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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: Wayback on February 01, 2012, 07:17:20 AM

Title: RIP Don Cornelius, "Soul Train" creator & host, 75
Post by: Wayback on February 01, 2012, 07:17:20 AM

'Soul Train' creator Don Cornelius died this morning of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/02/remembering-don-cornelius-soul-train-creator-defined-an-era.html

Obit from AP: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/02/01/entertainment/e071554S43.DTL&ao=all

Title: Re: RIP Don Cornelius, "Soul Train" creator, 75
Post by: RGMike on February 01, 2012, 07:35:28 AM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Title: Re: RIP Don Cornelius, "Soul Train" creator, 75
Post by: urth on February 01, 2012, 08:58:46 AM

A video posted by a friend on FB, possibly the best Soul Train commercial ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8ffzI2czHs&feature=share

 

Title: Re: RIP Don Cornelius, "Soul Train" creator, 75
Post by: RGMike on February 01, 2012, 09:16:24 AM

Quote from: urth on February 01, 2012, 08:58:46 AM

A video posted by a friend on FB, possibly the best Soul Train commercial ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8ffzI2czHs&feature=share

Some Afro-Sheen , some Afro-Kleen, some Afro-Fluid, some Afro-Do-It-To-It!  That is truly hilarious.

My fave Cornelius story (well, aside from the rumors about him supposedly being on the down-low) was when the great underrated '70s group Ecstasy Passion & Pain made the first of many appearances on ST. They were 2 men and a woman -- a tall striking woman who played guitar and had a HUUUUUGE 'fro. She was quite stunning. And they did their song and then Don came sauntering over, mic in hand, and he sidled up to the woman and cooed "Well, ah guess you must be ECSTASY!"

Title: Re: RIP Don Cornelius, "Soul Train" creator, 75
Post by: RGMike on February 01, 2012, 09:49:18 AM

(http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1015164.1328110255!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_630/image.jpg)

Title: Re: RIP Don Cornelius, "Soul Train" creator & host, 75
Post by: Wayback on February 01, 2012, 04:18:20 PM

Interesting: List of Soul Train Guests
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_appeared_on_Soul_Train

Title: Re: RIP Don Cornelius, "Soul Train" creator & host, 75
Post by: RGMike on February 02, 2012, 08:56:23 AM

if you have Centric, they're running "Soul Train" classics all day today and again on Saturday...

http://www.centrictv.com/shows/schedule/

apparently they showed that Ecstasy Passion & Pain episode I mentioned above during the overnite hours.

Title: Re: RIP Don Cornelius, "Soul Train" creator & host, 75
Post by: RGMike on February 02, 2012, 09:37:33 AM

and the first white solo artists to appear on Soul Train was... no, not Elton.  It was Gino Vannelli, in Feb of '75 (3 months before EJ did "Philly Freedom" on ST)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn_j8bWWepo

technically the first white performer on ST was Dennis Coffey, but his Detroit Guitar Band was an integrated ensemble.