Bowie wasn't the first white artist to appear on the predominantly African-American music show (Elton John beat him to that title), but that didn't take away form the unconventionality of the occasion. Soul Train was a highly popular TV program across the US and rose to prominence as the “Black American Bandstand,“ giving black artists a level of TV exposure that was hard to come by in the early 1970s. The show prominently featured young, upcoming talents in soul, R&B, funk, and disco, as well as dancers wh
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