#TOTP #TopOfThePops Includes clips of T-Rex (with Elton John on Piano), Slade, Ashton Gardner & Dyke and Rod Stewart (with John Peel miming on the Mandolin and Ron Wood playing Football).

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#TOTP #TopOfThePops I haven't heard this in decades ...

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"Cruel Summer" is a song by English #girlGroup #Bananarama. It was written by Bananarama, #SteveJolleyAndTonySwain, and produced by Jolley and Swain. Released in 1983, it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their self-titled second album a year later. The song reached number eight on the #UKSinglesChart in 1983 and the group appeared on the BBC's #TopOfThePops that summer (July 1983).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4gGgjKgpig

#TOTP #TopOfThePops #70sMusic Top of the Pops - 8th February 1979 Highlights: Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Oliver's Army Blondie - Heart Of Glass But there's also ABBA, Mick Jackson, Rod Stewart, Leif Garrett, The Jacksons and Gene Chandler (also a great song!). youtu.be/7W3doYcFo7M?...

Top of the Pops - 8th February...

I live in a seriously rubbish house in a rural area desperately lacking in anything you need to live your life, let alone anything that makes it actually worth living (except for scenery), but on the plus side it does mean that if you fall asleep in front of #TopOfThePops and are therefore unable to immediately commemorate Jordan Knight's T-Shirt in the video to "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" by playing a tonne of #Bauhaus, you can just get up at five in the morning and do it then, without any neighbours complaining

'Following the silent hedges
Needing some other kind of madness'

"Cruel Summer" is a song by English #girlGroup #Bananarama. It was written by Bananarama, #SteveJolleyAndTonySwain, and produced by Jolley and Swain. Released in 1983, it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their self-titled second album a year later. The song reached number eight on the #UKSinglesChart in 1983 and the group appeared on the BBC's #TopOfThePops that summer (July 1983).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEo_hR9n7ys

#TOTP #TopOfThePops 10-Aug-78 Rezillos Top of the Pops Foreigner Cold as Ice Hi‐Tension British Hustle Bob Dylan Baby Stop Crying Raydio Is This A Love Thing Renaissance Northern Lights Jilted John John Travolta/ONJ You're The One That I Want Commodores Three Times A Lady youtu.be/JpBTioKnC84?...

Top of the Pops - 10th August ...

"Cruel Summer" is a song by English #girlGroup #Bananarama. It was written by Bananarama and #SteveJolleyTonySwain, and produced by Jolley and Swain. Released in 1983, it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their self-titled second album a year later. The song reached number eight on the #UKSinglesChart in 1983 and the group appeared on the BBC's #TopOfThePops that summer (July 1983).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEo_hR9n7ys

#TOTP #TopOfThePops 20 Dec 1973 23rd oldest existing episode. Excellent quality from original tapes. Content Warning: Savile episode! New Seekers, Leo Sayer, Slade, Roy Wood, Robert Knight (Pan's People), Wizzard, Clifford T. Ward, Faces, Cozy Powell and Golden Earring. youtu.be/Gex_m8dBJWk?...

Top Of The Pops 20 12 1973

#TOTP #TopOfThePops Top of the Pops - 16th November 1978 Kid Jensen presents hits from The Three Degrees, Buzzcocks, Elton John, Blondie, Dean Friedman, Streetband (with Paul Young!), Child, Boomtown Rats & Rod Stewart Queen's Fat Bottomed Girls removed for copyright. youtu.be/7V0TtaXJpKE?...

Top of the Pops - 16th Novembe...

Ollie und die #HeuteShow sind wie immer #TopofthePops !

#oliverwelke

Oliver Welke giftet gegen den #NDR – #JuliaRuhs reagiert

https://www.msn.com/de-de/unterhaltung/tv/oliver-welke-giftet-gegen-den-ndr-julia-ruhs-reagiert/ar-AA1NpjVM?ocid=XMMO

#TOTP #TopOfThePops 15 February 1968 The 2nd oldest episode in existence was posted a couple of hours ago. Brenton Wood is fabulous. Also on the show are Amen Corner, The Foundations, The Move, Status Quo, Herman's Hermits, Dave Dee and Manfred Mann. Not a bad week. youtu.be/M5uiY9Mvhes?...

Top of the Pops 15 February 19...

#TOTP #TopOfThePops Today the 20th oldest surviving show was posted. I've always liked Joybringer by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. It looks great. I assume this is due to the UK using the PAL TV system which had 625 lines (the US was on NTSC which only used 525 lines). youtu.be/UXBhPzUi1pw?...

Top of the Pops 27 September 1...

#TOTP #TopOfThePops 5 days ago the 5th oldest surviving episode was posted. Paul McCartney's demo of Come & Get It that Badfinger copied is on Anthology 3. Tony Burrows pulls double duty as he is both Edison Lighthouse's lead vocalist & Brotherhood of Man's lead dude. youtu.be/uAO60Q-AiXg?...

Top of the Pops 29th January ...

Old Jack sharing my opinion of 1998 #TopOfThePops

#OhTheCrimesCommitted #KidCreoleAndTheCoconuts #TopOfThePops

Stool Pigeon (terrible sound quality)

https://youtu.be/Rxp7NUSOcgg

#TOTP #TopOfThePops 15-Oct-70 Per forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/1... there are only 7 older episodes that survive (& I think I've seen them all). As I watched Baskin & Copperfield I thought, "That's the lead singer from The Rubettes!" (Alan Williams ). It was. youtu.be/LX4jiA9PtaU?...

Top Of The Pops 15 10 1970

“ #topofthepops #trex #hd” / “T.Rex - Children of the Revolution (Top of the Pops 28/09/1972) [TOTP HD]” (1 user) https://htn.to/K763NWzTwV

@stefano besides the quality of the music, what keeps on amazing me is how the #bbc produced #TopOfThePops with these massive tube cameras on cranes (also carrying a human operator) and fully linear recording.

there is a vibe to this style which is unmatched by any modern production.

https://youtu.be/dLLffpJxXrw?feature=shared

(btw, if anyone has more gerat behind the scenes of shows from the analog era, please share. unless on yt, i suspect i already watched all they have for the relevant keywords)

"Cruel Summer" is a song by English #girlGroup #Bananarama. It was written by Bananarama and #SteveJolleyTonySwain, and produced by Jolley and Swain. Released in 1983, it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their self-titled second album a year later. The song reached number eight on the #UKSinglesChart in 1983 and the group appeared on the BBC's #TopOfThePops that summer (July 1983).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ml3nyww80