Soul Train UK And The Historic Performance Of Elton John And Millie Jackson Soul Train UK was the British version of the legendary American music show created by Don Cornelius. The original format was born in the United States in 1971 and became an icon of Black American culture, giving space to soul, funk, R&B, and later pop and hip-hop artists. By the mid-1980s, the success of the show inspired the creation of a British edition aimed at providing similar visibility to the UK’s growing soul and