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I always loathed Elvis' My way, but was one of the 2 million who bought Mull Of Kintyre. I didnt play Girl's School that much, just like the rest of the world....

 

Bernie Taupin. Chronologically, Elt's first solo was Sacrifice/Healing hands (which i'd also bought as separate singles the year before when they peaked at 1 in my chart) in 1990, and last was either the Diana double A mentioned already from 1997, or Are You Ready For Love (ignoring fat Boy Slim's remix) in 2003. Or last one first (1979 release of older recording prob 1976/7-ish) and Candle 97 last. Or including collaborations, Dont Go Breaking 1976 to I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (uncredited with Scissor Sisters) 2006..

 

or being even more smart-ar*e, albums-wise, including collaborations I'd guess 1973 to 2012...:)

 

LOL! Can't fault you for your thoroughness and Elton John knowledge, popchartfreak, I had Sacrifice/Healing Hands as the first, and Are You Ready For Love just nine years ago as the last. And yes, Bernie Taupin his main songwriting collaborator, who I still would not know if he passed me in the street!

 

Lots of down votes for poor old Elvis's version of My Way. Is there anyone out there who actually liked it?

 

I loved the version by Sid Vicious, of course, which was not just used to good effect in Sex Pistols projects, it was also the chief play out song of the ganster movie "Goodfellas".

 

And thank you Davetaylor for links to the editions which are not going to be shown. I wonder if these editions will ever be shown?

 

Maybe around about the year 2077, a hundred years or so after the event, when all the dust has settled down over the Savile affair.

 

Will we see Top Of The Pops 1978? Let's hope so. I have a nasty feeling that we may not. TOTP's two's Christmas edition was excellent this weekend, and the BBC may decide that that should be the only outlet for older music on the station.

 

Be a big shame if they do........... :huh:

Did anyone see the TOTP2 Xmas special last night on BBC2 at 8? I was most surprised and pleased to see my fave Christmas song by Dana on there. Very rarely seen or heard on TV or radio.

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Did anyone see the TOTP2 Xmas special last night on BBC2 at 8? I was most surprised and pleased to see my fave Christmas song by Dana on there. Very rarely seen or heard on TV or radio.

Much agree Chris. It is a lovely song & very underplayed, although a big hit. And all of Dana's hits are very underplayed. When was the last time you heard "Fairytale". Only made #13, but shifted just as many as "It's Gonna Be A Cold Cold Christmas".

 

1978 will be ok to go ahead. First one penciled in for 17th Jan 2012. JS didn't present while he did "Jim'll Fix It". So the first 4 months of 78, will be ok, apart from DLT. But we have all those, we can link in the future. So, watch this space....

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Much agree Chris. It is a lovely song & very underplayed, although a big hit. And all of Dana's hits are very underplayed. When was the last time you heard "Fairytale". Only made #13, but shifted just as many as "It's Gonna Be A Cold Cold Christmas".

 

1978 will be ok to go ahead. First one penciled in for 17th Jan 2012. JS didn't present while he did "Jim'll Fix It". So the first 4 months of 78, will be ok, apart from DLT. But we have all those, we can link in the future. So, watch this space....

 

Fairytale was a great track, xmas was good too, and she was sweet in the 70's, albeit a career largely as light n fluffy as a big fluffy thing. I wonder if Dana may have not helped her legacy, such as it is, in with her right-wing comments during campaigning for the Irish presidency, despite having renounced her Irish citizenship to become an American citizen. I suspect a proportion of her music fanbase may not necessarily agree with her opinions ....

 

 

Much agree Chris. It is a lovely song & very underplayed, although a big hit. And all of Dana's hits are very underplayed. When was the last time you heard "Fairytale". Only made #13, but shifted just as many as "It's Gonna Be A Cold Cold Christmas".

 

1978 will be ok to go ahead. First one penciled in for 17th Jan 2012. JS didn't present while he did "Jim'll Fix It". So the first 4 months of 78, will be ok, apart from DLT. But we have all those, we can link in the future. So, watch this space....

 

Yeah Dave, I love Fairytale. Radio 2 sometimes plays Cold Cold Christmas but not heard it this year. You get the same ones on the TV music channels, Slade, Wham, Mariah, Wizzard, Band Aid etc etc and, whilst all great classics, why not include Dana and some Chris Hill too, Renta or Bionic Santa? Someone once said it's because Dana's is a sad song but so what? Many songs are sad.

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Yeah Dave, I love Fairytale. Radio 2 sometimes plays Cold Cold Christmas but not heard it this year. You get the same ones on the TV music channels, Slade, Wham, Mariah, Wizzard, Band Aid etc etc and, whilst all great classics, why not include Dana and some Chris Hill too, Renta or Bionic Santa? Someone once said it's because Dana's is a sad song but so what? Many songs are sad.

 

oh if weve gotta have 70's comedy xmas numbers I'll go for the Goodies. Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me could have been written in 'tribute' to a certain santa-looking DJ of the time. I think it got banned, unsurprisingly, by Radio 1. Radio Luxembourg I think played it...

oh if weve gotta have 70's comedy xmas numbers I'll go for the Goodies. Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me could have been written in 'tribute' to a certain santa-looking DJ of the time. I think it got banned, unsurprisingly, by Radio 1. Radio Luxembourg I think played it...

 

Yeah they did but with that title no music channel would play it now and doubt there's even a video.

Yeah they did but with that title no music channel would play it now and doubt there's even a video.

 

oh you're definitely right there:) There were lots of non-pc chart hits in the 70's, Judge Dread's entire career for a start. Big Six Big Seven Big Eight etc... all of 'em rubbish. Gilbert's " A Woman's Place". Barron Knights. Makes the Pound fishman record not seem so bad now...:)

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Best of 1977 part one was on tonight, some good records, in my view, from Hot Chocolate, Space, good MOR stuff from Leo Sayer and Denise Williams, and yes, the Floral Dance.

 

Other interesting offerings from Stevie Wonder, great track from ABBA, Baccara with a good singalong Spanish ditty, Showaddywaddy with one of their more catchy numbers. And a good Christmas song from Johnny Mathis, which was really from 1976.

 

Enjoyed the programme. Part two to come, good end to the year.

 

Davetaylor, I hope that you are right. Would love to see these repeats continued onto 1978. Great era for music, and top of the pops superbly captured a lot of that new music visually. It was the pop programme in the right place, at the right time.

BBC4 won't be showing part 2 of the Christmas Show from 1977, as it's hosted by DLT (assisted by Blackbum).

 

If I find a copy, i'll post it.

 

Meanwhile here is 17th Nov 1977 (& JS):

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go..._13563887884474

 

Chris, unfortunately Chris Hill's performances on the 1975 & 1976 TOTPs are both missing. The Goodies "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" is different. As Radio One & TOTPs had a ruling with double A sides. The Radio One Top 20 (& Tom Browne) always played "Father Christmas" in December 74 & TOTPs always featured "The Inbetweenies". The same when TOTPs always featured "First Cut Is The Deepest" & Rod Stewart. The Top 20 always played "I Don't Want To Talk About It".

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BBC4 won't be showing part 2 of the Christmas Show from 1977, as it's hosted by DLT (assisted by Blackbum).

 

If I find a copy, i'll post it.

 

Meanwhile here is 17th Nov 1977 (& JS):

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go..._13563887884474

 

Chris, unfortunately Chris Hill's performances on the 1975 & 1976 TOTPs are both missing. The Goodies "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" is different. As Radio One & TOTPs had a ruling with double A sides. The Radio One Top 20 (& Tom Browne) always played "Father Christmas" in December 74 & TOTPs always featured "The Inbetweenies". The same when TOTPs always featured "First Cut Is The Deepest" & Rod Stewart. The Top 20 always played "I Don't Want To Talk About It".

 

Yes, bit of red tape gone mad at the BBC, since DLT, according to my news sources, has not actually been found guilty of anything as yet!

 

I do remember the Chris Hill record from the time, was quite funny! Don't remember The Goodies record at all, though.

 

The thing I remember most vividly about the Goodies was the indesputible, and rather incredible fact, that one of their shows literally caused a man to laugh himself to death! True story, if you don't know about it, just type it into the search engine. A man literally died from health complications after a bout of uncontrollable laughter caused by watching The Goodies. First time that had happened, although not the only time, the film A Fish Called Wanda also led to a fatal death through a person uncontrollably laughing.

 

Must be the ultimate accolade for any comedy programme!

Here are 42 minutes of POTP from 12th Jan 1964: (Noteably just after Alan's very first presentation of TOTP on the 8th Jan)

http://youtu.be/9MRHv1ro974

 

20 Do You Really Love Me Too - Billy Fury

17 We Are In Love - Adam Faith

12 Stay - The Hollies

 

New Releases

Hey Lover - Susan Maughan

Will You Be My Lover Tonight - George Bean

Whispering - Nino Tempo & April Stevens

Tonight You're Gonna Fall In Love With Me - The Shirelles

The Boy You're Kissing - Mark Wynter

Donna Donna (Why Do You Wanna Do That) - The Voices Of Chris Jensen

Dance With Me - Jay & The Americans

 

LP Spot

It's You Or No One - Bobby Darin (Track: All Or Nothing At All)

 

Top 10

10 08 Secret Love - Kathy Kirby

09 06 Dominique - Singing Nun

08 04 You Were Made For Me - Freddie And The Dreamers

07 09 Swingin' On A Star - Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva

06 03 She Loves You - The Beatles

05 06 Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney

04 05 I Only Want To Be With You - Dusty Springfield

03 10 Hippy Hippy Shake - Swinging Blue Jeans

01 02 Glad All Over - Dave Clark Five

01 01 I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

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Thanks for all this Dave, you are a mine of information!

 

Always been a fan of the programme, so your '64 stuff is still very relevant to me, although I would have been too young to have seen the programme then.

 

Interesting that I Want To Hold Your Hand was the first number one on it. America had the Ed Sullivan show, we had the fledgling top of the pops to publicise the moptops.

 

Pity all the sixties editions could not have survived. Must have been some great music on them.

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Thanks again, Davetaylor, your contributions to this thread are much appreciated.

 

Anyone see the 1978 top of the pops specials the other night on BBC Four? Quite well put together, and some good music - maybe a little bit too much of Boney M, even if they were the best selling UK singles act of the year!

 

Curiously, although no Jimmy Savile, there were clips of DLT. Makes one wonder why they could not have screened that part 2 of 1977 over Christmas.

 

Looking forward to some splended vintage top of the pops clips for 1978.

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