It’s hard to talk about Black music without talking about “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius. The Chicago native, who got his start on local radio and television, wanted to create a program ...

As one guffawing TikToker put it, “Tim Burton was so tired of people saying that he don’t be putting Black people in his movies that he said, ‘Here! Take a freaking 'Soul Train' joke!’” ...

Gay’s Soul Train musical delves into the entrepreneur and visionary Don Cornelius’s biggest project. “He was a kingmaker, right? At the show’s height, you had people like Elton John going ...

Joe Cobb, the voice heard in the iconic “Soul Train” opening sequence, is suing to get royalties from the hit series. Cobb and Don Cornelius, creator of “Soul Train,” worked together at a ...

Soul Train Holdings LLC Share Joe Cobb and Don Cornelius met when both worked at WVON, the Black radio station, in the 1960s. Cornelius used that broadcast experience for the 1971 launch of ...

Ahead of the 2023 Soul Train Awards on Sunday (Nov. 26), Billboard looks at how good of a precursor the ceremony has been for R&B and rap contenders at the Grammy Awards. By Kyle Denis Next year ...

Yet, “Soul Train’s” path to success was not traveled alone. “This show is a celebration of what Don created, and it’s also about what was innovated by young Black people whose ...

Host and producer Don Cornelius on the set of "Soul Train" in 1977. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images) Known to at-home audiences as the show's "velvet-voiced and effortlessly smooth" emcee ...

Created by Chicago broadcaster Don Cornelius, “Soul Train” helped launch the careers of stars such as Jody Watley, Vivica A. Fox and Rosie Perez who, started out as dancers on the show.

Don Cornelius, the creator of “Soul Train.” “That was incredible,” said former WBEZ host Richard Steele, a longtime radio personality and friend of Cornelius. “It was the 40th ...

“At some point before the actual ceremony started, they did a Soul Train line that lasted forever,” Steele said. “And he was so moved.” Besides Don Cornelius himself being a product of ...