Soul Train eventually grew into a franchise that included the Soul Train Music Awards, the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards and the Soul Train Christmas Starfest.

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But there was no chance now of hearing music from the train or being able to make out a human being.

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At first these display table numbers, but once the train departs they show a constantly updating route map, interrupted by carefully timed bursts of music and video that match an attraction appearing alongside the train.

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Catch That Train is his latest CD of what he calls "family music": He's a big advocate of everyone jumping in on whatever instrument they can play.

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She subsequently went on to train as an opera singer, graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with a BA in Music, a post graduate diploma in vocal studies and a further one in Opera studies.

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"I figured as long as the music stayed hot and important and good, that there would always be a reason for Soul Train, " Cornelius added.

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