Don Cornelius photos

Creator and host of Soul Train Don Cornelius around 1970.

The Soul Train steams ahead with a performance by Emotions in 1977.

Soul Train moves from young and younger.

Soul Train in full swing.

More action from the Soul Train dancefloor.

The Soul Train Gang enjoys fresh air in June of 1977.

Soul Train dancers in July 1973 in Los Angeles, California

Former Soul Train dancers and R & B group Shalamar (L-R Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniel and Howard Hewett) pose for a portrait on October 7, 1982 in Los Angeles, California.

Billy Ocean and host Jeffrey Daniel on 6.20 Soul Train tv show in May, 1985.

Actress Marsha Warfield,  Bobby Brown, actress Dawn Lewis and Mike Tyson attend the Third Annual Soul Train Music Awards Rehearsals on April 11, 1989 at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.

The King of Pop is weighed down by his Soul Train Awards in 1989.

Barry White holding the Heritage Award for career achievement he won 15 March 1994 at the Eight Annual Soul Train Music Awards.

Snoop Doggy Dogg poses for a photo after winning 'Rap Album Of The Year' at the 1995 Soul Train Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California in 1995.

Marion Suge Knight and Tupac Shakur arrive at the 10th Annual Soul Train Awards on March 29th, 1996.

Christopher 'Notorious B.I.G.' Wallace and Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs at the 11th Annual Soul Train Music Awards in 1997.

Kimora Lee and Russell Simmons arriving at the 12th Annual Soul Train Music Awards on February 27, 1998.

R. Kelly at the 13th Annual Soul Train Music Awards in March of 1999.

Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes of TLC with awards at the 14th Annual Soul Train Music Awards March 4, 2000 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.

Birdman and Lil Wayne at the 14th Annual Soul Train Music Awards.

Toni Braxton performs live at the 6th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards, September 2, 2000, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica.

Ashanti, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Mya, Little Richard and Don Cornelius backstage at the 2005 TV Land Awards.

Don Cornelius and his wife Victoria arrive at the Anti-Defamation League Entertainment Industry Awards at the Bevery Hills Hotel on April 5, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California.

Don Cornelius has a street named after him at Millennium Park on September 5, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.

Don Cornelius, September 27, 1936 - February 1, 2012.