Fred Tackett to Midnight Special in 11 Steps
- Fred Tackett played guitar for Stop and Take the Time to Smell the Roses
- Stop and Take the Time to Smell the Roses features trombone played by Bruce Paulson
- Bruce Paulson played trombone for Drumming is My Madness
- Drumming is My Madness features drums played by Ringo Starr
- Ringo Starr produced Perhaps This is All a Dream
- Perhaps This is All a Dream was produced by Harry Nilsson
- Harry Nilsson produced Cowboy
- Cowboy was written by Randy Newman
- Randy Newman was born on November 28
- On November 28 in 1975, Midnight Special showed "a special tribute to Harry Nilsson" hosted by Helen Reddy
- Helen Reddy hosted "a special tribute to Harry Nilsson" during an episode of Midnight Special