The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1973 (1973)

The Midnight Special is an American latenight musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s created and produced by Burt Sugarman It premiered as a special on August 19 1972 then began its run as a regular series on February 2 1973 its last episode was on May 1 1981 The ninetyminute program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 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 Wolfman Jack served as the announcer and frequent guest host The programs theme song a traditional folk song called Midnight Special was performed by Johnny Rivers