How ‘Soul Train’ immortalized an exuberant era of Black style, movement and culture
CNN— You’ve seen the early episodes. Decades before MTV’s “TRL,” BET’s “106 & Park” or NPR’s “Tiny Desk,” to name just a few, “Soul Train” was chugga-chugging along, shaping ideas of cool across dance, fashion and culture. In February 2012, less than two weeks after the death of the show’s long-running resident conductor, Don Cornelius, Williams set the Guinness World Record for the longest “Soul Train” line. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Multihyphenates like Rosie Perez, who went on to star in films like “Do the Right Thing” and “White Men Can’t Jump,” got their start on the “Soul Train” dance floor. And that to me is ‘Soul Train’’s biggest gift.” “It’s the foundation of any other music shows that came after because the only one we knew prior to was ‘American Bandstand,’” Williams noted.
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