Joe Cobb and Don Cornelius met when they were both working at WVON, the Black radio station in Chicago, back in the 1960s. Cornelius used that broadcasting experience for the 1971 launch of Soul Train ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Cobb screamed out the show’s title in the iconic opening sequence of Don Cornelius’ hit series. Joe Cobb, the voice heard in ...

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*Joe Cobb, the man behind the signature “Soooooooul Train” call out heard at the introduction to the show, is taking legal action over royalties. The 80-year-old Chicago native is suing for $75,000 in ...

The show went from being local to the Chicago area to being shown in a wider market, and eventually around the country Two of the four hosts who graced the Soul Train stage tell PEOPLE about the ...

(CNN) — You’ve seen the early episodes. Teeth gleaming, hips grooving, and oil-misted ‘fros bouncing to the beat. This was “Soul Train,” the music television series that served as Blackness’ ...

Joe Cobb spent more than 35 years in radio broadcasting, owns and operates Ginger's Popcorn Shop in Hot Springs, and is well-known for voicing the original "Soul Train" introduction. Cobb, the 79-year ...