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The Top of the Pops chart from June 1965
Special thanks to Stanley Dorfman and Stanley Appel two of the greats.
Alan Jones and Dave McAleer; Spencer Leigh and Jon Kutner, as ever, provided invaluable information about the UK charts John Sugar really helped us out of a jam on the technology front Dick Fiddy was a mine of information about the programmes missing episodes, and all manner of TV matter.
Shaun Tilley stepped up to bat by letting us hear the tapes of interviews he conducted for his own series, Top of the Pops Playback. Thanks to Shaun for letting us draw on his interviews with Bruno Brookes, Paul Jordan, Pete Murray, Dixie Peach, Andy Peebles, Mike Read, Dave Lee Travis and Johnnie Walker.
Special thanks to Eddi Fiegel for her illuminating chapter on the shows influence on youth fashion and to little Georgie, who did her very best to distract Eddi from the job in hand!
And of course the legendary Fred Dellar not just for the crossword, but for a lifetime of much-loved writing about every aspect of popular music, during which he has brought equal enthusiasm to Swedish death metal and Francis Albert Sinatra. A well-deserved tip of the fedora for Fred
Harry Goodwin, the official Top of the Pops photographer died aged 89 just as this book was completed; Harrys iconic images were an integral part of the programme.
All interviews, unless otherwise stated, were conducted specifically for this book.
The authors also extend fulsome thanks and appreciation to the following: Kate Adam (& Fraser & Megan) * Keith Altham * Ian Anderson www.iananderson.com * Rick Astley www.rickastley.co.uk * Simon Atterbury * Louis Barfe www.louisbarfe.com * Dave Bartram www.showaddywaddy.net * Eric Bell * Johnny Beerling www.johnnybeerling.com * Maggie Blacknell * Gary Brooker www.procolharum.com * Paul Burnett * Anna Chamberlain * Jeff Christie www.yellowriver.0catch.com * Steve Collier * Alec Cormack www.attadale.com * John Coughlan www.johncoughlan.com *
Dave Cousins www.strawbsweb.co.uk * Helen Dann * Steve Davis * Carol Decker www.tpau.co.uk * Bobby Elliott www.hollies.co.uk * Steve Ellis www.steveellis.co.uk * David Essex www.davidessex.com * Richard (The Plumber) Evans * Andy Fairweather-Low www.andyfairweatherlow.com * Fish www.fish-thecompany.com * Mo Foster www.mofoster.com * Bill Fowler * Maurice Gallagher * Denise Goodwin * Graham Gouldman www.grahamgouldman.info * Paul Green * David Hamilton www.davidhamilton.eu * Gordon Haskell www.gordonhaskell.com * Dave Hill * Tania Hogan * Noddy Holder www.noddyholder.com * Neil Innes www.neilinnes.org * Allan James * David Jensen * Leee John www.imaginationband.com * Junior www.juniorgiscombe.co.uk * Linda Lewis www.lindalewis.co.uk * Mark Lewisohn www.marklewisohn.net * Dennis Locorriere www.dennislocorriere.com * Lem Lubin * Annabella Lwin www.annabellalwin.com * John McCoy * Sue Menhenick www.panspeople.com * Bernard Newnham * Gary Numan www.numan.co.uk * Gilbert OSullivan www.gilbertosullivan.net * John Otway www.johnotway.com * Sue Parr ** Nigel Planer www.nigelplaner.co.uk * Peter Powell * Mark Radcliffe * Maggie Reilly www.maggiereilly.co.uk * Sir Cliff Richard www.cliffrichard.org * Adrian Sear * Pat Sharp www.patsharp.co.uk * Rod Smallwood * Andy Peden Smith * Brian Southall * David Stark www.songlink.com * Alvin Stardust www.alvinstardust.com * Shaun Tilley www.shauntilley.co.uk * Judy Totton www.judytotton.com * Midge Ure www.midgeure.com * Dominic Walker * Pete Waterman www.pwl-empire.com * Chris Welch * Alan Whitehead * Sir Terry Wogan www.terrywogan.com * Steve Wright
Cliff Richard now Sir Cliff and proud holder of the record for most Top of the Pops appearances
Top of the Pops was always a must do. With all the new technology available today, people forget just how few television outlets there were for rock & roll back when the programme began. But my career had been going for 6 years before that first show was broadcast in 1964!
In its early years, the power of Top of the Pops was such that if you performed on the programme, your song was guaranteed to climb up the next weeks charts. And at the beginning you had to travel up to Manchester to appear on the show, where youd meet all the new acts like the Who, the Kinks and the Rolling Stones. On occasion, I even found myself lending a helping hand to more established names like the Shadows!
I loved doing the Pops because you knew that you would be rubbing shoulders with other singers who had been Number One, or were heading that way. You never knew who you were going to bump into over the years I appeared alongside everyone from the Wurzels to the Police, and Barry Manilow to Jethro Tull!
While the programme itself is now gone, you can still relive those classic moments on the internet and BBC 2. Though, if pressed, my vote would still be to bring Top of the Pops back to our television screens, where it belongs. But if that doesnt happen, then this 50th anniversary book, will tell you all you need to know about a genuine television institution. Remember though: Top of the Pops was always more than just a programme; it reflected an era when the charts were vitally important to music. And every week, when that announcement finally came: Its Number One! Its Top of the Pops, it really meant something Nowadays, the programme may have gone, but thanks to books like this, those memories live on
Sir Cliff Richard
London, 2013
The show must go on: Original TOTP producers Stanley Dorfman (left), and Stanley Appel, frame Leo Sayer, London, 2013
I joined Top of the Pops from the design department, just after Johnnie Stewart started Bill Cottons brilliant concept of a pop show geared to the combined weekly charts of the Melody Maker, New Musical Express and BBC radios own chart.
The rules were that we would only feature singles that were in the top 30.
Only singles that were moving up the chart (even if the Beatles dropped from No. 1 to No. 2, even though they were pencilled in for the next show, we had to call Brian Epstein and say Sorry mate, but the boys are out!)
We had a Tip for the Top, which allowed us to feature new and unknown acts.
And a New Release, which featured major acts with a new record.
This format stayed, I believe, for all the years of TOTP.
It made the show always fresh, but also extremely difficult as we planned next week, when the charts came out, the day before the live show. There was always a frantic rescheduling: booking and rebooking, pre-recording of acts (particularly visiting Americans) that might be advancing up the chart the following weeks.
Also our brilliant choreographer, Flick Colby, might have to re-plan, reconstruct and re-dress an entirely new routine for the wonderful Pans People, who each week would dance to an act that was unavailable but strong in the charts.
That said, working on this show was an absolute joy! The excitement of a live show with cameras and cranes pushing their way through a dancing audience of over-enthusiastic teens; the rush of working with performers like the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, Little Stevie Wonder, the Beach Boys, Supremes, Jimi Hendrix And of course, the Beatles as well as Dusty, Lulu, Elton and Bowie who were just beginning massive careers.
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