MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, THE {CHER; THE ROLLING STONES; PAUL SIMON; DAVID BOWIE} (TV)
Summary
One in this late-late night rock music series. Highlights include: Cher with her band Black Rose performing "Never Should've Started" and "Julie"; Eddie Rabbit singing "Drivin' My Life Away," number ten on the Midnight Special Top Ten; dance numbers set to Benny Mardones's "Into the Night," Air Supply's "All Out of Love," Johnny Lee's "Looking for Love," George Benson's "Give Me the Night," Irene Cara's "Fame," numbers nine, eight, seven, six, and five on the Top Ten respectively; a music video of the Rolling Stones performing "She's So Cold"; a dance number set to the song "Only You"; Rabbit performing "Gone Too Far"; dance numbers set to Christopher Cross's "Sailing," Diana Ross's "Upside Down," and Paul Simon's "Late in the Evening," numbers four, three, and two on the Top Ten respectively; a video of Simon performing the song "One-Trick Pony"; a video of the Rolling Stones's "Emotional Rescue," number one on the Top Ten; Cher and Black Rose performing "You Know It"; a music video for David Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes"; dance numbers set to Ambrosia's "You're the Only Woman," Dolly Parton and Porter Waggoner's "Making Plans," and the Rolling Stones's "Let Me Go"; Cher and Black Rose performing "Ain't Got No Money"; the Everly Brothers performing "All I Have to Do is Dream"; a video of Simon performing "Ace in the Hole"; Rabbit singing "Suspicions"; and Cher and Black Rose with an encore of "Never Should've Started." Commercials deleted. (This program contains minor technical problems. This represents the best copy of this program currently available to the Museum.)
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: April 11, 1981 12:30 AM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:06:37
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:62522
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1973-1981
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Dick Ebersol … Producer
- Loretta Strickland … Associate Producer
- Tom Trbovich … Director
- Steve Merritt … Choreographer
- Johnny Rivers … Theme Music by
- Wolfman Jack … Host, Announcer
- Cher … Host, Performer
- Eddie Rabbit … Performer
- Everly Brothers, The … Performer
- Black Rose … Performer
- Ambrosia
- George Benson
- David Bowie
- Irene Cara
- Christopher Cross
- Johnny Lee
- Benny Mardones
- Dolly Parton
- Diana Ross
- Paul Simon
- Rolling Stones, The
- Porter Waggoner