The Midnight Special - Season 5

The Midnight Special - Season 5

Season 5

Network
DatesSep 17, 1976 - Aug 12, 1977
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Episodes

Hosts: The Spinners
Season 5Episode 165 min

Hosts: The Spinners

Sep 17, 1976
Host: Lesley Gore
Season 5Episode 265 min

Host: Lesley Gore

Sep 24, 1976
Host: George Carlin
Season 5Episode 365 min

Host: George Carlin

Oct 1, 1976
Host: James Brown
Season 5Episode 465 min

Host: James Brown

Oct 8, 1976
Co-hosts: Jackie DeShannon & Johnny Rivers
Season 5Episode 565 min

Co-hosts: Jackie DeShannon & Johnny Rivers

Guests: --Jackie DeShannon (co-host) - ""Put a Little Love in Your Heart,"" ""When You Walk in the Room,"" ""Needles and Pins,"" ""What the World Needs Now"" & ""The Weight"" --Johnny Rivers (co-host) - ""Secret Agent Man,"" ""Seventh Son"", ""Poor Side of Town,"" ""Summer Rain"" & ""Tracks of My Tears."" --Jackie DeShannon & Johnny Rivers close the show singing ""What the World Need Now"" --The Byrds (from 2-Feb-1973) - ""Mr. Tambourine Man"" & ""So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star"" --Gerry and the Pacemakers - ""Ferry Cross the Mersey"" & ""Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"" --Sam and Dave - ""Hold On I'm Coming"" & ""Soul Man"" --Steppenwolf - ""Born to be Wild"" --The Turtles - ""Happy Together"" --Midnight Special salute to Jan and Dean (features clips of their songs & interview with Dean)
Oct 15, 1976
Host: Helen Reddy
Season 5Episode 665 min

Host: Helen Reddy

Oct 22, 1976
Hosts: KC & the Sunshine Band
Season 5Episode 765 min

Hosts: KC & the Sunshine Band

KC & the Sunshine Band - ""(Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty,"" ""That's the Way (I Like It),"" ""Get Down Tonight"" & ""Baby I Love You (Yes I Do)"" --ABBA - ""Fernando,"" ""Mamma Mia"" & ""S.O.S."" (might be music videos) --The Bay City Rollers - ""I Only Want to Be with You,"" ""Saturday Night"" & ""Rock 'n' Roller"" --Billy Braver (comedian) - monologue (re: unhappy childhood; shyness with girls; ex-wife) Later shows a picture of his missing uncle. --Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots - ""Disco Duck"" --Midnight Special salute to Gladys Knight & the Pips
Oct 29, 1976
Host: Frankie Valli
Season 5Episode 865 min

Host: Frankie Valli

Nov 5, 1976
Host: Lou Rawls
Season 5Episode 965 min

Host: Lou Rawls

Nov 12, 1976
Host: Helen Reddy
Season 5Episode 1065 min

Host: Helen Reddy

Nov 19, 1976
Host: Diana Ross
Season 5Episode 1165 min

Host: Diana Ross

Nov 26, 1976
Million Sellers of 1976, Part 1
Season 5Episode 1265 min

Million Sellers of 1976, Part 1

Dec 3, 1976
Host: Helen Reddy
Season 5Episode 1365 min

Host: Helen Reddy

Dec 10, 1976
Host: Tom Jones
Season 5Episode 1465 min

Host: Tom Jones

Tom Jones (host) - ""Feel the Need"" --Glen Campbell - medley of Beach Boys songs --Tom Jones and Sly & the Family Stone - ""Everyday People"" --Tom Jones and Lynn Anderson - ""Don't Go Breakin' My Heart"" --Tom Jones - ""Delilah,"" ""Third Rate Romance,"" ""Why Me Lord,"" ""Get Back,"" ""Feelings,"" ""You Don't Have to Say You Love Me,"" ""Love Machine"" & ""Say You'll Stay until Tomorrow"" --Glen Campbell - ""Bloodline"" --Emerson, Lake & Palmer (on film) - ""I Believe in Father Christmas"" --Sly and the Family Stone - ""What I Was Thinkin' in My Head"" --Lynn Anderson - ""Stand by Your Man"" --Closing credits: Tom Jones - ""Say You'll stay till Tomorrow"" (reprise)
Dec 17, 1976
Million Sellers of 1976, Part 2
Season 5Episode 1565 min

Million Sellers of 1976, Part 2

Jan 7, 1977
Host: Judy Collins
Season 5Episode 1665 min

Host: Judy Collins

Jan 21, 1977
Host: Helen Reddy (4th Anniversary Show)
Season 5Episode 1765 min

Host: Helen Reddy (4th Anniversary Show)

Jan 28, 1977
Host: Glen Campbell
Season 5Episode 1865 min

Host: Glen Campbell

Feb 4, 1977
Hosts: The Electric Light Orchestra
Season 5Episode 1965 min

Hosts: The Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra (hosts) - "Livin' Thing," "Do Ya," "Telephone Line" & "Livin' Thing" --Electric Light Orchestra (on tape) - "Rock Aria" music video --Mary MacGregor - "Torn Between Two Lovers" & "I Just Want to Love You" --Don McLean - "Magdalene Lane," "Mule Skinner Blues" & "Cripple Creek" --George Miller (comedy monologue) - jokes about his childhood, friends, career, etc. --Santana - "Let the Music Set You Free," "Carnaval," "Let the Children Play" & "Jugando" --Santana (on tape) - "Give Me Love" --On film: clips from movie "Car Wash" with Rose Royce singing the title song.
Feb 18, 1977
Host: Loretta Lynn
Season 5Episode 2065 min

Host: Loretta Lynn

Feb 25, 1977
Hosts: KC & the Sunshine Band
Season 5Episode 2165 min

Hosts: KC & the Sunshine Band

Mar 4, 1977
Hosts: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
Season 5Episode 2265 min

Hosts: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. (hosts) - ""You Don't Have to Be A Star,"" ""Your Love,"" ""I Hope We Get to Love in Time"" & ""Gone at Last"" --Themla Houston - ""Don't Leave Me This Way"" --Thelma Houston, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - ""Proud Mary"" --Manfred Mann's Earth Band - ""Blinded by the Light"" & ""Spirit in the Night"" --Fleetwood Mac (in concert from the University of California) - ""Rhiannon,"" ""Say You Love Me,"" ""Go Your Own Way"" & ""So Afraid""
Mar 18, 1977
Host: Aretha Franklin
Season 5Episode 2365 min

Host: Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin (host) - ""Respect,"" ""Hooked on Your Love,"" ""Sweet Passions,"" ""When I Think About You"" & ""Meadows of Springtime"" --The Babys - ""If You've Got the Time"" --Brian Cadd - ""White on White Eldorado"" & ""Heavenly Night in September"" --Glen Campbell - ""Southern Nights"" --Queen - ""Tie Your Mother Down"" (probably a music video) --Thin Lizzy - ""Jailbreak"" & ""Don't Believe a Word"" --Midnight Special salute to Neil Sedaka (Sedaka sings a medley of songs, talks about his career & shows clips from past appearances) --On film: movie clip from ""A Star Is Born"" with Barbra Streisand
Mar 25, 1977
Host: George Carlin
Season 5Episode 2465 min

Host: George Carlin

Apr 1, 1977
Host: Gabe Kaplan
Season 5Episode 2565 min

Host: Gabe Kaplan

Gabe Kaplan (host) - does two comedy monologues. The first is about commercials for nose sprays; skin creams and a new deodorant for the ear. Second monologue is about the telephone, prank phone calls; blind dates --ABBA - ""Dancing Queen"" --James Darren & Hattie Winston - ""You Take My Heart Away"" --The Dirt Band - ""Fish Song"" & ""Disco Stomp"" --Rod Stewart - ""Tonight's the Night"" (taped in his home) & ""The First Cut Is the Deepest"" --Gary Wright - ""Water Sign"" & ""I'm Alright"" --Midnight Special salute to Judy Collins
Apr 8, 1977
Host: George Benson
Season 5Episode 2665 min

Host: George Benson

Van Morrison sings "Moondance" (jam session with George Benson and other guests) --George Benson sings "Everything Must Change" and "Gonna Love You More" --Van Morrison - "Joyous Sound" --Etta James - "Tell Mama" --Carlos Santana & George Benson - "Breezin'" and "Valdez in the Country" (instrumental songs) --Midnight Special salute to Eric Clapton --Van Morrison - "Heavy Connection" & "Cold Wind in August" --Etta James & Dr. John - "I'd Rather be Blind" --Finale: Van Morrison - "Bring It on Home to Me"
Apr 22, 1977
British Rock hosted by Wolfman Jack
Season 5Episode 2765 min

British Rock hosted by Wolfman Jack

ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) - ""Do Ya,"" ""Rock Aria"" & ""Telephone Line"" --Salute to Elton John (narrated by Wolfman Jack) - includes clips of Elton John performing ""Bennie and the Jets"" & ""Philadelphia Freedom"" on ""Soul Train"" --Salute to Rod Stewart (narrated by Wolfman Jack) Music Videos / Promotional clips: --Queen - ""Bohemian Rhapsody,"" ""Somebody to Love"" & ""Tie Your Mother Down"" --Fleetwood Mac - ""Go Your Own Way"" & ""You Make Lovin' Fun"" --Genesis - ""Assault and Battery""
Apr 29, 1977
Host: Helen Reddy
Season 5Episode 2865 min

Host: Helen Reddy

May 6, 1977
Host: Wolfman Jack
Season 5Episode 2965 min

Host: Wolfman Jack

May 13, 1977
Host: Lou Rawls
Season 5Episode 3065 min

Host: Lou Rawls

Lou Rawls (host) - ""Some Folks Never Learn,"" ""See You When I Git There,"" ""Spring Again"" & ""Some Day You'll Be Old"" --Lou Rawls and Donna Summer - ""Swing Low Sweet Chariot"" --Sammy Davis (cameo, walk on) --Andrew Gold - ""Lonely Boy"" & ""Go Back Home Again"" --Gordon Lightfoot - ""Race Among the Ruins"" --Melanie - ""Cyclone"" --Leo Sayer - ""When I Need You"" & ""You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"" --Gino Vannelli - ""Summers of My Life"" --Midnight Special salute to Earth, Wind & Fire
May 20, 1977
Host: Neil Sedaka
Season 5Episode 3165 min

Host: Neil Sedaka

May 27, 1977
Hosts: Bread
Season 5Episode 3265 min

Hosts: Bread

Bread (hosts) - "Lay Your Money Down" "The Chosen One" "She's the Only One" & "Lost Without Your Love" --England Dan and John Ford Coley - "It's Sad to Belong" & "Soldier in the Rain" --Andrew Gold - "Lonely Boy" & "Go Back Home Again" --Joni Mitchell - "Big Yellow Taxi" --Eddie Rabbitt - "Rocky Mountain Music" --Johnny Rivers - "Slow Dancin'" --Valentine - "Take You Back" & "I've Got It" --Salute to Kenny Rogers
Jun 3, 1977
Co-hosts: Emmylou Harris & Little Feat
Season 5Episode 3365 min

Co-hosts: Emmylou Harris & Little Feat

Jun 10, 1977
Host: Neil Sedaka
Season 5Episode 3465 min

Host: Neil Sedaka

Jun 17, 1977
Host: Gregg Allman
Season 5Episode 3565 min

Host: Gregg Allman

Jun 24, 1977
Hosts: KC & the Sunshine Band
Season 5Episode 3665 min

Hosts: KC & the Sunshine Band

Jul 29, 1977
Hosts: The Spinners
Season 5Episode 3765 min

Hosts: The Spinners

Aug 5, 1977
Hosts: The Bay City Rollers
Season 5Episode 3865 min

Hosts: The Bay City Rollers

Aug 12, 1977

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