The BEST episodes of Soul Train season 9
Every episode of Soul Train season 9, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Soul Train season 9!
It's the SOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUL TRAIN! Pop music has always had shows like American Bandstand to sing its praises, but R&B music had to wait a while for its own major weekly showcase. Just the same, Soul Train proved to be well worth the wait when it hit the airwaves in the 1970s. This weekly extravaganza, which showed off the latest and greatest in soul music and dance moves, became a national sensation in the mid-1970s and became a pop culture juggernaut that broke new ground for African-American entertainment. Soul Train was the brainchild of radio announcer Don Cornelius. After studying broadcasting in college, Cornelius got a job at WVON, one of Chicago's most popular urban radio stations. During this time, he pondered breaking into television with a dance and music show from an African-American perspective. In 1969, he produced a pilot episode and dubbed it "Soul Train" after a local radio promotion he had done in Chicago. The pilot impressed the Sears Roebuck Company, whic
#1 - The Commodores
Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/1979
--The Commodores ""Flying High"", ""Sail On"", and ""Still"" and ""Wonderland""
#2 - Stephanie Mills/ Roy Ayers
Season 9 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/26/1980
--Stephanie Mills ""Whatcha Gonna Do with My Lovin"" and ""You Can get over"" --Roy Ayers ""Rock your Roll"" and ""Love Fantasy""
#3 - Shalamar/ The Gap Band
Season 9 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/8/1980
--Shalamar ""Right in the Socket"" and ""I Owe You One"" --The Gap Band ""I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops)."" and ""Steppin Out""
#4 - The Whispers/ Patrice Rushen
Season 9 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/15/1980
--The Whispers ""Out the Box"" and ""Welcome to My Dream"" --Patrice Rushen ""Haven't You Heard""
#5 - L.T.D./ Cheryl Lynn
Season 9 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/22/1980
--L.T.D. ""Dancin' N Singin"" and ""One on One"" --Cheryl Lynn ""I've Got Faith In You"" and ""Keep It Hot""
#6 - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes/ Brass Connection
Season 9 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/29/1980
--Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes ""Your Love Is Taking Me on a Journey"" --Brass Construction ""Get Up to get Down"" and ""Music Makes You Feel Like Dancing""
#7 - Sister Sledge/ Randy Brown
Season 9 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/5/1980
--Sister Sledge ""We Are Family"", ""He's The Greatest Dancer"", ""Easy Street"" --Randy Brown ""We Ought to Be Doing it""
#8 - The Spinners/ Con Funk Shun
Season 9 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/12/1980
--The Spinners ""Working My Way Back to You Baby/ Forgive Me Girl"" and ""Body Language"" --Con Funk Shun ""Too Tight"" and ""Lady's Wild""
#9 - Captain & Tenille/ Ritchie Family
Season 9 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/19/1980
--Captain & Tenille ""Do That to Me One More Time"" --The Ritchie Family ""American Generation"" and ""Big Spender""
#10 - Lou Rawls/ Narada Michael Walden
Season 9 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/1980
--Lou Rawls ""Sit Down and Talk to me"" --Narada Michael Walden ""I Don't Want Nobody Else to Dance with You"" and ""I shoulda Loved You""
#11 - Village People/ Side Effect
Season 9 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/3/1980
--Village People ""Can't Stop The Music"" and ""Magic Night"" --Side Effect ""Black Beauty"" and ""Close to me""
#12 - Jermaine Jackson/ Dramatics
Season 9 - Episode 27 - Aired 5/10/1980
--Jermaine Jackson ""Let's Get Serious"" --Dramatics ""Welcome Back Home""
#13 - Salute to Gladys Knight & the Pips
Season 9 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/17/1980
Soul Train celebrates Gladys Knight & the Pips with their various hits and their current hits ""Landlord"" and ""Bourgie, Bourgie""
#14 - Ray, Goodman & Brown/ Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio
Season 9 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/24/1980
--Ray, Goodman & Brown ""Special Lady"" --Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio ""You Can't Change That"" and ""Two Places at the Same Time""
#15 - Salute to the Temptations/ Syreeta
Season 9 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/31/1980
--The Temptations ""Power"" and various other previous hits --Syreeta ""Dance for Me Children"" and ""One More Time for Love""
#16 - Leon Haywood/ LA Boppers
Season 9 - Episode 31 - Aired 6/7/1980
--Leon Haywood ""Don't Push It Don't Force It"" and ""Who You Been Giving it Up To"" --LA Boppers ""Is This the Beat (Bop-Doo-Wah)"" and ""Be Bop Dancin'""
#17 - Salute to Barry White
Season 9 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/14/1980
Soul Train salutes Barry White and his illustrious and sensuous career featuring his greatest hits and his current hit ""Sheet Music"" --Barry White - ""Sheet Music"" & ""I Believe in Music""
#18 - Chic/ High Inergy
Season 9 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/1980
--Chic ""Good Times"" and ""My Feet Keep Dancing"" --High Inergy ""Come and Get It"" and ""Skate to the Rhythm""
#19 - War
Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/1980
--War ""The World Is A Ghetto"", ""Don't Take It Away"", ""All Around the World."" and ""Good Good feelin""
#20 - Johnnie Taylor/ Lakeside
Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/1979
--Johnnie Taylor ""She's Killing Me"" --Lakeside ""Pull My Strings"" and ""From 9:00 Until.""
#21 - Tribute to Aretha Franklin
Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/1979
Soul Train celebrates the Career of Aretha Franklin from the 1960's to 1979 with hits like ""Respect"", ""Chain of Fools"", ""You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman"" and so on.
#22 - The Whispers/ Vernon Butch
Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1979
--The Whispers ""And the Beat Goes on"" and ""Lady"" --Vernon Butch ""Once Again in My Life""
#23 - Salute to Smokey Robinson/ Keith & Darrell
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1979
--Smokey Robinson ""Cruisin"" --Keith & Darnell """"Feel the Fever"" and ""Things You're Made Of,""
#24 - Herb Alpert/ Dynasty
Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1979
--Herb Alpert - ""Rise"" and ""Aranjuez"" --Dynasty ""I Don't Want to Be a Freak (But I Can't Help Myself)""
#25 - Bar Kays/ McFadden & Whitehead
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1979
--Bar Kays ""Move Your Funky Body"" and ""Running In and Out of My Life"" --McFadden & Whitehead ""Ain't No Stopping Us Now""