From The TV IV
Season Three of Soul Train premiered on September 1, 1973.
Starting with Episode 76, the show's theme had changed to the popular "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" by MFSB. The opening sequence had the animated train chugging around a city blowing funky fire out from its smokestacks and go through a tunnel into the set where the dancers dance to the theme. The set this time has the large title on the stage, but with the train tracks attached to each word.
[edit] Episodes
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| 68 | 1 | The Intruders/ Foster Sylvers | September 1, 1973
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| 69 | 2 | The Whispers/ Mandrill | September 8, 1973
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| 70 | 3 | Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s/ Lyn Collins/ The Sly, The Slick & the Wicked | September 15, 1973
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| 71 | 4 | Dance Contest Show: The Sylvers | September 22, 1973
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| 72 | 5 | The Isley Brothers/ Betty Wright/ Jr. Walker & the All-Stars | September 29, 1973
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| 73 | 6 | Eddie Kendricks/ The Dramatics/ Rufus | October 6, 1973
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| 74 | 7 | B.B. King/ The Moments | October 13, 1973
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| 75 | 8 | The Four Tops/ Bloodstone/ Lee Charles | October 20, 1973
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| 76 | 9 | Barry White/ Love Unlimited/ The Temprees | October 27, 1973
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| 77 | 10 | The Jackson 5 | November 3, 1973
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| 78 | 11 | Curtis Mayfield/ Millie Jackson/ Natural Four | November 10, 1973
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| 79 | 12 | Tower of Power/ The Pointer Sisters/ Tavares | November 17, 1973
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| 80 | 13 | Smokey Robinson/ First Choice/ Al Wilson | November 24, 1973
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| 81 | 14 | The Temptations/ G.C. Cameron | December 1, 1973
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| 82 | 15 | Bobby Bland/ Ashford & Simpson/ Barbara Jean English | December 8, 1973
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| 83 | 16 | Johnnie Taylor/ Ann Peebles/ Maceo and the Macs | December 15, 1973
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| 84 | 17 | Eddie Kendricks/ The Persuaders/ Eddie Floyd | December 22, 1973
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| 85 | 18 | Billy Preston/ Creative Source/ Eric Mercury | January 5, 1974
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| 86 | 19 | Johnny Nash/ Kool & the Gang/ The Originals | January 12, 1974
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| 87 | 20 | The 5th Dimension/ Willie Hutch | January 26, 1974
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| 88 | 21 | Jerry Butler/ The Delfonics/ Cecil Shaw | February 16, 1974
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| 89 | 22 | Johnny Mathis/ The Dells | February 23, 1974
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| 90 | 23 | Marvin Gaye/ The Whispers | March 2, 1974
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| 91 | 24 | Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes/ Billy Paul/ Maxine Weldon | March 9, 1974
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| 92 | 25 | Curtis Mayfield/ The Main Ingredient/ Bloodstone | March 30, 1974
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| 93 | 26 | Al Green/ The Impressions | April 6, 1974
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| 94 | 27 | The Stylistics/ Bobby Womack/ Undisputed Truth | April 13, 1974
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| 95 | 28 | The Four Tops/ Blue Magic/ Barbara Mason | April 20, 1974
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| 96 | 29 | Eddie Kendricks/ The Dramatics/ Martha Reeves | April 27, 1974
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| 97 | 30 | Gladys Knight & the Pips/ Lamont Dozier | May 4, 1974
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| 98 | 31 | Sylvia/ The Moments/ Ecstacy, Passion & Pain | May 11, 1974
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| 99 | 32 | The Spinners/ The Independents/ Leroy Hutson | May 18, 1974
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| 100 | 33 | Bill Withers/ The Soul Children/ Melvin Van Peebles | May 25, 1974
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| 101 | 34 | Tyrone Davis/ Hugh Masekela/ Black Ivory | June 1, 1974
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| 102 | 35 | The Staple Singers/ Bunny Sigler | June 8, 1974
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| 103 | 36 | Kool & The Gang/ Al Wilson/ Natural Four | June 15, 1974
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| 104 | 37 | The O'Jays/ Ramsey Lewis | June 22, 1974
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| 105 | 38 | Sly & the Family Stone/ The Trammps | June 29, 1974
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| 106 | 39 | The Best of Soul Train | July 20, 1974
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