Erica Blount Denwaw remembers getting ready for a party every Saturday.

As an audience member in your own house, you felt like you were part of this whole, you know,

party dude. So much that my sister and I would actually get dressed up when we watched the show.

We also had a crush on several of the artists. So, you know, you as a kid, you sort of think,

can they see us? I don't know. It was a party that I remember going to some Saturdays as well

when I was a kid. Perhaps you knew too. The party host was this really cool guy named Don.

He wore a big, perfect afro and impeccably tailored, brightly colored suits.

You can watch this party every weekend from the comfort of your own home.

Television's longest running music program and the hip-fist trip in America.

I'm talking about Soul Train, the iconic black song in dance show.

A show that featured performances from the likes of Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin.

A show that launched the career of a dancer turned actress named Rosie Perez.

We asked you all about Soul Train. If you were called watching in the 70s or 80s or even the 90s.

We would drop whatever we were doing, gather in the family den to watch Soul Train.

Saturdays were a staple in my house watching Soul Train.

I watched it with my sisters in the 70s, digging the Soul Train line, Soul Train scramble board,

trying to figure it out before they did on television, learning the new dances with my sisters.

To be able to see others that looked like us was truly a beautiful experience.

Watching Soul Train from home every week, it felt like a cross between a family reunion and a

neighborhood block party, but also a series of really slick music videos with the best dance moves.

And there was nothing like it on TV.

When Soul Train began, there were still mostly white shows with white hosts who had black and brown

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