Paul

Leo Sayer dressed as a clown in 1973 singing Show Must Go On Madonna singing Like A Virgin with long Pink hair (wig ?) Jeffrey Daniels from Shalamar body popping & moonwalking to A Night to Remember (before Jacko did it ) Bob Geldof ripping up posters of John Travolta and Olivia Newton John when the Boomtown Rats eventually ended their 6 week run (with Summer Nights) at No. 1 with "Rat Trap" One of my earliest memories is listening to Mud doing Tiger Feet and copying the dance!!

I remember Oasis playing with Noel on vocals and Liam on guitar in the most obivious mime ever which still makes me laugh. Rod & The Faces lost performance of Maggie May where the band swapped instruments half way through. Rod singing the lyrics of You Wear It Well from a sheet of paper. Rod & The Faces (again) performing Angel with a cardboard cut-out of bassist Ronnie Lane who couldn't make the show I would forgive the BBC for wiping so much classic 60s/70s stuff if they would show existing 60s/70s shows on BBC3 in their entirity.

BBC needs to let it go out in style. Get DLT and Tony Blackburn in to host the last one, get Slade and Roy Wood on to perform, have the proper Led Zep theme music, get Pan's People back. Get Dexy's in in front of a picture of Jocky Wilson again . Let's have a celebratory finish not a damp squib. One last burst of gloriously silly fun. Who's with me?

Lonely this Christmas (Mud), Wont somebody dance with me (Lyndsey de Paul) and Roll away the stone (Mott the Hoople) all have talking bits in the middle.

Mud doing Tiger Feet and Sweet doing Blockbuster

I liked Welcome to the pleasure dome by FGTH. The 12" mixes of Two Tribes were good. The video was very powerful at the time as it was the time of a lot of tension between USA and USSR.

How did so many TOTP recordings get wiped ?

I remember in the chart show the presenter always referred to the song as just "Healing" Records by Judge Dread were all banned by the BBC as well. Hi Hi Hi by Wings because of explicit sexual lyrics (not drug references) Tell Laura I love Her was banned because of the reference to dying in a stock car race . Max Romeo - Wet Dream - A song about his bedroom ceiling - the BBC wouldn't buy that . Ivor Biggun - The winker's song (misprint) - Sexually explicit Lil Louis - French Kiss - "Heavy breathing" All these recordings were banned during the gulf war in 1990. Jose Felicano & The Doors - Light My Fire Something Happens - "Parachute" The Cure - Killing an Arab Little angels - Bone yard Massive Attack had the word "attack" dropped during the gulf war. Bomb the Bass also suffered during this period. The Kinks - Lola - was originally banned because it mentioned Coca-Cola, was later changed to Cherry Cola to get airplay.

A lot of 70s Punk was badly played & sung Rock & Roll mixed with white noise /feedback & swear words. At the time the music shocked older people & a lot of the the lyrics were about the bad state of the country back then. The Sex Pistols stuff seems quite tame when its played nowadays but at the time was meant to shock.

Im amazed that HMV are still selling it for £1.99

One Hundred Ton And A Feather -It Only Takes A Minute Jun 1976 This was actually pervert Jonathan King in one of his diguises

Hi Lesley Ive just sent you my answers Hopefully they reached you. A bit tougher quiz this one

I remember Elton John & Kiki Dee being number one for weeks and weeks during that summer and being knocked off by ABBA's Dancing Queen . Ive just looked it up and they spent 6 weeks each at number one . Here are all the top ten hits during the summer of 76 (courtesy of everyhit.com) Rod Stewart -Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) Jun 1976 Real Thing -You To Me Are Everything Jun 1976 Shangri-Las -Leader Of The Pack Jun 1976 Bryan Ferry -Let's Stick Together Jun 1976 Manhattans -Kiss And Say Goodbye Jun 1976 Dorothy Moore -Misty Blue Jun 1976 Dr Hook -A Little Bit More Jun 1976 One Hundred Ton And A Feather -It Only Takes A Minute Jun 1976 Demis Roussos -The Roussos Phenomenon EP Jun 1976 Elton John & Kiki Dee -Don't Go Breaking My Heart Jul 1976 Queen -You're My Best Friend Jul 1976 Isley Brothers -Harvest For The World Jul 1976 Tavares -Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel Jul 1976 Jimmy James & The Vagabonds -Now Is The Time Jul 1976 Billie Jo Spears -What I've Got In Mind Jul 1976 5000 Volts -Dr Kiss Kiss Jul 1976 Johnny Wakelin -In Zaire Jul 1976 Notes David Dundas -Jeans On Jul 1976 Steve Harley -Here Comes The Sun Jul 1976 Chi-Lites -You Don't Have To Go Jul 1976 Bee Gees -You Should Be Dancing Jul 1976 Lou Rawls -You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine Jul 1976 Stylistics -16 Bars Aug 1976 Bryan Ferry -Extended Play EP Aug 1976 Wings -Let 'Em In Aug 1976 Georghe Zamfir (The Light Of Experience) -Doina De Jale Aug 1976 Mr Acker Bilk - Aria Aug 1976 Tina Charles -Dance Little Lady Dance Aug 1976 Abba -Dancing Queen Aug 1976 Rod Stewart -The Killing Of Georgie (Parts 1 And 2) Aug 1976 Manfred Mann's Earth Band -Blinded By The Light Aug 1976 Pussycat Mississippi Aug 1976 Real Thing -Can't Get By Without You Sep 1976 Elvis Presley -The Girl Of My Best Friend Sep 1976 Rod Stewart -Sailing (re-entry) Sep 1976 Wurzels -I Am A Cider Drinker (Paloma Blanca) Sep 1976 Bay City Rollers -I Only Wanna Be With You Sep 1976 Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots -Disco Duck (Part One) Sep 1976 Ritchie Family -The Best Disco In Town Sep 1976 Sherbet -Howzat Sep 1976

And Im an idiot as well.....we're a trio of idiots !!!

Sent you my answers, Lesley Cheers Paul

My favourites are : John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - Summer Nights /You're the one that I want Elton John & George Michael - Dont let the sun go down on me Take That & Lulu -Relight My Fire

I saw it They went through Abba, Glam Rock , Prog Rock , Disco and Punk Rock Clothes Fashions & Buiding Designs,Habitat There was no mention of Gary Glitter in the Glam rock bit. Bowie,Slade,Sweet,Roxy Music & Mud were shown.

"Another part of me " appears as track 2 on this weeks single "Leave me alone" I think Smooth Criminal is Jackos worst ever video .

It's Boom Boom Boom Boom MK 2 Vengaboys meets Ace Of Base meets 2 Unlimited Totally 90s Euro POP

I would also add Heaven 17 & ABC to this list. The lead singers of new romantic bands were not the best singers in my opinion ,although the music was good. Simon Le Bon,Phil Oakey,Adam Ant & Marc Almond often sang flat live or on their records.

I remember in 1973 someone brought into school a radio cassette recorder . Everyone surrounded him because they'd never seen one before. It was like something from another planet. Up till then , if you wanted to record songs you had to dangle a microphone over the TV , or put it right next to the radio or record player. Everyone in the room had to be asked to stay quiet while you were recording.

Did you get mine ,Lesley ?

I used to like "Say When" and "Lucky Numbers"

He appeared on the first ever TOTP back on New Years Day 1964 which was presented by Jimmy Saville & Alan Freman.

OMD were from Liverpool so can be aded to this list