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Line 96: Only two versions of the song have reached the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. [[Paul Evans (musician)\|Paul Evans]] recorded the highest-charting version of "Midnight Special," reaching number 16 in the winter of 1960. Five years later, [[Johnny Rivers]]' version reached number 20 in 1965. The Johnny Rivers version was used as the theme for the NBC music program ''[[The Midnight Special (TV series)\|The Midnight Special]]''. The song has been recorded by [[~~Leadbelly~~Lead Belly]], [[Big Bill Broonzy]], [[Sonny Terry]] & [[Brownie McGhee]], [[Odetta]], [[Les Paul]], [[The Kingston Trio]] (who also recorded their song "[[The Tijuana Jail]]", which retains the same music but with new lyrics),<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PH88DwAAQBAJ&q=midnight+special+tijuana+jail&pg=PA381\|title=The Foundations of Rock: From "Blue Suede Shoes" to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"\|last=Everett\|first=Walter\|date=2009\|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA\|isbn=9780195310238\|pages=381\|language=en}}</ref> [[Pete Seeger]], [[Peter, Paul and Mary]], [[Burl Ives]], [[Big Joe Turner]], [[Bobby Darin]], [[Cisco Houston]], [[Jimmy Smith (musician)\|Jimmy Smith]], [[Mungo Jerry]], [[Van Morrison]], [[Little Richard]], [[Buckwheat Zydeco]], [[Otis Rush]], [[The Spencer Davis Group]], [[Lonnie Donegan]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[The Louvin Brothers]], [[Long John Baldry]], [[The Kentucky Headhunters]], [[Willie Watson (musician)\|Willie Watson]], [[Mischief Brew]], [[Hoyt Axton]], Odetta, [[Billy Bragg]], and [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]], among others. Jody Miller arranged her own version and included it on her first album ''Wednesday's Child is Full of Woe'' in 1963. [[Harry Belafonte]]'s 1962 version is notable for containing the [[Midnight Special (Harry Belafonte album)\|first official recording]] of [[Bob Dylan]], who played harmonica.<ref name="songfacts">{{cite web \| title=Midnight Special \| url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=8813 \| work=Songfacts.com \| access-date=2010-06-21}}</ref>

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