We've come a long, long way together to the 15th of January 1999 edition of Top of the Pops!
Block of the pops
15-1-99: Presenter: Kate Thornton
(9) HONEYZ – End Of The Line
Had already peaked at number 5.
(3) BLOCKSTER – You Should Be…
This Bee Gees cover was their only top ten hit and it was at its peak.
(6) BRYAN ADAMS & MELANIE C – When You’re Gone
A second studio performance for a song that had peaked at number 3.
(8) ULTRA – Rescue Me
Here with their only top ten hit and also their final hit and it got no higher.
(ALBUM TRACK) ROBBIE WILLIAMS – Millennium
Number one single from his number one album, I've Been Expecting you.
(14) DA CLICK – Good Rhymes
With their first of two top 40 hits, this being the biggest but it got no higher.
(11) JUSTIN – Over You
Performing his second of four top 40 hits, this was his biggest but it got no higher.
(1) FATBOY SLIM Praise You (video) (and credits)
Just the one week at number one for his only number one.
8-1-76: Presenter: Noel Edmonds
ReplyDelete(NEW) OSIBISA – Sunshine Day
(4) SAILOR – Glass Of Champagne ®
(43) R & J STONE – We Do It
(23) THE SMALL FACES – Itchycoo Park (danced to by Pan’s People)
(NEW) TONY CHRISTIE – Drive Safely Darlin’
(31) SHEER ELEGANCE – Milky Way
(46) ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – Evil Woman
(NEW) BARBARA DICKSON – Answer Me
(1) QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody (video)
(25) CRISPY & COMPANY – Get It Together (and credits)
22-1-76: Presenter: David Hamilton
ReplyDelete(2) SAILOR – Glass Of Champagne
(22) BARBARA DICKSON – Answer Me
(23) OSIBISA – Sunshine Day ®
(12) SLIK – Forever And Ever
(10) PAUL DAVIDSON – Midnight Rider (video) (danced to by Pan’s People)
(14) ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – Evil Woman ®
(29) DAVID RUFFIN – Walk Away From Love (footage from Soul Train 13-12-75)
(NEW) SMOKIE – Something’s Been Making Me Blue
(7) R & J STONE – We Do It
(1) QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody (video) (and credits)
At first I wondered why this episode was shown on the same night as the 8th Jan '76 episode, especially as six songs are repeats of the 8th Jan show, but looking at next week's BBC4 schedules with 25th March '76 followed straight after by 1st April '76, it looks like BBC4 is starting all the reruns again from 1976 as they did in 2011, but this time without the JS and DLT shows, although it doesn't explain why the are skipping two February 1976 episodes with Noel Edmonds and David Hamilton that are not wiped shows. Anyone know?
DeleteAnyway, back to 22nd January '76, and although they edited out David Ruffin with footage from Soul Train (to fit the show into half an hour?) it was great to see Sue Mehenick back in Pans People after being absent from the Itchycoo Park red mushrooms set on the show a couple of weeks earlier, with the group now back to five girls dancing in sexy hotpants for Paul Davison's Midnight Rider.
The clip of 'Walk Away from Love' was taken from a Soul Train episode on the 13th of December 1975, but NTSC quality for US TV clips are fuzzy as hell. So in order for that due to the 6-minute Bohemian Rhapsody video and timing reasons, they couldn't pay Don Cornelius Productions for the clip neither, they had a problem before with Gene Chandler (they had to cut it out) in the 9-3-79 episode and for the first time it was a TOTP-studio only episode with new and old performances.
DeleteGloria Estefan was a new entry this week and at peak at No.28 with Don't Let This Moment End, but didn't make it onto the show, with this her penultimate single, as only one more single a year later in January 2000 called Music Of My Heart only managed No.34 at the start of the the millennium.
ReplyDeleteTOTP2's (first 3 of January)
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Thanks Rob!!!
DeleteThanks Rob!
DeleteI hope everyone had a good Christmas and ate lots of mince pies!