The Midnight Special caters to the tastes of political and labor activists with extensive history, politics and literature departments.

Teenagers in the 1970's, up past bedtime, admired heavy-metal monsters on "The Midnight Special."

Nichols started the folk music program The Midnight Special in 1953.

Gordon Lightfoot live on the Midnight Special in 1974.

Riperton incorporated this into her performance of the song on The Midnight Special.

It was also performed when the Pythons appeared on The Midnight Special.

Barry White performed this song live on The Midnight Special in 1974.

Throughout the early 1970s, he continued to record and was a guest on Wolfman Jack's television show The Midnight Special.

"Sin City" was recorded live from Midnight Special on September 6, 1978.

"Midnight Special" is a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South.