AWARDS & HONORS

Guest stars

Main article: List of guests appearing on The Midnight Special

Some notable guest stars and hosts included:

• ABBA

• AC/DC

• Aerosmith

• Andy Gibb

• America

• Aretha Franklin

• New Birth

• The Bay City Rollers

• The Beach Boys

• The Bee Gees

• Chuck Berry

• Blondie

• David Bowie

• Dr. Hook

• Bread

• Brooklyn Dreams

• James Brown

• The Cars

• The Chambers Brothers

• Jerry Bell

• Ray Charles

• Cheap Trick

• Lou Christie

• Petula Clark

• Jim Croce

• Billy Crystal

• Bo Diddley

• The Doobie Brothers

• Earth, Wind & Fire

• Electric Light Orchestra

• Cass Elliot

• Fleetwood Mac

• Peter Frampton

• Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

• Aretha Franklin

• Marvin Gaye

• Genesis

• Goldstar

• Gladys Knight & The Pips

• Al Green

• Heart

• Janis Ian

• Wolfman Jack

• The Jackson 5

• Rick James

• Billy Joel

• Elton John

• Journey

• KC and the Sunshine Band

• Andy Kaufman

• B.B. King

• Kiss

• The Ojays

• Kris Kristofferson

• Jerry Lee Lewis

• Gordon Lightfoot

• Little Feat

• Loggins & Messina

• Barry Manilow

• Steve Martin

• Eddie Money

• Van Morrison

• Randy Newman

• Olivia Newton-John

• The New York Dolls

• Ted Nugent

• Dolly Parton

• Prince

• Richard Pryor

• Robert Fripp

• Helen Reddy

• REO Speedwagon

• Linda Ronstadt

• Roxy Music

• Diana Ross

• T. Rex

• Rufus

• Todd Rundgren

• The Spinners

• Steely Dan

• Rod Stewart

• Sugarloaf

• Donna Summer

• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

• The Three Degrees

• Thin Lizzy

• Ike & Tina Turner Revue

• Village People

• War

• Weather Report

• XTC

• Gary Wright

• Golden Earring

ELO had more appearances than any other band with four.

The show presented The 1980 Floor Show, the last performance of David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, it was broadcast on November 16, 1973, and was taped a month earlier from specially-commissioned performances at the Marquee Club in Soho, London.

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​n 2006, a DVD collection entitled Burt Sugarman's Midnight Special was made available by Guthy-Renker through television and radio infomercials. In 2014, an 11-DVD collection entitled The Midnight Special was released by Star-Vista through standard retail channels.