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Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Soul Train

All Aboard! The “hippest trip in America” celebrated African American culture and style from 1971 to 2006. Enjoy this groovy ride through great memories!

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If you grew up in the ’70s or ’80s, then watching Soul Train may have been a highlight of your Saturday TV lineup.

Created by velvet-voiced host Don Cornelius, the show was young Black America’s answer to Dick Clark’s American Bandstand and one of the longest running shows in television history – broadcast nationally in syndication from 1971 to 2006.

Share in the comments below: What was your favorite back-in-the-day dance move? How about your favorite track? Your favorite dance party memory?

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Soul Train Line Dance.
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Marvin Gaye performs on Soul Train surrounded by dancers James Phillips and Fawn Quinones
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The Soul Train Dancers.
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The Sylvers On Soul Train
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The “hippest trip in America” celebrated African American culture and style was the place to peep the flyest hairdos (from blowouts and braids to perms and press and curls) and the fiercest fashions, to learn the funkiest dance moves and to see performances by our best and brightest R&B, funk, Top 40 and soul artists, including The Jackson 5, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder, to name just a few.

 “You can bet your last money” Soul Train was a blast! So, revisit this blast from the past and take our quiz to test your knowledge of this groundbreaking television series.

Back in the day: take the quiz!



Share in the comments below: What was your favorite back-in-the-day dance move? How about your favorite track? Your favorite dance party memory?


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