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, 1
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.
The Bee Gees performing on The Midnight Special, 1973.
Chuck Berry as guest host, November 2, 1973.
Marty Robbins performing on The Midnight Special, 1973.
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
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Don Kirshner's Rock Concert is an American television music variety show that ran during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Don Kirshner and syndicated to television stations, initiall
The Midnight Special (TV series)
…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…
Dionne Warwick (left), Don Kirshner (center left), Helen Reddy (center right), and Olivia Newton-John (right), Don Kirshner's Rock Concert anniversary party, 1974.