The Midnight Special (1972)
The Midnight Special (1972)

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Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Donna Summer
Self

Roy Orbison
Host

John Denver
Host

Cass Elliot
Self

Harry Chapin
Self / Host

Phil Everly
Self

Don Everly
Self

The Isley Brothers
Themselves

Ed McMahon
Self

George Carlin
Self

Johnny Rivers
Self/Host

Anne Murray
Host/Self

Steve Martin
Self

Don McLean
Self

Sonny Terry
Self

Brownie McGhee
Self

Albert Hammond
Self

Merrilee Rush
Self

Mac Davis
Host

Waylon Jennings
Self

Billy Paul
Self

Billy Preston
Self

Joan Rivers
Self

Rick Derringer
Self

Edgar Winter
Self

Mick Fleetwood
Self

Shawn Phillips
Self

Muddy Waters
Self

Carol Burnett
Self

Aretha Franklin
Self

Earl Scruggs
Self

Freeman King
Self

Murray Langston
Self

Bill Cosby
Self / Self / Host

Ray Charles
Host - Self / Self

Curtis Mayfield
Self / Host

Johnny Nash
Self

Skeeter Davis
Self

Taj Mahal
Self

Dr. John
Self

Robert Klein
Self

Robin Gibb
Host / Self

Skylark
Self

John Stewart
Self

Barry Gibb
Host / Self

Maurice Gibb
Host / Self

Canned Heat
Themselves

Ravi Shankar
Self

Lakshmi Shankar
Self

Tina Turner
Host / Self

Ike Turner
Self / Host

Barbara Fairchild
Self

Wolfman Jack
Self / Host

Bobby Womack
Self

Jimmie Spheeris
Self

Helen Reddy
Host / Self

Richard Pryor
Host

Kris Kristofferson
Self

Rita Coolidge
Self

Jeff Lynne
Self

Paul Williams
Host / Self

Gladys Knight
Self / Host / Self (as Gladys Knight & The Pips)

The Stylistics
Themselves

Livingston Taylor
Self

Jim Croce
Host / Self

David Brenner
Host / Self

Peter Noone
Self

Karl Green
Self

Billy J. Kramer
Self

Doug Kershaw
Self

Albert King
Self

Melissa Manchester
Self

Teddy Pendergrass
Self (w/ Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes)

Chuck Berry
Self / Host

Jerry Lee Lewis
Host / Self

Steve Miller
Host / Self

Robert Fripp
Self

Linda Ronstadt
Self / herself

War
Themselves / Hosts

José Feliciano
Host / Self

Wilson Pickett
Self / Host

Patti LaBelle
Self

Debbie Harry
Self - Blondie

Chris Stein
Self - Blondie

Eddie Levert
Self (The O'Jays)

Crystal Gayle
Host

Frankie Valli
Self / Host

Paul Anka
Host

Joan Baez
Self

Randy Newman
Host

Sly Stone
Self / Host (as Sly and the Family Stone)

Al Green
Host

Olivia Newton-John
Host

Rod Stewart
Host

Kenny Loggins
Host (as Loggins & Messina)

Gordon Lightfoot
Host

Bill Withers
Host

Jack Elliott
Self / Self (as Ramblin' Jack Elliott)

Marvin Gaye
Self

Little Richard
Host

The Kinks
Host

Loretta Lynn
Self

Jonathan Winters
Self

Joe Walsh
himself / Self

Bobby Darin
Self

Tammy Wynette
Self

George Jones
Self

Lou Rawls
Host

George Burns
Self

Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Self - The Staple Singers

Cleotha Staples
Self - The Staple Singers

Mavis Staples
Self - The Staple Singers

Yvonne Staples
Self - The Staple Singers

Smokey Robinson
Host

Bonnie Bramlett
Self

Doc Severinsen
Host

Henry Mancini
Self

Hoyt Axton
Self

B.B. King
Self / Host

James Seals
Self / Host

Jerry Butler
Self

Dobie Gray
Self

Darrell Crofts
Self / Host

Vicki Lawrence
Self

Country Joe McDonald
Self

Bobby Day
Self

Lloyd Price
Self

Ronnie Spector
Self (as The Ronettes)

Chubby Checker
Host / Self

Del Shannon
Self

Tom T. Hall
Self

Ben E. King
Self

The Chi-Lites
Themselves

Brian Auger
Self

B.W. Stevenson
Self

Arlo Guthrie
Self

Paul Butterfield
Self

Leo Kottke
Self

Chris Smither
Self

Burton Cummings
Self

Randy Bachman
Self

Tommy Bolin
Self

Byron MacGregor
Self

Maria Muldaur
Self
Media.

Details.
Release DateAugust 19, 1972
StatusReturning Series
Seasons8
Episodes160
Running Time1h 30m
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series originally broadcast on NBC from 1972 to 1981, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a TV special on August 19, 1972, and then began its run as a regular series from February 3, 1973, to March 27, 1981. The 90-minute program aired on Saturday mornings at 1 a.m. ET/PT after the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Like its syndicated late-night cousin Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, 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 program's theme song, a traditional folk song called "Midnight Special", was performed by Johnny Rivers.
The Midnight Special was noted for featuring musical acts performing live, which was unusual since most television appearances during the era showed performers lip-synching to prerecorded music. The series also occasionally aired vintage footage of older acts, such as Bill Haley & His Comets. The program also featured occasional performances of comedians such as Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, Andy Kaufman, and George Carlin.
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