The Magic of Music TV with Shaun Cassidy

Sometimes, when we hear a classic rock tune, it whisks us back to those TV programs that had us waiting for Shaun Cassidy to grace the stage with his unforgettable flair. On this nostalgia-packed episode, we're turning back the hands of time honoring the one and only Shaun Cassidy and his magical moments on shows including 'The Midnight Special', and 'Solid Gold.'  Picture the scene: the young Shaun, effortlessly cool in his jeans and signature scarf, throwing out dance moves, shaking his hair and making the girls go crazy.  We share stories and laughs as we revisit those performances that rocked our world, discussing everything from the fashion hits (and misses) to his raw, unadulterated talent.

Strap in for a ride through the golden age of music television where legends like Don Kirshner set the stage for a revolution with 'Don Kirshner's Rock Concert' with the memories of Shaun's 'Solid Gold' renditions fueling the conversation.  We critique the evolution of Shaun's artistry, considering how the neon glow of the '80s influenced his style and performances, stirring up a debate that's as lively as the music itself. From his heart-throbbing appearances on 'American Bandstand' to chart-topping successes that dethroned even the 'Star Wars' theme in Canada, this episode captures the essence of a time when music wasn't just heard—it was felt.  Join us as we celebrate the beats, the moves, and the moments that still have us humming to this day.

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Transcript

Remembering Shaun Cassidy on The Midnight Special

Speaker 1 0:00

Hey, this is Danny by the Ducci and you are listening to Sean squad society podcast with your host, cindy Doris and Dan.

Speaker 2 0:25

Welcome to the Sean squad society podcast with your host myself, cindy Doris, dan Madonna, where we invite you to share and our enthusiasm and reminisce about all things Sean Cassidy.

Speaker 1 0:37

From his team night of days to his recent adventures back on the road again.

Speaker 3 0:43

Please join us for the stories and memories that connected us to those happy days that helped create the Sean squad society podcast.

Speaker 4 1:31

We're going hopping. We're going hopping today we're thinking of hopping, but I feel as though we'll be away. We're gonna drop it on all the music they play on the fanstand.

Speaker 1 1:42

We're going, swinging, swing.

Speaker 4 1:43

We're going to swing in the crowd we'll be swinging, swing and so high as a cloud we're going to ring and ring. I'm all. My dad is so proud I'm on fanstand.

Speaker 1 1:53

This week we are remembering our favorite rock programs. You remember those weekly TV shows. We stayed up all night to watch our favorite star showcase their songs on the midnight special and Don Kirchner's rock concert. But let's not forget our prime time favorite, solid gold. I remember that one. You remember solid gold. Oh, yeah, they had Mel LaMacou and Rex Milk hosted it and the girl posted it, I think any. And everybody hosted Make Garrett, yeah, all those guys they hosted. They had lots of hosts. But midnight special was hosted by Wolfman Jack.

Speaker 3 2:36

Well, the midnight special is an American late night musical variety series, and it originally was broadcasted on NBC during the 1970s and the early 1980s. It was created and produced by Bert Sugarman. It premiered as a TV special on August 19 1972, and then it began its run as a regular series from February 3 1973 to March 27 1981. The 90 minute program.

Speaker 1 3:08

I hate to. I don't want to interrupt you real quick, but this is February 3rd and that's an anniversary, right?

Speaker 2 3:15

We're right now in an anniversary time. Yeah, we are right.

Speaker 1 3:19

here we're recording around the anniversary of the premiere of midnight special. That's pretty cool. How fitting. Yes, I'm sorry Dane. No, it's fine.

Speaker 3 3:29

It recorded and then it was aired on Saturday mornings at 1am, which I would have been asleep by then, but very special and also it had the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson that would be after that, so it was late at night when this was aired, okay. Yeah, I was say early morning.

Speaker 1 3:52

I stay up all night waiting for the midnight special.

Speaker 2 3:56

Yeah, I don't think I watched that one on a regular basis, but if Sean was on there I did.

Speaker 1 3:59

Well, guess who we're talking about this week being on the midnight special.

Speaker 2 4:03

I guess it was the one I watched then.

Speaker 1 4:05

Yes, we loved those episodes when Sean was on the midnight special.

Speaker 2 4:11

Yeah, you had to follow any show he was on, so you set your timer, your alarm and you're gonna watch that, or I think you can record back. Then we had VCR.

Speaker 1 4:21

Well, I didn't.

Speaker 2 4:22

No, I think I did. I was able to use the VCR sometimes.

Speaker 3 4:26

Hey guys, let's look at it, let's see, let's actually watch it.

Speaker 1 4:28

Oh, you wanna play it, let's watch it, that's a great idea, dave, we're gonna watch Shawn on the midnight special.

Speaker 2 4:34

But first, before we play it, can you see what the outfit is that he's wearing?

Speaker 1 4:39

So we're talking about the Hedini. He's wearing the midnight. Well, he's wearing jeans, a white shirt and a scarf, and multi-colored scarf.

Speaker 2 4:48

That's a bright scarf.

Speaker 1 4:48

Yeah, are there little tassels or something that then the not scarf or mine is a little bit blurry.

Speaker 3 4:56

I can see my boys wearing those scarves like that, like he wore in the show. Yeah, he looked a little bit more.

Speaker 2 5:01

they dressed him a little bit more casual for the midnight special, I'm sure he liked that. Usually he's in the white satin outfit and things like that.

Speaker 3 5:10

I don't think he liked those.

Speaker 2 5:12

Well, this time he looks pretty cool. I think I like the look yeah.

Speaker 1 5:16

I never got the scarf. I guess that's just a necessary. A lot of people were wearing that he did that with his outfits in concert too. Yeah, I never got it. I've always told you that I never got it?

Speaker 2 5:26

Yeah, because nobody in his band is wearing a scarf.

Speaker 3 5:28

Well, I did it, you did it you wore a scarf Well, and my boys, to this day, still wear them. They have to have a scarf at their outfits every weekend.

Speaker 2 5:38

Well, sometimes it's a statement of it's an art, thing.

Speaker 1 5:41

There you go, you certainly have them on all the time, so you want to start watching.

Speaker 2 5:47

Yeah, let's see what he. This is Haydini. This is Haydini, okay.

Speaker 1 5:51

So I love that on these shows they were actually singing live. It's a full band.

Speaker 2 5:56

There's a full band, full band. You can tell he's not lip syncing he's not lip syncing, let's look at it.

Speaker 1 6:03

Does love to turn around and shake his butt to the camera.

Speaker 2 6:08

He just shook around and gives a little butt shake.

Speaker 3 6:10

I think they told him to do that. But as far as his hair, I think he really loved it. I don't want he really loved his hair and I'd hope blame him. Oh, that's a funny thing when he lifts his leg and he does that little flip with his leg.

Speaker 2 6:22

Yes, that is a regular dance move. I've noticed with Sean.

Speaker 3 6:26

Oh, I didn't know that. Oh for him, yes.

Speaker 2 6:28

And he shakes his hair. He'll shake his hair.

Speaker 3 6:31

I love that. I love the way he shook his hair.

Speaker 2 6:34

Yeah, he just did it again. Okay, does anybody?

Speaker 1 6:38

love the way, the arrangement, the way he's singing. Hey, deanie, though. But I listened earlier and I really thought, you know, when he was on here singing, that he really did a great job, because sometimes the album version, when you hear it and then you hear it on a TV show, you just you're like ugh, you know what I'm saying. They rearranged the song. I don't think he rearranged it and made it horrible. It was such a great performance.

Speaker 2 7:07

Yeah, and he looked very relaxed and casual.

Speaker 3 7:10

It's like he's having fun on there. But if you look at it and you see him putting everything into his songs, you can see why he was also a natural actor.

Speaker 1 7:19

Right, yeah, I wish I could have been in the audience, because back then say you couldn't go to a concert. This was your chance to see your favorite artists perform live, and I don't know who you had to be or how you got tickets to the midnight special, but I didn't live in LA or wherever. It was recorded Me neither I assume it was recorded in LA, dane. Does it say anything about that? I know Wolfman Jack was the host and I think he was an LA disc jockey before he got offered to do the midnight special.

Speaker 3 7:55

Well, the main thing I looked into was just that. You know, like with Carmen, he performed these songs to his songs, even on the midnight special in March 26, 1976. But as far as all the things that you're asking me about Therese, I'm not 100% positive.

Speaker 1 8:12

Oh, that's OK. You know what I say. I got a lot of useless information living rent-free in my head so I got a whole library. I remember watching the midnight special back in the day and I know for a fact that Wolfman Jack was the host and he was a huge DJ. He was like one of those. They called him Screamers In the early 70s. They called these kind of job Screamers. They get on the mic and they talk real fast and they talk real loud.

Speaker 2 8:45

That was with Wolfman. Yeah, that's for sure. He had that deep voice, that deep, raspy voice, and they rhymed.

Speaker 3 8:53

Don't you think they need to fix some of these into high definition and put them out there and see if we can just buy them made with high definition? They could remaster and fix some of these Well.

Speaker 1 9:02

Therese funny. You should mention that I remember a few years ago. You stay up long enough, you get the infomercials, and there was an infomercial for time life. They had the midnight special. Yes, they're Google it, it's out there.

Speaker 3 9:18

Well then I say woohoo, yeah, because and it's amazing how he could hold those high notes back in the day- yeah, and then he, he did, but when? They go and remaster these 70s clips. Hopefully they'll make them a little bit clearer than they are when we look them up. But even with his his last show on here with some it'd be really neat to buy those and enjoy that feathered hair flip.

Speaker 2 9:42

Yes, yeah, hopefully somebody will do that.

Speaker 1 9:45

That I'm telling you you could get. You could get midnight special somewhere. It's been done. Hey, why don't we move and watch? That's rock and roll on midnight special? All right, sean Cassidy singing that's rock and roll on the midnight special. I got to tell you.

Speaker 2 10:03

Yeah, he sang two songs on midnight special.

Speaker 1 10:06

I don't know if it was two separate episodes, though I think it was Cindy.

Speaker 2 10:11

I don't think it. I think it was the same episode.

Speaker 1 10:13

Well, he has on a different scarf and a different outfit. So yeah, I don't know that they did wardrobe changes.

Speaker 3 10:21

I need to go up there and help him fix his scarf. I'd love that scarf.

Speaker 1 10:24

It's the last scarf by the new dame.

Speaker 2 10:26

Look at that scarf. This is a different scarf.

Speaker 3 10:30

Well, I'm not OCD at all, but I think I need to go up there and fix it. There he goes turning around again, girls, Now he's on his knees.

Speaker 1 10:37

I love when he gets on his knees and he sings. I love that he's on his knees.

Speaker 2 10:42

Man, I think he was trying to figure out his dance style, I think, because sometimes you kind of see him kind of figuring how to move.

Speaker 1 10:52

I hate to say it, but it was kind of non-existent.

Speaker 2 10:57

Yeah, we love you, Sean, but I don't know the dance moves. He tried at least.

Speaker 3 11:01

No, I love it. He was creative. This is, but you guys, he's showing his bottom again.

Speaker 2 11:06

He's got to do that oh, my Sean really. And shake his hair. He's doing that again.

Speaker 3 11:11

You know what girls? Do you think that Tracy and his kids just tease him like crazy over that?

Speaker 1 11:17

I think it's done now and they probably did, and they don't do it anymore. He's probably like, okay, got the point Moving on.

Speaker 3 11:24

No, do you know what he probably said yeah, dad had the moves.

Speaker 2 11:28

He had a good saxophone player, though I really like his saxophone player.

Speaker 1 11:32

I did too. I really love the sax player Again. I'm going to say it again I love that he sang live. He wasn't lip syncing in these, that's true.

Speaker 2 11:43

Yes, because some shows he went on it was just him by himself, and maybe he was singing to a track, I don't know Well speaking of, we need to have a band behind him this next time, yes, when he's doing this tour. Recent tours were iffy. Yes, some had him, some didn't.

Speaker 3 11:57

So kind of the same thing. He said in his future tours that it'll be totally different than what we have seen. The last 10th of Variety.

Speaker 2 12:08

It's a spice of life that would be good.

Speaker 1 12:11

I just love going back watching these episodes, you guys.

Speaker 2 12:15

And he's smiling and he's so happy. And it was. He does look happy naturally happy. He doesn't look scared, Like he's really enjoying himself. Oh no.

Speaker 3 12:24

There goes that leg flip again and his famous clapping. He loves to do that there it is, I'll get up there and help him. Come on, sean, I'll do that with you.

Speaker 1 12:34

That was such a great episode If you listen to that. Listeners haven't gone back and gone on YouTube and rewatched the solid gold episodes with Sean. Yeah, didn't need to.

Speaker 3 12:45

And there it says it girls.

Speaker 2 12:47

Yep, it's the end of producer Bert Sugarman.

Speaker 3 12:50

There you go, Right there.

Speaker 2 12:52

I love that one, Love it All right. Well, what's the next one?

Speaker 1 12:56

I think we should talk a little bit about Don Kirschner's rock concert, because it was the same genre type of show. So even though we can't find any clips, we can talk about it.

Speaker 2 13:08

Yeah, Because it was kind of similar to Midnight Special right. They kind of did the same format yeah.

Don Kirschner's Rock Concert and Shaun's Solid Gold Performance

Speaker 3 13:13

I have something to say about it. Because of the monkeys, in the fall of 1972, don Kirschner was asked by the ABC television to serve as the executive producer and creative consultant for their concert series. Well, he was hired by the producers of the monkeys to provide the songs to accompany the television program. I don't know if you girls knew that. And then, unlike TV music shows such as like the American Bandstand, performances on this rock concert were not lip synced in a studio. Instead, in the Don Kirschner's rock concert they featured the raw, the full-length performances in a live concert set.

Speaker 1 13:55

Yes, that's true. Again, I wish I could have been in the audience on those shows, because they were there. It was your chance to see your favorite artists perform live, and it was great. Hey, did you guys know? Do you guys know who Don Kirschner is, how he started? No, well, back in the day Don Kirschner had a music publishing company in New York and Carol King worked for his publishing company. Oh OK, so he was a music publisher and then he had so much connection with music. I guess that's why they asked him to do rock concert.

Speaker 2 14:39

OK, and it worked because you know. But you know, I was younger back then, I didn't really stay up till midnight, so I didn't really see a lot of these, but I knew about it, oh I couldn't wait.

Speaker 3 14:49

I was up.

Speaker 1 14:49

You go Dorees.

Speaker 3 14:51

Well, right here it says Don Kirschner's rock concert was noted for featuring live performances. And then here were some of the examples I have down. Like Andy Gibb and we've talked about him before I- may have seen that, and the TGs Mm-hmm. You know his brothers and stuff, and then the Eagles and there were many, many others, but that was really cool.

Speaker 1 15:11

I wish we could find the episode with Sean, because I'd love to relive that. I know I saw it.

Speaker 2 15:17

We all looked for it, you know, so maybe it's just not there.

Speaker 3 15:20

Come on, Audi, show us where it's at.

Speaker 2 15:22

If somebody knows about it, let us know.

Speaker 1 15:24

I know when it aired I was up and I was watching it, but I believe it. But we have to relive it.

Speaker 2 15:30

We got to relive that episode Like do you remember what he was wearing, what he sang? Yeah what was his?

Speaker 1 15:37

song he sang like that. I used most popular ones though. Yeah, but what year? If it was later, if he did Haydeni, or if it was earlier, yeah, this is where our audience comes in.

Speaker 2 15:48

Yes, if anybody has it, let us know. We would love to see it.

Speaker 1 15:51

Okay, until then, we're going to move on, because I know we have clips of him on Solid Gold.

Speaker 2 15:57

Yes, I love the Solid Gold clip.

Speaker 3 16:00

Well Solid Gold is an American music television series. It debuted September 13, 1980, and it ran until July 23, 1988. Usually it aired on Saturday evenings. Well Solid Gold focused on popular music. It stood out more than any of the other similar shows because it included something they had that was different. It was an in-house crew of professional dancers that performed routines choreographed to the week's featured songs.

Speaker 2 16:32

Yep, and they would dance while they would talk about the song.

Speaker 1 16:36

They do like a Solid Gold countdown or something. Yes, and the Solid Gold dancers would be back there dancing.

Speaker 2 16:43

So the whole show was around that right. The countdown, yes, and during the countdown you had performers.

Speaker 1 16:49

Yes, Now, interesting that you said when that show started. It seems like that was after Sean's career, yet he was on it a couple of times. Yeah, that was in the 80s. Yes. So you know, by 1981, sean had kind of said, well, I'm moving on.

Speaker 2 17:12

Yeah, I think his last what was it? Houston Astrodrome was in 80.

Speaker 1 17:16

Yes the last concert but that's very interesting, that solid gold got him to come back a couple of times. True, I love him on solid gold. When he's serene, that's rock and roll. Now I know we're gonna have some debate here.

Speaker 3 17:33

You know how we feel about that. That her hair.

Speaker 2 17:37

He did that's rock and roll. And he did the duet with Marilyn McCoo called you Are Always On my Mind, which I loved.

Speaker 3 17:44

I love that, I love that.

Speaker 1 17:46

Let's play the best rock and roll, because I'd like to compare the best rock and roll midnight special. Yeah, that's rock and roll, solid gold.

Speaker 4 17:55

I started it.

Speaker 1 17:58

Oh, my, first of all. He comes out there in his leather Leather. He's not wearing jeans and a scarf. Or satin or satin, he's got on black leather pants. And this leather looking shirt T-shirt. He looked pretty cool.

Speaker 2 18:13

He looks hot. And look at his hair it's wavy. He's got a perm.

Speaker 3 18:17

Somebody give him a perm. No girls, I don't like this look. I love it I was.

Speaker 2 18:22

I didn't hate it, but I was wondering who did his hair.

Speaker 3 18:26

But okay, he's still cute by me he has a cute face, but I do not like the hair. Oh, you don't. I love it, I don't, I do not like that. All at perm look.

Speaker 1 18:38

Well, we're moving into the 80s, so Sean is growing and his style is growing His curls are too.

Speaker 1 18:47

But let's talk about the performance for a minute, the arrangement of the song. The arrangement was so cool to me Because when it starts off, when the song begins, there's like this almost just acoustic beginning and I loved it. Or maybe just drums or something. But I love the arrangement of this song. I love the way he sings it. I love the way he expresses himself. There's no butt shaking. His movements are more adult and just as impressive.

Speaker 2 19:29

He looked more natural this way.

Speaker 3 19:31

Not, I don't think he looks more natural.

Speaker 2 19:33

Yeah. But you know, also too, more ridiculous. See, that's where we differ, but I thought it was a cool look. I didn't mind it at all, but I mind it. Like you said, it was the time, it was the era.

Speaker 3 19:48

I liked the era, but even one of my boyfriends had permed his hair and I didn't like that either, but that was the time the I like the 80s. Well, I don't think they liked my hair either, because I had that big thing up on the top of my head, like Sean.

Speaker 1 20:04

So right here at this part where he's saying let's see some swear for all the boys in the band, let me hear his movements. Are his expressive movements? Yeah, the way he dances to me is more adult, more just so, sophisticated, more like he's trying to be more of a Well, not a.

Speaker 3 20:24

T9 performer but more of a good, darius he's interacting with the rest of the band right there, which is really nice. He's actually, instead of just doing his little dance moves, he's looking around at the rest of the band and he's it was cool Pulling them in and he had this brown strap on his shirt and I kept thinking it was a guitar strap.

Speaker 2 20:44

But I think it was part of his shirts. I keep thinking, oh, he's got to play the guitar but he never does. But I think it's just part of the outfit, until you told me it looked like a guitar strap.

Speaker 1 20:55

Yeah, why is he punching into the?

Speaker 3 20:57

air, I mean is that. It's one of his moves, but that's like in the 80s.

Speaker 1 21:02

Remember the 80s, you used to fist bump all the time and do that in the air with your hands on songs. Right, right, I think that's what he was doing.

Speaker 2 21:14

He was in with the times.

Speaker 1 21:15

I guess, but I'm not in with that time. But I love the 80s, I love that he grew and he changed and he really evolved into even though he was a little bit more of a singer. He evolved into even though he wasn't much of a performer of rock music at that time. He took this performance and brought it to the day. Yeah, he didn't come out and do it like he would of in 1977 or 1978.

Speaker 2 21:42

And maybe it was deliberate. Maybe he thought he wanted to make it different, so this is what it was.

Speaker 3 21:47

He's creative. He's an artist. He likes to have different. He's a great artist.

Speaker 2 21:51

But still I don't like it. But then when he came out with Marilyn McCoo he had the suit on.

Speaker 1 21:56

OK, so let's talk about the Marilyn McCoo duet I kept picturing.

Speaker 2 22:01

He was.

Speaker 3 22:02

However, you want to for this.

Speaker 2 22:05

I was picturing he was singing it to me because I thought, oh, I would love him to sing this.

Speaker 1 22:08

Oh to me, what was he singing?

Speaker 2 22:10

He was singing. You Are Always On my Mind the Willie Nelson song.

Speaker 1 22:14

So when he, when Marilyn McCoo asked him, do you like country music? And he says I love country music. Yes, and he asked. She asked him about Willie Nelson and what's he famous for? I just knew he was going to say pot, but he said beer. Oh no, he said beer.

Speaker 3 22:33

No, I remember that. I remember that At the time.

Speaker 1 22:36

I think he was very proud on it. Oh no, Primetime TV like that, Probably.

Speaker 3 22:42

I didn't even think of that, Darius. That's funny that you you thought of that.

Speaker 1 22:46

And then Marilyn McCoo says something and Sean points to the teleprompter goes well, that's what it says, right there. So, I was cracking up, that's where I became Marilyn McCoo.

Speaker 3 22:56

Right then I became her.

Speaker 1 22:57

Yes, you were Marilyn McCoo.

Speaker 2 22:59

Yes, she was a good singer too, I was impressed with his whole duet, fun fact.

Speaker 1 23:04

Do you guys know who Marilyn McCoo is? She was part of Fifth.

Speaker 2 23:08

Dimension.

Speaker 1 23:09

Fifth Dimension yes, with her husband Billy Davis Jr.

Speaker 2 23:12

She couldn't fry an egg or something In her song.

Speaker 1 23:17

She did one last pair of the answer. Yeah, I remember one last yeah, that's the Egg to fry. I remember that that was Marilyn McCoo.

Speaker 3 23:26

Yeah Well, I just love where Sean says you are always on my mind.

Speaker 2 23:30

I'm going to play it right now because I want to hear this duet.

Speaker 1 23:34

I'm telling listeners if you have not bring up the Marilyn McCoo duet with Sean Cassidy on Solid Gold.

Speaker 2 23:42

Yeah, let's see about that.

Speaker 4 23:45

Does he like beer Beats me? It's what it says.

Speaker 2 23:48

Oh, they're talking about the beer part I love that Such a pretty song?

Speaker 4 23:52

Yes, it is.

Speaker 3 23:54

It is a beautiful song, especially when he sings it.

Speaker 1 23:59

To me, to Dane. She's singing right to Dane. He is, look at that face.

Speaker 3 24:06

Thank you, Sean.

Speaker 2 24:07

He did very good he didn't say my name again. I don't know how many. I play this over and over again when I saw it. Maybe, oh, he was so mature looking, I think in this one. That's what I kept.

Speaker 3 24:21

Yes, he's like an adult Expressive eyes.

Speaker 1 24:23

He was very much an adult body. He had moved far past the T Night on stage.

Speaker 2 24:32

Oh, I get chills with this song. I love this.

Speaker 3 24:36

Yes, oh, cindy. Very very good, I should be saying oh, Sean, I can see when you said hi, Dane.

Speaker 1 24:47

So this song is covered by every artist known to men. Oh yeah, I think I'm going to go to Dane. This is your favorite version of the song.

Speaker 3 24:56

Yes, it is, yes, it is Very nice when I look at him singing it.

Speaker 2 25:06

Yeah, I didn't. I was surprised he came out in a suit. I would have a surprise with that, but hey, I loved it.

Speaker 1 25:12

For this actual episode, for this episode of solid gold, Sean was the cohost. Yes, she thinks of her being her cohost at the end of the song.

Speaker 2 25:28

Yeah.

Speaker 1 25:33

I love this, I just love it I had you seen so comfortable girls, I get mesmerized.

Speaker 2 25:40

Yes, cindy.

Speaker 1 25:41

See, this is to me. This is what showcases Sean's his singing ability. He sings this song so well, so melodic. It's just. There's no theatrics, nothing.

Speaker 3 25:55

It's just Sean that at his next show, when he does this in a year, whenever that, he would be willing to sing this song.

Speaker 2 26:04

Well, I was just going to say that I wish she would sing this song in his concerts. If that would be a request, I would do that.

Speaker 1 26:11

Well, on his next Q&A, I think I'll ask him.

Speaker 2 26:15

Definitely that for us. I think the more people that request it, maybe he'll put it in there.

Speaker 3 26:20

OK, I'm on it.

Speaker 1 26:21

He can definitely sing it. He's got the chops for it. It's just a great song he sings it so well, I'm going to go up and let her self be the Marilyn McCool of the day.

Speaker 3 26:37

Yes, I'll fix his scarf and I'll tell him to add my name to it.

Speaker 2 26:41

Actually he doesn't have a scarf on in this song, I don't think.

Speaker 3 26:44

But I'm saying he always needs a helper, yeah it's just the jacket I know, but it's perfect. But he needs me to help him with his outfit Anything to be up there and part of that song.

Speaker 2 26:58

Here comes the end. Listen to this.

Speaker 3 27:10

With all of our names girls goosebumps, goosebumps.

Speaker 1 27:14

Now, that's my type of performance. Definitely goosebumps I love that that's rock and roll and the do-round rounds, but this that is my type of performance.

Speaker 2 27:25

The audience really loved it.

Speaker 3 27:26

We now have chills.

Speaker 2 27:28

I do for sure. I couldn't even talk during that. I had to watch it.

Speaker 1 27:32

At the end of the show that show, that solid gold episode he gives Marilyn McCool a kiss on the cheek. I remember when he did that yes, I was sitting in front of my TV, going man why can't that be me.

Speaker 2 27:48

He gives out kisses. Yeah, where's ours? Well, that's part of the teenage thing you always want to be in that spot where the singer is I love that.

Speaker 3 27:57

That's why everyone needs to watch it, because once you watch it, you feel like you are right there. You are her.

Speaker 2 28:03

Yeah.

Speaker 3 28:03

Sean's good with that.

Speaker 2 28:05

Right.

Speaker 1 28:06

He did one more show we can't leave out. We would be remiss if we leave it out. It's everybody's favorite Saturday morning. Saturday morning we all watched it, nobody missed it. Every week American Bandstand and.

Speaker 2 28:20

Dick Clark. Dick Clark was the one who emceeded that show.

Speaker 1 28:24

Yeah, it was his show. Yeah, dick Clark started American Bandstand in the fifties. It was like a sock hop kind of dance show.

Speaker 2 28:32

Yeah, Okay, I thought maybe the sixties, but he goes back to the fifties, late fifties, fifty nine. Really Sixty, it started early and it was in black and white. Yes, yes, I remember that Well in.

Speaker 3 28:45

American Bandstand. It was also known for having Scott Beyo and the Bay City Rollers and Bee Gees.

Speaker 2 28:50

Yeah, I mean, these guys did the same circuit, the same shows they did. The manager sent them on the same thing you had to promote your show, right, I mean your song.

Speaker 1 29:00

You had to promote your song, and if you were going to get it out there, the kids were watching American Bandstand, so you'd be kind of foolish not to go on American.

Speaker 2 29:11

Bandstand Right, right, and that's the first time I ever saw Sean where I dropped what I was doing and oh, that's that story. That was the aha moment, Ah little brother, the little brother is on TV and he looks like an angel. So I kept thinking.

Speaker 3 29:27

Yes, okay, that was Cindy's yeah.

Speaker 2 29:29

Yeah, and he was on there twice. Yeah, he was on there April 9th in 1977. He's saying the do run, run and holiday.

Speaker 1 29:38

Now that's kind of funny, because April of 77. Yeah, sean had kind of just hit American audiences in January of 77 with Hardy Boys. Right yeah, so they grabbed him right away, yeah.

Speaker 2 29:54

I knew I saw him after the Hardy Boys. I knew it was in the spring because by July the do run run was playing. That was number one by July.

Speaker 1 30:01

Yes.

Speaker 2 30:02

Yes.

Speaker 1 30:03

The summer of 77. To do run. Run was all over the radio Yep All over.

Speaker 2 30:08

But then he came back again in October. It says October 29th 1977. He came back and saying that's rock and roll.

Speaker 3 30:15

Yeah, that's what. I have down that and then it became like Billboard top hit, like 10 in the top 10 for Sean Cassidy in 1977.

Speaker 2 30:26

Definitely.

Speaker 1 30:27

That was kind of cool. So, dame, you tied it all together because Eric Carmen wrote that's rock and roll, and so he was on American bandstand, but a little bit before that, because Eric Carmen was with the band the raspberries and he had his own kind of his own kind of solo career also, right, and so you know all of these really are tied together because they help so many artists get out there.

Speaker 2 30:57

Yeah, I believe I saw Eric Carmen maybe a few years before Sean came out. I saw that American bandstand episode which I really enjoyed. I really like Eric Carmen's music. I'm a big Eric Carmen fan, Definitely.

Speaker 1 31:09

So when, when he said, when it came out that he wrote those two songs, I was like really, Because that's so cool too, I followed him most of you know the seventies.

Speaker 3 31:21

Well with Chicago. Also, it said that the radio station WLS gave the song tons of airplay. Yes, which song I made me think of you guys. Well, well, just like that's rock and roll.

Speaker 2 31:35

WLS was the seventies station at the time? Yes, and they were the major market.

Speaker 1 31:41

They were like, known throughout the Midwest. Yes, they were a Chicago station but they were huge. They were able because they started out of AM station. You could get them all over the Midwest pretty much. They were huge.

Speaker 2 31:56

Yes, and when I went to Sean's first concert, john Records Landecker, who was the DJ at the time on WLS, actually introduced Sean at the concert.

Speaker 1 32:06

Yeah.

Speaker 2 32:07

So they were very involved with his music.

Speaker 3 32:09

Well, and girls on the Canadian chart, that's rock and roll. It reached number one for a week and it even took over like the Star Wars theme. Did you know that? I don't know. That's yeah, which is cool, and it was Cassidy's second Canadian number one hit. Okay, that's rock and roll. That's pretty cool, well neat.

Speaker 1 32:29

Well, yeah, he was. He was definitely international, he started in.

Speaker 3 32:34

Germany, he was international and Darius you were telling me something about, because I was confused, because he is holding up the Dirty Dancing record and they had used his song Hungry Eyes in there.

Speaker 1 32:47

Eric Carman's correct.

Speaker 3 32:48

Yeah, okay, yes, eric Carman. So that was neat that you knew which song of his was in there.

Speaker 2 32:54

Right, I didn't know. That was pretty popular at the time.

Speaker 1 32:57

Yeah, it was a. He did Hungry Eyes for the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. Like I said, I followed him ever since the song she did it. That's an Eric Carman song.

Speaker 2 33:09

I like that one too.

Speaker 1 33:10

That was one of my absolute favorite songs back in the day, so I followed Eric Carman all the way through his career mostly. Yeah, I was a little too young for his raspberries, but his solo career, yeah.

Speaker 2 33:24

There's a few songs from the raspberries I like too. I remember hearing that early seventies maybe yeah.

Speaker 3 33:29

Mm-hmm yeah. He had been on there in earlier time with the raspberries, yeah.

Speaker 2 33:33

And then somehow he connected with Sean and then he gave him that's Rock and Roll. And then he said to him later on hey, I got another song for you, this Haydini song, so that's so cool. That was another one of Sean's hits.

Speaker 3 33:46

Well, he knew who could do it. Well, he knew who to choose to do it very well, yeah, he did.

Speaker 2 33:51

And don't forget these other shows he was on. He did a Sean Cassidy TV special on his own. It was his own TV special. I don't remember what year it was, but he did that where he had his own special.

Speaker 1 34:01

Yeah, that's out there on YouTube. I watched it recently, yeah.

Speaker 2 34:05

Plus, there was also there's more shows you could look up he did. There's a live video of him on a show in Spain. Yes, and in Germany.

Speaker 1 34:14

Yes, I saw those there. He did so many there. One's called Disco or something. Yes, it is. Yeah, I saw that when I was looking for the midnight special. When, I'm telling you, YouTube is full of so many different performances by Sean on all of these different shows.

Speaker 2 34:34

And Goldie Hahn. Remember Goldie Hahn special in 77? Oh, I love that one when they played the piano together. That was another favorite.

Speaker 3 34:41

They did up and they started dancing. It's all black and white. They need to remaster that and put some color in it and everything.

Speaker 2 34:46

Yeah, there were some great episodes of these shows, so I'm glad he was able to be on there and showcase all his music. And, of course, us, the fans, followed him the whole time. Yes, we did, and they saw everything.

Speaker 1 34:58

Thank goodness for you two, because back in the day, if you missed it, you pretty much missed it, right.

Speaker 2 35:04

And I think I was able to record Salah Gold because I was working at the time and we had VCR players there which just came out yes, now we have VCRs. I said, oh, I can record this, so that was exciting. That was exciting.

Speaker 1 35:14

Remember you know shows like the Midnight Special and Don Kirschner's Rock Concert. If you missed those shows, you basically never got to see that performance. Right Now, with everything being electronic, you could find it anywhere almost. So go out there and find these shows and we relive those days of sitting in front of your TV late night or prime time, or Saturday morning Prime time.

Speaker 2 35:44

Grammys.

Speaker 1 35:44

Yeah, remember the Grammys.

Speaker 2 35:46

He was all dressed in white.

Speaker 3 35:47

Yeah he liked that outfit or he didn't like it, and they made him wear it.

Speaker 2 35:51

Yeah, and he was a new artist of the year then.

Speaker 3 35:54

What do you think, what do you think is the future, what do you think he will have in his future shows, what will be in his life show?

Speaker 2 36:00

It's going to be a surprise.

Speaker 3 36:03

I have no don't know Leaving us out. We are so blessed.

Speaker 2 36:06

He had a great past and these shows were all great to watch.

Speaker 1 36:09

They were, and I enjoyed sitting back and reminiscing and remembering all of those great performances, because it was a while before I got to see Sean live, so I got to watch him on those shows and it was just wonderful.

Speaker 2 36:24

But isn't it funny how that feeling comes back to you, like when you watch it. You remember how you felt at that time, that this came on and you're just excited all over again.

Speaker 1 36:32

Yes.

Speaker 2 36:33

It's just great to relive.

Speaker 1 36:35

Thanks everyone for joining us on this little trip down memory lane, watching Solid Gold and the Midnight Special and talking about when Sean was on these shows. Go and watch them on YouTube If you haven't already. We guarantee you you will be thoroughly entertained and next week come back and join us because we promise to have another fun episode.

Speaker 2 37:04

Thank you from the bottom of our Teen Dream Hearts. Keep on crushing.

Speaker 3 37:08

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Speaker 1 37:20

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Speaker 2 37:28

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