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- The program's theme song, a traditional folk song called "Midnight Special", was performed by Johnny Rivers.
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List of guests appearing on The Midnight Special. This is a partial list of guests who appeared on The Midnight Special. Series overview. [ 1 ] Season 1 (1972–1973) [ 1 ] Season 2 (1973–1974) [ 1 ] Season 3 (1974-1975) Aerosmith - " Train Kept A-Rollin' " and " Dream On " Ann Peebles.
Johnny Rivers (pictured in 1975) performed the theme song for The Midnight Special, which is a rendition of Midnight Special (recorded in 1965), which the show is named after. In 1972, [ 5 ] producer Burt Sugarman pitched the program as a means for NBC to capitalize on a potential audience.
- S01E01 Host: John Denver. August 19, 1972. 1972 Pilot: --John Denver (host) - ""(Take Me Home) Country Roads"" & ""Goodbye Again"" --John Denver and 'Mama' Cass Elliott - ""Leaving on a Jet Plane"" duet --Argent - ""Hold Your Head Up"" & ""Tragedy"" --Harry Chapin - ""Taxi"" --David Clayton-Thomas (singer from Blood, Sweat & Tears) - ""Yesterday's Music"" & ""Nobody Calls Me Prophet"" --The Everly Brothers - ""All I Have to Do Is Dream"" & ""Stories We Could Tell"" --The Isley Brothers - ""Pop That Thang"" --Helen Reddy - ""I Don't Know How to Love Him"" --Linda Ronstadt - ""Long Long Time"" & ""The Fast One"" --War - ""Slippin' into Darkness""
- S02E01 Host: Curtis Mayfield. September 14, 1973. --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""
- S03E01 Host: Randy Newman. September 27, 1974. --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.
- S04E01 Helen Reddy / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Phoebe Snow. September 19, 1975. --Helen Reddy (host) - ""I'll Be Your Audience,"" ""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: ""Bad Bad Leroy Brown"" (an animated film of the Jim Croce recording)
The Midnight Special: With Wolfman Jack, Helen Reddy, Donna Summer, Gladys Knight. Late night rock and pop music performances are featured.
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Jul 1, 2024 · Two weeks after “The Joker” topped the Hot 100 in 1974, the Steve Miller Band performed the smash on The Midnight Special. And here’s Wild Cherry with the bare-chest and silver jacket look playing “Play That Funky Music”…
Jim Croce performed on The Midnight Special June 15, 1973 Follow us on Social Media: / themidnightspecialtvshow / themidnightspecialtvshow / themidnightspecialtvshow / tmstvshow.
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