Video: 'Edgar Winter - Frankenstein (1973) The Midnight Special'
(Saturday, September 8, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EDT) — The Edgar Winter Group was among the performers on tonight’s episode of the late-night musical variety NBC-TV series The Midnight Special as hosted tonight by Mac Davis.
Video: 'Billy Preston - 'Round in Circles - Midnight Special 1973 HQ'
(Saturday, September 1, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EDT) — Billy Preston was among the performers on tonight’s episode of the late-night musical variety NBC-TV series The Midnight Special as co-hosted tonight by Preston.
Video: 'Midnight Special'
(Saturday, August 25, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EDT) — Loretta Lynn and Marty Robbins were among the performers on tonight’s episode of the late-night musical variety NBC-TV series The Midnight Special as co-hosted tonight by Lynn and Robbins. Continue reading Loretta Lynn, Marty Robbins perform on ‘Midnight Special’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)
Video: 'Stockholm Syndrome'
(Thursday, August 23, 1973) — A bank robbery-turned-hostage-taking, known as the Norrmalmstorg robbery, began today in Stockholm, Sweden. The four hostages ended up empathizing with their captors, a psychological condition now referred to as “Stockholm Syndrome.”
Video: 'Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven'
(Saturday, August 18, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EST) — Electric Light Orchestra and Joe Walsh were among the performers on tonight’s episode of the late-night musical variety NBC-TV series The Midnight Special as hosted tonight by Richard Pryor. Continue reading Electric Light Orchestra, Joe Walsh perform on ‘Midnight Special’ 40 years ago this hour (1973)
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 8' (Aug. 9, 1973, at 40:56)
(Thursday, August 9, 1973; during the Cambodian Civil War, part of Operation Freedom Deal, part of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Admiral Thomas Moorer, chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate armed service committee hearing today that the 1969-1970 secret bombing in supposedly neutral Cambodia was necessary to protect American troops from North Vietnamese forces who launched attacks from Cambodian sanctuaries.
Video: 'Jesus Christ Superstar' trailer
(Wednesday, August 8, 1973) — Jesus Christ Superstar, a film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice rock opera of the same name, about the last few weeks of Christ’s life, opened today in New York City.
Directed by Norman Jewison, the film starred Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson and Yvonne Elliman.
(Thursday, August 8, 1973) — Vice President Spiro T. Agnew today branded as “damned lies” reports he had taken kickbacks from government contracts in Maryland, and vowed not to resign — which he ended up doing in Oct. 1973.
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 8' (Aug. 6, 1973, at 41:29)
(Monday, August 6, 1973; during the Cambodian Civil War, part of Operation Freedom Deal, part of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — An American B-52 mistakenly dropped its bombs today on Neak Luong, the river town just 30 miles from Phnom Penh, Cambodia. At least 137 Cambodians were killed and another 268 were wounded.
Video: 'John Lennon - Rock And Roll People [take 5, 08-04-73]'
(Saturday, August 4, 1973) — Former Beatle John Lennon recorded “Rock and Roll People” today at Record Plant Studios in New York during the sessions (which began in July) for his next album Mind Games. Continue reading Lennon records ‘Rock and Roll People’ 40 years ago today (1973)
