I don't know if this is the right forum, (maybe GD???) but someone just sent me this, and in all my years of watching Soul Train, I do not ever remember Don Cornelius dancing in the "line." I can't believe it. And he's good too! Although this was 1973, and I was very young. I wasn't allowed to watch Soul Train then.

I just love this. I just remember him on the podium, with the deep voice, lookin' all serious. Love the song too....


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The Jaaaayyy Beeeee'ssss Doing It To Death

BTW Don's 71 now, as of 2007.

funkpill said:

Hey YOU!

noimageatall said:

Hey YOU back!

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Oh, I KNEW you would like this. I swear I didn't think he could dance.

noimageatall said:

Yea well, he does seem a bit stiff

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Well, damn. After standing at that podium like a zombie all that time, I'm surprised he moved at all. I thought he had some good moves. I mean, of course not like the ST dancers, but even in 1973 he was saying he was old.

noimageatall said:

Don is fucking ancient

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Ok, so he was 36 when he danced in '73. He didn't look that old. I just saw a clip of him from last year at some restaurant. Still wearing leather pants!

noimageatall said:

noimageatall said:

Don is over 70 years old now, and still goin' strong


Cool as a mothafuck

Here's Don and his wife in 2001

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Alright! He looks 100X better than Keith Richards.

you werent allowed to watch Soul train????.... why????

Don acts like a "Don".....as in mafia type.
Soul Train started out in Chicago.

Graycap23 said:

That's right

WCIU

Graycap23 said:

Remember the original theme song?




http://www.youtube.com/wa...3uzVRlzrZM

funkpill said:

That was buried deep in the brain.....lol

What year did soul train move from Chicago to California?

chestro18 said:

Soul Train premiered on WCIU-TV in Chicago on August 17, 1970 as a daily program. Its success attracted the attention of two Chicago-based companies -- the Johnson Products Company (manufacturers of the Afro Sheen line of hair-care products), and Sears, Roebuck and Co. -- who agreed to sponsor the program's expansion into syndication. Soul Train began airing in selected cities across the United States, on a weekly basis, on October 2, 1971. When it moved into syndication, the program's home base was also shifted to Los Angeles, where it remains to the present day. Syndication of the program was initially handled by Syndicast Services until 1985, when Tribune Entertainment took over those responsibilities.

this info seems correct

IAintTheOne said:

Jehovah's Witness. No Soul Train. No Casper. No Bewitched. No Adam's Family. No Twilight Zone. No I Dream of Jeanie. No American Bandstand. No Smurfs.

Well, you get the drift.

noimageatall said:

No fun period huh?

noimageatall said:

wow....

Mary Wilson was/is gorgeous! Don was skrait puttin his pimp moves on Mary. LOL! I'm sorry but if he was looking me up and down and giving me that deep but honeyed voice like he did her, we woulda been kicking over the podium cuz he could damn sho get it. Oh, and the dancing was good too. LOL!

noimageatall said:

Well the J5 were Jehovah Witnesses but they use to appear on Soul Train almost weekly . I know JWs are not allow to celebrate christmas or birthdays but I never knew TV viewing was restricted too.

whatsgoingon said:

But the J5 were "special" like Prince. Hell, later on it was printed in the Watchtower that soap operas weren't allowed either. So, my mom switched to watching Dallas and Knot's Landing. Slick!

noimageatall said:

How was Dallas and Knots Landing exempt from the no soaps rule???? LOL!