Top 10 Soul Train Dancers of All Time - Collection by Terry Swoope

Top 10 Soul Train Dancers of All Time (Collection by Terry Swoope)


Top 20 Soul Train Dancers of All Time (Collection by Terry Swoope)


Soul Train Dancer Jeffrey Daniel, also member of Shalamar, here first performing to Europe "the backslide", now known as the "moonwalk" on British television, during a performance of Shalamar's "A Night to Remember" on hit TV show Top of the Pops. A year before Michael Jackson "Moonwalked" on the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever television broadcast. Jackson was a big fan of Soul Train, and according to sister La Toya, Jackson was a fan of Daniel's dancing and sought him out. He soon met, hired and learned from Daniel.


Soul Train Dancer, Shalamar member, and Michael Jackson's video cinematographer (including M.J.'s Bad) infiltrates London's hit dance show Top of the Pops. Jeffrey Daniel had a major role in bringing street dance to the UK and Europe. Daniels' tells the story of how he was pursued by both Europe and Michael Jackson for his Soul Train moves.


Jeffery Daniel credits the dance group "The Electric Boogaloos" with the backslide (moonwalk), and finds out for the first time on interview show Soccer AM that the "Mooonwalk" was originally created by tap-dancer Bill Bailey. Daniel states Soul Train's Owner, the late Don Cornelius, put together the group "Shalamar".