![]() ![]() Darnell Williams stars on ABC`s soap opera ''All My Children'' and hosts the syndicated ''New Hot Tracks.'' Jermaine Stewart continues to record and Jodie Whattley of Shalamar fame has a current hit on the charts.Įmmy-award winning Steve Binder (''Motown Revue Starring Smokey Robinson,'' ''Elvis: One Night With You'') is director-producer of the awards show. ''Soul Train'' also has launched the careers of several of its former dancers. Cornelius can rightfully boast that his show has contributed significantly to the breakdown of racial barriers in the music and television industry. Since moving its operations to Los Angeles in 1974, ''Soul Train'' has become a major showcase for new and crossover artists. currently syndicates the program, which airs at 3 p.m. The syndicated version of ''Soul Train'' began in October, 1971, with Sears and Johnson Products as sponsors. The show has also provided an avenue for black advertisers such as Chicago-based Burrell Advertising, Mingo-Jones and Uniworld. ''Soul Train'' offered a vehicle that would get them on the air every week for a 13-week cycle for around the same money they were spending for once a year specials.'' ''George Johnson became interested in marketing his products (Ultra Sheen, Afro Sheen). People kept commenting how nice my voice was.''Ĭornelius offers praise to George Johnson, president of Johnson Products Export Sales Inc., for sticking with the show when it first aired. ''I was selling insurance for Golden State Mutual at the time, but I could still take a daytime course. If there was commercial, a sick deejay, a talk show host needed, an errand to be run.''Ĭornelius` entry into the world of radio began with a $400 broadcast course. ![]() ![]() ''I learned everything I know from WVON,'' he says. ![]()
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