Paul Williams celebrated his 83rd birthday a few days ago, 9/19/23. Happy Birthday!
@pauldalnoky605510 ай бұрын
God bless him. He had a few songs...they don't exactly come to mind.
@gabriallefleming761110 ай бұрын
@@pauldalnoky6055 He was more of a songwriter than singer. Wrote some of the greats
@pauldalnoky605510 ай бұрын
@@gabriallefleming7611 I'll Google him
@andytaylor547610 ай бұрын
@@pauldalnoky6055 Here's a few: hits for Three Dog Night ("An Old Fashioned Love Song", "The Family of Man" and "Out in the Country"), Helen Reddy ("You and Me Against the World"), and the Carpenters, most notably "Rainy Days and Mondays", "I Won't Last a Day Without You", and "We've Only Just Begun", originally a song for a Crocker National Bank television commercial featuring newlyweds, and which has since become a cover-band standard and de rigueur for weddings "Evergreen" co-wrote with Barbra Streisand. and more....
@Gaylel110 ай бұрын
And he’s the president of ASCAP, the songwriters governing body.
@KingHarvestMusic10 ай бұрын
Good to see this episode released again after 50 years!. Thanks for all the positive comments!
@marthawelch42899 ай бұрын
And thank YOU for the music!
@amcken93164 ай бұрын
"Dancing..." shows up on the local juke box just about every night. It's one of those songs you can recognize in the first 2 or 3 notes. :)
@animemanganet2 ай бұрын
I'm here for ELO. Dancing in the Moonlight was one of my favourite songs though. Everything else is just added bonus. I love seeing polite crowds in nice clothes without their faces attached to phones enjoying quality music and entertainment. Thank you Midnight Special!
@tproudboomer596510 ай бұрын
Seventies had so many beautiful, classy, talented female singers with voices like songbirds. No decade before or since could touch them. Rita Coolidge, Linda Ronstadt, Olivia Newton John, Carly Simon, Emmylou Harris, Karen Carpenter. No auto tuned vocals, no repetitive and perverted lyrics, no slutty outfits and behavior.
@salmuscles10 ай бұрын
don’t forget the best ... Joni Mitchell
@Zoetropeification10 ай бұрын
Minnie Ripperton
@orlandomota697510 ай бұрын
I think ELO had one of the best performances in the history of The Midnight Special with "Roll Over Beethoven2.
@gogoyubari36610 ай бұрын
ELO were rocking!
@you_worm334010 ай бұрын
Paul WILLIAMS hosting this, good choice...
@billyc667810 ай бұрын
Damn, this makes me miss being a kid in the 70’s. The memories .
@dynjarren835510 ай бұрын
I feel the same way. And to think we had this show and American Bandstand, Soul Train on Saturday afternoons and SNL live back when it was funny and had great music as well. There was plenty of music on TV back then. Thank God for KZfaq so I can see this again. Now there’s nothing.
@Mankind_-10 ай бұрын
Yep, miss it. Such simpler times.
@AndresManosalvas10 ай бұрын
Dancing in the moonlight is one of the best songs of the 70s
@deadpan8010 ай бұрын
love the song, but once you know its origins, you'll never look at it the same way
@shable143610 ай бұрын
Everybawdy
@JQ127-c4e10 ай бұрын
Ha I hate this song!! No offense meant but I cringe when I hear it.
@tproudboomer596510 ай бұрын
@@JQ127-c4e Your mother sure wasn’t cringing when I did her last night.
@loilt509110 ай бұрын
@@JQ127-c4e With a moniker like yours…we’re gonna take you really seriously, Cringe Crinkle. 🤡
@kalelc199610 ай бұрын
Dancing in the Moonlight 😍😍😍💯💯💯
@vincentdavis345310 ай бұрын
The Electric Light Orchestra - Kuiama. Just genius.
@statmagic10 ай бұрын
Damn. Rita Coolidge stunningly beautiful with a voice to match.
@P5110 ай бұрын
i'm just here for King Harvest--and they DIDN'T disappoint
@gabriallefleming761110 ай бұрын
Amen
@ABdancers10 ай бұрын
@P51 Me as well. I agree. Great performance by the band of both their songs in this episode.
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
Loved them too!
@KingHarvestMusic10 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@Shelly-op1kx5 ай бұрын
Me Too!! I have Always LOVED King Harvest! Always So Good!!!❤️🎼🎤🥰
@dncqrs125810 ай бұрын
Oh, i like the song Dancing in the Moonlight. Great song! Excellent performance by the singer and band.
@KingHarvestMusic10 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot!
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
I had the 45 record, loved it too
@ABdancers10 ай бұрын
Wow! What a treat to see King Harvest live singing “Dancing in the Moonlight”. Fantastic song and great performance by the band. Thank you very much for posting it.
@KingHarvestMusic10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Littlebigbot10 ай бұрын
Yeah that was the best performance of them all.
@ronileigh933610 ай бұрын
I remember watching The Midnight Special watching it every Friday night. I never knew how I would miss so many things from the past. The midnight Special Wolf Man Jack I really miss it all. I grew up listening to Paul, Rita and Kris but I think all of my favorite singers and bands was on the show. It makes me feel sad to be honest I miss my life being young and free.
@robmatlock767510 ай бұрын
Me too, I miss the diversity and discovery of youth. All these bans are so much better than anything from the last 20 years.
@JBCavern10 ай бұрын
I think we all experience the regret of youth lost. I do and I also miss my hair! 😄
@Littlebigbot10 ай бұрын
Yeah I want it back.
@charleskeefer1527 ай бұрын
I recommend reading Proust In Search of Lost Time - it takes nostalgia to another level through literature
@SteveKraus7 ай бұрын
What a great live performance by King Harvest. Thanks for the wonderful memories
@tmkatx6497Ай бұрын
There isn't a writer today who could touch Williams' talent.
@gogoyubari36610 ай бұрын
Paul Williams is a musical genius!
@GreenManalishiUSA10 ай бұрын
He seemed like such an unlikely celebrity, but he was all over TV in the 1970s...acting in shows, hosting them, performing.
@mzinns10 ай бұрын
Commander Cody! They were a smokin hot live band! Great performance here!
@rongeida8 ай бұрын
Ridiculous amount of talent in this episode. Thank you, to The Midnight Special for this great clip..
@mr.mikeyg.528210 ай бұрын
Thank you Paul. You are such a great song writer and composer . Your music will live on forever!
@mikelair914410 ай бұрын
I'm still amazed at how many great tunes I've known for years turned out to be yours! Thanks 🎉
@robertbehan634810 ай бұрын
This is officially the coolest channel on KZfaq!!!! Thank you for posting these!
@drmorqWarrenProject10 ай бұрын
even better than mine!!
@clapolla10 ай бұрын
I agree!
@orlandomota697510 ай бұрын
Yes I also agree! This TV show and Soul Train were (and always will be) really nice. The 1970s are the best!!
@Mankind_-10 ай бұрын
I wish Don Kirshner's Rock concert had a KZfaq channel.
@HoursaDay10 ай бұрын
Kris & Rita were such a gorgeous couple. ❤
@2_thumbs_up_baby10 ай бұрын
Watching these makes me think about the shortness of life. Its quite crazy thinking many people spend their lives saving so they can go into the best rest home lol.
@billyc667810 ай бұрын
This was my childhood 🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽
@juancavar10 ай бұрын
I don't know about others but I'm enjoying these chapters a lot and I'm hoping that you're also enjoying the greatest music ever. These are treasures. Thanks to Midnight Special channel. As a kid in my country, I used to wait until almost midnight to watch the program and listen to the music without understanding the language, now in my 50's I get all the conversations and songs and enjoy it even more. This music doesn't even compare with the rubbish produce these days.
@andytaylor547610 ай бұрын
Great seeing Rita and Kris perform together again.
@chanceotter812110 ай бұрын
The first 8-track I ever owned was a gift of Kris’s debut album ‘Kristofferson’ in 1971 from my dad. I don’t know why(maybe my pop bought for himself and didn’t like it) but at 9 years of age I had never heard anything like his songs before. I realize now that album was formative to my personal tastes. Also, this year (1973) he starred in one of my favorite movies-Peckinpah’s ‘Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.’ A film with a strange release history, I have seen (in 4 different edits) probably about 100 times and it hypnotizes me (in each of the versions) like few works of cinema ever have. Thank you Mr Kristofferson.
@dynjarren835510 ай бұрын
Paul Williams wrote some great songs that became hits and he was funny in Smoky and the Bandit. Happy Birthday!
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
Saw Kris K. perform @ 80yrs young, one of the best shows I’ve seen (have been to many). He sang~played acoustic unaccompanied for 1 1/2hrs standing, no drink of water~break. Did 30 songs that landed directly into my heart, what a fantastic storyteller and hot! Love ELO’s song, had forgot about it. Great show 🥰
@Mankind_-10 ай бұрын
I love Kris Kristofferson. Even as a little guy, I knew there was something special about him. 🙏
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
@@Mankind_- It was ‘magical’ the man is smart and so very talented. Don’t know how many songs he’s written exactly but many people have covered them.
@Mankind_-10 ай бұрын
@@KittyGrizGriz I was, like 10 ,11 years old, and as many homes, albums seemed to just appear, and that was the case with Kristofferson's albums. I would sit and listen to songs like, Sunday morning coming down, not sure what they were about, but one thing was certain, he is one of the artists that has been a constant throughout my life. His songs come from his soul. 👍✌️
@robmatlock767510 ай бұрын
Another good line up, Kristofferson's Loving Her is So Good. Love Commander Cody, this is the 1st time I've seen them. Early ELO, and as Paul Williams predicted we did get a lot more from them. It was the first time I've heard any other song but Dancing by The Moonlight by King Harvest, again if you only listen to golden oldies radio, you could believe they only made 1 song, same with Brewer and Shipley. Rita Coolidge, smooth as butter milk. Next week's lineup looks just as enticing.
@Gaylel110 ай бұрын
Davy Jones recorded that song I believe in 1969, “Someday Man”, which Williams wrote.
@pampurr110 ай бұрын
ELO is just sensational.
@dougjarvie1210 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this show. Great seeing Commander Cody in action. More please
@steves278810 ай бұрын
I’m enjoying these episodes immensely. Really takes me back. Keep ‘em’ coming!
@loboblue544110 ай бұрын
I love love love Paul Williams!
@vincentdavis345310 ай бұрын
Wow, Paul Williams - Someday Man, Great opener to a sensational show on The Midnight Special
@matthewclark965210 ай бұрын
The Monkees (with the late Davy Jones on vocals) did "Someday Man" (45 stereo single only) which was the flip B side of "Listen To The Band" (the late Mike Nesmith on vocals from 1969 "Present Micky, Davy & Mike"). King Harvest follow up "A Little Bit Like Magic" went to # 91 (Billboard Hot 100) in late May of 1973 & released only as a 45 stereo single. The late Canadian singer Jesse Winchester did the original "Yankee Lady" from his 1970 self-titled Ampex album. The Brewer & Shipley's remake is on 1973 "Rural Space" album (their 4th & final album for Kama Sutra) because the duo went to Capitol Records in 1974.
@bene.divinocordeiro619610 ай бұрын
Obrigado pelas ótimas informações .
@Shelly-op1kx5 ай бұрын
Oh you don’t even know how happy it makes me feel to have found this! My youth….right here! And My favorite Happy song of ALL time, “Dancin in the Moonlight”! Seeing adorable Doc with his wonderfully unique, cool voice and all of you talented guys in the band. I have chills from head to toe, a smile from ear to ear and such a teary eyed wonderful feeling in my heart. They do Not make music nor beautiful times like these times we lived in the 70’s. My heart is Happy and would be even Happier if I could turn back time. Thank you for sharing this and allowing me to do that for a while with the wonderful music of my youth.❤️
@rebeccabrown25110 ай бұрын
Wow, now I officially feel older. I remember watching this.
@BuffaloC30510 ай бұрын
Kris and Rita's FULL MOON finally came out on CD a few years ago. I think that was the last of my Must Have's that finally made it.
@daltonpresotto668910 ай бұрын
A world that never, never come back. Praise God for we can see it all.
@joannasunday10 ай бұрын
Oh Kris and Rita. Wow!
@calfolk738110 ай бұрын
Love Paul 👍
@peylo129810 ай бұрын
Hola buena noche. Un episodio sensacional. Felicidades!!
@ianman1510 ай бұрын
It was surprising that Kristofferson didn’t perform “Why Me” from his current album at the time “Jesus Was A Capricorn” but did sing “Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight” which was never released as a single while “Why Me” was released in March of 1973 and spent 38 weeks on the Hot 100 and was still climbing the chart when this show aired. And he and Rita did perform a song from their duet album “Full Moon” which wouldn’t be released until September of 1973. Still it was nice to see them perform together.
@terryrollins197310 ай бұрын
Paul Williams 💗
@user-mx1tz1kl6w9 ай бұрын
I saw ELO at Pershing square in LA for free. Jeff Lynne wasn't there, well he was in spirit, excellent concert
@HockeyRGАй бұрын
I saw David Lindley there. 😀
@CowGirlKat869110 ай бұрын
Keep them coming Mr. S!!
@jonstone246610 ай бұрын
All versions of Jeff Lynn's ELO have been great bands. Certainly mongst the greates of all time owing to Lynn's musical genius.
@tproudboomer596510 ай бұрын
With the great Bev Bevan on drums, who later actually briefly played with Black Sabbath!
@AdrianDeVore10 ай бұрын
After seeing these Midnight Special episodes with Paul Williams as host, I didn't realize how many well-crafted songs he had wrote. When I was a kid, he was overexposed on TV and I found him annoying. 😂
@Patriotic5454 ай бұрын
Another great live perfomances by Rita Coolidge, Paul Williams, Kris Kristoferson and King Harvest. Back to the 70s era.
@clapolla10 ай бұрын
Rita Coolidge had a beautiful voice.
@michaelterry100010 ай бұрын
Learn something knew every day. I did not know that Paul Williams wrote "Someday Man". I only knew this song from the Monkees but never thought about who wrote it.
@cato45110 ай бұрын
King Harvest is incredible 21:43
@sherimcdaniel349110 ай бұрын
Paul Williams? Man, I forgot all about him! Didn’t he play “Little Enos Burdett” in Smokey & the Bandit back in the day? I never really thought of him as a singer. He was talented, but a singer? LOVED seeing the oh-so-HOT Kristofferson again! What a loss his death is. ❤️🙏🏼❤
@vivienleigh212110 ай бұрын
He is still alive. He is 87 yrs. old.
@gabriallefleming761110 ай бұрын
He was a great songwriter & sang a lot of his songs. He did some acting, but mainly a singer/songwriter.
Happy birthday Paul Williams 🎉! Love to see Kris Kristofferson, and commander Cody and the lost planet airmen 😂
@KV__10 ай бұрын
YES KING HARVEST 😍
@RalfHusch-cp5fl10 ай бұрын
Danke!
@themidnightspecialtvshow10 ай бұрын
Again thanks!!! You are our super fan of the week. 😀
@johnmcmahon52258 ай бұрын
I saw Bill Kirchen from Commander. Cody play countless bars and weddings in the DC area in the 90s. And early aughts. Master of the Telecaster, he never disappointed.
@2_thumbs_up_baby10 ай бұрын
Rita looks so tall
@mmess858510 ай бұрын
Enjoyed the three doing "Me and Bobbi McGee" together!
@Sincopare9 ай бұрын
😍 Rita Coolidge...what a voice!
@OutOnTheTiles10 ай бұрын
Incredible!! Thank you so much.✌️
@estelacobas44168 ай бұрын
Me gustó mucho Fantasma en el Paraíso, cuyo autor fue Paul Williams, y también actuó en la película. La Vi en la television en los años setenta!
@unculturedswine74910 ай бұрын
WILFRED GIBSON MY BELOVED.
@nongthip10 ай бұрын
Thank you for uploading this and all the memories which go with it. Where were you in June 1973? For me it was the summer between the 3rd and 4th grade and I was pretty much glued to whatever music was on the radio, especially American Top 40 on Sunday mornings. The USA was in a difficult time between pulling out of the totally unjustified Vietnam conflict, and exposing our dirty crook President, and a lot of emotional insecurity and attempts at healing filtered through to the music scene. We were also on the brink of the superficial escapist disco era - oh no! ;-)
@tproudboomer596510 ай бұрын
Holy crap, I couldn’t have said it better! Was the summer between 3rd and 4th grade for me as well. My family had just moved into a house that my dad built on the lake in the country. Spent my childhood fishing, swimming, skiing, and riding dirt bikes. Summer vacation started on Memorial Day and ended until Labor day, and seemed to last forever! This music was the soundtrack of my youth. Plus Elton John, Eagles, Chicago, Rod Stewart, etc. All could be found for a dime on the jukebox at the campground rec room up the road. Would take our allowance and walk barefoot up the road to play pinball, buy candy, and play their jukebox. Damn those were beautiful, simpler times! Wish there was a way to go back in time and warn the childhood me to appreciate and savor every minute, cause it goes so fast.
@charleskeefer1527 ай бұрын
I was between 7th and8th grade - a very formative time for me - smoked too much weed but Really enjoyed the music of that era - I think it sounds even better now !
@hubbsllc6 ай бұрын
I would have been in the summer between fourth and fifth grade. Loved THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL. I think I saw just about all these episodes until the show really decayed. It became music videos (which was okay but I was interested in seeing people really play) and eventually a few people sitting around in armchairs just rapping about stuff. Horrendously boring.
@warriorv935910 ай бұрын
Elo kicked rump😊
@connorfullerton262610 ай бұрын
SUA SPONTE Chris!🇺🇲
@StephanieJeanne10 ай бұрын
I'm interested in Kris and Rita at this stage if their careers. I only know some of their stuff from a bit later, and of course Kris with Streisand in A Star is Born.
@Dan_Morrison10 ай бұрын
For people who may not know, Rita was Leon Russell's girlfriend in the late 60s. Leon's song 'Delta Lady' was written about her.
@StephanieJeanne10 ай бұрын
I was not disappointed. Kris and Rita did great, as well as ELO (great original tune), Commander Cody, and all the rest! Thanks so much, Midnight Special!💜
@andytaylor547610 ай бұрын
@@Dan_Morrison Rita also was involved with Joe Cocker, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash. She and Kris were married 1973 to 1980.
@andytaylor547610 ай бұрын
Rita and Kris were married 1973 to 1980.
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
Stephanie, Kris K. solo was one of the very best concerts I’ve seen (been to many). He played solo acoustic~sang for 1 1/2 hours @ 80yrs young. Felt the audience disappeared & he was singing directly to me, Omg, he’s a masterful story weaver, I was in love 🥰
@gabriallefleming761110 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this. I saw it when it was originally on, as I had a huge crush on Doc, the lead singer for King Harvest. It's so great to see it again. There's not really much video of them available. Just wish he hadn't cut the hair & beard before this show. Cute without, but I like him with his whiskers. Still very cool to get to see it again. RIP Doc.
@clete397710 ай бұрын
Paul Williams looks the same as he did when he wore the Planet Of The Apes makeup on Carson. An amazing minimalist he.
@canadaeast10 ай бұрын
Thank you for creating this channel. Vids have good quality.
@somejackball10 ай бұрын
Little Enos got some moves! 😅
@MayorOfEarth7910 ай бұрын
Wolfman Jack's laugh is so unexpected
@scottstambaugh84736 ай бұрын
Damn Kris...
@stephi726010 ай бұрын
Fuck yea the elo episode yeah
@jcohen194710 ай бұрын
Great Monkees song
@tproudboomer596510 ай бұрын
It’s his song brainiac.🙄
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
@@tproudboomer5965 be nice 😊
@jossyknight208310 ай бұрын
Please, more of The Cars!!!!
@markdeviney730710 ай бұрын
Cars won't be on the midnight special till 78
@jossyknight208310 ай бұрын
@@markdeviney7307 Really? I thought there was another presentation of them. Someone uploaded a couple of live videos that according to the description were from The Midnight Special in '79! Thanks for the information!
@markdeviney730710 ай бұрын
@@jossyknight2083 yea 78,79,80 Cars were on M.S.
@gregoryduncan306710 ай бұрын
It will be forever until we see the complete episodes but there are the clips though.
@jossyknight208310 ай бұрын
@@gregoryduncan3067 Yes, in fact there are their presentations from '78, I'm just still waiting for their other performances to be uploaded!
@frankny49479 ай бұрын
So that's the guy who did 'Dancin' In The Moonlight'? The Mignight Special..Killer show. So this show is the 'music history encyclopedia' show. Forget about the books...
@AldousHuxleysCat10 ай бұрын
I never really understood the popularity of Paul Williams. He is a brilliant songwriter I'll give him that but as a singer there's something almost sad about it. Yet he was beyond popular and on almost every kind of television you can imagine for close to 10 years I think he did over a hundred spots on The Tonight show. I've heard him interviewed recently and apparently he was coked out the entire time, I go back and watch these things now and it's like I still don't know why it's popular but it's much funnier. And yes of course I can't wait to see this
@StephanieJeanne10 ай бұрын
Maybe because he wrote such great songs, and was generally likeable. I mean, I was a kid, so I don't know for sure. He did have a sad quality in his voice. But, like you, I look forward to this, too! ✌️
@AldousHuxleysCat10 ай бұрын
@@StephanieJeanne yes there was definitely a sad quality to Paul. But if you ever seen any of his Tonight show clips they're just laughing and couldn't be any happier. There were a lot of singing artists at this time who I always thought were somewhat mediocre and yet were huge stars. If you ever run across any of his interviews done over the last few years they're fascinating
@StephanieJeanne10 ай бұрын
@@AldousHuxleysCatThey probably had cocktails before those shows, too, and Carson was goofy anyway. lol I'll look for those interviews.
@AldousHuxleysCat10 ай бұрын
@@StephanieJeanne I believe they cut way down on preshow drinks after the George Gobels incident. Long as you made Carson laugh,you were golden
@terriworley526710 ай бұрын
I just love everything about him, but the voice is unique, genuine and disarming. Not to everyone's taste, I know.
@bobbipson89067 ай бұрын
Are we seeing bits and pieces of Asleep at the Wheel in this show?
@tproudboomer596510 ай бұрын
Damn what happened to all the incredibly talented songwriters like Paul Williams, Kris Kristofferson, Jimmy Webb, etc? Pop/rock songwriters now churn out mostly assembly line garbage for product. Sad shame.
@Raughwe8 ай бұрын
Rita Coolidge man. Gosh...
@davidclements769610 ай бұрын
Jeff Lynn's hair rivals Billy Preston's
@outtathyme567910 ай бұрын
Bill Kirchen with long hair
@monmixerАй бұрын
Brewer looks about the same today but you wouldn't recognize Shipley if you seen him today.
@LadyCathryn10 ай бұрын
Last time he hosted it was obvious Paul Williams was drunk or stoned
@tproudboomer596510 ай бұрын
Or maybe both!😃👍🏼
@djtforever141410 ай бұрын
18:25 that is Zimmerman's I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - you left the last word off the title in the description.
@terriworley526710 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@OFLHLGZ282 ай бұрын
I thought Commander Cody was Tiny Tim at first!
@danbrowne286210 ай бұрын
Cello part sampled by hot lunch jam fame
@lostinmusic54319 ай бұрын
🌟🎶🎵♥️🎵🎶🌟
@Prepper00710 ай бұрын
Don't quit your day job.
@user-tm1bq9rd3w10 ай бұрын
밋나잇 스페셜 단골 손님 폴 윌리암스~
@obelix7034 ай бұрын
4:34 TIL “Our friendship” is a code term for “Cocaine.”
@timmiller2698 ай бұрын
Holy camel toe on Rita Coolidge!!!!!!!!!!!!
@miguelorellano36010 ай бұрын
Fueron épocas en las que, evidentemente, la apariencia estética y vestimenta de los artistas no eran condicionantes que prevalecían por encima de su talento en los castings para este tipo de programas, como sí lo son en la actualidad 👎🤦♂️ Gracias a Dios por ello!!