[applause] hi there and welcome aboard you re right on time for a beautiful trip on the soul train if the sight and sound of soul is your pleasure we got em baby. offered its first view of afro-centricity. it was soul train, the one reliable place to see the artistry we loved. there s no question soul train broke a lot of artists and introduced artists to audiences that they had never performed for before. [ singing ] ten years before he did the moon walk, michael jackson debuted the robot in 1973 on soul train. people had done the robot before but there was a way he did it, it was faster, it was
what s your pleasure and what s your treasure? bet your bottom we got them, baby. soul train finally offered america its first view of afro centricity. a new idea to say black is beautiful. we ran home from church to see soul train. it was the one reliable place to see the artists that you loved. there is no question that soul train broke out a lot of artists and introduced a lot of artists to audiences that they never performed for. ten years before he did the moonwalk, michael jackson debuted the robot in 1973 on soul train. people had done the robot before. but there was a way he did it that it was faster. it was sharper. and it was street.