The other album of his I recently posted was based on when he hosted the Midnight Special on February 14, 1975. He was back to host the show again on this date, November 14, 1975. It was unusual for anyone to host the show twice in one year, but his career had an extraordinary revival in the mid-1970s. He had been very successful in the late 1950s and early 1960s, but had a long stretch of no hits in between.
The peaks of his 1970s revival was when three songs he wrote all reached Number One in the U.S. singles chart. First, "Laughter in the Rain" in late 1974. Then Captain and Tennille had a massive hit with his "Love Will Keep Us Together" in 1975. Not only was did it hit Number One, but it was the best selling song of the year. Later in 1975, he had another Number One with "Bad Blood." All three of those songs were performed here. Captain and Tennille were one of his guests for the episode, so he performed a rare version of "Love Will Keep Us Together" with them.
At the same time Sedaka was having his big comeback, Captain and Tennille were becoming big stars. The Captain, real name Daryl Dragon, became a member of the Beach Boys touring band in 1972 as a keyboard player. He met Toni Tennille and helped her also join the Beach Boys touring band as a second keyboardist. The two of them began playing clubs as a duo together. Their debut album (also called "Love Will Keep Up Together" was released in 1975, and it was a big hit. The two of them also got married on November 11, 1975, which was just three days before this episode was broadcast. However, it probably was taped maybe a month or two earlier.
Here's the Wikipedia entry about the duo:
Captain & Tennille - Wikipedia
Like the other Neil Sedaka Midnight Special album I've posted, this one draws from multiple episodes. The first eleven tracks are from the November 14, 1975 episode mentioned in the title. Tracks 12 and 13 are from the February 14, 1975 episode that was also hosted by Sedaka. Track 14, "Cuddle Up," is from the June 20, 1975 episode. The remaining tracks, 15 to 18, are from the November 29, 1974 episode.
Two of the songs here are Captain and Tennille performing without Sedaka. They did a cover of the famous Carole King song "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman." It looks like that was a song they never officially released. "Cuddle Up" is a song the Captain wrote with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys when he was working with the Beach Boys. There is a Beach Boys version as well as a version on the debut Captain and Tennille album.
In case you're curious, the only other musical guests on the November 14, 1975 episode hosted by Sedaka were K.C. and the Sunshine Band and Helen Reddy. Freddie Prinze also did a comedy segment, and there was an interview with Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin.
This album is 43 minutes long.
01 talk [Edit] (Wolfman Jack)
02 talk (Neil Sedaka & Helen Reddy)
03 Bad Blood (Neil Sedaka)
04 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Neil Sedaka)
05 talk (Neil Sedaka & Captain & Tennille)
06 Love Will Keep Us Together (Neil Sedaka & Captain & Tennille)
07 talk (Neil Sedaka & Captain & Tennille)
08 [You Make Me Feel Like] A Natural Woman (Captain & Tennille)
09 talk (Neil Sedaka & Helen Reddy)
10 Lonely Night [Angel Face] (Neil Sedaka)
11 When You Were Lovin' Me (Neil Sedaka)
12 talk (Neil Sedaka)
13 Don't Let It Mess Your Mind (Neil Sedaka)
14 Cuddle Up (Captain & Tennille)
15 talk (Neil Sedaka)
16 Laughter in the Rain (Neil Sedaka)
17 talk (Neil Sedaka)
18 Standing on the Inside (Neil Sedaka)
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The cover image is a screenshot I took from the YouTube video of this episode. It shows Tennille singing with Sedaka on "Love Will Keep Us Together."
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