And it seems to me you lived your life like the 19th of September 1997 edition of Top of the Pops
Rickaaaaaaaay!
19-9-97: Presenter: Jayne Middlemiss
(6) RICKY MARTIN – (Un Dos Tres) Maria
Making his studio debut with his first of five top ten hits, but this one got no higher.
(22) KYLIE MINOGUE – Some Kind Of Bliss
Here with her first hit for two years but this britpoppy tune got no higher.
(2) GEORGE MICHAEL – You Have Been Loved (video)
At its peak.
(15) THE SUNDAYS – Summertime
Performing their second and final top 40 hit, and their biggest hit, but it got no higher.
(14) SLY & ROBBIE feat. SIMPLY RED – Night Nurse
Together in the studio tonight and the song went up one more place.
(10) BOYZ II MEN – 4 Seasons Of Loneliness
With their fourth and final top ten hit but it got no higher.
(13) MARK MORRISON – Who’s The Mack
Performing his eighth of nine top 40 hits but it got no higher.
(1) ELTON JOHN – Candle In The Wind (video) (and credits)
First of five weeks at number one for the song released in tribute of course to Princess Diana. With sales of 5 million, it remains the best selling single ever in the UK.
TOTP2 20-09-1997 https://we.tl/t-eu43k5K7K9
ReplyDeleteInteresting second TOTP2 show presented by Steve Wright, after debuting a month before with the Elvis Special, keeping the full Johnnie Walker style and themes on the show. For the new series starting with this September show, Wright has kept some of the Johnnie Walker themes on the show, but has now dropped the Video Stir, Recorded For Recall, One Hit Wonders, Brits In The USA, etc, and also no longer has commentary notes in the middle of each song, but so far has kept my favourite maroon TOTP brick graphic going from one song to the next.
DeleteI guess this is intended as a gradual phasing out of the Johnnie Walker style on the show for Wright's own complete style of his own to come shortly, so I'll stay on for a while for these until the full Wright switch which was familiar later on as a pick 'n' mix with no themes or sections as such.
Cheers!
DeleteThanks Rob, very much appreciated as always
DeleteThanks Rob!!!
ReplyDeleteDid anyone notice a clunky edit just before Middlemiss introduced the new No.1, and just after the Top 20 rundown? Or was this poor editing at the time of the original airing in 1997? Would be interesting to know if BBC4 did edit something before last night's showing.
ReplyDeleteHi Dory. Just checked my original copy and it was broadcast that way.
DeleteThere was no edits made after the countdown, going in to Elton John