The Midnight Special Season 4, Episode 28: Host: Ray Charles

Helen Reddy / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Phoebe Snow

Helen Reddy (host) - ""I'll Be Your Audience,"" ""Bad Bad Leroy Brown"" (an animated film of the Jim Croce recording) ""Time"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Billy Braver (comedy segment) --The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - ""Dream,"" ""Bayou Jubilee,"" The Battle of New Orleans"" & ""Mother of Love"" --Phoebe Snow - ""I Don't Want the Night to End"" & ""Poetry Man"" --Paul Williams - ""Cried Like a Baby"" & ""Old Souls"" --Midnight Special salute to David Bowie --Hit of the Week:

90 min

Helen Reddy / Isaac Hayes / Barry Manilow

Helen Reddy (host) - ""Raised on Rock,"" ""You and Me Against the World"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Helen Reddy and Isaac Hayes - ""Body Language,"" --Isaac Hayes - ""Feel Like Makin' Love,"" ""Come Live with Me"" & ""I Can't Turn Around"" --The Committee (comedy troupe) - perform 2 sketches. --Barry Manilow - ""Could It Be Magic?"" & ""I Want to Be Somebody's Baby"" --Midnight Special tribute to Chuck Berry

Helen Reddy / Roger Miller / Keith Carradine

Helen Reddy (host) - ""Mrs. Robinson,"" ""Songs"" & ""Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady"" --Larry Beezer (comedy segment) --Keith Carradine - ""I'm Easy"" & ""Honey Won't You Let Me Be Your Friend"" --Keith Carradine and Helen Reddy - ""It Don't Worry me"" --The Crusaders - ""Creole"" & ""Soul Caravan"" --Janis Ian - ""In the Winter"" & ""Bayonne Blues"" --Roger Miller - ""All I Love Is You,"" ""The Day I Jumped from Uncle Harvey's Plane"" & ""Fraulein"" --Roger Miller & Helen Reddy - ""In the Summertime

Host: Helen Reddy / Bee Gees / Ike & Tina Turner

Helen Reddy (host) - ""This Must Be Wrong"" & ""You're My Home"" --The Bee Gees - ""Nights on Broadway,"" ""Wind of Change"" and a medley of hits. --Billy Joel - ""Travelin' Prayer"" & ""Ballad of Billy the Kid"" --Mel Tillis - ""Rainy Day Woman"" & ""Mental Revenge"" --Ike and Tina Turner - ""Sexy Ida"" & ""Baby Get It On"" --Midnight Special salute to Joan Baez (narrated by Wolfman Jack)

90 min

Host: Glen Campbell / Mac Davis

Glen Campbell (guest host) - ""Rhinestone Cowboy,"" ""Coutry Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.),"" ""When Will I Be Loved?"" ""Marie"" & ""Gentle on My Mind"" --Glen Campbell and Mac Davis - ""Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me"" --Mac Davis - ""Naughty Girl"" --Glen Campbell and Gwen McCrae - ""Rockin' Chair"" --Gwen McCrae - ""Love Insurance"" & ""Move Me Baby"" --Glen Campbell talks with L.A. Police Chief Edward Davis. --""Star Talk"" - Three segments with celebrities answering questions (on film).

Helen Reddy / J. Geils Band / Hudson Brothers

Gabe Kaplan (cameo) - introduces Helen Reddy --Helen Reddy (host) - ""Angie Baby,"" ""Pretty Pretty,"" ""Long Hard Climb,"" ""Talk"" & ""I Am Woman"" --The J. Geils Band - ""Love Itis,"" ""Orange Driver"" & ""Give It to Me"" --The Hudson Brothers - ""Ma Ma Ma Baby"" & ""Stop"" --Tavares - ""It Only Takes a Minute"" & ""Free Ride"

Helen Reddy / Merle Haggard / Roger Daltrey

Helen Reddy (host) - ""Travelin' Band,"" ""You Have Lived"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Roger Daltrey - ""Come and Get Your Love"" & ""Near to Surrender"" --Merle Haggard - medley of songs & ""Working Man Blues."" Plus a fiddle medley. --Merle Haggard & Helen Reddy - ""Today I Started Loving You Again"" --Ohio Players - ""Fire"" & ""Sweet Sticky Thing"" --""Hit of the Week"": Carly Simon - ""You're So Vain"" --Midnight Special salute: Glen Campbell

Host: Helen Reddy

-Helen Reddy (host) - ""Delta Dawn,"" ""Emotion"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Helen Reddy and Neil Sedaka - ""Sad Eyes"" --The Captain and Tennille - ""Natural Woman"" --The Captain and Tennille with Neil Sedaka - ""Love Will Keep Us Together"" --KC & the Sunshine Band - ""(That's the Way) I Like It"" & ""Get Down Tonight"" --Freddie Prinze (stand-up comedy) --Neil Sedaka - ""Bad Blood,"" ""Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,"" ""Lonely Night (Angel Face),"" ""When You Were Loving Me"" --""Hit of the Week"": The Rolling Stones' ""Brown Sugar""

90 min

Helen Reddy / David Essex / Brenda Lee / Jimmie Walker

Helen Reddy (host) - ""Angie Baby"" & ""Somewhere in the Night"" --David Essex - ""Rock On,"" ""All the Fun of the Fair"" & ""Won't Get Burned Again"" --Brenda Lee - ""Bringing It Back"" & ""Too Hard to Handle"" --Tom Scott & L.A. Express - ""Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. America,"" ""Tomcat"" & ""Rock Island Rocket"" --Jimmie Walker (stand-up comedy)

Helen Reddy / Frankie Valli / KISS / Barry Manilow

Helen Reddy (host) - ""Birthday Song,"" ""Belle of the Blues"" & ""I Am Woman"" --David Brenner (comedy segment) --KISS - ""Deuce"" & ""She"" --Barry Manilow - ""Something's Comin' Up,"" ""Tryin' to Get That Feelin' Again"" & ""I Want to Be Somebody's Baby"" --Frankie Valli - ""My Eyes Adored You"" --Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - ""Who Loves You?"" Midnight Special tribute to Harry Nilsson

1 min

Helen Reddy / Natalie Cole / Bee Gees / Olivia Newton-John

Helen Reddy (host) - ""Don't Mess with a Woman,"" ""Are You Alright?"" & ""I Am Woman"" --The Bee Gees - ""Nights on Broadway,"" medley of hits & ""Jive Talkin"" --Natalie Cole - ""This Will Be,"" ""Inseparable"" & ""Your Face Stays in My Mind"" --Mickey Gilley - ""Honkey Tonk Wine"" & ""If You Were Mine to Lose"" --Olivia Newton-John - ""Let It Shine"" & ""He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"

Helen Reddy / Anne Murray / Rufus feat. Chaka Khan

Helen Reddy (host) - ""Keep On Singing,"" Get Off Me Baby"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Glen Campbell - ""Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)"" & ""My Girl"" --George Miller (stand-up comedy) --Anne Murray - ""Blue Finger Lou"" ""Sunday Sunrise"" --Anne Murray and Johnny Rivers - ""You Won't See Me"" --Rufus, featuring Chaka Khan - ""Sweet Thing,"" ""Fool's Paradise"" & ""One You Get Started"" --The Whitneys - ""I Got the Music in Me"" & ""I Need Your Loving Everyday"" --Midnight Special salute: Gordon Lightfoot

Helen Reddy / Petula Clark / Peter Frampton

Helen Reddy (host) - ""Where Is My Friend?"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Petula Clark - ""My Love"" --Helen Reddy & Petula Clark - ""Super Loving Lady"" --Ohio Players - ""Love Rollercoaster"" & ""Honey"" --Peter Frampton - ""Show Me the Way,"" ""Baby I Love Your Way"" & ""Do You Feel Like We Do"" --Cotton, Lloyd & Christian - ""I Can Sing I Can Dance"" & ""I Go to Pieces"

Host: Helen Reddy / Dolly Parton / Charlie Rich

Helen Reddy (host) - ""Somewhere in the Night,"" ""Lady Chain"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Dolly Parton - ""Jolene"" & ""We Used To"" --Allan Price - ""Jarrow Song"" & ""City Lights"" --Charlie Rich - ""Midnight Blues"" & ""All Over Me"" --Leo Sayer - ""Another Time"" --Roy Wood's Wizzard - ""This Is the Story of My Love"" & ""Forever

Host: Helen Reddy

--Helen Reddy (host) - ""Angie Baby"" --Joan Baez - ""Diamonds and Rust"" & ""Children and All That Jazz"" --Glen Campbell - ""Rhinestone Cowboy"" --Earth, Wind & Fire - ""Shining Star"" --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Can't Get It Out of My Head"" & ""Laredo Tornado"" --Freddy Fender - ""Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"" --Janis Ian - ""At Seventeen"" --LaBelle - ""Lady Marmalade"" --Minnie Riperton - ""Lovin' You"" --Neil Sedaka - medley of hits & ""Bad Blood""

90 min

Staple Singers / Poco/Kenny Rankin

Helen Reddy (host) - ""I've Been Wanting You,"" ""Loneliness"" & ""I Am Woman"" --The Staple Singers - ""Let's Do It Again"" ""Respect Yourself"" ""Funky Love"" --Olivia Newton-John - ""Let It Shine"" & ""Lovers"" --Poco - ""Kep On Tryin',"" ""Sagebrush Serenade"" & ""Makin' Love"" --Kenny Rankin - ""In the Name of Love"" & ""Lost Up in Loving You"" --Midnight Special salute: B.B. King

Helen Reddy / Natalie Cole / Petula Clark

Helen Reddy (host) - ""Sweet Sympathy,"" ""You Know Me"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Petula Clark - ""Give Me a Smile"" & ""Going Out of My Head"" --Natalie Cole - ""This Will Be"" & ""I Can't Say No"" --C.W. McCall - ""Convoy"" & ""The Silverton"" --Uriah Heep - ""Shady Lady"" --Ted Neely - ""Paradise"" & ""Gethsemane"" --Billy Braver (stand-up comedian)

Helen Reddy / 5th Dimension / Tom T. Hall

Helen Reddy (host) - ""Our House,"" ""God Bless the Child"" & ""I Am Woman"" --The 5th Dimension - ""Just Too Many People"" & medley of hits (""Up, Up and Away,"" ""Stone Soul Picnic,"" ""Wedding Bell Blues,"" ""One Less Bell to Answer,"" ""Aquarius"" & ""We're Going Places Together"") --Tom T. Hall - ""I Like Beer"" & ""Pamela Brown"" --Janis Ian - ""This Must Be Wrong"" & ""Jesse"" --Queen - ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" (probably a music video) --Tim Thomerson (comedy segment) --Midnight Special salute to Frank Zappa

Host: Wolfman Jack (3rd Anniversary Show, Part 1)

Third Anniversary Show --Wolfman Jack (host) --Herb Alpert (from 20-Jun-75) - ""Desert Dance"" and a medley of hits (""Lonely Bull,"" ""Spanish Flea,"" ""This Guy's in Love with You,"" ""Taste of Honey"" and ""Zorba the Greek"") --Glen Campbell - ""Rhinestone Cowboy"" --George Carlin (stand-up comedy) --Gladys Knight and the Pips - ""Midnight Train to Georgia"" & ""I've Got to Use My Imagination"" --Randy Newman - ""All His Love"" --The O'Jays - ""Put Your Hands Together"" and a medley (""People Keep Telling Me,"" ""Time to Get Down,"" ""This Air I Breathe,"" ""992 Arguments"" and ""Backstabbers"") --Linda Ronstadt - ""When Will I Be Loved"" --Frankie Valli - ""My Eyes Adored You"" and a medley of hits (""Sherry,"" ""Walk Like a Man,"" ""Big Girls Don't Cry"" and ""Bye Bye Baby"") --Salute to Elton John

Host: Wolfman Jack (3rd Anniversary Show, Part 2)

Wolfman Jack (host) --Paul Anka - ""You're Having My Baby"" & ""Jubilation"" --The Captain and Tennille - ""(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman"" --Mac Davis - ""Something's Burning"" --Janis Ian - ""At Seventeen"" & ""When the Party's Over"" --Barry Manilow - ""Could It Be Magic"" --Richard Pryor (stand-up comedy segment) --Neil Sedaka - ""Laughter in the Rain"" and a medley of hits --Midnight Special salute to Neil Young

Host: David Brenner

David Brenner (guest host) - stand-up comedy segments throughout show --Fleetwood Mac - ""Over My Head"" & ""Rhiannon"" --Lesley Gore - ""Immortality"" & ""Can't Seem to Live Our Good Times Down"" --B.B. King - ""Breaking Up Somebody's Home"" & ""Reconsider Baby"" --Michael Murphy - ""Renegade"" & ""Wildflower"" --Anne Murray - ""Sunday Sunrise"" --Midnight Special salute to Dion

90 min

Helen Reddy / Miracles / Tanya Tucker / ELO

Helen Reddy (host) - ""Somewhere in the Night"" --Frankie Avalon - ""Venus"" --Frankie Avalon and Helen Reddy - ""Why"" --David Bowie - ""Fame"" (music video?) --Billy Braver (comedy segment with Helen Reddy) --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Evil Woman,"" ""Nightrider"" & ""Strange Magic"" --The Miracles - ""Love Machine,"" ""Ain't Nobody Straight in L.A."" & ""Do It Baby"" --Tanya Tucker - ""Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You"" & ""You've Got Me to Hold On To"" --Midnight Special salute to Little Richard

Helen Reddy / Peter Frampton / Rufus feat. Chaka Khan

Helen Reddy (host) - ""The Immigrant,"" ""Nice to Be Around"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Peter Frampton - ""Show Me the Way"" & ""Baby I Love Your Way"" --Melissa Manchester - ""Just You and I,"" ""Rescue Me"" & ""Sing Sing Sing"" --Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - ""Sweet Thing"" & ""Fool's Paradise"" --Jimmie Walker (comedy segment) --Midnight Special salute to Johnny Rivers

Helen Reddy / Gordon Lightfoot / Little Richard

-Helen Reddy (host) - ""Modern Day Magic,"" ""Hold Me in Dreams Tonight"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Eric Carmen - ""All By Myself"" & ""That's Rock 'n' Roll"" --Gordon Lightfoot - ""Summertime Dream,"" ""Spanish Moss"" & ""I'm Not Supposed to Care"" --Little Richard - ""Call My Name"" --Little Richard & Helen Reddy - ""Since I Met You Baby"" --Barbara Mandrell - ""Rocky Top"" --Donna Summer - ""Love to Love You Baby"" & ""Could It Be Magic"" --Midnight Special salute: Jimmy Webb

Host: Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole (guest host) - ""This Will Be,"" ""Mr. Melody,"" ""Inseparable"" & ""Sophisticated Lady"" --The Bee Gees - ""Nights on Broadway"" & ""Jive Talkin'"" --Keith Carradine - ""I'm Easy"" --Charo - ""La Salsa"" --Earth, Wind and Fire - ""Mighty Mighty"" & ""Shining Star"" --KC and the Sunshine Band - ""That's the Way (I Like It)"" & ""Get Down Tonight"" --Gwen McCrae - ""Rockin' Chair"" & ""He Don't Ever Lose His Groove"" --Midnight Special salute to Alvin Lee and Ten Years After

Host: Helen Reddy

-Helen Reddy (host) - ""This Masquerade"" & ""I Am Woman"" --Fleetwood Mac - ""Rhiannon"" & ""World Turning"" --Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - ""Winners and Losers"" & ""Everyday Without You"" --Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds with Helen Reddy - ""Fallin' in Love"" --Barry Manilow - ""Tryin' to Get the Feelin' Again"" & ""Something's Comin' Up"" --Queen - ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" (probably a music video) --Gary Wright - ""Dream Weaver,"" ""Are You Weeping"" & ""My Love Is Alive""

90 min

Janis Ian

Host: Paul Anka

Paul Anka (host) - ""Put Your Head on My Shoulder"" --Joan Baez - ""The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"" & ""Simple Twist of Fate"" --The Beatles (on film) - ""Hey Jude"" --The Bee Gees - ""Run to Me"" --Chuck Berry - ""Maybellene"" & ""Sweet Little Sixteen"" --The Carpenters - ""Please Me. Postman"" --Chubby Checker - ""The Twist"" --Jim Croce - ""Big Bad Leroy Brown"" --Peter Frampton - ""Show Me the Way"" & ""Baby I Love Your Way"" --Bill Haley and the Comets - ""Rock Around the Clock"" & ""See You Later Alligator"" --Herman's Hermits - ""I'm Henry VIII I Am"" & ""Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" --Elvis Presley (on film) - ""Don't Be Cruel"" --Helen Reddy - ""Delta Dawn""

90 min

Host: Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka (host) - ""Steppin' Out,"" ""Love in the Shadows,"" ""Good Times Good Music Good Friends,"" ""You Gotta make Your Own Sunshine,"" ""Teach Your Children"" & ""Number One Heartache"" --Neil Sedaka and Kim Carnes - ""Perfect Strangers"" --Eric Carmen - ""Never Gonna Fall in Love Again"" & ""All By Myself"" --Kim Carnes - ""You're Part of Me"" & ""Nothing Makes Me Feel as Good as a Love Song"" --The Commodores - ""Sweet Love"" & ""Slippery When Wet"" --Midnight Special salute to Yes --Hit of the Week: ""Teach Your Children"" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Host: Helen Reddy

Helen Reddy (host) - ""You Are a Song,"" ""No One Told Me"" & ""I Am Woman"" --David Brenner (comedian) - comedy segment with Helen Reddy --Fleetwood Mac - ""Rhiannon,"" ""Why"" (1974 song) & ""Over My Head"" --Dorothy Moore - ""Misty Blue"" & ""Funny How Time Slips Away"" --Gary Wright - ""My Love Is Alive,"" ""Dream Weaver"" & ""Can't Find the Judge"" --Midnight Special tribute to Paul Anka (2-part salute with clips from past performances) --Plus, a demonstration of the latest disco dances

90 min

Host: Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole (host) - ""Sophisticated Lady,"" ""Keep Smiling,"" ""Touch Me"" & ""No Plans for the Future"" --The Captain and Tennille - ""Shop Around"" & ""Lonely Night (Angel Face),"" --Billy Crystal (comedian) - stand-up comedy monologue (re: compaires NY to California; Disneyland) --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Strange Magic"" & ""Evil Woman"" --Sonny James - medley of his hats --Sonny James with Pratt and McClain - ""Devil with a Blue Dress"" --Pratt and McClain - ""Happy Days"" --Midnight Special tribute to Jethro Tull (with taped interview of band leader, Ian Anderson) Clips of Jethro Tull are also shown during the closing credits

Host: Glen Campbell

Glen Campbell - ""Don't Pull Your Love,"" ""Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye,"" ""Bloodline"" & ""By the Time I Get to Phoenix"" --Glen Campbell and George Benson - ""Affirmation"" --Glen Campbell and Dorothy Moore - ""Funny How Time Slips Away"" --Glen Campbell and Jim Stafford - ""Everybody Wants to Boogie"" --George Benson - ""This Masquerade"" & ""Breezin'"" --Stephen Cohn - ""American Cheese"" & ""Sunshine for You"" --Dorothy Moore - ""Misty Blue"" --Jim Stafford - ""Wildwood Weed"" & ""Star Spangled Banner"" routine (Jim does impressions of Jonny Cash & Charley Pride) --Midnight Special tribute to Donovan (filmed interview, performance clips of some of his songs) --Hit of the Week: ""Big Yellow Taxi"" by Joni Michell

Host: Rita Coolidge

Rita Coolidge (host) - ""I Feel the Burden"" ""Hula Hoop,"" ""Taking It All in Stride"" ""Yellow Beach Umbrella"" --Rita Coolidge and Willie Nelson - ""Will the Circle Be Unbroken"" (another source lists ""Goodnight Irene"") --Rita Coolidge and Jackie DeShannon - ""I Wanted It All"" --Rita Coolidge, Booker T. Huffman, Willie Nelson and Jackie DeShannon - ""Amazing Grace"" and ""The Midnight Special"" --Booker T. Huffman (of Booker T and the MG's) - ""Time Is Tight"" & ""Tie Stick"" & ""Time Is Tight"" --Jackie DeShannon - ""All Night Desire"" & ""Boat to Sail"" --Willie Nelson - ""If You've Got the Money, Honey (I've Got the Time),"" ""Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"" and a medley (""Funny How Time Slips Away"" and ""Night Life"") --Midnight Special salute to Leadbelly (with old film clips of Leadbelly & scenes from the movie ""Leadbelly"

Hosts: The Spinners

The Spinners (hosts) - ""Wake Up Susan,"" ""Games People Play,"" ""It's a Shame"" & ""Love or Leave"" --The Captain and Tennille - ""Shop Around""& ""The Wedding Song (There Is Love)"" --Eric Carmen - ""Never Gonna Fall in Love Again"" & ""All By Myself"" --Henry Gross - ""Shannon,"" ""Springtime Mama"" & ""Southern Band"" --Starbuck - ""Moonlight Feels Right"" & ""I Got to Know"" --Midnight Special salute to Jim Croce

Host: David Brenner

David Brenner (host) - introduces other guests and does comedy monologues --George Benson - ""This Masquerade"" & ""Breezin'"" --Hot Chocolate - ""You Sexy Thing"" & ""Brother Louie"" --Phoebe Snow - ""Poetry Man"" & ""Harpo's Blues"" --The Sylvers - ""Boogie Fever,"" ""Free Style"" & ""Cotton Candy"" --Gary Wright - ""My Love is Alive"" & ""Dream Weaver"

Host: James Brown

James Brown - ""Sex Machine,"" ""Get Up Offa That Thing,"" ""Try Me,"" ""A Man's World"" & ""Everybody Wanna Get Funky One More Time"" --Peter Frampton - ""Baby I Love Your Way"" --Rhythm Heritage - ""Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)"" --Seals & Crofts - ""Get Closer"" & ""Goodbye Old Buddies"" --J.D. Souther - ""Black Rose,"" ""Banging My Head Against the Moon"" & ""Silver Blue"" --Midnight Special salute to Alice Cooper (2-part tribute) --Music video: Elton John and Kiki Dee - ""Don't Go Breakin' My Heart""

Host: Paul Williams

Paul Williams (host) - ""Life Goes On,"" ""Time and Tide"" & ""Traveling Boy"" --The Brothers Johnson - ""I'll Be Good to You"" & ""Get the Funk out Ma Face"" --Anthony Newley - ""Teach the Children,"" ""What Kind of Fool Am I?"" & ""The Man Who Makes You Laugh"" --Vicki Sue Robinson - ""Turn the Beat Around"" & ""Wonderland of Love"" --Candi Staton - ""Young Hearts Run Free"" & ""Run to Me"" --Midnight Special salute to Jackie Wilson --Queen (music video) - ""You're My Best Friend""

Host: Jimmie Walker

-Jimmie Walker (host) --Lynn Anderson - medley (""Rose Garden,"" ""Top of the World"" and ""Cry"") & ""Gone At Last"" --Elvin Bishop - ""Struttin' My Stuff"" --Cate Brothers - ""Union Man"" & ""Can't Change My Heart"" --1st National Rotagilla Band - ""Rotagilla Chorus"" & ""I Feel Like Singing"" --Henry Gross - ""Springtime Mama"" & ""Southern Band"" --Johnnie Taylor - ""Disco Lady"" & ""Somebody's Gettin' It"" --Midnight Special salute: Neil Sedaka

Host: Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin (host) - ""Respect,"" ""Sparkle"" (theme from the movie) & ""Mr. D.J."" --Aretha Franklin does impressions of Billy Holiday (""Easy to Remember""); Gladys Knight (""Midnight Train to Georgia"") and Diana Ross (""Ain't No Mountain High Enough"") --Bob Greenberg persents Aretha with a gold album for ""Sparkle"" --Lou Rawls - ""You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine,"" ""Groovy People"" & ""This Song Will Last Forever"" --The Marshall Tucker Band - ""Long Hard Ride,"" ""Fire on the Mountain"" & ""Searchin' for a Rainbow"" --The Movies - ""Dancin' on Ice"" --Midnight Special salute to Paul Williams

Host: Neil Sedaka

-Neil Sedaka (host) - ""Steppin' Out,"" ""Love in the Shadows,"" ""Good Times Good Music Good Friends,"" ""You Gotta make Your Own Sunshine,"" ""Teach Your Children"" & ""Number One Heartache"" --Neil Sedaka and Kim Carnes - ""Perfect Strangers"" --Eric Carmen - ""Never Gonna Fall in Love Again"" & ""All By Myself"" --Kim Carnes - ""You're Part of Me"" & ""Nothing Makes Me Feel as Good as a Love Song"" --The Commodores - ""Sweet Love"" & ""Slippery When Wet"" --Midnight Special salute to Yes --Hit of the Week: ""Teach Your Children"" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young