List of guests appearing on The Midnight Special explained

This is a partial list of guests who appeared on The Midnight Special.

Series overview

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SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
PremiereFinale
133August 19, 1972September 8, 1973
250September 15, 1973September 14, 1974
348September 28, 1974September 13, 1975
443September 20, 1975September 11, 1976
538September 18, 1976August 13, 1977
644September 10, 1977September 8, 1978
735September 16, 1978September 15, 1979
834September 22, 1979August 2, 1980
925September 6, 1980March 27, 1981

Season 1 (1972–1973)

EpisodeHostPerformersOriginal airdate
1 (Pilot)John DenverJohn Denver - "Take Me Home, Country Roads" / "Goodbye Again"
John Denver and 'Mama' Cass Elliott - "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
Argent - "Hold Your Head Up" / "Tragedy"
Harry Chapin - "Taxi"
David Clayton-Thomas - "Yesterday's Music" / "Nobody Calls Me Prophet"
The Everly Brothers - "All I Have to Do Is Dream" / "Stories We Could Tell"
The Isley Brothers - "Pop That Thang"
Helen Reddy - "I Don't Know How to Love Him"
Linda Ronstadt - "Long Long Time" / "The Fast One"
War - "Slippin' into Darkness"
August 19, 1972
2Helen ReddyHelen Reddy - "I Am Woman" / "Peaceful" / "Come On John"
Ike & Tina Turner - "I Can't Turn You Loose" / "With a Little Help from My Friends"
George Carlin - Stand-up comedy monologue
Curtis Mayfield - "Superfly"
Don McLean - "Dreidel" / "If We Try"
Rare Earth - "We're Gonna Have a Good Time" / "I Just Want to Celebrate"
Kenny Rankin - "Comin' Down"
The Byrds - "Mr. Tambourine Man" / "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star"
The Impressions - "Preacher Man"
Helen Reddy, Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions - "Amen"
February 3, 1973
3Johnny RiversJohnny Rivers - "Blue Suede Shoes" / "Rockin' Pneumonia, Boogie Woogie Flu" / "Got My Mojo Workin'"
Ace Trucking Company - Comedy routine
Albert Hammond - "It Never Rains in Southern California" / "If You Gotta Break Another Heart"
Merilee Rush - "Start Again" / "Comfort and Please You"
The Spinners - "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" / "I'll Be Around"
Steely Dan - "Do It Again" / "Reeling in the Years"
Paul Williams - "Out in the Country" / "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
Wolfman Jack - "I Ain't Never Seen a White Man"
February 10, 1973
4Mac DavisMac Davis - "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" / "I Believe in Music" / "Dream Me Home" / "Home" / "Half and Half (Song for Sara)"
The Doobie Brothers - "Jesus Is Just Alright" / "Listen to the Music"
Waylon Jennings - "You Can Have Her"
Billy Paul - "Me and Mrs. Jones" / "Brown Baby"
Billy Preston - "Blackbird" / "Georgia on My Mind" / "That's the Way God Planned It"
Joan Rivers - Comedy segment
February 17, 1973
5Harry ChapinHarry Chapin - "Sunday Morning Sunshine" / "Sniper" / "Taxi"
Kerrie Biddell - "Spirit in the Dark"
Blood, Sweat & Tears - "Rosemary" / "Hip Pickles" / "Snow Queen"
The Committee - Comedy segment
The Hollies - "Magic Woman Touch" / "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
Curtis Mayfield - "Freddie's Dead" / "Superfly"
Timmy Thomas - "Why Can't We Live Together"
February 24, 1973
6Anne MurrayAnne Murray - "Snowbird" / "Danny's Song" / "I Know"
Anne Murray, Steve Martin and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Shuckin' the Corn"The Association - "Along Comes Mary" / "Crazy Songs and Loony Tunes" / "Names, Tags, Numbers and Labels"
Badfinger - "No Matter What" / "Suitcase"
Steve Martin - Comedy segment
Don McLean - "Vincent" / "Dreidel" / "If We Try"
Sam Neely - "Loving You Just Crossed My Mind" & "Rosalie"
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - "People Get Ready" / "Walkin' My Blues Away"
March 3, 1973
7Paul WilliamsPaul Williams - (Just An) Old Fashioned Love Song" / "Drift Away" / "That's Enough for Me"
Edward Bear - "Last Song" / "Close Your Eyes"
Loretta Lynn - "One's on the Way" / "Coal Miner's Daughter"
Seals & Crofts - "Hummingbird" / "Summer Breeze"
Sha Na Na - "Hound Dog" / "Yakety Yak" / "I Wonder Why"
Lakshmi Shankar - "Nata Nagara"
Ravi Shankar - "Tilak Shyam"
March 10, 1973
8Paul Anka[2] Paul Anka, Bobby Darin, The Coasters, Ace Trucking Company, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, The Doobie Brothers, George Jones, Tammy WynetteMarch 17, 1973
9Lou RawlsLou Rawls, Brewer & Shipley, George Burns, Honey Cone, The Committee, The Grass Roots, The O'Jays, Eric Weissberg, DeliveranceMarch 24, 1973
10Ray CharlesRay Charles, The Raelettes, Bill Cosby, Carol Burnett, Aretha Franklin, The Earl Scruggs Revue, Freeman & MurrayMarch 31, 1973
11The Bee GeesApril 7, 1973
12Bill CosbyApril 14, 1973
13Doc SeverinsenDoc Severinsen, Henry Mancini, Hoyt Axton, Jerry Butler, Dobie Gray, Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Country Joe McDonald and his All-Star Band, Hot Cup of FriendsApril 21, 1973
14Jerry Lee Lewis

April 28, 1973| 15| Johnny Nash|| May 5, 1972|-| 16| Burns and Schreiber|| May 12, 1973|-| 17| Chubby Checker|| May 19, 1973|-| 18| Gladys Knight & the Pips|| May 26, 1973|-| 19| Paul Williams || June 2, 1973|-| 20| Curtis Mayfield|| June 9, 1973|-| 21| Jim Croce|Jim Croce - Operator, Roller Derby Queen, You Don't Mess With Jim, Speedball Tucker, Big Bad Leroy Brown, Careful ManLittle Anthony and the Imperials - Dance To The Music, La La La At The End

Savoy Brown - Tell Mama, Coming Down Your Way

Bobby Womack - It's All Over Now, Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out

Shawn Phillips - Anello (Where Are You), America

Barbara Fairchild - Teddy Bear

Wishbone Ash - Jailbait[3] | June 15, 1973|-| 22| Bee Gees|| June 23, 1973|-| 23| Paul Williams|| June 30, 1973|-| 24| Jose Feliciano|| July 7, 1973|-| 25| Smokey Robinson|| July 14, 1973|-| 26| Joan Baez|| July 21, 1973|-| 27| Dionne Warwick|| July 28, 1973|-| 28| Al Green|| August 4, 1973|-| 29| Bee Gees|| August 11, 1973|-| 30| Richard Pryor|| August 18, 1973|-| 31| Loretta Lynn & Marty Robbins|| August 25, 1973|-| 32| Billy Preston|| September 1, 1973|-| 33| Mac Davis|| September 8, 1973|-|}

Season 2 (1973–1974)

EpisodeHostPerformersOriginal airdate
1 Curtis MayfieldSeptember 15, 1973
2Wilson PickettSeptember 22, 1973
3Seals & CroftsSeals & Crofts - "Diamond Girl" / "Dust On My Saddle" / "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)" / "Ruby Jean and Billie Lee" / "Pop Goes the Weasel"(instrumental)
T. Rex "Hot Love" / "Bang a Gong (Get It On)"
Arlo Guthrie - "Gypsy Davy" / "Bling Blang"
Ramblin' Jack Elliot - "Talkin' Fishing Blues"
Uriah Heep - "Stealin'" / "Sweet Freedom"
Leo Kottke - "Bean Time"(instramental)
Paul Butterfield's Better Days - "New Walkin' Blues" / "Broke My Baby's Heart"
September 29, 1973
4Gladys Knight & the Pips October 6, 1973
5The Bee GeesOctober 13, 1973
6WarWar - "The Cisco Kid" / "Me and Baby Brother" / "The World Is a Ghetto" / "City Country City"
New York Dolls – "Trash" / "Personality Crisis"
Mott the Hoople - "All the Way from Memphis" / "Rose"
Danny O'Keefe - "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" / "Angel Spread Your Wings"
Climax Blues Band - "Shake Your Love" / "Constant"
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - "Hold Back the Water" / "Gimme Your Money Please"
Piper - "Bungle Rye"
October 20, 1973
7Sly and the Family StoneOctober 27, 1973
8Chuck BerryNovember 3, 1973
9Jerry Lee LewisJerry Lee Lewis - "Breathless" / "Hold On, I'm Comin'" / "Chantilly Lace" / "Lonely Weekends" / "Silver Threads Among the Gold" / "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
Jerry Lee Lewis and Linda Gail Lewis - "Jackson"
Ballin' Jack - "This Song"
Dalton and Dubarri - "Any Other Man But Me" / "Take a Change"
Flash - "Dead Ahead" / "Psychosync"
B.B. King - "Hummingbird" / "Why I Sing the Blues"
Ike & Tina Turner - "River Deep Mountain High" / "Nutbush City Limits"
November 10, 1973
10The 1980 Floor Show starring David Bowie[4] November 17, 1973
11Peter NooneNovember 24, 1973
12Procol HarumProcol Harum – "Conquistador" / "Whiter Shade of Pale" / "Grand Hotel" / "Fires Which Burn Brightly" / "Drunk Again" / " T.V. Caesar"
Humble Pie with The Blackberries - "Oh La De Da" / "I Don't Need No Doctor" / "30 Days in the Hole"
Alvin Lee and Mylon LeFevre - "Rockin' Till the Sun Goes Down" / "Carry My Load" / "The World Is Changing"
Steeleye Span - "Cam Ye O-er Frae France"
December 1, 1973
13The Four TopsDecember 8, 1973
14Loggins & MessinaDecember 15, 1973
15Jose FelicianoDecember 22, 1973
16Marty RobbinsDecember 29, 1973
17Wolfman Jack"Million Sellers" clip showJanuary 5, 1974
18Dr. Hook & the Medicine ShowJanuary 12, 1974
19Smokey RobinsonJanuary 19, 1974
20Steve MillerJanuary 26, 1974
21Helen Reddy[5] Helen Reddy - "Leave Me Alone" / "Delta Dawn" / "Don't Mess with a Woman" / "Time" & "I Am Woman"
Franklin Ajaye - "Spot"
The Impressions - "Preacher Man"
Curtis Mayfield - "If I Were a Child Again"
Kenny Rankin - "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" / "Haven't We Met"
Rare Earth - "Big John Is My Name" / "Born to Wander" / "Don't Fight It"
Ike & Tina Turner - "Land of 1000 Dances" / "It's Gonna Work Out Fine"
February 2, 1974
22Ike & Tina Turner[6] Ike & Tina Turner - "City Girl, Country Boy" / "With a Little Help from My Friends" / "Proud Mary" / "I Smell Trouble"
Electric Light Orchestra - "Showdown" / "Bluebird Is Dead"
David Essex - "Rock On" / "Streetfight"
Jose Feliciano - "I Like What You Give" / "Blame It On the Sun"
Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids - "Dancin' on a Saturday Night" & "Muleskinner Blues"
Mandrill - "Git It All"
Todd Rundgren - "Couldn't I Just Tell You" / "A Dream Goes On Forever"
February 9, 1974
23Roy OrbisonFebruary 16, 1974
24Gordon LightfootFebruary 23, 1974
25Dr. Hook & the Medicine ShowMarch 2, 1974
26Gladys Knight & the PipsMarch 9, 1974
27The Pointer SistersMarch 16, 1974
28Bill WithersMarch 23, 1974
29The Guess WhoMarch 30, 1974
30The Righteous BrothersApril 6, 1974
31Roy ClarkApril 13, 1974
32Curtis MayfieldApril 20, 1974
33Charlie RichApril 27, 1974
34The SpinnersMay 4, 1974
35George CarlinMay 11, 1974
36Frankie AvalonMay 18, 1974
37Richard PryorMay 25, 1974
38Marty RobbinsJune 1, 1974
39The KinksJune 8, 1974
40David Steinberg June 29, 1974
41Anne MurrayJuly 6, 1974
42Bobby WomackJuly 13, 1974
43Helen ReddyJuly 19, 1974
44Leon RussellJuly 27, 1974
45Leon Russell Leon Russell - "Jambalaya" &\/ "Goodnight, Irene"
Bobby Bare - "Marie Lavaux"
David Carradine - "A Country Mile"
John Hartford - "Turn Your Radio On"
Waylon Jennings - "Pick Up the Tempo" / "Willie the Wandering Gypsy and Me" / "Can You Save Her"
Doug Kershaw - "Louisiana Man" / "Cajun Joe"
Michael Murphy - "The South Canadian River Song"
Rick Nelson - "Someone to Love" / "Garden Party"
Willie Nelson - "Stay All Night a Little Longer"
August 3, 1974
46Sly & the Family StoneAugust 10, 1974
47Little RichardAugust 17, 1974
48B.B. KingAugust 31 1974
49Marvin GayeSeptember 7, 1974
50The O'JaysSeptember 14, 1974

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External Links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Midnight Special - Aired Order - All Seasons - TheTVDB.com . 2023-08-02 . thetvdb.com.
  2. News: March 10, 1973 . Paul Anka Hosts Midnight Special . 27 . Palladium-Item.
  3. EP 20 - The Midnight Special June 15, 1973 . en . 2024-05-09 . www.youtube.com.
  4. December 1, 1973 . 'Midnight Special' Shines With David Bowie & Choreography . Billboard . 12.
  5. News: January 28, 1974 . Helen Reddy Hosts Show . TV-8 . The Daily Herald.
  6. News: Peoples . Kathi . January 26, 1974 . A Special At Midnight . Santa Maria Times . 7-B.
  7. Midnight Special 1974 DVD cover artwork
  8. Web site: Gladys Knight Midnight Special appearances . December 15, 2013 . IMDB.
  9. Web site: Tina Turner Midnight Special appearances . December 15, 2013 . IMDB.
  10. Web site: Leo Sayer Midnight Special appearances. IMDB. December 15, 2013.
  11. Web site: The O'Jays Midnight Special appearances . December 15, 2013 . IMDB.
  12. Web site: Olivia Newton-John Midnight Special appearances. IMDB. December 15, 2013.
  13. Web site: The Spinners Midnight Special appearances . December 15, 2013 . IMDB.
  14. Web site: Todd Rundgren Midnight Special appearances . December 15, 2013 . IMDB.
  15. Midnight Special 1975 DVD cover artwork
  16. Web site: Dolly Parton Midnight Special appearances. IMDB. December 15, 2013.
  17. Web site: Helen Reddy Midnight Special appearances . December 15, 2013 . IMDB.
  18. Web site: KC and the Sunshine Band Midnight Special appearances. IMDB. December 15, 2013.
  19. Web site: Linda Ronstadt Midnight Special appearances . December 15, 2013 . IMDB.
  20. Web site: Donna Summer Midnight Special appearances. IMDB. December 15, 2013.
  21. Fleetwood Mac - Over My Head (Live Midnight Special 1976) . . . . January 26, 1976 . January 24, 2023.
  22. Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon (The Midnight Special 1976) . . . . January 26, 1976 . January 24, 2023.
  23. Web site: George Benson Midnight Special appearances. IMDB. December 15, 2013.
  24. https://www.facebook.com/guitarloves1/videos/282239498774481/
  25. Web site: Lou Rawls Midnight Special appearances . December 15, 2013 . IMDB.
  26. Web site: Billy Davis & Mariyln McCoo Midnight Special Appearances. IMDB. December 15, 2013.
  27. Web site: Billy Preston Midnight Special appearances . December 15, 2013 . IMDB.
  28. Web site: David Bowie Midnight Special appearances . December 15, 2013 . IMDB.
  29. Web site: Village People/Randy Jones Midnight Special appearances. IMDB. December 15, 2013.
  30. Web site: Peaches & Herb Midnight Special Appearances. IMDB. December 15, 2013.