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  SoulLover79 (soullover79) 4-Laureate Username: soullover79 Post Number: 91 Registered: 5-2006 Posted From: 208.208.194.10 |
Watching all of these old episodes has me wondering what many of them are up to today, are they still alive, etc. I don't know all of their names but I'm gonna throw out a few descriptions, LOL. The Asian lady, I believe her name is Cheryl Song The light-skinned dude who danced with her sometimes - he used to work the hell out of a dance with his shoulders, curl and all flying, LOL (this past week he had on a black cowboy shirt) The dude who just walked back and forth on the stage Damita Jo Freeman Lil Joe (I think that's his name, dark skinned guy with a fro, seemed to be pretty well known on the show) The one who wore the masks every week Fill in any blanks with any others you all may know of now, I'm just curious! | ||
mr_june (mr_june) 6-Zenith Username: mr_june Post Number: 580 Registered: 4-2005 Posted From: 208.49.131.4 |
The only one I'm familiar with is "Asian Lady." I remember her face. Therefore, she shall henceforth be called "Asian Lady." | ||
Motown_Fan (motown_fan) 6-Zenith Username: motown_fan Post Number: 839 Registered: 9-2006 Posted From: 75.66.38.199 |
Lil Joe Chism is deceased as are many of the guys who danced on the show during the 1970s. | ||
SoulLover79 (soullover79) 4-Laureate Username: soullover79 Post Number: 92 Registered: 5-2006 Posted From: 208.208.194.10 |
Oh my goodness, that's unfortunate! The only reason I know that guy's name is because I was watching the Jacksons on there on YouTube, and he asked one of them a question. That's really sad. I didn't realize a lot of them were gone. | ||
Charise (mistrivia1) 6-Zenith Username: mistrivia1 Post Number: 3202 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.124.64.23 |
Yes, the Asian girl's name is Cheryl Song, Lil Joe Chism passed away about 10 years ago. The guy who danced across stage(posing...LOL) is Louie "Ski" Carr. Tyrone Proctor is still around as is , Pat Davis and others. | ||
Motown_Fan (motown_fan) 6-Zenith Username: motown_fan Post Number: 841 Registered: 9-2006 Posted From: 75.66.38.199 |
I forgot to say that Damita Joe Freeman has done some acting (Private Benjamin) and choreography work in music videos and TV. | ||
Lady Mystique (Maverick) (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 5793 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 192.108.124.40 |
Wasn't Cheryl Song in Rick James' SUPER FREAK? I thought someone mentioned that... | ||
Charise (mistrivia1) 6-Zenith Username: mistrivia1 Post Number: 3210 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.124.64.23 |
Yes, LadyM, that was her with the long flowing hair...!  I wonder if her hair is still that long! | ||
Garo (gary_james) 5-Doyen Username: gary_james Post Number: 298 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 68.163.36.113 |
Rosie Perez was a Soul Train dancer. She's now an actress, had a best supporting actress academy award nomination for the film Fearless. | ||
Randy Russi (randy_russi) 6-Zenith Username: randy_russi Post Number: 1464 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 169.139.180.100 |
Damita Jo was also an American Bandstand dancer. She won the AB dance contest one year which resulted in doing choreography for different acts, including, I believe, the Spinners. How sad that so many of the guys are no longer with us? What brought an early end to their lives? The streets? drugs? gangs? Really sad to hear! PS--I was a dancer on American Bandstand in the 70s! Actually, the late 70s in the disco era. | ||
Motown_Fan (motown_fan) 6-Zenith Username: motown_fan Post Number: 842 Registered: 9-2006 Posted From: 75.66.38.199 |
Randy, the big disease with the little name claimed a lot of the male ST dancers circa 1973-1984. | ||
SoulLover79 (soullover79) 4-Laureate Username: soullover79 Post Number: 94 Registered: 5-2006 Posted From: 208.208.194.10 |
Damn ... that's so sad and scary. I always hate to hear that. But, look at it this way - at least we get to see them shine in these reruns. I liked that fact that as flamboyant as some of them were, they were being themselves, which you don't see much today. As for Cheryl Song, she was also in "Beat It," in the beginning in the pool hall, LOL. I guess she was a video girl before they called it that. | ||
Funkyone D.J. Dollar Bil (funkyone) 5-Doyen Username: funkyone Post Number: 192 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.148.146.202 |
Rosie Perez-Thought that was In Living Color? | ||
Motown_Fan (motown_fan) 6-Zenith Username: motown_fan Post Number: 843 Registered: 9-2006 Posted From: 75.66.38.199 |
I saw Rosie Perez dancing down the Soul Train line on at least one episode of the show. | ||
Lady Mystique (Maverick) (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 5800 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 192.108.124.40 |
Rosie was a dancer on Soul Train...I remember the clip in question. Jermaine Stewart was a dancer on Soul Train too (WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF)...he passed from AIDS complications too. | ||
SoulLover79 (soullover79) 4-Laureate Username: soullover79 Post Number: 95 Registered: 5-2006 Posted From: 208.208.194.10 |
What you are thinking about is that Rosie was the choreographer for "In Living Color" and The Fly Girls- but she wasn't a Fly Girl herself. In fact, one of the Fly Girls is now a judge on Dancing with the Stars. The one named Carryann. Jermaine Stewart will be gone 10 years this year. I know he and Jody Watley were best buddies. I actually saw Jermaine go down the line in one of the episodes that aired recently. I enjoyed his performance on there too as an artist. | ||
Lady Mystique (Maverick) (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 5802 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 192.108.124.40 |
Jeffrey Daniel I think is still in the business: Jeffrey's Wiki Official Website Jermaine Stewart Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J ermaine_Stewart Rosie Perez Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R osie_Perez | ||
SoulLover79 (soullover79) 4-Laureate Username: soullover79 Post Number: 96 Registered: 5-2006 Posted From: 208.208.194.10 |
Lela Rochon and Vivica Fox also appeared on "Soul Train," though I am not sure how often. I guess it was good exposure for black talent in those days. Don't they do reunions? | ||
moonbeam (moonbeam) 6-Zenith Username: moonbeam Post Number: 420 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.14 |
PLEASE DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO PAT DAVIS? IS SHE STILL AROUND? DID SHE ATTEND ANY REUNIONS? I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT SHE IS DOING NOW. AND DID ANY OF THE DANCERS LIVE A MIDDLE CLASS LIFESTYLE, OR DID THEY LIVE IN THE PROJECTS.I OFTEN HEARD THAT THEY LIVED IN HOUSES NOT THE PROJECTS. | ||
1wicked (1wicked) 6-Zenith Username: 1wicked Post Number: 1395 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.102.44.68 |
Damita Jo was in "Private Benjamin" (the movie) and has appeared in other film and television projects as well as worked as a choreographer. She suffered a loss in her family not so long ago, and has been traveling between California and Texas handling family matters. There is a SoulTrainFans Yahoo Group moderated by a former ST dancer where you can find all the info you need regarding past dancers and everything else. | ||
Charise (mistrivia1) 6-Zenith Username: mistrivia1 Post Number: 3211 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.124.64.23 |
Moonbeam, Pat Davis is still alive and well. They have had two reunions.. the first was in '97 and the last one was in '04. | ||
SoulLover79 (soullover79) 4-Laureate Username: soullover79 Post Number: 103 Registered: 5-2006 Posted From: 208.208.194.10 |
There is actually a DVD on Amazon about the dancers and a reunion, but the one review that is posted about it is bad ... nonetheless I thought it was cool that somebody even thought to put one out. | ||
moonbeam (moonbeam) 6-Zenith Username: moonbeam Post Number: 421 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.14 |
THANX CHARISE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HER. | ||
SoulDooWopRnBLady (souldoowoprnblady) 2-Debutant Username: souldoowoprnblady Post Number: 16 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 152.163.101.6 |
Last month when Blue Magic, Sister Sledge, Major Harris were on during the Soul Train line segment when Teddy Pendergrass was singing "Bad Luck" and people were dancing there was a girl who danced down the line twice and she was the best. She was pretty, light brown-skinned, had on black overalls and a red blouse under it, and had flower in her head. What was her name? Was she a dancer or on that show once? Was everyone on the show a soul train dancer or was most just visiting for a show to dance? Because all could surely dance. I couldn't tell the regulars from the visitors. | ||
kamasu (kamasu) 6-Zenith Username: kamasu Post Number: 4254 Registered: 3-2005 Posted From: 75.66.38.199 |
SoulDooWopRnBlady, that sounds like it was Pat Davis. She was a regular dancer on the show and she often dressed as you described it. Pat was also one of the better dancers on the classic Soul Train. | ||
nathan (nathanj06) 6-Zenith Username: nathanj06 Post Number: 494 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 69.88.42.119 |
I definately remember Damita Jo Freeman as she became very popular. That girl could move! | ||
ladyvanaye (ladyvanaye) 6-Zenith Username: ladyvanaye Post Number: 4360 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 72.165.255.195 |
my favorite dancer is Damita Jo - and my favorite dance routines of hers was when James Brown was on there and did 'Super Bad'...and when she did ' I Gotcha' With Joe Tex. | ||
Motown_Fan (motown_fan) 6-Zenith Username: motown_fan Post Number: 847 Registered: 9-2006 Posted From: 75.66.38.199 |
Some of the Soul Train dancers got the chance to work with entertainers like Roberta Flack and Diana Ross. They toured a little bit as a professional dance troupe before Don Corneilius kicked them off the show. (Message edited by motown_fan on February 24, 2007) | ||
moonbeam (moonbeam) 6-Zenith Username: moonbeam Post Number: 428 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 152.163.101.6 |
WHAT? HE REALLY KICKED THEM OFF OF SOUL TRAIN? WHY? | ||
Garo (gary_james) 5-Doyen Username: gary_james Post Number: 301 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 68.163.37.221 |
here's a 1971 line-dance to Aretha's Rock Steady http://youtube.com/watch?v=V8k IuEUsUk8&mode=related&search= | ||
unific29 (unific29) 5-Doyen Username: unific29 Post Number: 222 Registered: 1-2005 Posted From: 68.162.14.194 |
Man!! HOT PANTS HOT PANTS HOT PANTS HOT PANTS!!!! | ||
Motown_Fan (motown_fan) 6-Zenith Username: motown_fan Post Number: 852 Registered: 9-2006 Posted From: 75.66.38.199 |
Moonbeam, as I recall it, some of the dancers complained to Right On magazine about the long tapings of shows on weekends, the fact they were often fed fried chicken snacks from KFC and that some of them believed they should have been paid for being on the show. Some of the ST dancers believed they were just as popular as the guests ( which was true in some cases). There was also some competitive thing between Dick Clark's and Don Cornelius' production people that involved Clark luring some dancers over to Bandstand where they were allegedly paid. I'm sure someone else remembers reading about this. | ||
Garo (gary_james) 5-Doyen Username: gary_james Post Number: 303 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 68.163.12.132 |
Here's a great clip-- Don comes down the dance line with Mary Wilson! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Vj3Vj2qETY8&NR | ||
soulful detroit music fo (shell) 1-Arriviste Username: shell Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2007 Posted From: 64.12.116.14 |
What about Darnell williams who also played Jesse on All My Children years ago? wasn't he also a Soul Train Dancer? | ||
moonbeam (moonbeam) 6-Zenith Username: moonbeam Post Number: 431 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 152.163.101.6 |
motown fan thanx alot. yes i heard something of this before. and yes darnell williams was on soul train as a dancer.i remember seeing him. | ||
dvdmike (dvdmike) 6-Zenith Username: dvdmike Post Number: 1692 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.208.234.85 |
Yes, he was, around 1974-75. I also remember a little Q & A feature on him in Right On magazine around that time. | ||
sdl (sdl) 4-Laureate Username: sdl Post Number: 134 Registered: 8-2005 Posted From: 71.176.133.181 |
Gary - Thanks for the link. That was the best 6 minutes and 3 seconds I spent in a long time. I am still grinning from ear to ear. A great James Brown tune! Big Hair! Great dancing! And Don Cornelius going down the soul train line TWICE with the 70s Supremes. How cool was that. Don please get it together and release these classics on DVD! And to anyone else wanting to see this I suggest you hurry. The last time there were Soul Train clips on You Tube they were swiftly removed by the Don Cornelius camp. Cheers. | ||
moonbeam (moonbeam) 6-Zenith Username: moonbeam Post Number: 445 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.14 |
MAYBE WE CAN GET A PETITION TO DON COENELIUS AND TELL HIM TO RELEASE HIS SHOWS.THERE IS MONEY HE AND HIS ORGANIZATION COULD BE MADE. THERE ARE FANS HERE WOH ARE ANXIOUS TO PURCHASE THESE TAPES OR DVD'S | ||
1wicked (1wicked) 6-Zenith Username: 1wicked Post Number: 1403 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.102.44.68 |
Moonbeam: There is money to be made...but the gamble is will it be enough made once he has paid all the necessary clearances. That's why DCP's legal team is all over YouTube clips...they don't want the use of ST clips to come back and bite them in the ass. | ||
SDF (handsome) 6-Zenith Username: handsome Post Number: 1643 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.2.70.49 |
Hey Y'all! Here'a another question for you folks going down memory lane... What happened to the "Soul Train Gang" that sang the theme (in 1975)? I believe it was 5 of them..2 females-one of the females had auburn brown hair and 3 guys. They were also dancers on the show. I still have the 45! Handsome | ||
dvdmike (dvdmike) 6-Zenith Username: dvdmike Post Number: 1706 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 75.34.2.243 |
Whazzup Darren. Are you still at IRI? | ||
SDF (handsome) 6-Zenith Username: handsome Post Number: 1645 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.2.70.17 |
Nope Mike. Handsome | ||
allenhouse (allenhouse) 3-Pundit Username: allenhouse Post Number: 65 Registered: 4-2006 Posted From: 76.80.58.194 |
Normal people, wierd people, talented, young and restless, gay and straight, wild and youthful, whatever you want to call it. But to say alot of them died from the "big disease", I don't know about that one. I danced on several shows, went as a guest of a semi-regular. Had big dreams about being a singer-songwriter; loved to dance, the music and the party. Can't remember the guests because the tapings were always in segments. It was like a big party, usually crowded, waiting to get in and have a chance to do your thing. I partied with Jeffrey and others at the Mavericks Flat in LA. Still doin' my thing on the dancefloor; (ouch my hip) well up until a couple of years ago, still singing and writing (some regional and national exposure). I would say most of those young people just loved to dance. And I would bet alot of them are still kickin' just like me. Damn..I'm only a tail-end baby-boomer. And I'm still look good too! Having |
