List_of_guests_appearing_on_The_Midnight_Special
This is a partial list of guests who appeared on The Midnight Special.
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More information Season, Episodes ...
| 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 | |
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More information Episode, Host ...
| 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 | April 28, 1973 | |
| 15 | Johnny Nash | May 5, 1972 | |
| 16 | Burns and Schreiber | 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 | June 16, 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 | |
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More information Episode, Host ...
| 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[3] | 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[4] | 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[5] | 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 | June 8, 1974 | |
| 40 | David Steinberg | 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 |
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- 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[6]
- David Essex - "Rock On"
- Dobie Gray - "Drift Away"
- Eddie Kendricks - "Keep On Truckin'"
- Edgar Winter Group - "Frankenstein"
- Edwin Starr
- El Chicano
- Freddie Prinze[6]
- Genesis
- Gladys Knight & B.B. King - "The Thrill is Gone"[7]
- 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"[8]
- 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[9]
- 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"[10]
- Ohio Players - "Skin Tight"
- Olivia Newton-John[11] - "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)"
- The Spinners[12]
- 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)[6]"
- Stories - "Brother Louie"
- The Stylistics - "You Make Me Feel Brand New"
- Todd Rundgren - "Couldn't I Just Tell You?" & "A Dream Goes On Forever"[13]
- 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[14]
- Dolly Parton[15]
- 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"[16]
- The Hollies - "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)"
- Jack Burns & Avery Schreiber[14]
- KC and the Sunshine Band - "That's the Way (I Like It)"[17]
- KISS - "Black Diamond", "Deuce", & "She"
- Kraftwerk - "Autobahn"
- Labelle - "Lady Marmalade", “What Can I Do for You?”
- Leo Sayer[9]
- Linda Ronstadt[18]
- 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"[11]
- 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"[13]
- 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"[19]
- 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",[20] "Rhiannon",[21] "World Turning",[22] "Why"
- Gary Wright - "Dream Weaver", "Love Is Alive"
- George Benson - "This Masquerade"[23]
- Heart - "Magic Man", "Crazy On You", "Dreamboat Annie"
- Helen Reddy[16]
- 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[24]
- 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 -[24]
- 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"[25]
- 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)"[26]
- 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[27] "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[28]
- Dolly Parton[15]
- Donna Summer - "Last Dance", "I Feel Love", "Heaven Knows"[19]
- 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[23]
- Golden Earring - "Grab It for a Second", "Against the Grain"
- Hall & Oates - "Rich Girl"
- KC and the Sunshine Band[17]
- Leo Sayer - "When I Need You"
- Nick Lowe- "So It Goes"
- Peaches & Herb[29]
- 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[10] - "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)[13]
- 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[30]
- 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"[15]
- 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[17]
- Minnie Riperton - "Lovin' You" (memorial replay of her 1975 appearance)
- Nick Gilder - "Hot Child in the City"
- Peaches & Herb - "Reunited,"[29] "Shake Your Groove Thing"
- The Pointer Sisters - "Fire"
- Randy Jones[30]
- 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[8]
- Todd Rundgren[13]
- Village People[30]
- America - "Sister Golden Hair"
- Benny Mardones - "Into the Night"
- Billy Preston[27]
- Christopher Cross[citation needed]
- David Bowie[28]
- Eddie Rabbitt - "Drivin' My Life Away"
- Frankie Valli & Commodores - "Grease"
- Gladys Knight & the Pips[7]
- 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[9]
- Olivia Newton-John - "Magic", "Dancin'"[11]
- Randy Jones[30]
- 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[12]
- Dr. Hook
- Prince
- 707 - "Tonite's Your Night"
- Andy Kaufman
- David Bowie[28]
- Freddy Cannon - "Tallahassee Lassie"
- Slim Whitman - "I Remember You"
- The Spinners[12]
- Tony Clifton
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- Midnight Special 1974 DVD cover artwork
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- Midnight Special 1975 DVD cover artwork
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