w/ D.C. Spending hours in the studio; even having the opportunity to kick it @ his crib on several occasions. I witnessed the power of D.C first hand and learned a lot! I saw his work ethic and negotiating skills. From my perspective, he was a major bootstrapper, a person who was sure of himself and one who expected the best from those in his production. I can attest to the severe migraines he would have to the point that it would lay him down. I coudn't help but admire his hustle. To endure, or sometimes not, music emanating forth through overhead studio speakers.He dropped alot of jewels to learn from. Definitely a trail blazer and an american soul story. Rest on Big Wolf!
This is why I'll never let someone borrow my car again. My ex let her brother drive my car and he ended up running from the police and tore my shit up. I was pissed asf, especially when I found out he tried hiding my car at a car wash
Man what 😂😂😂😂
@@terrancefoster6613 Women know what time it is when they come over or get flown out. Friend of mine had this happen to him. The chick came over and walked around the hotel room naked and was on her phone ignoring him with him sitting there looking pitiful. It’s her choice to not want to, but then why come? Why are you there in the first place playing with dude?
Yeah,this happened to females at my job ( I work at a VA hospitol )black women get played by black male vets going thru programs for vets.The women let these guys borrow their cars ( one vet drove one workers car 2 states over,the police told her they couldn't do anything because she let him borrow the car )and there're other stories to be told,but,I won't.Most of these guys are lazy,broke,hooked on drugs,etc,etc,... they're liars,hustlers,jail birds,etc,etc,..sweet talk these females ( tell them what they want to hear ) etc,etc,...shack up with them for their resources.
Wtf?😆😆
It’s not funny, but I think it’s the way you tell it 😂
She did what she intended to do! Take him for all he had….tragic
I agree…I also believe he didn’t kill himself. She know somethin
@@monicabanks1983 From what I've learned about the entertainment industry, I don't trust what's told about a celebrity's death.
@@monicabanks1983 I read that he had headaches that he was tired of.
It's not tragic if that's the woman he chose to be his wife..
@@true1evanique and don't.. ever
his downfall was them yt women
You are ABSOLUTELY right‼ You would think that they would have learned by now..but NO CHANCE, they are still doing the same dumb thing! 🙄
Got some white pwssy one time and quickly became addicted, VERY understandable
@@Iknowyoumadnow sht sad bruh
@@juneaskew6871 wealthy and goofy smh
So you could say that Don's life in the end was a "soul train wreck" ? RIP and thank you Mr Cornelius for all the joy, fun, and happiness that you brought to so many of us with your ingenuity.
I met Don Cornelius at Chicago's black expo in 1973
As a child we only had one TV in the house. I use to cry when I couldn't watch "love peace & soul".
I loved Soul Train. Lived for the train to pick up some moves. Thank you for teaching me how to dance 💃 😀 I am a white 60 yr old woman and always knew my jam. Great music and times.
Don took the coward way out because the demons & skeletons in his closet had closed in on him.
Don Cornelius' "Soul Train" was right up there with Dick Clark's "American Band Stand." Both shows heavily influenced American entertainment and changed our pop culture. Black people used to get overly excited when "Soul Train" was about to air! My family would receive numerous phone calls: "Soul Train" is coming on! My entire family would sit before the TV and watch with excitement as Don Cornelius opened the show with his smooth and silky voice. We watched in awe as those fantastic dancers tore up the dance floor! Our hearts would sink as Don closed the show with: LOVE, PEACE AND SOOOUL!!! Damn I forgot so much about my childhood wonders! Thank you Don for bringing great pleasure to my childhood and showing the world that Black is beautiful! May you rest forever in God's eternal peace. 🙏🙏🙏
I don't remember Dick Clark however
Don Cornelius will never be forgotten
Evil people was spying on
Mr. Cornelius
Made it difficult for him to live a happy/safe life
Bcuz of their wicked work we lost another black icon
Yep
Talent will take you where Character cannot keep you ..
I love Soul Train for what it represented & what it did for the culture. I beam with pride & want to get up & dance anytime I watch those clips from the 70s, 80s, & 90s (it's heyday). It is the ultimate culture time capsule!
That being said, I watched the A&E Playboy documentary when it premiered last year & when that episode ended, my jaw was still on the floor in shock
It's just disappointing when you have these figures you once respected, attached to this piece of art you've loved & practically raised you since birth, unmasked. I never would've expected that from the person we thought we knew all those years; inviting him into our living room every Saturday morning, but the same could be said about Bill Cosby
I believe every word of it as a lot of attitudes about the treatment of women have progressed some, but not enough--and knowing the 70s, it was downright dinosaur territory. Women's Lib was just bubbling to the surface, so I'm sure the mentality of men of that generation was to strike while the iron is hot (for a lack of a better term)
Many of our "heroes" of a certain age often ran together. They had money, power, & access. I shutter to think of how many more of these stories are out there that haven't come to light or the women who have gone to their graves knowing no one would believe them
Same
Becky drained him like a vampire with a doctorate in how to separate a mark from his assets. Checkmate.
Rt after the news broke abt his death, DON’s son was interviewed & he was the one who told THE WHOLE TRUTH & nothing but the truth about his father’s death. Don’s son said that his father, when realizing his days were numbered, decided he did NOT want his current wife to have the lion’s share of his estate 🤑 So, Don figured that if he offed himself SHE would NOT benefit from the life insurance🤑 Well. that may have been the case IF he had been married to a BW but not to A BECKY. In the case of Becky -vs- DC THE JUDGE SAID THE BEOTCH CAN GET IT ALL. (yt women have a whole system backing them so Don was out of his league & didn’t even know it) R.I.P.
I can't figure for the world of me how these black brothers think things are going to turn out,married to the opps, maybe they need to go watch the story of Samson and Dalah,lol, what kind of a life your going to have here in racist America, beING married to a Becky pr for that matter even dating one.
@@thecounselorace621 No truer words have ever been spoken, & whomever doesn’t understand that then they’re just an unfortunate MARK
Wow didn't know why...but these men need to stop with becky
@@thetotalpackage2005 Don't tell me SISTAS" don't do a BROTHER wrong!!
Wow, that lets you know that the grass is not always greener on the other side. RIP Don Cornelius!!
Sad to hear about that last story about him. Those women were traumatized by that place and good old Hugh did nothing to stop it. As to what Cornelius was thinking who can say. Depravity and immorality plague our lives. Hopefully he made his peace before his death. Excellent videography.Thank you.
I'm surprised how many comments blatantly ignore this story, when I was horrified by it.
@@alienvomitsex true I agree it’s very bad what he did. He’s deceased now. He will be judged accordingly if one wishes to believe this.
Hugh was the main one doing the traumatizing, he was a controlling, misogynistic pervert who drugged, pimped and videotaped young women without their consent. He promised them success, fame & fortune and treated them like his property, encouraged and allowed his famous friend men celebrities to abuse these women - Don Cornelius was one of these men.
I don't know what I was going through all those years ago that I do not remember any of this. I don't even remember that he committed suicide. I really started to feel bad for him for his bad choices but I really have no sympathy for someone who abused young women so badly. I guess he was used to getting away with things until he got old and then he couldn't get away with it anymore.
Same here I didn't even know he was dead and wasn't aware of any of this karma is a bitch
It’s funny how someone can say something about a person, who is not here to defend themselves. There was never any proof or criminal charges against him. For all we know, those accusations, could all be lies.
The soul train line survives at parties to this day.
I know Michael Jackson loved being on Soul Train back then ‼️‼️
Hello Mary how are you doing today?.....every one love's to be on Soul Train it has been an enjoyable show...rest in power Don......how long have you been on this show?
It’s hard to believe a man with that big of an ego killed himself! 😢
Ashanti Taylor. He didn't strike me as the suicidal type. I smell a rat. I think you know where I'm going with this.
Ashanti Taylor. He didn't strike me as the suicidal type. I smell a rat. I think you know where I'm going with this.
I think his wife did it
@@tanishakennedy4616 I think maybe if she had done it she would have made it look like a murder because she was to benefit from his two life insurance policies. When death is ruled a suicide they don't pay anything. But of course it would still pay if it happened 2 or 3 years after the policy was bought. So you never know?????? You might be correct!
The ish that he was going thru with his wife is what drove him to suicide. But what surprised me the most about Don was that he was involved with a white woman
Such a sad ending for such a legend.
Hello Pamela how are you doing today?...He has forth a good fight..may he continue to rest in power...you must be one of his biggest fan i'm i right?
Seemed like the older he got, the more unhappy & miserable he looked. The divorce & health issues were one thing. I believe the deadly blow was his loss of relevance in the business. I don't think he left Soul Train voluntarily. He may have been bought out or forced out because he was visibly getting old and slipping. Hollywood is a predator's paradise, including predators with money. They eventually pay the price.
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i Am 64 When I Was Young I Use To Watch Soul Train On Saturday Morning That Was My Favorite Show The Most Favorite Was The Soul Train Line Those Was The Good Old Day
I do not at all minimize Don's sins. But we are all human. I acknowledge his horrendous faults, but I also will always remember him as one who help to put our music in the mainstream. He was human, and therefore far from perfect.
I like the part when Don Cornelius said you can bet your last money it's gonna be a stone gas honey
There’s nothing wrong with sex, as we all know, the problem in this melting pot culture is the casual sexual conduct promoted and practiced, which lead’s to promiscuity and infatuation. Anyone who think’s that you can have sexual inter course with someone for superficial reasons and avoid the deeper connections that instantly happens in the act, you’re fooling yourself! Most people in this world today living this way are so far astray from their sanity because of having sex based on superficial things, facial and body appearance, how much material wealth one possess, social clout, etc., but spiritually who they are, you don’t know enough, their mental history, you don’t know enough, and their emotional stability, you don’t know enough…….but your libido and sex drive, you let it drive you straight to misery in the company of demons perhaps. 🤔
Wow well said!
@ sek, that is a deeply profound statement and so true. The system promotes promiscuity, unfaithfulness, superficially, appearances. I think a lot of children from the 70s/80s grew up mistaking sex for love, due to the music, media, and TV shows promoting “ free love “ some of us have to learn the hard way 🙏🙂
"And there's no doubt about it".
@sekhemasaru5718
I am, as the saying goes, “late to the party” but I had to comment on your post. Three words; FACT/TRUTH/PROFOUND!! Although I’m a Senior now, I’m thankful I’m not one of those old people who think they know it all and not willing to give a young person as yourself credit for WISDOM. To be honest, I wish I had access to your knowledge when I was young, it would have saved me a LOT of heartache in regards to male and female relationships. I had to learn all my lessons the hard, painful way. Yes, thank God, I learned the lessons but was the journey rough. I fault no one but myself however, no one had a gun to my head. I’ve been at a good place for some years, widowed , but had a wonderful marriage. And I’m thankful most of all that I won’t die being in one of the worst conditions possible; AN OLD DAMN FOOL. Hopefully, if people heed your very helpful words, the will avoid the same. Thank you for sharing and continue to have a wonderful journey. Take care. 👍🏿✌🏿
Don was Ganster he had to be no nonsense not to get pushed around for a black male to have a hit TV show was a milestone back in those days. A lasting memory of everyone's childhood. Bravo to him thanks for the memories.
Are you kidding? Yes, the show was o.k if nothing else was on, but the things he did to those bunnies. Forget the good he did. He was a scumbag.
RIP Don Cornelius!
Coward
Soul Train, is a part of history that will never be forgotten. I remember on Saturdays, watching so many black people, young, stuck in time, just having fun enjoying life. R I p. & eternal love. 10:41 10:45 forever.
People know that happened because people would talk about him. He wanted that young lady, married her and she grew up to be who she was molded into by how he treated her. It’s a sad story.
I think a lot of dl blk men seek out ww intentionally. Since that is supposed to be the holy grail of women. They think that the last things a gay man would do, meanwhile, its alot of their go-to's. I believe he was gay. Thats prob where a lot of his abusive ways derived from.
At the very least, Don Cornelius was bisexual. O'Bryan (the singer) was his preferred boytoy for many years. DC was also heavily addicted to coke, which seemed to fuel his gay side. The alcohol fueled his domestic violence side.
@@RockandrollNegro Whaaat???!! This is the first Ive ever heard of that but I believe it 100%. The secrets of the those days...
@@RockandrollNegro whoa! O'Bryan? Wow.
@@RockandrollNegro nothing surprises me at this point anymore
He was the Uncle that came on Thanksgiving, making the woman feel uncomfortable lol
He may have wanted to live a private life, but beating people up and treating them like trash, always gets out to the public. And if you’re a celebrity, you can multiply the public attention. So I guess you could say that he was his own worse enemy. It’s hard not to think that he got what he deserved.
Once a celebrity when you do something negative you should expect that it is going to get out nothing is private
Soul Train was all I had as an african american growing up that showcased real black heritage and culture and dance. One of the most iconic syndicated shows of its kind ever. I remember all the news surrounding his personal life. His divorce was ugly. Very ugly. It's obvious that he had demons. I'd heard when someone asked him an autograph and he cursed the person out. He could be very mean towards people. Instead of knowing of his alleged sinister dark side, I'd rather remember Don in a positive light in terms of how he single handedly uplifted black culture with his show.
I met him at NARM in Chicago with his ex wife. His was nice and autographed everyone’s Soul Train box set who asked
I miss Soul Train. The guest artists were, almost always some of my favorite groups and solo singers. I remember getting home from a hot dates and turning the TV on to hear, Gladys Knight and the Pips, among many others. This was a part of some of the best years of my life, and a couple of the worst years. RIP Don Cornelius. I have often wondered if he was related to The Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose. I guess not.
👍🏾Thank you so much for this post. Once I found out about his whyte wife, I was through with him. Thoroughly enjoyed this memory of his undoing, though. Glad to know he got *exactly* what he *wanted* ! Good for him! 😀
You mean the barrel of a gun? I was disappointed too when I found out after all of the people of color that he inspired over the years. When it came to black pride and excellence,during a time when young black people were focusing on their identity,their worth and power within our communities he helped to inspire so many brothers yet he chose to pull up,take the easy way out in the end and ignorantly leave all of his money to a skanky non melenated whore. This story is more disappointing than Bill Cosbys.
She probably put some kind of Mojo on him.
@@danilaroche1156 can you define “mojo” for us today pls?
Didn't know his wife was white 😳
Undoing...Where did that come from?
Don was a freak.... mad sugar in his tank... I met him back in the early 80s while living in Pasadena at the time. My spirit picked it up immediately. I just rudely dissed myself from his presence.
I sort of believe you. I got bad vibes or spirits from his demeanor too .I really hope he turned his heart to Christ before he died.
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That's the word on the curb.
This is what you risk when you mess with Snow Bunny's🥶
I went on soul train at the age of 15 yrs. Old when it was still in Chicago on chanel 26, I will never forget get it , stepping hard in my bell bottom jeans. That was a wonderful time.
My cousins went on his show. They were American Band Stand dance contest winners. My cousin told me, before he passed, that Don was evil. When they came on the show, he were ordered by Don to remove the cross he was wearing. He said there was something very eerie about Don.
I was scared of him as a kid, but never knew why. Now I do.
well if your cousin removed his cross to be on the show, your cousin was also evil.
He was legend for black people, soul train was in many homes, but also the darkness of this man ,if true was horrible
I couldn't wait to watch Soul Train back in the 70s after the Saturday morning cartoons were over of course. Just seeing all of those young Black people free and dancing and enjoying themselves made me wish I was part of it. It was a great thrilling time brought to you by the one and only cool Don Cornelius. But it really doesn't surprise me hearing about the dark stories about him, after all he is just a human being corrupted by power, sadly.
I danced on soul train in Chicago on TV the studio looked big but it was a small room, it was a Awesome experience!!! Love Peace and Soul 🥰
WCIU Channel 26...Big Bill Hill on same channel. I watched.both.shows.
DON COULD WEAR A AFRO♥️♥️♥️♥️
I’m from Los Angeles and when I see these types of video’s, it brings back a load of emotions, good and bad. My sister and I would watch it all the time. I wanted an Afro so bad, all I got was a dry ball of wool. I’ve always be curious on what happened to Don and Soul Train. Excellent story.
This story is mind blowing. I wish Don stayed with the culture, especially in Don's Era; when black 🖤 women were alot stronger mentally. No disrespect to other cultures but treat black folks right if they treasure you as someone they love. Don't vulture 🦅 you're way in for a meal🍴ticket 🎫. R.i.p Don Cornelius 🕊
@Kat Fish True,cause he helped bring so much to it. I am so glad that he was here yet so disappointed how he allowed himself to get caught up... thinking with his nuts instead of his brain. Even more common today. Yes,RIP
They never do
More Division 👎
Tell this to Deion. 😐
@@CodyCole80 lol 😂 true. If we can't find black 🖤 women here in America. We have Canada 🇨🇦, Africa 🌍, Carribean, Philippines 🇵🇭, Brazil 🇧🇷, Dominica 🇩🇲 Republic ect. I know most of American women's thought 💭 process is damaged not saying it isn't for these other countries as well but it's too many options not too find one!
Why didn't you marry a African American Queen? They bring you to this country in shame. Then you died in shame and give her everything that God have blessed you with. This is so sad you allow them to use the life out of you...
She probably conducted witchcraft & manipulation on him. He was not discerning and was led astray by Satan. I always had a premonition his life would end tragically.
@@danilaroche1156 ok Raven symone........
I'm like him, I'd rather take a playboy snow bunny any day
Love peace and soul!!!!!❤❤❤
Hello Mary how are you doing today? love and peace has been Don's favorite speech....rest in power Don true legend.....how long have you been on this show?
Rest in PEACE FOREVER ♾️🤍🌻☮️🕊️DON CORNELIUS
This voice sounds like Nia Long! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👊🏾❤️
Thank you 🙏🏿
A music 🎶 Show Legend Extraordinaire 🙌 Never forgotten Mr Don Cornelius!
To this day, i believe someone killed him😪.
His wife
Me too…just like all these other celebrities…they’re worth more dead than alive. Y see how they said everything went up, right after he died 🥴
@@tanishakennedy4616 if it wasn’t her, she kno who did it. She most definitely had an eye in it!
Cartoons first with cereal. Then cleaning the house a little before Soul Train came on. Waiting for the BBQ man. Good days.
As child and a teen growing up in SoCal during the 60s and 70s, I experience some the best music ever performed. I was first a fan of American Band Stand and the music acts on Ed Sullivan and other 60s variety shows. Then as preteen then teen during late 60s early 70s the psychedelic rock music came on to the scene. I was grooving to THE REAL DON STEELE SHOW on KHJ, channel 9 in Los Angeles. As the 70s progressed I got hooked onto watching Don Cornelius and his SOUL TRAIN show! I loved watching all the famous solo and group acts perform on the show. That was the music of my time. Great memories.
SSSOOOUUULLL train is and will Always be blessed and the memory of Don Cornelius 😘❤️🖤💚✊🏾❤️🖤💚
The curse of needin that Becky
For the last reasons you stated is why he unalived himself. He wasn't a good man at all.... and for all of that to come up, he wasn't tryna stick around for that.
So disappointed "American Soul" didn’t get another season
I have no words, hearing at the end of the brutalization of the 2 sisters...I'm speechless.
Hello Nicole how are you doing today? Don did a big deal with Soul Train back in the 70’s and I don’t recall a person not liking it.......rest in power Don, i don't like the fact that they refused to pay the dancers cause they have been a big influnce to the Train Soul....do you agree with my opinion?
@@marvincaldwel111 I'm not questioning his conyrobution to (our or) American culture: it's a shame this story could potentially overshadow his standout work.
I think i heard the day he committed suicide he had found out i think a few days eariler he was diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimers
I heard that he killed himself so his wife couldn't get the insurance money. Some clause saying suicide made the policy null and void. Who knows? 🤷🏾♀️
I'm trying to wrap my mind around the abuse of the playboy bunnies. Really? He did that?????
I thought he was having real bad headaches + depression & he was diagnosed with something
@@beekind6267 he probably did not do that. It's easy to say that someone who died did something especially when they can not defend themselves. They just want to make the icon look bad just like they did with other black icons. Just for the hell of it.
It was reported that he had very painful ☹️ seizures that were getting worse.
The problem was this woman 👠 here. They gave her some everything. This is why we should date our own people.
Yeah but even your own people can screw you over. I know, I'm Black and had what I thought was my best friend, set me up to have me fired from a job I had for over 10 years. You can't trust anyone.
@@sheilaelaina8587 that true. We get the money. That the part we need to work on. Our people get the money. No them . I believe this why DON KILL HIMSELF. SHE GOT ALL OF HIS MONEY.
I agree 👍 💯 sometimes our own people don't even like us
It was 1989 in Ukiah California! I was rushing home to see soul train! A white acquaintance of mine offered me a ride! He stopped and shouted “ get in James I’ll give you a ride”. Then Ask me what’s the Harry? I answered “SoulTran’s Coming on in 10 minutes!” And with a condescending look he said “ is that still on??? ❤️🖤💚
While desiring to spend an unlimited time and endless words in describing your esposition on Don Cornelius, I save the the time and space to just utter the words "Brilliant, Bold, Excellent and Revealing" about this Personality and Theme, But of all your Presentations!
Imagine if black ppl focused more on industrial business medical field agriculture etc other than entertainment and dancing around for everyone , Where we would be now ?? Yes I know we are a musical ppl but that was handed in hand with the spiritual part of us which we did not integrate into most our music creating an unbalanced mess we call hip hop today smh wish I had a time machine to warn these fools
Just saw the "Playboy " special from 2022 last year and the accusations against him with the two "Playboy " bunnies is a wow. Unfortunately, he's been deceased for years and can't defend himself
She misspoke on that part- in the special it was about Bill Cosby and the 2 Playboy Bunnies not Don Cornelius
I kinda believe it , bill cosby was also there. Hugh hefner allowed this to happen. He was a great host but privately troubled
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He was a pimp.
I would almost brake my neck to see soul train when come on and I had little crush on Don Cornelius he was so cool with his style Rip to Don Cornelius we miss you but your spirit will live on through your fans 🌹💙
Soul Train was watched by many and Don made it happen in many homes. RIP you are truly miss.🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️
Hello Qeenie how are you doing today?....Don is indeed a legend of Soul Train....RIP Don.....i will miss Don alot...how about you?
I don’t think he unalived himself. But that is my opinion.
D.C. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps, Heaven is for Heroes, R.I.P. Semper-Fi.'
LOL the commentary! Not being thrown harder than Rosie Perez back. I had to stop for a second LOL
My pops use to tell me "boy what doin' messin' with them girls"! Brotha'z never learn.🤣😂