Don Kirshner's "Rock Concert"

Don Kirshner, who helped launch the careers of Neil Diamond, Carole King and the Monkees, later started his own concert series called Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, which aired in the 1970's and early 1980's. 




The show premiered on September 23, 1973 and featured the Rolling Stones.  Up until this time, most performances on television were done by lip-syncing the words and having the song piped in over a speaker.  Acts performed live on Rock Concert, and the show was a huge hit, surpassing even Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show in some markets.  




This is a list of just some of the many artists who were featured on the show:

ABBA
Bad Company
Badfinger
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Joan Baez
Bay City Rollers
Bee Gees
Pat Benatar
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Byrds
Cheap Trick
Jim Croce
Doobie Brothers
Eagles
Earth, Wind & Fire
ELO
Fleetwood Mac
Golden Earring
Guess Who
George Harrison
Hollies
Billy Joel
Journey
Kansas
Kiss
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Don McLean
Police
Prince
Helen Reddy
Rolling Stones
Linda Ronstadt
Rush
Santana
Seals & Crofts
Sly & the Family Stone
Steely Dan
Steve Miller Band
Cat Stevens
War
Stevie Wonder