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THE REPORT: The death of creator Don Cornelius could revitalize interest in a movie centered on the show. By Daniel Miller, Kim Masters Don Cornelius hosted "Soul Train" in the mid-'70s. For more than ...

NPR celebrates its 50th anniversary by looking back on moments of 1971. When Don Cornelius created Soul Train 50 years ago, it soon became a cultural institution — showcasing Black music and culture.

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

In the early 1970s, black artists were given a launching pad: Soul Train. Though it wasn’t the first show of its kind, it made history as the first nationally syndicated music-variety show made for ...

In a routine injustice of cosmic proportions, WRIC Channel 8 shows reruns of old episodes of “Soul Train” at an unspeakable hour on Saturday nights. But if you can keep your eyes open that long, you ...

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

NPR is celebrating its 50th anniversary by looking back at the moments that shaped the year 1971. Now, when "Soul Train" was first nationally broadcast on October 2 of that year, there was nothing ...