For more than a decade, Soul Train creator Don Cornelius labored to develop a film based on his influential musical variety program. Those efforts foundered, but his death from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Feb. 1 in Los Angeles might jump-start interest in a Soul Train movie and other ventures that would exploit the storied brand. […]
The TJMS pays tribute to Don Cornelius and Soul Train. LISTEN
The TJMS pays tribute to Don Cornelius and Soul Train. LISTEN
The TJMS pays tribute to Don Cornelius and Soul Train. LISTEN
The TJMS pays tribute to Don Cornelius and Soul Train. LISTEN
The TJMS pays tribute to Don Cornelius and Soul Train. LISTEN
The entertainment industry has lost a true legend. Few television series were as innovative and influential as Soul Train. Originally a journalist inspired by the civil rights movement, Cornelius recognized that in the late 1960s there was no television venue in the United States for soul music, and introduced many African-American musicians to a larger […]
The TJMS pays tribute to Don Cornelius and Soul Train. LISTEN
The last time I saw Don Cornelius was this summer at the “Soul Train” reunion party in the Windy City. He was flanked by his two sons and his longtime bodyguard. He was in rare form. He exchanged playful insults, often profanity-laden, with his childhood friend, WBEZ’s Richard Steele, a moderator for a panel discussion […]
“Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius, 75, was found dead in his Sherman Oaks, CA home this morning from an apparent suicide! According to TMZ, his…
Only at the Soul Train Awards could you have a tribute to R&B icons such as Anita Baker and Ronald Isley alongside a segment in which rap legend Doug E. Fresh attempts to teach CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer how to do the Dougie.
