Soul Train Dancer Diana Hicks Sherer On Being Known For Her Long Legs & Signature Snake Dance Move!

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
  • Diana Hicks Sherer was a sports writer by day and a Soul Train dancer by night! Watch as she explains being known for her long legs and snake-like dance moves, her most memorable moments, and more! #IWasASoulTrainDancer
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  • @user-gi6ee8vj1y
    @user-gi6ee8vj1y 3 роки тому +228

    Soul Train attracted the most beautiful people... inside and out!

  • @ShawnC.T.
    @ShawnC.T. 3 роки тому +142

    She could not only dance, but she was in excellent physical condition also, flipping in heels is/was no light accomplishment. She still looks like she can cut a rug...

  • @user-gi6ee8vj1y
    @user-gi6ee8vj1y 3 роки тому +73

    As a child, when I watched Soul Train, I could feel the love and positivity through my television screen. It was real. It was genuine. It could not be faked and these interviews are all the proof anyone needs. I am so grateful for this channel. These days, we all could use a little love, peace, and soul.

  • @mreynol1
    @mreynol1 3 роки тому +43

    That pink outfit was fierce!

    • @soultrain
      @soultrain  3 роки тому +3

      it really was!

    • @mreynol1
      @mreynol1 3 роки тому

      @@soultrain And then when she spinned around in it...gave it life!

  • @joseyeastwood
    @joseyeastwood 3 роки тому +244

    I could watch these Soul Train stories all day.

    • @kenya420
      @kenya420 Рік тому +1

      I've literally been watching these since this morning🤣 so about 3 hours... STRAIGHT!

  • @davidedwards4088
    @davidedwards4088 3 роки тому +225

    Wouldn't be nice to see all the dancers showcased back dancing together one last time? We're all older now, but it would be so nice to see if while they were dancing the video editor's could highlight their younger selves with how they're now. Give a thumbs up if you like this idea?

    • @tammyc259
      @tammyc259 3 роки тому +11

      David Edwards, I don't know if they would be able to get up off the floor, if they tried to do some of the stuff now that they did back in the day! LOL!! I'm almost 60 myself and when my children see me trying to dance to Soul Train videos now, they say, "Momma, don't even do it, so we don't have to help you back up!

    • @davidedwards4088
      @davidedwards4088 3 роки тому +1

      @@tammyc259 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I guess we're all getting older. Merry Christmas from California.

    • @FromtheeyesofShaun
      @FromtheeyesofShaun 3 роки тому +3

      Yessssss that would be 🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @theorderofthebees7308
      @theorderofthebees7308 2 роки тому +3

      Love this idea

    • @rosettajones1161
      @rosettajones1161 2 роки тому +1

      @@tammyc259 I really think some of them could still do it, maybe not as hard or going down to the floor....but they probably still got it for the most part.

  • @wandawilliams3110
    @wandawilliams3110 3 роки тому +75

    You were one of my favorite dancer. In fact, it's why I started to dance, and still do. So. Thank you so very much! Peace

    • @rachelr375
      @rachelr375 3 роки тому +4

      Keep dancing 💃cause when these clubs open back I will definitely be going shake a tail feathers!💃🔥

    • @wandawilliams3110
      @wandawilliams3110 3 роки тому +1

      @@rachelr375 Lmbo.. You go girl..

    • @desocupedro
      @desocupedro 3 роки тому +1

      That's so sweet

  • @bySterling
    @bySterling 3 роки тому +30

    What a phenomenal era, show, music, styles and real beauty! ❤️💯💪🏻🎶💥👏🏻 TAKE US ALL BACK ASAP!! 🙏🏻

    • @gwenmorris113
      @gwenmorris113 3 роки тому +5

      This was truly a very beautiful time for black America!!!

  • @MixFiend362
    @MixFiend362 3 роки тому +25

    So glad they did not leave her out. She was a vital element to the show as well.

  • @bigolebot
    @bigolebot 3 роки тому +87

    Anyone who wasn't born in the 80s would remember how amazing Soul Train use to be. 80s babies missed out

    • @toussaintjulie3171
      @toussaintjulie3171 3 роки тому +3

      I would have liked to be born at that time because it is my favorite era for clothes, music, etc...,

    • @bonniemoore3461
      @bonniemoore3461 3 роки тому +7

      I was 70's Soul Train when it all started! But my younger Brothers watched Soul Train in the 80's anf this was their Lady!! ."LEGS" "THE LEGS" That was their Soul Train Dancer!!!

    • @lastdays3148
      @lastdays3148 3 роки тому +5

      I grew up as a little girl watching Soul Train, during the 1970s. My two favorite Era's for Soul Train were the 1970s & 1980s. I loved the Fashions, Music and Togetherness from those two Decades. Well I'll speak for myself and say that my fondest memories would always be towards the 70s & 80s✨

    • @lastdays3148
      @lastdays3148 3 роки тому +2

      @@toussaintjulie3171 , I was Teenager Lady, during the 1980s. I loved the Fashion from my youth Years. The 70s & 80s were two Unique Decades that we would never see again. I wouldn't even hesitate entering into a Time Machine.

    • @PelicanGuy
      @PelicanGuy 2 роки тому +1

      I was born in the late 70s and remember those 80s episodes. This woman here was amongst the best.

  • @OldskolFan
    @OldskolFan 3 роки тому +4

    She was beautiful and fierce and could dance her but off! She always looked like she was having fun. It was a fun time with the best music ever...

  • @zdoll12
    @zdoll12 3 роки тому +17

    OMG these are so good!!!!! She is JAMMING!

  • @Mthomas116-t1m
    @Mthomas116-t1m 3 роки тому +2

    Miss Soul Train sooo much

  • @samsaleh3430
    @samsaleh3430 2 роки тому +1

    She was freaking stunning !!!

  • @keithkelson726
    @keithkelson726 3 роки тому +9

    Love this series and would love to own all the interviews on blu ray.

    • @lucyskye7229
      @lucyskye7229 2 роки тому

      You can also download these videos on the UA-cam mobile app

  • @patricewilliams5109
    @patricewilliams5109 3 роки тому +2

    Diana is an incredible beautiful dancer inside and out, I really enjoyed watching this clip on her journey as a Soultrain Dancer.

  • @Shortlady82
    @Shortlady82 3 роки тому +12

    Keeps these comin!!!

    • @soultrain
      @soultrain  3 роки тому +4

      so glad you like them!

    • @Shortlady82
      @Shortlady82 3 роки тому

      @@soultrain please have Crystal Calhoun and Leonette Scott.

    • @valerieproctor7366
      @valerieproctor7366 3 роки тому

      @@soultrain Whatever ever happened to one of my favorite Soultrain dancer of all times, Sherri Foster. 78/ 81 somewhere around that time.

  • @lordcron
    @lordcron 3 роки тому +2

    Good Lord she was a knockout!! Beauty for days!..... So fine!

  • @impactfully5714
    @impactfully5714 3 роки тому +1

    What a beautiful woman. I love her style.

  • @kenya420
    @kenya420 Рік тому +2

    The cartoons on this series are so cute!!

  • @MunecasPoupeesDolls
    @MunecasPoupeesDolls 3 роки тому +1

    I have really enjoyed this series, I remember going to my great grandma's house on Saturdays when I was a kid and watching Soul Train. And of course dancing in the living room while it was on 😍

  • @jg1luvm3
    @jg1luvm3 3 роки тому +2

    Almost never seen someone so beautiful 😍😍😍 #blackgirlmagic

  • @vatricegeorge
    @vatricegeorge 3 роки тому +1

    I remember her well, she danced so well and was pretty.

  • @BLane-xr1ic
    @BLane-xr1ic 3 роки тому +1

    I love watching dancers just dancing and moving naturally, no choreography needed.

  • @princess8082
    @princess8082 3 роки тому +1

    I love soul train show dancers.

  • @elMaxx5
    @elMaxx5 2 роки тому

    Thank you for making Saturday nights SPECIAL!

  • @dtrn254
    @dtrn254 3 роки тому +3

    Brilliant! This is soooooooo fun to watch. Just culturally satisfying and insightful. So well done.

  • @TheHaxxsaw
    @TheHaxxsaw 3 роки тому +1

    All these dancers were so great!

  • @RubenQ778
    @RubenQ778 2 роки тому +1

    She knew how to dance on the Soul train line

  • @jackierobinson-hicks3879
    @jackierobinson-hicks3879 3 роки тому +3

    Love Her

  • @mythoughts1763
    @mythoughts1763 2 роки тому

    WHAT A BEAUTIFUL LADY

  • @cmjGemara
    @cmjGemara 3 роки тому +3

    This is awesome God bless you this puts such a smile on my face❤🙏🙌✝️🕊🔥🌈

  • @sharkny1580
    @sharkny1580 6 днів тому

    The dancers from the 70s have the top spot in Soul Train's history.

  • @mythoughts1763
    @mythoughts1763 2 роки тому

    I MISS SOUL TRAIN

  • @mitchellaimss1924
    @mitchellaimss1924 2 роки тому

    She's gorgeous wow😍😍

  • @mandy8275
    @mandy8275 3 роки тому +1

    These videos make me so HAPPY!! Thank you!!

    • @soultrain
      @soultrain  3 роки тому

      We're glad you like them!

  • @ebonyavengerstevenson1321
    @ebonyavengerstevenson1321 3 роки тому +1

    I just love her.

  • @Ihavetruth22
    @Ihavetruth22 Рік тому +1

    You can tell she was a a model. Great body.

  • @Soul_Education
    @Soul_Education 2 роки тому

    Gorgeous and talented! I enjoyed watching Diana Hicks shimmy down that Soul Train Line with her beautiful style! ❤️❤️

  • @cinnamonstar808
    @cinnamonstar808 3 роки тому

    OMG you can buy that outfit 3:21 right now.
    the talent pool out of Chicago is just unreal

  • @굿레이디
    @굿레이디 3 роки тому

    I watched Soul Train many times when I was little. I enjoyed watching it on AFKN TV(American Forces Korean Network)

  • @able76
    @able76 2 роки тому

    She was great going down the line

  • @NDGOCHYLD
    @NDGOCHYLD 3 роки тому +1

    Soul Train is the reason I know how to dance.

  • @jens.643
    @jens.643 3 роки тому +3

    Yess,I’m so glad she had a career apart from being on the show .

  • @noarnoar7775
    @noarnoar7775 3 роки тому +2

    i love women thanks lord for your creation

  • @kimberlygraham-i6s
    @kimberlygraham-i6s 23 дні тому

    Man l miss soul train
    And solid gold ... they just don't make shows like these anymore!!!

  • @walterhicksiii3525
    @walterhicksiii3525 3 роки тому +1

    I remember!!!!! :)

  • @lovely_star1917
    @lovely_star1917 3 роки тому

    I love it when I hear Chicago people stories cuz that’s home ❤️💯❤️

  • @trevinabradshaw6060
    @trevinabradshaw6060 3 роки тому +1

    OOOOOHHH WEEEE if only I would have known you was doing these splits and flips when I was doing your hair! I would have paying you lol ! Loved watching this!

  • @lotslove2give
    @lotslove2give Рік тому

    Great interview! Great times

  • @kayanderson3025
    @kayanderson3025 2 роки тому

    I loved her! Wonderful dancer!

  • @kathyt3959
    @kathyt3959 3 роки тому +1

    What a gorgeous figure

  • @MAGEtvPTB
    @MAGEtvPTB 3 роки тому +2

    ...such a dope interview series!!
    oh snap!! 3:35 she was dance partners with the Que Dawg!!

  • @kendrickgriffin374
    @kendrickgriffin374 3 роки тому

    LOVE HER!!

  • @arlynpage7491
    @arlynpage7491 Рік тому

    Man, This Lady is Queen Latifa’s OG- I kept looking at her and thinking that she looked so familiar- her smile, the way she kinda talks outta the side of her mouth and then it hit me❗️⚡️💥⚡️❗️QUEEN LATIFA❗️But SHE IS DEF THE OG❗️

  • @donnabanks7656
    @donnabanks7656 3 роки тому

    Great dancer and she was smart too!!! Awesome!

  • @caboverbenny
    @caboverbenny 2 роки тому

    She still Good

  • @mybusinessplanbook
    @mybusinessplanbook 3 роки тому +1

    AWESOME..

  • @gsmusic2009
    @gsmusic2009 3 роки тому

    As a Kid I had a slight crush on her she had a swag and a smile and smooth dancing

  • @sixfootbeauty
    @sixfootbeauty 3 роки тому

    Let me tell you I loved watching her cause she was tall like me and could move lol. Wouldn't trade when I was born cause I experienced ST in every decade it was on. I was a little girl in the 70s watching with my mom and watching her do the dances so much I used to tell my classmates in elementary school my mom danced on ST lol. Mind you we lived in Florida lol. I miss Soul Train the early years when everybody danced. Diana was one of the real dancers left when the women started posing and not dancing. Loved watching her.

  • @scubatrucker6806
    @scubatrucker6806 3 роки тому +2

    I miss the show

  • @samoryTure
    @samoryTure 2 роки тому

    Don Cornelius @ 0:38 is fly as Fu#k!

  • @daisymartinez82
    @daisymartinez82 3 роки тому +1

    I love this🥰

  • @jesusfirst7320
    @jesusfirst7320 2 роки тому

    SOUL TRAIN is BLACK HISTORY 🖤👑🖤👑🦋2022

  • @eagleeyegordon9368
    @eagleeyegordon9368 3 роки тому

    Chicago stories are the best.

  • @mrsk619
    @mrsk619 3 роки тому +1

    Can you feature Sandy Hall? Whats she up yo now.. i used to work with her in 93 when she was on soul train

  • @kellybellecaldwell5497
    @kellybellecaldwell5497 3 роки тому

    Back then when she was dancing, she reminds me of a younger Jackie Christie! They favor to me!

  • @somewhereovertherainbow4191
    @somewhereovertherainbow4191 2 роки тому +3

    Look how beautiful these black women were and how they were portrayed with grace and style. Now they just want to exclude all that beautiful melanin and wanna call women b's and h's.

  • @bbcross1836
    @bbcross1836 2 роки тому

    Beauty and Brains and she kilt that snake!!!!

  • @levans3447
    @levans3447 3 роки тому

    Good music !

  • @61TOOTSIE
    @61TOOTSIE Рік тому

    Soul train put American bandstand on the back burner.

  • @mdooms76
    @mdooms76 3 роки тому

    I never knew this show had to cast the dancers. I thought they were randoms from the street that line up each weekend to be on the show on first come basis.

  • @Nyghtryder229AFN
    @Nyghtryder229AFN 2 роки тому

    And she still fine to this day. Black don't crack.

  • @young.nugget
    @young.nugget 3 роки тому

    My time watching this was in the 90s so all of the 70s clips crack me up. But my daughter thinks the dances in the 90s is funny

  • @epicsseven7686
    @epicsseven7686 3 роки тому

    Sexy, beautiful and fine. What I'd loved about those years was seeing dancers from all over the country, on the show. So far I've seen, Chitown, New York area, L.A. and Orange county area and several more. I wonder if anyone from Motown was on this show? I wouldn't be surprised.

  • @jasonbyrd1840
    @jasonbyrd1840 3 роки тому +11

    Do you know how many white people tuned in to watch these black people do what we do.

    • @mreynol1
      @mreynol1 3 роки тому +7

      Yep! American Bandstand didnt have that swag! It was no match.

    • @jasonbyrd1840
      @jasonbyrd1840 3 роки тому +2

      @@mreynol1Dick Clark thought he could show up DC. He tried it and lost badly in court

    • @mreynol1
      @mreynol1 3 роки тому

      @@jasonbyrd1840 I gave it an honest chance. I watched an episode here on youtube. I just wasnt feeling it.

    • @jasonbyrd1840
      @jasonbyrd1840 3 роки тому +2

      @@mreynol1 Soul Train was a life within itself and you either a part of the culture or a guest. And black people can't be duplicated. I love all kinds of people, but you can't irritate the fabric of our cultural/spiritual/emotional DNA.

    • @mreynol1
      @mreynol1 3 роки тому

      @@jasonbyrd1840 Amen to that!

  • @MeMe-yl6mp
    @MeMe-yl6mp 3 роки тому +1

    3:27 in pink was she on something

  • @karebear2702
    @karebear2702 3 роки тому +1

    We need a modern soul train but still keeping with funk and disco style music, I don't wanna hear no lady gaga or katy perry on there

  • @YoungSugaDaddy
    @YoungSugaDaddy 2 роки тому

    it's dope to look at the cartoon parts and u can tell who there are

  • @librasoul1705
    @librasoul1705 3 роки тому +332

    These dancers grow old gracefully. Omg!

    • @carolyndarley1045
      @carolyndarley1045 3 роки тому +3

      That's coz "Good Black Don't Crack! Neither Does it Bag or Sag!" Sidenote: It does 'melt' tho, so remember to moisturize! One LOVE TO ALL!

    • @theknow7557
      @theknow7557 3 роки тому +8

      It’s the Soul Train genes!

    • @librasoul1705
      @librasoul1705 3 роки тому +2

      @@theknow7557 💯

    • @keonta81
      @keonta81 3 роки тому +4

      Ikr most of them are in their late 60 or early 60s and don't look it

    • @user-zp1kt9ur7g
      @user-zp1kt9ur7g 3 роки тому +4

      That's because they keep doing what they love

  • @jadecheatham977
    @jadecheatham977 3 роки тому +397

    YES! This is my blood auntie! She’s always been this amazing and this beautiful from what I remember growing up! I love you auntie this is amazing I love you!!!😍😍

    • @teremack7833
      @teremack7833 3 роки тому +3

      Awwwww 💛

    • @ursalawooley971
      @ursalawooley971 3 роки тому +3

      @Jade Cheatham WOW!! This is your aunt?? Awesome 👌🏾👌🏾

    • @ladyindaroom
      @ladyindaroom 3 роки тому +11

      Your auntie was a fabulous dancer. They need to come out with Soul Train Dancer Barbie Dolls, and make one after her. I would buy it.

    • @tifiayiti937
      @tifiayiti937 3 роки тому +1

      Nice! I’m over here in Chicago & to hear she’s from this city it cool. She was gettin it on that dance floor too! *Stay safe everyone*

    • @helloimcandice1343
      @helloimcandice1343 3 роки тому +2

      Awww she's beautiful! She had some great times! ❤

  • @JoseSanchez-sp2ex
    @JoseSanchez-sp2ex 3 роки тому +383

    Soul train should be on dvd from each decade. Its history

    • @itsjemmabond
      @itsjemmabond 3 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/Cxdgrb4U1hY/v-deo.html

    • @_Alimm
      @_Alimm 3 роки тому +8

      I would buy in a heartbeat

    • @soulstarmusiclover1254
      @soulstarmusiclover1254 2 роки тому +5

      Agreed

    • @MsSarah-yz1pv
      @MsSarah-yz1pv 2 роки тому +6

      Same here I’ll buy it

    • @marquitashiver6141
      @marquitashiver6141 2 роки тому +19

      Yes! A box set. I would buy it and it would be nice if the money would go to the dancers.

  • @manestage5403
    @manestage5403 2 роки тому +75

    The fact that she was hot but conservative, and dancing a snake dance down the Soul Train line but writing about sports...
    We stan a well-rounded queen. 😍🔥

  • @neal6473
    @neal6473 3 роки тому +172

    What a beautiful sister wow 😍.

  • @mreynol1
    @mreynol1 3 роки тому +268

    One of the few female dancers that actually danced! She wasn't doing the cute girl bounce. She really danced!

    • @clarencesimmons8580
      @clarencesimmons8580 3 роки тому +8

      I want Rosie Perez former ST Dancer '86-'88 Now!!!!!!!!!

    • @mreynol1
      @mreynol1 3 роки тому +1

      @@clarencesimmons8580 I didnt know she was on there for that short period of time.
      I thought she was on there longer.

    • @dezinechic
      @dezinechic 3 роки тому +14

      flips cartwheels splits rollbacks.....i love it!

    • @scentscheaper
      @scentscheaper 3 роки тому +7

      Loved her style and energy and was thrilled to see Diana on TV each week. Plenty of great childhood memories of us growing up dancing all of the time. Hope to reconnect with Diana❤‼️

  • @memyselfi1828
    @memyselfi1828 3 роки тому +514

    I love how slim, fit and natural their bodies were.

    • @bant6586
      @bant6586 3 роки тому +16

      ...n the modern hair man. What's with this straight n wet look. The tight curls were sexy

    • @malakahbanathyasharahla2302
      @malakahbanathyasharahla2302 3 роки тому +91

      Back in the day we played outside, helped our parents with house chores, hulla hooped, jumping rope , skating eating home cooked meals . Not fast foods unless It was a treat once in a while. People helped each other out. We were more in UNITY 💪👊👍

    • @thinblacknoodles
      @thinblacknoodles 3 роки тому +14

      @@malakahbanathyasharahla2302 exactly that part

    • @Tmdwuyt
      @Tmdwuyt 3 роки тому +29

      She had an amazing figure 😍

    • @AsaruAlimElBey
      @AsaruAlimElBey 3 роки тому +33

      Yep, before GMO / Franken foods...SMDH!

  • @Housewarmin
    @Housewarmin 3 роки тому +146

    When I was little, I thought these were just regular audience members who just really knew how to dance! lol

    • @arushilovesmusic
      @arushilovesmusic 3 роки тому +9

      LOL So did I!!! XD

    • @mdooms76
      @mdooms76 3 роки тому +3

      Me too!!!!!

    • @LivingInTheShade
      @LivingInTheShade 3 роки тому +3

      Thought it was just me! 😂

    • @chipmunkred1519
      @chipmunkred1519 3 роки тому +2

      Yes me too

    • @pleasegetajob
      @pleasegetajob 3 роки тому +7

      wait.....but most were regular viewers who got inspired to join in....i think that's what we looooove about all this. yassss

  • @cricketroberson8715
    @cricketroberson8715 3 роки тому +43

    She was a bad one! That flip she did in that micro mini skirt and heels is legendary

  • @shontelhorneonline
    @shontelhorneonline 3 роки тому +24

    She's gorgeous now but then she was otherworldly beautiful. Stunning woman. Perfect mix of classy, elegant and sexy.

  • @kevinjenkins6136
    @kevinjenkins6136 3 роки тому +41

    She still looks gorgeous

  • @Amber-jf5on
    @Amber-jf5on 3 роки тому +32

    I just love how all of the former dancers say that it was just a wonderful experience. They all describe that environment as a “family-type” atmosphere, where people just had fun and lifted each other up (as opposed to many sad and traumatic stories of people in entertainment). I just love that so much!

  • @kaynone1726
    @kaynone1726 3 роки тому +31

    Beautiful woman, lovely natural body and her style!

  • @traceymohan9915
    @traceymohan9915 3 роки тому +32

    These outfits are giving me life🔥🔥🔥.She was beautiful still looks young .

  • @RB-gt8bf
    @RB-gt8bf 3 роки тому +37

    I would LOVE to see BET do a Soul Train reboot special bringing back dancers from the beginning up through the 90s. I was working as an RN in the early 90s at the one particular hospital...and on Saturday morning no matter how sick those patients were when you were in their room they had SOUL TRAIN on...I would linger a little longer to catch an act while giving meds or doing a treatment....never will forget that it was nice to see patients smile...and if they could nod their head to the beat

  • @shyman99
    @shyman99 3 роки тому +41

    You captured so much style, beauty, and grace with your athleticism. You were and would still be an absolute dream to dance with.

  • @arushilovesmusic
    @arushilovesmusic 3 роки тому +62

    Those Rosie Perez Cartoons are Hilarious!!!! OMG!!!! - 1:31

  • @pskila
    @pskila 3 роки тому +23

    Man this is an attractive woman...smh

  • @missladyj4264
    @missladyj4264 3 роки тому +51

    She is so beautiful! And that leopard outfit 🤎🤎🤎

  • @rachelr375
    @rachelr375 3 роки тому +47

    Bring back Soulllllll Train and the world will become a better place!💃❤️🕺!

  • @SewPaMc
    @SewPaMc 3 роки тому +25

    I love these, because I wanted to be on Soul Train so badly as a kid!! Its nice to know that the dancers had as much fun as we did watching it!! ❤