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You Belong in Top of the Pops

 Just the twinkling lights of heaven and the 29th of August 1991 edition of Top of the Pops!

Cracking up actor

29-8-91:   Presenter:  Mark Goodier

(29) MARKY MARK & THE FUNKY BUNCH featuring LOLETTA HOLLOWAY– Good Vibrations 

A live rap to get the show underway but this was his only top 40 hit and it peaked at number 14

(3) P.M. DAWN – Set Adrift On Memory Bliss  (video)  (and charts) 

At its peak.

(28) EMF – Lies 

A lively studio performance but the song got no higher.

(5) PRINCE – Gett Off  (video) 

Went up one more place.

(9) ARNEE & THE TERMINATERS – I’ll Be Back 

Steve Wright and his posse are here with their only top ten hit and it peaked at number 5.

(13) SIMPLE MINDS – Stand By Love  (video) 

Got no higher.

(31) THE FARM – Mind 

In the studio tonight but the song got no higher.

(33) TIN MACHINE – You Belong In Rock And Roll 

Bowie's band make their studio debut with their biggest hit but number 33 was its peak.

(2) RIGHT SAID FRED – I’m Too Sexy  (video) 

Their third of six weeks stuck at number 2.

(24) SALT-N-PEPA – Let’s Talk About Sex  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 2.

(21) DIRE STRAITS – Calling Elvis  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(1) BRYAN ADAMS – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You  (video) 

Half way there! 8th of 16 weeks at number one. 

(20) T-REX – 20th Century Boy  (video)  (and credits) 

Went up seven more places.

6th of September is next.

Top of the Pops on a Rainy Day

 I see you in the darkness, I see you in the light, I see you on the 22nd of August 1991 edition of Top of the Pops!

Sunshine on Top of the Pops

22-8-91:   Presenter:  Bruno Brookes

(19) MIDGE URE – Cold, Cold Heart 

Getting tonight's show underway and his sixth and final solo top 40 hit went up two more places.

(9) THE PRODIGY – Charly  (video)  (and charts) 

Became their first of eleven top ten hits when it peaked at number 3.

(14) ZOË– Sunshine On A Rainy Day 

In the studio to perform her only top 40 hit and it peaked at number 4.

(26) UTAH SAINTS – What Can You Do For Me  (video) 

Became their first of three top ten hits when it peaked at number 10.

(12) JASON DONOVAN – Happy Together 

He's here tonight with what became his tenth and final top ten hit when it peaked at number 10.

(23) KARYN WHITE – Romantic  (video) 

At its peak.

(21) OCEANIC – Insanity 

This terrific tune became their only top ten hit when it peaked at number 3.

(13) MARTIKA – Love…Thy Will Be Done  (video) 

Became her third and final top ten hit when it peaked at number 9.

(40) 808 STATE – Lift  (video)   (Breakers)

Went up two more places.

(39) TIN MACHINE – You Belong In Rock And Roll  (video)   (Breakers)

Their biggest hit peaking at number 33.

(38) T-REX – 20th Century Boy  (video)   (Breakers)

 Had peaked at number 3 in 1973, this time around it made it to number 13.

(1) BRYAN ADAMS – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You  (video) 

7th of 16 weeks at number one. 

(35) THE FARM – Mind  (video)  (and credits) 

Peaked at number 31.

 

 

29th of August is next.

 

Set Adrift on Top of the Pops Bliss

 I think it's one of those deja vu things, or it could be the 15th of August 1991 edition of Top of the Pops!

True blue

15-8-91:   Presenter:  Gary Davies

(17) LEVEL 42 – Guaranteed 

Getting the show underway with their first hit for two years but number 17 was a high as it got.

(6) COLOR ME BADD – All 4 Love  (video)  (and charts) 

Went up one more place.

(26) SOPHIE LAWRENCE – Love’s Unkind 

Diane from Eastenders is in the studio to perform her only hit and it peaked at number 21.

(7) BOMB THE BASS – Winter In July  (video) 

At its peak.

(5) P.M. DAWN – Set Adrift On Memory Bliss 

In the studio tonight with their only top ten hit and it peaked at number 3.

(18) VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE – Monsters And Angels  (video) 

Went up one more place.

(10) D.J. JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE – Summertime  (video) 

Went up two more places.

(2) RIGHT SAID FRED – I’m Too Sexy 

A second time in the studio, and they must've had high hopes of getting to the top spot but the current occupant wasn't ready to move out just yet.

(31) MIDGE URE – Cold, Cold Heart  (video)   (Breakers)

His sixth and final solo top 40 hit and it peaked at number 17.

(30) KARYN WHITE – Romantic  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 23.

(27) REM – Near Wild Heaven  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(1) BRYAN ADAMS – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You  ® 

Sorry Fred. Sixth week of sixteen at number one. 

(28) MICHAEL BOLTON – Time, Love And Tenderness  (video)  (and credits) 

At its peak.

 

 

22nd of August is next.

 

A Roller Skating Jam Named Top of the Pops

Girl meets boy on Thursday night just to see the 8th of August 1991 edition of Top of the Pops!

 

 Fowl play

 

 8-8-91:   Presenter:  Nicky Campbell

(22) DE LA SOUL – A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays’ 

In the studio to get tonight's show underway but the tune got no higher.

(2) EXTREME – More Than Words  (video)  (and charts) 

Knocking at the door of number one, but there was no vacancy.

(32) BEVERLEY CRAVEN – Holding On 

Also in the studio but the song got no higher

(5) METALLICA – Enter Sandman  (video) 

The fist single from their eponymous number one album, this was the band's first of four top ten hits and number 5 was its peak.

(4) THE SHAMEN – Move Any Mountain 

A second live studio performance but the song was now at its peak.

(28) AMY GRANT – Every Heartbeat  (video) 

Got no higher.

(26) BLUR – Bang 

In the studio to perform one of their lesser known hits, taken from their top ten debut album Leisure, and it went up two more places.

(19) YOUNG DISCIPLES – Apparently Nothin’ 

Also here tonight with their only top 40 hit and it peaked at number 13.

(40) TECHNOTRONIC feat. REGGIE – Work  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(36) MICHAEL BOLTON – Time, Love And Tenderness  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 28.

(35) SOPHIE LAWRENCE – Love’s Unkind  (video)   (Breakers)

Her only hit and it peaked at number 21.

(1) BRYAN ADAMS – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You  (video) 

Fifth of sixteen weeks at the top. 

(33) VANILLA ICE – Satisfaction  (video)  (and credits) 

 His fifth and final hit and it peaked at number 22.

15th of August is next.

I'm Too Top of the Pops

 I'm too sexy for BBC4, too sexy for BBC4, and too sexy for the 1st of August 1991 edition of Top of the Pops!

Too sexy for this blog

1-8-91:   Presenter:  Simon Mayo

(12) RIGHT SAID FRED – I’m Too Sexy 

Getting tonight's show off to a sexy start with what became their first of four top ten hits when it peaked at number 2.

(26) D.J. JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE – Summertime  (video)  (and charts) 

Became the duo's first of two top ten hits when it peaked at number 8.

(24) VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE – Monsters And Angels   

In the studio in their biggest skirts and the song peaked at number 17.

(15) DEACON BLUE – Twist And Shout 

Also in the studio with this catchy song and it went up five more places.

(27) COLOR ME BADD – All 4 Love 

The studio is a busy place tonight, and this song became the boy band's second and final top ten hit when it peaked at number 5.

(25) MORRISSEY – Pregnant For The Last Time   

Also making into the studio with this hillbilly style tune but it went up no higher.

(14) BOMB THE BASS – Winter In July 

Completing an impressive studio line-up tonight to perform their fourth and final top ten hit and it peaked at number 7

(38) BEVERLEY CRAVEN – Holding On  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 32.

(36) MARILLION – No One Can  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 33.

(35) DE LA SOUL – A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays’  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 22.

(33) YOUNG DISCIPLES – Apparently Nothin’  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 13.

(1) BRYAN ADAMS – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You  (video) 

Fourth of sixteen weeks at number one. 

(28) SEAL – The Beginning  (video)  (and credits) 

Went up four more places.