Ep 12 - The Midnight Special | April 20, 1973

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Hosted by Doc Severinsen with special guest appearances by Henry Mancini, Hoyt Axton, Jerry Butler, Dobie Gray, Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Country Joe McDonald with his All-Star Band, and Wolfman Jack.
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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:32 Doc Severinsen - I Just Want to Celebrate
00:05:11 Dobie Gray - Drift Away
00:09:45 Vicki Lawrence - The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
00:14:38 Jerry Butler - Western Union Man
00:18:10 Jerry Butler - Only the Strong Survive
00:21:26 Country Joe McDonald and his All-Star Band - Couleene Anne
00:26:20 Hoyt Axton - Jambalaya
00:33:50 Henry Mancini & Doc Severinsen - Brothers Go to Mothers
00:37:21 Hot Cup of Friends - Indian Warrior
00:41:07 Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager- Ain't Understanding Mellow
00:46:41 Doc Severinsen - Last Tango in Paris
00:50:45 Doc Severinsen - Tribute to Chicago
00:57:20 Country Joe McDonald and his All-Star Band - Hold On It’s Coming
01:01:05 Hoyt Axton - Less Than the Mellow
01:04:12 Dobie Gray - The “In” Crowd
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@user-mx1tz1kl6w 8 месяцев назад

No lip sync, no computer generated voice. Pure music 😂!

@eric_in_florida 3 месяца назад

And a healthy amount of variety show dancing too!

@57Banjoman 11 месяцев назад

Can we go back please??!!! When men and women were real!!

@tubester4567 4 месяца назад

Its interesting they had so much diversity in the 70;s and genres of music on the same show. From Rock, Pop, R&B, country, disco, Funk, Motown, Soul, even novelty songs like Disco Duck. You just dont see that kind of diversity today on the same stage. Music today is segregated by race, genre and who the target audience is.

@Teleman73 11 месяцев назад

Robert "Boogie" Bowles on guitar with Jerry Butler, later guitarist on most of the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack hits. Now touring guitarist with Smokey Robinson.

@chuckmillirons6529 9 месяцев назад

Wow! the internet really is amazing. Never knew Jan Smithers sang in a group with Henry Mancini's son! Awesome

@sonnysoldies5288 6 месяцев назад

Jan Smithers was such a talented beauty.

@BIGELOW.65 2 месяца назад

Me either.

@Farsider3955 11 месяцев назад

🤔…… 50:36 …,.😳 good grief! Doc Severinsen and band really kill it with their rendition of this great Chicago tune (and who new Doc could sing?!)….WOW!

@MostlyBrenda 11 месяцев назад

Random trivia: MCA bought Decca records around 62-63, but continued to release records with the familiar Decca label for the next 10 years! Finally, the suits called a meeting with purpose of ending the practice. Somebody, looking at the list of new releases, said, okay, that one will be the last Decca release. It was Dobie Gray's "Drift Away".

@NickNicometi 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, that is rather random.🤔

@ianman15 11 месяцев назад

And I have that 45rpm record!

@MostlyBrenda 11 месяцев назад

@@ianman15 I imagine it was selected to be the last because Dobie hadn't had a hit in a while and nobody would notice the change for the 45 after it. Then it became a surprise hit. Probably there were some office memos asking "Do we really want to do this now?"

@shyman99 11 месяцев назад

Sending my love to Jerry Butler who is still with us and what a remarkable artist! His music and voice are timeless.

@SuperBeachbum74 11 месяцев назад

He shopped for his groceries at a store where I was a manager. He’d be singing along with the songs on the radio and I’d often walk up to him and say , ‘ you know, you could do this professionally “, then I’d wink. He found me hilarious and we often talked. Two Chicago guys talking music , he was definitely the ‘ice man ‘ ! Too cool !

@grouchosays 9 месяцев назад

I saw Jerry live in a club in Georgetown, DC

@deirdre108 3 месяца назад

A distinctive voice and style--fantastic artist.

@OWR0406 11 месяцев назад

Hoyt Axton is fabulous. He should have been a superstar.

@jonstone2466 11 месяцев назад

He really was the classic "triple threat": Songwriter; singer/performer; actor. He did all three superbly.

@GreenManalishiUSA 11 месяцев назад

He wrote many hit songs that were popularized by other artists: Joy to the World (Three Dog Night), Greenback Dollar (The New Christy Minstrels), The Pusher (Steppenwolf), The No No Song (Ringo Starr), to name a few.

@deirdre108 3 месяца назад

@@GreenManalishiUSA Thanks PG! Didn't know he wrote The Pusher.

@randallamirante3112 11 месяцев назад

Wow 50 years ago I was a senior in high school living in a boys home outside of Chicago and my best summer of my life and great songs to remember by

@newavatar2947 11 месяцев назад

I was born May 27, 1973. I never liked the number "50"

@PoundTown595 11 месяцев назад

That Dobie Gray performance is pretty amazingly awesome.

@manguera9 4 месяца назад

Doc Severinsen is not only an arranger,player,director,he is a Showman

@franktatom1837 11 месяцев назад

Jan Smithers with "Hot Cup of Friends" later played Bailey on "WKRP in Cincinatti", I believe.

@EastSide-qc5oy 4 месяца назад

You believe correctly

@ianman15 11 месяцев назад

I met Doc Severinsen under unusual circumstances. He was dining in a hotel restaurant in Dayton, Ohio with a group of people. We were on the 14th floor. I was working my way through college as a wine captain. I was informed by another employee a fire had broke out within the hotel and I was assigned to escort Mr. Severinsen his guests down fourteen flights of stairs to the fire exit on the street. He was so nice about the incident however he did say he wanted to stop at his room and get his trumpet. He said he was not leaving the hotel without his instrument. And we granted his request still not knowing what the situation was like. We got his trumpet and then continued the trek to the street. Fortunately everything turned out well as the fire was contained in a small kitchen on the other side of the hotel and the evacuation was for the safety of the guests. And throughout it all, he still gave me his autograph. Classy guy and a true gentleman.

@bethanyhuber2598 11 месяцев назад

Great story!

@kentduryea7109 11 месяцев назад

Big deal. I made love to Ann Wilson of Heart. I was her "magic man" in Vegas for three days and two nights. And no I did not ask for her autograph.

@kentduryea7109 11 месяцев назад

@@bethanyhuber2598Mine is better. Much better!

@kln58cub 10 месяцев назад

@@kentduryea7109 Well? We're waiting.

@kentduryea7109 10 месяцев назад

@@kln58cub For what? A secret tape?

@glorifiedng 22 дня назад

Dobie Gray's Bass play must think he's playing lead cos he KILLED IT! OMG that tone and riffs wow man. LOVE AT FIRST HEAR! (on both his songs!!!)

@MikeDarnold501 11 месяцев назад

Thing is, these are real musicians playing music live. Maybe not all of it is your taste, but it’s all amazing artistry. People playing their hearts out. It’s so great. And what about those go-go boots and jumpsuits?!

@klopptillyoudropp1263 11 месяцев назад

Music is emotion. You can feel it in these performances. So good!

@grouchosays 10 месяцев назад

Those go-go boots and hot pants were the old days never, ever to come again. The girls wore pantyhose too. When was the last time you saw pantyhose? I was in my early 20’s when this aired. I wish I could go back in time to watch again.

@talon1706 9 месяцев назад

I was a teen when Hot pants and Mini skirts appeared. Great times.

@jondoe8889 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for making that point. We can all smirk at the clothing and even the songs - but that is real music. A rarity for TV land. But was there ever an excuse for go-go boots and jumpsuits??? But Zappa warned us - 'Plastic boots and plastic hats - and you think you know where it's at'...

@OWR0406 11 месяцев назад

theres has been no better live music show than the midnight special on the us tv ever

@jjh5374 11 месяцев назад

Wow, amazing. When watching these classic episodes of The Midnight Special I get lost in the rock & roll and drift away. The best!

@patrickschlosser8208 11 месяцев назад

"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia". i love this song so much.

@vnette9777 11 месяцев назад

Same💯❤️

@kenperkins7921 7 месяцев назад

Doobie want ed to be a country music singer.

@sirlordsoul 11 месяцев назад

The three Jerry Butler performances are all killer -- especially that spellbinding gospel-infused duet with Brenda Lee Eager! Wow!

@timtv2826 11 месяцев назад

Love all the great music. I didn't know Jan Smithers was a singer, she played Bailey on WKRP in Cincinnati. She has a nice voice. Good show, love the Midnight Special.

@chriskroll4166 11 месяцев назад

Where is she ??

@timtv2826 11 месяцев назад

@@chriskroll4166 at 37:00 Henry Mancini introduces his son Chris's band and also introduces Jan as the singer.

@Piggy-Oink-Oink 11 месяцев назад

That Country Joe footage is great. Such an under rated performer.

@calnonhardy4002 11 месяцев назад

Who Knew?

@grouchosays 9 месяцев назад

I saw Country Joe and the Fish at Atlantic City Rock Festival in August, 1969. On the same bill were Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Little Richard and Janis Joplin. Only bad act was Janis who stank.

@concatinate 3 месяца назад

Pretty cool that he had what looked like an all female backing band here too.

@kevingoins9858 11 месяцев назад

Dang...Jerry "The Iceman" Butler.....Henry Mancini......Doc....Dobie....man! Loving this!!

@tommythompson9565 11 месяцев назад

The Midnight Special --- Brings back lots of memories. So much talent in a live setting --- ya can't go wrong. The 70's rule .

@EdKazO-Vision 11 месяцев назад

This episode has the perfect vibe. Doc gets some great tone out of his horns.

@editorgyrl17 11 месяцев назад

Especially the Chicago tribute and his ‘bone soloist!

@bluebear1985 11 месяцев назад

Looks like the show after this one on April 27, 1973 was a good one too. The host for it was Jerry Lee Lewis, and it also included Linda Gail Lewis, Freddie Cannon, Chubby Checker, Bobby Day, The Del Vikings, The Penguins, Lloyd Price, Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Ronettes, Del Shannon, and The Shirelles. Quite a bit of music to fit into one hour.

@vnette9777 11 месяцев назад

I love Vicki Lawrence,I feel so Proud of her.Accomplished Singer is just One of her Many Talents.

@wonsworld61 11 месяцев назад

Such a wonderful eclectic mix of music that we had back then, that you're providng again after 50 years. We loved it, but as it was "radio music", I think I took it for granted but its how our world was then. Now it's all so bland and repetitive, I dont even turn the radio on any more. Thank you so much TMS. 💕 💕

@cindypruitt9534 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for these. This was the glory days of music. I was 7 months old here and my sister wasn't born until 1974. We are grandmas and great aunts now. I watched this with my mother and it brought back so many memories. Please keep posting these shows.

@maddogmcrae 11 месяцев назад

Doc could have easily had his own show, he is a great host and his music covers many genres.

@Lionheartgus01 11 месяцев назад

MS was my favorite show late night on the weekend when I was 14!

@ronkes523 11 месяцев назад

I've been loving all of these Midnight Special replays. They bring back a lot of good memories and god music and oher entertainment not seen or heard anymore! It's great seeing these stars, many of whom are not with us any longer physically, but certainly in spirit.

@davek5027 11 месяцев назад

The incredible talent on display back then! I miss those days so much.

@gordoh7634 11 месяцев назад

I grabbed this from PBS... It’s never too late. Severinsen’s commitment to his instrument and the new strides he makes with his music, even in his ninth decade, proves that it’s never too late to do what you love. “Any mere mortal would say, ‘That’s enough of that, and I’m gonna sit in a rocking chair and just take it easy,’ but not this guy,” said “Tonight Show” producer Jeff Sotzing. Despite a health scare or two, Severinsen is still touring, playing gigs, and teaching the next generation of trumpet players. “Part of the commitment to being a professional is, when you learn something special, you pass it on,” he said. “I am not going to go quietly into the night.” In speaking about his newest relationship with fellow trumpet player Cathy Leach, Severinsen also made a profound observation that also pretty much sums up his philosophy on his career and life. “You stand a pretty good chance of making the same mistakes again, until you just get too damn old for it to matter anymore, and then just say, ‘Oh, the hell with it. It’s too late now.’ It’s never too late. Never too late,” he said.

@MPKleiman 11 месяцев назад

Thank you again Burt S. for sharing the full Midnight Special episodes. It’s a treat to get up now on Saturday morning to watch and listen to musical history. Keep ‘em coming!!!!

@AllSpace 9 месяцев назад

"The Midnight Special" is the Best Ever American Live Music periodically...thank God we are Alive..JDee

@TM-jo4wz 3 месяца назад

What great diversity This Prog rocks!

@CowGirlKat8691 11 месяцев назад

Such a wonderful stroll down my teenage memory lane! Thankx! once again for the great stroll... I could swear I smelled Patchouli incense in the breeze!! 💜

@romanticwarrior97 11 месяцев назад

TMS was incredible. Try to imagine this show today.

@hubbsllc 11 месяцев назад

Can’t. Everyone wants to be a laptop jockey.

@YAMISOOLD2009 11 месяцев назад

Loved this episode. Doc playing that jazz piece from Peter Gunn with Henry Mancini was a real cherry on the top moment that I did not expect when I started watching! Jerry Butler was a standout as well as Dobie Gray doing Drift Away. Country joe and his all star band was fantastic and new to me. Thank you for posting this!

@robmatlock7675 11 месяцев назад

Another time trip back to a wonderful time, thank you again Midnight Special for posting this.!!

@therealcoolbert 11 месяцев назад

This particular show is one of the greatest. What a show. What a mix of artists.

@glennriddle285 11 месяцев назад

Love these great shows!

@clapolla 11 месяцев назад

"Drift Away" - a standard of classic pop. Written by Mentor Williams (brother to Paul Williams)

@loboblue5441 11 месяцев назад

Nice! I did not know that. Ty, for sharing. Paul Williams, also one of my favs.

@StephanieJeanne 11 месяцев назад

Thanks. TMS! I love the eclectic mix in all the episodes! Doc and Henry were great, as were Dobie, Hoyt, and the others! 😀

@janicetrimmell6897 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely

@honeycone71 3 месяца назад

Henry Mancini, cameo from Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Country Joe McDonald and Jerry Butler performing live one of my all time favorite songs (Ain't Understanding Mellow) with Brenda Lee Eager....baby this episode is everything to me. Damn, I wish there were great artistry like this today.

@CoCotheTurtle 11 месяцев назад

What a clever idea for the opening number the two-song "Celebrate" mashup. I also spotted Marsha, Jan, Cindy, Greg and Peter singing in the back!

@ronaldolaquidara64 11 месяцев назад

Where was little Bobby?? Did he get grounded or something?? 😹😂😹

@CoCotheTurtle 11 месяцев назад

@@ronaldolaquidara64 He may have been there. I just didn't see him.

@ronaldolaquidara64 11 месяцев назад

Ohh oki....did you see any of the Waltons Like John-boy or Jim-bob?? Elizabeth 😹😂😹

@CoCotheTurtle 11 месяцев назад

@@ronaldolaquidara64 I get the feeling you have no idea what I was talking about.

@chriskroll4166 11 месяцев назад

@@ronaldolaquidara64 whatever 🤡

@edisongirard 11 месяцев назад

.. Jan Smithers sighting, pre-WKRP in Cincinnati! singing harmony with Henry Mancini's son Chris in 'Hot Cup of Friends'

@jerrybrowning8422 11 месяцев назад

I love these old shows! Keep them coming! You have a loyal follower here!

@harrysolomon 11 месяцев назад

Hot Cup of Friends featuring Jan Smithers, "Bailey Quarters" from WKRP!

@smckenney2018 11 месяцев назад

Bailey Quarters!! And she sings!

@johnstrawberriusfields 11 месяцев назад

Joe Ralston KILLING THE AUDIO MIX!!!!!

@eric_in_florida 3 месяца назад

In an age when a top horn player could be appreciated. I bet you couldn't get today's kids to listen to 2 minutes of this.

@pattieboydinreverse1648 6 месяцев назад

That girl is GORGEOUS! Talk about a PERFECT 10!

@vaughnbrooks21 6 месяцев назад

Now she's 50 years older

@joannasunday 11 месяцев назад

Every single Midnight Special is amazing. Seen them all a few times. The talent! ❤

@timdebacco139 11 месяцев назад

So much fun! I look forward to these every week. Thank you!

@janicetrimmell6897 11 месяцев назад

Doc's trumpet skills are legendary, but he also spent a lot of time educating. Some of my favorite memories are of him, Tommy Newsom and Ed Shaugnessy with the rest of the Tonight Show band. I saw him many years ago in an outdoor venue. He put on a great show. Happily waiting for tomorrow.

@doncorleone3829 6 месяцев назад

Jan Smithers WKRP in Cincinnati .... a beauty for sure.

@richardcoreno 11 месяцев назад

Prior to the 1995 NFL season (and during the Swing Revival), Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band recorded new game day music for the Cleveland Browns. As Doc and the Dawgs -- an EP CD was regionally released (northeast Ohio)....and can still be found on music resale sites.

@AlmostReady504 11 месяцев назад

These are FANTASTIC. Thank you

@RalfHusch-cp5fl 11 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot for this amazing episode...

@themidnightspecialtvshow 11 месяцев назад

You are very welcome Ralf, Burt Sugarman

@adamwaller9935 11 месяцев назад

THESE VIDEOS ARE INCREDIBLE!!!!

@namesameasu 11 месяцев назад

Kudos for bringing on the bill the underrated Country Joe

@victorkreitner754 4 месяца назад

Jan Smithers who was in the Hot Cup of Friends band played character Bailey Quarters on the show WKRP in Cincinnatti.

@pattiespetitetanks6181 11 месяцев назад

What a TREASURE!!! Thank you for bringing the Midnight Special out into the Daylight!!! I missed these the first time around due to youth...but not anymore!!! A MILLION THANKS !!!

@burtsugarman-pq3mp 11 месяцев назад

You are very welcome Pattie, Burt Sugarman

@zibabird 11 месяцев назад

Awesome!! Thank you. Shared of course!

@themidnightspecialtvshow 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing!!

@mga2899 11 месяцев назад

Appearing on this show guaranteed longevity. Dic recently retired in his 90's.

@bigzach1000 11 месяцев назад

If I wanted to show aliens what Earth music was like, I would show them this episode. It has everything. From Henry Mancini to Country Joe. Everyone who appeared on here was amazing. Hoyt Axton was so good.

@SuperBeachbum74 11 месяцев назад

Reggie young created those famous guitar licks on “ Drift Away “

@littlejimmyyouman7201 11 месяцев назад

Doc on the flugelhorn 4 years before Mr. Mangione made it famous!

@merlinsclaw 11 месяцев назад

Now *this* is gonna be great to watch again. 💙💙

@unleashthefury111 2 месяца назад

Take me back to the good Ole days please!!

@richardsypniewski9279 11 месяцев назад

I don't recall ever seeing Doc sing before! 🎺🤔👍

@StephanieJeanne 11 месяцев назад

Me either!

@loilt5091 11 месяцев назад

Stick with your horn, Doc

@darylsavoie7472 6 месяцев назад

Bailey Quarters doing her best Michelle Phillips impression! I love these old clips.

@skintslots 11 месяцев назад

There is nothing online about Hot Cup of Friends but their song of which the title is not considered PC any more 'Indian Warrior' was very good and deserved better.

@RockinEd 11 месяцев назад

if only this world were like that stage...........

@lanceschaina3084 11 месяцев назад

So Jan Smithers (Bailey from WKRP in Cincinnati) was singing in a band called Hot Cup of Friends with Chris Mancini, son of Henry Mancini. There is no mention of this band in all the internet. No mention of Jan Smither's music career in her wikipedia article. No mention of Chris in Henry Mancini's wiki page. I feel like information has such a short half life now compared to pre-internet days. There is probably an infinity we think we know that we actually don't know at all.

@asherbearboy 11 месяцев назад

Married to James Brolin for a time...

@timstamps5281 11 месяцев назад

You are totally correct about that. There was a whole lot more music and everything in the 1970s that is completely overlooked now. I have been trying to find more archives from that era, and also playing more great songs from then. I hope this song "Prayer for the Indian Warrior" is highlighted and excerpted as its own single video, although I doubt "Hot Cup of Friends" as a band name really stuck. I don't think they put out an album. I would at least add Chris Mancini and Jan Smithers in parentheses.

@48musicfan 11 месяцев назад

So very cool seeing a pre-WKRP Jan Smithers up on the stage.

@jonstone2466 11 месяцев назад

Chris was reportedly an uncredited part of the production team for this series and likely pulled this group of musicians together just for this show. They were certainly sincere but not really of the calibre one would normally see on this show. I am guessing Henry with his clout pulled some strings to get his son this spot. It is not clear on what Henry meant by what he said about Smithers ("that is why I am down here...he knows how to pick 'em"). Chris is much better known and far more accomplished as a writer and producer.

@48musicfan 11 месяцев назад

@@jonstone2466 I believe Henry found Jan quite attractive.😁

@hongfang2348 12 дней назад

Talent is spelled, DOC.

@millerrmann 11 месяцев назад

I never knew that Jan Smithers was a singer before she became Bailey on WKRP in Cincinnati.

@loboblue5441 11 месяцев назад

Epic

@stephenbouchelle7706 4 месяца назад

So many reasons to like this video, but Dobie Gray made it immediate.

@bluebear1985 11 месяцев назад

Not a bad bit of singing from Doc on this show. I wonder if Carson ever saw it at any point?

@elziewilson9279 11 месяцев назад

Doc😊😊comes alive

@DavidNelsonO 4 месяца назад

In this episode, some very soulful singing in Jerry Butler's numbers, a fabulous trombone solo in Doc's Chicago tribute, but that poor baritone player having to play standing up 😮

@loboblue5441 11 месяцев назад

Dobie!!! The best!

@TM-jo4wz 3 месяца назад

The Tribute to Chicago. Great! Go Doc.

@markdillman7809 11 месяцев назад

Looks like complete episodes are being added. If so, I look forward to the eventual addition of the program hosted by Roy Orbison with Del Shannon as one of the guests, and the all-blues program which I regrettably had to miss.

@Zoetropeification 11 месяцев назад

If I close my eyes while this vid plays on my cell phone it sounds just like listening to a handheld transistor AM radio in the 1960s.

@MarkSmith-hc5py 6 месяцев назад

That violinist rocked it.

@gomatango 4 месяца назад

Country Joe's drummer is Anna Rizzo, great singer, funky band Grootna.

@hoozerob 11 месяцев назад

wow. I didn't know Vicki sang that song. I also didn't know that Jan Smithers sang and was in the group that was introduced here by Henry Mancini. Wow, who knew that Bailey Quarters from WKRP did this.

@howeyes 11 месяцев назад

The first Chicago (Chicago Transit Authority) album was released in Apr 1969. Two years later would be April 71 two years before this episode was shown on TV.

@patrickfranklin9661 11 месяцев назад

😂If you can get Doc to host...you made the world's classiest move!

@bandcouver 6 месяцев назад

Even includes pre WKRP In Cincinnatti Jann Smithers, singing back up vocals in a band called Hot Cup Of Friends.

@MaryBethPetra 10 месяцев назад

Holy cow...I'd forgotten that hot pants ever existed...wow.

@paulblankenship4029 10 месяцев назад

Wow! I just figured out that the Jan Smithers singing on Hot Cup of Friends is the girl who played Bailey Quarters in WKRP in Cincinatti. Didn't know she could sing.

@BIGELOW.65 2 месяца назад

Never knew Doc sang.