For over 35 years, Soul Train reigned as the "hippest trip in America," kicking down barriers and irrevocably changing the face of television.
From its 1971 premiere, the show offered a window into black culture, introducing a nation to music and dance, which they had never seen. An arbiter of taste and style from the start-if you were hot enough for the public to want to see you, then you earned a ticket on the Soul Train.
To all my real sistas all over the world, race, creed, and color. A real mother who raises her children with values and teach them to love ❤️. Teaching them the truth from day 1 of their life. THE MOST HIGH, THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS ON THIS EARTH, ONLY HE RULES, NO GROUP OF PEOPLE CONTROL OF NO OTHER RACE OF PEOPLE. CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF YOU TAUGHT YOUR CHILDREN RIGHTEOUSNESS, DELIVERS FROM DEATH. TO TEACH HATE, CONTROL BY ALL MEANS THEN, you have sentence your child to dealth, they grow up thinking they are over all things. Only THE CREATOR IS IN FULL CONTROL. NO HUMAN CAN HOLD THAT TITLE. Shout out to all fathers out there raising your children. To that distant ❤️ love, Dr. John F Johnson AKA GMJ thank you, and blessings to you, love this video 🙏 🙏🙏. A standing ovation for all you have done and continue to do in the name ❤️ and love of name of THE MOST HIGH. You have shown exemplary ❤️ and stood up for your people. Happy Mothers Day to our beloved Queen Mother, who have ascended to glory, who shared her son with the world ❤🙏 and to my Oueen mother, who have also ascended to glory 23 years now, thank you mom, miss you ❤ love you ❤🙏. Happy Mothers mom. Blessings to all.
I am 26 years old and I grew up to Anita Baker in my household! This lady’s voice definitely resonates with me! I have always been in awe of Ms. Baker and she til this day reminds me of my innocent times as a child when I had more of an imagination! Thank you for all you did for music Anita Baker! I will always listen to your classics.
He was going to be close to being the next "Godfather of Soul" since James Brown claimed that title first. He came close until his streaking stuff in his last years on live concert stages almost shot Gaye down in flames with his soul music career and permanently tarnished him. During the "Sexual Healing" tour before he was did in by gunshots, "Rockin' After Midnight" was my favorite of Marvin Gaye's hard-hitting Motown-Soul hits. It made me want to get down myself. I also see the evolution of Gaye's backup bands over the years. It started out as a simple progressive soul combo in the 1970s with a few synth players (almost like the size of Herbie's "Headhunters"), and then, in the early 1980s, brass players and sax players, and added percussionists in Gaye's last concert tour were the added musical forces. As his bands got bigger in personnel and size later on, it seemed like as if a jazz big band accompanied this soul singer-crooner. The use of synths, electric guitars and basses led to the feeling of "electrified funk and soul" along with the acoustic instruments in Gaye's orchestras.
