Tony Cornelius

Executive Producer of “American Soul”

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Many Saturdays in the 1970s and 1980s meant morning cartoons and then a ride on the hippest train in America. Soul Train ran for 35 years.

‘American Soul’ gives inside look at how Don Cornelius built ‘Soul Train’

Many Saturdays in the 1970s and 1980s meant morning cartoons and then a ride on the hippest train in America. Soul Train ran for 35 years.

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