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The Midnight Special is a TV series that premiered on NBC on August 19, 1972. It has 8 seasons and 253 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 8 Episode 25 "Roy Orbison", aired on May 16, 1980.

The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981. The ninety-minute program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The show typically featured guest hosts, except for a period from July 1975 through March 1976 when singer Helen Reddy served as the regular host. Wolfman Jack served as the announcer and frequent guest host. The series also occasionally aired vintage footage of older acts. As the program neared the end of its run in the early 1980s, it began to frequently use lip-synched performances rather than live. The program also featured occasional comedic performances such as Richard Pryor and Andy Kaufman.

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253 episodes · 8 seasons

Season 1

1972 · 40 episodes · Last episode: 53 years ago

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  1. E40

    40. Host: Chuck Berry

    Finale

    Chuck Berry (host) - ""Tulane,"" ""School Days,"" ""Johnny B. Good,"" ""Got It and Gone"" & ""Rock and Roll Music"" --Rick Derringer and the Edgar Winter Group - ""Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo"" --Fleetwood Mac - ""Miles Away"" & ""Believe Me"" --Shawn Phillips - ""Technotronic Lad"" & ""Spaceman"" --Johnny Taylor - ""Who's Making Love"" & ""I Believe in You"" --Muddy Waters - ""Can't Get No Grindin'"" & ""Got My Mojo Working"" --The Edgar Winter Group - ""Free Ride"" & ""Dying to Live""

  2. E39

    39. Host: War

  3. E38

    38. Host: The Bee Gees

  4. E37

    37. Host: Gladys Knight & The Pips

  5. E36

    36. Host: Seals & Crofts

    Seals & Crofts (guest hosts) - "Diamond Girl," "Dust On My Saddle," " We Never Pass This Way Again," "Ruby Jean and Billie Lee" & "Pop Goes the Weasel." T. Rex - "Hot Love" & "Bang a Gong (Get It On)." Arlo Guthrie - "Gypsy Davy" & "Bling Blang." Uriah Heep - "Stealin'" & "Sweet Freedom." Paul Butterfield's Better Days - "New Walkin' Blues" & "Broke My Baby's Heart." Leo Kottke - "Bean Time."

  6. E35

    35. Host: Wilson Pickett

  7. E34

    34. Host: Curtis Mayfield

    Curtis Mayfield (guest host) - "Future Shock," "Back to the World," Right On for the Darkness." Sly & The Family Stone - "Everybody is a Star." Helen Reddy - "Delta Dawn." Jim Croce - "I've Got A Name," "Bad Bad Leroy Brown." War - "Gypsy Man." Gladys Night & the Pips - When Peaceful Water Flows." Wilson Pickett - "Get Me Back on Time Engine 9," "Don't Knock My Love." The Bee Gees - "Lonely Days," "Run to Me." Natural Four - "Can This Be Real."

  8. E33

    33. Host: Mac Davis

    Mac Davis (guest host) - ""Something's Burning,"" ""I'll Paint You a Song,"" ""Naughty Girl,"" ""Lonesomest Lonesome"" & ""I Believe in Music"" --Mark Almond - ""Neighborhood Man"" & ""Get Yourself Together"" --Chuck Berry - ""Roll Over Beethoven,"" ""Bio"" & ""Carol"" --Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - ""The Love I Lost"" --Ravi Shankar - ""Sindhi Bhairavi"" --Edgar Winter Group - ""Keep Playing That Rock and Roll,"" ""Frankenstein"" ""Rock 'n' Roll Boogie Woogie Blues"" & ""Hanging Around""

  9. E32

    32. Host: Billy Preston

    -Billy Preston (guest host) - ""Will It Go Round in Circles,"" All Spaced Out,"" ""Music's My Life"""" & ""That's the Way God Planned It"" --Billy Preston and Buddy Miles - ""My Sweet Lord"" --Bo Diddley - ""Bo Diddley"" & ""Bo Diddley-Itis"" --Ned Doheny - ""I Can Dream"" --Gladstone - ""Natural Inclination"" --Maureen McGovern - ""The Morning After"" (theme song from ""The Poseidon Adventure"") --Buddy Miles - ""Them Changes"" & ""Thinking of You"" --Steely Dan - ""Reeling in the Years,"" ""Show Biz Kids"" & ""My Old School"

  10. E31

    31. Co-hosts: Loretta Lynn & Marty Robbins

    Loretta Lynn and Marty Robbins (Co-hosts) - ""The Midnight Special"" & ""Singin' the Blues"" --Loretta Lynn (Co-host) - ""One's on the Way"" & ""Love is the Foundation"" --Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty - ""Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man"" --Marty Robbins (Co-host) - ""Don't Worry 'Bout Me,"" ""A White Sport Coat,"" ""Devil Woman,"" ""El Paso"""" --Don Gibson - ""Oh Lonesome Me"" --Tom T Hall - ""Spokane Motel Blues"" --George Jones - ""The Race Is On"" --George Jones and Tammy Wynette - ""We're Gonna Hold On"" --Johnny Paycheck - ""She's All I Got"" --Charlie Rich - ""Behind Closed Doors"" --Johnny Rodriguez - ""Bosier City Backyard Blues"" --The Earl Scruggs Revue - ""Caroline Boogie"" --Tanya Tucker - ""Blood Red and Goin' Down"" & ""Delta Dawn"" --Conway Twitty - ""You've Never Been So Far"" --Tammy Wynette - ""Stand by Your Man"

  11. E30

    30. Host: Richard Pryor

    Richard Pryor (guest host) --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Roll Over Beethoven"" --Joe Hicks - ""Train of Thought"" --Doug Kershaw - ""Fisherman's Luck,"" ""Diggy Diggy Lo"" & ""Louisiana Man"" --Albert King - ""Don't Burn Down the Bridge"" & ""I'll Play the Blues for You"" --Melissa Manchester - ""If It Feels Good"" & ""Easy"" --Joe Walsh - ""Tend My Garden"" & ""Rocky Mountain Way""

  12. E29

    29. Hosts: The Bee Gees

    Guest Hosts: The Bee Gees; guests: The Hollies, Herman's Hermits, Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders, The Searchers, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, Gerry & the Pacemakers --The Bee Gees (guest hosts) - ""New York Mining Disaster 1941,"" ""Turn of the Century"" & ""I Can't See Nobody"" --The Hollies - ""Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"" & ""He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"" --Herman's Hermits - ""I'm Henry the VIII I Am,"" ""Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" & ""There's a Kind of Hush"" --Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - ""Game of Love"" & ""A Groovy Kind of Love"" --The Searchers - ""Needles and Pins,"" ""Sweets for My Sweet"" & ""Love Potion #9"" --Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas - ""Little Children"" --Gerry and the Pacemakers - ""How Do You Do It,"" ""I Like It,"" ""Ferry Cross the Mersey"" & ""Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying.""

  13. E28

    28. Host: Al Green

    -Al Green (guest host) - ""Let's Stay Together,"" ""Tired of Being Alone,"" ""Call Me,"" ""How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"" & ""Here I Am"" --Ramblin' Jack Elliott - ""San Francisco Bay Blues"" --Foghat - ""She's Gone"" ""I Just Want to Make Love to You"" --The Stylistics - ""Point of No Return,"" ""I'm Stone in Love with You"" & ""Stop, Look and Listen"" --Livingston Taylor - ""Good Friends"" & ""Over the Rainbow"" --Bobby Womack - ""Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out"" & ""Harry Hippie""

  14. E27

    27. Host: Dionne Warwick

    Dionne Warwick (host) - ""I Say a Little Prayer"" and a medley of Burt Bachrach hits. --Dionne Warwick and Johnny Mathis - ""My Love"" --Johnny Mathis - ""Killing Me Softly with Her Song"" & ""To the Ends of the Earth"" --Bud Brisbois - ""Baby Hand Your Love on Me"" & ""Miss Ma-Tazz"" --Alan Bursky (comedian) - comedy segment --Leo Kottke - ""Vaseline Machine Gun #2"" --Malo - ""Momotombo"" & ""Hala"" --Kenny Rogers and the First Edition - ""Coming Through the Rye,"" ""Something's Burning"" & ""Lena Lookey"

  15. E26

    26. Host: Joan Baez

    -Joan Baez (host) - ""The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,"" ""Joe Hill,"" ""Love Song to a Stranger,"" ""Prison Trilogy"" & ""Rider Pass By"" --Joan Baez and Mimi Farina - ""Best of Friends"" --Black Oak Arkansas - ""Fever in My Mind,"" ""Dance to the Music Tonight"" & ""Hot and Nasty"" --Bloodstone - ""Natural High"" & ""Never Let You Go"" --Steve Goodman - ""Someone Else's Troubles"" & ""Would You Like to Learn to Dance?"" --Mimi Farina - ""In the Quiet Morning"" --Wilson Pickett - ""Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You"" & ""International Playboy"" --The Pointer Sisters - ""Cloudburst"

  16. E25

    25. Host: Smokey Robinson

    Smokey Robinson (guest host) - ""Want to Know My Mind,"" ""Sweet Harmony"" & ""You Are the Sunshine of My Life"" --The Miracles - ""What Is Heart Good For,"" ""Tears of a Clown"" & ""Don't Let It End (Till You Let It Begin)"" --Bonnie Bramlett - ""Good Vibrations"" & ""Celebrate Life"" --Martin and Finley - ""It's Another Sunder"" --Rare Earth - ""Hey Big Brother,"" ""Big John Is My Name"" & ""Hum Along and Dance"" --The Stylistics - ""You'll Never Get to Heaven"" & ""You Are Everything"

  17. E24

    24. Host: Jose Feliciano

    Jose Feliciano (guest host) - ""California Dreamin',"" ""Compartments"" & ""Papa Was a Rolling Stone"" --Savoy Brown - ""Shot in the Head"" & ""Jack the Toad"" --The Staple Singers - ""Oh La De Da"" & ""Be What You Are"" --Stories - ""Brother Louie"" & ""Top of the City"" --Tower of Power - ""So Very Hard to Go"" & ""What Is Hip?"" --Johnny Winter - ""Jumpin' Jack Flash,"" ""Johnny B. Goode"" & ""Rock and Roll"

  18. E23

    23. Host: Paul Williams

    Paul Williams (guest host) - ""Someday Man,"" ""That's What Friends Are For"" & ""Look What I Found"" --Paul Williams, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Collidge - ""Me and Bobby McGee"" --Kris Kristofferson - ""Loving Her Was Easier"" & ""Out of Mind, Sout of Sight"" --Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge - ""I Never Had it So Good"" --Rita Coolidge - ""I'll Be Your Baby"" & ""My Crew"" --Brewer and Shipley - ""Black Sky"" & ""Yankee Lady"" --Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen - ""Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)"" & ""Jailhouse Rock"" --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Roll Over Beethoven"" & ""Kuiama"" --King Harvest - ""Dancing in the Moonlight"" & ""A Little Bit Like Magic""

  19. E22

    22. Host:The Bee Gees

    Hosts: The Bee Gees; guests: Wilson Pickett; Steve Miller Band; Jimmie Spheeris; Maxine Weldon ""I Gotta Get a Message to You,"" ""Alexander's Rag Time Band,"" ""Run to Me,"" ""Morning of My Life,"" ""Holiday,"" ""Let There Be Love,"" ""My World"" & ""Wouldn't I be Someone"" --The Bee Gees and Wilson Pickett - ""Hey Jude"" --Wilson Pickett - ""In the Midnight Hour"" & ""Mr. Magic Man"" --Steve Miller Band - ""Loving on the U.S.A."" & ""Shu ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma"" --John Kay - ""I'm Movin' On"" and ""Moonshine (Friend of Mine)"" --Jimmie Spheeris - ""The Original Tap Dancing Kid"" & ""Beautiful News"" --Maxine Weldon - ""Johnny One Time"" --The Muledeer and Moondoog Medicine Show English

  20. E21

    21. Host: Jim Croce

    Jim Croce (guest host) - ""Operator,"" ""Roller Derby Queen,"" ""You Don't Mess with Jim,"" ""Speedball Tucker,"" ""Big Bad Leroy Brown,"" ""Careful Man"" --Little Anthony and the Imperials - ""Dance to the Music"" & ""La La La at the End"" --Savoy Brown - ""Tell Mama"" & ""Coming Down Your Way"" --Barbara Fairchild - ""Teddy Bear"" --Shawn Phillips - ""Anello (Where Are You)"" & ""America"" --Wishbone Ash - ""Jailbait"" --Bobby Womack - ""It's All Over Now"" & ""Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out""

  21. E20

    20. Host: Curtis Mayfield

    Curtis Mayfield (guest host) - ""Superfly,"" ""If I Were Only a Child Again"" & ""Back to the World"" --Canned Heat - ""Let's Work Together,"" ""Harley Davidson Blues"" & ""Woodstock Boogie"" --Jose Feliciano - ""Simple Song,"" ""Compartments"" & ""Light My Fire"" --Leroy Hutson - ""Love Oh Love"" --Ravi Shankar - ""Ahir Bhairav"" --Lakshmi Shankar - ""A Bhajan"" --The Spinners - ""One of a Kind Love Affair,"" ""I'll Be Around"" & ""Could it Be I'm Falling in Love"" --Tufano-Giammarese - ""Music Everywhere"" & ""I'm a Loser"

  22. E19

    19. Host: Paul Williams

    Paul Williams (guest host) - ""My Love and I,"" ""Let Me Be the One,"" ""We've Only Just Begun,"" ""Rainy Days and Mondays"" & ""I Never Had It So Good"" --Argent - ""God Gave Rock and Roll to You,"" ""Hold Your Head Up"" & ""It's Only Money Part 2"" --Gunhill Road - ""Back When My Half Was Short"" & ""Mr. Keyboard"" --Sydney Jordan - ""Sunday Morning Sunrise"" --Slade - ""Goodbuy T'Jane"" & ""Cum On Feel the Noize"" --The Statler Brothers - ""Flowers on the Wall"" & ""The Class of '57"" --The Stylistics - ""Betcha By Golly, Wow,"" ""Break Up to Make Up"" & ""I'm Stone in Love with You"

  23. E18

    18. Hosts: Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Gladys Knight and the Pips (guest hosts) - ""Friendship Train,"" ""Daddy Could Swear I Declare,"" ""I Don't Want to Do Wrong"" & ""Neither One of Us"" --Dr. John - ""Right Place, Wrong Time"" & ""Such a Night"" --Robert Klein (comedy segment) --Skylark - ""Wildflower"" & ""Woodstock"" --The Staple Singers - ""Respect Yourself"" & ""We the People"" --John Stewart - ""Road Away"" & ""Chilly Winds""

  24. E17

    17. Host: Chubby Checker

    Chubby Checker - ""Let's Twist Again,"" ""Pony Time,"" Limbo Rock"" & ""Slow Twistin'"" --Jimmy Clanton - ""Just a Dream"" --Danny and the Juniors - ""At the Hop"" & ""Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay"" --Ben E. King - ""Spanish Harlem"" & ""Stand by Me"" --Little Anthony and the Imperials - ""Going Out of My Head"" & ""Two Kinds of People in the World"" --Lloyd Price - ""Personality"" --Lloyd Price and the Skyliners - ""I'm Gonna Get Married"" --The Ronettes - ""Baby I Love You"" & ""Do I Love You"" --The Shirelles - ""Baby It's You"" & ""Will You Love Me Tomorrow"" --The Skyliners - ""This I Swear"" & ""Since I Don't Have You"

  25. E16

    16. Hosts: Burns and Schreiber

    -Jack Burns and Avery Schreiber (comedy team, guest hosts) --Mark Almond - ""What Am I Loving For,"" ""Just Another Road Song"" & ""The City"" --Kenny Colman - ""Last Tango in Paris"" --The Crusaders - ""Put It Where You Want It"" & ""Don't Let It Get You Down"" --Ronnie Dyson - ""One Man Band"" --The Hollies - ""Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"" --The Incredible String Band - ""Black Jack Davy"" & ""Old Buccaneer"" --Steve Martin (comedian, stand-up comedy segment) --The O'Jays - ""Love Train"

  26. E15

    15. Host: Johnny Nash

    Johnny Nash (guest host) - ""Stir It Up,"" ""Groovy Feeling,"" ""I Can See Clearly Now"" & ""Merry-Go-Round"" --Chi Coltrane - ""Thunder and Lightning"" & ""You Were My Friend"" --Freemen and Murray (comedy team) --Tom T. Hall - ""The Year That Clayton Delaney Died"" & ""Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon"" --Andrew Johnson (comedian) --Gladys Knight and the Pips - ""If I Were Your Woman"" & ""Neither One of Us"" --Kenny Rankin - ""You Are the Sunshine of My Life"" & ""In the Name of Love"" --The Raspberries - ""I Wanna Be with You"" & ""Let's Pretend"

  27. E14

    14. Host: Jerry Lee Lewis

    Jerry Lee Lewis (guest host) - ""Great Balls of Fire,"" ""High School Confidential,"" ""Drinking Wine Spo Dee O'Dee"" & ""Cold Cold Heart"" --Jerry Lee Lewis and Linda Gail Lewis - ""Roll Over Beethoven"" --Freddie Cannon - ""Tallahassee Lassie"" & ""Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"" --Chubby Checker - ""The Twist"" & ""Huckle Buck"" --Bobby Day - ""Rockin' Robin"" --The Del Vikings - ""Come Go with Me"" --The Penguins - ""Earth Angel"" --Lloyd Price - ""Stagger Lee"" & ""Where Were You on My Wedding Day"" --Little Anthony - ""I'm Alright"" & ""Tears on My Pillow"" --The Ronettes - ""Be My Baby"" & ""Walkin' in the Rain"" --Del Shannon - ""Runaway"" & ""Keep Searchin'"" --The Shirelles - ""Soldier Boy"" & ""Tonight's the Night"

  28. E13

    13. Host: Doc Severinsen

    Doc Severinsen (guest host) - ""I Just Want to Celebrate,"" ""Last Tango in Paris,"" ""Does Anybody Know What Time It Is,"" ""Introduction,"" ""Twenty-Five or Six to Four"" & ""Beginnings"" --Doc Severinsen - ""Celebrate"" (with the Now Generation and Today's Children) --Doc Severinsen (on fluegelhorn) and Henry Mancini - ""Brothers Go to Mothers"" duet. Mancini introduces his group including his son Chris. --Hoyt Axton - ""Jambalaya"" & ""Less Than the Song"" --Jerry Butler - ""Western Union Man"" ""Only the Strong Survive"" & ""Ain't Understanding Mellow"" --Dobie Gray - ""Drift Away"" & ""The 'In' Crowd"" --Carol Burnett - introduces Vicki Lawrence --Vicki Lawrence - ""The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"" --Country Joe McDonald and his All-Star Band - ""Couleene Anne"" & ""Hold On It's Coming"" --Not Cut of Friends - ""Indian Warrior"" (another source listed the band as ""Hot Cup of Friends"

  29. E12

    12. Bill Cosby

    Bill Cosby (guest host, appearing with a band) - "Ursulena (With Your Washing Machina)," "I've Got to Be Strong" (sung by member of his group) & "I Lost My Baby At the Dance Last Night" --David Brenner (stand-up comedian) - jokes about airplanes; the moon shot; dating in New York City and King Kong --Ray Charles - "Early in the Morning" --Fanny - "All Mine" & "Last Night I Had a Dream" --Waylon Jennings - "Lovin' Her Was Easier," "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" & "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" --Billy Preston - "Will It Go Round in Circles" & "Outa-Space" --Steely Dan - "Reelin' in the Years" --Taj Mahal - talks about "Sounder," plays "Cheraw" on banjo & sings "Texas Woman Blues"

  30. E11

    11. Hosts: The Bee Gees

    The Bee Gees; guests: Jerry Lee Lewis; Gladys Knight; Johnny Nash; Skeeter Davis --The Bee Gees (guest hosts) - ""To Love Somebody,"" ""Lonely Days,"" ""I Saw a New Morning"" and a medley of hits (""New York Mining Disaster 1941,"" ""I Started a Joke,"" ""Massachusetts"" and ""How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"") --The Bee Gees and Jerry Lee Lewis - medley: ""Money,"" ""Good Golly Miss Molly,"" ""Long Tall Sally,"" ""Jenny Jenny,"" ""Tutti Frutti"" and ""Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"" --Skeeter Davis - ""One Tin Soldier"" & ""End of the World"" --Gladys Knight & the Pips - ""Neither One of Us"" & ""I Heard It Through the Grapevine"" --Jerry Lee Lewis - ""Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"" --Johnny Nash - ""Stir it Up"" & ""I Can See Clearly Now"" --Jim Weatherly - ""You Are a Song"" --Frank Welker (comedian) - does imitations of animals; Marlon Brando (""Godfather"" character); and other imitations.

  31. E10

    10. Host: Ray Charles

    -Ray Charles (guest host) - ""Eleanor Rigby,"" ""Georgia on My Mind"" & ""What'd I Say"" --Ray Charles with the Raelets (a.k.a. Raylettes) - ""I Can Make It Through the Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)"" --Bill Cosby talks with Ray Charles and dances while Charles sings ""Every Saturday Night"" --Carol Burnett talks with Ray Charles --Aretha Franklin - ""A Brand New Me"" --Aretha Franklin & Ray Charles - ""Takes Two to Tango"" --The Raelets - sing ""Shake"" (while Charles plays the piano) --The Earl Scruggs Revue - ""T for Texas"" & ""Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven"" --Freeman and Murray (comedy team of Freeman King and Murray Langston) - team reenacts the boxing scene from ""Great White Hope"" in slow motion

  32. E9

    9. Host: Lou Rawls

    Lou Rawls (guest host) - ""A Natural Man"" & ""Dead End Street"" --Lou Rawls - medley: ""Memory Lane,"" ""It Was a Very Good Year"" & ""Old Folks"" --Brewer & Shipley - ""One Toke Over the Line"" --George Burns - ""Mr. Bojangles"" and ""You Made Me Love You"" (2nd song with the Honey Cone) --George Burns & Honey Cone - ""You Made Me Love You"" --The Committee (comedy segment) - routines about a surprise party; movies; an argument; a police station --The Grass Roots - ""Midnight Confession"" & ""Love Is What You Make It"" --Honey Cone - ""Want Ads"" --The O'Jays - ""Backstabbers"" & ""Love Train"" (2nd song with Lou Rawls) --Eric Weissberg and Deliverance - ""Dueling Banjos"" and ""I'm My Own Grandpa""

  33. E8

    8. Host: Paul Anka

    Paul Anka (host) - "Girl," "Put Your Head on My Shoulder," "Hits Medley" and "Jubilation." Bobby Darin - "If I Were a Carpenter," "Splish Splash," and "Roll Over Beethoven." The Coasters - "Poison Ivy," "Charlie Brown" and "Yakety Yak." Tammy Wynette - "Kids Say the Darnedest Things." The Ace Trucking Company (comedy segment). The Edwin Hawkins Singers - "Oh, Happy Day" and "New World." Paul Anka and The Edwin Hawkins Singers - "Sweet Georgia Mine." The Doobie Brothers - "Natural Thing" and "Listen to the Music." George Jones - "What My Woman Can't Do."

  34. E7

    7. Host: Paul Williams

    Paul Williams (host) - ""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 (Ravi's sister) - sings ""Nata Nagara"" in praise of Krishna. --Ravi Shankar - ""Tilak Shyam"" --Jonathan Winters (cameo appearance, following Paul Williams' first song) --On film: the ""Dueling banjos"" segment from ""Deliverance""

  35. E6

    6. Host: Anne Murray

    Anne Murray (Host) - "Snowbird," "Danny's Song" and "I Know." Anne Murray, Steve Martin and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Shuckin' the Corn." The Association - "Along Comes Mary," "Crazy Songs and Looney Tunes" and "Names, Tags, Numbers and Labels." Badfinger - "No Matter What" and "Suitcase." Steve Martin (comedy segment) - routines on parts of the body, sound effects and plays the banjo. Don McLean - "Vincent," "Dreidel" and "If We Try." Sam Neely - "Loving You Just Crossed My Mind" and "Rosalie." Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Jambalaya." Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - "People Get Ready" and "Walkin' My Blues Away."

  36. E5

    5. Host: Harry Chapin

    Harry Chapin (Host) - "Sunday Morning Sunshine" "Sniper" and "Taxi." Kerrie Biddell - "Spirit in the Dark." Blood, Sweat and Tears - "Rosemary" "Hip Pickles" and "Snow Queen." The Committee (comedy segment). The Hollies - "Magic Woman Touch" and "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother." Curtis Mayfield - "Freddie's Dead" and "Superfly." Timmy Thomas - "Why Can't We Live Together?"

  37. E4

    4. Host: Mac Davis

    Mac Davis (host) - ""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) --On film: the ""Dueling Banjos"" segment from ""Deliverance"

  38. E3

    3. Host: Johnny Rivers

    Johnny Rivers (host) - ""Blue Suede Shoes,"" ""Rockin' Pneumonia, Boogie Woogie Flu"" & ""Got My Mojo Workin'"" --The Ace Trucking Company (comedy troupe) - routines about an airplane flight; 2 old friends and a prayer meeting. --Albert Hammond - ""It Never Rains in Southern California"" and ""If You Gotta Break Another Heart"" --Merilee Rush - ""Start Again"" & ""Comfort and Please You"" --The Spinners - ""Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"" and ""I'll Be Around"" --Steely Dan - ""Do It Again"" and ""Reeling in the Years"" --Paul Williams (singer / songwriter) - ""Out in the Country"" and ""I Won't Last a Day Without You"" --Wolfman Jack - sings ""I Ain't Never Seen a White Man

  39. E2

    2. Host: Helen Reddy

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""I Am Woman,"" ""Peaceful"" & ""Come On John"" --Ed McMahon (walk-on cameo) - wishes the show sucess --Ike and Tina Turner Revue- ""I Can't Turn You Loose"" & ""With a Little Help from My Friends"" --George Carlin (comedian) - 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 and the Impressions - ""Amen""

  40. E1

    1. Pilot

    John Denver guest hosted Mama Cass, The Everly Brothers, The Isley Brothers, Harry Chapin, Linda Ronstadt, Argent and Helen Reddy. Among the musical highlights were Harry Chapin performing his hit "Taxi", Linda Ronstadt sang her popular ballad "Long Long Time", Helen Reddy sang "I Am Woman" and the Britsh group Argent performed their 1972 hit "Hold Tour Head High"

Season 2

1973 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 51 years ago

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  1. E50

    50. Hosts: The O'Jays

    The O'Jays (hosts) - ""For the Love of Money,"" ""Sunshine,"" ""Love Train"" and a medley (""Put Your Hands Together,"" ""People Keep Tellin' Me,"" ""Time to Get Down,"" ""This Air I Breathe"" and ""People Keep Tellin' Me"") --Elvin Bishop - ""Stealing Watermelons,"" ""Calling All Cows"" & ""Sunshine Special"" --James Brown - ""Payback,"" ""Cold Sweat,"" ""I Can't Stand to Live,"" ""Papa's Got a Brand New Bag,"" ""Hell,"" ""Papa Don't Take No Mess"" & ""My Thang"" --Mick Jagger (music videos) - ""Happy,"" ""Tumbling Dice"" & ""Midnight Rambler"

  2. E49

    49. Marvin Gaye

    Finale

    Marvin Gaye concert taped August 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia. --Marvin Gaye performs ""Trouble Man,"" ""Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler),"" ""Come Get to This"" and ""Keep Gettin' It On"" --Marvin Gaye - medley of hits: ""I'll Be Doggone,"" ""Try It Baby,"" ""Can I Get a Witness,"" ""You're a Wonderful One,"" ""Stubborn Kind of Fellow,"" ""How Sweet It Is,"" ""Distant Lover,"" ""Let's Get It On,"" ""Jan"" and ""What's Going On"" The show included interview segments, filmed at Marvin Gaye's house in Washington D.C., of Marvin Gaye with his parents Mrs. Alberta Gaye and Marvin Gaye, Sr.

  3. E48

    48. Host: B.B. King

    B.B. King (host) - ""Why I Sing the Blues,"" ""I Like to Live the Love,"" ""The Thrill Is Gone,"" ""I Got Some Help I Don't Need"" & ""Why I Sing the Blues"" --B.B. King, John Lee Hooker and Papa John Creach - ""Gettin' It Together"" --Bobby ""Blue"" Bland - ""Goin' Down Slow"" --Paul Butterfield's Better Days - ""Meet in the Bottom"" --Papa John Creach - ""John's Other"" --John Lee Hooker - ""Boogie with the Hook"" --Big Mama Thornton - ""Ball and Chain"" --Joe Williams - ""Who She Do"" & ""Tell Me Where to Scratch"" --Jimmy Witherspoon - ""Nothing's Changed"" & ""Love Is a Five Letter Word""

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    47. Host: Little Richard

    Little Richard (host) - ""The Midnight Special,"" ""In the Name,"" ""Ooh Poo Pah Doo,"" ""Greenwood Miss"" & ""Freedom Blues"" --Aerosmith - ""The Train Kept A Rollin'"" & ""Dream On"" --David Clayton-Thomas - ""Anytime Babe"" & ""And When I Die"" --Golden Earring - ""Radar Love"" --Eddie Kendricks - ""Hooked on Your Love"" & ""Keep On Truckin'"" --Kool & the Gang - ""Funky Stuff"" & ""Who's Gonna Take the Weight""

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    46. Hosts: Sly and the Family Stone

    Sly and the Family Stone (hosts) - ""Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin),"" ""Time for Livin',"" ""Small Talk,"" ""Family Affair,"" ""Dance to the Music,"" ""Music Lover,"" ""I Want to Take You Higher,"" ""If You Want Me to Stay,"" ""Stand"" & ""Loose Booty"" --Elvin Bishop - ""Travelin' Shoes,"" ""Sunshine Special"" &""Groundhog"" --Henry Gross - ""Come On Say It"" & ""Simone"" --Little Feat - ""Tripe Face Boogie""& ""Willin'"" --Roger McGuinn - ""Gate of Horn"" & ""Peace on You"

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    45. Host: Leon 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""

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    44. Host: Leon Russell

    --Leon Russell - ""Queen of the Roller Derby,"" ""Roll Away the Stone,"" ""Ain't That Peculiar,"" ""Tight Rope"" & ""Delta Lady"" --Leon Russell with the Gap Band - ""Alcatraz,"" ""Going Back,"" ""Smashed"" & ""Streakers Ball"" --The Gap Band - ""Magician's Holiday,"" ""Tommy's Groove"" & ""You Can Always Count on Me"

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    43. Host: Helen Reddy

    Helen Reddy - ""Keep on Singing,"" ""Pretty Pretty,"" ""Love Song for Jeffrey"" & ""You and Me Against the World"" --Peter Allen - ""More Than I Like You"" --Brownsville Station - ""I'm the Leader of the Gang"" & ""Kings of the Party"" --Janis Ian - ""Applause"" & ""The Man You Are In Me"" --Gabe Kaplan (comedian) - stand-up comedy segment --Dave Loggins - ""Please Come to Boston"" & ""Sunset Woman"" --Paul Williams - ""You Know Me"" & ""Driftwood""

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    42. Host: Bobby Womack

    -Bobby Womack (host) - ""Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out"" ""Lookin' for Love,"" ""You Send Me,"" ""Fact of Life,"" He'll Get There When the Sun Goes Down"" & ""I Take It On Home"" --Bobby Womack and Wolfman Jack - ""Tired of Living in the Country"" --Chi Coltrane - ""Who Ever Told You"" & ""Let It Ride"" --David Essex - ""Lamplight"" & ""Streetfight"" --Kool & the Gang - ""Hollywood Swinging"" & ""Jungle Boogie"" --Elliott Murphy - ""How's the Family"" & ""Last of the Rock Stars"" --Tim Weisberg - ""Dreamspeaker"" & ""Streak-Out""

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    41. Host: Anne Murray

    -Anne Murray (host) - ""You Won't See Me,"" ""A Love Song,"" ""Robbie's Song For Jesus,"" ""He Thinks I Still Care"" & ""Ease Your Pain"" --Golden Earring - ""Radar Love"" --Eddie Kendricks - ""Son of Sagittarius"" & ""Boogie Down"" --Country Joe McDonald - ""Jesse James"" & ""All My Love in Vain"" --Rufus - ""Tell Me Something Good"" & ""You Got the Love"" --Buffy Sainte-Marie - ""Sweet Fast Hooker Blues,"" ""Hey Baby Howdja Do Me This Way"" & ""That's the Way You Fall in Love"" --The Wet Willie Band - ""Keep On Smilin'"" & ""Trust in the Lord""

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    40. Host: David Steinberg (All-Comedy show)

    David Steinberg (host) - appears in comedy segments throughout show, one segment with Wolfman Jack --The Ace Trucking Company (comedy troupe) --Franklin Ajaye - comedy segment --Kentucky Fried Theater - fashion show parody & ""Shaving Blindfolded"" --Freddie Prinze (comedy segment) --Monty Python's Flying Circus - comedy segment

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    39. Hosts: The Kinks

    The Kinks - ""You Really Got Me,"" ""Money Talks,"" ""Here Comes Yet Another Day,"" ""Celluloid Heroes"" & ""Skin and Bone"" --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Showdown"" & ""Bluebird Is Dead"" --Rory Gallagher - ""Hands Off"" & ""Who's That Comin'"" --Buddy Miles - ""Life Is What You Make It"" --Alan Price - ""In Times Like These"" & ""Between Today and Yesterday"" --Suzi Quatro - ""All Shook Up"" & ""Glycerine Queen"

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    38. Host: Marty Robbins

    -Marty Robbins (host) - ""I Couldn't Believe It Was True,"" ""Home on the Range,"" ""Down in the Little Green Valley,"" ""La Paloma,"" ""If I Were Howard Hughes,"" ""Don't You Think"" & ""Lord You Gave Me a Mountain"" --Bill Anderson - ""If You Can Live with It"" & ""My Life"" --Don Gibson - ""Touch the Morning"" --Freddie Hart - ""Easy Loving"" --George Jones - ""A Picture of Me"" --Charlie McCoy - ""Silver Threads and Golden Needles"" --Anne Murray - ""You Won't See Me"" & ""Children of My Mind"" --Tommy Overstreet - ""Gwen (Congratulations)"" --Johnny Rodriguez - ""Louisana Man"" & ""Something"" --Diana Trask - ""Lean It All on Me"" --Tammy Wynette - ""My Man""

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    37. Host: Richard Pryor

    Richard Pryor (host) - appears in comedy segments throughout the show --Bobby ""Blue"" Bland - ""Ain't That Loving You"" & ""Gotta Get to Know You"" --Marvin Hamlisch - ""The Entertainer"" & ""The Way We Were"" --New Riders of the Purple Sage - ""Glendale Train"" & ""South American Man"" --Olivia Newton-John - ""Let Me Be There,"" ""If You Love Me Let Me Know"" & ""If Not for You"" --Melvin Van Peebles - ""Eyes on the Rabbit"" & ""A Birth Certificate Ain't Nothin' But a Death Warrant Anyway"" --Boz Scaggs - ""You Make It So Hard to Say No"" & ""Slow Dancer""

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    36. Host: Frankie Avalon

    Frankie Avalon (host) - ""Why,"" ""Just Ask Your Heart,"" ""De De Dinah,"" ""Gingerbread,"" ""Bobby Sox to Stockings"" & ""Venus"" --Frankie Avalon and Fabian - ""Scrapbook"" & ""Fireball 500"" --Lou Christie - ""The Gypsy Cried"" & ""Lightnin' Strikes"" --Fabian - ""Rock Around the Clock,"" ""Turn Me Loose"" & ""Tiger"" --The Fleetwoods - ""Come Softly to Me"" & ""Mr. Blue"" --Frankie Ford - ""Sea Cruise"" --Jimmie Rodgers - ""Kisses Sweeter Than Wine,"" ""Honeycomb"" & ""Oh Oh I'm Falling in Love Again"" --The Royal Teens - ""Short Shorts"" & 'the Great Midnight Special Rock 'n' Roll Opera"" --Sam and Dave - ""Hold On I'm Comin'"" & ""Soul Man"" --Shirley and Lee - ""Let the Good Times Roll"

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    35. Host: George Carlin

    George Carlin (host) --The Dramatics - ""Choosing Up on You"" & ""And I Panicked"" --Waylon Jennings - ""Good Hearted Woman"" & ""Louisiana Women"" --Puzzle - ""Everybody Wants to Be Somebody"" & ""My Love"" --Buffy Sainte-Marie - ""Sweet Little Vera"" & ""Generation"" --Leo Sayer - ""The Show Must Go On"" & ""Goodnight Old Friend"" --Livingston Taylor - ""Hallelujah I Love Her,"" ""Sit on Back"" & ""Cornbread and Buttermilk""

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    34. Hosts: The Spinners

    The Spinners - ""One of a Kind Love Affair,"" ""Mighty Love,"" ""I'm Coming Home,"" ""It's a Shame"" & ""Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"" --Bedlam featuring Cozy Powell - ""Dance with the Devil"" & ""Set Me Free"" --Bloodstone - ""Outside Woman"" & ""Everybody Needs Love"" --Martha Reeves - ""Power of Love"" --Bobby Womack - ""Let It All Hang Out"" & ""Copper Kettle"" --Peter Yarrow - ""Isn't That So"" & ""That's Enough for Me

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    33. Host: Charlie Rich

    --Charlie Rich (host) - ""Lonely Weekends,"" ""Life Has Its Little Ups and Downs,"" ""How I Became a Country Singer,"" ""Behind Closed Doors"" ""The Most Beautiful Girl,"" ""A Very Special Love Song,"" ""Big Boss Man"" & ""Dance of Love"" --Charlie Rich and Anne Murray - ""Break My Mind"" --Dobie Gray - ""Rockin' Chair,"" ""I Never Had it So Good"" & ""Drift Away"" --Anne Murray - ""You Won't See Me"" & ""A Love Song"" --The Staple Singers - ""I Ain't Raisin' No Sand"" ""Touch a Hand Make a Friend"" --The Treasures - ""The Right Combination""

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    32. Host: Curtis Mayfield

    Curtis Mayfield (host) - ""If There's a Hell Below We're All Gonna Go,"" ""To Be Invisible,"" ""Give Me Your Love"" & ""No Thing on Me"" --The Impressions - ""I'm a Changed Man"" & ""People Get Ready"" --Gladys Knight & the Pips - ""Best Thing That's Ever Happened to Me"" & ""On and On"" --Phil Ochs - ""The Power and the Glory"" & ""Changes"" --Status Quo - ""Big Fat Mama"" --Sugarloaf - ""Green Eyed Lady"" & ""I've Got a Song""

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    31. Host: Roy Clark

    -Roy Clark (host) - ""Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms,"" ""Yesterday When I Was Young,"" ""Honeymoon Feelin',"" ""Thank God and the Greyhound,"" ""Riders in the Sky"" & ""Black Mountain Rag"" --Roy Clark & Buck Trent - ""Dueling Banjos"" --Lynn Anderson - ""Listen to a Country Song"" & ""Smile for Me"" --Tom T. Hall - ""I Love"" & ""The Year That Clayton Thomas Died"" --Charlie McCoy - ""Orange Blossom Special"" --Tommy Overstreet - ""(Jeannie Marie) You Were a Lady"" --Mel Tillis - ""Midnight Me and the Blues"" & ""Sawmill"" --Diana Trask - ""When I Get My Hands On You"" --Conway Twitty - ""You've Never Been This Far Before,"" ""It's Only Make Believe,"" ""There's a Honky Tonk Angel"" & ""I'm Not Through Loving You Yet""

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    30. Hosts: The Righteous Brothers

    -The Righteous Brothers - ""Hello Rock 'n' Roll""; medley #1 (""Soul and Inspiration,"" ""Unchained Melody,"" ""You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"" and ""Ebb Tide""); ""Roberto and Bill""; ""Lighten Up""; medley #2 (""Little Latin Lupe Lu,"" ""Koko Jo"" and ""My Babe""); medley #3 (""Swing Low Sweet Chariot,"" ""Swing Down Chariot,"" ""Down by the Riverside"" and ""Oh Happy Side"") & ""Rock 'n' Roll Loser."" --The Righteous Brothers and Paul Williams - ""Mr. Sandman"" --Bobby Hatfield - ""He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"" --New Riders of the Purple Sage - ""Panama Red"" ""Sunday Susie"" --Rosemary - ""Wildflower"" --The Staple Singers - ""If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)"" & ""Touch a Hand Make a Friend"" --Paul Williams - ""You and Me Against the World"" & ""Nice to Be Around""

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    29. Hosts: The Guess Who

    The Guess Who (guest hosts) - ""American Woman,"" ""Star Baby,"" ""These Eyes,"" ""Clap for the Wolfman"" & ""Hand Me Down World"" --David Essex - ""Lamplight,"" ""On and On"" & ""Rock On"" --Leo Kottke (folk singer) - ""Bean Time"" --Judi Pulver - ""Statler Hilton"" & ""Sing for Your Supper"" --Sha Na Na - ""Rock Around the Clock,"" ""Teenager in Love"" & ""Tell Laura I Love Her"" --Slade - ""My Friend Stan"" ""Do We Still Do It"" & ""Everyday"" --Wishbone Ash - ""Blowin' Free"" & ""Vas Dis""

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    28. Host: Bill Withers

    Bill Withers (guest host) - ""Ain't No Sunshine,"" ""The Same Love That Made Me Laugh,"" ""Lean on Me"" & ""Green Grass"" --Bill Withers & Cliff de Young - ""Sunshine"" film clip --Bill Withers, Bobby Womack and Buddy Miles - ""Railroad Man"" --Rory Gallagher - ""Tattoo'd Lady"" & ""Cradle Rock"" --Melissa Manchester - ""Bright Eyes"" & ""He Is the One"" --Buddy Miles - ""You Really Got Me"" --Montrose - ""Rock the Nation"" & ""Good Rockin' Tonight"" --Bobby Womack - ""Lookin' for a Love"" & ""Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out"" --Cliff de Young - ""My Sweet Lady"" & ""Sunshine on My Shoulders""

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    27. Hosts: The Pointer Sisters

    -The Pointer Sisters (guest hosts) - ""Yes We Can Can,"" ""Little Pony,"" ""Salt Peanuts"" (with Wolfman Jack), ""Bangin' on the Pipes,"" ""Steam Heat"" & ""Wang Dang Doodle"" --The Butts Band - ""Love Your Brother"" & ""Kansas City"" --The Crusaders - ""Lay It on the Line"" --Focus - ""Hocus Pocus"" & ""House of the King"" --Dan Hicks - ""There Ain't a Guy That Wouldn't Like to Be in My Shoes"" & ""Hummin' to Myself"" --Billy Paul - ""Thanks for Saving My Life"" & ""The Whole Town's Talking"" --Bonnie Pointer - ""Black Coffee"" --The Strawbs - ""Hero and Heroine"" & ""Round and Round"

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    26. Hosts: Gladys Knight and the Pips

    Gladys Knight and the Pips (guest host) - ""I've Got to Use My Imagination,"" ""Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me,"" ""On and On"" & ""Midnight Train to Georgia"" --Freshflavor with Richie Havens - ""Prometheus Bound"" & ""Loser"" --Jobriath - ""I'm a Man"" & ""Rock of Ages"" --Curtis Mayfield - ""Right On for the Darkness"" & ""To Be Invisible"" --Spooky Tooth - ""I Am the Walrus"" --Les Variations - ""Moroccan Roll"" & ""I Don't Know Why"" --Jim Weatherly - ""Loving You Is Just an Old Habit"" & ""Same Old Song and Dance""

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    25. Hosts: Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show

    Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show (guest hosts) - ""Ever Come"" (or ""Never Come""), ""The Yodel,"" ""Marie Lavaux"" & ""Cops and Robbers"" --Foghat - ""Home in My Hands"" & ""Honey Hush"" --Melissa Manchester - ""Never Never Land"" --The Stylistics - ""Rockin' Roll Baby"" & ""You Make Me Feel Brand New"" --Uncle Crusty - ""Badly Bent"" --Peter Yarrow - ""Old Father Time"" & ""Jelly Jelly"" --Al Wilson - ""Show and Tell"" & ""Touch and Go""

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    24. Host: Gordon Lightfoot

    Gordon Lightfoot (guest host) - ""The List,"" ""If You Could Read My Mind,"" ""Don Quixote,"" ""Affair on Eighth Avenue,"" ""High and Dry"" & ""Sundown"" --The Guess Who - ""Share the Land"" & ""Star Baby"" --The James Gang - ""Standing in the Rain"" & ""The Devil Is Singing Our Song"" --Byron MacGregor - ""Americans"" --Maria Muldaur - ""Midnight at the Oasis"" & ""Don't You Feel My Leg"" --Redbone - ""Come and Get Your Love"" & ""Maggie"" --Ravi Shankar - ""Raga Jogiya""

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    23. Host: Roy Orbison

    "Golden Oldies"" episode: --Roy Orbison (host) - ""Oh, Pretty Woman,"" ""Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream),"" Running Scared"" & ""Only the Lonely"" --The Drifters - ""Up on the Roof"" & ""Save the Last Dance for Me"" --Duane Eddy - ""Rebel Rouser"" & ""Ramrod"" --Lloyd Price - ""Personality"" & ""Stagger Lee"" --Tommy Roe - ""Sheila,"" ""Everybody"" & ""Jam Up Jelly Tight"" --Del Shannon - ""Runaway,"" ""Hats Off to Larry"" & ""Keep Searching (We'll Follow the Sun)"" --Bobby Vee - ""Take Good Care of My Baby,"" ""The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"" & ""Devil or Angel"" --Jackie Wilson - ""(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher,"" ""Lonely Teardrops"" & ""That's Why (I Love You So)""

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    22. Hosts: Ike and Tina Turner

    Ike and Tina Turner (hosts) - ""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?"" & ""The Dream Goes On Forever""

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    21. Host: Helen Reddy

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""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 and Tina Turner - ""Land of 1000 Dances"" & ""It's Gonna Work Out Fine""

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    20. Host: Steve Miller Guests: Brownsville Station, Tim Buckley, The James Cotton Blues Band, Genesis, The James Gang

    Steve Miller Band (hosts) - ""The Joker,"" ""Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma,"" ""Fly Like an Eagle"" & ""Sugar Babe"" --Brownsville Station - ""Smokin' in the Boys Room"" --Tim Buckley - ""Dolphins"" & ""Honey Man"" --James Cotton Band - ""Rocket 88"" --James Cotton Band - ""Big Boss Man"" (with Steve Miller) --Genesis - ""Watcher of the Skies"" & ""The Musical Box"" (another source listed the songs as ""This Is Your Fate"" & ""This Is My Song"") --James Gang - ""It Must Be Love""

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    19. Host: Smokey Robinson

    Smokey Robinson (host) - ""Show and Tell,"" ""Tracks of My Tears,"" ""Tears of a Clown,"" ""Mickey's Monkey,"" ""Baby Come Close"" and ""Just My Soul Responding"" --Paul Butterfield's Better Days - ""Take Your Pleasure Where You Can Find It"" & ""Down in the Bottom"" (or ""Meet Me in the Bar Room""??) --Grin - ""Beggar's Day,"" ""Believe"" & ""You're the Wait I've Been Waiting For"" --Eddie Kendricks - ""Keep On Truckin'"" & ""Boogie Down"" --Ann Peebles - ""I Can't Stand the Rain"" --Edwin Starr - ""Ain't It Hell up in Harlem"" & ""War"" --Johnny Taylor - ""It's Cheaper to Keep Her"" & ""We're Getting Careless with Our Love Affair"

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    18. Hosts: Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show

    Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show (hosts) - ""The Cover of 'Rolling Stone',"" ""Sylvia's Mother,"" ""Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie,"" ""Joe's Bar"" (or ""The Loneliest People in the World"") & ""The Soup Stone"" --Canned Heat - ""One More River to Cross"" --Canned Heat - Fats Domino medley (""We Remember Fats intro, ""The Fat Man,"" ""I'm in Love Again,"" ""I'm Walking,"" Whole Lotta Loving,"" ""Let the Four Winds Blow,"" ""I'm Ready"" & ""So Long"") --El Chicano - ""Tell Her She's Lovely"" and ""Viva Tirado Pt. II"" --Jo Jo Gunne - ""Run, Run, Run"" & ""I Wanna Love You"" --Leo Sayer - ""Tomorrow,"" ""Everything's Gonna Be Alright"" & ""The Show Must Go On"" --The Spinners - ""Ghetto Child,"" ""Life Ain't So Easy"" & ""How Could I Let You Get Away"" --Livingstone Taylor - ""Somewhere Over the Rainbow"" --Dr. Hook and cast sing a few bars of ""Happy Trails"" (finale)

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    17. Million Sellers hosted by Wolfman Jack

    Wolfman Jack (host) Taped clips of performers: --Loggins & Messina - ""Your Mama Don't Dance"" --Billy Preston - ""Will It Go Round in Circles?"" --Stories - ""Brother Louie"" --Gladys Knight & the Pips - ""Midnight Train to Georgia"" --Edgar Winter Group - ""Frankenstein"" --The Spinners - ""Could It Be I'm Falling in Love?"" --Curtis Mayfield - ""Superfly"" --Eric Weissberg (on banjo) and Deliverance (Steve Mandel on guitar?) perform ""Dueling Banjos,"" a song from the movie ""Deliverance"" --Jim Croce - ""Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"" --Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show - ""The Cover of Rolling Stone"" --Gilbert O'Sullivan - ""Get Down"" --Al Green - ""Call Me (Come Back Home)"" --Charlie Rich - ""Behind Closed Doors"" --The O'Jays - ""Love Train"" --Dobie Gray - ""Drift Away"" --Edward Bear - ""Last Song""

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    16. Host: Marty Robbins

    Country Music Show: --Marty Robbins (host) - ""Gotta Travel On,"" ""20th Century Drifter,"" ""(Take Me Home) Country Roads,"" ""Beyond the Reef,"" ""Cool Water,"" ""Tumbling Tumbleweeds,"" ""El Paso"" & ""My Woman My Woman My Wife"" --Marty Robbins and Barbi Benton - ""Help Me Make It Through the Night"" --Bobby Bare - ""Detroit City"" & ""The Mermaid"" --Barbi Benton - ""Top of the World"" --Doug Kershaw - ""Mama's Got the Know How"" & ""Cajun Joe (Bully of the Bayou)"" --Barbara Mandrell - ""Show Me"" & ""The Midnight Oil"" --Charlie Rich - ""Break-Up (medley)"" & ""Behind Closed Doors"" --Johnny Rodriguez - ""Pass Me By"" & ""Bosier City Backyard Blues"" --Tanya Tucker - ""Jamestown Ferry"" & ""What's Your Mama's Name?"

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    15. Host: Jose Feliciano Guests: Clarence Carter, Roger McGuinn, Linda Ronstadt, Sha Na Na

    Jose Feliciano (host) - ""Purple Haze,"" ""I Like What You Give,"" ""I Want to Learn a Love Song"" and ""Susie-Q"" --Clarence Carter - ""I'm the Midnight Special"" & ""Slip Away"" --Freshflavor with Richie Havens - ""Prometheus Bound"" --Roger McGuinn - ""Mr. Spaceman"" & ""Sweet Mary"" --Linda Ronstadt - ""You're No Good"" & ""Love Has No Pride"" --Sha Na Na - ""Get a Job,"" ""Sh-Boom"" & ""Tossin' and Turnin'"" --Also: Sha Na Na

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    14. Hosts: Loggins & Messina

    Loggins & Messina (hosts) - ""My Music,"" ""Danny's Song,"" ""Your Mama Don't Dance,"" ""You Need a Man,"" ""Coming to You"" & ""Sailin' the Wind"" --The Guess Who - ""Albert Flasher,"" ""Undun,"" ""Straighten Out,"" ""Star Baby"" & ""Glamour Boy"" --Leo Kottke - ""Vaseline Machine Gun #2"" --Martin Mull (comedy segment) - sings ""The Name Is Mull"" and ""Eggs"" --Billy Preston - ""Space Race,"" ""How Long Has the Train Been Gone"" & ""I'm So Tired"" --On film: clip from ""American Graffiti""

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    13. Hosts: The Four Tops

    The Four Tops (hosts) - ""I Can't Help Myself,"" ""Love Music,"" ""Reach Out I'll Be There,"" ""Standing in the Shadows of Love,"" ""Sweet Understanding Love,"" ""Keeper of the Castle"" & ""One Woman Man"" --Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show - ""The Cover of Rolling Stone,"" ""Life Ain't Easy"" & ""Insane Asylum"" --John Mayall - ""California Campground"" & ""Room to Move"" --Mott the Hoople - ""Drivin' Sister"" & ""Hymn for the Dudes"" --Shawn Phillips - ""Baby's Breakthrough"" --Todd Rundgren - ""Black Maria"" & ""Hello It's Me""

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    12. Hosts: Procol Harum

    Show taped in London, England: --Procol Harum (hosts) - ""Conquistador,"" ""Whiter Shade of Pale,"" ""Grand Hotel,"" ""Fires Which Burn Brightly,"" ""Drunk Again,"" ""T.V. Caesar"" & ""Rule Brittania"" --Humble Pie - ""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"

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    11. Host: Peter Noone

    Show taped in England: --Peter Noone (host) - ""Last Blues Song,"" ""Getting Over You"" & ""Oh You Pretty Thing"" --Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits - ""No Milk Today"" & ""There's a Kind of Hush"" --The Bee Gees - ""Bad Bad Dreams"" & ""Don't Wanna Be the One"" --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Showdown"" & ""Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"" --David Essex - ""Rock On"" & ""Lamplight"" --Manfred Mann's Earth Band - ""Joy Bringer"" & ""In the Beginning"" --Gilbert O'Sullivan - ""Ooh Baby,"" ""Get Down"" & ""Who Knows Perhaps Maybe"" --Robin Trower - ""Lady Love"" & ""Man of the World""

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    10. The 1980 Floor Show starring David Bowie

    Opening credits: male dancers pose forming letters spelling out ""Bowie The 1980 Floor Show"" (dancers appear throughout show). --David Bowie - medley: ""1984,"" ""You Didn't Hear It from Me"" and ""1984"" reprise --David Bowie - ""Sorrow"" --Dooshenka (female impersonator) introduces Carmen --Carmen (band from Spain) - ""Bulerias"" --David Bowie - ""Everything's Alright"" & ""Space Oddity"" --David Bowie - ""I Can't Explain"" --Marianne Faithfull - ""As Tears Go By"" --David Bowie - ""Time"" --The Troggs - ""Wild Thing"" --Carmen - ""Bullfight"" --David Bowie - ""Jean Genie"" --Marianne Faithfull - ""20th Century Blues"" --David Bowie and Marianne Faithfull - ""I Got You, Babe"" --The Troggs - ""I Can't Control Myself"" & ""Strange Movies"" --Closing credits: David Bowie - ""You Didn't Hear It from Me"" and ""1984"" (same performance as earlier in sh

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    9. Host: Jerry Lee Lewis

    Jerry Lee Lewis (host) - ""Breathless,"" ""Hold On I'm Coming,"" ""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 and Tina Turner - ""River Deep Mountain High"" & ""Nutbush City Limits""

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    8. Chuck Berry

    Chuck Berry (host) - "Tulane," "School Days," "Johnny B. Good," "Got It and Gone" & "Rock and Roll Music" --Rick Derringer and the Edgar Winter Group - "Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo" --Fleetwood Mac - "Miles Away" & "Believe Me" --Shawn Phillips - "Technotronic Lad" & "Spaceman" --Johnny Taylor - "Who's Making Love" & "I Believe in You" --Muddy Waters - "Can't Get No Grindin'" & "Got My Mojo Working" --The Edgar Winter Group - "Free Ride" & "Dying to Live"

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    7. Hosts: Sly and the Family Stone

    -Sly and the Family Stone (hosts) - ""Stand,"" ""Higher,"" ""Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin),"" ""If You Want Me to Stay"" & ""Dance to the Music"" --Mark Almond - ""Get Yourself Together"" & ""The City"" --Little Sister - ""I'm the One You're the One"" --Melissa Manchester - ""Oh Heaven How You've Changed Me"" --Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons - medley of hits & ""The Scalawag Song"" --Freddy Weller - ""The Perfect Stranger"" & ""The Roadmaster"" --Atlee Yeager - ""I Wanna Be Alone with You""

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    6. Hosts: War

    War (hosts) - ""Cisco Kid,"" ""Me and Baby Brother,"" ""The World Is a Ghetto"" & ""City Country City"" --Bachman-Turner Overdrive - ""Hold Back the Water"" & ""Gimme Your Money Please"" --Climax Blues Band - ""Shake Your Love"" & ""Constant"" --Mott the Hoople - ""All the Way from Memphis"" & ""Rose"" --New York Dolls - ""Trash"" & ""Personality Crisis"" --Danny O'Keefe - ""Good Time's Charlie's Got the Blues"" & ""Angel Spread Your Wings"" --Piper - ""Bungle Rye"

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    5. Host:The Bee Gees

    --The Bee Gees (hosts) - ""Massachusetts,"" ""Lay It on Me,"" ""Alive,"" ""Bye Bye Blackbird"" & ""Alone Again"" --The Bee Gees and Chuck Berry - ""Reelin' and Rockin'"" & ""Johnny B. Goode"" --Chuck Berry - ""Maybellene"" ""Sweet Little Sixteen"" --Apple and Appleberry - ""Landlord"" --King Crimson - ""Lark's Tongues in Aspic Part 2"" & ""Easy Money"" --Barbara Mason - ""Yes I'm Ready"" --Lee Michaels - ""Do You Know What I Mean,"" ""Barefootin'"" & ""Same Old Song""

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    4. Hosts: Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Gladys Knight & the Pips (hosts) - ""Daddy Could Swear I Declare,"" ""Heavy Makes You Happy"" & ""Midnight Train to Georgia"" --Gladys Knight and B.B. King - ""The Thrill Is Gone"" --Earth, Wind & Fire - ""Evil"" & ""Power"" --Focus - ""Hocus Pocus,"" ""Sylvia,"" ""House of the King"" & ""Focus III"" --B.B. King - ""To Know You Is to Love You"" & ""How Blue Can You Get?"" --Chris Smither - ""Mail Order Mystics"" --Stories - ""Mammy Blue"" & ""Broken Love"" --Wolfman Jack and Monda - ""Ling Ting Tong""

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    3. Hosts: Seals & Crofts

    -Seals & Crofts (hosts) - ""Diamond Girl,"" ""Dust On My Saddle,"" ""We May Never Pass This Way Again,"" ""Ruby Jean and Billie Lee"" & ""Pop Goes the Weasel"" --Paul Butterfield's Better Days - ""New Walkin' Blues"" & ""Broke My Baby's Heart"" --Ramblin' Jack Elliot - ""Talkin' Fishing Blues"" --Arlo Guthrie - ""Gypsy Davy"" ""Bling Blang"" --Leo Kottke - ""Bean Time"" --T. Rex - ""Hot Love"" & ""Bang a Gong (Get It On)"" --Uriah Heep - ""Stealin'"" & ""Sweet Freedom""

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    2. Host: Wilson Pickett

    Wilson Pickett (host) - ""Land of 1000 Dances,"" ""Funky Broadway,"" ""Never My Love"" & ""In the Midnight Hour"" --Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - ""Whenever You're Ready"" & ""Listen Here"" --Canned Heat - ""Dust My Broom"" & ""Lookin' for My Rainbow"" --The Chi-Lites - ""Stoned Out of My Mind"" & Oh Girl"" --Curtis Mayfield - ""Freddie's Dead"" --Brenda Patterson - ""Dance with Me Henry"" --Spooky Tooth - ""Cotton Growing Man"" --B.W. Stevenson - ""My Maria"" & ""Don't Go to Mexico"

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    1. Host: Curtis Mayfield

    Curtis Mayfield (host) - ""Future Shock,"" ""Back to the World"" & ""Right On for the Darkness"" --The Bee Gees - ""Lonely Days"" & ""Run to Me"" --Jim Croce - ""I've Got a Name"" & ""Bad Bad Leroy Brown"" --Gladys Knight & the Pips - ""Where Peaceful Waters Flow"" --Natural Four - ""Can This Be Real"" --Wilson Pickett - ""Get Me Back on Time Engine 9"" & ""Don't Knock My Love"" --Helen Reddy - ""Delta Dawn"" --Sly & the Family Stone - ""Everybody Is a Star"" --War - ""Gypsy man""

Season 3

1974 · 48 episodes · Last episode: 51 years ago

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    48. Helen Reddy / The Bee Gees / Janis Ian

    Finale

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady,"" ""The Midnight Special,"" ""Mama"" & ""I Am Woman"" --BT Expess - ""Give It What You Got"" & ""Peace Pipe"" --The Bee Gees - ""Jive Talkin'"" & ""Nights on Broadway"" --The Bee Gees with Helen Reddy - ""To Love Somebody"" --The Eagles - ""One of These Nights"" (might be a music video) --Janis Ian - ""At Seventeen"" & ""When the Party's Over"" --Orleans - ""Dance with Me,"" ""Let There Be Music"" & ""Tongue Tied""

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    47. Helen Reddy / Frankie Valli

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady,"" ""Lovin' You"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Helen Reddy - ""Big Yellow Taxi"" (Midnight Special hit) --Hoyt Axton - ""Paid in Advance"" --Peter Frampton - ""(I'll Give You) Money,"" ""Nowhere's Too Far"" & ""Baby I Love Your Way"" --Frankie Valli - ""Swearin' to God"" --Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - ""Who Loves You"" --KC and the Sunshine Band - ""Get Down Tonight"" & ""That's the Way (I Like It)"

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    46. Helen Reddy / Johnny Rivers

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""The Last Blues Song,"" ""Crazy Love"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Jose Feliciano - ""Chico and the Man,"" ""Marie"" & ""No Jive"" --Wayon Jennings - ""I'll Be a Long Time Leaving"" & ""Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?"" --George McCrae - ""Rock Your Baby"" & ""I Ain't Lyin'"" --Johnny Rivers - ""The Midnight Special,"" ""Help Me Rhonda"" and a medley of hits. --Midnight Special salute to Neil Young (narrated by Helen Reddy

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    45. Helen Reddy / Roger Daltrey

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""L.A. Breakdown,"" ""I Got a Name"" & ""I Am Woman"" --The Amazing Rhythm Aces - ""Third Rate Romance"" & ""Anything You Want"" --Roger Daltrey - ""Tommy,"" ""Come and Get Your Love"" & ""Walking the Dog"" --Melissa Manchester - ""Midnight Blue"" & ""Just Too Many People"" --Charlie Rich - ""Midnight Blues"" & ""Everytime You Touch Me (I Get High)"

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    44. Helen Reddy / Glen Campbell / Uriah Heep

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Peaceful,"" ""Think I'll Write a Song"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Glen Campbell - ""By the Time I Get to Phoenix,"" ""Rhinestone Cowboy"" & ""My Girl"" --Glen Campbell and Helen Reddy - ""By the Time I Get to Phoenix,"" ""Wichita Lineman"" and ""Gentle on My Mind"" --Gwen McCrae - ""Rockin' Chair"" & ""He Don't Ever Lose the Groove"" --Uriah Heep - Devil's Daughter,"" ""Return to Fantasy"" & ""Prima Donna"" --Midnight Special tribute to Aretha Franklin

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    43. Helen Reddy / Jessi Colter / Janis Ian

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Angie Baby,"" ""Bluebird,"" ""I Am Woman"" and a medley of hits (""Leave Me Alone,"" ""I Don't Know How to Love Him"" and ""Delta Dawn"") --Helen Reddy and Neil Sedaka - ""Don't Let It Mess Your Mind"" --Jessi Colter - ""I'm Not Lisa"" & ""You Ain't Never Been Loved"" --Janis Ian - ""At Seventeen"" & ""When the Party's Over"" --Kraftwerk - ""Autobahn"" --Neil Sedaka - ""That's When the Music Takes Me"" & ""Love Will Keep Us Together"" --Midnight Special tribute: The Bee Gees

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    42. Helen Reddy / Mac Davis / Minnie Riperton

    -Helen Reddy (host) - "Bluebird," "I Believe in Music," "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady," "Free and Easy," "Long Time Looking" & "I Am Woman" --Mac Davis - "Burnin' Thing," \"Rock and Roll I Gave You the Best Years of My Life"-Waylon Jennings - "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?" & "Let's All Help the Cowboys (Sing the Blues)" --Steve Martin (stand-up comedy segment) --Minnie Riperton - "Lovin' You," "Adventures in Paradise" & "Inside My Love" --Joe Simon - "Get Down Get Down" --Midnight Special tribute: Cat Stevens (narrated by Helen Reddy)

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    41. Host: Flip Wilson

    Flip Wilson (guest host) --Blue Magic - ""Never Get Over You,"" ""Three Ring Circus"" & ""Berries in Salinas"" --KISS - ""Deuce"" & ""Black Diamond"" --Jenny Rankin - ""Silver Morning,"" ""Birembau"" & ""Killed a Cat"" --Carol Wayne - rock music news ('Rock Rap' segment) --Midnight Special tribute to Helen Reddy (hosted by Flip Wison)

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    40. Host: Frankie Valli

    Frankie Valli (guest host) - ""Swearin' to God,"" ""My Eyes Adored You,"" ""I Got Eyes for You Ruby"" & ""Can't Take My Eyes off of You"" --Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - ""Who Loves You"" & ""Silence Is Golden"" --The Four Seasons - ""Warsaw Concerto"" --Freddy Fender - ""Before the Next Teardrop Falls"" & ""Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"" --The Hollies - ""Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress,"" ""Another Night"" & ""Sandy"" --Orleans - ""Let There Be Music,"" ""Dance with Me"" & ""Tongue Tied"

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    39. Host: The Temptations

    The Temptations (guest host) --Ace - ""How Long"" & ""Sniffin' About"" --Jessi Colter - ""I'm Not Lisa"" & ""Storms Never Last"" --Rose - ""Whole New Thing"" --Leo Sayer - ""One Man Band"" & ""Train"" --The Temptations - ""The Midnight Special,"" ""Glass House,"" ""Memories,"" ""Firefly,"" ""A Song for You,"" ""Shakey Ground,"" ""Happy People"" and a medley of hit

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    38. Host: Herb Alpert

    Herb Alpert (guest host) - ""Coney Island,"" ""Carmine,"" ""Never Never Land"" & ""Desert Dance"" --Herb Alpert - medley of hits (""Lonely Bull,"" ""Spanish Flea,"" ""This Guy's in Love with You,"" ""Taste of Honey"" and ""Zorba the Greek"") --The Captain and Tennille - ""Love Will Keep Us Together"" ""Cuddle Up"" --Billy Preston - ""Song of Joy"" --Phoebe Snow - ""Poetry Man"" & ""Harpo's Blues"" --Supertramp - ""Hide in Your Shell"" & ""Bloody Well Right"

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    37. Hosts: Seals & Crofts

    Seals & Crofts (guest hosts) - ""I'll Play for You,"" ""Ugly City,"" ""Blue Bonnet Nation"" & ""Wisdom"" --Ron Dante - ""Midnight Show"" --Ben E. King - ""Supernatural Thing,"" ""happiness Is Where You Find It"" & ""Do It in the Name of Love"" --Barry Manilow - ""It's a Miracle,"" ""Could It Be Magic,"" ""Avenue C,"" ""Sweet Life"" & ""Ashes in the Snow"" --Olivia Newton-John - ""(Take Me Home) Country Roads""

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    36. Host: Joan Baez

    Joan Baez (guest host) - ""Fountain of Sorrow,"" ""Diamonds and Rust,"" ""Jesse,"" ""Children and All That Jazz,"" ""Simple Twist of Fate,"" ""Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer"" & ""Winds of the Old Days"" --Joan Baez and Hoyt Axton - ""Lion in the Winter"" --Hoyt Axton - ""Will the Circle Be Unbroken"" & ""When the Morning Comes"" --Hampton Hawes - ""Irene"" & ""Pink Peaches"" --Kool and the Gang - ""Spirit of the Boogie,"" ""Rhyme Tyme People"" & ""Summer Madness"

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    35. Host: Don Cornelius

    Don Cornelius (guest host, was host of ""Soul Train"" from 1971-1997) --Consumer Rapport - ""Ease on Down the Road"" & ""Everybody Join Hands"" --Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes - ""I Wanna Dance Wit' Choo"" & ""Get Dancin'"" --Earth, Wind & Fire - ""Shining Star"" & ""Mighty Mighty"" --Herbie Mann - ""I Can't Turn You Loose,"" ""High Above the Andes"" & ""Hijack"" --Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - ""Bad Luck,"" ""The Love I Lost"" & ""Hope We Can Get Together Soon"" --The Whispers - ""A Mother for My Children"" & ""Bingo""

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    34. Host: Chubby Checker

    Chubby Checker (guest host) - "The Twist," "Pony Time," "Slow Twistin'," "Let's Twist Again," "Hound Dog" & "I Saw Her Standing There" --The Angels - "My Boyfriend's Back," "Till" & a medley of oldies. --Danny and the Juniors - "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay," "At the Hop" & "Sometimes" --Bo Diddley - "Bo Diddley"& "Crackin' Up" --The Drifters - "Up on the Roof" & "Save the Last Dance for Me" --Lesley Gore - medley ("It's My Party," "Judy's Turn to Cry," "Maybe I Know" and "You Don't Own Me") --The Tymes - "So Much in Love"

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    33. Host: Wolfman Jack

    Wolfman Jack (host) --Larry Gatlin - ""Penny Annie"" & ""Help Me"" --Graham Central Station - medley Part I, medley Part II & ""Feel the Need"" --Ohio Players - ""I Want to Be Free"" --Roxy Music - ""Out of the Blue,"" ""The Thrill of It All"" & ""A Really Good Time"" --The Strawbs - ""Lemon Pie"" & ""The Life Auction""

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    32. Host: Billy Preston

    Billy Preston (guest host) - ""Nothing from Nothing,"" ""Found the Love,"" ""It's My Pleasure,"" ""Let Me Sing My Song,"" ""All My Life"" & ""Outa-Space"" --Jeff Beck --LaBelle --Rufus, featuring Chaka Khan --Tonto - ""Bittersweet"

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    31. Hosts: Rod Stewart & The Faces

    Rod Stewart - ""Bring it On Home to Me,"" ""You Send Me,"" ""Take a Look at the Guy,"" ""Angel,"" ""I Can Feel the Fire,"" ""You Can Make Me Dance,"" ""You Wear it Well,"" ""Maggie May"" & ""We'll Meet Again"" --Rod Stewart and Keith Richards - ""Sweet Little Rock and Roller"" and ""Twisting the Night Away""

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    30. Hosts: Earth, Wind & Fire

    Earth, Wind & Fire (guest hosts) - ""Shining Star,"" ""Mighty Mighty,"" ""Devotion"" & ""Yearning Learning"" --LaBelle - ""Lady Marmalade,"" ""What Can I Do For You?"" ""Are You Lonely"" & ""Happy Feelin'"" --Melissa Manchester - ""Just Too Many People,"" ""Party Music"" & ""Midnight Blue"" --Leo Sayer - ""Long Tall Glasses"" & ""In My Life"

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    29. Co-hosts: Wet Willie and Charlie Daniels

    The Charlie Daniels Band - ""The South's Gonna Do It,"" ""Orange Blossom Special,"" ""Long Haired Country Boy,"" ""Trudy"" & ""Caballo Diablo"" --Bonnie Bramlett - ""(Your Love Keeps Liftin' Me) Higher and Higher"" & ""Your Love Has Brought Me (A Mighty Long Way)"" --John Mayall - ""Step in the Sun"" & ""So Much to Do"" --B.J. Thomas - ""Hooked on a Feeling"" & ""(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"" --Wet Willie - ""Dixie Rock,"" ""Leona,"" ""Keep On Smilin'"" & ""Mama Didn't Raise No Fool

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    28. Hosts: The Ohio Players

    Ohio Players concert taped at the University of Chicago. --The Ohio Players - ""Jive Turkey,"" ""Fire"" (Parts 1 & 2), ""I Want to Be Free,"" ""Skin Tight"" (Parts 1 & 2) and ""Pain"" (Parts 1 & 2).

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    27. International Acts hosted by Wolfman Jack

    International Acts hosted by Wolfman Jack --Brian Cadd - ""Think It Over"" & ""Let Go"" --The Electric Light Orchestra - ""Can't Get It Out of My Head"" & ""Great Balls of Fire"" --Rory Gallagher - ""Tattoo'd Lady"" & ""Cradle Rock"" --Golden Earring - ""Love Is a Rodeo"" & ""Candy's Going Bad"" --The Guess Who (from Canada) - ""Diggin' Yourself"" & ""Dirty"" --P.F.M. - ""Celebration"" --Ravi Shankar (from India) - ""Raja Jogiya"

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    26. Hosts: Black Oak Arkansas

    Black Oak Arkansas (guest hosts) - ""Jim Dandy,"" ""Hey Y'all,"" ""Taxman,"" ""High and Dry,"" ""Back Door Man,"" ""Lord Have Mercy"" & ""Hot and Nasty"" --Grey Ghost - ""Burning Whiskey"" & ""Old West Outlaws"" --Alvin Lee & Company - ""Somebody's Calling Me,"" ""Time and Space,"" ""Going Through the Door"" & ""Ride My Train"" --Montrose - ""I Got the Fire"" & ""Paper Money"

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    25. Host: Clive Davis

    Clive Davis (guest host, record executive) --Blood, Sweat and Tears - ""You've Made Me So Very Happy"" & ""I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know"" --Melissa Manchester - ""Midnight Blue"" --Barry Manilow - ""Mandy"" --Barry Manilow and Martha Reeves - medley (including ""Dancing in the Streets"") --Janis Joplin (on film) - ""Try"" --Gil Scott-Heron - ""The Bottle"" & ""Must Be Something""

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    24. Host: Olivia Newton-John

    Olivia Newton-John (host) - ""If You Love Me (Let Me Know),"" ""Have You Never Been Mellow?"" ""You Ain't Got the Right,"" ""The Air That I Breathe"" & ""I Never Did Sing You a Love Song"" --Waylon Jennings - ""Honkey Tonk Heroes"" & ""You Ask Me To"" --Kenny Rankin - ""Silver Morning"" & ""Catfish"" --Ike and Tina Turner - ""Sexy Ida,"" ""Bayou Song"" and ""Baby Get It On"" --Salute to Leo Sayer. Leo is shown singing ""The Show Must Go On,"" ""Long Tall Glasses"" and ""It's Your Way"" --Leo Sayer - ""In My Life"" (or ""I've Got to Do Something with My Life"") and ""The Dancer""

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    23. Hosts: B.T. Express

    B.T. Express (guest hosts) - ""Do It ('Til You're Satisfied),"" ""This House Is Smokin',"" ""Express,"" ""That's What I Want for You Baby"" & ""Do You Like It?"" --Peter Allen - ""Just Ask Me I've Been There"" & ""Continental American"" --Sha Na Na - ""Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,"" ""All Shook Up"" & ""Sixteen Candles"" --Sugarloaf - ""Green Eyed Lady"" & ""Don't Call Us, We'll Call You"" --Jimmy Witherspoon - ""Love Is a Five Letter Word"" & ""Goin' Down Slow"

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    22. Host: Steppenwolf

    Steppenwolf (guest hosts) - ""Born to Be Wild,"" ""Gang War Blues,"" ""Smokey Factory Blues,"" ""Straight Shootin' Woman"" & ""Children of the Night"" --Herbie Hancock - ""Watermelon Man,"" ""Chameleon"" & ""Spank-A-Lee"" --The Headhunters - ""God Made Me Funky"" --P.F.M. - ""Celebration"" & ""Alta Loma Nine Till Five"" --Linda Ronstadt - ""Heart Like a Wheel"" & ""Heat Wave""

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    21. Host: Neil Sedaka

    --Neil Sedaka (guest host) - That's When the Music Takes Me,"" ""The Immigrant,"" ""Laughter in the Rain,"" ""Standing on the Inside"" & ""Don't Let It Mess Your Mind"" --Todd Rundgren - ""Real Man,"" ""Freedom Fighter,"" ""Seven Rays,"" ""Born to Synthesize"" & ""Do Ya"" --Sister Sledge - ""Love Don't You Go Through No Changes on Me"" --The Spinners - ""Then Came you,"" 'I've Got to Make It on My Own,"" ""Living a Little, Laughing a Little"" & ""Sadie""

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    20. Host: Dave Mason

    Dave Mason (guest host) - ""World in Changes,"" ""Bring It On Home to Me,"" ""All Along the Watchtower,"" ""Every Woman,"" ""You Can't Take It When You Go,"" ""Only You Know and I Know,"" ""Lucille"" & ""Feelin' Alright"" --Average White Band - ""Got the Love,"" ""Work to Do"" & ""Nothing You Can Do"" --The Crusaders - ""Double Bubble"" & ""Stomp and Buck Dance"" --The Kiki Dee Band - ""You Need Help"" & ""Frozen One"

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    19. Host: Helen Reddy (2nd Anniversary Show)

    Second Anniversary Show --Helen Reddy (guest host) - ""Angie Baby,"" ""Emotion,"" ""Raised on Rock,"" ""I'll be Your Audience"" & ""I Think I'll Write a Song"" --Bachman-Turner Overdrive - ""Hold Back the Water"" --Joan Baez - ""Love Song to a Stranger"" --David Bowie (from 16-Nov-1973) - ""Space Oddity"" & ""Time"" --The Byrds (from 2-Feb-1973) - ""Mr. Tambourine Man"" & ""So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star"" (with new intro by Roger McGuinn). --Bobby Darin (from 16-Mar-73) - medley: ""Splish Splash"" & ""If I Were A Carpenter"" (segment presented as a tribute to the late singer) --The Doobie Brothers - ""Listen to the Music"" & ""Jesus Is Just Alright"" --Aretha Franklin & Ray Charles (from 30-Mar-73) - ""Takes Two to Tango"" --Gladys Knight & B.B. King - ""The Thrill Is Gone""

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    18. Hosts: The Marshall Tucker Band

    Country-rock show: --The Marshall Tucker Band (guest hosts) - ""This Ol' Cowboy,"" ""In My Own Way"" & ""24 Hours at a Time"" --The Charlie Daniels Band - ""The South's Gonna Do It,"" ""Long Haired Country Boy"" & ""Caballo Diablo"" --Olivia Newton-John - ""Let Me Be There"" & ""If Not for You"" --Poco - ""Hoedown,"" ""Whatever Happened to Your Smile?"" ""Rocky Mountain Breakdown,"" ""Sagebush Serenade"" & ""High and Dry""

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    17. Hosts: Electric Light Orchestra

    Electric Light Orchestra (guest hosts) - ""In the Hall of the Mountain King,"" ""Great Balls of Fire,"" ""Can't Get It out of My Head,"" ""Orange Blossom Special,"" ""Laredo Tornado,"" ""Flight of the Bumble Bee"" & ""Roll Over Beethoven"" --The Ohio Players - ""Jive Turkey"" --Linda Ronstadt - ""When Will I Be Loved?"" --Rufus, featuring Chaka Khan - ""You Got the Love,"" ""I Am Woman,"" ""Packed My Bags"" & ""We Can Work It Out"

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    16. Hosts: The Righteous Brothers

    The Righteous Brothers (guest hosts) - ""Dream On,"" ""Rock and Roll Heaven"" & ""Give It to the People"" --Bobby Hatfield - ""You Turn Me Around"" --Bill Medley - ""Brown Eyed Woman"" --Paul Anka - ""One Man Woman"" --Billy ""Crash"" Craddock - ""Ruby Baby"" --Carol Douglas - ""Doctor's Orders"" & ""Baby Don't Let This Good Love Die"" --George Foreman - ""Walk On"" --Gloria Gaynor - ""Never Can Say Goodbye"" --The Guess Who - ""Dancin' Fool"" --Linda Ronstadt - ""You're No good"" --Frankie Valli - ""My Eyes Adored You"" --Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - oldies medley

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    15. Hosts: The Guess Who

    The Guess Who and Wolfman Jack - " Clap for the Wolfman" --The Guess Who (guest hosts) - "Dancin' Fool," "Bus Rider," "Sour Suite," "No Time," "Diggin' Yourself" and "Dirty"--Charlie Daniels - "Way Down Yonder" and "I've Been Down"--Montrose - "I Got the Fire" & "Space Station #5" --The Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme Some Lovin'," "Workin' on the Railroad"& "Don't Throw Your Change on Me"

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    14. Host: Charley Pride

    Charley Pride (guest host) - ""Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone?"" ""Kiss an Angel Good Morning,"" ""Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town,"" ""Cotton Fields,"" ""All I Have to Offer You Is Me,"" ""Kawliga,"" ""It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer,"" ""Louisiana Man,"" ""Let Me Live"" & ""The Fugitive"" --The Four Guys - ""Too Late to Turn Back Now"" --Doug Kershaw - ""Diggy Diggy Lo,"" ""Battle of New Orleans,"" ""All I Want to Do Is Make Babies"" & ""Whatcha Gonna Do When You Can't"" --Ronnie Milsap - ""Rolling in My Sweet Baby's Arms,"" ""Pure Love"" and a medley of rock songs. --Gary Stewart - ""Drinking Thing"

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    13. Million Sellers (Part 2) - Host: Wolfman Jack

    Brownsville Station - ""Smokin' in the Boys Room"" --David Essex - ""Rock On"" --Marvin Hamlisch - ""The Way We Were"" & ""The Entertainer"" --Gladys Knight & the Pips - ""I've Got to Use My Imagination"" & ""Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"" --Kool and the Gang - ""Hollywood Swinging"" & ""Jungle Boogie"" --The Main Ingredient - ""I Just Don't Want to Be Lonely"" --Byron McGregor - ""The Americans"" --Olivia Newton-John - ""Let Me Be There"" --The O'Jays - ""For the Love of Money"" --Ohio Players - ""Skin Tight""

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    12. Million Sellers (Part 1) - Host: Wolfman Jack

    Wolfman Jack (guest host) --Paul Anka - ""You're Having My Baby"" --Blue Magic - ""Sideshow"" --James Brown - ""The Payback"" --Gordon Lightfoot - ""Sundown"" --Love Unlimited Orchestra - ""Love's Theme"" --Olivia Newton-John - ""If You Love Me Let Me Know"" --Steve Miller - ""The Joker"" --Redbone - ""Come and Get Your Love"" --Rufus, featuring Chaka Khan - ""Tell Me Something Good"" --The Stylistics - ""You Make Me Feel Brand New"" --Barry White - ""Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"" & ""Never Gonna Give You Up"" --Bobby Womack - ""Looking for Love"

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    11. Tom Jones

    Host: Tom Jones (host) - ""My Soul Is a Witness,"" ""Greenwood, Mississippi,"" ""I Guess You Know Me Girl,"" ""Pledging My Love,"" medley, ""It Never Hurts to Be Nice to Somebody,"" ""Danny Boy,"" ""One Night with You,"" ""Right Place, Wrong Time"" & ""Pledging My Love"" --Paul Anka and Tom Jones - ""My Way"" & ""She's a Lady"" --Chuck Berry - ""Johnny B. Goode"" --Chuck Berry and Tom Jones - ""School Days,"" ""Memphis"" & ""Roll Over Beethoven"" --The Kiki Dee Band - ""I've Got the Music in Me""

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    10. Host: Bobby Vinton

    Bobby Vinton (host) - "My Melody of Love" "I Honestly Love You" & "Mr. Lonely" --Carl Carlton - "Everlasting Love"--Al Green - "Sha La La," "I'm Still in Love with You" & "Let's Stay Together" --Rufus (featuring Chaka Khan) - "Tell Me Something Good" & "You Got the Love" --Neil Sedaka - "Laughter in the Rain" & "Standing on the Inside"--Billy Swan - "I Can Help"

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    9. Host: George Carlin

    George Carlin (host) --The Kiki Dee Band - "I've Got the Music in Me" --Roger McGuinn - "Peace on You" & "Better Change" --Sparks - "Takent Is an Asset," "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us," ""Amateur Hour" & "Here In Heaven" --Roy Wood's Wizzard - "Brand New '88" & "Ball Park Incident"

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    8. Host: Barry White

    Barry White (host) - "You're the First, the Last, My Everything," "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe," "Never Gonna Give You Up," "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" & "I Found Someone" --The Eric Burdon Band - "It's My Life," ""the Real Me" & "When I Was Young" --Love Unlimited Orchestra - "Love's Theme," "Barry's Theme," "I Belong to You," "Oh Love We Finally Made It" & "Love Train"

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    7. Host: Redd Foxx

    Redd Foxx (host) --Golden Earring - "Big Tree Blue Sea," "Candy's Going Bad," "She Flies on Strange Wings" & "Love Is a Rodeo"--Little Anthony and the Imperials -"What Is Hip?" "Goin' Out of My Head," "Hurts So Bad," "I Don't Have to Worry" & "The Loneliest House on the Block" --Orphan - "I've Been Working"

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    6. Host: Fats Domino

    Fats Domino (host) - ""I'm in Love Again,"" ""Blueberry Hill,"" ""Ain't That a Shame?"" ""Josephine,"" ""Walkin' to New Orleans,"" ""I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday,"" ""Blue Monday,"" ""I Want to Walk You Home"" & ""When the Saints Go Marching In"" --The Coasters - ""Yakety Yak,"" ""Poison Ivy"" & ""Charlie Brown"" --Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - ""Dawn,"" ""Let's Hang On,"" ""Can't Take My Eyes Off of You,"" ""Sherry,"" ""Walk Like a Man,"" ""Big Girls Don't Cry,"" ""Bye Bye Baby,"" ""Stay,"" ""My Eyes Adored You,"" ""Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"" & ""Rag Doll""

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    5. Host: David Steinberg :Comedy show

    David Steinberg (host) --Burns and Schreiber (comedy team of Jack Burns and Avery Schreiber) --The Committee (comedy troupe) --Steve Martin --Pat McCormick (comedian) --Monty Python's Flying Circus (clip from TV show) --Freddie Prinze

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    4. Host: Paul Anka

    Paul Anka - ""You're Having My Baby,"" ""Jubilation,"" ""It Doesn't Matter Anymore,"" ""American Pie"" & ""Let Me Get to Know You"" --Odia Coates and Paul Anka - ""One Man Woman"" --James Brown - ""Papa Don't Take No Mess"" & ""Good Foot"" --Brownsville Station - ""Kings of the Party"" --The Guess Who with Wolfman Jack - ""Clap for the Wolfman"" --The Guess Who - ""American Woman"" --Ohio Players - ""Skin Tight"" --The Tymes - ""You Little Trustmaker""

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    3. Host: Jose Feliciano

    Jose Feliciano (host) - ""My Sweet Lord,"" ""Chico and the Man,"" ""T.S.O.P.,"" ""Golden Lady"" & ""Love's Theme"" --Jesse Colin - ""Morning Sun"" & ""Light Shine"" --Hot Tuna - ""Hamar Promenade,"" ""Day to Day Out the Window Blues"" & ""I See the Light"" --The Main Ingredient - ""Everybody Plays the Fool,"" ""Happiness Is Just Around the Bend"" & ""Just Don't Want to Be Lonely"" --Buffy Sainte-Marie - ""I Can't Take It No More"" & ""That's the Way You Fall in Love""

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    2. Host: Al Green

    Al Green (host) - ""Sweet Talk,"" ""Tired of Being Alone,"" ""Sha La La,"" ""Here I Am (Come and Take Me),"" ""I'm Still in Love with You"" & ""Love and Happiness."" --Al Green - medley: ""Funny How Time Slips Away,"" ""How Can You Mend a Broken Heart,"" ""For the Good Times"" and ""Let's Stay Together"" --Joe Cocker - ""Something"" & ""Delta Lady""

  48. E1

    1. Host: Randy Newman

    Randy Newman (host) - ""Mama Told Me Not to Come,"" ""Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear,"" ""Political Science,"" ""Davy and the Fat Boy,"" ""I Think It's Going to Rain Today,"" ""Rolling,"" ""All His Love"" & ""Louisiana 1927"" --Ry Cooder - ""Ditty Wah Ditty"" --Dr. John - ""Let's Make a Better World,"" ""Desitively Bonnaroo,"" ""Mos' Scocious"" & ""Mama Don't Allow"" --Dr. John and Maria Muldaur - ""Three Dollar Bill"" --Maria Muldaur - ""Sweetheart,"" Lover Man"" & ""Squeeze Me"" --The Turtles - ""Happy Together,"" ""Feel Older Now,"" ""Let Me Make Love to You"" & ""You Showed Me""

Season 4

1975 · 44 episodes · Last episode: 49 years ago

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  1. E44

    44. Host: Neil Sedaka

    -Neil Sedaka (host) - ""Steppin' Out,"" ""Love in the Shadows,"" ""Good Times Good Music Good Friends,"" ""You Gotta make Your Own Sunshine,"" ""Teach Your Children"" & ""Number One Heartache"" --Neil Sedaka and Kim Carnes - ""Perfect Strangers"" --Eric Carmen - ""Never Gonna Fall in Love Again"" & ""All By Myself"" --Kim Carnes - ""You're Part of Me"" & ""Nothing Makes Me Feel as Good as a Love Song"" --The Commodores - ""Sweet Love"" & ""Slippery When Wet"" --Midnight Special salute to Yes --Hit of the Week: ""Teach Your Children"" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

  2. E43

    43. Host: Aretha Franklin

    Aretha Franklin (host) - ""Respect,"" ""Sparkle"" (theme from the movie) & ""Mr. D.J."" --Aretha Franklin does impressions of Billy Holiday (""Easy to Remember""); Gladys Knight (""Midnight Train to Georgia"") and Diana Ross (""Ain't No Mountain High Enough"") --Bob Greenberg persents Aretha with a gold album for ""Sparkle"" --Lou Rawls - ""You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine,"" ""Groovy People"" & ""This Song Will Last Forever"" --The Marshall Tucker Band - ""Long Hard Ride,"" ""Fire on the Mountain"" & ""Searchin' for a Rainbow"" --The Movies - ""Dancin' on Ice"" --Midnight Special salute to Paul Williams

  3. E42

    42. Host: Jimmie Walker

    -Jimmie Walker (host) --Lynn Anderson - medley (""Rose Garden,"" ""Top of the World"" and ""Cry"") & ""Gone At Last"" --Elvin Bishop - ""Struttin' My Stuff"" --Cate Brothers - ""Union Man"" & ""Can't Change My Heart"" --1st National Rotagilla Band - ""Rotagilla Chorus"" & ""I Feel Like Singing"" --Henry Gross - ""Springtime Mama"" & ""Southern Band"" --Johnnie Taylor - ""Disco Lady"" & ""Somebody's Gettin' It"" --Midnight Special salute: Neil Sedaka

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    41. Host: Helen Reddy

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""I Can't Hear You No More,"" ""Mama,"" ""Hold Me in Your Dreams Tonight,"" ""Get Off Me Baby"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Billy Braver (comedian) - comedy monologue (re: childhood fears, his relatives, childhood playmates, getting assaulted) --The Manhattans - ""Kiss and Say Goodbye"" & ""Searching for Love"" --Walter Murphy - ""A Fifth of Beethoven"" (rock version of Beethoven's 5th) & ""Flight 76"" (rock version of ""Flight of the Bumble Bee"") --Cliff Richard - ""Devil Woman"" --Harriet Schock - ""Hollywood Town"" & ""Southern Belle"" --Starbuck - ""Moonlight Feels Right"" & ""I Got to Know""

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    40. Host: Paul Williams

    Paul Williams (host) - ""Life Goes On,"" ""Time and Tide"" & ""Traveling Boy"" --The Brothers Johnson - ""I'll Be Good to You"" & ""Get the Funk out Ma Face"" --Anthony Newley - ""Teach the Children,"" ""What Kind of Fool Am I?"" & ""The Man Who Makes You Laugh"" --Vicki Sue Robinson - ""Turn the Beat Around"" & ""Wonderland of Love"" --Candi Staton - ""Young Hearts Run Free"" & ""Run to Me"" --Midnight Special salute to Jackie Wilson --Queen (music video) - ""You're My Best Friend""

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    39. Host: James Brown

    James Brown - ""Sex Machine,"" ""Get Up Offa That Thing,"" ""Try Me,"" ""A Man's World"" & ""Everybody Wanna Get Funky One More Time"" --Peter Frampton - ""Baby I Love Your Way"" --Rhythm Heritage - ""Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)"" --Seals & Crofts - ""Get Closer"" & ""Goodbye Old Buddies"" --J.D. Souther - ""Black Rose,"" ""Banging My Head Against the Moon"" & ""Silver Blue"" --Midnight Special salute to Alice Cooper (2-part tribute) --Music video: Elton John and Kiki Dee - ""Don't Go Breakin' My Heart""

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    38. Host: David Brenner

    David Brenner (host) - introduces other guests and does comedy monologues --George Benson - ""This Masquerade"" & ""Breezin'"" --Hot Chocolate - ""You Sexy Thing"" & ""Brother Louie"" --Phoebe Snow - ""Poetry Man"" & ""Harpo's Blues"" --The Sylvers - ""Boogie Fever,"" ""Free Style"" & ""Cotton Candy"" --Gary Wright - ""My Love is Alive"" & ""Dream Weaver"

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    37. Hosts: The Spinners

    The Spinners (hosts) - ""Wake Up Susan,"" ""Games People Play,"" ""It's a Shame"" & ""Love or Leave"" --The Captain and Tennille - ""Shop Around""& ""The Wedding Song (There Is Love)"" --Eric Carmen - ""Never Gonna Fall in Love Again"" & ""All By Myself"" --Henry Gross - ""Shannon,"" ""Springtime Mama"" & ""Southern Band"" --Starbuck - ""Moonlight Feels Right"" & ""I Got to Know"" --Midnight Special salute to Jim Croce

  9. E36

    36. Host: Helen Reddy

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""I Can't Hear You No More,"" ""Gladiola,"" ""Lady Chain"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Elvin Bishop - ""Fooled Around and Fell in Love,"" ""Struttin' My Stuff"" & ""Joy"" --Elton John and Kiki Dee - ""Don't Go Breakin' My Heart"" (probably a music video) --B.B. King - ""When I'm Wrong"" --B.B. King and Helen Reddy (playing piano) - ""Everybody Lies a Little"" --Gladys Knight & the Pips - ""I've Got to Use My Imagination"" & ""Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"" --Flora Purim - ""Open Your Eyes You Can Fly"" --Midnight Special salute to Harry Chapin

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    35. Host: Rita Coolidge

    Rita Coolidge (host) - ""I Feel the Burden"" ""Hula Hoop,"" ""Taking It All in Stride"" ""Yellow Beach Umbrella"" --Rita Coolidge and Willie Nelson - ""Will the Circle Be Unbroken"" (another source lists ""Goodnight Irene"") --Rita Coolidge and Jackie DeShannon - ""I Wanted It All"" --Rita Coolidge, Booker T. Huffman, Willie Nelson and Jackie DeShannon - ""Amazing Grace"" and ""The Midnight Special"" --Booker T. Huffman (of Booker T and the MG's) - ""Time Is Tight"" & ""Tie Stick"" & ""Time Is Tight"" --Jackie DeShannon - ""All Night Desire"" & ""Boat to Sail"" --Willie Nelson - ""If You've Got the Money, Honey (I've Got the Time),"" ""Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"" and a medley (""Funny How Time Slips Away"" and ""Night Life"") --Midnight Special salute to Leadbelly (with old film clips of Leadbelly & scenes from the movie ""Leadbelly"

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    34. Host: Glen Campbell

    Glen Campbell - ""Don't Pull Your Love,"" ""Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye,"" ""Bloodline"" & ""By the Time I Get to Phoenix"" --Glen Campbell and George Benson - ""Affirmation"" --Glen Campbell and Dorothy Moore - ""Funny How Time Slips Away"" --Glen Campbell and Jim Stafford - ""Everybody Wants to Boogie"" --George Benson - ""This Masquerade"" & ""Breezin'"" --Stephen Cohn - ""American Cheese"" & ""Sunshine for You"" --Dorothy Moore - ""Misty Blue"" --Jim Stafford - ""Wildwood Weed"" & ""Star Spangled Banner"" routine (Jim does impressions of Jonny Cash & Charley Pride) --Midnight Special tribute to Donovan (filmed interview, performance clips of some of his songs) --Hit of the Week: ""Big Yellow Taxi"" by Joni Michell

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    33. Host: Natalie Cole

    Natalie Cole (host) - ""Sophisticated Lady,"" ""Keep Smiling,"" ""Touch Me"" & ""No Plans for the Future"" --The Captain and Tennille - ""Shop Around"" & ""Lonely Night (Angel Face),"" --Billy Crystal (comedian) - stand-up comedy monologue (re: compaires NY to California; Disneyland) --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Strange Magic"" & ""Evil Woman"" --Sonny James - medley of his hats --Sonny James with Pratt and McClain - ""Devil with a Blue Dress"" --Pratt and McClain - ""Happy Days"" --Midnight Special tribute to Jethro Tull (with taped interview of band leader, Ian Anderson) Clips of Jethro Tull are also shown during the closing credits

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    32. Host: Seals & Crofts

    Seals & Crofts (hosts) - ""Get Closer,"" ""Baby Blue,"" ""Goodbye Old Buddies,"" ""Jaimie"" & ""Million Dollar Horse"" --Freddy Fender - ""Vaya Con Dios"" & ""You'll Lose a Good Thing"" --Genesis - ""Assault and Battery"" (music video) --Thelma Houston - ""Get Ready,"" ""Dancing in the Street,"" ""Uptight,"" ""Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing,"" ""I Second That Emotion,"" ""Superstitions"" & ""For Once in My Life"" --Billy Joel - ""Travellin' Prayer"" --Eddie Kendricks - ""He's a Friend"" & ""Happy"" --Tanya Tucker - ""Ain't That a Shame"" & ""After the Thrill Is Gone"" --Midnight Special tribute to Bo Diddley

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    31. Host: Helen Reddy

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""You Are a Song,"" ""No One Told Me"" & ""I Am Woman"" --David Brenner (comedian) - comedy segment with Helen Reddy --Fleetwood Mac - ""Rhiannon,"" ""Why"" (1974 song) & ""Over My Head"" --Dorothy Moore - ""Misty Blue"" & ""Funny How Time Slips Away"" --Gary Wright - ""My Love Is Alive,"" ""Dream Weaver"" & ""Can't Find the Judge"" --Midnight Special tribute to Paul Anka (2-part salute with clips from past performances) --Plus, a demonstration of the latest disco dances

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    30. Host: Neil Sedaka

    Neil Sedaka (host) - ""Steppin' Out,"" ""Love in the Shadows,"" ""Good Times Good Music Good Friends,"" ""You Gotta make Your Own Sunshine,"" ""Teach Your Children"" & ""Number One Heartache"" --Neil Sedaka and Kim Carnes - ""Perfect Strangers"" --Eric Carmen - ""Never Gonna Fall in Love Again"" & ""All By Myself"" --Kim Carnes - ""You're Part of Me"" & ""Nothing Makes Me Feel as Good as a Love Song"" --The Commodores - ""Sweet Love"" & ""Slippery When Wet"" --Midnight Special salute to Yes --Hit of the Week: ""Teach Your Children"" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

  16. E29

    29. Host: Paul Anka

    Paul Anka (host) - ""Put Your Head on My Shoulder"" --Joan Baez - ""The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"" & ""Simple Twist of Fate"" --The Beatles (on film) - ""Hey Jude"" --The Bee Gees - ""Run to Me"" --Chuck Berry - ""Maybellene"" & ""Sweet Little Sixteen"" --The Carpenters - ""Please Me. Postman"" --Chubby Checker - ""The Twist"" --Jim Croce - ""Big Bad Leroy Brown"" --Peter Frampton - ""Show Me the Way"" & ""Baby I Love Your Way"" --Bill Haley and the Comets - ""Rock Around the Clock"" & ""See You Later Alligator"" --Herman's Hermits - ""I'm Henry VIII I Am"" & ""Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" --Elvis Presley (on film) - ""Don't Be Cruel"" --Helen Reddy - ""Delta Dawn""

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    28. Host: Ray Charles

    Ray Charles - ""Every Saturday Night,"" ""Georgia on My Mind,"" ""Living for the City,"" ""Blues for Big Scotia, ""American the Beautiful"" & ""What'd I Say."" --Ray Charles and Sarah Vaughan - ""What'd I Say"" --Aaron and Freddie (ventriloquist act) --The Bay City Rollers - ""Money Honey"" & ""Rock 'n' Roll Love Letter"" --The Cate Brothers - ""Union Man"" --Freddy Fender - ""You'll Lose a Good Thing"" --Sarah Vaughan - ""The Man I Love"" --Midnight Special salute to Otis Redding

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    27. Janis Ian

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    26. Host: Helen Reddy

    -Helen Reddy (host) - ""This Masquerade"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Fleetwood Mac - ""Rhiannon"" & ""World Turning"" --Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - ""Winners and Losers"" & ""Everyday Without You"" --Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds with Helen Reddy - ""Fallin' in Love"" --Barry Manilow - ""Tryin' to Get the Feelin' Again"" & ""Something's Comin' Up"" --Queen - ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" (probably a music video) --Gary Wright - ""Dream Weaver,"" ""Are You Weeping"" & ""My Love Is Alive""

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    25. Host: Natalie Cole

    Natalie Cole (guest host) - ""This Will Be,"" ""Mr. Melody,"" ""Inseparable"" & ""Sophisticated Lady"" --The Bee Gees - ""Nights on Broadway"" & ""Jive Talkin'"" --Keith Carradine - ""I'm Easy"" --Charo - ""La Salsa"" --Earth, Wind and Fire - ""Mighty Mighty"" & ""Shining Star"" --KC and the Sunshine Band - ""That's the Way (I Like It)"" & ""Get Down Tonight"" --Gwen McCrae - ""Rockin' Chair"" & ""He Don't Ever Lose His Groove"" --Midnight Special salute to Alvin Lee and Ten Years After

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    24. Helen Reddy / Gordon Lightfoot / Little Richard

    -Helen Reddy (host) - ""Modern Day Magic,"" ""Hold Me in Dreams Tonight"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Eric Carmen - ""All By Myself"" & ""That's Rock 'n' Roll"" --Gordon Lightfoot - ""Summertime Dream,"" ""Spanish Moss"" & ""I'm Not Supposed to Care"" --Little Richard - ""Call My Name"" --Little Richard & Helen Reddy - ""Since I Met You Baby"" --Barbara Mandrell - ""Rocky Top"" --Donna Summer - ""Love to Love You Baby"" & ""Could It Be Magic"" --Midnight Special salute: Jimmy Webb

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    23. Helen Reddy / Peter Frampton / Rufus feat. Chaka Khan

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""The Immigrant,"" ""Nice to Be Around"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Peter Frampton - ""Show Me the Way"" & ""Baby I Love Your Way"" --Melissa Manchester - ""Just You and I,"" ""Rescue Me"" & ""Sing Sing Sing"" --Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - ""Sweet Thing"" & ""Fool's Paradise"" --Jimmie Walker (comedy segment) --Midnight Special salute to Johnny Rivers

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    22. Helen Reddy / Miracles / Tanya Tucker / ELO

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Somewhere in the Night"" --Frankie Avalon - ""Venus"" --Frankie Avalon and Helen Reddy - ""Why"" --David Bowie - ""Fame"" (music video?) --Billy Braver (comedy segment with Helen Reddy) --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Evil Woman,"" ""Nightrider"" & ""Strange Magic"" --The Miracles - ""Love Machine,"" ""Ain't Nobody Straight in L.A."" & ""Do It Baby"" --Tanya Tucker - ""Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You"" & ""You've Got Me to Hold On To"" --Midnight Special salute to Little Richard

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    21. Host: David Brenner

    David Brenner (guest host) - stand-up comedy segments throughout show --Fleetwood Mac - ""Over My Head"" & ""Rhiannon"" --Lesley Gore - ""Immortality"" & ""Can't Seem to Live Our Good Times Down"" --B.B. King - ""Breaking Up Somebody's Home"" & ""Reconsider Baby"" --Michael Murphy - ""Renegade"" & ""Wildflower"" --Anne Murray - ""Sunday Sunrise"" --Midnight Special salute to Dion

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    20. Host: Wolfman Jack (3rd Anniversary Show, Part 2)

    Wolfman Jack (host) --Paul Anka - ""You're Having My Baby"" & ""Jubilation"" --The Captain and Tennille - ""(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman"" --Mac Davis - ""Something's Burning"" --Janis Ian - ""At Seventeen"" & ""When the Party's Over"" --Barry Manilow - ""Could It Be Magic"" --Richard Pryor (stand-up comedy segment) --Neil Sedaka - ""Laughter in the Rain"" and a medley of hits --Midnight Special salute to Neil Young

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    19. Host: Wolfman Jack (3rd Anniversary Show, Part 1)

    Third Anniversary Show --Wolfman Jack (host) --Herb Alpert (from 20-Jun-75) - ""Desert Dance"" and a medley of hits (""Lonely Bull,"" ""Spanish Flea,"" ""This Guy's in Love with You,"" ""Taste of Honey"" and ""Zorba the Greek"") --Glen Campbell - ""Rhinestone Cowboy"" --George Carlin (stand-up comedy) --Gladys Knight and the Pips - ""Midnight Train to Georgia"" & ""I've Got to Use My Imagination"" --Randy Newman - ""All His Love"" --The O'Jays - ""Put Your Hands Together"" and a medley (""People Keep Telling Me,"" ""Time to Get Down,"" ""This Air I Breathe,"" ""992 Arguments"" and ""Backstabbers"") --Linda Ronstadt - ""When Will I Be Loved"" --Frankie Valli - ""My Eyes Adored You"" and a medley of hits (""Sherry,"" ""Walk Like a Man,"" ""Big Girls Don't Cry"" and ""Bye Bye Baby"") --Salute to Elton John

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    18. Helen Reddy / 5th Dimension / Tom T. Hall

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Our House,"" ""God Bless the Child"" & ""I Am Woman"" --The 5th Dimension - ""Just Too Many People"" & medley of hits (""Up, Up and Away,"" ""Stone Soul Picnic,"" ""Wedding Bell Blues,"" ""One Less Bell to Answer,"" ""Aquarius"" & ""We're Going Places Together"") --Tom T. Hall - ""I Like Beer"" & ""Pamela Brown"" --Janis Ian - ""This Must Be Wrong"" & ""Jesse"" --Queen - ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" (probably a music video) --Tim Thomerson (comedy segment) --Midnight Special salute to Frank Zappa

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    17. Helen Reddy / Natalie Cole / Petula Clark

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Sweet Sympathy,"" ""You Know Me"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Petula Clark - ""Give Me a Smile"" & ""Going Out of My Head"" --Natalie Cole - ""This Will Be"" & ""I Can't Say No"" --C.W. McCall - ""Convoy"" & ""The Silverton"" --Uriah Heep - ""Shady Lady"" --Ted Neely - ""Paradise"" & ""Gethsemane"" --Billy Braver (stand-up comedian)

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    16. Staple Singers / Poco/Kenny Rankin

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""I've Been Wanting You,"" ""Loneliness"" & ""I Am Woman"" --The Staple Singers - ""Let's Do It Again"" ""Respect Yourself"" ""Funky Love"" --Olivia Newton-John - ""Let It Shine"" & ""Lovers"" --Poco - ""Kep On Tryin',"" ""Sagebrush Serenade"" & ""Makin' Love"" --Kenny Rankin - ""In the Name of Love"" & ""Lost Up in Loving You"" --Midnight Special salute: B.B. King

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    15. Host: Helen Reddy

    --Helen Reddy (host) - ""Angie Baby"" --Joan Baez - ""Diamonds and Rust"" & ""Children and All That Jazz"" --Glen Campbell - ""Rhinestone Cowboy"" --Earth, Wind & Fire - ""Shining Star"" --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Can't Get It Out of My Head"" & ""Laredo Tornado"" --Freddy Fender - ""Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"" --Janis Ian - ""At Seventeen"" --LaBelle - ""Lady Marmalade"" --Minnie Riperton - ""Lovin' You"" --Neil Sedaka - medley of hits & ""Bad Blood""

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    14. Host: Helen Reddy / Dolly Parton / Charlie Rich

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Somewhere in the Night,"" ""Lady Chain"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Dolly Parton - ""Jolene"" & ""We Used To"" --Allan Price - ""Jarrow Song"" & ""City Lights"" --Charlie Rich - ""Midnight Blues"" & ""All Over Me"" --Leo Sayer - ""Another Time"" --Roy Wood's Wizzard - ""This Is the Story of My Love"" & ""Forever

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    13. Helen Reddy / Petula Clark / Peter Frampton

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Where Is My Friend?"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Petula Clark - ""My Love"" --Helen Reddy & Petula Clark - ""Super Loving Lady"" --Ohio Players - ""Love Rollercoaster"" & ""Honey"" --Peter Frampton - ""Show Me the Way,"" ""Baby I Love Your Way"" & ""Do You Feel Like We Do"" --Cotton, Lloyd & Christian - ""I Can Sing I Can Dance"" & ""I Go to Pieces"

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    12. Helen Reddy / Anne Murray / Rufus feat. Chaka Khan

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Keep On Singing,"" Get Off Me Baby"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Glen Campbell - ""Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)"" & ""My Girl"" --George Miller (stand-up comedy) --Anne Murray - ""Blue Finger Lou"" ""Sunday Sunrise"" --Anne Murray and Johnny Rivers - ""You Won't See Me"" --Rufus, featuring Chaka Khan - ""Sweet Thing,"" ""Fool's Paradise"" & ""One You Get Started"" --The Whitneys - ""I Got the Music in Me"" & ""I Need Your Loving Everyday"" --Midnight Special salute: Gordon Lightfoot

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    11. Helen Reddy / Natalie Cole / Bee Gees / Olivia Newton-John

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Don't Mess with a Woman,"" ""Are You Alright?"" & ""I Am Woman"" --The Bee Gees - ""Nights on Broadway,"" medley of hits & ""Jive Talkin"" --Natalie Cole - ""This Will Be,"" ""Inseparable"" & ""Your Face Stays in My Mind"" --Mickey Gilley - ""Honkey Tonk Wine"" & ""If You Were Mine to Lose"" --Olivia Newton-John - ""Let It Shine"" & ""He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"

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    10. Helen Reddy / Frankie Valli / KISS / Barry Manilow

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Birthday Song,"" ""Belle of the Blues"" & ""I Am Woman"" --David Brenner (comedy segment) --KISS - ""Deuce"" & ""She"" --Barry Manilow - ""Something's Comin' Up,"" ""Tryin' to Get That Feelin' Again"" & ""I Want to Be Somebody's Baby"" --Frankie Valli - ""My Eyes Adored You"" --Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - ""Who Loves You?"" Midnight Special tribute to Harry Nilsson

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    9. Helen Reddy / David Essex / Brenda Lee / Jimmie Walker

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Angie Baby"" & ""Somewhere in the Night"" --David Essex - ""Rock On,"" ""All the Fun of the Fair"" & ""Won't Get Burned Again"" --Brenda Lee - ""Bringing It Back"" & ""Too Hard to Handle"" --Tom Scott & L.A. Express - ""Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. America,"" ""Tomcat"" & ""Rock Island Rocket"" --Jimmie Walker (stand-up comedy)

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    8. Host: Helen Reddy

    -Helen Reddy (host) - ""Delta Dawn,"" ""Emotion"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Helen Reddy and Neil Sedaka - ""Sad Eyes"" --The Captain and Tennille - ""Natural Woman"" --The Captain and Tennille with Neil Sedaka - ""Love Will Keep Us Together"" --KC & the Sunshine Band - ""(That's the Way) I Like It"" & ""Get Down Tonight"" --Freddie Prinze (stand-up comedy) --Neil Sedaka - ""Bad Blood,"" ""Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,"" ""Lonely Night (Angel Face),"" ""When You Were Loving Me"" --""Hit of the Week"": The Rolling Stones' ""Brown Sugar""

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    7. Helen Reddy / Merle Haggard / Roger Daltrey

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Travelin' Band,"" ""You Have Lived"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Roger Daltrey - ""Come and Get Your Love"" & ""Near to Surrender"" --Merle Haggard - medley of songs & ""Working Man Blues."" Plus a fiddle medley. --Merle Haggard & Helen Reddy - ""Today I Started Loving You Again"" --Ohio Players - ""Fire"" & ""Sweet Sticky Thing"" --""Hit of the Week"": Carly Simon - ""You're So Vain"" --Midnight Special salute: Glen Campbell

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    6. Helen Reddy / J. Geils Band / Hudson Brothers

    Gabe Kaplan (cameo) - introduces Helen Reddy --Helen Reddy (host) - ""Angie Baby,"" ""Pretty Pretty,"" ""Long Hard Climb,"" ""Talk"" & ""I Am Woman"" --The J. Geils Band - ""Love Itis,"" ""Orange Driver"" & ""Give It to Me"" --The Hudson Brothers - ""Ma Ma Ma Baby"" & ""Stop"" --Tavares - ""It Only Takes a Minute"" & ""Free Ride"

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    5. Host: Glen Campbell / Mac Davis

    Glen Campbell (guest host) - ""Rhinestone Cowboy,"" ""Coutry Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.),"" ""When Will I Be Loved?"" ""Marie"" & ""Gentle on My Mind"" --Glen Campbell and Mac Davis - ""Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me"" --Mac Davis - ""Naughty Girl"" --Glen Campbell and Gwen McCrae - ""Rockin' Chair"" --Gwen McCrae - ""Love Insurance"" & ""Move Me Baby"" --Glen Campbell talks with L.A. Police Chief Edward Davis. --""Star Talk"" - Three segments with celebrities answering questions (on film).

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    4. Host: Helen Reddy / Bee Gees / Ike & Tina Turner

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""This Must Be Wrong"" & ""You're My Home"" --The Bee Gees - ""Nights on Broadway,"" ""Wind of Change"" and a medley of hits. --Billy Joel - ""Travelin' Prayer"" & ""Ballad of Billy the Kid"" --Mel Tillis - ""Rainy Day Woman"" & ""Mental Revenge"" --Ike and Tina Turner - ""Sexy Ida"" & ""Baby Get It On"" --Midnight Special salute to Joan Baez (narrated by Wolfman Jack)

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    3. Helen Reddy / Roger Miller / Keith Carradine

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Mrs. Robinson,"" ""Songs"" & ""Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady"" --Larry Beezer (comedy segment) --Keith Carradine - ""I'm Easy"" & ""Honey Won't You Let Me Be Your Friend"" --Keith Carradine and Helen Reddy - ""It Don't Worry me"" --The Crusaders - ""Creole"" & ""Soul Caravan"" --Janis Ian - ""In the Winter"" & ""Bayonne Blues"" --Roger Miller - ""All I Love Is You,"" ""The Day I Jumped from Uncle Harvey's Plane"" & ""Fraulein"" --Roger Miller & Helen Reddy - ""In the Summertime

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    2. Helen Reddy / Isaac Hayes / Barry Manilow

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Raised on Rock,"" ""You and Me Against the World"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Helen Reddy and Isaac Hayes - ""Body Language,"" --Isaac Hayes - ""Feel Like Makin' Love,"" ""Come Live with Me"" & ""I Can't Turn Around"" --The Committee (comedy troupe) - perform 2 sketches. --Barry Manilow - ""Could It Be Magic?"" & ""I Want to Be Somebody's Baby"" --Midnight Special tribute to Chuck Berry

  44. E1

    1. Helen Reddy / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Phoebe Snow

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""I'll Be Your Audience,"" ""Bad Bad Leroy Brown"" (an animated film of the Jim Croce recording) ""Time"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Billy Braver (comedy segment) --The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - ""Dream,"" ""Bayou Jubilee,"" The Battle of New Orleans"" & ""Mother of Love"" --Phoebe Snow - ""I Don't Want the Night to End"" & ""Poetry Man"" --Paul Williams - ""Cried Like a Baby"" & ""Old Souls"" --Midnight Special salute to David Bowie --Hit of the Week:

Season 5

1976 · 36 episodes · Last episode: 49 years ago

The Midnight Special Season 5 release dates →
  1. E38

    38. Hosts: The Bay City Rollers

    The Bay City Rollers (hosts) - ""You Made Me Believe in Magic,"" ""Yesterday's Hero,"" ""It's a Game"" & ""Love Fever"" --Billy Braver (comedy segment) --Roger Daltrey - ""One of the Boys"" (music video) --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Telephone Line"" --England Dan & John Ford Coley - ""It's Sad to Belong"" & ""Soldier in the Rain"" --KC & the Sunshine Band - ""Keep It Comin' Love"" --Jimmy Webb - ""Mixed-Up Guy,"" ""The Highway Man"" and a medley. --Midnight Special salute to Hoyt Axton

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    37. Hosts: The Spinners

    The Spinners (hosts) - ""Could It Be I'm Fallin' in Love,"" ""Rubberband Man,"" ""The Way We Were,"" ""Games People Play,"" ""You're Throwing a Good Love Away"" & ""Mighty Love"" --Andy Gibb - ""I Just Want to Be Your Everything"" & ""Love Is Thicker Than Water"" --Johnny Rivers - ""Slow Dancin'"" --The Sons of Champlin - ""Saved by the Grace of Your Love"" & ""Hold On"" --Rod Stewart - ""The Killing of George"" music video --Salute to Blood, Sweat and Tears

  3. E36

    36. Hosts: KC & the Sunshine Band

    KC & the Sunshine Band (hosts) - ""I'm Your Boogie Man,"" ""Keep It Comin' Love,"" ""That's the Way (I Like It)"" & ""(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"" --Bay City Rollers - ""Saturday Night"" --The Emotions - ""Best of My Love,"" ""Don't Ask My Neighbor"" & ""Flowers"" --Peter McCann - ""Do You Wanna Make Love"" & ""Right Time of the Night"" --Flora Purim - ""Nothing Will Be As It Was,"" ""Open Your Eyes You Can Fly"" & ""Sometime Ago"" --Cat Stevens - ""The Old Schoolyard"" (music video) --Salute to Willie Nelson

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    35. Host: Gregg Allman

    Gregg Allman (host) - ""Let This Be a Lesson to Ya,"" ""Sweet Feelin',"" ""Midnight Rider,"" ""Don't Keep Me Wondering"" & ""Midnight Rider"" (closing credits) --Elvin Bishop and Gregg Allman - ""Little Brown Bird"" --Elvin Bishop & Booker T. and the MG's - ""Don't You Lie to Me"" & ""Dedicated to the One I Love"" --Booker T. and the MG's - ""Double Thrust"" --Bad Company - ""Run with the Pack"" (music video) --Jerry Lee Lewis - ""Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"" & ""The Closest Thing to You"" --Jennifer Warnes - ""Right Time of the Night"" & ""I'm Dreaming"" --Midnight Special salute to Little Richard

  5. E34

    34. Host: Neil Sedaka

    Neil Sedaka (host) - ""Amarillo,"" ""Laughter in the Rain,"" ""A Song,"" ""Bad Blood"" & ""One Night Stand"" --George Benson and Van Morrison - ""Misty"" --Fleetwood Mac (on film) - ""You Make Lovin' Fun"" --Renaissance - ""Carpet of the Sun"" & ""Midas Man"" --Kenny Rogers - ""Lucille"" & ""Daytime Friends"" --Carole Bayer Sager - ""Sweet Alibis"" --Small Wonder - ""Be Part of Me"" & ""Run Run Around"" --Salute to Van Morrison

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    33. Co-hosts: Emmylou Harris & Little Feat

    Emmylou Harris & Little Feat (co-hosts) --Emmylou Harris - ""Queen of the Silver Dollar"" (with Little Feat?) --Emmylou Harris - ""My Songbird"" --Little Feat - ""Dixie Chicken,"" ""Rocket in My Pocket"" & ""Rock and Roll Doctor"" --Paul Barrere - ""Old Folks Boogie"" --Bonnie Raitt - ""Runaway,"" ""Home"" & ""Sugar Mama"" --Weather Report - ""Birdland"" & ""Teen Town"" --Jessie Winchester - ""Rhumba Man"" & ""I Can't Stand Up Alone"" --Jessie Winchester and Emmylou Harris - ""Nothing But a Breeze"" --Neil Young (on film) - ""Like a Hurricane"" (concert footage)

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    32. Hosts: Bread

    Finale

    Bread (hosts) - "Lay Your Money Down" "The Chosen One" "She's the Only One" & "Lost Without Your Love" --England Dan and John Ford Coley - "It's Sad to Belong" & "Soldier in the Rain" --Andrew Gold - "Lonely Boy" & "Go Back Home Again" --Joni Mitchell - "Big Yellow Taxi" --Eddie Rabbitt - "Rocky Mountain Music" --Johnny Rivers - "Slow Dancin'" --Valentine - "Take You Back" & "I've Got It" --Salute to Kenny Rogers

  8. E31

    31. Host: Neil Sedaka

    Neil Sedaka (host) - ""Oh Carole,"" ""Tin Pan Alley,"" ""Amarillo,"" ""Hollywood Lady,"" ""Sleazy Love"" & ""Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"" --The Captain and Tennille - ""(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman"" --Kim Carnes - ""Sailin'"" --Judy Collins - ""Bread and Roses"" --Thelma Houston - ""Don't Leave Me This Way"" & ""If It's the Last Thing I Do"" --Janis Ian - ""I Want to Make You Love Me"" & ""Party Lights"" --Helen Reddy - ""You're My World"" & ""The Happy Girls"" --Salute to Joan Baez

  9. E30

    30. Host: Lou Rawls

    Lou Rawls (host) - ""Some Folks Never Learn,"" ""See You When I Git There,"" ""Spring Again"" & ""Some Day You'll Be Old"" --Lou Rawls and Donna Summer - ""Swing Low Sweet Chariot"" --Sammy Davis (cameo, walk on) --Andrew Gold - ""Lonely Boy"" & ""Go Back Home Again"" --Gordon Lightfoot - ""Race Among the Ruins"" --Melanie - ""Cyclone"" --Leo Sayer - ""When I Need You"" & ""You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"" --Gino Vannelli - ""Summers of My Life"" --Midnight Special salute to Earth, Wind & Fire

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    29. Host: Wolfman Jack

    Wolfman Jack (host) --ABBA - ""Dancing Queen"" & ""Fernando"" (music videos) --Stephen Bishop - ""Save It for a Rainy Day"" & ""On and On"" --Brick - ""Dazz"" --Glen Campbell - ""Southern Nights"" --Natalie Cole - ""I've Got Love on My Mind"" --Heart - ""Magic Man"" & ""Crazy on You"" --Manfred Mann's Earth Band - ""Blinded By the Light"" & ""Spirit in the Night"" --Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. - ""Your Love"" --Mary MacGregor - ""Town Between Two Lovers

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    28. Host: Helen Reddy

    -Helen Reddy (host) - ""You're My World,"" ""The Happy Girls,"" ""Midnight Skies"" & ""Aquarius Mirable"" --The Babys - If You've Got the Time,"" ""Looking for Love"" & ""Wild Man"" --James Brown - ""Get Up Offa That Thing"" & ""I Refuse to Lose"" --The Kinks - ""Sleepwaker"" & ""Juke Box Music"" --Kenny Rogers - ""Lucille"" & ""In and Out of Your Heart"" --The Sanford/Townsend Band - ""Smoke from a Distant Fire"" --Midnight Special salute to Jerry Lee Lewis

  12. E27

    27. British Rock hosted by Wolfman Jack

    ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) - ""Do Ya,"" ""Rock Aria"" & ""Telephone Line"" --Salute to Elton John (narrated by Wolfman Jack) - includes clips of Elton John performing ""Bennie and the Jets"" & ""Philadelphia Freedom"" on ""Soul Train"" --Salute to Rod Stewart (narrated by Wolfman Jack) Music Videos / Promotional clips: --Queen - ""Bohemian Rhapsody,"" ""Somebody to Love"" & ""Tie Your Mother Down"" --Fleetwood Mac - ""Go Your Own Way"" & ""You Make Lovin' Fun"" --Genesis - ""Assault and Battery""

  13. E26

    26. Host: George Benson

    Van Morrison sings "Moondance" (jam session with George Benson and other guests) --George Benson sings "Everything Must Change" and "Gonna Love You More" --Van Morrison - "Joyous Sound" --Etta James - "Tell Mama" --Carlos Santana & George Benson - "Breezin'" and "Valdez in the Country" (instrumental songs) --Midnight Special salute to Eric Clapton --Van Morrison - "Heavy Connection" & "Cold Wind in August" --Etta James & Dr. John - "I'd Rather be Blind" --Finale: Van Morrison - "Bring It on Home to Me"

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    25. Host: Gabe Kaplan

    Gabe Kaplan (host) - does two comedy monologues. The first is about commercials for nose sprays; skin creams and a new deodorant for the ear. Second monologue is about the telephone, prank phone calls; blind dates --ABBA - ""Dancing Queen"" --James Darren & Hattie Winston - ""You Take My Heart Away"" --The Dirt Band - ""Fish Song"" & ""Disco Stomp"" --Rod Stewart - ""Tonight's the Night"" (taped in his home) & ""The First Cut Is the Deepest"" --Gary Wright - ""Water Sign"" & ""I'm Alright"" --Midnight Special salute to Judy Collins

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    24. Host: George Carlin

    George Carlin (host) - comedy monologue about talking on phone & being put on hold --Stephen Bishop - ""Save It for a Rainy Day"" & ""On and On"" --Natalie Cole - ""I've Got Love on My Mind,"" ""Unpredictable You"" & ""Party Nights"" --Chick Corea - ""Music Magic"" & ""So Long Mickey Mouse"" --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Do Ya?"" --Travis Shook (with the Club Wow Band) - ""The Great Point Song"" --Stanley Clarke with Return to Forever --Midnight Special salute to Jose Feliciano --On film: movie clip from ""Rocky"" starring Sylvester Stallone English

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    23. Host: Aretha Franklin

    Aretha Franklin (host) - ""Respect,"" ""Hooked on Your Love,"" ""Sweet Passions,"" ""When I Think About You"" & ""Meadows of Springtime"" --The Babys - ""If You've Got the Time"" --Brian Cadd - ""White on White Eldorado"" & ""Heavenly Night in September"" --Glen Campbell - ""Southern Nights"" --Queen - ""Tie Your Mother Down"" (probably a music video) --Thin Lizzy - ""Jailbreak"" & ""Don't Believe a Word"" --Midnight Special salute to Neil Sedaka (Sedaka sings a medley of songs, talks about his career & shows clips from past appearances) --On film: movie clip from ""A Star Is Born"" with Barbra Streisand

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    22. Hosts: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.

    Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. (hosts) - ""You Don't Have to Be A Star,"" ""Your Love,"" ""I Hope We Get to Love in Time"" & ""Gone at Last"" --Themla Houston - ""Don't Leave Me This Way"" --Thelma Houston, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - ""Proud Mary"" --Manfred Mann's Earth Band - ""Blinded by the Light"" & ""Spirit in the Night"" --Fleetwood Mac (in concert from the University of California) - ""Rhiannon,"" ""Say You Love Me,"" ""Go Your Own Way"" & ""So Afraid""

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    21. Hosts: KC & the Sunshine Band

    KC & the Sunshine Band - ""(Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty,"" ""Get Down Tonight,"" ""That's the Way (I Like It)"" and ""Baby I Love You"" --ABBA - ""Dancing Queen"" --Jose Feliciano - ""Every Woman"" & ""The Hungry Years"" --Heart - ""Magic Man,"" ""Dreamboat Annie (Fantasy Child),"" ""Crazy on You"" & ""White Lightning and Wine"" --Andy Kaufman - sings ""I Trusted You"" in a comedy song routine --Gordon Lightfoot (performance taped in Canada) - ""The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"" & ""Race Among the Ruins"" --On film: clips from ""Rocky"" starring Sylvester Stallone

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    20. Host: Loretta Lynn

    Loretta Lynn (host) - ""Coal Miner's Daughter,"" ""Somebody Somewhere"" & ""Your Woman Your Friend"" --Loretta Lynn and Mickey Gilley - ""Release Me,"" ""Honky Tonk"" & ""Crazy Arms"" --Billy Crystal (comedy monologue) - re: fashions on campus, his days in high school --Kinky Friedman - ""Dear Abby"" & ""Ol' Ben Lucas"" --Mickey Gilley - ""Lawdy Miss Clawdy"" & ""Bring It On Home to Me"" --Mother's Finest - ""Rain"" --Willie Nelson - ""Will the Circle Be Unbroken"" & ""Night Life"" --Johnny Rodriguez - ""Hillbilly Heart"" & ""Love Put a Song in My Heart"" --Leo Sayer - ""You Make Me Feel Like Dancing,"" ""When I Need Love"" & ""Endless Flight""

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    19. Hosts: The Electric Light Orchestra

    Electric Light Orchestra (hosts) - "Livin' Thing," "Do Ya," "Telephone Line" & "Livin' Thing" --Electric Light Orchestra (on tape) - "Rock Aria" music video --Mary MacGregor - "Torn Between Two Lovers" & "I Just Want to Love You" --Don McLean - "Magdalene Lane," "Mule Skinner Blues" & "Cripple Creek" --George Miller (comedy monologue) - jokes about his childhood, friends, career, etc. --Santana - "Let the Music Set You Free," "Carnaval," "Let the Children Play" & "Jugando" --Santana (on tape) - "Give Me Love" --On film: clips from movie "Car Wash" with Rose Royce singing the title song.

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    18. Host: Glen Campbell

    Glen Campbell (host) - ""Southern Nights,"" ""Sunflower,"" ""For Crying' Out Loud,"" ""This Is (Sarah's Song),"" ""God Only Knows"" & ""Early Morning Song"" --ABBA - ""Fernando"" & ""Dancing Queen"" --David Dundas - ""Jeans On"" --Queen - ""Somebody to Love"" (probably a music video) --Seals & Crofts with Glen Campbell - ""Dust on My Saddle"" --Seals & Crofts - ""Goodbye Old Buddies"" & ""Cause You Love"" --Sly and the Family Stone - ""Heard Ya Missed Me Well I'm Back"" & ""What Was I Thinkin' in My Head"" --Midnight Special salute to the Spinners --On film: clip from the movie ""A Star Is Born"" --Closing credits: Glen Campbell - ""Southern Nights"" reprise

  22. E17

    17. Host: Helen Reddy (4th Anniversary Show)

    Fourth Anniversary Show (with clips from past shows) --Helen Reddy (host) --The Bee Gees - ""Nights on Broadway"" (from 5-Dec-75) & ""Jive Talkin'"" --George Carlin (comedian) - monologue (re: what's expected of you when you reach different ages) --Earth, Wind & Fire - ""Shining Star"" (from 18-Apr-75) --Aretha Franklin - ""Something He Can Feel"" --Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge - ""I Never Had It So Good"" --Linda Ronstadt - ""You're No Good"" (17-Jan-75) & ""Faithless Love"" --Neil Sedaka with the Captain and Tennille - ""Love Will Keep Us Together"" (from 14-Nov-75) --Midnight Special salute to Alice Cooper (2-part tribute)

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    16. Host: Judy Collins

    Judy Collins (host) - ""Send in the Clowns,"" ""Bread and Roses,"" ""Everything Must Change,"" ""Political Science"" & ""Special Delivery"" (another source listed the song ""Someday Soon"") --Brick - ""Dazz"" & ""That's What It's All About"" --Freddy Fender - ""Wasted Days and Wasted Nights,"" ""Before the Next Teardrop Falls,"" ""Living It Down"" and a Fifties medley. --Robert Palmer - ""Man Smart Woman Smarter"" & ""Gotta Get a Grip on You"" (Part II) --Leo Sayer - ""You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"" & ""When I Need You"" --Doc Severinsen - ""Melody Aria"" --Midnight Special salute to Rod Stewart

  24. E15

    15. Million Sellers of 1976, Part 2

    Million Sellers of 1976, Part 2 hosted by Wolfman Jack --The Commodores - ""Sweet Love"" --England Dan & John Ford Coley - ""I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"" --The Four Seasons - ""December, 1963 (Oh What a Night)"" --Henry Gross - ""Shannon"" --Elton John and Kiki Dee - ""Don't Go Breakin' My Heart"" --Hot Chocolate - ""You Sexy Thing"" --KC & the Sunshine Band - ""(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty,"" ""Get Down Tonight"" & ""That's the Way (I Like It)"" --Dorothy Moore - ""Misty Blue"" --Walter Murphy - ""A Fifth of Beethoven"" --Lou Rawls - ""You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"" --The Staple Singers - ""Let's Do It Again"" --Gary Wright - ""Dream Weaver"

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    14. Host: Tom Jones

    Tom Jones (host) - ""Feel the Need"" --Glen Campbell - medley of Beach Boys songs --Tom Jones and Sly & the Family Stone - ""Everyday People"" --Tom Jones and Lynn Anderson - ""Don't Go Breakin' My Heart"" --Tom Jones - ""Delilah,"" ""Third Rate Romance,"" ""Why Me Lord,"" ""Get Back,"" ""Feelings,"" ""You Don't Have to Say You Love Me,"" ""Love Machine"" & ""Say You'll Stay until Tomorrow"" --Glen Campbell - ""Bloodline"" --Emerson, Lake & Palmer (on film) - ""I Believe in Father Christmas"" --Sly and the Family Stone - ""What I Was Thinkin' in My Head"" --Lynn Anderson - ""Stand by Your Man"" --Closing credits: Tom Jones - ""Say You'll stay till Tomorrow"" (reprise)

  26. E12

    12. Million Sellers of 1976, Part 1

    Million Sellers of 1976, hosted by Wolfman Jack --The Bay City Rollers - ""Saturday Night"" --Elvin Bishop - ""Fooled Around and Fell in Love"" --The Captain and Tennille - ""Lonely Nights (Angel Face)"" & ""Shop Around"" --Eric Carmen - ""All By Myself"" --Rick Dees & his Cast of Idiots - ""Disco Duck (Part I)"" --Dr. Hook - ""Only Sixteen"" --The Manhattans - ""Kiss and Say Goodbye"" --The Miracles - ""Love Machine (Part I)"" --Queen - ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" (music video) --Rhythm Heritage - ""Theme from S.W.A.T."" --Cliff Richard - ""Devil Woman"" --The Sylvers - ""Boogie Fever"" --Wild Cherry - ""Play That Funky Music""

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    10. Host: Helen Reddy

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Bluebird,"" ""Gladiola"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Elvin Bishop - ""Keep it Cool,"" ""Give It Up,"" ""Spend Some Time"" & 'Rock My Soul"" --David Dundas - ""Jeans On"" --The Ritchie Family - ""The Best Disco in Town"" & ""Brazil"" --Sashi and Yuri (rock musicians from Russia) - ""My Hope"" & ""Out of the U.S.S.R."" --Leo Sayer - ""You Make Me Feel Like Dancing,"" ""Reflections"" & ""Hold On to My Love"" --Midnight Special salute to War

  28. E9

    9. Host: Lou Rawls

    Lou Rawls (host) - ""Groovy People,"" Love Is a Hurtin' Thing,"" ""You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"" & ""From Now On"" --Lou Rawls and Dorothy Moore - ""Mighty High"" --Dorothy Moore - ""For Old Times' Sake"" --England Dan & John Ford Coley - ""Nights Are Forever without You,"" ""I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"" & ""Showboat Gambler"" --The Lettermen - medley: ""The Way You Look Tonight,"" ""When I Fell in Love,"" ""A Summer Place,"" ""Hurt So Bad,"" ""Put Your Head on My Shoulder,"" ""Shangri-La,"" ""Going Out of My Head"" and ""Can't Take My Eyes Off of You"" --Neil Sedaka - ""You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine,"" ""Steppin' Out"" & ""Good Times, Good Music, Good Friends"" --Midnight Special salute to Traffic --Animated film of Helen Reddy's ""Angie Baby"" (introduced by Reddy)

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    8. Host: Frankie Valli

    Frankie Valli (host) - ""Boomerang,"" ""Easily,"" ""Swearin' to God"" & ""Can't Get You Off of My Mind"" --Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - ""December, 1963 (Oh What a Night)"" --Four Seasons - ""Mystic Mr. Sam"" --Peter Allen - ""She Loves to Hear the Music"" & ""This Sideshow's Leaving Town"" --Flash Cadillac with Wolfman Jack - ""Did You Boogie (with Your Baby)"" --Flash Cadillac - ""Your Love Keeps Liftin' Me Higher and Higher"" --Loretta Lynn - ""Me and Bobby McGee"" --Bob Seger (on film) - sings a medley of songs: ""Travelin' Man"" & ""Katmandu"" --Midnight Special salute to Joe Cocker

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    7. Hosts: KC & the Sunshine Band

    KC & the Sunshine Band - ""(Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty,"" ""That's the Way (I Like It),"" ""Get Down Tonight"" & ""Baby I Love You (Yes I Do)"" --ABBA - ""Fernando,"" ""Mamma Mia"" & ""S.O.S."" (might be music videos) --The Bay City Rollers - ""I Only Want to Be with You,"" ""Saturday Night"" & ""Rock 'n' Roller"" --Billy Braver (comedian) - monologue (re: unhappy childhood; shyness with girls; ex-wife) Later shows a picture of his missing uncle. --Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots - ""Disco Duck"" --Midnight Special salute to Gladys Knight & the Pips

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    6. Host: Helen Reddy

    Helen Reddy (host) - ""Gladiola,"" ""Long Time Looking"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Helen Reddy - medley: ""Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress),"" ""Angie Baby"" and ""Delta Dawn"" --Franklin Ajaye (comedian) - monologue (re: training for the Olympics; personal hygiene; teenagers & dating.) --Martha Reeves - ""For the Rest of My Life"" and a medley of hits (""Jimmy Mack,"" ""Quicksand,"" ""Heat Wave"" and ""Dancing in the Streets"") --The Spinners - ""The Rubberband Man,"" ""I Don't Want to Lose you"" & ""One of a Kind Love Affair"" --Wild Cherry - ""Play That Funky Music,"" ""I Feel Sanctified"" & ""Hold On"" --Midnight Special salute to James Brown

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    5. Co-hosts: Jackie DeShannon & Johnny Rivers

    Guests: --Jackie DeShannon (co-host) - ""Put a Little Love in Your Heart,"" ""When You Walk in the Room,"" ""Needles and Pins,"" ""What the World Needs Now"" & ""The Weight"" --Johnny Rivers (co-host) - ""Secret Agent Man,"" ""Seventh Son"", ""Poor Side of Town,"" ""Summer Rain"" & ""Tracks of My Tears."" --Jackie DeShannon & Johnny Rivers close the show singing ""What the World Need Now"" --The Byrds (from 2-Feb-1973) - ""Mr. Tambourine Man"" & ""So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star"" --Gerry and the Pacemakers - ""Ferry Cross the Mersey"" & ""Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"" --Sam and Dave - ""Hold On I'm Coming"" & ""Soul Man"" --Steppenwolf - ""Born to be Wild"" --The Turtles - ""Happy Together"" --Midnight Special salute to Jan and Dean (features clips of their songs & interview with Dean)

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    4. Host: James Brown

    James Brown (host) - ""The Payback,"" ""Cold Sweat,"" ""Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"" & ""Please Please Please"" --Black Oak Arkansas - ""When The Band Was Shakin' All Over,"" ""Fistful of Love"" ""Love Comes Easy"" & ""Lord Have Mercy"" --Ruby Starr with Black Oak Arkansas - ""Maybe I'm Amazed"" --Alan (last name?) with Black Oak Arkansas - perform a tribute to Elvis Presley (""Love Me Tender,"" ""Shake Rattle & Roll,"" ""Jailhouse Rock,"" ""Hound Dog"" and ""Teddy Bear"" --The Brothers Johnson - ""Get the Funk out Ma Face"" & ""I'll Be Good to You"" --England Dan and John Ford Coley - ""I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"" & ""Nights Are Forever without You"" (from 17-Sep-76) --Walter Murphy - ""A Fifth of Beethoven"

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    3. Host: George Carlin

    George Carlin (host) - does a few comedy monologues --Glen Campbell - ""When Will I Be Loved,"" ""Rhinestone Cowboy"" & ""Gentle on My Mind"" --Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots - ""Disco Duck"" --Lou Rawls - ""You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine,"" ""Groovy People"" & ""This Song Will Last Forever"" --Helen Reddy - ""Hold Me in Your Dreams Tonight,"" ""Mama"" & ""Get off Me Baby"" --Cliff Richard - ""Devil Woman"" --Midnight Special salute to Johnny Mathis

  35. E2

    2. Lesley Gore

    Lesley Gore (host) - "It's My Party,Judy's Turn to Cry,I'd Like to Be,You Don't Own Me,"" and a medley of hits The Drifters - ""Up on the Roof"" & ""Save the Last Dance for Me"" --Danny and the Juniors - ""At the Hop""""Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay"" --Lloyd Price - ""Personality"" & ""Stagger Lee"" --Jimmie Rodgers - ""Kisses Sweeter Than Wine,"" ""Honey Comb"" & ""Oh Oh I'm Falling in Love Again"" --Del Shannon Runaway,,Hats off to Larry,Keep Searchin',The Shirelles - ""Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"" & ""Soldier Boy"" --Johnny Tillotson - ""Poetry in Motion"" & a medley of hits (""Heartaches by the Number,"" ""Send Me the Pillow You Dream On,"" ""It Keep Right On A-Hurtin'"" and ""Talk Back Trembling Lips"") --Bobby Vee - ""The Night Has a Thousand Eyes,"" ""Come Back When You Grow Up,"" ""My Girl"" & ""Hey Girl"

  36. E1

    1. Hosts: The Spinners

    The Spinners (hosts) - ""I've Got to Make It on My Own,"" ""The Rubberband Man,"" ""Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"" and ""I Don't Want to Lose You""/""One of a Kind Love Affair"" medley. --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Showdown"" --England Dan and John Ford Coley - ""I'd Really Love to See You Tonight,"" ""Showboat Gambler"" & ""Nights Are Forever without You"" --Dr. Hook - ""A Little Bit More,"" ""Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms"" & ""Jungle to the Zoo"" (another source lists ""Only 16"" as the 2nd song) --Elton John and Kiki Dee - ""Don't Go Breakin' My Heart"" (probably a music video) --Junior Walker - ""What Does It Take?"" ""(I'm A) Road Runner,"" ""Shotgun"" & 'I'm So Glad"" --Midnight Special salute to Wolfman Jack (Wolfman Jack tells his own story: career as a DJ & clip from ""American Graffiti"")

Season 6

1977 · 26 episodes · Last episode: 47 years ago

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  1. E44

    44. Hosts: KC & the Sunshine Band

    KC & the Sunshine Band (hosts) - ""Do You Feel Alright?"" ""Who Do You Love?"" ""Come to My Island"" & ""Do You Feel Alright?"" (closing credits) --KC & the Sunshine Band - a medley of hits (""Get Down Tonight,"" ""That's the Way (I Like It),"" ""(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake your Booty,"" ""I'm Your Boogie Man,"" ""Keep It Comin' Love"" and ""It's the Same Old Song"") --Jimmy ""Bo"" Horne - ""Dance Around the Floor"" & ""Let Me (Let Me Be your Lover)"" --Cheryl Ladd - ""Think It Over"" & ""Lady Gray"" --Paul McCartney - ""I've Had Enough"" (music video) --Teddy Pendergrass - ""Close the Door"" & ""Only You"" --Donna Summer - ""Last Dance"" & ""I Love You"" --Midnight Special salute Otis Redding

  2. E41

    41. Host: Leo Sayer

    Leo Sayer (guest host) - ""How Much Love,"" ""Dancing the Night Away,"" ""Rainin' in My Heart,"" ""Something Fine (Looking Back Carefully)"" & ""The Show Must Go On"" --Chuck Mangione - ""Feels So Good"" & ""Hide and Seek"" --Randy Newman - ""Baltimore"" --Raydio - ""Jack and Jill"" & ""Is This a Love Thing?"" --Dennis Roussos - ""I Just Live"" & ""That Once in a Lifetime"" --Bonnie Tyler - ""It's a Heartache"" --Wolfman Jack interviews Gary Busey (who talks about his movie ""The Buddy Holly Story"") --Leo Sayer, Gary Busey and Wolfman Jack - ""It's So Easy"

  3. E39

    39. Host: Martin Mull

    Martin Mull (guest host) - (1) sings ""I'm Everyone I've Ever Loved,"" (2) ""Yellow Face"" (comedy segment about variations of the ""smile button"" around the world), (3) ""The Humming Song,"" (4) Record Album offer (comedy skit about Mull's new album without a cover), (5) sings ""I'll Do the Samba, While You March Along"" & (6) a lullaby titled ""Goodnight"" --Martin Mull and Flo & Eddie - ""Get Up, Get Down"" & ""Puff the Magic Dragon"" --Flo & Eddie - ""Natural Man"" --Mink De Ville - ""Guardian Angel"" & ""Just Your Friends"" --Robert Palmer - ""Every Kinda People"" & ""You're Gonna Get What's Coming"" --Burt Reynolds (cameo appearance, walk on) --Jethro Tull (on tape) - ""Heavy Horses"" vide

  4. E37

    37. Hosts: The Spinners

    The Spinners (hosts) - ""Could It Be I'm Fallin' in Love,"" ""Rubberband Man,"" ""The Way We Were,"" ""Games People Play,"" ""You're Throwing a Good Love Away"" & ""Mighty Love"" --Andy Gibb - ""I Just Want to Be Your Everything"" & ""Love Is Thicker Than Water"" --Johnny Rivers - ""Slow Dancin'"" --The Sons of Champlin - ""Saved by the Grace of Your Love"" & ""Hold On"" --Rod Stewart - ""The Killing of George"" music video --Salute to Blood, Sweat and Tears

  5. E36

    36. Hosts: The O'Jays

  6. E35

    35. Host: Crystal Gayle

  7. E32

    32. Host: Dicky Betts

    Dickey Betts (guest host) - ""Good Time Feelin'"" --Dickey Betts, Elvin Bishop, Charlie Daniels and Bonnie Bramlet - ""Southbound"" & ""Midnight Creeper"" --Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush - ""Johnny B. Goode"" & ""I'm a King Bee"" --George Benson - ""Lady Blue"" & ""On Broadway"" --Oak Ridge Boys - ""Heavenbound"" & ""You're the One"" --Genesis - ""Follow You, Follow Me"" --Kelly Warren - ""Rocky Top""

  8. E23

    23. Host: Rick Nelson

    Rick Nelson (guest host) - ""I Wanna Move with You,"" ""Gimme a Little Sign,"" ""Something You Can't Buy,"" ""Garden Party"" & ""Mystery Train"" --George Benson - ""Here Comes the Sun"" --Paul Davis - ""I Go Crazy,"" ""Bad Dream"" & ""I Never Heard the Song At All"" --Sweet Inspirations - ""Dance"" & ""Sweet Inspiration"" --10cc (music videos) - ""The Things We Do for Love"" & ""Five O'Clock in the Morning"" --Midnight Special salute to the Captain and Tennille

  9. E20

    20. Host: Natalie Cole

    Natalie Cole (guest host) - ""This Will Be,"" ""Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,"" ""Our Love,"" ""Be Thankful"" & ""Just Can't Stay Away"" --The Bee Gees - interview --Rick Danko - ""Java Blues"" & ""Brainwash"" --Yvonne Elliman - ""If I Can't Have You"" & ""Sally Go Round the Roses"" --KC and the Sunshine Band - ""Boogie Shoes,"" --Ronnie Laws - ""Friends and Strangers"" & ""Always There"

  10. E18

    18. Host: Aretha Franklin

    Aretha Franklin (host) - ""Touch Me Up,"" ""Keep On Loving You,"" ""Almighty Fire"" & ""Joy Baby"" --Aretha Franklin and the Four Tops - ""Isn't She Lovely"" --The Four Tops - ""Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"" & ""The Show Must Go On"" --Dan Hill - ""Sometimes When We Touch"" & ""Hold On"" --Fred Travalena (comedy segment) --Barry White - ""It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Net to Me"" --Midnight Special tribute to Black Oak Arkansas

  11. E17

    17. Hosts: The O'Jays

    The O'Jays (hosts) - ""For the Love of Money,"" ""Message in Our Music,"" ""Stand Up"" and a medley (""Backstabbers,"" ""Wildflowers,"" ""Sunshine,"" ""Love Train,"" ""Put Your Hands Together"") --Air Supply - ""Do It Again"" --David Bowie - ""Heroes"" (probably a music video) --England Dan & John Ford Coley - ""Gone Too Far"" --Emerson, Lake & Palmer - ""Tiger in the Spotlight"" --Dee Dee Sharp Gamble - ""I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"" --Sammy Hagar - ""Red"" & ""You Make Me Crazy"" --Billy Preston - ""Nothin' from Nothin',"" ""I'm Really Gonna Miss You"" & ""Wide Stride"" --Midnight Special salute to the Animals

  12. E16

    16. Hosts: The Bay City Rollers

    The Bay City Rollers (hosts) - ""Money Honey,"" ""The Way I Feel Tonight,"" ""Pie,"" ""Don't Let the Music Die"" & ""Wouldn't You Like It?"" --Black Oak Arkansas - ""Race with the Devil"" & ""Not Fade Away"" --Greg Lake - ""C'est la Vie"" --New Riders of the Purple Sage - ""Jasper"" & ""Take a Red"" --Randy Newman (on film) - ""Short People"" --Queen (on film) - ""We Are the Champions"" music video --Kenny Rogers - ""Sweet Music Man,"" ""Morgana Jones"" & ""Something's Burnin'

  13. E15

    15. Hosts: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.

    Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. (hosts) - ""You Don't Have to Be a Star to Be in My Show,"" ""Sad Eyes,"" ""You Got Me Running"" & ""Just the Two of Us"" --Heart (on film) - ""Check It Out,"" ""Keep Your Love Alive,"" ""Little Queen & ""Barracuda"" --Gladys Knight and the Pips (on film) - ""I've Got to Use My Imagination"" --Dave Mason - ""We Just Disagree"" & ""Let It Go, Let It Flow"" --Boz Scaggs (on film) - ""Lowdown,"" ""Lido Shuffle"" & ""Balloons""

  14. E14

    14. Host: Pat Boone (Christmas Show)

    Pat Boone (host) - medley of hits, ""Ain't Going Down in the Ground Before My Time,"" ""Break My Mind"" & ""We Wish You a Merry Christmas"" --Pat Boone and family - ""Joy to the World"" --Debby Boone - ""You Light Up My Life"" & ""Until Your Love Broke Through"" --Pat Boone, Debby Boone - ""Nothing Ever Changes"" & ""If"" (both songs with David Gates?) --Pat Boone and his daughters - Christmas medley --David Gates - ""Goodbye Girl"" --Phoebe Snow - ""Never Letting Go,"" ""Love Makes a Woman"" & ""Electra"" --Midnight Special salute to Emerson, Lake & Palmer

  15. E12

    12. Host: Wolfman Jack

    Wolfman Jack (host) --Air Supply - ""Feel the Breeze"" & ""Do It Again"" --David Bowie - ""Heroes"" (probably a music video) --England Dan & John Ford Coley - ""Gone Too Far"" & ""Dowdy Ferry Road"" --Fusion - ""You Gotta Find Jesus"" --The Jacksons - ""Going Places"" --Paul McCartney and Wings (on film) - ""Mull of Kintyre"" --Ricci Martin - ""Moonbeams"" --Libby Titus - ""Fool That I Am"" & ""Love Has No Pride"" --Bill Withers - ""Lovely Day"" --Midnight Special salute to Brenda Lee

  16. E11

    11. Host: Frankie Valli

    -Frankie Valli (host) - ""Swearin' to God,"" ""I Need You,"" ""With You"" & ""Native New Yorker"" --Pat Boone - ""Ain't Going Down in the Bround Before My Time"" --Robert Gordon & Link Wray - ""Red Hot"" --Robert Gordon - ""The Way I Walk"" --Chris Hillman - ""Playing the Fool"" & ""Heartbreaker"" --Robin Trower - ""Farther Up the Road,"" ""Somebody's Calling"" & ""Bridge of Sighs"" --Clip from animated special ""A Doonesbury Special"" with cartoon version of Thudpucker performing ""Solo."" --Midnight Special salute to Olivia Newton-Joh

  17. E10

    10. Hosts: The Spinners

    The Spinners (hosts) - ""I'll Be Around,"" ""Heaven on Earth,"" ""Baby I Need Your Love"" & ""Easy Come, Easy Go"" --Ronee Blakely and the Spinners - ""Then Came You"" --Gato Barbieri - ""Ruby"" & ""I Want You"" --J.J. Barrie - ""Bing's Gone"" --Ronee Blakely - ""Need a New Sun Rising"" --Crystal Gayle - ""Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue?"" --Heatwave - ""Boogie Nights"" --Alan Price - ""I Want to Dance"" & ""I've Been Hurt"" --Midnight Special salute to the Average White Band

  18. E9

    9. Host: Glen Campbell

    Glen Campbell - "William Tell Overture," ""MacArthur Park," "Amazing Grace" & a Beach Boys medley --Brick - "Dusic" & "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" --Glen Campbell & Dorothy Moore - "How Sweet It Is" --Dorothy Moore - "Let the Music Play" & "I Believe In You" --Dianne Steinberg - "Amazing" & "The Wish" --Midnight Special salute to Anne Murray

  19. E8

    8. Host: Lou Rawls

    Lou Rawls (host) - ""Lady Love,"" ""Tradewinds,"" ""You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"" & ""There Will Be Love"" --Lou Rawls and Candi Staton - ""You Bet Your Sweet Sweet Love"" --Kip Adotta (comedy segment) --KC & the Sunshine Band - ""Keep It Comin' Love"" --Alan Parsons Project - ""I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You"" --Player - ""Baby Come Back"" & ""Come On Out"" --Candi Staton - ""Young Hearts Run Free"" --Rod Stewart - ""You're in My Heart"" & ""Insane"" --Midnight Special salute to Harry Nilsson

  20. E7

    7. Host: David Soul

    David Soul (host) - ""Don't Give Up on Us,"" ""Silver Lady,"" ""Playing to an Audience of One,"" ""Nobody but a Fool or a Preacher,"" ""Flute Thing"" & ""Hooray for Hollywood"" --David Soul and Debby Boone - ""Oregon"" --David Soul and Lynne Marta - ""Tennessee Blues"" --Debby Boone - ""You Light Up My Life"" & ""My Dangerous Heart"" --Little River Band - ""Help Is on Its Way"" --Paul Nicholas - ""Heaven on the 7th Floor"" --Styx - ""Come Sail Away"" & ""Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)"" --Midnight Special to the Electric Light Orchestra

  21. E6

    6. Host: Elvin Bishop

    Elvin Bishop (host) - ""Struttin' My Stuff,"" ""Fooled Around and Fell in Love,"" ""Birthday Cake,"" ""Another Mule"" & ""Rock My Soul"" --Elvin Bishop and Van Morrison - ""Help Me"" --Elvin Bishop and Crystal Gayle - ""Green Door"" --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Telephone Line"" & ""Rock Aria"" --Crystal Gayle - ""Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue?"" & ""Ready for Times to Get Better"" --Ronnie McDowell - ""The King Is Gone"" --Van Morrison - ""Domino"" --Thin Lizzy - ""Dancin' in the Monlight"" & ""Emerald"

  22. E5

    5. Hosts: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.

    Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. (hosts) - ""My Very Special Darling,"" ""Wonderful,"" ""My Reason to Be Is You"" & ""Look What You've Done to My Heart"" --Eric Carmen - ""Marathon Man,"" ""She Did It"" & ""Boots Against the Current"" --Michael Masser (playing piano) with Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - a medley of three Masser songs (""Do You Know"" ""Touch Me in the Morning"" + 1 more song) --Johnny Rivers - ""Slow Dancin'"" --Rod Stewart (on tape) - ""I Was Only Joking"" & ""Hot Legs"" music videos --Midnight Special salute to Randy Newman

  23. E4

    4. Host: Kenny Rogers

    Kenny Rogers (host) - ""Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Condition Was In),"" ""Daytime Friends,"" ""Sweet Music Man"" & ""Oh Lady Luck"" --Kenny Rogers and Debby Boone - ""Desperado"" --Debby Boone - ""You Light Up My Life,"" ""Love Is Thicker Than Water"" & ""Baby I'm Yours"" --Andy Gibb - ""Love Is Thicker Than Water"" --Bob Marley & the Wailers (on film from London) - 'Jammin',"" ""Get Up, Stand Up"" & ""Exodus"" --Supertramp (on film) - ""Give A Little Bit"" video --B.J. Thomas - ""Don't Worry Baby"" & ""Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)"" --Carly Simon (on film) - ""Nobody Does It Better"" (with scenes from the movie ""The Spy who Loved Me"")

  24. E3

    3. Host: George Benson

    Guests: --George Benson (host) - ""The Greatest Love of All"" & ""Nature Boy,"" --George Benson and Minnie Riperton - ""Misty"" --Minnie Riperton - ""Young Willin' and Able"" & ""Could It Be I'm Falling in Love?"" --Roy Ayers and George Benson - ""What's Going On"" --Bonnie Raitt - ""Three Time Loser"" & ""My Opening Farewell"" --Roger Daltrey - ""Say It Ain't So, Joe"" (music video) --Midnight Special salute to Lou Rawls George Benson, Roy Ayers, Herbie Hancock, Harvey Mason, Jean-Luc Ponty, John Klemmer and Phil Upchurch - ""Fever"" (performed at beginning of show) and ""Chameleon"" (performed at closing of show)

  25. E2

    2. Host: David Brenner

    Guests: --The Average White Band - ""Star in the Ghetto"" --The Average White Band and Ben E. King - ""Keeping It to Myself"" --Joan Baez - ""Diamonds and Rust,"" ""Time Rag,"" ""Honest Lullaby"" & ""A Heartfelt Line or Two"" --The Brothers Johnson - ""Strawberry Letter 23"" --REO Speedwagon - ""Keep Pushin'"" & ""Ridin' the Storm Out"" --Midnight Special salute to Yes

  26. E1

    1. Hosts: The Captain and Tennille

    The Captain and Tennille (hosts) - ""Can't Stop Dancin',"" ""Come In from the Rain,"" ""54 Boogie Blues"" & ""Circles"" --Chaka Khan with the Captain & Tennille - ""Let the Good Times Roll"" --Little River Band - ""Help Is on the Way"" & ""It's a Long Way There"" --Lou Rawls - ""See You When I Get There"" & ""Spring Again"" --Rufus, featuring Chaka Khan - ""Everlasting Love"" --Neil Young (on film) - ""Like a Hurricane"" --Midnight Special salute to Janis Ian --Midnight Special ""Hit of the Week"" - David Bowie's ""Fame"

Season 7

1979 · 5 episodes · Last episode: 47 years ago

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  1. E26

    26. Host: Natalie Cole

    Natalie Cole (guest host) - ""This Will Be,"" ""Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,"" ""Our Love,"" ""Be Thankful"" & ""Just Can't Stay Away"" --The Bee Gees - interview --Rick Danko - ""Java Blues"" & ""Brainwash"" --Yvonne Elliman - ""If I Can't Have You"" & ""Sally Go Round the Roses"" --KC and the Sunshine Band - ""Boogie Shoes,"" --Ronnie Laws - ""Friends and Strangers"" & ""Always There"

  2. E25

    25. Episode 25

  3. E24

    24. Hosts: The Beach Boys

    The Beach Boys (hosts) - ""Good Vibrations,"" ""Here Comes the Night,"" ""Surfin' U.S.A.,"" ""Angel Come Home"" & ""Lady Lynda"" --The Beach Boys, Roger McGuinn & Wolfman Jack - ""Rock 'n' Roll Music"" --McGuinn, Clark and Hillman - ""Don't You Write Her Off,"" ""Surrender to Me,"" ""Backstage Pass"" --Blondie (clips from 19-Jan-1979) - ""Heart of Glass"" (lip-synch); ""One Way or Another"" (live) & ""Hanging on the Telephone"" (live) --Tavares - ""Straight from Your Heart,"" ""More Than a Woman"" & ""Never Had a Love Like This Before"" Music videos: --Bad Company - ""Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy"" & ""Can't Get Enough of Your Love"" (concert footage)

  4. E20

    20. Host: Natalie Cole

    Natalie Cole (guest host) - ""This Will Be,"" ""Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,"" ""Our Love,"" ""Be Thankful"" & ""Just Can't Stay Away"" --The Bee Gees - interview --Rick Danko - ""Java Blues"" & ""Brainwash"" --Yvonne Elliman - ""If I Can't Have You"" & ""Sally Go Round the Roses"" --KC and the Sunshine Band - ""Boogie Shoes,"" --Ronnie Laws - ""Friends and Strangers"" & ""Always There"

  5. E1

    1. Host: Blondie

    Finale

Season 8

4 episodes · Last episode: 46 years ago

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  1. E25

    25. Roy Orbison

    -Roy Orbison (host) - ""Oh Pretty Woman,"" ""Only the Lonely,"" ""Crying,"" ""Running Scared,"" ""Hound Dog Man"" & ""Blue Bayou"" --On film: Roy Orbison - ""The Eyes of Texas"" (from the movie ""Roadie"") --David Bowie - ""Fame"" (1970's clip) --Genesis - ""Turn It on Again"" music video --Patti LaBelle - ""I Don't Go Shopping,"" ""Give It Up"" & ""You Are My Friend"" --Billy Preston and Syreeta - ""With You I'm Born Again"" --The Rockets - ""Desire"" & ""Oh Well""

  2. E13

    13. Episode 13

  3. E2

    2. The Cars

    The Cars - ""Let's Go,"" ""Moving in Stereo,"" ""Candy-O,"" ""The Dangerous Type,"" Got a Lot on My Head"" & ""Nightspots"" --Suicide - ""Dream, Baby Dream"" and ""Ghost Rider"" --The Records - ""Starry Eyes,"" ""Teenarama,"" ""Affection Rejected,"" ""All Messed Up and Ready to Go"" Music Videos (Promotional clips): --M - ""Pop Muzik"" --Iggy Pop - ""Five Foot One"" & ""I'm Bored"" --Lene Lovich - ""Lucky Number"" & ""Say When""

Cast & crew

  • Prince

    Prince

    Self

  • Bobby Z

    Bobby Z

    Self

  • André Cymone

    Self

  • Dez Dickerson

    Dez Dickerson

    Self

  • Dr. Fink

    Self

  • Gayle Chapman

    Self

  • Roy Orbison

    Roy Orbison

    Self

  • John Denver

    John Denver

    Self

  • Cass Elliot

    Cass Elliot

    Self

  • Phil Everly

    Phil Everly

    Self

  • Don Everly

    Don Everly

    Self

  • Harry Chapin

    Harry Chapin

    Self

  • Linda Ronstadt

    Linda Ronstadt

    Self

  • Helen Reddy

    Helen Reddy

    Self

  • Ed McMahon

    Ed McMahon

    Self

  • Ike Turner

    Ike Turner

    Self

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