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14. Cornelius quoted in Michael E. Hill, “Soul Train’s Chief Engineer,”
Y07.
15. Rowland Barber, “Soul Train: For Rock Fans It’s Right on Time,” 33.
16. Hill, “Soul Train’s Chief Engineer,” Y07.
17. Ibid., 79.
18. Boyd, “A Trip down ‘Soul Train’s’ Memory Lane,” 1.
19. Lori Moody, “Durable Soul Train Is Pop History in the Making,” 1E.
20. Murray, “Soul Train,” 4.
21. Robert Feder, “‘Soul Train’ Host Rails against MTV,” 39.
22. Boyd, “A Trip down ‘Soul Train’s’ Memory Lane,” 1.
23. Neill Strauss, “You Say Soul Train Is How Old?” 3.
24. Barber, “Soul Train,” 32.
25. Ibid., 32.
26. George quoted in Murray, “Soul Train,” 4.
27. White artists such as David Bowie and Elton John also made appearances
on Soul Train. For a full list of acts that appeared on Soul Train
in the 1970s, please see www.soultrain.com.
28. For further analysis of James Brown, his music, and politics, see
George, The Death of Rhythm and Blues.
29. Sheila Simmons, “‘Soul Train’ Hails Black Artists,” 5E.
30. Sonia Murray, “The Soul Train Music Awards,” 1B.
31. Ibid., 1B.
32. Feder, “‘Soul Train’ Host Rails against MTV,” 39.
33. After Cornelius withdrew as weekly host, a rotation of guest hosts
followed. Mystro Clark became the first regular host followed by Shemar
Moore.
34. Ann Hodges, “Ladies of Soul,” 3.
35. Sonia Murray, “‘Soul Train’ Creator: TV Still Off-Track after 25
Years,” 21P.
36. Information available on the show’s web site: www.soultrain.com.
37. Bill Davidson, “Likability: That One Word May Explain Why a
Sometimes Morose Young Man Named Clerow Wilson Is the Hit of the TV
Season,” 21.
38. Miles Corwin, “TV Comedian Flip Wilson Dies at 64,” 3.
39. “Flip Wilson’s Commercial Spots Go Up,” 56.
40. Allen quoted in “Flip Wilson, 64; 1970s Comedian Known for
‘Geraldine’ Character,” B17.
41. J. N. Vorobey, “Wonderful Flip,” A24.
42. Redd Foxx and Norma Miller, The Redd Foxx Encyclopedia of
Black Humor, 196.
43. For more information on the myth of the classless American society,
see Donna Langston, “Tired of Playing Monopoly,” 126–36.
44. Watkins, “Flip Wilson, 64, Over-the-Top Comic,” 18.
45. Flip Wilson quoted in Watkins, On the Real Side, 518.