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The original Top of the Pops logo that appeared on-screen in 1964 The Top of the Pops logo used between 1998 and 2003. For much of the 1960s, the show's theme music was an organ-based instrumental track, also called "Top of the Pops", by the Dave Davani Four. 1 January 1964 to ?:
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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 ...
Nightingale's only significant UK hit in the period following the success of "Right Back Where We Started From" was with "Love Hit Me," the title cut from her second album. Promoted by Nightingale in a Top of the Pops appearance broadcast 17 March 1977, "Love Hit Me" peaked at #11 on the UK chart dated 9 April 1977.
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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.
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. Only one Top of the Pops performance by the Go-Jos is known to survive, Reflections by Diana Ross and the Supremes, [2] transmitted on 26 December 1967.