Really, commom sense? Did not know that.

Neither did he until someone told him :lol:

Really, commom sense? Did not know that.

 

Yes, 100 Ton And A Feather, one of his many pseudonyms, originally sung It Only Takes A Minute in this edition but he's since been a naughty boy like Gary Glitter so gets removed from pop history by the BBC.

Neither did he until someone told him :lol:

 

 

LOL. :dance:

Neither did he until someone told him :lol:

 

 

LOL. :dance:

Well I always make a comment every week on the latest TOTP 1976 repeat, and this week there were the odd items of interest. I like Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel a lot, I thought that Judy Teen and Mr. Soft, as well as Come Up And See Me (Make Me Smile), were great singles.

 

But I never liked his version of Here Comes The Sun. I wonder if George Harrison, who wrote the song, liked it?

 

Harvest For The World by The Isleys is a great record, and it was nice to see the late great Johny Cash singing his stuff. So quite a bit of variety, at least, on these week's show, from rock to country to soul to novelty records.

 

The Elton John and Kiki Dee run has begun, with the cringe worthy Don't Go Breaking My Heart. Don't get me wrong, I like Elton John's solo stuff and, indeed, some of Kiki Dee's stuff - (Loving And Free was a good song), but this long running number one record is naff, in my book!!!

 

Anyway, variety is the spice of life.

It was far better than last week's dreadful episode.

 

I liked Come Up And See Me and Steve Harley's version of Here Comes The Sun was very good.

 

Johnny Cash was good fun :lol:

One curious item concerning the last show. David Dundas had quite a big Worldwide hit with "Jeans On", which was originally part of a tv advertising campaign for Brutus jeans. He had success with the single in Britain, the US, and Germany in particular, where the single went to number one.

 

David Dundas is that rare thing in the pop World - a fully paid up member of the House Of Lords!!!! He is Lord Dundas, to all but his close mates, I should imagine!

 

Quite unusual for a pop star, I would have thought.

 

And I do like the record, very catchy.

 

 

One curious item concerning the last show. David Dundas had quite a big Worldwide hit with "Jeans On", which was originally part of a tv advertising campaign for Brutus jeans. He had success with the single in Britain, the US, and Germany in particular, where the single went to number one.

 

David Dundas is that rare thing in the pop World - a fully paid up member of the House Of Lords!!!! He is Lord Dundas, to all but his close mates, I should imagine!

 

Quite unusual for a pop star, I would have thought.

 

And I do like the record, very catchy.

He also composed the first ident music for Channel 4, earning £1000 a week for 10 years!

He also composed the first ident music for Channel 4, earning £1000 a week for 10 years!

A nice little earner for just a few bars

A nice little earner for just a few bars

It was only four notes!

It was only four notes!

I'm sure they played a slightly longer version occasionally but I may be mistaken.

I'm sure they played a slightly longer version occasionally but I may be mistaken.

I looked this up and there was a longer version that was played during ad breaks when Channel 4 didn't have enough adverts to show.

One curious item concerning the last show. David Dundas had quite a big Worldwide hit with "Jeans On", which was originally part of a tv advertising campaign for Brutus jeans. He had success with the single in Britain, the US, and Germany in particular, where the single went to number one.

 

David Dundas is that rare thing in the pop World - a fully paid up member of the House Of Lords!!!! He is Lord Dundas, to all but his close mates, I should imagine!

 

Quite unusual for a pop star, I would have thought.

 

And I do like the record, very catchy.

The only other one I know of is Christopher Guest (Nigel from Spinal Tap) who is a hereditary peer and therefore now barred from sitting in the Lords.

A little Crazychris TOTP trivia now. One of the very few occasions that they played a song that was falling down the chart was in Sept. 1978 when Talking In Your Sleep by Crystal Gayle had fallen just a place to No.29. Featured on TOTP and it rose to No.15 and peaked at No.11 eventually. Who says TOTP can't make or break a song!!

Some good fare on this week, I like Thin Lizzy and Status Quo, and the more gentle songs by Doctor Hook and Liverpool Express were at least good quality MOR stuff.

 

My favourite bit was the close out, though. I Should Be Dancing by the Bee Gees, great song. Wasn't that the one that John Travolto was grand master class disco dancing too in Saturday Night Fever? I am sure that it was.

 

Pity that The Bee Gees were not there to perform it. Really summed up the spirit of 1970's disco dancing, that song.

 

 

Great country singer Billie Jo Spears sings What I've Got In Mind this week.

Yes, common sense, Billy Jo-Spears always worth seeing.

 

In fact, the whole show this week had too many pretty girls for a red blooded male like me! Twiggy, Ruby Flipper twice, even the audience had some nice energetic females!

 

All soured by Jimmy Savile appearing in a kilt, of course!! YUK!!!

 

A record I remember most vividly from the summer of '76 was Simon May, with a track called You Were The Summer Of My Life, I think it was called. Have not seen it on there yet, maybe it was a hit in late summer that year.

 

Anyway, as long as they keep showing Ruby Flipper every week, I am a happy man!!!

 

 

I seem to recall Summer Of My Life peaking in October '76 so it should be on in a few weeks.

Yes, you are quite right, common sense, May's song was a hit in around about October that year, I note, having looked it up.

 

How out of sync is top of the pops '76 at the moment? Must be a few weeks behind. maybe June, 1976? Not sure.

 

I also seem to recall Dancing Queen by Abba being a bit hit during that summer, but again, maybe my memory is playing tricks again. Dancing Queen was probably months later.

 

The main thing about summer 1976 is that I can at least remember it, putting the music aside. What a glorious summer. So hot that they appointed a Minister For Drought!

A summer like that may never happen again in our livetimes, glorious for those who are old enough to remember it.

This week's programme was from 5 August so it is three weeks behind.

 

Dancing Queen was number one in the late summer / early autumn. I surprised a friend once by telling him what was number one the day he was born without looking it up :lol: I was about to turn 16 when it was number one and it stayed at the top for ages so I was able to date it pretty accurately.