The Midnight Special Season 6, Episode 44: Hosts: KC & the Sunshine Band

Hosts: The Captain and Tennille

The Captain and Tennille (hosts) - ""Can't Stop Dancin',"" ""Come In from the Rain,"" ""54 Boogie Blues"" & ""Circles"" --Chaka Khan with the Captain & Tennille - ""Let the Good Times Roll"" --Little River Band - ""Help Is on the Way"" & ""It's a Long Way There"" --Lou Rawls - ""See You When I Get There"" & ""Spring Again"" --Rufus, featuring Chaka Khan - ""Everlasting Love"" --Neil Young (on film) - ""Like a Hurricane"" --Midnight Special salute to Janis Ian --Midnight Special ""Hit of the Week"" - David Bowie's ""Fame"

90 min

Host: David Brenner

Guests: --The Average White Band - ""Star in the Ghetto"" --The Average White Band and Ben E. King - ""Keeping It to Myself"" --Joan Baez - ""Diamonds and Rust,"" ""Time Rag,"" ""Honest Lullaby"" & ""A Heartfelt Line or Two"" --The Brothers Johnson - ""Strawberry Letter 23"" --REO Speedwagon - ""Keep Pushin'"" & ""Ridin' the Storm Out"" --Midnight Special salute to Yes

Host: George Benson

Guests: --George Benson (host) - ""The Greatest Love of All"" & ""Nature Boy,"" --George Benson and Minnie Riperton - ""Misty"" --Minnie Riperton - ""Young Willin' and Able"" & ""Could It Be I'm Falling in Love?"" --Roy Ayers and George Benson - ""What's Going On"" --Bonnie Raitt - ""Three Time Loser"" & ""My Opening Farewell"" --Roger Daltrey - ""Say It Ain't So, Joe"" (music video) --Midnight Special salute to Lou Rawls George Benson, Roy Ayers, Herbie Hancock, Harvey Mason, Jean-Luc Ponty, John Klemmer and Phil Upchurch - ""Fever"" (performed at beginning of show) and ""Chameleon"" (performed at closing of show)

Host: Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers (host) - ""Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Condition Was In),"" ""Daytime Friends,"" ""Sweet Music Man"" & ""Oh Lady Luck"" --Kenny Rogers and Debby Boone - ""Desperado"" --Debby Boone - ""You Light Up My Life,"" ""Love Is Thicker Than Water"" & ""Baby I'm Yours"" --Andy Gibb - ""Love Is Thicker Than Water"" --Bob Marley & the Wailers (on film from London) - 'Jammin',"" ""Get Up, Stand Up"" & ""Exodus"" --Supertramp (on film) - ""Give A Little Bit"" video --B.J. Thomas - ""Don't Worry Baby"" & ""Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)"" --Carly Simon (on film) - ""Nobody Does It Better"" (with scenes from the movie ""The Spy who Loved Me"")

Hosts: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. (hosts) - ""My Very Special Darling,"" ""Wonderful,"" ""My Reason to Be Is You"" & ""Look What You've Done to My Heart"" --Eric Carmen - ""Marathon Man,"" ""She Did It"" & ""Boots Against the Current"" --Michael Masser (playing piano) with Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - a medley of three Masser songs (""Do You Know"" ""Touch Me in the Morning"" + 1 more song) --Johnny Rivers - ""Slow Dancin'"" --Rod Stewart (on tape) - ""I Was Only Joking"" & ""Hot Legs"" music videos --Midnight Special salute to Randy Newman

Host: Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop (host) - ""Struttin' My Stuff,"" ""Fooled Around and Fell in Love,"" ""Birthday Cake,"" ""Another Mule"" & ""Rock My Soul"" --Elvin Bishop and Van Morrison - ""Help Me"" --Elvin Bishop and Crystal Gayle - ""Green Door"" --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Telephone Line"" & ""Rock Aria"" --Crystal Gayle - ""Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue?"" & ""Ready for Times to Get Better"" --Ronnie McDowell - ""The King Is Gone"" --Van Morrison - ""Domino"" --Thin Lizzy - ""Dancin' in the Monlight"" & ""Emerald"

Host: David Soul

David Soul (host) - ""Don't Give Up on Us,"" ""Silver Lady,"" ""Playing to an Audience of One,"" ""Nobody but a Fool or a Preacher,"" ""Flute Thing"" & ""Hooray for Hollywood"" --David Soul and Debby Boone - ""Oregon"" --David Soul and Lynne Marta - ""Tennessee Blues"" --Debby Boone - ""You Light Up My Life"" & ""My Dangerous Heart"" --Little River Band - ""Help Is on Its Way"" --Paul Nicholas - ""Heaven on the 7th Floor"" --Styx - ""Come Sail Away"" & ""Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)"" --Midnight Special to the Electric Light Orchestra

Host: Lou Rawls

Lou Rawls (host) - ""Lady Love,"" ""Tradewinds,"" ""You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"" & ""There Will Be Love"" --Lou Rawls and Candi Staton - ""You Bet Your Sweet Sweet Love"" --Kip Adotta (comedy segment) --KC & the Sunshine Band - ""Keep It Comin' Love"" --Alan Parsons Project - ""I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You"" --Player - ""Baby Come Back"" & ""Come On Out"" --Candi Staton - ""Young Hearts Run Free"" --Rod Stewart - ""You're in My Heart"" & ""Insane"" --Midnight Special salute to Harry Nilsson

Host: Glen Campbell

Glen Campbell - "William Tell Overture," ""MacArthur Park," "Amazing Grace" & a Beach Boys medley --Brick - "Dusic" & "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" --Glen Campbell & Dorothy Moore - "How Sweet It Is" --Dorothy Moore - "Let the Music Play" & "I Believe In You" --Dianne Steinberg - "Amazing" & "The Wish" --Midnight Special salute to Anne Murray

Hosts: The Spinners

The Spinners (hosts) - ""I'll Be Around,"" ""Heaven on Earth,"" ""Baby I Need Your Love"" & ""Easy Come, Easy Go"" --Ronee Blakely and the Spinners - ""Then Came You"" --Gato Barbieri - ""Ruby"" & ""I Want You"" --J.J. Barrie - ""Bing's Gone"" --Ronee Blakely - ""Need a New Sun Rising"" --Crystal Gayle - ""Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue?"" --Heatwave - ""Boogie Nights"" --Alan Price - ""I Want to Dance"" & ""I've Been Hurt"" --Midnight Special salute to the Average White Band

Host: Frankie Valli

-Frankie Valli (host) - ""Swearin' to God,"" ""I Need You,"" ""With You"" & ""Native New Yorker"" --Pat Boone - ""Ain't Going Down in the Bround Before My Time"" --Robert Gordon & Link Wray - ""Red Hot"" --Robert Gordon - ""The Way I Walk"" --Chris Hillman - ""Playing the Fool"" & ""Heartbreaker"" --Robin Trower - ""Farther Up the Road,"" ""Somebody's Calling"" & ""Bridge of Sighs"" --Clip from animated special ""A Doonesbury Special"" with cartoon version of Thudpucker performing ""Solo."" --Midnight Special salute to Olivia Newton-Joh

Host: Wolfman Jack

Wolfman Jack (host) --Air Supply - ""Feel the Breeze"" & ""Do It Again"" --David Bowie - ""Heroes"" (probably a music video) --England Dan & John Ford Coley - ""Gone Too Far"" & ""Dowdy Ferry Road"" --Fusion - ""You Gotta Find Jesus"" --The Jacksons - ""Going Places"" --Paul McCartney and Wings (on film) - ""Mull of Kintyre"" --Ricci Martin - ""Moonbeams"" --Libby Titus - ""Fool That I Am"" & ""Love Has No Pride"" --Bill Withers - ""Lovely Day"" --Midnight Special salute to Brenda Lee

Host: Pat Boone (Christmas Show)

Pat Boone (host) - medley of hits, ""Ain't Going Down in the Ground Before My Time,"" ""Break My Mind"" & ""We Wish You a Merry Christmas"" --Pat Boone and family - ""Joy to the World"" --Debby Boone - ""You Light Up My Life"" & ""Until Your Love Broke Through"" --Pat Boone, Debby Boone - ""Nothing Ever Changes"" & ""If"" (both songs with David Gates?) --Pat Boone and his daughters - Christmas medley --David Gates - ""Goodbye Girl"" --Phoebe Snow - ""Never Letting Go,"" ""Love Makes a Woman"" & ""Electra"" --Midnight Special salute to Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Hosts: The Bay City Rollers

The Bay City Rollers (hosts) - ""Money Honey,"" ""The Way I Feel Tonight,"" ""Pie,"" ""Don't Let the Music Die"" & ""Wouldn't You Like It?"" --Black Oak Arkansas - ""Race with the Devil"" & ""Not Fade Away"" --Greg Lake - ""C'est la Vie"" --New Riders of the Purple Sage - ""Jasper"" & ""Take a Red"" --Randy Newman (on film) - ""Short People"" --Queen (on film) - ""We Are the Champions"" music video --Kenny Rogers - ""Sweet Music Man,"" ""Morgana Jones"" & ""Something's Burnin'

Hosts: The O'Jays

The O'Jays (hosts) - ""For the Love of Money,"" ""Message in Our Music,"" ""Stand Up"" and a medley (""Backstabbers,"" ""Wildflowers,"" ""Sunshine,"" ""Love Train,"" ""Put Your Hands Together"") --Air Supply - ""Do It Again"" --David Bowie - ""Heroes"" (probably a music video) --England Dan & John Ford Coley - ""Gone Too Far"" --Emerson, Lake & Palmer - ""Tiger in the Spotlight"" --Dee Dee Sharp Gamble - ""I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"" --Sammy Hagar - ""Red"" & ""You Make Me Crazy"" --Billy Preston - ""Nothin' from Nothin',"" ""I'm Really Gonna Miss You"" & ""Wide Stride"" --Midnight Special salute to the Animals

Host: Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin (host) - ""Touch Me Up,"" ""Keep On Loving You,"" ""Almighty Fire"" & ""Joy Baby"" --Aretha Franklin and the Four Tops - ""Isn't She Lovely"" --The Four Tops - ""Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"" & ""The Show Must Go On"" --Dan Hill - ""Sometimes When We Touch"" & ""Hold On"" --Fred Travalena (comedy segment) --Barry White - ""It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Net to Me"" --Midnight Special tribute to Black Oak Arkansas

Host: Rick Nelson

Rick Nelson (guest host) - ""I Wanna Move with You,"" ""Gimme a Little Sign,"" ""Something You Can't Buy,"" ""Garden Party"" & ""Mystery Train"" --George Benson - ""Here Comes the Sun"" --Paul Davis - ""I Go Crazy,"" ""Bad Dream"" & ""I Never Heard the Song At All"" --Sweet Inspirations - ""Dance"" & ""Sweet Inspiration"" --10cc (music videos) - ""The Things We Do for Love"" & ""Five O'Clock in the Morning"" --Midnight Special salute to the Captain and Tennille

Host: Dicky Betts

Dickey Betts (guest host) - ""Good Time Feelin'"" --Dickey Betts, Elvin Bishop, Charlie Daniels and Bonnie Bramlet - ""Southbound"" & ""Midnight Creeper"" --Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush - ""Johnny B. Goode"" & ""I'm a King Bee"" --George Benson - ""Lady Blue"" & ""On Broadway"" --Oak Ridge Boys - ""Heavenbound"" & ""You're the One"" --Genesis - ""Follow You, Follow Me"" --Kelly Warren - ""Rocky Top""

Host: Crystal Gayle

90 min

Hosts: The O'Jays

90 min

Hosts: The Spinners

The Spinners (hosts) - ""Could It Be I'm Fallin' in Love,"" ""Rubberband Man,"" ""The Way We Were,"" ""Games People Play,"" ""You're Throwing a Good Love Away"" & ""Mighty Love"" --Andy Gibb - ""I Just Want to Be Your Everything"" & ""Love Is Thicker Than Water"" --Johnny Rivers - ""Slow Dancin'"" --The Sons of Champlin - ""Saved by the Grace of Your Love"" & ""Hold On"" --Rod Stewart - ""The Killing of George"" music video --Salute to Blood, Sweat and Tears