First aired: 8/19/1972
1972 Pilot:
--John Denver (host) - "(Take Me Home) Country Roads" & "Goodbye Again"
--John Denver and 'Mama' Cass Elliott - "Leaving on a Jet Plane" duet
--Argent - "Hold Your Head Up" & "Tragedy"
--Harry Chapin - "Taxi"
--David Clayton-Thomas (singer from Blood, Sweat & Tears) - "Yesterday's Music" & "Nobody Calls Me Prophet"
--The Everly Brothers - "All I Have to Do Is Dream" & "Stories We Could Tell"
--The Isley Brothers - "Pop That Thang"
--Helen Reddy - "I Don't Know How to Love Him"
--Linda Ronstadt - "Long Long Time" & "The Fast One"
--War - "Slippin' into Darkness"
Guest star:
Helen Reddy (Herself),
Linda Ronstadt (Herself)
,
John Denver (Himself, host),
Argent (Themselves),
Harry Chapin (Himself),
David Clayton Thomas (Himself),
'Mama' Cass Elliot (Herself),
The Everly Brothers (Themselves),
The Isley Brothers (Themselves),
War (Themselves)
First aired: 2/2/1973
--Helen Reddy (host) - "I Am Woman," "Peaceful" & "Come On John"
--Ed McMahon (walk-on cameo) - wishes the show sucess
--Ike and Tina Turner Revue- "I Can't Turn You Loose" & "With a Little Help from My Friends"
--George Carlin (comedian) - stand-up comedy monologue
--Curtis Mayfield - "Superfly"
--Don McLean - "Dreidel" & "If We Try"
--Rare Earth - "We're Gonna Have a Good Time" & "I Just Want to Celebrate"
--Kenny Rankin - "Comin' Down"
--The Byrds - "Mr. Tambourine Man" & "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star"
--The Impressions - "Preacher Man"
--Helen Reddy, Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions - "Amen"
First aired: 2/9/1973
--Johnny Rivers (host) - "Blue Suede Shoes," "Rockin' Pneumonia, Boogie Woogie Flu" & "Got My Mojo Workin'"
--The Ace Trucking Company (comedy troupe) - routines about an airplane flight; 2 old friends and a prayer meeting.
--Albert Hammond - "It Never Rains in Southern California" and "If You Gotta Break Another Heart"
--Merilee Rush - "Start Again" & "Comfort and Please You"
--The Spinners - "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" and "I'll Be Around"
--Steely Dan - "Do It Again" and "Reeling in the Years"
--Paul Williams (singer / songwriter) - "Out in the Country" and "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
--Wolfman Jack sings "I Ain't Never Seen a White Man"
First aired: 2/16/1973
--Mac Davis (host) - "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me," "I Believe in Music," "Dream Me Home," "Home" & "Half and Half (Song for Sara)"
--The Doobie Brothers - "Jesus Is Just Alright" & "Listen to the Music"
--Waylon Jennings - "You Can Have Her"
--Billy Paul - "Me and Mrs. Jones" & "Brown Baby"
--Billy Preston - "Blackbird," "Georgia on My Mind" & "That's the Way God Planned It"
--Joan Rivers (comedy segment)
--On film: the "Dueling Banjos" segment from "Deliverance"
First aired: 2/23/1973
--Harry Chapin (host) - "Sunday Morning Sunshine" "Sniper" and "Taxi"
--Kerrie Biddell - "Spirit in the Dark"
--Blood, Sweat and Tears - "Rosemary," "Hip Pickles" & "Snow Queen"
--The Committee (comedy segment) - routines on "Harry Krishna"; doctor's office; commercial message and used cars.
--The Hollies - "Magic Woman Touch" & "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
--Curtis Mayfield - "Freddie's Dead" & "Superfly"
--Timmy Thomas - "Why Can't We Live Together?"
First aired: 3/2/1973
--Anne Murray (host) - "Snowbird," "Danny's Song" & "I Know"
--Anne Murray, Steve Martin and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Shuckin' the Corn"
--The Association - "Along Comes Mary," "Crazy Songs and Loony Tunes" & "Names, Tags, Numbers and Labels"
--Badfinger - "No Matter What" & "Suitcase"
--Steve Martin (comedy segment) - routines on parts of the body; sound effects and plays the banjo.
--Don McLean - "Vincent," "Dreidel" & "If We Try"
--Sam Neely - "Loving You Just Crossed My Mind" & "Rosalie"
--Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Jambalaya"
--Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - "People Get Ready" & "Walkin' My Blues Away"
First aired: 3/9/1973
--Paul Williams (host) - "Old Fashioned Love Song," "Drift Away" & "That's Enough for Me"
--Edward Bear - "Last Song" & "Close Your Eyes"
--Loretta Lynn - "One's On the Way" & "Coal Miner's Daughter"
--Seals & Crofts - "Hummingbird" & "Summer Breeze"
--Sha Na Na - "Hound Dog," "Yakety Yak" & "I Wonder Why"
--Lakshmi Shankar (Ravi's sister) - sings "Nata Nagara" in praise of Krishna.
--Ravi Shankar - "Tilak Shyam"
--Jonathan Winters (cameo appearance, following Paul Williams' first song)
--On film: the "Dueling banjos" segment from "Deliverance"
First aired: 3/16/1973
Guests / songs (in broadcast order):
--Paul Anka (host) - "Girl"
--On film: vintage clip of Paul Anka singing "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"
--Bobby Darin - "If I Were a Carpenter," "Dream Lover," "Splish Splash" & "Roll Over Beethoven"
--Paul Anka - medley of hits: Diana," "Puppy Love," "Lonely Boy," "You Are My Destiny," "Memories" ("My Home Town"?), "Goodnight My Love" and "(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings"
--The Coasters - "Poison Ivy," "Charlie Brown" & "Yakety Yak"
--Tammy Wynette - "Kids Say the Darnedest Things"
--The Ace Trucking Company (comedy troupe) - routines about a motor cycle gang; commercials; and an airplane flight
--The Edwin Hawkins Singers - "Oh Happy Day"
--Paul Anka and the Edwin Hawkins Singers - "Sweet Georgia Mine" (...Wine"?)
--The Doobie Brothers - "Natural Thing"
--George Jones - "What My Women Can't Do"
--The Doobie Brothers - "Listen to the Music"
--George Jones & Tammy Wynette - "Let's All Go Down to the River"
--The Edwin Hawkins Singers -"New World"
--Paul Anka - "Jubilation"
First aired: 3/23/1973
--Lou Rawls (guest host) - "A Natural Man" & "Dead End Street"
--Lou Rawls - medley: "Memory Lane," "It Was a Very Good Year" & "Old Folks"
--Brewer & Shipley - "One Toke Over the Line"
--George Burns - "Mr. Bojangles" and "You Made Me Love You" (2nd song with the Honey Cone)
--George Burns & Honey Cone - "You Made Me Love You"
--The Committee (comedy segment) - routines about a surprise party; movies; an argument; a police station
--The Grass Roots - "Midnight Confession" & "Love Is What You Make It"
--Honey Cone - "Want Ads"
--The O'Jays - "Backstabbers" & "Love Train" (2nd song with Lou Rawls)
--Eric Weissberg and Deliverance - "Dueling Banjos" and "I'm My Own Grandpa"
First aired: 3/30/1973
--Ray Charles (guest host) - "Eleanor Rigby," "Georgia on My Mind" & "What'd I Say"
--Ray Charles with the Raelets (a.k.a. Raylettes) - "I Can Make It Through the Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)"
--Bill Cosby talks with Ray Charles and dances while Charles sings "Every Saturday Night"
--Carol Burnett talks with Ray Charles
--Aretha Franklin - "A Brand New Me"
--Aretha Franklin & Ray Charles - "Takes Two to Tango"
--The Raelets - sing "Shake" (while Charles plays the piano)
--The Earl Scruggs Revue - "T for Texas" & "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven"
--Freeman and Murray (comedy team of Freeman King and Murray Langston) - team reenacts the boxing scene from "Great White Hope" in slow motion
First aired: 4/6/1973
--The Bee Gees (guest hosts) - "To Love Somebody," "Lonely Days," "I Saw a New Morning" and a medley of hits ("New York Mining Disaster 1941," "I Started a Joke," "Massachusetts" and "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart")
--The Bee Gees and Jerry Lee Lewis - medley: "Money," "Good Golly Miss Molly," "Long Tall Sally," "Jenny Jenny," "Tutti Frutti" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
--Skeeter Davis - "One Tin Soldier" & "End of the World"
--Gladys Knight & the Pips - "Neither One of Us" & "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
--Jerry Lee Lewis - "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
--Johnny Nash - "Stir it Up" & "I Can See Clearly Now"
--Jim Weatherly - "You Are a Song"
--Frank Welker (comedian) - does imitations of animals; Marlon Brando ("Godfather" character); and other imitations.
First aired: 4/13/1973
--Bill Cosby (guest host, appearing with a band) - "Ursulena (With Your Washing Machina)," "I've Got to Be Strong" (sung by member of his group) & "I Lost My Baby At the Dance Last Night"
--David Brenner (stand-up comedian) - jokes about airplanes; the moon shot; dating in New York City and King Kong
--Ray Charles - "Early in the Morning"
--Fanny - "All Mine" & "Last Night I Had a Dream"
--Waylon Jennings - "Lovin' Her Was Easier," "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" & "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"
--Billy Preston - "Will It Go Round in Circles" & "Outa-Space"
--Steely Dan - "Reelin' in the Years"
--Taj Mahal - talks about "Sounder," plays "Cheraw" on banjo & sings "Texas Woman Blues"
First aired: 4/20/1973
--Doc Severinsen (guest host) - "I Just Want to Celebrate," "Last Tango in Paris," "Does Anybody Know What Time It Is," "Introduction," "Twenty-Five or Six to Four" & "Beginnings"
--Doc Severinsen - "Celebrate" (with the Now Generation and Today's Children)
--Doc Severinsen (on fluegelhorn) and Henry Mancini - "Brothers Go to Mothers" duet. Mancini introduces his group including his son Chris.
--Hoyt Axton - "Jambalaya" & "Less Than the Song"
--Jerry Butler - "Western Union Man" "Only the Strong Survive" & "Ain't Understanding Mellow"
--Dobie Gray - "Drift Away" & "The 'In' Crowd"
--Carol Burnett - introduces Vicki Lawrence
--Vicki Lawrence - "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
--Country Joe McDonald and his All-Star Band - "Couleene Anne" & "Hold On It's Coming"
--Not Cut of Friends - "Indian Warrior" (another source listed the band as "Hot Cup of Friends")
First aired: 4/27/1973
--Jerry Lee Lewis (guest host) - "Great Balls of Fire," "High School Confidential," "Drinking Wine Spo Dee O'Dee" & "Cold Cold Heart"
--Jerry Lee Lewis and Linda Gail Lewis - "Roll Over Beethoven"
--Freddie Cannon - "Tallahassee Lassie" & "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"
--Chubby Checker - "The Twist" & "Huckle Buck"
--Bobby Day - "Rockin' Robin"
--The Del Vikings - "Come Go with Me"
--The Penguins - "Earth Angel"
--Lloyd Price - "Stagger Lee" & "Where Were You on My Wedding Day"
--Little Anthony - "I'm Alright" & "Tears on My Pillow"
--The Ronettes - "Be My Baby" & "Walkin' in the Rain"
--Del Shannon - "Runaway" & "Keep Searchin'"
--The Shirelles - "Soldier Boy" & "Tonight's the Night"
Guest star:
Jerry Lee Lewis (Himself, host)
,
Freddy Cannon (Himself),
Chubby Checker (Himself),
Bobby Day (Himself),
The Del Vikings (Themselves),
The Penguins (Themselves),
Lloyd Price (Himself),
Little Anthony (Himself),
Linda Gail Lewis (Herself),
The Ronettes (Themselves),
Del Shannon (Himself),
The Shirelles (Themselves)
First aired: 5/4/1973
--Johnny Nash (guest host) - "Stir It Up," "Groovy Feeling," "I Can See Clearly Now" & "Merry-Go-Round"
--Chi Coltrane - "Thunder and Lightning" & "You Were My Friend"
--Freemen and Murray (comedy team)
--Tom T. Hall - "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" & "Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon"
--Andrew Johnson (comedian)
--Gladys Knight and the Pips - "If I Were Your Woman" & "Neither One of Us"
--Kenny Rankin - "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" & "In the Name of Love"
--The Raspberries - "I Wanna Be with You" & "Let's Pretend"
First aired: 5/11/1973
--Jack Burns and Avery Schreiber (comedy team, guest hosts)
--Mark Almond - "What Am I Loving For," "Just Another Road Song" & "The City"
--Kenny Colman - "Last Tango in Paris"
--The Crusaders - "Put It Where You Want It" & "Don't Let It Get You Down"
--Ronnie Dyson - "One Man Band"
--The Hollies - "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"
--The Incredible String Band - "Black Jack Davy" & "Old Buccaneer"
--Steve Martin (comedian, stand-up comedy segment)
--The O'Jays - "Love Train"
First aired: 5/18/1973
--Chubby Checker - "Let's Twist Again," "Pony Time," Limbo Rock" & "Slow Twistin'"
--Jimmy Clanton - "Just a Dream"
--Danny and the Juniors - "At the Hop" & "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay"
--Ben E. King - "Spanish Harlem" & "Stand by Me"
--Little Anthony and the Imperials - "Going Out of My Head" & "Two Kinds of People in the World"
--Lloyd Price - "Personality"
--Lloyd Price and the Skyliners - "I'm Gonna Get Married"
--The Ronettes - "Baby I Love You" & "Do I Love You"
--The Shirelles - "Baby It's You" & "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
--The Skyliners - "This I Swear" & "Since I Don't Have You"
First aired: 5/25/1973
--Gladys Knight and the Pips (guest hosts) - "Friendship Train," "Daddy Could Swear I Declare," "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" & "Neither One of Us"
--Dr. John - "Right Place, Wrong Time" & "Such a Night"
--Robert Klein (comedy segment)
--Skylark - "Wildflower" & "Woodstock"
--The Staple Singers - "Respect Yourself" & "We the People"
--John Stewart - "Road Away" & "Chilly Winds"
First aired: 6/1/1973
--Paul Williams (guest host) - "My Love and I," "Let Me Be the One," "We've Only Just Begun," "Rainy Days and Mondays" & "I Never Had It So Good"
--Argent - "God Gave Rock and Roll to You," "Hold Your Head Up" & "It's Only Money Part 2"
--Gunhill Road - "Back When My Half Was Short" & "Mr. Keyboard"
--Sydney Jordan - "Sunday Morning Sunrise"
--Slade - "Goodbuy T'Jane" & "Cum On Feel the Noize"
--The Statler Brothers - "Flowers on the Wall" & "The Class of '57"
--The Stylistics - "Betcha By Golly, Wow," "Break Up to Make Up" & "I'm Stone in Love with You"
First aired: 6/8/1973
--Curtis Mayfield (guest host) - "Superfly," "If I Were Only a Child Again" & "Back to the World"
--Canned Heat - "Let's Work Together," "Harley Davidson Blues" & "Woodstock Boogie"
--Jose Feliciano - "Simple Song," "Compartments" & "Light My Fire"
--Leroy Hutson - "Love Oh Love"
--Ravi Shankar - "Ahir Bhairav"
--Lakshmi Shankar - "A Bhajan"
--The Spinners - "One of a Kind Love Affair," "I'll Be Around" & "Could it Be I'm Falling in Love"
--Tufano-Giammarese - "Music Everywhere" & "I'm a Loser"
First aired: 6/15/1973
--Jim Croce (guest host) - "Operator," "Roller Derby Queen," "You Don't Mess with Jim," "Speedball Tucker," "Big Bad Leroy Brown," "Careful Man"
--Little Anthony and the Imperials - "Dance to the Music" & "La La La at the End"
--Savoy Brown - "Tell Mama" & "Coming Down Your Way"
--Barbara Fairchild - "Teddy Bear"
--Shawn Phillips - "Anello (Where Are You)" & "America"
--Wishbone Ash - "Jailbait"
--Bobby Womack - "It's All Over Now" & "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out"
First aired: 6/22/1973
--The Bee Gees (guest hosts) - "I Gotta Get a Message to You," "Alexander's Rag Time Band," "Run to Me," "Morning of My Life," "Holiday," "Let There Be Love," "My World" & "Wouldn't I be Someone"
--The Bee Gees and Wilson Pickett - "Hey Jude"
--Wilson Pickett - "In the Midnight Hour" & "Mr. Magic Man"
--Steve Miller Band - "Loving on the U.S.A." & "Shu ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma"
--John Kay - "I'm Movin' On" and "Moonshine (Friend of Mine)"
--Jimmie Spheeris - "The Original Tap Dancing Kid" & "Beautiful News"
--Maxine Weldon - "Johnny One Time"
--The Muledeer and Moondoog Medicine Show
First aired: 6/29/1973
--Paul Williams (guest host) - "Someday Man," "That's What Friends Are For" & "Look What I Found"
--Paul Williams, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Collidge - "Me and Bobby McGee"
--Kris Kristofferson - "Loving Her Was Easier" & "Out of Mind, Sout of Sight"
--Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge - "I Never Had it So Good"
--Rita Coolidge - "I'll Be Your Baby" & "My Crew"
--Brewer and Shipley - "Black Sky" & "Yankee Lady"
--Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen - "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)" & "Jailhouse Rock"
--Electric Light Orchestra - "Roll Over Beethoven" & "Kuiama"
--King Harvest - "Dancing in the Moonlight" & "A Little Bit Like Magic"
First aired: 7/6/1973
--Jose Feliciano (guest host) - "California Dreamin'," "Compartments" & "Papa Was a Rolling Stone"
--Savoy Brown - "Shot in the Head" & "Jack the Toad"
--The Staple Singers - "Oh La De Da" & "Be What You Are"
--Stories - "Brother Louie" & "Top of the City"
--Tower of Power - "So Very Hard to Go" & "What Is Hip?"
--Johnny Winter - "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Johnny B. Goode" & "Rock and Roll"
First aired: 7/13/1973
--Smokey Robinson (guest host) - "Want to Know My Mind," "Sweet Harmony" & "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
--The Miracles - "What Is Heart Good For," "Tears of a Clown" & "Don't Let It End (Till You Let It Begin)"
--Bonnie Bramlett - "Good Vibrations" & "Celebrate Life"
--Martin and Finley - "It's Another Sunder"
--Rare Earth - "Hey Big Brother," "Big John Is My Name" & "Hum Along and Dance"
--The Stylistics - "You'll Never Get to Heaven" & "You Are Everything"
First aired: 7/20/1973
--Joan Baez (host) - "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," "Joe Hill," "Love Song to a Stranger," "Prison Trilogy" & "Rider Pass By"
--Joan Baez and Mimi Farina - "Best of Friends"
--Black Oak Arkansas - "Fever in My Mind," "Dance to the Music Tonight" & "Hot and Nasty"
--Bloodstone - "Natural High" & "Never Let You Go"
--Steve Goodman - "Someone Else's Troubles" & "Would You Like to Learn to Dance?"
--Mimi Farina - "In the Quiet Morning"
--Wilson Pickett - "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You" & "International Playboy"
--The Pointer Sisters - "Cloudburst"
First aired: 7/27/1973
--Dionne Warwick (host) - "I Say a Little Prayer" and a medley of Burt Bachrach hits.
--Dionne Warwick and Johnny Mathis - "My Love"
--Johnny Mathis - "Killing Me Softly with Her Song" & "To the Ends of the Earth"
--Bud Brisbois - "Baby Hand Your Love on Me" & "Miss Ma-Tazz"
--Alan Bursky (comedian) - comedy segment
--Leo Kottke - "Vaseline Machine Gun #2"
--Malo - "Momotombo" & "Hala"
--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition - "Coming Through the Rye," "Something's Burning" & "Lena Lookey"
First aired: 8/3/1973
--Al Green (guest host) - "Let's Stay Together," "Tired of Being Alone," "Call Me," "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" & "Here I Am"
--Ramblin' Jack Elliott - "San Francisco Bay Blues"
--Foghat - "She's Gone" "I Just Want to Make Love to You"
--The Stylistics - "Point of No Return," "I'm Stone in Love with You" & "Stop, Look and Listen"
--Livingston Taylor - "Good Friends" & "Over the Rainbow"
--Bobby Womack - "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" & "Harry Hippie"
First aired: 8/10/1973
--The Bee Gees (guest hosts) - "New York Mining Disaster 1941," "Turn of the Century" & "I Can't See Nobody"
--The Hollies - "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" & "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
--Herman's Hermits - "I'm Henry the VIII I Am," "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" & "There's a Kind of Hush"
--Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - "Game of Love" & "A Groovy Kind of Love"
--The Searchers - "Needles and Pins," "Sweets for My Sweet" & "Love Potion #9"
--Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas - "Little Children"
--Gerry and the Pacemakers - "How Do You Do It," "I Like It," "Ferry Cross the Mersey" & "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying."
First aired: 8/17/1973
--Richard Pryor (guest host)
--Electric Light Orchestra - "Roll Over Beethoven"
--Joe Hicks - "Train of Thought"
--Doug Kershaw - "Fisherman's Luck," "Diggy Diggy Lo" & "Louisiana Man"
--Albert King - "Don't Burn Down the Bridge" & "I'll Play the Blues for You"
--Melissa Manchester - "If It Feels Good" & "Easy"
--Joe Walsh - "Tend My Garden" & "Rocky Mountain Way"
First aired: 8/24/1973
--Loretta Lynn and Marty Robbins (Co-hosts) - "The Midnight Special" & "Singin' the Blues"
--Loretta Lynn (Co-host) - "One's on the Way" & "Love is the Foundation"
--Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty - "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man"
--Marty Robbins (Co-host) - "Don't Worry 'Bout Me," "A White Sport Coat," "Devil Woman," "El Paso""
--Don Gibson - "Oh Lonesome Me"
--Tom T Hall - "Spokane Motel Blues"
--George Jones - "The Race Is On"
--George Jones and Tammy Wynette - "We're Gonna Hold On"
--Johnny Paycheck - "She's All I Got"
--Charlie Rich - "Behind Closed Doors"
--Johnny Rodriguez - "Bosier City Backyard Blues"
--The Earl Scruggs Revue - "Caroline Boogie"
--Tanya Tucker - "Blood Red and Goin' Down" & "Delta Dawn"
--Conway Twitty - "You've Never Been So Far"
--Tammy Wynette - "Stand by Your Man"
Guest star:
Charlie Rich (Guest),
Tanya Tucker (Guest)
,
Loretta Lynn (Co-host),
Marty Robbins (Co-host),
Don Gibson (Guest),
Tom T. Hall (Guest),
George Jones (Guest),
Johnny Paycheck (Guest),
Johnny Rodriguez (Guest),
Earl Scruggs (Guest),
Conway Twitty (Guest),
Tammy Wynette (Guest)
First aired: 8/31/1973
--Billy Preston (guest host) - "Will It Go Round in Circles," All Spaced Out," "Music's My Life"" & "That's the Way God Planned It"
--Billy Preston and Buddy Miles - "My Sweet Lord"
--Bo Diddley - "Bo Diddley" & "Bo Diddley-Itis"
--Ned Doheny - "I Can Dream"
--Gladstone - "Natural Inclination"
--Maureen McGovern - "The Morning After" (theme song from "The Poseidon Adventure")
--Buddy Miles - "Them Changes" & "Thinking of You"
--Steely Dan - "Reeling in the Years," "Show Biz Kids" & "My Old School"
First aired: 9/7/1973
--Mac Davis (guest host) - "Something's Burning," "I'll Paint You a Song," "Naughty Girl," "Lonesomest Lonesome" & "I Believe in Music"
--Mark Almond - "Neighborhood Man" & "Get Yourself Together"
--Chuck Berry - "Roll Over Beethoven," "Bio" & "Carol"
--Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - "The Love I Lost"
--Ravi Shankar - "Sindhi Bhairavi"
--Edgar Winter Group - "Keep Playing That Rock and Roll," "Frankenstein" "Rock 'n' Roll Boogie Woogie Blues" & "Hanging Around"