Every episode is a gem, but now and then something magical happened when certain singers were brought together and the show unfolded like a dream. This is one of those magical episodes. Those were the days when record companies fought to sign real talent, not just T&A shakers.
This one hour show is about the best example of country music as you will ever find. It does not feature all of the genuine country stars, but it embodies the "soul" of country. It is truly priceless!
Holy shit, this might be the single best episode of Midnight Special ever! This isn't really even my main genre not by a long-sight, but the concentration of legend-level talent here in one show, the one-after-another legend-tier songs performed by Pantheon names... this is truly Special.
@@eternallife9786 No doubt about it. And it's like they got an All-Star group to come on for this show, one after another. Even Don Gibson's set is gold.
@@honeychilerider I've always been partial to country music from late 20s up to the mid 70's but to be fair it wasn't really called country music until after world war II it was still being referred to as hillbilly music we didn't really get the term country music tell the later reincarnation of the Carter family
Loved The Midnight Special. Great Collection of artists. True country singers. Real talent. No special effects or wild costumes, just great music and country stars. I grew up listening to all these country classics. The Midnight Special was the best. Waited for this show every Friday night. Always awesome.
❤ Some of the best country music ever. They don’t even come close to making country music like this today. I absolutely miss the music and passion from back then. God bless the legends from back then that created the music to set the standards we still love today ❤
I feel like The Midnight Special picked up where shows like The Ed Sullivan Show left off. Showcasing musicians that are considered legendary, and performances that are considered historic today. Thank you Mr. Burt Sugarman for contributing to preserve music history.
Eh, the best of unadulterated recorded music was recorded from 1890s to 1939 anything after that while it's still might be good music to listen to it was sure on a decline
I don't think of myself as a country music fan but I really liked this show. The country songs of the 60s and 70s are the best. They remind me of my youth. There was always a mix of country, rock and soul songs on the jukeboxes back in the day.
Marty and Tammy should have had their own variety show after this !! Great chemistry, hilarious banter. Marty was a huge talent that left us way too early
This was an awesome show! Each performer was a heavy hitter ... a star. They are all gone now except for Tanya Tucker and Johnny Rodriguez ... and Country Music will never be the same.
My Mom loved Conway Twitty. WOW.. I dont think i heard this song, You've Never Been So Far ....in 50 years! I can still remember her playing the record. Really enjoyed watching this. I was 8 when this was shown. Parents would watch these perfomers on TV. Had the records. SAD, to think almost all passed away. Only Tanya, and Johnny Rodriguez are still alive today, I believe. Great music never dies.
How wonderful that these programs were recorded live. I love hearing the performers voices …the beautiful gifts they were given and so generously shared with us.
Priceless Music. Irreplaceable!!! Todays music is all about themselves. These people really care about pleasing the people that came to see them, not just for money!!!
I love this! Wow. An all-Country music edition. ALL ARTISTS WHO I LOVE, AND I REMEMBER HEARING, 50 YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS 9 YEARS OLD. Memories, this is the country music that I like, not today's stuff.
My Goodness this was a monster show ! Little did anyone know back then that country would die and shows like this would age like fine wine. Thanks so much for this ! 😀😀😀👏👏👏
And Somebody Told Wolfman Jack "Why Don't You Do A Country Show Once. ??? And Likely He Went And Called Marty Robins .....And What a Show He Got. Couldn't Have Been Finer.!!!
Just got back from Nashville, TN & the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum, was fantastic! Makes this segment all the more special to see. My favorite part of museum was the Los Angeles, CAcountry rock connection in the 70’s aka Poco, the Eagles, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, CCR, Linda Ronstadt etc…fabulous musicians~bands.👌♥️
Every Singer there are the golden age of Country Music! They sound as good live as they do on record! No Auto Tune just real talent! Regretfully all of them are deceased except for Tanya Tucker and Johnny Rodriguez, another fantastic singer! I’m glad I grew up on their music! The Eighties and even the early Nineties was still good! Very few traditional singers anymore! Maybe a few that carry the craft! George and Alan can’t get played anymore! It’s now pop music!
Unbelievable this was 50 years ago and to me probably one of the top shows of my lifetime - I was 17 when this aired. Marty & Loretta Super talented are my all time favorites but this night had major talent but that's what made the Midnight Special so great was the musical talent every weekend. I don't think any music shows has ever come close.
This brings my childhood back to life. On a side note.... other than those old Crisco commercials, i believe this is the only time i have ever seen Loretta Lynn wearing slacks. This is a fantastic collection of 70's country music headliners.
What a wonderful group of country stars all in one show. Watching the show as a kid I never realized until now that there were themes with each episode (50s-60s, country, soul, rock). Thanks for the upload
I was lucky enough to see Marty and Merle Haggard back in the seventies and my son just was fascinated with Marty's yellow canary suit and boots never will forget that night
This show is the concentrated version of classic country music. I was 16 when I watched this episode of TMS. Wow! Looking back, it's absolutely chock-full of hardcore country singers. What a treasured moment in time. Thanks for the upload. It helped me re-live a great time in my life.
Wow. I remember this. Only Tanya is left. This was country music. Today they all have hats bigger than they are and sound like pop singers with a steel guitar and a twang.
Wow ..Good old time i 've never known... ! I was 5 y.o in 1973 ! and over all i'm French ! 🤣😅 thanks for sharing anthological part of your musical history 🤩 God bless America 💙🙏 and Country Music 💝
I keep coming back & watching this episode over 'n over, & sharing it also! It takes me back to the 1970s memories of my youth, and touches my soul in a way that only Classic Country Music can do! "Thank you" so much to this channel's creator! 🎸🎶❤☮✌
My mon had some cousins who grew up here, around Hardy, AR, and they became country music stars in Nashville. They had a syndicated TV show in the 60s and early 70s and they were first to sign Loretta to a tour contract and appearances on their weekly shows. She became a star later on, thanks much to the Wilburn Brothers...they were a class act and may they rest in peace
Loretta, just a delightful beautiful shining light ❤Tammy, such a lovely beautiful woman with gorgeous hair ❤and Tanya was just a baby finding her way. I always loved Tammy ,especially after life with George, and Tanya in the late 80s. Seeing this just reminds me how incredible Loretta was from starting on earth to the day she got her wings ❤. Thank you so much for this ❤. 2024 and old country still beats everything else ❤
This is amazing! True lyrics, true (no tech) sound! And the clothes…..I FRICKIN LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS EDITION of Midnight Special! Thinking of you, Moma and Daddy!!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
This is classic country music , when the music has roots and connection with working class people, not the garbage today which is mainly jingles and frat party tunes. No connection to everyday folks.
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No teleprompters, no auto tune, no pitch correction - just talent. My favorite was the Marty Robbins- Loretta Lynn duet on "Singing the Blues."
This is what country music should sound like!.
I agree!
What talent on this show!
Absolutely!
I love that banjo and steel guitar
ABSOLUTELY! I PRAY THIS STYLE OF COUNTRY MUSIC RETURNS SO VERY SOON...IT HAS BEEN MISSED BY MILLIONS
Absolutely
It's 2024 and I still love this kind of Country Music. This is what you call Real Country Music.
Yep , that 's for sure !
Hard to beat the power of the country singers - Loretta, Tammy, George, Charlie
Legendary The Earl Scruggs Revue
Wolfman's AW🚫L
Quite a line up.
Dear God, I apologize for not knowing how good we had it back then.
Metal, Country, and Punk is better when it's just guitar bass drums and singer. New country production is an offense,
Yah we've LOST a WHOLE QUALITY LOT ..TOO BAD Ed
Yes, times have very much Changed 😢
This is what I grew up on... The Best
Loved Loretta Lynn singing "One's on the Way" as well as Tammy Wynette "Stand by Your Man". This was the Golden Age of Country Music...
No one sings like Marty Robbins ! Wow
Every episode is a gem, but now and then something magical happened when certain singers were brought together and the show unfolded like a dream. This is one of those magical episodes. Those were the days when record companies fought to sign real talent, not just T&A shakers.
❤💯 correct!!!
I love listening to Marty and Loretta.
George and Tammy were one the greatest duets.
George Jones and Tammy Wynette were the best duet singers of all time ❤
This one hour show is about the best example of country music as you will ever find. It does not feature all of the genuine country stars, but it embodies the "soul" of country. It is truly priceless!
Amen and Amen 😅
I was 23 and in that audience. What a trip going down that road again.
“They say you can’t go home again, but brother I was there…”
The performer who really emerges as the shining star here is Loretta Lynn--her multifaceted talent is remarkable.
That's 4 sure
She's The Coal Miner's Daughter
I was one of them coal miners daughters and married to a coal miner he passed away he had black lung
Loretta was awesome! I laughed out loud when she told Tammy "yeah, but I'm not sleeping with him". That was funny!
Loretta and Tammy plus Tanya the best
I grow up in the 50 in the 60 so I got to enjoy all the good country music thank God I'm 74 years old now and I still enjoy the old music
Holy shit, this might be the single best episode of Midnight Special ever!
This isn't really even my main genre not by a long-sight, but the concentration of legend-level talent here in one show, the one-after-another legend-tier songs performed by Pantheon names... this is truly Special.
70's country is top notch guy
@@eternallife9786
No doubt about it. And it's like they got an All-Star group to come on for this show, one after another. Even Don Gibson's set is gold.
@@honeychilerider I've always been partial to country music from late 20s up to the mid 70's but to be fair it wasn't really called country music until after world war II it was still being referred to as hillbilly music we didn't really get the term country music tell the later reincarnation of the Carter family
I agree . . . But the biggest surprise to me is Johnny Rodriguez sounding like a Tom T. Hall clone. Glad he developed his own style.
YEP
Loved The Midnight Special. Great Collection of artists. True country singers. Real talent. No special effects or wild costumes, just great music and country stars. I grew up listening to all these country classics. The Midnight Special was the best. Waited for this show every Friday night. Always awesome.
❤ Some of the best country music ever. They don’t even come close to making country music like this today. I absolutely miss the music and passion from back then. God bless the legends from back then that created the music to set the standards we still love today ❤
Alan Jackson
I feel like The Midnight Special picked up where shows like The Ed Sullivan Show left off. Showcasing musicians that are considered legendary, and performances that are considered historic today. Thank you Mr. Burt Sugarman for contributing to preserve music history.
Like Ed Sullivan without the corny side acts
@@franka7208 Some of the comedy on Midnight Special was pretty corny. Witness Marty Robbin's bad jokes.
@@JamieAndersonMusic lol so are those pants
@@franka7208 yes!
@@franka7208 That's why The Ed Sullivan Show stopped being popular. Times changed. It was time for something different.
So many of these artists were at the peak of their careers when this show was taped.
This is why I love the 70s! Best decade ever ❤
Eh, the best of unadulterated recorded music was recorded from 1890s to 1939 anything after that while it's still might be good music to listen to it was sure on a decline
SIXTIES, if you don't mind!
@@flemingcourt some of the biggest expansions in experimentalism at best and at worst the decline of smart pop the 60 song are weird era
@@eternallife9786you are not too damn bright are you?
Definetly one of them...I feel I experienced the best of 60's 70's 80's 90's✌️❤️
What you see here on this show is a line up of REAL true Country music singers. .God bless them all.
Thanks a million for sharing this with us..
Definitely none today.
@@Thatsallihavetosayaboutthat Agree 100 percent.
@@Thatsallihavetosayaboutthatit exists
I don't think of myself as a country music fan but I really liked this show. The country songs of the 60s and 70s are the best. They remind me of my youth. There was always a mix of country, rock and soul songs on the jukeboxes back in the day.
These were the good old days of Country Western Music not like the crap they have today.
VH6V+G5R Greenville, South Carolina , you are right about that.
@@virginiadavis7713½
Yep
I hope post Malone can breath some life into the genre, I just worry he’s gonna overproduce the hell out of it.
There will never ever be a collection of live great Country Music on another TV show again like this episode. Thanks Midnight Special!!
Marty and Tammy should have had their own variety show after this !! Great chemistry, hilarious banter. Marty was a huge talent that left us way too early
Marty Robbins, one of a kind!!
yes I love Marty Robbins he he was good he was a good piano player a good singer and a big jokester
@@patriciajoflint5948 no doubt!!
Wow, what a memorable episode of The Midnight Special .
This was an awesome show! Each performer was a heavy hitter ... a star. They are all gone now except for Tanya Tucker and Johnny Rodriguez ... and Country Music will never be the same.
The best Midnight Special, EVER!
I agree
As a Brit from London UK and loving (always have) proper country music. And this is PROPER country music. ❤
What a lineup of stars. Can't get much better than this. The producer of this show really hit a home run on this one.
Ta,my and g3orge w3re greÀt love 5he. Rip 5hanks❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
My Mom loved Conway Twitty. WOW.. I dont think i heard this song, You've Never Been So Far ....in 50 years! I can still remember her playing the record. Really enjoyed watching this. I was 8 when this was shown. Parents would watch these perfomers on TV. Had the records. SAD, to think almost all passed away. Only Tanya, and Johnny Rodriguez are still alive today, I believe. Great music never dies.
❤😅😢
I love all them songs they just hit me in my😅😅😅 it just touches my heart takes me way back I love them all
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Tanya Tucker was another one of my favorites . oh and she still is
We just don’t have this down to earth country music anymore! ❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️
Conway Twitty just takes it all to another level. Amazing intensity.
How wonderful that these programs were recorded live. I love hearing the performers voices …the beautiful gifts they were given and so generously shared with us.
The lineup is a treasure trove!
Hi Jen how are you doing 😊❤
Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 😊
I was born in 73 and love seeing these vintage performances.
Priceless Music. Irreplaceable!!! Todays music is all about themselves. These people really care about pleasing the people that came to see them, not just for money!!!
20 years later he was gone, rest in peace conway
My mother loved Marty Robbins.
It tastes cold because it was
Everybody loved Marty.
🤠 Your weekly 🎁s of Midnight Special episodes are much appreciated 🤠 🤠 🤠.
Nothing beats old country music
yes sir! country music!
Yes sir this is what real country music should sound like today
I love this! Wow. An all-Country music edition.
ALL ARTISTS WHO I LOVE, AND I REMEMBER HEARING, 50 YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS 9 YEARS OLD. Memories, this is the country music that I like, not today's stuff.
25:43-Loretta and Marty doing a duet of "Singing the Blues" and 26:40, Marty moving his lips in time to Loretta's singing!
Loretta is one of the greats of all time. And who doesn't love Marty.
Marty Robin agreat country singer and rest in peace amen.
My Goodness this was a monster show ! Little did anyone know back then that country would die and shows like this would age like fine wine. Thanks so much for this ! 😀😀😀👏👏👏
Country's dead? No one told me.
@@JamieAndersonMusic yep, the kind of country I grew up with. Except Sturgill Simpson, he's fantastic.
@@cindypruitt9534 That kind of country is still out there. Don't expect to find it on country radio, though.
@@cindypruitt9534 - Sturgill Simpson carrying the torch these days....
@@JamieAndersonMusicSwift killed it.
The first series ( not counting Hee Haw ) to give country music a wider exposure
Blast from the past! Thank you from a boomer!
Marty Robbins on Midnight Special? Incredible…
Thank you Mr. Sugarman
🙏🤗☕️cheers
You are very welcome, Burt Sugarman
Always a real TREAT WHEN MARTY SINGS !!
Now that was an A-list country roster. I never saw 'The Midnight Special' when I was growing up, and I'm really enjoying these full episodes.
This is the first time I see Midnight Special. What a treat this is. Sure wish Country still sounded like this today.
Gosh darn,where do I even start? I'll just say this: What great talent we had.
Wow! Heavyweights of 70’s country and all personal favorites
And Somebody Told Wolfman Jack "Why Don't You Do A Country Show Once. ??? And Likely He Went And Called Marty Robins .....And What a Show He Got. Couldn't Have Been Finer.!!!
You don't know how long I have waited for footage of Conway Twitty singing on this show. Very much appreciated
I know right. I had to go back and watch him three times.
(“Bum Bum Bum”) (“Bum Bum Bum”)🎶 whew what a sexy song, I need a cold shower now 😅 😂
Loved Loretta on this the true
Queen of Country Music
Just got back from Nashville, TN & the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum, was fantastic! Makes this segment all the more special to see. My favorite part of museum was the Los Angeles, CAcountry rock connection in the 70’s aka Poco, the Eagles, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, CCR, Linda Ronstadt etc…fabulous musicians~bands.👌♥️
Every Singer there are the golden age of Country Music! They sound as good live as they do on record! No Auto Tune just real talent! Regretfully all of them are deceased except for Tanya Tucker and Johnny Rodriguez, another fantastic singer! I’m glad I grew up on their music! The Eighties and even the early Nineties was still good! Very few traditional singers anymore! Maybe a few that carry the craft! George and Alan can’t get played anymore! It’s now pop music!
Unbelievable this was 50 years ago and to me probably one of the top shows of my lifetime - I was 17 when this aired. Marty & Loretta Super talented are my all time favorites but this night had major talent but that's what made the Midnight Special so great was the musical talent every weekend. I don't think any music shows has ever come close.
What a show!
Wish I could have been there for this one!. Legendary.
This brings my childhood back to life. On a side note.... other than those old Crisco commercials, i believe this is the only time i have ever seen Loretta Lynn wearing slacks. This is a fantastic collection of 70's country music headliners.
Amen,how l miss this. I am died in the woolcountry always have been and always will be.
The lineup on this show was insanely great!!!
Great talent. Sad that most are gone now.
they all look so young
What a wonderful group of country stars all in one show. Watching the show as a kid I never realized until now that there were themes with each episode (50s-60s, country, soul, rock). Thanks for the upload
Great show! All-star line-up. I especially loved the Twitty/Lynn duet and The Earl Scruggs Revue. What a treat to hear the greatest banjo player ever.
Hi Jaime how are you doing ❤😊
Tanya Tucker was 15 years old. Amazing
Still fourteen, actually.
I think she is the only one that is still alive here.
@@harmonium8198 I stand corrected. Thanks!
She had already perfected the signature billy goat voice warble.
@@truthoverfacts9254 Johnny Rodriguez is still working and recently recorded with Tanya Tucker
Finally!! Been waiting on this episode! God I love Loretta!!! The Queen ❤
I have most of her collection, love that woman
Just love ch Rich' BEHIND CLOSED DOORS...!!!!
Love this especially with marty the all time greatest singer and entertainer of all time just love him ❤️ ♥️
Damn! This show is STACKED!
Tanya Tucker was just awesome ❤
I was lucky enough to see Marty and Merle Haggard back in the seventies and my son just was fascinated with Marty's yellow canary suit and boots never will forget that night
I Grew up listening to All these great Artists.So nice to see this.
I seen Conway Twitty in 1981. I've never heard such a voice since...
Marty Robbins is the King 👑
18 years old in 1973, thank you for the memories! ❤
What a voice Mr Robbins had..so nice..
A country music masterpiece
This show is the concentrated version of classic country music. I was 16 when I watched this episode of TMS. Wow! Looking back, it's absolutely chock-full of hardcore country singers. What a treasured moment in time. Thanks for the upload. It helped me re-live a great time in my life.
Wow. I remember this. Only Tanya is left. This was country music. Today they all have hats bigger than they are and sound like pop singers with a steel guitar and a twang.
Love Conway Twitty ❤
Conway and Loretta's duet song is imo the best duet song ever!
Wow country music at its best😊
Growing up with the midnight special was really special RIP free music 😢
Wow! Many of the classic country greats! I love Loretta Lynn and Marty Robbins! It'll be fun to see all the others, too! 🤩
Hi Stephanie 👋 merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 😊
@@davidospina5216 Happy New Year!🎉
@@StephanieJeanne Thank you 😊 So where are you from?
Knew Marty very well miss him and ms Loretta knew the twins one passed lived next door to friend ..hung out with in the 80's...😢😮😊
Tanya Tucker was probably only 14 or 15 here. Amazing.
Wow ..Good old time i 've never known... ! I was 5 y.o in 1973 ! and over all i'm French ! 🤣😅 thanks for sharing anthological part of your musical history 🤩 God bless America 💙🙏 and Country Music 💝
Loretta Lynn gave me a goose bump from 70's and the 80's memories
I keep coming back & watching this episode over 'n over, & sharing it also! It takes me back to the 1970s memories of my youth, and touches my soul in a way that only Classic Country Music can do! "Thank you" so much to this channel's creator! 🎸🎶❤☮✌
1970 grad and loved everything from Janis Joplin to Loretta ,Dolly ,Waylon and Willie, Dylon,Joan Bayez. What an amazing time to grow up.
All of them legendary artists... in a 1-hour show
All I can say is WOW! That was a treat seeing this line-up.
My mon had some cousins who grew up here, around Hardy, AR, and they became country music stars in Nashville. They had a syndicated TV show in the 60s and early 70s and they were first to sign Loretta to a tour contract and appearances on their weekly shows. She became a star later on, thanks much to the Wilburn Brothers...they were a class act and may they rest in peace
Loretta without doubt the queen
Loretta, just a delightful beautiful shining light ❤Tammy, such a lovely beautiful woman with gorgeous hair ❤and Tanya was just a baby finding her way. I always loved Tammy ,especially after life with George, and Tanya in the late 80s. Seeing this just reminds me how incredible Loretta was from starting on earth to the day she got her wings ❤. Thank you so much for this ❤. 2024 and old country still beats everything else ❤
I am sure country music will never die!
It’s classic country time here at 1:00 am with the midnight special !!! Space ace Ron ⚡️⚡️⚡️
This is amazing! True lyrics, true (no tech) sound! And the clothes…..I FRICKIN LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS EDITION of Midnight Special! Thinking of you, Moma and Daddy!!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
No show Jones definitely showed for this show!!!🥰🥰🥰
There is nothing like country it will live on .
This is when just got up on stage and you either had it or you didn't
This is classic country music , when the music has roots and connection with working class people, not the garbage today which is mainly jingles and frat party tunes. No connection to everyday folks.