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Soul Train : : the Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation

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"An Insight Editions book"-- Title page.
Introduction. Laying down the tracks -- Love : the 1970s. The big idea. A small start for a big idea ; Leavin' on a morning train to California ; Al Green ; The first family of soul (train) ; The ubiquitous Jacksons -- The acts. Stevie Wonder ; Marvin Gaye ; Rock royalty sink or swim ; Motown and Soul train ; Jazzin' up Soul train ; Appealing to a new generation ; Tribute to James Brown ; Funk fever ; The supergroup sensation ; Cash chameleons ; Disco : a brief derailing? Or a change with the times? -- The moves. Season 1 dancers ; The Soul train line ; Spotlight on Damita Jo ; High energy ; From street to Saturday night fever ; Stepping out of line ; Focus on fashion ; Spotlight on Jeffrey and Jody -- The big moments. The O'Jays ; The fifth Beatle ; The Isley Brothers ; Average White Band and the Undisputed Truth ; Trifecta ; Elton John ; David Bowie ; The end of the decade --
Peace : the 1980s. The big idea. Kicking and screaming ; Tribute to Smokey Robinson ; Keep moving or die ; A new genre and a new Jackson ; From funk to pop ; Welcome back to the future : take one ; Welcome back to the future : take two ; Hip-hop as it happened -- The acts. The boys are back in town ; A new rubric ; Protégé power : punk funk vs purple rock ; Blue-eyed soul ; Expanding horizons -- The moves. Meet the cast ; Spotlight on Louie "Ski" Carr ; A hip-hop skip and a jump down the Soul train line -- The big moments. A salute to Rick James ; LL Cool J ; Teddy Pendergrass ; Yarbrough & Peoples ; The Pointer Sisters ; Patti LaBelle ; A salute to Jermaine Jackson ; A tribute to Marvin Gaye ; Soul train spectrum ; Herbie Hancock ; Kool & the Gang ; A salute to Diana Ross ; A note about new jack, and Don dancing ; The cult of personality ; The end of the decade --
Soul : the 1990s. The big idea. Meditations on the theme ; The decade-defining sound -- The acts. Back to Beastie ; Bell Biv DeVoe ; Lenny Kravitz ; Alternative Black music ; Classic collaboration -- The moves. The backup moves up front ; Meet the cast -- The big moments. Tribute to Quincy Jones ; Tribute to Stevie Wonder ; Tribute to Gladys Knight ; Gerald and Eddie Levert ; Move to movies ; Introducing girl power ; Vision of Mariah ; Turning the corner -- The end of the road : episode 734 -- Afterword. Unlocking the treasure trove.
An in-depth, fully-photo-illustrated chronicle of the longest-running syndicated program in television history: Soul Train.

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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2013, 2023.
Year Published: 2023
Description: 239 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780062288387 (hardcover)
0062288385 (hardcover)
9781647228583 (softcover)
1647228581 (softcover)

SUBJECTS
Soul train (Television program) -- History.
Soul music -- History and criticism.
Soul music -- History and criticism -- Pictorial works.
Rock music -- History and criticism -- Pictorial works.
Rhythm and blues music -- History and criticism -- Pictorial works.
Musicians -- Pictorial works.
Soul musicians -- Pictorial works.
Rock musicians -- Pictorial works.
Rock music on television.
Music television -- History.