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The Midnight Special

Season 2 Episode 17: Million Sellers hosted by Wolfman Jack

5 SeasonsJan 04, 1974NR1h 30m8.5

Wolfman Jack (host) Taped clips of performers: --Loggins & Messina - ""Your Mama Don't Dance"" --Billy Preston - ""Will It Go Round in Circles?"" --Stories - ""Brother Louie"" --Gladys Knight & the Pips - ""Midnight Train to Georgia"" --Edgar Winter Group - ""Frankenstein"" --The Spinners - ""Could It Be I'm Falling in Love?"" --Curtis Mayfield - "&quo...

Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 Host: Curtis Mayfield; guests: The Bee Gees, Jim Croce, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Natural Four, Wilson Pickett, Helen Reddy, Sly & the Family Stone, War

1. Host: Curtis Mayfield; guests: The Bee Gees, Jim Croce, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Natural Four, Wilson Pickett, Helen Reddy, Sly & the Family Stone, War

Aired: Sep 14, 1973

Curtis Mayfield (host) - ""Future Shock,"" ""Back to the World"" & ""Right On...

Episode 6 Hosts: War; guests: Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Climax Blues Band, Mott the Hoople, New York Dolls, Danny O'Keefe, Piper

6. Hosts: War; guests: Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Climax Blues Band, Mott the Hoople, New York Dolls, Danny O'Keefe, Piper

Aired: Oct 19, 1973

War (hosts) - ""Cisco Kid,"" ""Me and Baby Brother,"" ""The World Is a Ghetto...

Episode 7 Hosts: Sly and the Family Stone; guests: Mark Almond, Little Sister, Melissa Manchester, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Freddy Weller, Atlee Yeager

7. Hosts: Sly and the Family Stone; guests: Mark Almond, Little Sister, Melissa Manchester, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Freddy Weller, Atlee Yeager

Aired: Oct 26, 1973

-Sly and the Family Stone (hosts) - ""Stand,"" ""Higher,"" ""Thank You (Falet...

Episode 8 Chuck Berry

Aired: Nov 1, 1973

Chuck Berry (host) - "Tulane," "School Days," "Johnny B. Good," "Got It and G...

Episode 14 Guest Hosts: Loggins & Messina; guests: The Guess Who, Leo Kottke, Martin Mull, Billy Preston

14. Guest Hosts: Loggins & Messina; guests: The Guess Who, Leo Kottke, Martin Mull, Billy Preston

Aired: Dec 13, 1973

Ed McMahon starts the show and introduces Loggins & Messina.

Episode 17 Million Sellers hosted by Wolfman Jack

17. Million Sellers hosted by Wolfman Jack

Aired: Jan 3, 1974

Wolfman Jack (host) Taped clips of performers: --Loggins & Messina - ""Your M...

Episode 24 Guest Host: Gordon Lightfoot; guests: The Guess Who, The James Gang, Byron MacGregor, Maria Muldaur, Redbone, Ravi Shankar

24. Guest Host: Gordon Lightfoot; guests: The Guess Who, The James Gang, Byron MacGregor, Maria Muldaur, Redbone, Ravi Shankar

Aired: Feb 22, 1974

Gordon Lightfoot (guest host) - ""The List,"" ""If You Could Read My Mind,"" ...

Episode 47 Host: Little Richard

47. Host: Little Richard

Aired: Aug 16, 1974

Little Richard (host) - ""The Midnight Special,"" ""In the Name,"" ""Ooh Poo ...

Episode 49 Marvin Gaye

49. Marvin Gaye

Aired: Sep 6, 1974

Marvin Gaye concert taped August 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia. --Marvin Gaye perf...

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Creators

Stan Harris

Stan HarrisDirector

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Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Genres:Music, Talk-Show