When the Black Rock Coalition Orchestra kicked off their retrospective of SOLAR Records and tribute to Don Cornelius and Soul Train at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with Shalamar’s “A Night to Remember”, it was more than a song, but the theme to the evening. It was truly a night to remember; a night to remember Don Cornelius’ mighty step forward to bring our music and culture into households across America weekly, a night to remember the impact Soul Train had on our community, and a night to remember the memories created by Klymaxx, Shalamar, The Whispers, Lakeside and the rest of Solar’s roster.
The crowd was at capacity before the show started. As DJ Idlemind was spun classic dance grooves the first Soul Train Line of the night began before the festivities officially kicked off, and everyone in the building that night knew there was a party going on!
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