A time to live, a time to die, a time for the 15th of August 1997 edition of Top of the Pops!
Deaf leopard
15-8-97: Presenter: Denise Van Outen
(8) MEREDITH BROOKS – Bitch
Performing her only top ten hit and it peaked at number 6.
(4) WET WET WET – Yesterday
This Beatles cover was at its peak.
(14) OLIVE – Outlaw
With their second and final top 40 hit but it got no higher.
(6) MARY J. BLIGE – Everything
At its peak.
(21) THE WILDHEARTS – Anthem
Rocking the studio tonight but got no higher.
(26) ROBYN – Do You Know (What It Takes)
Her first of three top 40 hits but it got no higher.
(20) KYM MAZELLE – Young Hearts Run Free
This disco cover was at its peak.
(1) WILL SMITH – Men In Black (video) (and credits)
First of four weeks at number one.
Presenter Denise Van Outen was brilliant as presenter, and very watchable, much more than any of the performers on the show.
ReplyDeleteKym Mazelle's cover of Candi Staton's 1976 disco classic didn't do it justice I thought, and no wonder it got no higher than its new entry position of No.20 this week.
Looks like TOTP has gone for one of its male DJ's that no longer presents TOTP, to do the Top 20 chart rundown as voiceover only, rather than the main presenter, in this case Denise van Outen, so another of several changes on the show since early 1997.
I know I have already asked this but in light of the recent Morning News of "Leaving Neverland" sequel, in which the director compared the Jackson allegations with Savile. I did some research as to whether they knew or heard of each other, where I found Savile introducing "Don't Stop till you get enough". Supposedly, the 15/06/1972 of TOTP has both Savile and Jackson together (though I don’t know if it is simply archive footage of Jackson or if Jackson was there in the room then). I am personally indifferent towards the Jackson allegations but considering he knew Bill Cosby and R. Kelly whose reputations were destroyed after his death, I wonder what his take on Savile, if he ever heard his name, was at the time
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