The Midnight Special is now on YouTube! Subscribe now. 📺 🎙️ The best performances from the biggest stars are now available to watch for FREE on YouTube. Subscribe now to be the first to see. New artists coming every week. | Burt Sugarman’s The Midnight Special

The Cars on The Midnight Special is now on YouTube! 🌟 Revisit the golden age of music and television with new artists coming every week. Watch the best performances from the biggest stars for FREE. Subscribe now. 🎙️ | Burt Sugarman’s The Midnight Special

Spotlight on Classic TV – The Midnight Special (1972–1981) The Midnight Special was one of the most electrifying music programs ever to hit late-night television. Airing on NBC from 1972 to 1981, it broke the mold by bringing viewers real, live performances at a time when most music shows relied heavily on lip-syncing. For nearly a decade, it became the soundtrack of Friday nights and a vital showcase for some of the biggest names in rock, pop, disco, soul, and country. Hosted for much of its ru

Midnight Special Live '77, '78, '80 - The Midnight Special - The original late night live Rock n' Roll concert show - who broadcast their very first music TV Show in August of 1972. REO Speedwagon were guests on the program in 1977, 1978, and 1980. With a videographer hired by the network, the cameras focuses in a lot more on the star quality of Gary Richrath in these videos. Take a trip back in time to their performances. | Gary Richrath - Guitar Legend

🎸 Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-lovin’ light on you... 🎶 Here’s Creedence Clearwater Revival lighting up the stage with their electrifying performance of The Midnight Special from 1970 — a gritty, swampy rock rendition of a prison folk classic that dates back to the early 20th century. Originally sung by inmates in Southern penitentiaries, The Midnight Special refers to a passenger train that ran past the Sugar Land prison in Texas. The legend? If its light shone on you through your

Chuck Berry introduces blues legend Muddy Waters on ‘The Midnight Special,’ 1973. 🎶 Long before his own rise, Berry admired Muddy Waters’ blues and once sought him out in Chicago for advice. Muddy famously pointed him to Leonard Chess and Chess Records, helping set the stage for rock and roll history. 🎥: NBC | Chess Records