The Midnight Special.
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Dr. John, 1941-2019
Wolfman Jack, 1939-1995.
Baez, Joan
Benson, George, 1943-
Bishop, Elvin.

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[2-disc set] Disc one, Episode 357 (air date: January 25, 1980). Mandy (Barry Manilow) ; Operator (That's not the way it feels) (Jim Croce) ; It's a miracle (Barry Manilow) -- Episode 198 (air date: December 3, 1976). Play that funky music (Wild Cherry) ; Fooled around and fell in love (Elvin Bishop) ; Disco duck (Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots) ; Saturday night (Bay City Rollers) -- Episode 214 (air date: April 22, 1977). Moondance (George Benson, Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Etta James, Dr. John) ; I'd rather go blind (Etta James and Dr. John) ; Breezin' (Carlos Santana and George Benson) -- Episode 204 (air date: January 28, 1977). You're no good (Linda Ronstadt) ; Shining star (Earth, Wind & Fire) ; Something he can feel (Aretha Franklin) -- Bonus songs. Wildfire (Michael Murphey) ; Get closer (Seals & Crofts with Carolyn Willis) ; Keep on loving you (REO Speedwagon) ; The devil went down to Georgia (Charlie Daniels Band) -- Bonus features. George Benson (interview) ; Burt Sugarman (featurette) --

[2-disc set] Disc two, Episode 2 (air date: February 9, 1973). Do it again (Steely Dan) ; Could it be I'm falling in love (Spinners) ; It never rains in Southern California (Albert Hammond) ; I'll be around (Spinners) ; Reeling in the years (Steely Dan) -- Episode 217 (Air date: May 13, 1977). Southern nights (Glen Campbell) ; I've got love on my mind (Natalie Cole) ; Torn between two lovers (Mary MacGregor) ; On and on (Stephen Bishop) ; Crazy on you (Heart) -- Episode 288 (air date: September 29, 1978). Jolene (Dolly Parton) ; Grease (Frankie Valli) ; If I can't have you (Yvonne Elliman) ; I will always love you (Dolly Parton) -- Bonus songs. Love to love you baby (Donna Summer) ; I will survive (Gloria Gaynor) ; Sailing (Christopher Cross) --

[6-disc set] Disc five, Episode 105 (air date : January 31, 1975). Angie baby (Helen Reddy) ; Takes two to tango (Aretha Franklin & Ray Charles) ; The thrill is gone (Gladys Knight & B.B. King) -- Episode 127 (air date : July 4, 1975). Long cool woman (In a black dress) (The Hollies) ; Can't take my eyes off you (Frankie Valli) ; Dance with me (Orleans) -- Episode 144 (air date : November 14, 1975). Delta dawn (Helen Reddy) ; Bad blood (Neil Sedaka) ; Breaking up is hard to do (Neil Sedaka) ; Love will keep us together (Captain & Tennille with Neil Sedaka) ; That's the way (I like it) (KC and the Sunshine Band) -- Bonus songs. How can you mend a broken heart (Bee Gees) ; Baby hold on (Eddie Money) ; When will I be loved (Linda Ronstadt) ; Midnight train to Georgia (Gladys Knight & the Pips) ; Devotion (Earth, Wind & Fire) --

[6-disc set] Disc four, Episode 304 (air date : January 19, 1979). Heart of glass (Blondie) ; Shake your groove thing (Peaches & Herb) ; One way or another (Blondie) ; Reunited (Peaches & Herb) -- Episode 56 (air date : February 22, 1974). If you could read my mind (Gordon Lightfoot) ; Midnight at the oasis (Maria Muldaur) ; Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot) -- Episode 49 (air date : January 4, 1974). Your mama don't dance (Loggins & Messina) ; Will it go round in circles (Billy Preston) ; Brother Louie (Stories) ; Frankenstein (Edgar Winter Group) ; Superfly (Curtis Mayfield) ; Behind closed doors (Charlie Rich) ; Drift away (Dobie Gray) -- Bonus songs. Cisco Kid (War) ; Bad case of loving you (Doctor, Doctor) (Robert Palmer) ; It's a heartache (Bonnie Tyler) -- Bonus feature. Loggins & Messina (interview) --

[6-disc set] Disc one, Pilot (air date: August 19, 1972). Take me home, country roads (John Denver) ; Long, long time (Linda Ronstadt) ; Hold your head up (Argent) ; Leaving on a jet plane (John Denver and Cass Elliot) ; Taxi (Harry Chapin) -- Episode 271 (air date: June 2, 1978). Don't it make my brown eyes blue (Crystal Gayle) ; American girl (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) ; Feels so good (Chuck Mangione) ; Listen to her heart (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) -- Episode 3 (air date: February 16, 1973). Baby don't get hooked on me (Mac Davis) ; Jesus is just alright (Doobie Brothers) ; Listen to the music (Dooble Brothers) ; Me and Mrs. Jones (Billy Paul) -- Episode 170A (air date : October 22, 1976). Show me the way (Peter Frampton) ; The night they drove old Dixie down (Joan Baez) -- Bonus songs. Medley: She's gone/Sara smile/Rich girl (Daryl Hall & John Oates) -- Bonus features. Interview: Peter Frampton ; Featurettes: Wolfman at Midnight ; Star-studded stage fashion ; The history of the Midnight Special --

[6-disc set] Disc six, Episode 220 (air date : June 3, 1977). Make it with you (Bread) ; Lonely boy (Andrew Gold) ; Rocky Mountain music (Eddie Rabbitt) -- Episode 251 (air date : January 13, 1978). For the love of money (O'Jays) ; Nothing from nothing (Billy Preston) ; You make me crazy (Sammy Hagar) -- Episode 135 (air date : September 12, 1975). Jive talkin' (Bee Gees) ; To love somebody (Bee Gees with Helen Reddy) ; Nights on Broadway (Bee Gees) ; I am woman (Helen Reddy) -- Episode 84 (air date : September 6, 1974). Let's get it on ; What's going on (Marvin Gaye) -- Bonus songs. Cat scratch fever (Ted Nugent) ; Sin city (AC/DC) ; You really got me (Kinks) -- Bonus feature. I am woman : Helen Reddy as host (featurette) --

[6-disc set] Disc three, Episode 152 (air date : January 9, 1976). Lady Marmalade (LaBelle) ; Can't get it out of my head (Electric Light Orchestra) ; At seventeen (Janis Ian) ; Lovin' you (Minnie Riperton) -- Episode 81 (air date : August 16, 1974). Radar love (Golden Earring) ; Train kept a rollin' (Aerosmith) ; Keep on truckin' (Eddie Kendricks) ; Dream on (Aerosmith) -- Episode 98 (air date : December 13, 1974). Tell me something good (Rufus featuring Chaka Khan) ; You make me feel brand new (Stylistics) ; Come and get your love (Redbone) ; Can't get enough of your love, babe (Barry White) ; Never, never gonna give ya up (Barry White) ; If you love me (let me know) (Olivia Newton-John) -- Bonus songs. Y.M.C.A. (Village People) ; Good times (Chic) --

[6-disc set] Disc two, Episode 33 (air date : September 14, 1973). Everybody is a star (Sly & the Family Stone) ; I got a name (Jim Croce) ; Bad, bad Leroy Brown (Jim Croce) ; Lonely days (Bee Gees) -- Episode 160 (air date : March 5, 1976). Love machine (the Miracles) ; Evil woman (Electric Light Orchestra) ; Strange magic (Electric Light Orchestra) -- Episode 173 (air date : June 11, 1976). Love is alive (Gary Wright) ; Dream weaver (Gary Wright) ; Over my head (Fleetwood Mac) -- Episode 308 (air date : February 16, 1979). Medley: Eighteen/Only women/Billion dollar babies (Alice Cooper) ; My best friend's girl (Cars) ; Inmates (We're all crazy) (Alice Cooper) -- Bonus songs. Hello it's me (Todd Rundgren) ; Escape (The pina colada song) (Rupert Holmes) ; Sister golden hair (America) -- Bonus features. Alice Cooper (interview) ; No safety net : live on TV (featurette) --

Bonus features set, Disc one. Featurettes. The musical diversity of The midnight special ; Benson and Frampton talk shop -- Interviews. The O'Jays ; Eddie Money ; Melissa Manchester ; Charlie Daniels ; Todd Rundgren ; Frankie Valli ; Neil Sedaka --

Bonus features set, Disc two, Featurettes. George Benson : early influences ; What makes a song a hit ; Behind the scenes ; Battle of the bands ; The legacy of The midnight special

Interviews. Thelma Houston ; Robert Bell ; Kevin Cronin ; Harry Wayne Casey ; Christopher Cross

Comedy [disc]. Billy Crystal -- George Carlin -- Freddie Prinze -- David Steinberg -- Flip Wilson -- David Brenner -- Steve Martin -- Richard Pryor -- Gabe Kaplan -- Redd Foxx -- Joan Rivers -- Jimmie Walker -- Robert Klein -- Andy Kaufman. Bonus features. David Steinberg (interview) --

Subjects

LC Subjects

Concert television programs.
Popular music.
Televised performances.
Televised stand-up comedy routines.

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DVD

Physical Desc

12 videodiscs (961 minutes) : sound, color

Language

English

UPC

610583486193

Notes

General Note

Bonus material: track notes in each container; booklet with notes by Burt Sugarman and Roy Trakin; bonus interviews, featurettes, performances

Creation/Production Credits

Creator/Executive producer: Burt Sugarman

Participants/Performers

Host: Helen Reddy ; Announcer: Wolfman Jack ; Theme song: Johnny Rivers ; with various live performers

Description

In 1973, Friday nights on NBC at 1:00 a.m., The Midnight Special became the destination for music fans to catch the top acts of the day. Each show captured the artists live in concert- a "tube" party unlike anything else on the air and guaranteed to get the weekend started. Reconnect with the sounds, the fashions and the crazy hair of the '70s and early '80s. Let The Midnight Special shine its ever-lovin' light on you.--cover.

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Closed-captioned (main program only)

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Dr. John., Wolfman Jack., Baez, J., Benson, G., Bishop, E., Bishop, S., Brenner, D., Campbell, G., Carlin, G., Chapin, H., Charles, R., Cole, N., Cooper, A., Croce, J., Cross, C., Crystal, B., Davis, M., Dees, R., Denver, J., Elliman, Y., Foxx, R., Frampton, P., Franklin, A., Gaye, M., Gayle, C., Gaynor, G., Gold, A., Gray, D., Hagar, S., Hammond, A., Holmes, R., Ian, J., James, E., Kaplan, G., Kaufman, A., Kendricks, E., Khan, C., King, B. B., Klein, R., Knight, G., Lightfoot, G., Macgregor, M. (., Mangione, C., Manilow, B., Martin, S., Mayfield, C., Money, E., Morrison, V., Muldaur, M., Murphey, M., Newton-John, O., Nugent, T., Palmer, R., Parton, D., Paul, B., Petty, T., Preston, B., Prinze, F., Pryor, R., Rabbitt, E., Reddy, H., Rich, C., Riperton, M., Rivers, J., Rivers, J., Ronstadt, L., Rundgren, T., Santana, C., Sedaka, N., Steinberg, D., Sugarman, B., Summer, D., Trakin, R., Tyler, B., Valli, F., Walker, J., White, B., Willis, C., Wilson, F., & Wright, G. (2014). The Midnight Special . StarVista Entertainment :.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dr. John et al.. 2014. The Midnight Special. [United States]: StarVista Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dr. John et al.. The Midnight Special [United States]: StarVista Entertainment, 2014.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Dr. John, et al. The Midnight Special StarVista Entertainment :, 2014.

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