TV show The Midnight Special is now on YouTube with classic rock goldmine- Watch

The Midnight Special celebrates its 50th anniversary by launching with dozens of clips featuring Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Tina Turner, Rod Stewart with Keith Richards and more

US TV show The Midnight Special, which ran for 450 episodes between 1973 and 1981, has launched a YouTube channel to mark its 50th anniversary. The channel promises to share many performances that haven't been officially available on the platform to date.

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Highlights from the clips available at launch include Fleetwood Mac playing Rhiannon in early 1976 and Go Your Own Way just two months after the release of Rumours in 1977, David Bowie performing Space Oddity in 1974, Rod Stewart hooking up with Keith Richards for a rumble through Twistin' The Night Away in 1975, and Tina Turner delivering a feisty Nutbush City Limits in 1973.

Among the videos available at the channel's launch are the original pilot episode from 1972 – featuring live performances from John Denver, Argent, Harry Chapin, David Clayton Thomas, Cass Elliot, The Everly Brothers, The Isley Brothers, Helen Reddy, Linda Ronstadt and War – as well as clips of Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner and more. (Louder)

A new channel dedicated to the peerless archive of The Ed Sullivan Show was launched as well on Pluto TV, available across all major mobile, CTV and web devices. (udiscovermusic)

“The exclusive dedicated channel showcases historic performances – like The Beatles’ first appearance in front of an American audience – that continue to shape our culture and spotlights the lasting impact of The Ed Sullivan Show.”

The channel will draw on the show’s extraordinary archive of 10,000 performers to highlight such timeless giants as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, The Temptations, The Mamas & The Papas, and the Jackson 5, as well as celebrated comedians such as Joan Rivers, Flip Wilson, Alan King, Stiller & Meara, and Rodney Dangerfield. Other favourites to be newly highlighted will include children’s puppet figure Topo Gigio, plate spinner Erich Brenn, variety sketch idols the Muppets, and the magical Señor Wences.

The Ed Sullivan Show channel is housed within Pluto TV’s Classic TV category as a 24/7 channel dedicated to the celebrated, long-running variety show, which originally aired from 1948 to 1971. The channel will feature a wide range of content drawn from more than 75 hours of epic performances that helped to form the zeitgeist of entertainment culture.