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41 unusual facts about Top of the Pops


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A major reason for the show's cancellation was the rise of 24-hour music-video channels, which also led to the end of The Top 30 Hits, Chart Show TV (the programme) and even Top of the Pops.

All That I Can Say

Blige performed the song on Top of the Pops, and her performance was shown the week "All That I Can Say" charted.

Allan Smethurst

He made numerous live and promotional performances, including on Top of the Pops, but was afflicted by nerves and stage fright.

And So Is Love

Its entry into the Top 40 marked Bush's first appearance on Top of the Pops in nine years.

Artistic reactions to the 1981 Irish hunger strike

Although the Undertones were reluctant to engage in politics, after the death of Sands in 1982, guitarist Damian O'Neill wore a black armband honouring Bobby Sands when the band performed on Top of the Pops.

Cass Fox

She has appeared on Top of the Pops, C.D.U.K. Smash Hits t.v. performing her hit "Touch Me" and The Album Chart Show with Faithless singing "Music Matters".

Chemikal Underground

When the second Chemikal Underground release by Bis, The Secret Vampire Soundtrack EP was successful, earning them a slot on Top of the Pops, the label was able to expand.

Chop-Chop

At Top of the Pops, the "Coleman Fake" was used again as Paul Ferguson provided lyrics and drums.

Clifford T. Ward

He made a rare public appearance in August, performing "Gaye" on Top of the Pops.

D. Ramirez

He has achieved five Top 20 hits, and appeared on BBC Television's music programme, Top of the Pops, his highest standing in the mainstream music scene was his remix of Bodyrox's "Yeah Yeah", which earned him an Ivor Novello Award nomination.

Dinner Party Wars

Over the years, she has appeared on several UK TV shows including Top of the Pops, ITV’s breakfast show GMTV, and the children’s show Blue Peter, and now watches over the Dinner Party Wars contestants to spot all the ‘do’s and don’ts’ of hosting and provides advice on how to throw the ultimate dinner party.

Disarm

The BBC banned the song from appearing on Top of the Pops, because of the lyric "cut that little child", and it received little radio airplay in the United Kingdom.

Don't Wanna Fall in Love

In the UK, the single peaked at a low #22, because Child refused to appear on the popular British TV program Top of the Pops while the single was climbing the charts due to considering appearing on that program a "sellout".

Gem Archer

This guitar can also be seen in use in the studio for Oasis in the 'Gold and Silver and Sunshine' documentary, as well as for live performances on a Top of the Pops Comic Relief special in 2008 & Live at Wembley Stadium Familiar To Millions in 2000.

Hash Pipe

When the band performed this song on Top of the Pops, the title and lyric had to be changed to "Half Pipe", which caused confusion as OPM had released their single "Heaven Is a Half Pipe" at the same time (OPM had performed their song on the same showing, before Weezer took to the stage).

He's on the Phone

Daho also appears in the song's music video and joined the band in their performance of the song on Top of the Pops.

Heavy Metal Kids

In October 2011 Ronnie Thomas appeared in the Identity Parade round of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, preceded by VT of the Top of the Pops recording of Shes no Angel.

Introducing Eddy and the Falcons

The sleeve featured a credit 'Custard pies - D.L.T.' This referred to one of their appearances on Top of the Pops, when presenter Dave Lee Travis had been the apparently unwitting recipient of a custard pie wielded by one of the group.

Janet Kay

The chart success of "Silly Games" led to appearances on Top of the Pops; the flagship music program of the BBC.

Kew Bridge Steam Museum

As well as many music videos and feature films, including Jude Law's The Wisdom of Crocodiles, it was also used as the location for the 1991-1995 title sequence of the BBC music show Top of the Pops.

Live and Dangerous

It also includes other Thin Lizzy performances, such as a recorded show from their farewell tour on 26 January 1983, and four Top of the Pops performances from the 1970s.

This DVD was originally released in 2007 as a separate release, with bonus features like "Sight & Sound in Concert" recorded for the BBC in 1983 during the "Thunder and Lightning" tour, and five Top of the Pops performances.

Live at Hammersmith '82!

The CD/DVD release is supplemented by extra archive DVD content not previously released on DVD, including all six videos made for tracks off the Rio album, as well as two archived Top of the Pops performances.

Mi Chico Latino

To promote the single, Halliwell performed the song on Top of the Pops, Wetten Dass, Party in the Park, Much Music, Patrice Lecuyer Show, Hey, Hey It's Saturday, Musica Si and Club Disney.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Album: A Rock Adventure

It was distributed heavily in the UK, and once aired on Region Two BBC music show "Top of the Pops".

My All

The song was performed on the British music chart program, Top of the Pops, where a live medley of the original and dance versions were performed.

Nothin' My Love Can't Fix

The music video received heavy airplay at many outlets, including MTV, and Lawrence was invited to perform on MTV Spring Break, The Arsenio Hall Show, and Top of the Pops, just to name a few.

One Way Home

After heavy airplay in the United Kingdom, "Satellite" became a hit single, reaching No. 22, with the band performing on the popular British television show Top of the Pops on December 3, where they would meet one of their musical idols, Paul McCartney.

Outtathaway!

The Vines played "Outtathaway!" on Top of the Pops and this is the song's most famous live performance.

Robbie Rivera

The song became popular enough that it gave Rivera some face time on Top of the Pops and MTV.

Slipmatt

As a result of their chart success, the band were propelled into the media spotlight and made appearances on Top of the Pops and other television shows.

Sounds of the Seventies

There was also a BBC2 TV series called Sounds of the 70s which compiled 1970s performances from the BBC's music archives, taken from programmes such as Top of the Pops and The Old Grey Whistle Test.

Stan Stammers

During their two year existence Theatre of Hate released a number of singles and albums, most notably "Legion" the b-side to the first single "Original Sin", the Westworld album which was produced by Mick Jones of The Clash, and the "Westworld" single which went into no. 40 of the UK charts, qualifying the band for an appearance on Top of the Pops.

Sue and Sunny

When "With A Little Help" reached number one in the UK Singles Chart they found themselves accompanying Cocker on several television programmes including Top of the Pops.

Symphony or Damn

"Penelope Please" namechecks The Pretenders frontwoman singer/guitarist Chrissie Hynde in the chorus: "You will still be home in time, to watch Top of the Pops, featuring Chrissie Hynde".

Tony Zemaitis

Wood played the instrument on The Faces' Top of the Pops appearance in 1971, and the shiny appearance of the guitar raised an incredible amount of interest from guitar players.

Toxygene

As the Orb's highest charting single, the band appeared on Top of the Pops to promote the song.

Walking on the Milky Way

The group were flanked by a full string orchestra for their Top of the Pops performance of the song.

Writing to Reach You

The song also earned Travis their first appearance on Top of the Pops.

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1

It reached #18 in the UK Singles Chart as the highest charting single from the album, after which the band made its debut appearance on Top of the Pops.

You Think You're a Man

Divine also performed on Top of the Pops on July 19, 1984 which resulted in a barrage of complaints.


5000 Volts

Although Tina Charles provided the vocals, she was not publicly acknowledged as the group's singer and for the band's 1975 appearance on BBC Television's Top of the Pops they were fronted by singer/actress Luan Peters (best remembered for her role as Raylene Miles, an Australian tourist in an episode of Fawlty Towers), first broadcast in 1979.

Arkarna

During which time Jacobs continued to write and was soon involved with East 17 and Take That plus he made a brief appearance on Top of the Pops with Rozalla.

Bag It Up

To promote the single, Halliwell performed the song on Top of the Pops, Pepsi Chart, CD:UK, Live & Kicking, Party in the Park and 2000 BRIT Awards.

Evoluzione della specie

In the days before the album's release, Dolcenera did a number of performances and interviews on various Italian television shows, including Domenica in, Top of the Pops and Quelli che il calcio e..., singing the leading single "Il sole di domenica".

Guinness World Records Smashed

Fearne Cotton (Top of the Pops, The Xtra Factor) and Ben Shephard (GMTV, Dancing on Ice) presented the pilot of the show which was transmitted in Winter 2008.

It's Going to Happen!

It's Going to Happen! was performed on Top of the Pops on 5 May 1981, the day one of the hunger strikers, Bobby Sands, died.

Jacki Bond

She came from South London and, with Samantha Juste, who co-hosted BBC television's Top of the Pops, was one of two British female vocalists signed to Strike or (in Juste's case) its subsidiary, Go.

Lisa Maffia

Maffia has appeared/performed on a number of different television shows including Top of the Pops, Brit Awards, MOBO Awards, The Jonathan Ross Show, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Celebrity Juice, CD:UK, Popworld and appeared in series three of The Games.

Luan Peters

In 1975 she fronted the band 5000 Volts and appeared on Top of the Pops singing their hit song “I’m on Fire”; however, the actual vocalist was Tina Charles.

Martha's Harbour

The song is also well-known for an incident on the popular BBC UK music show Top of the Pops, when the group, ready to do a mimed (as was BBC policy at the time) performance of their hit, were not played the backing track through their monitors, and so sat motionless while the television and studio audience could hear the song.

Mike Holoway

Comprising Mike Holoway, Derek Pascoe, John Summerton, Bill Rice and Jamie Stone, the group made numerous TV appearances on programmes such as Blue Peter, Magpie, You Must Be Joking, Pauline's Quirkes, Fanfare and Top of the Pops.

Nicky Wire

He missed the band's appearance on Top of the Pops to promote Roses in the Hospital because of the honeymoon and was replaced on the day by a Manics roadie wearing a Minnie Mouse mask.

Rene Woollard

Woollard's first work was with the Sugababes in 2003, where he made his first television appearance on Top of The Pops whilst performing their number 1 single "Hole in The Head".

Stuart Wilde

who became well known in Britain for her weekly appearances on Top of the Pops with the dance troupe Pan's People.

Tré Armstrong

Armstrong has appeared on the television programs Top of the Pops, Canadian Idol, 106 & Park and the MTV Video Music Awards.

Tubeway Army

A special picture-disc helped boost sales but what particularly grabbed the British public's imagination was Tubeway Army's appearance on the BBC show The Old Grey Whistle Test, followed soon after by a slot on Top of the Pops.

You Said No

"You Said No" was promoted by appearances on CD:UK, The Saturday Show, Blue Peter, Top of the Pops and its spin-off show Top of the Pops Saturday, and Re:covered.