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This is a partial list of guests who appeared on The Midnight Special.
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| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiere | Finale | |||
| 1 | 33 | August 19, 1972 | September 8, 1973 | |
| 2 | 50 | September 15, 1973 | September 14, 1974 | |
| 3 | 48 | September 28, 1974 | September 13, 1975 | |
| 4 | 43 | September 20, 1975 | September 11, 1976 | |
| 5 | 38 | September 18, 1976 | August 13, 1977 | |
| 6 | 44 | September 10, 1977 | September 8, 1978 | |
| 7 | 35 | September 16, 1978 | September 15, 1979 | |
| 8 | 34 | September 22, 1979 | August 2, 1980 | |
| 9 | 25 | September 6, 1980 | March 27, 1981 | |
| Episode | Host | Performers | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (Pilot) | John Denver | John Denver - "Take Me Home, Country Roads" / "Goodbye Again" John Denver and 'Mama' Cass Elliott - "Leaving on a Jet Plane" Argent - "Hold Your Head Up" / "Tragedy" Harry Chapin - "Taxi" David Clayton-Thomas - "Yesterday's Music" / "Nobody Calls Me Prophet" The Everly Brothers - "All I Have to Do Is Dream" / "Stories We Could Tell" The Isley Brothers - "Pop That Thang" Helen Reddy - "I Don't Know How to Love Him" Linda Ronstadt - "Long Long Time" / "The Fast One" War - "Slippin' into Darkness" |
August 19, 1972 |
| 2 | Helen Reddy | Helen Reddy - "I Am Woman" / "Peaceful" / "Come On John" Ike & Tina Turner - "I Can't Turn You Loose" / "With a Little Help from My Friends" George Carlin - Stand-up comedy monologue Curtis Mayfield - "Superfly" Don McLean - "Dreidel" / "If We Try" Rare Earth - "We're Gonna Have a Good Time" / "I Just Want to Celebrate" Kenny Rankin - "Comin' Down" The Byrds - "Mr. Tambourine Man" / "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" The Impressions - "Preacher Man" Helen Reddy, Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions - "Amen" |
February 3, 1973 |
| 3 | Johnny Rivers | Johnny Rivers - "Blue Suede Shoes" / "Rockin' Pneumonia, Boogie Woogie Flu" / "Got My Mojo Workin'" Ace Trucking Company - Comedy routine Albert Hammond - "It Never Rains in Southern California" / "If You Gotta Break Another Heart" Merilee Rush - "Start Again" / "Comfort and Please You" The Spinners - "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" / "I'll Be Around" Steely Dan - "Do It Again" / "Reeling in the Years" Paul Williams - "Out in the Country" / "I Won't Last a Day Without You" Wolfman Jack - "I Ain't Never Seen a White Man" |
February 10, 1973 |
| 4 | Mac Davis | Mac Davis - "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" / "I Believe in Music" / "Dream Me Home" / "Home" / "Half and Half (Song for Sara)" The Doobie Brothers - "Jesus Is Just Alright" / "Listen to the Music" Waylon Jennings - "You Can Have Her" Billy Paul - "Me and Mrs. Jones" / "Brown Baby" Billy Preston - "Blackbird" / "Georgia on My Mind" / "That's the Way God Planned It" Joan Rivers - Comedy segment |
February 17, 1973 |
| 5 | Harry Chapin | Harry Chapin - "Sunday Morning Sunshine" / "Sniper" / "Taxi" Kerrie Biddell - "Spirit in the Dark" Blood, Sweat & Tears - "Rosemary" / "Hip Pickles" / "Snow Queen" The Committee - Comedy segment The Hollies - "Magic Woman Touch" / "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" Curtis Mayfield - "Freddie's Dead" / "Superfly" Timmy Thomas - "Why Can't We Live Together" |
February 24, 1973 |
| 6 | Anne Murray | Anne Murray - "Snowbird" / "Danny's Song" / "I Know" Anne Murray, Steve Martin and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Shuckin' the Corn"The Association - "Along Comes Mary" / "Crazy Songs and Loony Tunes" / "Names, Tags, Numbers and Labels" Badfinger - "No Matter What" / "Suitcase" Steve Martin - Comedy segment Don McLean - "Vincent" / "Dreidel" / "If We Try" Sam Neely - "Loving You Just Crossed My Mind" & "Rosalie" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - "People Get Ready" / "Walkin' My Blues Away" |
March 3, 1973 |
| 7 | Paul Williams | Paul Williams - (Just An) Old Fashioned Love Song" / "Drift Away" / "That's Enough for Me" Edward Bear - "Last Song" / "Close Your Eyes" Loretta Lynn - "One's on the Way" / "Coal Miner's Daughter" Seals & Crofts - "Hummingbird" / "Summer Breeze" Sha Na Na - "Hound Dog" / "Yakety Yak" / "I Wonder Why" Lakshmi Shankar - "Nata Nagara" Ravi Shankar - "Tilak Shyam" |
March 10, 1973 |
| 8 | Paul Anka[2] | Paul Anka, Bobby Darin, The Coasters, Ace Trucking Company, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, The Doobie Brothers, George Jones, Tammy Wynette | March 17, 1973 |
| 9 | Lou Rawls | Lou Rawls, Brewer & Shipley, George Burns, Honey Cone, The Committee, The Grass Roots, The O'Jays, Eric Weissberg, Deliverance | March 24, 1973 |
| 10 | Ray Charles | Ray Charles, The Raelettes, Bill Cosby, Carol Burnett, Aretha Franklin, The Earl Scruggs Revue, Freeman & Murray | March 31, 1973 |
| 11 | The Bee Gees | The Bee Gees, Jerry Lee Lewis, Skeeter Davis, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Johnny Nash, Jim Weatherly, Frank Welker | April 7, 1973 |
| 12 | Bill Cosby | Bill Cosby, David Brenner, Ray Charles, Waylon Jennings, Billy Preston, Steely Dan, Taj Mahal | April 14, 1973 |
| 13 | Doc Severinsen | Doc Severinsen, Henry Mancini, Hoyt Axton, Jerry Butler, Dobie Gray, Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Country Joe McDonald and his All-Star Band, Hot Cup of Friends | April 21, 1973 |
| 14 | Jerry Lee Lewis | Linda Gail Lewis, Freddie Cannon, Chubby Checker, Bobby Day, The Del Vikings, The Penguins, Lloyd Price, Little Anthony, The Ronettes , The Shirelles | April 28, 1973 |
| 15 | 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" |
May 5, 1972 |
| 16 | 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 |
May 12, 1973 |
| 17 | Chubby Checker | May 19, 1973 | |
| 18 | Gladys Knight & the Pips | May 26, 1973 | |
| 19 | Paul Williams | June 2, 1973 | |
| 20 | Curtis Mayfield | June 9, 1973 | |
| 21 | Jim Croce | Jim Croce - Operator, Roller Derby Queen, You Don't Mess With Jim, Speedball Tucker, Big Bad Leroy Brown, Careful Man
Little Anthony and the Imperials - Dance To The Music, La La La At The End Savoy Brown - Tell Mama, Coming Down Your Way Bobby Womack - It's All Over Now, Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out Shawn Phillips - Anello (Where Are You), America Barbara Fairchild - Teddy Bear Wishbone Ash - Jailbait[3] |
June 15, 1973 |
| 22 | Bee Gees | June 23, 1973 | |
| 23 | Paul Williams | June 30, 1973 | |
| 24 | Jose Feliciano | July 7, 1973 | |
| 25 | Smokey Robinson | July 14, 1973 | |
| 26 | Joan Baez | July 21, 1973 | |
| 27 | Dionne Warwick | July 28, 1973 | |
| 28 | Al Green | August 4, 1973 | |
| 29 | Bee Gees | August 11, 1973 | |
| 30 | Richard Pryor | August 18, 1973 | |
| 31 | Loretta Lynn & Marty Robbins | August 25, 1973 | |
| 32 | Billy Preston | September 1, 1973 | |
| 33 | Mac Davis | September 8, 1973 | |
| Episode | Host | Performers | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curtis Mayfield | September 15, 1973 | |
| 2 | Wilson Pickett | September 22, 1973 | |
| 3 | Seals & Crofts | Seals & Crofts - "Diamond Girl" / "Dust On My Saddle" / "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)" / "Ruby Jean and Billie Lee" / "Pop Goes the Weasel"(instrumental) T. Rex "Hot Love" / "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" Arlo Guthrie - "Gypsy Davy" / "Bling Blang" Ramblin' Jack Elliot - "Talkin' Fishing Blues" Uriah Heep - "Stealin'" / "Sweet Freedom" Leo Kottke - "Bean Time"(instramental) Paul Butterfield's Better Days - "New Walkin' Blues" / "Broke My Baby's Heart" |
September 29, 1973 |
| 4 | Gladys Knight & the Pips | October 6, 1973 | |
| 5 | The Bee Gees | October 13, 1973 | |
| 6 | War | War - "The Cisco Kid" / "Me and Baby Brother" / "The World Is a Ghetto" / "City Country City" New York Dolls – "Trash" / "Personality Crisis" Mott the Hoople - "All the Way from Memphis" / "Rose" Danny O'Keefe - "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" / "Angel Spread Your Wings" Climax Blues Band - "Shake Your Love" / "Constant" Bachman-Turner Overdrive - "Hold Back the Water" / "Gimme Your Money Please" Piper - "Bungle Rye" |
October 20, 1973 |
| 7 | Sly and the Family Stone | October 27, 1973 | |
| 8 | Chuck Berry | November 3, 1973 | |
| 9 | Jerry Lee Lewis | Jerry Lee Lewis - "Breathless" / "Hold On, I'm Comin'" / "Chantilly Lace" / "Lonely Weekends" / "Silver Threads Among the Gold" / "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" Jerry Lee Lewis and Linda Gail Lewis - "Jackson" Ballin' Jack - "This Song" Dalton and Dubarri - "Any Other Man But Me" / "Take a Change" Flash - "Dead Ahead" / "Psychosync" B.B. King - "Hummingbird" / "Why I Sing the Blues" Ike & Tina Turner - "River Deep Mountain High" / "Nutbush City Limits" |
November 10, 1973 |
| 10 | The 1980 Floor Show starring David Bowie[4] | November 17, 1973 | |
| 11 | Peter Noone | November 24, 1973 | |
| 12 | Procol Harum | Procol Harum – "Conquistador" / "Whiter Shade of Pale" / "Grand Hotel" / "Fires Which Burn Brightly" / "Drunk Again" / " T.V. Caesar" Humble Pie with The Blackberries - "Oh La De Da" / "I Don't Need No Doctor" / "30 Days in the Hole" |
December 1, 1973 |
| 13 | The Four Tops | December 8, 1973 | |
| 14 | Loggins & Messina | December 15, 1973 | |
| 15 | Jose Feliciano | December 22, 1973 | |
| 16 | Marty Robbins | December 29, 1973 | |
| 17 | Wolfman Jack | "Million Sellers" clip show | January 5, 1974 |
| 18 | Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show | January 12, 1974 | |
| 19 | Smokey Robinson | January 19, 1974 | |
| 20 | Steve Miller | January 26, 1974 | |
| 21 | Helen Reddy[5] | Helen Reddy - "Leave Me Alone" / "Delta Dawn" / "Don't Mess with a Woman" / "Time" & "I Am Woman" Franklin Ajaye - "Spot" The Impressions - "Preacher Man" Curtis Mayfield - "If I Were a Child Again" Kenny Rankin - "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" / "Haven't We Met" Rare Earth - "Big John Is My Name" / "Born to Wander" / "Don't Fight It" Ike & Tina Turner - "Land of 1000 Dances" / "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" |
February 2, 1974 |
| 22 | Ike & Tina Turner[6] | Ike & Tina Turner - "City Girl, Country Boy" / "With a Little Help from My Friends" / "Proud Mary" / "I Smell Trouble" Electric Light Orchestra - "Showdown" / "Bluebird Is Dead" David Essex - "Rock On" / "Streetfight" Jose Feliciano - "I Like What You Give" / "Blame It On the Sun" Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids - "Dancin' on a Saturday Night" & "Muleskinner Blues" Mandrill - "Git It All" Todd Rundgren - "Couldn't I Just Tell You" / "A Dream Goes On Forever" |
February 9, 1974 |
| 23 | Roy Orbison | February 16, 1974 | |
| 24 | Gordon Lightfoot | February 23, 1974 | |
| 25 | Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show | March 2, 1974 | |
| 26 | Gladys Knight & the Pips | March 9, 1974 | |
| 27 | The Pointer Sisters | March 16, 1974 | |
| 28 | Bill Withers | March 23, 1974 | |
| 29 | The Guess Who | March 30, 1974 | |
| 30 | The Righteous Brothers | April 6, 1974 | |
| 31 | Roy Clark | April 13, 1974 | |
| 32 | Curtis Mayfield | April 20, 1974 | |
| 33 | Charlie Rich | April 27, 1974 | |
| 34 | The Spinners | May 4, 1974 | |
| 35 | George Carlin | May 11, 1974 | |
| 36 | Frankie Avalon | May 18, 1974 | |
| 37 | Richard Pryor | May 25, 1974 | |
| 38 | Marty Robbins | June 1, 1974 | |
| 39 | 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" |
June 8, 1974 |
| 40 | David Steinberg | "Comedy special" clip show | June 29, 1974 |
| 41 | Anne Murray | July 6, 1974 | |
| 42 | Bobby Womack | July 13, 1974 | |
| 43 | Helen Reddy | July 19, 1974 | |
| 44 | Leon Russell | July 27, 1974 | |
| 45 | 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" |
August 3, 1974 |
| 46 | Sly & the Family Stone | August 10, 1974 | |
| 47 | Little Richard | August 17, 1974 | |
| 48 | B.B. King | August 31, 1974 | |
| 49 | Marvin Gaye | September 7, 1974 | |
| 50 | The O'Jays | September 14, 1974 |
| Episode | Host | Performers | Original Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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" |
September 27, 1974 |
| 2 | 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" |
October 4, 1974 |
| 3 | 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" |
October 11, 1974 |
| 4 | 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" |
October 18, 1974 |
| 5 | David Steinberg | 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 (comedian) |
October 25, 1974 |
| 6 | 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" |
November 1, 1974 |
| 7 | Redd Foxx | 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" |
November 8, 1974 |
| 8 | 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" |
November 15, 1974 |
| 9 | 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" |
November 22, 1974 |
| 10 | 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" |
November 29, 1974 |
| 11 | Tom Jones | 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" |
December 6, 1974 |
| 12 | Wolfman Jack | Million Sellers (Part 1)
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" |
December 13, 1974 |
| 13 | Wolfman Jack | Million Sellers (Part 2)
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" |
December 20, 1974 |
| 14 | 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" |
December 27, 1974 |
| 15 | The Guess Who | The Guess Who and Wolfman Jack - "Clap for the Wolfman"
The Guess Who - "Dancin' Fool," "Bus Rider," "Sour Suite," "No Time," "Diggin' Yourself" and "Dirty" Charlie Daniels - "Way Down Yonder" & "I've Been Down" Montrose - "I Got the Fire" & "Space Station #5" The Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme Some Lovin'," "Workin' on the Railread" & "Don't Throw Your Change on Me" |
January 3, 1975 |
- Aerosmith - "Train Kept A-Rollin'" and "Dream On"
- Ann Peebles
- Barry White - "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" and "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up"
- Billy Joel
- Bill Withers - "Ain't No Sunshine"
- Bonnie Tyler - "It's a Heartache" (This must be an error—song was not released until 1977)
- Brownsville Station - "Smokin' in the Boys Room"
- Charlie Rich - "Behind Closed Doors"
- Curtis Mayfield - "Superfly"
- David Brenner[7]
- David Essex - "Rock On"
- Dobie Gray - "Drift Away"
- Eddie Kendricks - "Keep On Truckin'"
- Edgar Winter Group - "Frankenstein"
- Edwin Starr
- El Chicano
- Freddie Prinze[7]
- Genesis
- Gladys Knight & B.B. King - "The Thrill is Gone"[8]
- Gladys Knight & the Pips - "Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me"
- Golden Earring - "Radar Love"
- Gordon Lightfoot - "Sundown" and "If You Could Read My Mind"
- The Guess Who - "American Woman" and"Undun"
- Hot Tuna - "Hamar Promenade", "Day to Day Out the Window Blues" and "I See the Light"
- Humble Pie - "Oh La-De-Da" and "30 Days in the Hole"
- Ike & Tina Turner - "Proud Mary"[9]
- James Brown - "The Payback"
- Jo Jo Gunne
- Jobriath - "I'maman" and "Rock of Ages"
- Kool And The Gang - "Hollywood Swinging and Jungle Boogie"
- Leo Sayer[10]
- Little Richard
- Loggins and Messina- "Your Mama Don't Dance"
- Lynn Anderson
- The Main Ingredient - "Just Don't Want To Be Lonely"
- Maria Muldaur - "Midnight at the Oasis"
- Marvin Gaye - "Let's Get It On and What's Going On"
- Montrose - "Paper Money" and "I Got the Fire"
- Neil Sedaka - "Laughter in the Rain"
- The New York Dolls
- The O'Jays - "Love Train"[11]
- Ohio Players - "Skin Tight"
- Olivia Newton-John[12] - "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)"
- The Spinners[13]
- Phil Ochs and Jim Glover - "The Power and the Glory" and "Changes"
- Redbone - "Come and Get Your Love"
- Robert Palmer - "Bad Case Of Lovin' You (Doctor, Doctor)" (This must be an error—song was not released until 1979)
- Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - "Tell Me Something Good"
- Shirley & Lee - "Let the Good Times Roll"
- Sly & the Family Stone - "Everybody is a Star" and "Thank You (Falletin Me be Mice-Elf Again)[7]"
- Stories - "Brother Louie"
- The Stylistics - "You Make Me Feel Brand New"
- Todd Rundgren - "Couldn't I Just Tell You?" & "A Dream Goes On Forever"[14]
- War - "Cisco Kid"
- ABBA - "SOS" and "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
- Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles - "It Takes Two to Tango"
- Barry Manilow - "Mandy" and "Could It Be Magic?"
- The Bee Gees - "Nights on Broadway", "Jive Talkin'" and "To Love Somebody" (Duet With Helen Reddy)
- Captain & Tennille - "Love Will Keep Us Together (Duet With Neil Sedaka)"
- David Steinberg[15]
- Dolly Parton[16]
- Earth Wind and Fire - "Shining Star"
- 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"
- Frankie Valli (Guest Host) - "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
- Glen Campbell - "Rhinestone Cowboy"
- Helen Reddy - "I Am Woman", "Delta Dawn" and "Angie Baby"[17]
- The Hollies - "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)"
- Jack Burns & Avery Schreiber[15]
- KC and the Sunshine Band - "That's the Way (I Like It)"[18]
- KISS - "Black Diamond", "Deuce", & "She"
- Kraftwerk - "Autobahn"
- Labelle - "Lady Marmalade", “What Can I Do for You?”
- Leo Sayer[10]
- Linda Ronstadt[19]
- Minnie Riperton - "Lovin' You"
- Natalie Cole - "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)"
- Neil Sedaka - "Bad Blood", "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
- Ohio Players - "Love Rollercoaster"
- Olivia Newton-John - "Have You Never Been Mellow"[12]
- Orleans - "Dance with Me"
- Peter Frampton - "Show Me the Way", "Do You Feel Like We Do", "Baby, I Love Your Way"
- PFM - "Celebration" and "Alta Loma Nine Till Five"'
- Rod Stewart - "You Wear It Well"
- Roxy Music - "Out Of The Blue", "The Thrill Of It All", "A Really Good Time" (aired 05/09/1975)
- Todd Rundgren - "Real Man", "Freedom Fighters" & "Seven Rays"[14]
- The Whitney Family
- Aretha Franklin - "Respect", "Something He Can Feel"
- Bill Haley & His Comets "Rock Around the Clock", "See You Later Alligator" (archive footage from the movie Rock Around the Clock)
- Diana Ross - "Love Hangover"
- Donna Summer - "Love to Love You Baby"[20]
- Electric Light Orchestra - "Evil Woman", "Nightrider" & "Strange Magic"
- Elton John - "Your Song"
- Electric Light Orchestra - "Evil Woman", "Can't Get It Out of My Head" and "Strange Magic"
- England Dan and John Ford Coley - "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
- Eric Carmen - "All By Myself"
- Fleetwood Mac - "Over My Head",[21] "Rhiannon",[22] "World Turning",[23] "Why"
- Gary Wright - "Dream Weaver", "Love Is Alive"
- George Benson - "This Masquerade"[24]
- Heart - "Magic Man", "Crazy On You", "Dreamboat Annie"
- Helen Reddy[17]
- Hot Chocolate - "You Sexy Thing"
- Janis Ian - "At Seventeen"
- Joan Baez - "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
- LaBelle - "Lady Marmalade"
- Lynn Anderson - "Stand By Your Man", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" w/Tom Jones
- Minnie Riperton - "Lovin' You"
- The Miracles - "Love Machine"
- Michael Murphey - "Wildfire"
- Peter Frampton - "Show Me the Way"
- Ray Charles - "Georgia on My Mind"
- Spinners - "The Rubberband Man"
- Starbuck - "Moonlight Feels Right"
- Tom Jones - "Delilah, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" w/Lynn Anderson
- Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band - "A Fifth of Beethoven"
- Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky Music"
- Andrew Gold - "Lonely Boy"
- Andy Gibb - "I Just Want To Be Your Everything"
- Andy Kaufman - "I Trusted You"
- Bonnie Raitt - "Runaway"
- Bread (hosts) - "Make It With You"
- Dave Mason - "We Just Disagree"
- Eddie Rabbitt - "Rocky Mountain Music"
- Electric Light Orchestra (hosts) - "Rockaria!", "Livin' Thing", "Do Ya", "Telephone Line" & "Livin' Thing (reprise)"
- Emmylou Harris[25]
- The Emotions - "Best Of My Love"
- Gino Vannelli - "Summers of My Life"
- James Brown - "Get Up Offa That Thing"
- Jennifer Warnes - "Right Time of the Night"
- Jesse Winchester -[25]
- Johnny Rivers - "Slow Dancin'"
- Journey "Feeling That Way " "Anytime" "Wheel in the Sky"
- Leo Sayer - "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"
- Little Feat - "Dixie Chicken"
- Lou Rawls - "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"[26]
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band - "Blinded by the Light"
- Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. - "You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)"[27]
- Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On", "Got to Give It Up"
- Player
- Renaissance - "Midas Man" & "Carpet of the Sun"
- Sanford-Townsend Band - "Smoke from a Distant Fire"
- Thelma Houston - "Don't Leave Me This Way"
- Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak (Thin Lizzy song)"
- Van Morrison - "Domino"
- Weather Report - "Birdland"
- AC/DC - "Sin City"
- Aerosmith - "Come Together"
- Ambrosia - "How Much I Feel"
- Andy Gibb - "I Just Want To Be Your Everything"
- Billy Preston[28] "Nothing From Nothing"
- The Cars - "Just What I Needed"
- Cheap Trick - "Surrender"
- Chic - "Le Freak," "Everybody Dance"
- Chuck Mangione - "Feels So Good"
- Crystal Gayle - "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"
- Dan Hill - "Sometimes When We Touch"
- David Bowie[29]
- Dolly Parton[16]
- Donna Summer - "Last Dance", "I Feel Love", "Heaven Knows"[20]
- Eddie Money - "Baby Hold On," "Two Tickets to Paradise"
- Electric Light Orchestra - "Telephone Line"
- The Emotions - "Best Of My Love"
- Evelyn Champagne King - "Shame", "I Don't Know If It's Right"
- Exile - "Kiss You All Over"
- Four Tops - "Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)"
- George Benson[24]
- Golden Earring - "Grab It for a Second", "Against the Grain"
- Hall & Oates - "Rich Girl"
- KC and the Sunshine Band[18]
- Leo Sayer - "When I Need You"
- Nick Lowe- "So It Goes"
- Peaches & Herb[30]
- Player
- REO Speedwagon - "Roll With The Changes"
- Rick James - "Mary Jane"
- Robert Palmer - "Every Kinda People"
- Ronnie Montrose - Town Without Pity & "My Little Mystery"
- Starland Vocal Band - "Afternoon Delight"
- Sylvester - "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)", "Dance (Disco Heat)", and "Grateful"
- Ted Nugent - "Cat Scratch Fever", "Need You Bad", "Free For All" (Hosted this Show)
- The O'Jays[11] - "For The Love Of Money"
- Sammy Hagar - "You Make Me Crazy"
- Thin Lizzy - "The Cowboy Song", "Live From the Rainbow London"
- Todd Rundgren - "Can We Still Be Friends" & "Bread" (with the Hello People)[14]
- Todd Rundgren's Utopia - (guest host) "Real Man", "You Cried Wolf", "Love in Action", "Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel" & "Just One Victory"
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "American Girl", Listen To Her Heart and I Need to Know"
- The Trammps - "Disco Inferno"
- Village People[31]
- Yvonne Elliman - "If I Can't Have You"
- Alice Cooper - "Medley: Eighteen/Only Women Bleed/Billion Dollar Babies," "Inmates (We're All Crazy)"
- Amii Stewart - "Knock on Wood"
- The Babys - "Everytime I Think of You"
- The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations"
- Bonnie Pointer - "Heaven Must Have Sent You"
- Blondie - "One Way or Another," "Dreaming," "Heart of Glass"
- The Cars - "Let's Go," "Just What I Needed," "Dangerous Type, "My Best Friend's Girl"
- The Charlie Daniels Band - "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
- The Commodores - "Three Times a Lady", "Brick House"
- Crystal Gayle - "Cry Me a River"
- Dolly Parton - "I Will Always Love You"[16]
- Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive," "Never Can Say Good-bye"
- Grace Jones - "Below the Belt", "Do or Die"
- Journey - "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'," "Wheel in the Sky," "City of The Angels"
- KC and the Sunshine Band[18]
- Minnie Riperton - "Lovin' You" (memorial replay of her 1975 appearance)
- Nick Gilder - "Hot Child in the City"
- Peaches & Herb - "Reunited,"[30] "Shake Your Groove Thing"
- The Pointer Sisters - "Fire"
- Randy Jones[31]
- Rick James - "You and I"
- Robert Fripp - "Frippertronics"
- Rupert Holmes - "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"
- The Three Degrees - "Giving Up Giving In", The Runner"
- The Jacksons - "Shake Your Body Down To The Ground"
- Tina Turner[9]
- Todd Rundgren[14]
- Village People[31]
- America - "Sister Golden Hair"
- Benny Mardones - "Into the Night"
- Billy Preston[28]
- Christopher Cross[citation needed]
- David Bowie[29]
- Eddie Rabbitt - "Drivin' My Life Away"
- Frankie Valli & Commodores - "Grease"
- Gladys Knight & the Pips[8]
- Hall & Oates - "Kiss on My List"
- Isaac Hayes - "Don't Let Go"
- John Mellencamp - "This Time" & "Ain't Even Done With The Night"
- Leo Sayer[10]
- Olivia Newton-John - "Magic", "Dancin'"[12]
- Randy Jones[31]
- REO Speedwagon - "Keep on Loving You"
- Roy Orbison - (Host, Season 8, Episode 25) "Oh, Pretty Woman", "Only the Lonely", "Crying", "Running Scared", "Hound Dog Man", "Blue Bayou" & "The Eyes of Texas"
- The Oak Ridge Boys - "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight"
- The Spinners[13]
- Dr. Hook
- Prince - "I Wanna Be Your Lover" & "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad ?"
- 707 - "Tonite's Your Night"
- Andy Kaufman
- David Bowie[29]
- Freddy Cannon - "Tallahassee Lassie"
- Slim Whitman - "I Remember You"
- The Spinners[13]
- Tony Clifton
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