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In April 1968, a Top of the Pops choreographer, Virginia Mason, [7] auditioned for dancers for a routine on Top of The Pops (Simon Says by the 1910 Fruitgum Company); two of whom that were successful (Ruth Pearson and Patricia "Dee Dee" Wilde) were part of the existing six-female dance troupe, Pan's People. [8]
Dance 2 Trance (29 April) Ace of Base (6 May) Kingmaker (6 May) Luther Vandross (20 May) Louchie Lou and Michie One (27 May) Haddaway (3 June) Chaka Demus and Pliers (10 June) The Time Frequency (17 June) Gabrielle (17 June) Brian May (24 June) Joey Lawrence (1 July) Evolution (1 July) 4 Non Blondes (1 July) Oui 3 (15 July) Shara Nelson (22 July)
An audience watching a performance at a recording of Top of the Pops. Bill Cotton devised the name Top of the Pops. [15] Cotton, Johnnie Stewart and Stanley Dorfman devised the rules which governed how the show would operate: the programme would always end with the number one record, which was the only record that could appear in consecutive ...
Pan's People were a British all-female dance troupe most commonly associated with the BBC TV music chart show Top of the Pops, from 1968 to 1976. The group, founded and led by choreographer Felicity "Flick" Colby in December 1966, accompanied top 20 hits on the weekly show for eight years, when artists were unable or unwilling to perform live ...
This list of performances on Top of the Pops is a chronological account of popular songs performed by recording artists and musical ensembles on Top of the Pops, a weekly BBC One television programme that featured artists from the UK Singles Chart.
on the end credits of three editions. The BBC decided to allow viewers to select a name for the new dance troupe via a competition promoted on Top of the Pops by Ed Stewart [5] after the girls made their dancing debut, and on the BBC children's programme Blue Peter. The name "Legs & Co." was chosen as the successful name.
Zoo were a dance troupe who appeared on the weekly British music series Top of the Pops between 1981 and 1983.. Like previous dance troupes Pan's People, Ruby Flipper and their immediate predecessors Legs & Co., Zoo were put together and choreographed by Flick Colby (whose credit on the TOTP end credit changed from "Choreographer" to "Dance Director" on Zoo's debut).
The final line-up was chosen in March 1976, whereupon the dancers began a period of rehearsal before their first appearance on Top of the Pops. [3] Colby and Pearson chose the name "Ruby Flipper" for the new team, supposedly as a combination of their personal names (RUBY FLIPPER = RUth PEaRson + FLIck colBY +P). [8]