Three songs that were only minor hits tonight. AWB only reached No.23 and John Miles only 32. Cockney Rebel's song didn't go top 40 at all.

Edited November 3, 201113 yr by Common Sense

I keep meaning to send an e-mail to the BBC to encourage them to continue showing these programmes. They're a great way to relive music history, effectively "in real time". I just wish they didn't keep skipping a programme each month for Sky At Night.

 

Someone on DS said they've read that ratings are good enough for them to continue next year in to 1977.

 

They will also be doing an introductory documentary for 1977 like they did with 1976.

Edited November 3, 201113 yr by Common Sense

Hope they do go for 1977 as at least there'll be something decent on it every once in a while.

I hope they continue to do it for good - but if there's any question of it being cancelled then I'd hate for that to happen before they reach the 80s. Makes me wonder if they could skip ahead to, say, 1983 for a year and jump around a bit for variety?

Can not watch top of the pops on Thursdays at the moment due to work commitments, and having trouble picking up the interactive service, so a very late night post on this forum for me, having just seen it at 11.55 p.m. on BBC Four this Saturday!!! Is this the latest post ever on these forums?!

 

All in all, enjoyed the programme, some classy stuff on there. Joan Armatrading, Chicago, Pussycat still at number one, Simon May, some good ballads in there. Lovers of beautiful pop songs, must surely have found something to enjoy in this week's show.

 

Top of the pops was thought to have substantial power in those days in terms of record sales. Discs featured on the programme often shot up the charts the following week, in fact, rarely did a new top 30 entry go down the charts the week after having been featured on top of the pops, it usually went onto greater chart glory after having been featured on an edition.

 

Music shows in recent years would certainly not have such power.

 

Right, late night entry for next week as well then. Long live the spirit and music of '76. B-)

Top of the pops was thought to have substantial power in those days in terms of record sales. Discs featured on the programme often shot up the charts the following week, in fact, rarely did a new top 30 entry go down the charts the week after having been featured on top of the pops, it usually went onto greater chart glory after having been featured on an edition.

 

Rarely did a new top 30 entry go down the following week whether it was shown on Top Of The Pops or not.

 

Rarely did a new top 30 entry go down the following week whether it was shown on Top Of The Pops or not.

 

Well that is probably true, the question is whether a record featured on top of the pops in the 1970's to 1980's period had more chance of higher sales the following week than a record that was not featured.

 

My best guess is that it would have had a good boost in sales as a result of tv exposure on the nation's number one chart show.

My guess is yes, it did receive a boost but it wasn't that big of a boost.

loved substitute by The Who, one of those records that never seem to sounds dated. Not too sure why it re-entered the charts in 1976, though, having originally been a hit ten years earlier.

 

Also liked The Steve Millar band, and liked Legs and Co dancing to it! All of these dancers would be in their late fifties at least by now, of course. Frightening thought!

 

Noel Edmonds, just for a change, gave me some useful information - I did not know that The Climax Blues Band were from the Midlands, I had assumed that they were from the States. Liked their song of the time, anyway.

 

So a reasonable show. This thread does not seem to attract as much interest now, maybe the novelty of seeing records from 35 years ago is wearing thin!

 

Anyway, as I keep saying, long live the spirit of '76. B-)

They skip a few weeks for Wednesday's programme so we won't get to see the competition result announced. That competition seems so old-fashioned now with entries "on a postcard" and even saying "Include your phone number, if you've got one".

What time is this on at?

 

Looking forward to the christmas edition in a few weeks, Johnny Mathis at the top!

What time is this on at?

 

Looking forward to the christmas edition in a few weeks, Johnny Mathis at the top!

 

On at 7.30 p.m. every Thursday usually Steve, on bbc four, also on the interactive service. Usually repeated late on Saturday nights.

 

Yes, I look forward to the Christmas one, I bought the Mathis record for my girlfriend at school at the time. What good memories!

 

And boy, has life been sh*t since then! :angry:

I was hoping Showaddywaddy would be on tonight so we could hear the real Jimmy Saville introduce them rather than Hugh Dennis.

What was the song that Legs & Co. danced to? Wasn't a hit and I couldn't catch who he said and I didn't recognise it.

What was the song that Legs & Co. danced to? Wasn't a hit and I couldn't catch who he said and I didn't recognise it.

It was Be Bop Deluxe with Maid In Heaven from their Hot Valves EP. It was a minor hit. It was in its second week at number 36 that week and that's as far as it got. They had a slightly bigger hit earlier in the year with Ships In The Night which you probably do remember.

It was Be Bop Deluxe with Maid In Heaven from their Hot Valves EP. It was a minor hit. It was in its second week at number 36 that week and that's as far as it got. They had a slightly bigger hit earlier in the year with Ships In The Night which you probably do remember.

 

Thanks Suedey. Was just going to say that the only one I know by them is Ships In The Night.

Edited December 2, 201113 yr by Common Sense

Liked Legs & Co a lot, for some strange reason :dance:

 

That Kursaal Flyers record at the start brought back a lot of memories, that's what I call a creative comedy record, unlike the Wurzels sh*t!

 

I did like The Chicago record at the time, but didn't one of them die in a bizarre shooting accident later on? Died during a game of Russian roulette, if I remember correctly.

 

Poignant to see Jimmy present the programme, but he seemed to be enjoying himself doing it.

 

I liked this week's edition, all in all. Nice stuff. B-)

Liked Legs & Co a lot, for some strange reason :dance:

 

That Kursaal Flyers record at the start brought back a lot of memories, that's what I call a creative comedy record, unlike the Wurzels sh*t!

 

I did like The Chicago record at the time, but didn't one of them die in a bizarre shooting accident later on? Died during a game of Russian roulette, if I remember correctly.

 

Poignant to see Jimmy present the programme, but he seemed to be enjoying himself doing it.

 

I liked this week's edition, all in all. Nice stuff. B-)

It was a good edition though I've never liked the number 1!

 

Good to see the TOTP props department working overtime with the washing machines in the background for the Kursaal Flyer's performance!

 

A founder member of Chicago, Alan Kath, did pass away as the result of a strange shooting incident, according to Wikipaedia:

 

"Kath reportedly had a history of using alcohol and other drugs, including cocaine. Chicago bandmates have indicated that he was also increasingly unhappy.[7] Bassist Peter Cetera said that Kath would have been the first to quit Chicago had he lived, and producer James William Guercio has said that Kath was working on a solo album before he died.[8] Former drummer Danny Seraphine mentions in his autobiography "Street Player: My Chicago Story" that Kath had a high tolerance for drugs.

 

Around 5 p.m., on January 23, 1978, after a party at roadie/band technician Don Johnson's home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, Kath took an unloaded .38 revolver and put it to his head, pulling the trigger several times on the empty chambers. Johnson had warned Kath several times to be careful. Kath then picked up a semiautomatic 9 mm pistol and, leaning back in a chair, said to Johnson, "Don't worry, it's not loaded". After showing the empty magazine to Johnson, Kath replaced the magazine in the gun, put the gun to his temple, and pulled the trigger. There was a bullet in the chamber, and he died instantly.[9] It was the week before his 32nd birthday. He left a widow, Camelia Emily Ortiz (whom he married in 1974), and a daughter, Michelle, born in 1976. Camelia was later married to Kiefer Sutherland from 1987 to 1990.

 

Kath is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California."

 

Even amongst rock deaths, this one must rate as bizarre.

 

 

His name was Terry Kath not Alan Kath.

 

I can still remember hearing the news of his death on Radio 1's "Newsbeat". Although he died on the 23rd his death wasn't reported until the 24th and given that the 24th January was a Tuesday I imagine I heard the story on the 5.45pm Newsbeat as I will have been tuning in to hear the new Top 30 chart which Radio 1 would recap at 6pm on a Tuesday (after having unveiled the new chart earlier that day at 12.45pm).

 

I've looked up what would have been number 1 on that new chart and it was the atrocious "Mull Of Kintyre" by Wings!