Shelley "SoleMann" King's Blog – February 2010 Archive (2)

Chicago Soul Train

The origins of Soul Train can be traced to 1965, when WCIU-TV, an upstart UHF station in Chicago, began airing two youth-oriented dance programs: Kiddie-a-Go-Go and Red Hot and Blues. These two programs—specifically the latter, which featured a predominantly African American group of in-studio dancers—would set the stage for what was to come to the station several years later.

Don Cornelius, a news reader and backup disc jockey at… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on February 27, 2010 at 6:49pm — 6 Comments

The Masked Man & The Agents

By Terence McArdle

Washington Post Staff Writer

Sunday, January 10, 2010

While holding down a day job as an Army Department mail clerk, Harmon Bethea struggled for decades to achieve a breakthrough singing group. He went at it so long, and through so many changes in pop vocal trends, that he tried to become famous in jive, doo-wop, rhythm-and-blues and Motown-tinged soul. At one time, he led a gospel group.

"If… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on February 1, 2010 at 4:24pm — 5 Comments

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