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
@melissafarmer414910 ай бұрын
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!!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
@melissafarmer414910 ай бұрын
No show Jones definitely showed for this show!!!🥰🥰🥰
@jmerrell193310 ай бұрын
Wow, what a treat! Thank you so much for this country edition.
@lynnmarsh42239 ай бұрын
Can country music go back to this please
@SuperBeachbum7410 ай бұрын
Have seen Loretta, Conway, Paycheck, Rodriguez and Tanya live…all excellent
@Jreb186510 ай бұрын
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...
@IngefromGraz10 ай бұрын
Love this show!
@surf-n-turf7 ай бұрын
In ‘77, I worked concessions at an auditorium in Columbia, SC. Before his concert, Marty Robbins autographed my Mom´s album of Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs.
@evelyncalhoun876410 ай бұрын
Beautiful sister
@dorisjohansson93608 ай бұрын
I love this …!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
@19:28 the Earl Scruggs Review wow, I love it! Watched an old vid recently with Joan Baez~Earl Scruggs and other musician’s jamming inside Joan’s home. She told a story about first meeting Earl; she was in a public restroom somewhere and started talking to another lady while washing their hands etc,,,Joan said “how handsome Earl was and that she had a major crush on him!” Turns out it was Earl’s wife that Joan was confessing to haha!! 😂 🫣
@sotvomike2 ай бұрын
When I say I love country music, this is what I'm talking about. Not the nonsense that masquerades as country now.
@John-z2r4cАй бұрын
Boy howdy 🤠🤠
@dvorok6 ай бұрын
Marty Robbin's songs were a whole lot better than his jokes!
@jeffcurrey87656 ай бұрын
Did all these stars all show up for the same show? Amazing lineup!
@anthonypepe58944 ай бұрын
Dear God, I apologize for not knowing how good we had it back then.
@annoying65493 ай бұрын
Metal, Country, and Punk is better when it's just guitar bass drums and singer. New country production is an offense,
@user-rr2eo7gb7z22 күн бұрын
Yah we've LOST a WHOLE QUALITY LOT ..TOO BAD Ed
@lawrencebrissenden10 ай бұрын
Hard to beat the power of the country singers - Loretta, Tammy, George, Charlie
@jfjoubertquebec10 ай бұрын
Legendary The Earl Scruggs Revue
@loilt509110 ай бұрын
Wolfman's AW🚫L
@MichelleCWeber10 ай бұрын
Quite a line up.
@peggysmyth611010 ай бұрын
Wow, what a memorable episode of The Midnight Special .
@bunnylucky449 ай бұрын
This is what country music should sound like!.
@betsysloan46198 ай бұрын
I agree! What talent on this show!
@virginiadavis77137 ай бұрын
Absolutely!
@patriciajoflint59486 ай бұрын
I love that banjo and steel guitar
@LindaSCross5 ай бұрын
ABSOLUTELY! I PRAY THIS STYLE OF COUNTRY MUSIC RETURNS SO VERY SOON...IT HAS BEEN MISSED BY MILLIONS
@judithzunk13803 ай бұрын
Absolutely
@MartaBerryhillАй бұрын
It's 2024 and I still love this kind of Country Music. This is what you call Real Country Music.
@lawrence751110 ай бұрын
Finally!! Been waiting on this episode! God I love Loretta!!! The Queen ❤
@suzannetessier566610 ай бұрын
I have most of her collection, love that woman
@supachaloopa361110 ай бұрын
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.
@sherrymartin248610 ай бұрын
❤💯 correct!!!
@sheldonpenneypenney64696 ай бұрын
I love listening to Marty and Loretta.
@sheldonpenneypenney64696 ай бұрын
George and Tammy were one the greatest duets.
@patriciajoflint59486 ай бұрын
George Jones and Tammy Wynette were the best duet singers of all time ❤
@honeychilerider10 ай бұрын
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.
@eternallife978610 ай бұрын
70's country is top notch guy
@honeychilerider10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@eternallife978610 ай бұрын
@@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
@rrnabors110 ай бұрын
I agree . . . But the biggest surprise to me is Johnny Rodriguez sounding like a Tom T. Hall clone. Glad he developed his own style.
@RickMahoney201310 ай бұрын
YEP
@BusyMagnaBee10 ай бұрын
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.
@wynettegreer38127 ай бұрын
No one sings like Marty Robbins ! Wow
@RickMahoney201310 ай бұрын
These were the good old days of Country Western Music not like the crap they have today.
@virginiadavis77137 ай бұрын
VH6V+G5R Greenville, South Carolina , you are right about that.
@dorothyhall38916 ай бұрын
@@virginiadavis7713½
@ElizabethCook-fh9pl5 ай бұрын
Yep
@MagicalSkyWizard5 ай бұрын
I hope post Malone can breath some life into the genre, I just worry he’s gonna overproduce the hell out of it.
@Sigma-INFJ.10 ай бұрын
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.
@franka720810 ай бұрын
Like Ed Sullivan without the corny side acts
@JamieAndersonMusic10 ай бұрын
@@franka7208 Some of the comedy on Midnight Special was pretty corny. Witness Marty Robbin's bad jokes.
@franka720810 ай бұрын
@@JamieAndersonMusic lol so are those pants
@JamieAndersonMusic10 ай бұрын
@@franka7208 yes!
@Sigma-INFJ.10 ай бұрын
@@franka7208 That's why The Ed Sullivan Show stopped being popular. Times changed. It was time for something different.
@JayBird91110 ай бұрын
What a show! Wish I could have been there for this one!. Legendary.
@TanDawg5810 ай бұрын
You don't know how long I have waited for footage of Conway Twitty singing on this show. Very much appreciated
@cattlecreekphotographybyto895410 ай бұрын
I know right. I had to go back and watch him three times.
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
(“Bum Bum Bum”) (“Bum Bum Bum”)🎶 whew what a sexy song, I need a cold shower now 😅 😂
@johnjp58837 ай бұрын
Marty Robbins, one of a kind!!
@patriciajoflint59486 ай бұрын
yes I love Marty Robbins he he was good he was a good piano player a good singer and a big jokester
@johnjp58836 ай бұрын
@@patriciajoflint5948 no doubt!!
@kirahastings99002 ай бұрын
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.
@glennriddle28510 ай бұрын
The best Midnight Special, EVER!
@Amaberean9 ай бұрын
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…”
@EDCauthon21 күн бұрын
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
@71rcode7210 ай бұрын
Conway Twitty just takes it all to another level. Amazing intensity.
@JamieAndersonMusic10 ай бұрын
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.
@davidospina52169 ай бұрын
Hi Jaime how are you doing ❤😊
@Ibrian888810 ай бұрын
Marty Robbins on Midnight Special? Incredible… Thank you Mr. Sugarman 🙏🤗☕️cheers
@themidnightspecialtvshow10 ай бұрын
You are very welcome, Burt Sugarman
@tigerboy24510 ай бұрын
The performer who really emerges as the shining star here is Loretta Lynn--her multifaceted talent is remarkable.
@ShaunComnerley-zi3xr9 ай бұрын
That's 4 sure
@KoloaKane7 ай бұрын
She's The Coal Miner's Daughter
@patriciajoflint59486 ай бұрын
I was one of them coal miners daughters and married to a coal miner he passed away he had black lung
@darellsnow14806 ай бұрын
Loretta was awesome! I laughed out loud when she told Tammy "yeah, but I'm not sleeping with him". That was funny!
@JamesHarman-cy8ub2 ай бұрын
Loretta and Tammy plus Tanya the best
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
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.👌♥️
@TheBrooklynbodine10 ай бұрын
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!
@gregoryduncan306710 ай бұрын
🤠 Your weekly 🎁s of Midnight Special episodes are much appreciated 🤠 🤠 🤠.
@shube310310 ай бұрын
There will never ever be a collection of live great Country Music on another TV show again like this episode. Thanks Midnight Special!!
@RockinEd10 ай бұрын
The first series ( not counting Hee Haw ) to give country music a wider exposure
@jenbloom684810 ай бұрын
The lineup is a treasure trove!
@davidospina52169 ай бұрын
Hi Jen how are you doing 😊❤ Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 😊
@mzinns10 ай бұрын
Wow! Heavyweights of 70’s country and all personal favorites
@JamieAndersonMusic10 ай бұрын
"I've known him longer but I don't sleep with him." -- Loretta Lynn, introducing George Jones. "I hope not." -- Tammy Wynette, his wife. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@user-rr2eo7gb7z22 күн бұрын
Always a real TREAT WHEN MARTY SINGS !!
@waylonvids10 ай бұрын
The lineup on this show was insanely great!!!
@user-yi7eu9pz1h4 ай бұрын
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!
@Ihopeaubrieghissafeinheaven22 күн бұрын
Amen and Amen 😅
@GeneRoberts19612 ай бұрын
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.
@braddesaulniers6122Ай бұрын
❤ 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 ❤
@darlenemstrommer76875 күн бұрын
Alan Jackson
@eltranellapusheen9144 ай бұрын
Nothing beats old country music
@nancydeshan47583 ай бұрын
yes sir! country music!
@judithzunk13803 ай бұрын
Yes sir this is what real country music should sound like today
@SuperBeachbum7410 ай бұрын
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.
@JosephVAuchter10 ай бұрын
Marty Robin agreat country singer and rest in peace amen.
@PK-bh1ww10 ай бұрын
Conway and Loretta's duet song is imo the best duet song ever!
@Pamela-zu7hhАй бұрын
Wow country music at its best😊
@mikecowan87624 ай бұрын
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.!!!
@TheNancypoo10 ай бұрын
This is why I love the 70s! Best decade ever ❤
@eternallife978610 ай бұрын
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
@flemingcourt10 ай бұрын
SIXTIES, if you don't mind!
@eternallife978610 ай бұрын
@@flemingcourt some of the biggest expansions in experimentalism at best and at worst the decline of smart pop the 60 song are weird era
@sammychapman173010 ай бұрын
@@eternallife9786you are not too damn bright are you?
@catalinamargomyers99709 ай бұрын
Definetly one of them...I feel I experienced the best of 60's 70's 80's 90's✌️❤️
@ryanreese794910 ай бұрын
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.
@addiemoose793510 ай бұрын
Ta,my and g3orge w3re greÀt love 5he. Rip 5hanks❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@JamieAndersonMusic10 ай бұрын
Tanya Tucker was probably only 14 or 15 here. Amazing.
@Mission2Transition64110 ай бұрын
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.
@ruthkubicek20498 ай бұрын
❤😅😢
@ruthkubicek20498 ай бұрын
I love all them songs they just hit me in my😅😅😅 it just touches my heart takes me way back I love them all
@maryannvitale43846 ай бұрын
⁰
@patriciajoflint59486 ай бұрын
Tanya Tucker was another one of my favorites . oh and she still is
@alwayssme4 ай бұрын
20 years later he was gone, rest in peace conway
@WPPCProductions10 ай бұрын
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..
@Thatsallihavetosayaboutthat10 ай бұрын
Definitely none today.
@WPPCProductions10 ай бұрын
@@Thatsallihavetosayaboutthat Agree 100 percent.
@eternallife978610 ай бұрын
@@Thatsallihavetosayaboutthatit exists
@haroldrose20210 ай бұрын
Loved Loretta on this the true Queen of Country Music
@maryroberts92338 ай бұрын
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.
@steves278810 ай бұрын
Simply fantastic show!
@SanAntoneRose10 ай бұрын
Tanya Tucker was just awesome ❤
@samiam555710 ай бұрын
This is REAL country, not the Hip hop crap made today.
@truthoverfacts925410 ай бұрын
In 2023, both mainstream Country and Hip Hop are dead.
@vtmiller6310 ай бұрын
Damn! This show is STACKED!
@romelovesdan10 ай бұрын
Yeeeee-haaaaawwww! Some great variety week to week on these Midnight Specials.
@suzannetessier566610 ай бұрын
This is the first time I see Midnight Special. What a treat this is. Sure wish Country still sounded like this today.
@rogeradams253610 ай бұрын
I Grew up listening to All these great Artists.So nice to see this.
@janetyvon76019 ай бұрын
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!!!
@dlhartley1575 ай бұрын
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.
@IggyM10 ай бұрын
These uploads are great. Thanks Burt
@PeggyYoder-xt2fx9 ай бұрын
Love Conway Twitty ❤
@thetraveler25614 ай бұрын
Blast from the past! Thank you from a boomer!
@SteveStalzle10 ай бұрын
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.
@mattpenniall49517 ай бұрын
As a Brit from London UK and loving (always have) proper country music. And this is PROPER country music. ❤
@luciovids920810 ай бұрын
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
@ronaldtiracchia201710 ай бұрын
I'm so glad this was posted. What a great show. I watched growing up. Was a rock fan mostly. But as I've grown, my tastes have expanded. Love Loretta among many others.
@EslayerTM10 ай бұрын
legendary lineup this episode!
@Thatsallihavetosayaboutthat10 ай бұрын
Great talent. Sad that most are gone now.
@KoloaKane7 ай бұрын
they all look so young
@TheBrooklynbodine10 ай бұрын
Marty Robbins did the second song on this a rendition of his smash "Don't Worry." At 8:54, I half-expected the fuzz bass to kick in. I'm watching this in installments, and so far love what I've seen. Posting 11-22-23.
@rickharris45136 ай бұрын
Davie Allan, formerly known as the "Fuzz King" in the 60s, credits "Don't Worry" as the song that started the fuzz craze.
@LbrtyNJustus6 ай бұрын
Before auto tune!
@bwilliams46310 ай бұрын
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.
@stephengriffin999210 ай бұрын
This had just about everyone who was hot in country music back then but what a pity The Amazing Rhythm Aces weren’t featured. I loved just about everything they recorded.
@jimw7ry5 ай бұрын
And to think Tanya Tucker was only 13 or 14 years old when she sang this!
@Jreb186510 ай бұрын
I seen Conway Twitty in 1981. I've never heard such a voice since...
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 ! 😀😀😀👏👏👏
@JamieAndersonMusic10 ай бұрын
Country's dead? No one told me.
@cindypruitt953410 ай бұрын
@@JamieAndersonMusic yep, the kind of country I grew up with. Except Sturgill Simpson, he's fantastic.
@JamieAndersonMusic10 ай бұрын
@@cindypruitt9534 That kind of country is still out there. Don't expect to find it on country radio, though.
@paolo-n200010 ай бұрын
@@cindypruitt9534 - Sturgill Simpson carrying the torch these days....
@edgregory110 ай бұрын
@@JamieAndersonMusicSwift killed it.
@donndwyer458510 ай бұрын
OMG! what is this ? So many legends on one show! I am in shock!
@ronnieparker431110 ай бұрын
It’s classic country time here at 1:00 am with the midnight special !!! Space ace Ron ⚡️⚡️⚡️
@robertschlessinger-sb5dx10 ай бұрын
Unbelievable lineup of all my favorites. God bless thier wonderful souls.
@sailawaybob10 ай бұрын
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.
@bluebear198510 ай бұрын
The next show from August 31, 1973 is a good one as well. The host for it was Billy Preston, and it featured appearances from Buddy Miles, Bo Diddley, Ned Doheny, Gladstone, Maureen McGovern, and Steely Dan.
@williamvarner218210 ай бұрын
Tammy could rattle the rafters LittereLy when she walked out on the stage at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium
@sandigamble25846 ай бұрын
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
@randallwilfordweaver81010 ай бұрын
I love this I can close my eyes and I go back to when this came on the first time it’s just like it was yesterday
@mikebronkala981810 ай бұрын
Gosh darn,where do I even start? I'll just say this: What great talent we had.