I want to get away, I want to fly away to the 19th of February 1999 edition of Top of the Pops!
I'm Lenny, fly me
19-2-99: Presenter: Kate Thornton
(2) BLONDIE – Maria
Last week's number one.
(13) NEXT OF KIN – 24 Hours From You
With their first of two top 40 hits, this being the biggest but it got no higher.
(8) UNKLE feat. IAN BROWN – Be There
Here with their first of three top 40 hits, this being their only top tenner, and it got no higher.
(16) THE MOFFATS – Crazy
With their first of two top 40 hits, this being the biggest and it was at its peak.
(5) BARENAKED LADIES – One Week
Performing their only top ten hit and it got no higher.
(NEW) BLUR – Tender
In the studio tonight with a song that will peak at number 2.
(1) LENNY KRAVITZ – Fly Away (via satellite)
His only number one and it was there for one week.
(EUROVISION) SISTER SWAY – Until You Saved My Life (and credits)
Did not chart.
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I downloaded the 20 February edition but there is a problem with the picture as it keeps freezing. Is there another link?
Delete27 February edition doesn’t have that issue
As ever cheers Rob.
Delete@Anonymous I had a quick flick through before watching it tomorrow and couldn't see any freezing.
Do you have any timestamps of any freezing?
It does contain my guilty pleasure though. The Goombay Dance Band, Seven Tears :)
Must be my download then. Will try to download again and see if it’ll work.
DeleteWorks fine now. Thanks again Rob for putting these up
DeleteThanks Rob!!! What a Great Quality!!!
ReplyDeleteThe 15/04/76 & 29/04/76 episodes of TOTP (that wasn't shown tonight on BBC Four)
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Both of them were edited in 2011, only the first episode had Silver Convention, The Beatles and The Three Degrees missing.
The second episode was also edited in 2011 which had Silver Convention, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Pan's People's final appearance which had a solo routine of 'Silver Star'.
Delete15/04/76 episode - the highlight for me was the Isaac Hayes single Disco Connection, danced to by Pans People. I couldn't quite decide which I liked more - the song by Hayes or the dancing by a sexy Pans People. Equal points to both!
The other highlight was the 1930s cartoon promo by Silver Convention. The cartoon footage went so well with the disco sound, it was right up there with the Isaac Hayes tunes earlier in this DLT presented show.
Eric Carmen's studio performance on this show was likely recorded the week before on the Noel Edmonds introduced show, as Noel interviewed Carmen, and the same clothing on the DLT show points to the fact that it was recoded on the TOTP show of 08-04-76 with Noel Edmonds.
29/04/76 episode - last ever show for Pans People, and I noticed that by now in 1976 they were down to only four girls, so it was hardly surprising that it was coming to an end, snd ready to evolve to Ruby Flipper by the next show, with Sue and Cherry still interested in continuing.
DeleteELO - still on the Face The Music album releases where Jeff Lynne hadn't yet donned the indoor glasses, and on this performance with Kelly Groucutt given a share of lead vocals, and looking a lot like Jeff Lynne, it was no surprise that on the next single after this, from the New World Record album, JL donned the legendary sunglasses for the first time, so there could be no confusing the two lead singers, and that JL would stand out from the rest of the group for the rest of the ELO catalogue till 1986.
Diana Ross - love this single and video, as it had the whole essence of the smooth 70s sound pre-heavy disco era, where the smoother romantic loved-filled side of the early 70s was still hanging in there in 1976 before dance took over soon after.