Back in 74 at my Junior high dance, I boogied like ReRun 1:43 !! in the line dance. I can truly say Soul Train taught me. I'm going on 59 ! Haven't lost it...Slight knee pain though 🤣😂🤣😎✌🏽✊🏽✊🏽
i love it because i LOVED the show but i thought Don Cornelius was a jerk, and i was right about that. of course, i also became a little socialist in middle school. not paying the, THE ‘Soul Train Dancers’ that is some fucked up shit right there...i wish they’d ALL got together and done a STRIKE !! ✊🏾🌎❤️ you KNOW that musicians wouldn’t have crossed that picket line. being on tv is NOT enough. ka-ching !!
@For the Love of Curls You obviously don't know valuable free advertising is. The dancers themselves said it was the exposure they got on the show that opened doors for them and their careers.
For the Love of Curls As the show became more popular, exposure became more relevant to the dancers, but in the beginning it wasn’t as much for the original dancers since the show was new. They didn’t know how iconic the show was going to be in the future so kudos to the original dancers who paved the way
At that time, things were different and the era was about blood and sweat exposer and the only incentive was to be on television without pay. His or her pay was exposer on the most popular show"Soul Train" at that time. If any dancer who was a dancer and he or she wanted a dream, that dream was to be on "Soul Train"! People had true talent at that time. Men and women didn't need to expose their ass to make it in the business. Not like today!!!
The original soul train dancers need to be on the Soul Train Award show and receive an award for their contribution to soul train. They did have a lot to do with making the show what it was.
True... but, they were so happy to just get their faces in front of the camera.... Haha... Mr. Cornelius knew that these dancers would've paid a cover charge to get in. Sheesh... club owners still capitalize on this.
This made me so sad!!!!! I remember watching soul train. But I also remember the love that was in the black communities in this age. I pray we come back to loving and enjoying each other.
@BADAZZTHANG I had several, very good black friends. Unfortunately, they all went their own way, got married, moved out of state, and we lost touch. I'm around black people that are friendly with me that frequent the same convenience store as I do. But like I said, I just don't hear people say that too often. I'm a recluse, so I don't have many opportunities to meet and make new friends. I'm proud of who I am too. But I have to be careful about how I say it because of PC culture.😊
Choo Choo234 I thought they did receive royalties not for the original airings but I don’t know why I thought that and that was partly why Soul Train wasn’t in syndication?
Interesting... Well Don Cornelius is gone now, I don't know if they could renegotiate. Also, since everyone right now is on the "Black lives matters" tip, maybe Netflix could bring the episodes? There were some iconic performers on there and I would love to watch them again..
Haha,yes I also was a Soul Train Dancer inside of my Living Room. My RIP parents,siblings and family members we would even Soul Train ourselves forming the Soul Train Line in the 1980s. And,we would dance down our line one at a time,during family togetherness🌹
I am so proud to say that I was part of this legacy in the late 70's and participated in the Soul Train Dance Contest, representing my home town Pittsburgh, PA. It was my dream came true. Thank you Don, R.I.P.
Right ! The early '90s and mid '90s was good but late '90s and early 200s I didn't too much care bout them but my younger siblings then were kids then they loved the show and still do . But the '80s and '70s they were the best hands down
Someone shouts "Soul Train is on"..block clears...everyone running in the house to turn on t.v. afterwards everyone back on the block showing off the latest steps they just learned. Good times.
“Damita Jo had a raw blackness about her. She didn’t care about having an Afro or really trying to be pretty, she was just out there giving it the funk”- 2:30 Yaaassss! I can dig it! ✊🏾
Wow...some folks over-analyze everything. I think one has to dig pretty deep to find the insult in that statement. Actually, I find it more insulting to have someone categorized as, "dumb black people" or "not having critical thinking skills" just because they don't think the way some do. Gee, I guess because we all aren't micro-analysing every word that comes across our line of vision, or within earshot, we aren't "woke". 😂 One can find negativity in anything, if that's what they wish to see. Just a little something I learned from experience. Pity not needed, or accepted...
As much as I love the 90s and early 2000s. The best dance and Soul Train Eras were 70s and early 80s (Funk, Soul and Disco). Those eras embodied what Soul Train and dance was all about. I will admit tho...the early 90s had some classic dances and performances too.
I am 53 years old all the years were good except that few years when they don step down and let that actor host the show that's when i pretty much stop watching it.
We were a bunch of Asian and white kids in the 80s and we never missed Soul Train. We loved American Bandstand, but Soul Train was boss! We all had our favorite dancers..those were good times.
@Killer Joe I agree. Sooo disappointing to hear because Don had the power to change this. A two piece chicken box? How insulting. I want a movie done about this to showcase the good and bad. A really movie too, not on lifetime or ber. Glad to hear the exposure gave them other opportunities to make $ and they look great for their age. All the dancing kept them young + black dont crack. 😃
I miss Soul Train💜...I use to couldn't wait til Saturday's to see the Soul Train line & to see what artist would be performing on the Soul Train stage.
Take heed to what they're saying about what happened when rap came out. The Soul Train dancers lost creativity. They started all dressing and dancing the same. There wasn't a lot of couples dancing together. Everyone was out for themselves. I grew up on 90's Soul Train, but when I got a taste of 70's Soul Train I was amazed by My People, the dances, the clothes, the styles, the couples and the music. I could feel the love, the cohesiveness, the Black pride, and all the good vibes that were going on. I like to tell myself that that unity came from the racial struggles that Our People faced in the 60's and those 70's dancers were Freedom Dancers dancing from a free soul. I love y'all
Truth Man,I was born in the later 1960s and I grew up as little girl in the 1970s. I loved every moment of that Melanin Love Pride from the 1970s Soul Train Dancers. Also I grew up with that James Brown Song,say it loud I am Black and I am proud. We really did have that respect and love in our Communities,during the 1970s Decade 🌹💖💕
We had to clean up every Saturday before watching Soul Train. My mom would watch with us sometimes. She made 80% of our clothes so we had all of the latest fashions going to school. Ours really stood out. I miss this show and really miss my mom too.
That was our family Saturday routine. Clean house, watch Soul Train. My children were raised with this show, I always thought my grandchildren would be too. But no. 😿
Man, if you are a 70s and 80s kid, then you know NOTHING compares to our Saturday morning line-up... cartoons all morning, followed by Souĺ Train... I forget what was after that... nostalgic!!!
I'm a 70's and 80's kid. I was born in 1969. I remember the Asian lady with the long hair and the light skinned guy me and sister called him Head....Great memories! 😀
@@tonyac9153 who doesn't remember her... lol? I was IN LOVE with her as a kid! I think she was the most popular one, and she was in the Super Freak video.
@@MrMooney196144 It went into syndication I think in the fall of '71, sometime in October. It's said it only reached 7 cities when it first aired, LA, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Cleveland, Philly and Atlanta. It expanded to other markets quickly from there. I lived in Connecticut when it first came on but went to Detroit that October for my grand father's funeral and saw one of the first shows and was in awe, I would have been 12 then. I remember Rufus Thomas was on and sang "The Breakdown", that had to be about the 1st, 2nd or 3rd show that aired.
The 70ies was cool, it laid the foundation for everything that came after, but the 80ies, imo took things to the highest level the early 90ies were alright but after that soul train seemed to have jumped the shark.
Damn I thought at least at some point Don paid the dancers. Even though the show gave them exposure and other opportunities there should've been some monetary gain. Soul Train was very successful and on for a long time.
On American Soul, one of the Soul Train Dancers said that the American Bandstand dancers got paid with benefits. Did ya see last night's episode when the dancers were protesting outside the studio demanding to be paid?
Unbelievable the dance made to show and 😳 you mean you tell me Don was that damn cheap 🙀just giving them a two piece in a soda ,WOW!!! That’s a Stonecoal trip🥴
😂😂😂 ... Girl, you ain't part of Black culture if you didn't have that big ol' t.v. with the coat hanger and pliers needed to change the channels! You REALLY brought back some memories! Oh my goodness! 😂
Please, please don't think I am being disrespectful, I truly don't mean to come across that way, but at 60 years old myself, and a huge fan of Soul Train, I watched it every Sat. I still do catch a rerun now and then, and enjoy it now maybe more than back then. As someone who loves to dance and has been told I'm pretty good at it, I loved the dancing on the show, especially the line!!! Lastly I'd like to add that I believe black people and hispanic's age very, very well!! The skin seems to stay wrinkle free and glowing!! And as a white woman, watching her ass flaten by the day, I am envious,lol. I wish I knew what it was in the ethnicity that keeps you lovlies from aging!! Cheers to all of you dancers out there!!
Janet Carlson. As a Irish& Mexican Female as always dancing and moving to the beat of music from all kinds.. It's in the pigmentation of people's skin how the age prosses goes as we'll plenty of creams.. always using baby oil on the skin especially in the winter months. And Summer months with some spf .. It's in your DNA .. there are plenty of people all different races that have beautiful skin . its in how you take care of your skin . and DNA .. my own cousin I've always told her how beautiful her skin is she is a natural red head pale tone yet even going through many different heath issues she still is beautiful even when she does not feel like it.she has always danced worked has a strong mindset..she is 50 doesn't look it at all .. Age is just a number anyways really its how you feel .. Keep dancing even if you don't think you can ..move something to the music find a beat and go with the flow...it's not a cure all but it will help you stay fit .. Let's Not forget about The Solid Gold Dancers 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃✌
@@natashabenitez7650 Thanks for replying!! As a young teenager well into my 40's I was always lying in the sun, without any protection mind you!! I live in FL. and my skin is showing all the sun damage that I have allowed to happen!! I've never taken care of my skin, just too lazy. Now I certainly regret it!! I have 2 daughter-in-laws. One is Scicllian and the other is mostly Cherokee. Their skin is poreless, where as you could fall into mine,lol I don't know if I am too late to repair any damage or not. But at least, even with a very painful spinal disease, I still love to dance. I was on a Prince kick last night!! Thanks again, and keep on dancing!! btw, wish I could see your entire face, but you have captivating eyes!!!
I entered the 10th grade in 1970 finishing in high school in 1973. We watched Soul Train religiously every Saturday. The men wore platform shoes from Flag Brothers & Thom McAn shoes back in the 70's wearing big Afro. I have a knot on my knee to this day from 1972 where I was doing a Soul Train dance at a party hitting my knee on a brick fireplace at my cousin's house in Coral Hills, Maryland outside of Washington, D.C. Boy do I miss those days.
I REMEMBER THEY KEPT CALLING ROSIE PEREZ..."TINA". IT WOULD BE NICE IF SOUL TRAIN BROUGHT ALL OF THE WELL KNOWN DANCERS TO OPEN THE SOUL TRAIN AWARDS & ALSO PRESENT THEM👌
I agree that they should bring the Soul train dancer's in an opening act for the Soul train Awards. Loved the 70's dancers much better. Charles is 2yrs older than I am, I didn't recognize him. He danced in the 80's. I wish I could see Domita Joe and La Tonya the best female dancers of them all. Salute to the 70's Soul train dancer's. I stopped watching Soul Train in late 80's.
in my opinion the seventies were the best years for the dancers on Soul Train. No one was on there acting like they were getting ready to audition for a music video and the women dressed with much more class than they did in the 90s up until the end of the run of Soul Train. I wish that they had had damita Jo Freeman on there or more of the people that originated the 70s dances on Soul Train. If it wasn't for them we probably wouldn't even be talkin about Soul Train today they made the show!
Calling all power people Opra, Tyler Perry, Denzel Washington, Jay Z Beyonce, Floyd Mayweather, Will & Jada, Michael Jordan lets put some of those coins together and use your connections to put together another soul train so we can show case our long lost r&b culture and our love of hip hop music. I can remember when Mrs Stephanie Mills quoted they killed r&b music they didnt want to here it from us they want to hear it from justin Timberlake adele and peple like that and she was so right.
I remember the Chinese lady when I was young she had long hair, in this was in the early 2000s and she been doing it since the 70s, she's a real soul train OG
I remembered standing in on front of the T.V. when I was little girl trying best to copy every dance move that I saw. The Asian lady always stood out to me with her long hair.
I remembered also standing there in front of the Television set in my Teenager Lady Years in the 1980s. And trying to mimic their dancing moves. Also,in the earlier 1980s there was another woman whom hair were similar looking to the Asian lady hair. Now,she was Exotic and extremely gorgeous,she could really dance too and her hair was even longer than the Asian lady hair. I believed her name was Dina Rivera🌹
Ashanti P theres a saying, give a starving man a fish, he eats for the day but give him a fishing pole, he eats for life! Don gave out fishing poles not fish.
@@shellbells339 I understand where your coming from. True Mr Cornelius provided them opportunity and gave them a platform to display their talent. He also profited greatly as well.There would be no soul train without the dancers
... He was... There were lawsuits and he lost lots of sponsorship deals behind the scandal.... It was the ongoing topic of discussion throughout the early 80's concerning the show...
studies show kids who get paid to do their chores; don't. my big daddy say you'll find a way to make money at what you enjoy doing. Don forced them to expand their horizons
Theses niggaz always do that marry a white woman and a black man dies and she gets all that money and puts it back in white communitys, pimpin pimpin, when are black men going to learn? the women Out last the men
I remember it all. I remember Shabba-doo and Rerun, and my all time fave Damita Jo Freeman. She really stood out and she did the most legendary dance when Joe Tex came on and performed his hit. She was on stage going off and it seemed very impromptu. She was just that good. Basically, the group Shalimar came off of Soul Train.
I loved watching Soul Train with my mother, aunts and uncles! It was a staple in our household. We'd cleanup Sat mornings then everyone's eyes would be glued to the tv watching Soul Train and trying to do those dances, lbvs! Great times as a kid in the 70s!
I really enjoyed watching this. I remember all the dancers. Back in the 80's, my older sister my cousin and I were in front of the TV every Saturday morning watching Soul Train just to get the latest dance moves😅😄😃🤣. The good old days.👍
Loved the soul train dancers! They made the show and the acts were exciting to watch too! All the latest fashions, and some crazy costumes but that was part of the charm! Saturdays was special from all the kid programs & cartoons, to Soul train at 12pm. I miss those days!
OMG! I watched the very first Soul Train episode when it was broadcast. Most of the black community across the country was so hyped. It was a phenomenon. I was entranced as a tween of 12 years old. I get goose pimples thinking about it. The show was great and the dancers were awesome. My friends and I copied the dances and fashion all the time. It was a beautiful and exciting moment in time.
Thanks Don for giving us children who was born in the 60s and came of age in the 70s as children and 80s as teenagers and even in the 90s as young adults for this i will never forget you.
Man, seeing these guys again is mind blowing. They only showed clips of these dancers, but y'all need to watch the full episodes from the shows...THESE GUYS CAN DANCE! They made the show. No fooling.
Omg I loved Soul Train and looked for it every Saturday morning as a little girl. I loved seeing the dances moves as well as the fashion. All the dancers aged well and still look great.
I remeber all of this like it was yesterday lol it was either soul train or cartoons every saturday morning so my mom went down to kreskies on woodward ave in downtown detroit and bought a 2nd used black and white tv so we each could watch our own shows we lived on arden park right off woodward 1974 best decade to be alive in and i miss my mom every day
In my opinion I think the 70s was the best era, I really enjoy watching those episodes knowing that my mom and her siblings got to watch this as a little girl. I love the music, the dances, the fashion just everything about that time
Man.... I LOVED the Soul Train Dancers particularly during the 70s and 80s!! I watched them practically every Saturday morning and tried to duplicate their dance moves!! THANK YOU SOUL TRAIN DANCERS!!
I remember watching Soul Train on Saturday to look at the new dance moves because the new dances always came out first in California. I was living in New Orleans, so I learn those dance moves off of Soul Train and brought it to the club.
😱😬🤦🏿♀️!!@ I mean REALLY!?! SOME of these dancers were in Right On magazine!!! They were celebrities!! In their own way 💃🏿🕺🏿🤩The Lockers, Damita jo Freeman, the light skin dude 😁, I can't believe I can't remember her name but she bent her arms backwards and twirled her neck ( I still do that 😂🤣). The chocolate guy who dressed to be seen. 😂🤩 The guy from Shalamar, Rosie Perez, the Asian girls ( long hair, and medium long hair)and many more 😂🤣😂😁 WOW!! Cheap A$$!! But the one guy said it, " people say, "hey that's the guy from Soul Train! 🤩🤩🕺🏿💃🏿Still got recognition 😍
@Not At This Time Maybe if they were kids, but these were grown folks, with grown folks bills. Them being on Soul Train helped Don and co pay *their* bills, and they could/should have given them something other than a light lunch.
I think the opportunity to be seen was prize winning in itself, it one couldnt make more of that then that would be on them. Another way of looking at it is Soul Train was an internship to fame.
@@myonie22 Sure one could look at it that way. However, the way that Don C. is being portrayed in American Soul shows that he was a cheat in more ways than one. The man was completely selfish, using and circumventing others for his own selfish gain. He circumvented the bar owner to try and get to the Isley Bro. and the atty to try and get to Diana Ross, etc. The man was insulting their intelligence by compensating them with 2 pieces chicken.
@@RandomNest yes he did and unfortunately they let him however their are those that went above beyond given the Soul Train platform. On another note I'm wondering if American bandstand paid all their dancers? I'm assuming the Solid Gold dancers had a solid contract seeing they were themed dancers and not studio audience.
The Soul train Dancers of the 70's were amazing. they brought the pride in being Black and showed us that 'Black is beautiful' as we used to say. Having spent my first 9 years of school in an almost all white environment, they really made me proud to be Black. Thank you so much Soul train Dancers, big love to you all forever.
Vivica Fox at the scramble board...in '83 i got a jericurl at 13 and i wanted it bouncy just like Charles Washington's but my hair was too thick and messed up a lot of shirt collars with that activator...😔
🥰My Mother (RIP) knew if I watched Soul Train on Saturday as I was doing my housework. When I stop cleaning and start mimicking the dancing from Soul Train. That before the end of the day; I was going to ask permission to attend a basement party in the neighborhood are the surrounding neighborhoods that evening/night. Someone was always giving a house party. Waistline, shoe size, are 75 cents at the door. A party was going on in St. Louis in the mid 1970’s. We had big fun. Love all my Soul Train dancers. My first wedge heel shoes was inspired by me watching Soul Train. I would ask my Mother when we go shoe shopping will she buy me some shoes like the Soul Train girls wore.❤️❤️❤️.
As a kid growing up this was my favorite Saturday show, came on at 12:30 in RVA in the 80s. For a mixed girl like me living in such a conservative city this was my only exposure to music and dance that connected to me. I loved it.
Jacqueline Pride I think they may have left them out bc they actually got real fame from the show. Like these people you don’t know outside of soul train, Shalamar and especially Jodie are well known in their own right. I think this was more for the ones who only danced and nothing else.
Watch Season 2 of 'I Was A Soul Train Dancer' first episode featuring Vivica A. Fox right here: th-cam.com/video/nQFuzeSrooo/w-d-xo.html
Back in 74 at my Junior high dance, I boogied like ReRun 1:43 !! in the line dance. I can truly say Soul Train taught me. I'm going on 59 ! Haven't lost it...Slight knee pain though 🤣😂🤣😎✌🏽✊🏽✊🏽
i love it because i LOVED the show but i thought Don Cornelius was a jerk, and i was right about that. of course, i also became a little socialist in middle school. not paying the, THE ‘Soul Train Dancers’ that is some fucked up shit right there...i wish they’d ALL got together and done a STRIKE !! ✊🏾🌎❤️ you KNOW that musicians wouldn’t have crossed that picket line. being on tv is NOT enough. ka-ching !!
I wonder what ever happened to Cookie Morris. She was one of the first superstar dancers on that show.
@@MrMooney196144😅
They're all aging so well.
All that good exercise.
Black don't crack!
They are, they look so good
When i was a youngboy i learned how to poplock from these dudes err sattaday morning.
SOUL TRAIN FOREVER!!
@@anthonyali7309 hahahaha
Don was wrong. Those dancers made the show and deserved to get paid.
They got exposure
Odyssey to Jérémie no they didn't
@For the Love of Curls You obviously don't know valuable free advertising is. The dancers themselves said it was the exposure they got on the show that opened doors for them and their careers.
For the Love of Curls As the show became more popular, exposure became more relevant to the dancers, but in the beginning it wasn’t as much for the original dancers since the show was new. They didn’t know how iconic the show was going to be in the future so kudos to the original dancers who paved the way
At that time, things were different and the era was about blood and sweat exposer and the only incentive was to be on television without pay. His or her pay was exposer on the most popular show"Soul Train" at that time. If any dancer who was a dancer and he or she wanted a dream, that dream was to be on "Soul Train"!
People had true talent at that time. Men and women didn't need to expose their ass to make it in the business. Not like today!!!
The original soul train dancers need to be on the Soul Train Award show and receive an award for their contribution to soul train. They did have a lot to do with making the show what it was.
True... but, they were so happy to just get their faces in front of the camera....
Haha... Mr. Cornelius knew that these dancers would've paid a cover charge to get in. Sheesh... club owners still capitalize on this.
Saturday mornings growing up in the 80's:
-Cartoons
-Soul Train
-Go outside and play
Same thing for me in the 70's.
That was exactly the order it fell!l 😆
You forgot Kung-Fu theater then go outside and act out everything you just watched.
WORD and in that order !!! Miss those days.
You must have lived in my neighborhood 😂 all in that order🤗
Black ppl was so fit, natural and beautiful in the 70s...wow!
AMEN!!!!! REAL and unspoiled!!!! 💗💗💗🚂💗💗💗💗💗💗
Except Rerun
U ain't lyin no fat fucks gluten free diabetic thyroid or any other excuse just fit
trinigyul back then we use to care about each other
@@onetwo12onetwo526 umm being diabetic or hypo/hyper thyroid are not "excuses" they're medical conditions
This made me so sad!!!!! I remember watching soul train. But I also remember the love that was in the black communities in this age. I pray we come back to loving and enjoying each other.
well said 👍🏾
Tell me more brotha man
Yes please
@Michaelle Mcgill
sad to say.
I feel the same way 😭
Black is freaking beautiful I love being black
That's cool! I don't hear that too often. Everybody should be proud of who they are.😊👍
Same.
n-damn-deed 👑
@BADAZZTHANG I had several, very good black friends. Unfortunately, they all went their own way, got married, moved out of state, and we lost touch. I'm around black people that are friendly with me that frequent the same convenience store as I do. But like I said, I just don't hear people say that too often. I'm a recluse, so I don't have many opportunities to meet and make new friends. I'm proud of who I am too. But I have to be careful about how I say it because of PC culture.😊
@BADAZZTHANG 😁 Thank you! 🙏 We, the people, have the power!✊
All of those dancers look excellent for their age!!!!
nick j dancers seem to age well for the most part.
@@BDizzleNY06 yeppppppp, good point!!!!
All that dancing keeps you young
@@notmyrealname11 yepppppp!!!!
These dancers put the "Soul" in Soul Train. They were the reason I watched every Saturday.
Saturday wouldn't be Saturday without THE SOUL TRAIN!!!!
Facts
eggzackly ✌️™
Not at all!
Yes. Very true statement!
Yes!!
Soul Train dancers from the 70’s are the REAL deal.
Exactly. They were the best, by a looooong way.
The Chicago dancers got it started on channel 26 and the rest is history
DAMITA JO FREEMAN taught me to dance !!!🇯🇲✌🏿
80 were good to
No doubt. In LA, it became too "Hollywood".
They should get royalties for every video that shows their face on videos of soul train videos
Choo Choo234 I thought they did receive royalties not for the original airings but I don’t know why I thought that and that was partly why Soul Train wasn’t in syndication?
" Yes " they should!
All entertainers should
@@OriginalPinkbird Ummm but they WERE in syndication, just hard as heck to find.
Interesting... Well Don Cornelius is gone now, I don't know if they could renegotiate. Also, since everyone right now is on the "Black lives matters" tip, maybe Netflix could bring the episodes? There were some iconic performers on there and I would love to watch them again..
I was a Soul Train dancer in my living room. So was my brother and my parents.
Daniel Marsala 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We all were...and I always solved the puzzle at home.lol
Haha,yes I also was a Soul Train Dancer inside of my Living Room. My RIP parents,siblings and family members we would even Soul Train ourselves forming the Soul Train Line in the 1980s. And,we would dance down our line one at a time,during family togetherness🌹
Also!
Shit HAD to be lit in ya'll house!
I am so proud to say that I was part of this legacy in the late 70's and participated in the Soul Train Dance Contest, representing my home town Pittsburgh, PA. It was my dream came true. Thank you Don, R.I.P.
Thanks for the Saturday morning entertainment ✊🏿✊🏿
Hey Paul, what year was this you were on for the contest?
Please create a TH-cam Channel and do a story time about your experience. We would love to hear about it.
Monique still look soo young.
I grew up in the Pittsburgh area and I was glued to the TV set EVERY Saturday morning. Thank you so much 🙏🏽
I didn’t care for the 90’s soul train. 70’s and 80’s thooo 😩😩🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Right ! The early '90s and mid '90s was good but late '90s and early 200s I didn't too much care bout them but my younger siblings then were kids then they loved the show and still do . But the '80s and '70s they were the best hands down
70's was the real deal
Nothing can top 1971-1993. #enoughsaid
The Don Cornelius Era was the best the new jack Era. After Don left it went down hill. And plus you had all these other cable dance shows
i noticed a lot of the OG soul train dancers basically called it quits by 1990 or early 1990s.
Someone shouts "Soul Train is on"..block clears...everyone running in the house to turn on t.v. afterwards everyone back on the block showing off the latest steps they just learned. Good times.
Yup!
Yup! Yup!
So true! 😂
That’s heartwarming to hear so much love and respect for the show!!
Pamela Talley Spence Real Talk
“Damita Jo had a raw blackness about her. She didn’t care about having an Afro or really trying to be pretty, she was just out there giving it the funk”- 2:30
Yaaassss! I can dig it! ✊🏾
i don't think having an afro meant she didn't care about being attractive. that was just a stupid comment.
@@krs777hotmail maybe you didn't take it that way because you're used to this sorta thinking and you lack critical thinking skills.
There are places and times when black women were considered beautiful just because of what the creator gave us. How you think we got here.
@@orangemoonglows2692 Thank you. It was a thoroughly insulting comment.
Wow...some folks over-analyze everything. I think one has to dig pretty deep to find the insult in that statement. Actually, I find it more insulting to have someone categorized as, "dumb black people" or "not having critical thinking skills" just because they don't think the way some do.
Gee, I guess because we all aren't micro-analysing every word that comes across our line of vision, or within earshot, we aren't "woke". 😂
One can find negativity in anything, if that's what they wish to see. Just a little something I learned from experience.
Pity not needed, or accepted...
Boy, do I miss Soul Train, especially the 70’s Soul Train! 💜
As much as I love the 90s and early 2000s. The best dance and Soul Train Eras were 70s and early 80s (Funk, Soul and Disco). Those eras embodied what Soul Train and dance was all about. I will admit tho...the early 90s had some classic dances and performances too.
I am 53 years old all the years were good except that few years when they don step down and let that actor host the show that's when i pretty much stop watching it.
Patrick Boyd I'm 80s baby I stop once Don stopped I started again it was so so
@@juanlee8035
During that time it was a different generation of people and the music wasn't as good anymore.
Rodney Norman me to I love the 80s 90s 2000s
Patrick Boyd the 90s 2000s was awesome well 07 it wasn't as good. Yes it was a different generation the music was way better than compare too now
You have all aged well. Literally. Dancing for 10+ years on the show like it wasn't nothing.
Yes, they look the same.
Get down on the floor
Coming down the soul train line just like it was yesterday you all look great💯👯💃
20!
Was the first thing I noticed.
Dancing for fried chicken keeps you young.
We were a bunch of Asian and white kids in the 80s and we never missed Soul Train. We loved American Bandstand, but Soul Train was boss! We all had our favorite dancers..those were good times.
WTF ARE THEY EATING????
Mofos look young af.
TenTaur Tv BROOOO....I’m telling you!!!!
they didnt wear all that makeup back then or get all them surgerys
Joy of joy, living their lives right. A message for us all, I'm sat here on my fat arse in 2019 in the UK watching this with my eyes out on stalks.
You feel me I'ma start dancing 😂😂😂
According to Rosie Perez, two piece meals from KFC
RESPECT to the Soul Train Dancers and the entire Soul Train crew ✌🏿
@Killer Joe Really? 🤦🏾♀️
@Killer Joe I agree. Sooo disappointing to hear because Don had the power to change this. A two piece chicken box? How insulting. I want a movie done about this to showcase the good and bad. A really movie too, not on lifetime or ber. Glad to hear the exposure gave them other opportunities to make $ and they look great for their age. All the dancing kept them young + black dont crack. 😃
@Killer Joe glad you can read through the typos. Ugh, hate that shit. My bad! 😊✌🏾
@Killer Joe 🤣🤣🤣
Yes we had chicken all 4 tapeing😂😂
Notice how good they still look for their age. Definitely a sign of people who lived life to the fullest especially on the dance floor.
I miss Soul Train💜...I use to couldn't wait til Saturday's to see the Soul Train line & to see what artist would be performing on the Soul Train stage.
They couldn't do it today what with the music that they make now. Now they don't do r and b, it's all hip hop.
Me to
Me too :)
@@robinquinc329 Oh it's still R&B...Rap and BULLSHIT!
Thank you! Ha ha!
Saturdays weren't complete without Soul Train. Loved the music, the fashions and most of all the Soul Train dancers!✌
Take heed to what they're saying about what happened when rap came out. The Soul Train dancers lost creativity. They started all dressing and dancing the same. There wasn't a lot of couples dancing together. Everyone was out for themselves. I grew up on 90's Soul Train, but when I got a taste of 70's Soul Train I was amazed by My People, the dances, the clothes, the styles, the couples and the music. I could feel the love, the cohesiveness, the Black pride, and all the good vibes that were going on. I like to tell myself that that unity came from the racial struggles that Our People faced in the 60's and those 70's dancers were Freedom Dancers dancing from a free soul. I love y'all
Truth Man,I was born in the later 1960s and I grew up as little girl in the 1970s. I loved every moment of that Melanin Love Pride from the 1970s Soul Train Dancers. Also I grew up with that James Brown Song,say it loud I am Black and I am proud. We really did have that respect and love in our Communities,during the 1970s Decade 🌹💖💕
Truth Man
I love all y'all true heartfelt comments. I want us back again too! Especially, being knowing who we are. I love my own ! ❤
I love this comment. ❤️
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Yes, I agree.
We had to clean up every Saturday before watching Soul Train. My mom would watch with us sometimes. She made 80% of our clothes so we had all of the latest fashions going to school. Ours really stood out. I miss this show and really miss my mom too.
That was our family Saturday routine. Clean house, watch Soul Train. My children were raised with this show, I always thought my grandchildren would be too. But no. 😿
Ours too.RIP to your mother,sis.❤
Cleaning up on Saturday mornings. Lord the memories. ❤
Thanks for that memory
olivia wonderful We too had to do our chores before we could watch ST. And don’t forget the J5 cartoon. I stopped watching ST probably mid 80s.
Baby...EVERY Saturday I was on point waiting on soul train. I had on my outfit and was ready to dance at 12. I come from the 70s....
And chores HAD to be done b4
Cal Brown You wore an outfit to watch the TV show?
Me to! I am 63. It was wonderful! 😎
Rosie Perez danced like there was no tomorrow! 😍😍
Lol...I know right she meant business
Luv Rosie!
danced like her whole life was at stake
Yes, she did I loved her dancing
Rosie Perez was like a Jennifer Lopez before Jennifer Lopez but so much better :)
Man, if you are a 70s and 80s kid, then you know NOTHING compares to our Saturday morning line-up... cartoons all morning, followed by Souĺ Train... I forget what was after that... nostalgic!!!
"cartoons all morning, followed by Souĺ Train"
Sadly, today's kids will never experience the joy we had...since now they're both gone.
Weeellll...that was the very early nineties too. Missing those days
I'm a 70's and 80's kid. I was born in 1969. I remember the Asian lady with the long hair and the light skinned guy me and sister called him Head....Great memories! 😀
@@tonyac9153 who doesn't remember her... lol? I was IN LOVE with her as a kid! I think she was the most popular one, and she was in the Super Freak video.
@@toastEDmrshmello09 the women on there at that time were fine and BEAUTIFUL!
That moment you realized Soul Train came out almost 50 years ago.
Yup 1970
Dang!!
@@MrMooney196144 It went into syndication I think in the fall of '71, sometime in October. It's said it only reached 7 cities when it first aired, LA, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Cleveland, Philly and Atlanta. It expanded to other markets quickly from there. I lived in Connecticut when it first came on but went to Detroit that October for my grand father's funeral and saw one of the first shows and was in awe, I would have been 12 then. I remember Rufus Thomas was on and sang "The Breakdown", that had to be about the 1st, 2nd or 3rd show that aired.
Wow! You’re Right ✨🎶❤️
I feel old now
"The Asian lady with the long hair" my grandmama used to love (RIP). I was a big fan of Shabba Doo, Penguin (Rerun), and Damita Jo!
@@dwaynedavis2721 where is she now....
@@lvncsr6166 Last heard she was working at LAX airport as an executive assistant, but that info is 10 years old.
@A O K I know. Thanks.
I always looked for the long hair swinging
Me too
The 70's originals was the best. Hands down.
YEP!!!!
Speak for yourself! Everyone has their favorite era/s!!
The 70ies was cool, it laid the foundation for everything that came after, but the 80ies, imo took things to the highest level the early 90ies were alright but after that soul train seemed to have jumped the shark.
@@theking0ne327 + Absolutely!
I loved the 80s era. Especially mid 80s soul train
that took me back to when life was good!
cuz Mom and Dad paid the bills, and Young folks danced
This should have been longer. Loved it!!
I know right.
Hopefully there'll be a part 2 and another one every week!
BETTER THAN THE MOVIE.....that real feel. Salute
I agree totally
No, the talent from the show was gone, now, people have SHIT for talent.
Damn I thought at least at some point Don paid the dancers. Even though the show gave them exposure and other opportunities there should've been some monetary gain. Soul Train was very successful and on for a long time.
It's business. Not everyone gets paid.
On American Soul, one of the Soul Train Dancers said that the American Bandstand dancers got paid with benefits. Did ya see last night's episode when the dancers were protesting outside the studio demanding to be paid?
Unbelievable the dance made to show and 😳 you mean you tell me Don was that damn cheap 🙀just giving them a two piece in a soda ,WOW!!! That’s a Stonecoal trip🥴
Imagine if the social media we had today existed back then, they would have gained more from that kind of exposure.
Stephen Short I did. I think that was low down of Don.😱
I remember ALL of them ❤I'm in my 50's now.
Oh my lord marvin gaye❤❤❤❤
@@amandah2454 😍 Marvin
I do as well
You're in your 50s and you're still alive that's wonderful
Bring back memories... the t.v. with the coat hanger as an antenna and pliers as the television knob..
We had our first "color " tv when my mom bought a rainbow colored film to go on the screen of our black and white tv! Anyone remember that?
Hahaha bahahaha....yeah our children would pass out and be in comas
😂😂😂 ... Girl, you ain't part of Black culture if you didn't have that big ol' t.v. with the coat hanger and pliers needed to change the channels! You REALLY brought back some memories! Oh my goodness! 😂
@@darmadusa We didn't always get the picture right with the coat hanger but we were experts with those pliers LOL
@@gokaren420 LOL They would just want to throw the whole t.v. away.
Didn't want this to end!!! Thank you B.E.T😍
Glad you enjoyed!
Born in 67'. Was glued to the TV on Saturday waiting for the train to start. As a kid in the 70s Soul Train was incredible
I WISH THIS CLIP WAS LONGER!! THIS WAS AWESOME!
Many of them still looking good...respect 🙌💯💕
Yes
Please, please don't think I am being disrespectful, I truly don't mean to come across that way, but at 60 years old myself, and a huge fan of Soul Train, I watched it every Sat. I still do catch a rerun now and then, and enjoy it now maybe more than back then. As someone who loves to dance and has been told I'm pretty good at it, I loved the dancing on the show, especially the line!!! Lastly I'd like to add that I believe black people and hispanic's age very, very well!! The skin seems to stay wrinkle free and glowing!! And as a white woman, watching her ass flaten by the day, I am envious,lol. I wish I knew what it was in the ethnicity that keeps you lovlies from aging!! Cheers to all of you dancers out there!!
Janet Carlson. As a Irish& Mexican Female as always dancing and moving to the beat of music from all kinds.. It's in the pigmentation of people's skin how the age prosses goes as we'll plenty of creams.. always using baby oil on the skin especially in the winter months. And Summer months with some spf .. It's in your DNA ..
there are plenty of people all different races that have beautiful skin . its in how you take care of your skin . and DNA ..
my own cousin I've always told her how beautiful her skin is she is a natural red head pale tone yet even going through many different heath issues she still is beautiful even when she does not feel like it.she has always danced worked has a strong mindset..she is 50 doesn't look it at all ..
Age is just a number anyways really its how you feel ..
Keep dancing even if you don't think you can ..move something to the music find a beat and go with the flow...it's not a cure all but it will help you stay fit ..
Let's Not forget about
The Solid Gold Dancers
💃💃💃💃💃💃💃✌
@@natashabenitez7650 Thanks for replying!! As a young teenager well into my 40's I was always lying in the sun, without any protection mind you!! I live in FL. and my skin is showing all the sun damage that I have allowed to happen!! I've never taken care of my skin, just too lazy. Now I certainly regret it!! I have 2 daughter-in-laws. One is Scicllian and the other is mostly Cherokee. Their skin is poreless, where as you could fall into mine,lol I don't know if I am too late to repair any damage or not. But at least, even with a very painful spinal disease, I still love to dance. I was on a Prince kick last night!! Thanks again, and keep on dancing!! btw, wish I could see your entire face, but you have captivating eyes!!!
Shabba Doo😍
I entered the 10th grade in 1970 finishing in high school in 1973. We watched Soul Train religiously every Saturday. The men wore platform shoes from Flag Brothers & Thom McAn shoes back in the 70's wearing big Afro. I have a knot on my knee to this day from 1972 where I was doing a Soul Train dance at a party hitting my knee on a brick fireplace at my cousin's house in Coral Hills, Maryland outside of Washington, D.C. Boy do I miss those days.
I REMEMBER THEY KEPT CALLING ROSIE PEREZ..."TINA". IT WOULD BE NICE IF SOUL TRAIN BROUGHT ALL OF THE WELL KNOWN DANCERS TO OPEN THE SOUL TRAIN AWARDS & ALSO PRESENT THEM👌
That's an awesome idea!
Absolutely 🤩
@@michaelangelotaylor8th 88g Alvin Slaughter
@@colinricketts6121 oh?... meaning? 🤔
I agree that they should bring the Soul train dancer's in an opening act for the Soul train Awards. Loved the 70's dancers much better. Charles is 2yrs older than I am, I didn't recognize him. He danced in the 80's. I wish I could see Domita Joe and
La Tonya the best female dancers of them all. Salute to the 70's Soul train dancer's. I stopped watching Soul Train in late 80's.
in my opinion the seventies were the best years for the dancers on Soul Train. No one was on there acting like they were getting ready to audition for a music video and the women dressed with much more class than they did in the 90s up until the end of the run of Soul Train. I wish that they had had damita Jo Freeman on there or more of the people that originated the 70s dances on Soul Train. If it wasn't for them we probably wouldn't even be talkin about Soul Train today they made the show!
Yep the 70s was the best now they were the original Soul Train dancers
Agreed! Domita Joe and Pat were my favorites.
LMAO LMAO
......is she alive still?
Calling all power people Opra, Tyler Perry, Denzel Washington, Jay Z Beyonce, Floyd Mayweather, Will & Jada, Michael Jordan lets put some of those coins together and use your connections to put together another soul train so we can show case our long lost r&b culture and our love of hip hop music. I can remember when Mrs Stephanie Mills quoted they killed r&b music they didnt want to here it from us they want to hear it from justin Timberlake adele and peple like that and she was so right.
I was a Soul Train dancer..
at home
Lol
I remember the Chinese lady when I was young she had long hair, in this was in the early 2000s and she been doing it since the 70s, she's a real soul train OG
I remembered standing in on front of the T.V. when I was little girl trying best to copy every dance move that I saw. The Asian lady always stood out to me with her long hair.
She also danced on American Bandstand.
I remembered also standing there in front of the Television set in my Teenager Lady Years in the 1980s. And trying to mimic their dancing moves. Also,in the earlier 1980s there was another woman whom hair were similar looking to the Asian lady hair. Now,she was Exotic and extremely gorgeous,she could really dance too and her hair was even longer than the Asian lady hair. I believed her name was Dina Rivera🌹
@@ericar.hutcherson874 she did?? I never saw her on there. there were a couple that danced on both damita jo freeman and a couple others.
@@retroguyretail1976 Yes in the early 70s. Some of the danced on Bandstand.
She stood out with her long hair for sure and because she was Asian. But she couldn't dance, all she ever did was flip her hair around.
A million years from now when some other intelligent life finds out about us.... I hope one of the first things they see is a video of 70s Soul Train.
Time look so good, people look so natural and beautiful, things look so real all you could wish for is to go back to them days!
Don Cornelius was kind of wrong with not paying them.In my opinion feels as if he was exploiting them
There will never be a show like this
Ashanti P theres a saying, give a starving man a fish, he eats for the day but give him a fishing pole, he eats for life! Don gave out fishing poles not fish.
@@shellbells339 I understand where your coming from. True Mr Cornelius provided them opportunity and gave them a platform to display their talent. He also profited greatly as well.There would be no soul train without the dancers
Ashanti P I understand what you're saying as well... I guess most everyone can get a little greedy when it comes to money. Lol
... He was... There were lawsuits and he lost lots of sponsorship deals behind the scandal.... It was the ongoing topic of discussion throughout the early 80's concerning the show...
This should have been longer, at least 30 minutes and with more interviews.
The Dancers never got PAID!!!!😱
Thundergod6088 fucked up situation
right. no fighting over who's making more and I'm a better act. more people recognize me so I should make. . .
Soul Train dancers were a team
Did you hearnwhat Shabadoo said?? It helped them mold real csreers away from getting scale
Everybody in the music video do not get paid
@@Demarcointuit it helped shabadoo, it didn't help all of them
I loved watching soul train every Saturday morning. The dancers was awesome. I really missed that show!!
Don Cornelius cheated those soul train dancers who took his to a whole nother level! But that Russian woman walked off with millions.
@@marlomills6800 Both men & women danced, for free.
studies show kids who get paid to do their chores; don't. my big daddy say you'll find a way to make money at what you enjoy doing. Don forced them to expand their horizons
@@kellynorvell5714 if you're talking about his suicide; that's all kinds of WRONG!
Well, you reap what you sow!
Theses niggaz always do that marry a white woman and a black man dies and she gets all that money and puts it back in white communitys, pimpin pimpin, when are black men going to learn? the women Out last the men
No pay, wow, chicken ? These people are so gifted, awesome talent.
They all deserve a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame🌟👏👏👏🌟
I remember it all. I remember Shabba-doo and Rerun, and my all time fave Damita Jo Freeman. She really stood out and she did the most legendary dance when Joe Tex came on and performed his hit. She was on stage going off and it seemed very impromptu. She was just that good. Basically, the group Shalimar came off of Soul Train.
I loved watching Soul Train with my mother, aunts and uncles! It was a staple in our household. We'd cleanup Sat mornings then everyone's eyes would be glued to the tv watching Soul Train and trying to do those dances, lbvs! Great times as a kid in the 70s!
Happy memories!!!! 😊👍
Riiiiiiight, we did the same thing eat breakfast clean up til soul train came then when it went off played outside.
There will never be anything remotely close to those eras. Those were the days of true fun and good times.
I really enjoyed watching this. I remember all the dancers. Back in the 80's, my older sister my cousin and I were in front of the TV every Saturday morning watching Soul Train just to get the latest dance moves😅😄😃🤣. The good old days.👍
Please let’s include Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels!!! 😘
Yass!
Jody was the fashion icon! I wanted her big hair and dresses.
Jody was EVERYTHING! She was the full package and brought it everytime🕺🏾💃🏾
They are who i was looking for!!!
@@kristelquartz6085 yes, me toooo!!!
Soul Train Dancers brought style, boogie, swag before you knew what swag was. Thanks for making my life fun and full of Soulllllllllllllll!
*Dancing makes you young, music lifts the soul - TRAIN !*
Loved the soul train dancers! They made the show and the acts were exciting to watch too! All the latest fashions, and some crazy costumes but that was part of the charm! Saturdays was special from all the kid programs & cartoons, to Soul train at 12pm. I miss those days!
I miss those days too... 💖
in our hearts we were all Soul Train dancers
Every Saturday morning! Then come Saturday night...in the club with those new moves! 😼
Absolutely! 😊
TRUE
None of them looks anything like old, they just don't expire!
Must be immortal souls!
Just beautiful, everything they did!
OMG! I watched the very first Soul Train episode when it was broadcast. Most of the black community across the country was so hyped. It was a phenomenon. I was entranced as a tween of 12 years old. I get goose pimples thinking about it. The show was great and the dancers were awesome. My friends and I copied the dances and fashion all the time. It was a beautiful and exciting moment in time.
Thank you all for being a positive part of my childhood
Thanks Don for giving us children who was born in the 60s and came of age in the 70s as children and 80s as teenagers and even in the 90s as young adults for this i will never forget you.
Those were the days 1971-1980’s 🎊🎉👏👏👏👏🏆🏆😘😘😘🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🎊🎊🎊❤️❤️❤️
Man I remember watching this Every Saturday morning. This was the show. Talk about a Throwback.
This 8 mins was everything!
Man, seeing these guys again is mind blowing. They only showed clips of these dancers, but y'all need to watch the full episodes from the shows...THESE GUYS CAN DANCE! They made the show. No fooling.
Remember they’d unscramble the word before the show would begin?
Every winner of the scramble board got the same damn thing in the 70s...The Afrosheen Blowout kit.
The participants already knew the answer before the game..Don Cornelius didn't want them to work out the scramble long because of time.
@@mikegee3991 😂
What word did they have to unscramble
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Soul Train was in our house every Saturday growing up in the Midwest.
Love Love And More Love! Greatly needed in the Black Community now and what is missing. Love my Black People and I love Soul Train!!
Omg I loved Soul Train and looked for it every Saturday morning as a little girl. I loved seeing the dances moves as well as the fashion. All the dancers aged well and still look great.
Everybody still looks good too!
I remeber all of this like it was yesterday
lol it was either soul train or cartoons every saturday morning
so my mom went down to kreskies on woodward ave in downtown detroit and bought a 2nd used black and white tv
so we each could watch our own shows we lived on arden park
right off woodward
1974
best decade to be alive in
and i miss my mom every day
In my opinion I think the 70s was the best era, I really enjoy watching those episodes knowing that my mom and her siblings got to watch this as a little girl. I love the music, the dances, the fashion just everything about that time
I wish I could like this 100 times. I remember most of them omg wish this was longer. Yesss!
Man.... I LOVED the Soul Train Dancers particularly during the 70s and 80s!! I watched them practically every Saturday morning and tried to duplicate their dance moves!! THANK YOU SOUL TRAIN DANCERS!!
Yas baby that was my era. I never missed a show. Soulllll trainnnn...☆☆☆☆☆ stars
2019 no ones dances with style and passion like these guys. I would watch it if they danced now. Wow
Sure they do
Yeah they do loo
I feel like the 90’s was when soul train lost its soul......
Yes, the growth of hip hop changed the game.
@@MB-fv9jh
I noticed the DIFFERENCE as well, it had less or no *SOUL*.
Yeah I think soo too
90s era was r&b and hip hop, it wasnt just hip hop, but more a mixture of both.
it was i remember when they tried to do that next generation shit and it just wasnt hittin right smh
they look so good. aging amazingly well. some ppl danced for 20 years. WONDERFUL.
Wow...I smiled the entire time i watched this clip!! The memories, the music, the dances, the fun...just for us.
I remember watching Soul Train on Saturday to look at the new dance moves because the new dances always came out first in California.
I was living in New Orleans, so I learn those dance moves off of Soul Train and brought it to the club.
He still should have paid those dancers, if only min wage. Terrible!
😱😬🤦🏿♀️!!@ I mean REALLY!?! SOME of these dancers were in Right On magazine!!! They were celebrities!! In their own way 💃🏿🕺🏿🤩The Lockers, Damita jo Freeman, the light skin dude 😁, I can't believe I can't remember her name but she bent her arms backwards and twirled her neck ( I still do that 😂🤣). The chocolate guy who dressed to be seen. 😂🤩 The guy from Shalamar, Rosie Perez, the Asian girls ( long hair, and medium long hair)and many more 😂🤣😂😁 WOW!! Cheap A$$!! But the one guy said it, " people say, "hey that's the guy from Soul Train! 🤩🤩🕺🏿💃🏿Still got recognition 😍
@Not At This Time Maybe if they were kids, but these were grown folks, with grown folks bills. Them being on Soul Train helped Don and co pay *their* bills, and they could/should have given them something other than a light lunch.
I think the opportunity to be seen was prize winning in itself, it one couldnt make more of that then that would be on them. Another way of looking at it is Soul Train was an internship to fame.
@@myonie22 Sure one could look at it that way. However, the way that Don C. is being portrayed in American Soul shows that he was a cheat in more ways than one. The man was completely selfish, using and circumventing others for his own selfish gain.
He circumvented the bar owner to try and get to the Isley Bro. and the atty to try and get to Diana Ross, etc.
The man was insulting their intelligence by compensating them with 2 pieces chicken.
@@RandomNest yes he did and unfortunately they let him however their are those that went above beyond given the Soul Train platform. On another note I'm wondering if American bandstand paid all their dancers? I'm assuming the Solid Gold dancers had a solid contract seeing they were themed dancers and not studio audience.
The Soul train Dancers of the 70's were amazing. they brought the pride in being Black and showed us that 'Black is beautiful' as we used to say. Having spent my first 9 years of school in an almost all white environment, they really made me proud to be Black. Thank you so much Soul train Dancers, big love to you all forever.
Those Were my favorite dancers on Soul Train! They still look amazing! Gorgeous Ladies and Fine Men!
Who else is watching the documentary AMERICAN SOUL?
I watched the new series American Soul and the dancing sucks.
Me!!!
Thank You Soul Train!
You were the greatest part of my Saturdays growing up! 💋
I absolutely LOVE your profile pic🌹
@Last Days
Thanks🖤
Vivica Fox at the scramble board...in '83 i got a jericurl at 13 and i wanted it bouncy just like Charles Washington's but my hair was too thick and messed up a lot of shirt collars with that activator...😔
🥰My Mother (RIP) knew if I watched Soul Train on Saturday as I was doing my housework. When I stop cleaning and start mimicking the dancing from Soul Train. That before the end of the day; I was going to ask permission to attend a basement party in the neighborhood are the surrounding neighborhoods that evening/night. Someone was always giving a house party. Waistline, shoe size, are 75 cents at the door. A party was going on in St. Louis in the mid 1970’s. We had big fun. Love all my Soul Train dancers. My first wedge heel shoes was inspired by me watching Soul Train. I would ask my Mother when we go shoe shopping will she buy me some shoes like the Soul Train girls wore.❤️❤️❤️.
They should put soul train in syndication .. Saturday @11 just like back in the day
I think there are some episodes youtube. Whole entire episodes with commercials.
@@turntableone4356 bounce and centric used to show it but not anymore. :(
This would be great!
I get they will since the movie coming out
Connie Rogers centric did aired the reruns for a while back in the 2010’s
As a kid growing up this was my favorite Saturday show, came on at 12:30 in RVA in the 80s. For a mixed girl like me living in such a conservative city this was my only exposure to music and dance that connected to me. I loved it.
What about Sharlimar !! Jody Whatley, Jeffery Daniel and Howard Hewett !!
Jacqueline Pride Subscribe to the Official Jody Watley Channel.
Jacqueline Pride I think they may have left them out bc they actually got real fame from the show. Like these people you don’t know outside of soul train, Shalamar and especially Jodie are well known in their own right. I think this was more for the ones who only danced and nothing else.
I was about to ask the same thing. Although they can be found now because of social media, it would have been great to see them interviewed here.
Howard wasn't a dancer like that...just Jody & Jeff, who started off as Soul Train Dancers.
0:20 to see MJ !!