Cornelius started "Soul Train" on a shoestring budget as a daily show on black and white TV on Aug. 17, 1970. The Chi-Lites, the Emotions, and Jerry "Iceman" Butler – now a Cook County ...

Before Soul Train, Don Cornelius was part of the Marine Corps, and he worked in insurance and as a police officer in Chicago. But Tony Cornelius says his father’s dream was to work as a presenter. “He ...

Labor Day Concert Celebrates Soul Train Host Don Cornelius to help celebrate 40th anniversary of show By Marcus Riley • Published September 1, 2011 • Updated on September 5, 2011 at 10:08 pm ...

Don Cornelius became the baritone-voiced bellwether of Chicago cool when he took “Soul Train” from the South Side to a national audience in the 1970s. Cornelius, 75, was found dead Wednesday ...

Black creativity found a home on Soul Train — and made TV history. ... a TV station that’s now part of The CW, featuring local musicians like Jerry Butler, the Chi-Lites, ...

On March 24, 1973, Dick Clark tried to launch an R&B version of his "American Bandstand" to take down Don Cornelius' Soul Train.

Decades before MTV’s “TRL,” BET’s “106 & Park” and NPR’s “Tiny Desk,” to name just a few, Soul Train was chugga-chugging along, shaping ideas of cool across dance, fashion and ...

Created by Chicago broadcaster Don Cornelius, “Soul Train” helped launch the careers of stars such as Jody Watley, Vivica A. Fox and Rosie Perez who, started out as dancers on the show.

At the 1997 Soul Train Music Awards, the West Coast reigned supreme. 2Pac‘s All Eyez On Me took home R&B/Soul or rap album of the year; the Billboard 200-topping album beat out The Fugees‘ The ...