Reports are in that "Soul Train" creator and longtime emcee Don Cornelius has died, apparently of suicide, at age 75. DC was an inspiration to me and his influence on black music, culture and television will never be forgotten. May he rest in peace.
Losing Don Cornelius brings to mind his predecessor, Chicago's Big Bill Hill who aired on then channel 26.
You had to bend, stretch and stand on your had with your TV antennae to get Big Bill's show to come in, but it featured black pre-teens dancing to R&B. And after every song, Bill said, "Eee-yeah"!
But it was "US" on the air and it was cool. I was 8 or 9, I believe in 1967.
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Losing Don Cornelius brings to mind his predecessor, Chicago's Big Bill Hill who aired on then channel 26.
You had to bend, stretch and stand on your had with your TV antennae to get Big Bill's show to come in, but it featured black pre-teens dancing to R&B. And after every song, Bill said, "Eee-yeah"!
But it was "US" on the air and it was cool. I was 8 or 9, I believe in 1967.
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