The Midnight Special · SEASON 5
Host: Lou Rawls
Episode 30 · 1977-05-20

Episode overview
Lou Rawls (host) - ""Some Folks Never Learn,"" ""See You When I Git There,"" ""Spring Again"" & ""Some Day You'll Be Old"" --Lou Rawls and Donna Summer - ""Swing Low Sweet Chariot"" --Sammy Davis (cameo, walk on) --Andrew Gold - ""Lonely Boy"" & ""Go Back Home Again"" --Gordon Lightfoot - ""Race Among the Ruins"" --Melanie - ""Cyclone"" --Leo Sayer - ""When I Need You"" & ""You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"" --Gino Vannelli - ""Summers of My Life"" --Midnight Special salute to Earth, Wind & Fire
Season 5 episodes
1. Hosts: The Spinners1976-09-17
2. Lesley Gore1976-09-24
3. Host: George Carlin1976-10-01
4. Host: James Brown1976-10-08
5. Co-hosts: Jackie DeShannon & Johnny Rivers1976-10-15
6. Host: Helen Reddy1976-10-22
7. Hosts: KC & the Sunshine Band1976-10-29
8. Host: Frankie Valli1976-11-05
9. Host: Lou Rawls1976-11-12
10. Host: Helen Reddy1976-11-19
12. Million Sellers of 1976, Part 11976-12-03
14. Host: Tom Jones1976-12-17
15. Million Sellers of 1976, Part 21977-01-07
16. Host: Judy Collins1977-01-21
17. Host: Helen Reddy (4th Anniversary Show)1977-01-28
18. Host: Glen Campbell1977-02-04
19. Hosts: The Electric Light Orchestra1977-02-18
20. Host: Loretta Lynn1977-02-25
21. Hosts: KC & the Sunshine Band1977-03-04
22. Hosts: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.1977-03-18
23. Host: Aretha Franklin1977-03-25
24. Host: George Carlin1977-04-01
25. Host: Gabe Kaplan1977-04-08
26. Host: George Benson1977-04-22
27. British Rock hosted by Wolfman Jack1977-04-29
28. Host: Helen Reddy1977-05-06
29. Host: Wolfman Jack1977-05-13
30. Host: Lou Rawls1977-05-20
31. Host: Neil Sedaka1977-05-27
32. Hosts: Bread1977-06-03
33. Co-hosts: Emmylou Harris & Little Feat1977-06-10
34. Host: Neil Sedaka1977-06-17
35. Host: Gregg Allman1977-06-24
36. Hosts: KC & the Sunshine Band1977-07-29
37. Hosts: The Spinners1977-08-05
38. Hosts: The Bay City Rollers1977-08-12