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Soul Train

In this Feb. 13, 2012 file photo, people participate in the Soul Train dance line record attempt in Philadelphia. Guinness World Records has certified February's Soul Train line outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art as the world's longest. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports organizers Sheila Simmons received confirmation of the record from Guinness on Monday, Dec. 10. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek, File)

Dancers set 'Soul Train' line record

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Almost 300 dancers who strutted, shimmied and shook their way down a Soul Train line set a world record earlier this year in Philadelphia...
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R. Kelly performing at the pre-Grammy gala & salute to industry icons with Clive Davis honoring David Geffen in Beverly Hills, Calif. Kelly is up for the Ashford & Simpson songwriter's award and album of the year, at this year's Soul Train Awards, bringing his career total to 21. He's the most nominated act ever, but he'll have to battle Usher, who leads with five. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)

R. Kelly makes Soul Train history, Usher up for 5 awards

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NEW YORK (AP) - R. Kelly is nominated for two awards at this year's Soul Train Awards, making him the most nominated act ever at the awards show...
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Don Cornelius' son promotes suicide awareness with foundation

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EurWeb - Don Cornelius Foundation is an organization that 'not only concentrates on suicide awareness but it also focuses on providing information to people who are in need,' according to his son, Tony...
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Harlem non-profit seeks to set record with world's largest 'Soul Train' line

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ImageNation's 10th Annual Outdoors Festival will pay tribute to the late Don Corneliuswith a screening of the VH1 documentary "Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America," as well as live performances of classic soul covers -- and seek to create the world's largest soul train line.
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How Dick Clark helped make black music mainstream

Ronda Racha Penrice
OPINION - Today, when black artists readily rise to pop acclaim, it's difficult to understand Dick Clark's pioneering significance in making this the norm...
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'American Bandstand' blocked black teens from show

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Professor Matthew Delmont set out to write a book about the role 'American Bandstand' played in ending segregation and discovered some ugly truths...
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What's next for the 'Soul Train' brand?

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Before the death of Don Cornelius stirred pangs of 'Soul Train' nostalgia in the American public, a group of black entrepreneurs already had begun working to revive Cornelius' creation...
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Hundreds honor Soul Train's Don Cornelius

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Through music, scripture and song, Don Cornelius was remembered Thursday as the man who elevated black culture and entertainment with his 'Soul Train' demolishing barriers of race and culture, and changing American history...
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Coroner rules Don Cornelius' death a suicide

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Coroner's officials on Tuesday ruled Don Cornelius' death a suicide, nearly a week after the 'Soul Train' creator and host killed himself with a gunshot to the head...
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NYC pays tribute to Don Cornelius, 'Soul Train'

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NEW YORK (AP) - About 100 dancers descended on Times Square in a 'flash mob' organized through the Internet. As startled tourists looked on, they recreated one of the show's 'Soul Train lines'...
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