It's also possible that Saffron (later of Republica fame) appeared on the same TOTP in Spring 1991 with different acts - but only if both N-Joi and Chesney Hawkes were on the same show. She mimed the sampled vocals for 'Anthem' both in the video and in the studio and she played his girlfriend in the video for 'The One and Only'. Dunno if anyone can check this?

Sorry, been offline since Friday. Now, with all the football talk, that should have been a clue...

 

The answer:

 

Steve Archibald in May 1982 with Spurs and Scotland. Club and country duty there.

 

From Wikipedia: Archibald appeared twice in the same episode of Top of the Pops in 1982, firstly singing "We Have a Dream" with the Scotland World Cup squad starring B. A. Robertson and then alongside his Tottenham Hotspur team mates and Chas & Dave singing "Tottenham, Tottenham".

 

That answer took me by surprise, Richie! Steve Archibald, appeared on top of the pops twice, eh? I remember him as a great striker, helped Spurs win the cup in 1982.

 

Wonder what he is doing now? Always thought that he would have made a good manager, can't recollect whether he ever went into management.

 

There must be other examples, though, like he ones already mentioned. He surely can't have been the only person to appear twice in one edition on two songs.

 

 

I did look on the net and apparently Glenn Hoddle and Ray Clemence may come under the same category.

Wonder what he is doing now? Always thought that he would have made a good manager, can't recollect whether he ever went into management.

 

Wikipedia says he's a commentator for Barcelona matches translated into English. Oh well, guess they couldn't get Lineker or Hughes, eh? He did manage a couple of clubs (East Fife and Airdrie just before they went bust) but he was absolutely awful.

 

Grebo - neither Hoddle nor Clemence were Scottish! Not sure if the Spurs team ever got back into the TOTP studio, but I'd guess Hoddle and Clemence may have been on the week before or after on International duty with the song 'This Time'.

 

 

 

Grebo - neither Hoddle nor Clemence were Scottish! Not sure if the Spurs team ever got back into the TOTP studio, but I'd guess Hoddle and Clemence may have been on the week before or after on International duty with the song 'This Time'.

I know that! Did Hoddle get on with Diamond Lights at the same time as one of his team appearances. Clemence would have been England and Liverpool or Spurs.

Looking at their chart runs, 'Diamond Lights' would have been leaving the charts just as 'Hot Shot Tottenham' was entering. So both Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle may have been paying another visit to TOTP. Difficult to tell really - not sure if teams appeared in the studio so regularly once the decade rolled on - seemed more of an early 80s thing. Pretty sure that even though Anfield Rap hit number 3, the team never rolled up to television centre. Maybe King Kenny remembered how miserable he was doing 'I Have a Dream' there?

Something for everyone in tonight's edition, really pleased with it. Suzy Quatro had her best record out for some time, so something for the glam rock fraternity there, you could say.

 

That was followed by one of the best records of the era, in my view, Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street, more about Gerry soon.

 

A classy middle of the road ballad from Dan Hill, Sometimes When We Touch, followed Gerry Rafferty, a bit Barry Manilow-ish, but still memorable enough.

 

Good reggae track, as usual, from Bob Marley and the Wailiers after that, and then Elvis Costello with one of his early and most spunky songs, which I suppose contrast directly with Gerry Rafferty, who wanted to sing about Baker Street. Elvis did not want to go to Chelsea!

 

Uptempo soul was Earth Wind And Fire's trademark during this period, and I thought that Fantasy was a great song from them.

 

Bit of white soul from Manhatten Transfer, very well done and sung, much preferred this 1978 offering to their big hit of 1977.

 

The Vibrators added more punk for those of a rebellious spirit, Kate Bush sang her brilliant number one, and Donna Summer added a touch of disco at the end.

 

So something for everyone, top of the pops tonight showed the whole spectrum of pop music, which is surely how it should be.

 

Trivia for this week centres on the late great Gerry Rafferty. As many of his UK hits as possible - he did not have many, but the ones he did have seem to be quite well known.

 

Also the name of his old band, and their biggest hit from the early 1970's. And also which 1990's gangster film did that hit feature in?

 

Finally, Scottish born Gerry worked with another Scottish artist in his very early days, and that other artist later became very famous in other entertainment fields not connected with music. Please name that other Scotsman (who, like Gerry, also had an Irish sounding surname).

 

Alll the best,

 

BC B-)

Edited March 21, 201312 yr by blackcat

Trivia for this week centres on the late great Gerry Rafferty. As many of his UK hits as possible - he did not have many, but the ones he did have seem to be quite well known.

 

Also the name of his old band, and their biggest hit from the early 1970's. And also which 1990's gangster film did that hit feature in?

 

Finally, Scottish born Gerry worked with another Scottish artist in his very early days, and that other artist later became very famous in other entertainment fields not connected with music. Please name that other Scotsman (who, like Gerry, also had an Irish sounding surname).

 

Alll the best,

 

BC B-)

 

He was in Stealers Wheel and Stuck In The Middle was their big hit.

 

Night Owl, Get It Right Next Time were his other hits.

Edited March 21, 201312 yr by Common Sense

Gerry Rafferty was in a folk band with Billy Connolly.

 

 

He was in Stealers Wheel and Stuck In The Middle was their big hit.

 

Night Owl, Get It Right Next Time were his other hits.

 

and Everything Will Turn Out Fine, Star hits for stealers wheel, and in the states hits with Right Down The Line and I think Days Gone Down. I say it on Buzzjack often, but Baker Street is the most perfect pop single ever made. Every second is genius.

 

hooray for Gerry...!

Yep, Billy Connolly. The two were in the Humblebums together.

Yes, well done all, Gerry had folk group connections with Billy Connelly, who went onto other things.

 

Baker Street a great song, and so is "Stuck In The Middle With You", which was used in the gangster film "Reservoir Dogs".

 

And belated thanks to suedehead for his "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" football charity record answer, which was number one about three months ago, by the Justice Collective.

 

Good fun these questions, but I am thinking of knocking them in the head! Reason being - no one ever seems to talk about the actual programme anymore, I get more feedback from these trivia queries than I do about the programme!

 

I personally think that the last few editions have been excellent, showing a wide variety of music, and class music in many cases.

 

We all have different tastes, of course, I feel that everyone on here should have found something to savour from the last three or four reruns of top of the pops 1978.

 

Horses for course, of course, horses for courses.

The last few programmes have definitely been an improvement. That doesn't mean the trivia questions should go though.

The last few programmes have definitely been an improvement. That doesn't mean the trivia questions should go though.

 

yes, I think they're an attraction onto the comments about TOTP - its difficult to comment on the individual episodes as I'd invariably just list them all as fabulous as 1978 goes on, and I tend to agree with the comments in any case. The football offshoot one seemed to be popular with lots of folk, so it'd be a shame to lose it...!

Yes, keep the trivia questions going - I'm usually too late to be first in, but they always yield really interesting facts.

Thank you for the feedback, will continue the same way, then, trivia questions and all!

 

However there is a complication - because of extra work activities, I personally might not be able to comment on the Thursday night reruns on a Thursday anymore; I may have to wait until I can see it on the interactive service, probably on a Friday evening or Saturday morning.

 

So if anyone else feels brave enough to offer a few opinions off the cuff directly after the programme on Thursday nights, then please feel free!

 

(I wonder if suedehead is brave enough to do it............. :unsure: )

 

Would be nice to hear some other viewpoints in that respect! I cant be the only one drooling over Legs & Co. every week, afterall! :P

Edited March 25, 201312 yr by blackcat

Brief notes on this week's less than vintage edition...

 

They skipped a DLT episode this week. So, among others, we missed Showaddywaddy, Genesis, Brian & Michael and Blondie. Plus, of course, Kate Bush at number one.

 

One of the best known sax solos to start the show with a bit of Baker Street over the chart rundown.

 

Standard fare from Mud but not a hit. They hadn’t had a hit for two years by this time and never did return to the chart apart from a reappearance for Lonely This Christmas.

 

Tina Charles with a cover of a song that was a hit just two years earlier for Jimmy James & The Vagabonds.

 

Elvis Costello adding some genuine quality at last.

 

Richard Myhill with a song that I had completely forgotten – It Takes Two To Tango. I’ve already forgotten it again. Like Elvis Costello’s dad, Myhill has been responsible for some advertising jingles.

 

Legs & Co doing Tavares.

 

Off to Dullsville, Arizona for Dan Hill and his hair.

 

Suzi Qautro again with a typical Chinnichap composition. It’s no Devil Gate Drive.

 

Another showing for the Scottish football nonsense. They’ve already been eliminated from next year’s tournament so we will be spared an equivalent then. Of course Ant & Dec might re-release their effort for England.

 

Don Williams in the Country & Western slot. We’ve had some decent episodes recently. This one really isn’t one of them.

 

Some real class with La Bush still at number one but this is the last week for Wuthering Heights.

 

Finally Bob Marley to play out. It was a bit of an ordreal this week. I should have recorded it and saved myself some time.

Another showing for the Scottish football nonsense. They’ve already been eliminated from next year’s tournament so we will be spared an equivalent then. Of course Ant & Dec might re-release their effort for England.

 

Urgh, two wrongs don't make a right! You have to admit that the 1982 Scottish record was better though - BA Robertson meets Gregory's Girl!

 

We should get a football records rate going - be really interesting to see how that goes. I'd have to go with World in Motion as the greatest ever I think.

Thanks to suedehead for doing the points of view this week, I am in agreement, NOT a vintage edition! :w00t:

 

 

What a contrast in Scottish pop this week, from the sublime Baker Street, to Andy Cameron's football dirge.How did the Scots do in the World Cup in '78?

I remember them losing to Peru, I think they drew with Iran, and then I remember them beating Holland, but still being eliminated on goal difference. If I remember correctly, the match against Holland saw Archie Gemmell score one of the best goals in world cup history.

 

Agree with richie, World In Motion with a great song by New Order, but Three Lions was still the best football song in my book.

 

Trivia question for this week - Elvis Costello's real name, and as many of his hits as can be recalled by the grey matter.

 

All the best

 

BC B-)

Edited March 29, 201312 yr by blackcat

Elvis C was born Declan McManus. His father performed the R Whites advert.

 

Other hits from memory - Oliver's Army, Red Shoes, Green Shirt, New Amsterdam, Veronica, Watching The Detectives, Accidents Will Happen, I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down, Peace In Our Time, Pille And Soap and I Wanna Be Loved. He also wrote Shipbuilding which was a hit for Robert Wyatt and has also been covered by Suede. It remains to be seen whether Tramp The Dirt Down becomes a hit when Thatcher dies.