"The performers weren't the show's only stars. Talent Coordinator Pam Brown recalls scouting at parks and recreation centers in and around South Central. It was there she found dancers who would go on to become not only dance pioneers but choreographers and actors: The supreme Damita Jo Freeman, actress on Private Benjamin; Don Campbell, creator of locking and founder of The Lockers, which included a young Toni Basil; and the late Fred Berry, aka Rerun on What's Happening!! Swain managed to reunite other stars who've boogied past your screen over the years, including Rosie Perez, Jeffrey Daniel and Cheryl Song—think lone Asian lady with the waist-length hair."
In the LA Weekly, Siran Babayan previews the new television documentary Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America.
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