MIDNIGHT SPECIAL

The 90 minute late night rock music series aired 12:30 AM on
Saturday. It followed "The Tonight Show", starring Johhny  
Carson. In it's first year, premiering February 1, 1973, it began at 1:00 AM, but when Johnny Carson cut his own show from 90 minutes to 60 minutes, the starting time was moved to 12:30 AM.

11/04/77   Host: Lou Rawls (Episode #220)
                     Player Performed:
                     1. Baby Come Back
                     2. Come On Out
                     (Other Guests: KC and Sunshine Band,
                     Rod Stewart,Alan ParsonsProject,Harry
                     Nilsson)     
    
03/17/78  Host: Player (Episode #237)
                    Player Performed:
                    1. Baby Come Back
                    2. Cancellation
                    3. Come On Out
                    4. This Time I'm In It For Love 
                    (Other Guests: Abba,Queen,Jay 
                     Ferguson,Starland Vocal Band)

05/19/78  Host: Helen Reddy (Episode #245)
                    Player Performed:
                    1. Baby Come Back
                    2. This Time I'm In It For Love
                    (Other Guests: Billy Preston,Andy Kauffman,
                    Elton John,Samantha Sang)


 

11/19/77 
SOLID GOLD-Premiered 9/1/1980

Solid Gold featured pop music performed live(lip sync) in front of an audience along with the Solid Gold Dancers. The dancers counted down the top 10 hits of the week. Several hosts shared top billing over the 8 seasons. The show was syndicated to local stations on weekends and was cancelled due to poor ratings in early 1988. None of the shows have been released on VHS or DVD. Season 1-4 was video taped at KTLA(Gold West), while seasons 5-8 were staged at Paramount Studios(Stage 29).

1981           Player performed:
                   1. Baby Come Back
                   2. If Looks Could Kill

                          AMERICA'S TOP FORTY
Host: Casey Kasem
                   First Appearance: Player
                   Baby Come Back
11/26/77 Big Mover Segment: Player
                   Baby Come Back
01/14/78 #1 Player-Baby Come Back
01/21/78 #1 Player-Baby Come Back
01/28/78 #1 Player-Baby Come Back


                            AMERICAN BANDSTAND
 
American Bandstand was the most popular rock-n-roll television show of all time. Premiering on August 5,1957, it made TV history bringing rock-n-roll music into millions of households, with outstanding performances by up and coming recording artists. Bandstand first aired on the east coast in Philadelphia, PA., and later found it's way to the west coast in Los Angeles, CA.

04/03/82  Host: Dick Clark (Episode #2497)
                    Player Performed:
                   1. If Looks Could Kill
                   2. Thank You For The Use Of Your Love
                   (Other Guests: Denice Williams)  


      VH1
 1999         1. Where Are They Now ?
                  Player appears on: AM Classics episode
                  Peter Beckett and Ronn Moss are shown
                  being interviewed, with concert clips of 
                   Player on stage from 1977 and 1999.
                     

                 2. I Love The Seventies
                      Player appears on: 1978 episode


                     THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

1996 Ronn Moss performed 'After All This Time' from
          PLAYER'S new cd called LOST IN REALITY. Also
          appearing with Ronn, backing him up on guitar
          and vocals, was Peter Beckett.