https://www.okwassup.com/remembering-don-cornelius/ News, Entertainment, Lifestyle and more! Wed, 27 May 2015 07:55:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.okwassup.com/remembering-don-cornelius/#comment-1842 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:01:47 +0000 http://okwassup.com/2012/02/02/remembering-don-cornelius/#comment-1842 This was sad to hear. Soul Train was big back in the day. RIP Don Cornelius.

]]> https://www.okwassup.com/remembering-don-cornelius/#comment-1841 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:03 +0000 http://okwassup.com/2012/02/02/remembering-don-cornelius/#comment-1841 <span>I was a youngin during the 70s and WE (my sibs and I and EVERY Black kid I knew) were SO into Soul Train EVERY Saturday at 12 Noon (if I recall correctly?)     We made it our business to get up, eat, and get our chores done so that we'd be free to "get down" the minute the Soul Train music theme hit the first note.   Heck. On occassion, even my mom and grandmom (who was very religious) would sit and watch a little of the show and watch Us (kids) dance to the music..lol.     For years, THAT SHOW meant a lot to millions of Black-American youths of ALL ages.   R.I.P. Mr. Cornelius…and Thank You!</span>

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