that there's joy in black culture. - we're gonna turn the questioning over to the soul train gang, marvin, okay? - what else do you like to do besides singing at your spare time? - well, i enjoy, i like fooling around. (audience laughing) - one reason "soul train" succeeded 15 years after "the nat king cole show" is because they found a sponsor to take it national. - that was for us, by us and we loved it. - let's welcome them warmly, gladys & the pips, mr. barry white, sly and the family stone, curtis mayfield, aretha franklin. - don cornelius was an icon. this man changed the game. when i was growing up, you did not miss "soul train." i mean, that was a part of my youth. - it was the regularly scheduled national platform for black culture. someone does popping on "soul train" in 1971 and people are tryin' popping in the schoolyard two hours later. it was a kind of universal black experience.