Soul Train电子书

Contents

Foreword by Gladys Knight

Preface by Nick Cannon

Introduction: Laying Down the Tracks

Part 1 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

Part 2 Peace—The 1980S

The 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

Part 3 Soul—The 1990S

The 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

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher