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.
Episodes
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Airdate
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| 303 |
1
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Show 303
A Tribute to Minnie Riperton
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September 15, 1979
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| 304 |
2
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Show 304
Deniece Williams; Apollo
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September 22, 1979
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| 305 |
3
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Show 305
Shalamar; Tata Vaga
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September 29, 1979
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| 306 |
4
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Show 306
Bonnie Pointer; Switch
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October 6, 1979
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| 307 |
5
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Show 307
David Ruffin; Heatwave
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October 13, 1979
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| 308 |
6
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Show 308
Rick James; Teena Marie
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October 20, 1979
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| 309 |
7
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Show 309
Billy Preston; Creme D'Coca
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October 27, 1979
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| 310 |
8
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Show 310
The Bar-Kays; McFadden & Whitehead
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November 3, 1979
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| 311 |
9
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Show 311
Herb Alpert; Dynasty
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November 10, 1979
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| 312 |
10
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Show 312
Salute to Smokey Robinson; Keith & Darrell
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November 17, 1979
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| 313 |
11
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Show 313
The Whispers; Vernon Butch
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November 24, 1979
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| 314 |
12
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Show 314
Salute to Aretha Franklin
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December 1, 1979
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| 315 |
13
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Show 315
Johnnie Taylor; Lakeside
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December 8, 1979
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| 316 |
14
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Show 316
Salute to The Commodores
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December 15, 1979
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| 317 |
15
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Show 317
Salute to War
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February 2, 1980
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| 318 |
16
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Show 318
Chic; High Inergy
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February 9, 1980
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| 319 |
17
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Show 319
Lou Rawls; Narada Michael Walden
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March 1, 1980
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| 320 |
18
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Show 320
Shalamar; The Gap Band
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March 8, 1980
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| 321 |
19
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Show 321
The Whispers; Patrice Rushen
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March 15, 1980
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| 322 |
20
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Show 322
L.T.D.; Cheryl Lynn
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March 22, 1980
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| 323 |
21
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Show 323
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes; Brass Construction
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March 29, 1980
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| 324 |
22
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Show 324
Sister Sledge; Randy Brown
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April 5, 1980
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| 325 |
23
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Show 325
The Spinners; Con Funk Shun
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April 12, 1980
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| 326 |
24
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Show 326
Captain & Tennille; The Ritchie Family
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April 19, 1980
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| 327 |
25
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Show 327
Stephanie Mills; Roy Ayers
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April 26, 1980
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| 328 |
26
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Show 328
Village People; Side Effect
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May 3, 1980
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| 329 |
27
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Show 329
Jermaine Jackson; The Dramatics
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May 10, 1980
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| 330 |
28
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Show 330
Salute to Gladys Knight & The Pips
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May 17, 1980
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| 331 |
29
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Show 331
Ray, Goodman & Brown; Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio
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May 24, 1980
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| 332 |
30
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Show 332
Salute to The Temptations; Syreeta Wright
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May 31, 1980
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| 333 |
31
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Show 333
Leon Haywood; L.A. Boppers
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June 7, 1980
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| 334 |
32
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Show 334
Salute to Barry White
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June 14, 1980
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