Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Top of the Pops is the name of a series of records issued by Pickwick Records on their Hallmark label, which contain anonymous cover versions of recent and current hit singles. The recordings were intended to replicate the sound of the original hits as closely as possible.
Upon its inception in 1964, Top of the Pops was presented by a team of disc jockeys in rotation: Alan Freeman, David Jacobs, Pete Murray and Jimmy Savile.Savile presented the very first episode from Dickenson Road Studios in Manchester on 1 January 1964 and would continue as the longest-serving presenter until hosting his final show on 30 August 1984.
Top of the Pops (record series), a series of albums issued by Pickwick Records "Top of the Pops" (song), a 1991 song by The Smithereens "Top of the Pops", a song by The Kinks, from the album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
The company has also re-issued some of its albums from the 1960s and 1970s, such as The Best of Top of the Pops '74. Since copyrights for audio recordings in the UK last 50 years, Hallmark is one of many British record labels which have re-issued Elvis Presley 's first album.
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.
Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are one step away from achieving EGOT status, needing only an Emmy to complete the prestigious quartet of entertainment honors.
The next iteration of entertainment at the Pickwick Theatre could soon include alcohol along with live entertainment and movies. The Copernicus Foundation, which is taking over operations for the ...
Prices ranged from as low as 59 U.S. cents (minor label releases of the 1950s) to $2.98 (major label repackaging of older material in the 1970s). In the UK Pickwick Records' Top of the Pops record series, which operated between 1968 and 1985, was the most successful budget album range.