“Soul Train” made history with its 35-year run, shaping much of pop culture throughout its tenure. Now the television series is bound for Broadway as a new musical.

The production will feature more than 20 classic hit songs from the era and tell the personal story of Don Cornelius as he created and hosted the hit music program. Producers Matthew Weaver, Jeffrey Tick and Richard Gay announced Monday that the bio-musical is eyeing a Broadway premiere in 2021, in celebration of the series’ 50th anniversary.

Kamilah Forbes (“Meet Vera Stark”) will direct the project, featuring a book by Dominique Morisseau (“Ain’t Too Proud”) and choreography by Camille A. Brown (“Choir Boy”).

The musical’s creative team includes book writer Dominique Morisseau, executive producer Ahmir Thompson, choreographer Camille A. Brown and director Kamilah Forbes.

“I am so excited to help bring the narrative of one of our culture’s most influential and legend-making endeavors to the stage,” Morisseau said. “Having grown up on this series and being immersed in the culture around it, I never knew what it took to make it the iconic staple that it is.

“Through the sociopolitical challenges both internally and externally, Don Cornelius’ uncompromised vision, and the revolutionary dance culture that the show made visible to the mainstream, there are a million handprints on what we know as ‘Soul Train,’” she added. “I cannot wait to partner with this legendary creative team of incredible women to celebrate the history and the unsung heroes of our nation’s longest running televised music and dance series.”

Cornelius, who died in 2012, created “Soul Train” in 1971. It highlighted performers of R&B, pop, soul, hip-hop, funk, jazz, disco and gospel, and featured dancers who regularly introduced new dance moves and styles.

“During those two decades, we were on top of them all in one way or another, either presenting the guests or playing the records. We were just flat out in love with the music,” Cornelius said in 2010.

When the final episode aired in 2006 after 35 years, it was the longest-running, first-run, nationally syndicated program in television history (a title most recently claimed by “Wheel of Fortune”).