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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Love, peace and soul. « Fred Klonsky

Love, peace and soul. « Fred Klonsky:

Love, peace and soul.

When school let out at Shenandoah Elementary School near Cheviot Hills in LA, we would head to Larry Rosenberg’s to watch American Bandstand.

A couple of girls and a couple of boys. We wanted to learn the latest steps. We were sixth graders and we desperately were trying to be cool.

It was 1959.

But American Bandstand only had white kids on it. So how cool could that be?

A really cool dance show on TV would have to wait for another twelve years. That’s when Don Cornelius’ Soul