From The TV IV
Season Nine of Soul Train premiered on September 15, 1979. Beginning with Episode 319, Soul Train starts a new theme: A version of "Up on Soul Train" by the Waters, which will be remade in the 1980-1981 with the Whispers. The opening sequence of that same episode is the one that will be used for the next 2 seasons: The show opened with an a bright flash and the train is chugging toward the screen. Then the train chugs from behind the earth. Then, it chugs in a city and then toward the screen and turns right. Then the shot goes through a tunnel into space and it fades in to the studio.
[edit] Episodes
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| 303 | 1 | A Tribute to Minnie Riperton | September 15, 1979
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| 304 | 2 | Deniece Williams/ Apollo | September 22, 1979
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| 305 | 3 | Shalamar/ Tata Vaga | September 29, 1979
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| 306 | 4 | Bonnie Pointer/ Switch | October 6, 1979
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| 307 | 5 | David Ruffin/ Heatwave | October 13, 1979
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| 308 | 6 | Rick James/ Teena Marie | October 20, 1979
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| 309 | 7 | Billy Preston/ Creme D'Coca | October 27, 1979
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| 310 | 8 | The Bar-Kays/ McFadden & Whitehead | November 3, 1979
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| 311 | 9 | Herb Alpert/ Dynasty | November 10, 1979
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| 312 | 10 | Salute to Smokey Robinson/ Keith & Darrell | November 17, 1979
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| 313 | 11 | The Whispers/ Vernon Butch | November 24, 1979
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| 314 | 12 | Salute to Aretha Franklin | December 1, 1979
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| 315 | 13 | Johnnie Taylor/ Lakeside | December 8, 1979
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| 316 | 14 | The Commodores | December 15, 1979
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| 317 | 15 | War | February 2, 1980
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| 318 | 16 | CHIC/ High Inergy | February 9, 1980
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| 319 | 17 | Lou Rawls/ Narada Michael Walden | March 1, 1980
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| 320 | 18 | Shalamar/ The Gap Band | March 8, 1980
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| 321 | 19 | The Whispers/ Patrice Rushen | March 15, 1980
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| 322 | 20 | L.T.D./ Cheryl Lynn | March 22, 1980
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| 323 | 21 | Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes/ Brass Construction | March 29, 1980
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| 324 | 22 | Sister Sledge/ Randy Brown | April 5, 1980
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| 325 | 23 | The Spinners/ Con Funk Shun | April 12, 1980
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| 326 | 24 | Captain & Tennille/ The Ritchie Family | April 19, 1980
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| 327 | 25 | Stephanie Mills/ Roy Ayers | April 26, 1980
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| 328 | 26 | Village People/ Side Effect | May 3, 1980
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| 329 | 27 | Jermaine Jackson/ The Dramatics | May 10, 1980
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| 330 | 28 | Salute to Gladys Knight & the Pips | May 17, 1980
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| 331 | 29 | Ray, Goodman & Brown/ Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio | May 24, 1980
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| 332 | 30 | Salute to the Temptations/ Syreeta Wright | May 31, 1980
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| 333 | 31 | Leon Haywood/ L.A. Boppers | June 7, 1980
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| 334 | 32 | Salute to Barry White | June 14, 1980
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