Fridays - Season 1

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Series Premiere - Kenny Loggins

1 - Series Premiere - Kenny Loggins

Air Date: April 11, 1980

The Boomtown Rats

2 - The Boomtown Rats

Air Date: April 18, 1980

--The Boomtown Rats perform ""Someone's Looking at You"" and ""I Don't Like Mondays""

The Clash

3 - The Clash

Air Date: April 25, 1980

--The Clash perform ""London Calling,"" ""Train in Vain,"" ""The Guns Of Brixton"" & ""Clampdown"" Comedy sketches include: --""Night Of The Living Dead Dinner"" (""Diner""?)

Warren Zevon

4 - Warren Zevon

Air Date: May 9, 1980

Boz Scaggs

5 - Boz Scaggs

Air Date: May 16, 1980

"Chatty Lady Can't Get a Studio Audience Seat," "Melanie Chartoff and Johann the Parakeet," "Ted Kennedy's Image Problem," "Dick at the Gym," "The Friday Edition (featuring Maryedith Burrell's field report on a new swear word)", "Luis Valdez's Gringo Coffee", "Matzoi!", and "The Last Male Heterosexual in San Francisco." Boz Scaggs performs "Breakdown Dead Ahead" and "JoJo."

Devo (1st appearance)

6 - Devo (1st appearance)

Air Date: May 23, 1980

--Devo (1st appearance) - ""Girl U Want"" & ""Gates of Steel""

Ian Hunter Band

7 - Ian Hunter Band

Air Date: May 7, 1980

--The Ian Hunter Band - ""We Gotta Get Out Of Here"" (with Ellen Foley) and ""Once Bitten Twice Shy""

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

8 - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Air Date: June 6, 1980

--Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers perform ""Shadow of a Doubt"" and ""American Girl""

The Beach Boys

9 - The Beach Boys

Air Date: June 20, 1980

--The Beach Boys - ""Keepin' The Summer Alive"" and ""Good Vibrations""/""Goin' On"" medley

Graham Parker

10 - Graham Parker

Air Date: June 27, 1980

Kenny Rogers

11 - Kenny Rogers

Air Date: July 4, 1980

The Jam

12 - The Jam

Air Date: July 11, 1980

--The Jam perform ""Start!"" and ""Private Hell""

Journey

13 - Journey

Air Date: July 18, 1980

--Journey performs ""Walks Like a Lady"" and ""Where Were You""