num_pages: 288
description: From Ahmir Questlove Thompson of the award-winning hip-hop group the Roots comes this vibrant book commemorating the legacy of Soul Train the cultural phenomenon that launched the careers of artists such as Tina Turner Stevie Wonder the Jackson 5 Whitney Houston Lenny Kravitz LL Cool J and Aretha Franklin. Questlove reveals the remarkable story of the captivating program and his text is paired with more than 350 photographs of the show's most memorable episodes and the larger-than-life characters who defined the great host Don Cornelius the extraordinary musicians and the people who lived the phenomenon from dance floor. Gladys Knight contributed a foreword to this incredible volume. Nick Cannon contributed the preface.
language: English
title: Soul Train: The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation
publisher: Harper Design