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Top of the Pops (TOTP) is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and broadcast weekly between 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The programme was the world's longest-running weekly music show. For most of its history, it was broadcast on Thursday evenings on BBC One.
Phil Collins – "Another Day in Paradise", "In the Air Tonight" (Was a hit for Collins in January 1981) The Cult – "Fire Woman" The Cure – "Lullaby" Curiosity Killed the Cat – "Name and Number" D Mob feat. Cathy Dennis – "C'mon and Get My Love" Def Leppard – "Rocket" Jason Donovan – "Every Day (I Love You More)", "Too Many Broken ...
For this reason, the 30 September 1982 show celebrating Radio 1's fifteenth birthday affords Annie Nightingale, in her one and only appearance and as one of nineteen presenters that day, the honour of being the first female presenter of Top of the Pops, beating Janice Long – who would go on to present TOTP regularly for nearly six years ...
Darren Day (7 June) Space (7 June) The Fugees (7 June) Pianoman (14 June) The Divine Comedy (28 June) Kula Shaker (5 July) Gary Barlow (5 July) Super Furry Animals (12 July) Rock Therapy (19 July) Los Del Rio (19 July) Joyrider (26 July) Robbie Williams (26 July) OMC (2 August) Alisha's Attic (2 August) The Spice Girls (2 August) Me Me Me (9 ...
In February/March 1967, Felicity Balfour's contract was terminated, due to her being unsettled in the group. After Pan's People, amongst other subsequent activities she performed with the Denise Shaune dancers, and worked in musical theatre, notably forming part of the original London cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat .
The original format of the show consisted of various segments including "recorded for recall", which would show TOTP performances from a certain decade, "video stir" which featured a new music video from a popular artist in the charts, the "first time" would feature an artist's first TOTP appearance, "world hits" would feature a new international hit, "tomorrows hits" would feature artists who ...
An Australian couple has been reunited with their missing wedding footage 57 years later thanks to one savvy Facebook user. Aileen and Bill Turnbull, both 77, wed in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1967 at ...
Linda Hotchkin rejoined in early 1967, and the group expanded to six in 1968 with the addition of Lesley Larbey and Wendy Hillhouse. However, the BBC decided in mid-1968 to replace the Go-Jos with Pan's People on Top of the Pops. Their final performance was on 20 June 1968, dancing to Jumping Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones.