To hear exquisite production values, as well as a decent song underneath, I really must insist that people download or get hold of Dollar's Give Me Back My Heart and then listen to that song on good quality headphones. Truly awesome.

Which reminds me, I have a missing Dollar single that is currently at No14 in the current TOTP 1979 showings. I must get hold of Shooting Star, their first hit.

Anyone tempted to diss either Dollar or Bucks Fizz should remember Trevor Horn produced the former and Pete Sinfield wrote for the latter

Dollar's 'Videotheque' was another wee cracker.

When songs WERE songs!! (Sounding like my dad) I'm nipping in the TARDIS for a trip to 1982. OK, I'll stick to Youtube. Someone just told me the TARDIS isn't real!

I feel rude for not saying before now welcome to the thread LT and thanks for the nice comments. I hope, if you can find them, you post more of your charts in relation to what is featured on POTP.

I hope I haven't said anything to offend you Clare. First time back on here for ages.
I've loved reading your posts.

Totally agree with you Rich, in fact i've just dug it out

There is a massive irony for me, in that technology has clearly come a long way over the past few years, yet the production and sound values on the older hit records are far superior to most current ones, as shown by this Dollar hit from 1982 as a good example. For all the so called advances, a 30 year old hit record sounds vastly superior to the present time. Production quality just doesn't appear as important nowadays on so much music. It's like dish it up and serve it out, beans and mash style plopped on the plate, easy to do. Whereas I prefer my songs to actually sound like a decent bit of effort, like roast dinner with all the delightful trimmings. Some analogy I'm making here!

Those are very good points. Trevor Horn was seen as breaking new ground.


Thanks Clare - I will do that but will refer to mine occasionally as I don't want to confuse us all.

Whereas other producers later in the decade (not hard to guess who) promptly decided to fill that break in the ground back in again.

I agree - and also with your earlier comments.


.....and with those comments too.

No you certainly haven't said anything to offend me
It's great to see you back on the forum and look forward to your posts.

Hi all - 1976 and 1987 today..

OK - here we go.. 3 months before we came in with the TOTP1976 run..

Hour 1 chart - http://www.officialcharts.com/archiv.../1/1976-01-17/

3 months before TOTP1976 - anyone here?

This week had been wiped- and also Yewtree'd as well -

15-1-76: Presenter: Dave Lee Travis (Wiped)

(8) BILLY HOWARD – King Of The Cops ® *
(16) THE MIRACLES – Love Machine (video)
(5) 10cc – Art For Art’s Sake
(3) ABBA – Mamma Mia *
(4) MIKE OLDFIELD – In Dulce Jubilo
(28) ROXY MUSIC – Both Ends Burning (video)
(33) THE WALKER BROTHERS – No Regrets
(15) BARRY WHITE – Let The Music Play (danced to by Pan’s People)
(1) QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody (video)
(20) FATBACK BAND – Do The Bus Stop (and credits)

Anyone here?

No question of We Do It by R&J Stone not being played

Hi Vocal! Was wondering where everyone was just then.

Ahhh - Queen!

Hour 2 - http://www.officialcharts.com/archiv.../1/1987-01-17/

Corresponding TOTP listing

15/01/87 (Mike Smith)
Iggy Pop – “Real Wild Child (Wild One)” (18) WATCH
The Mission – “Wasteland” (24) (video)
Robbie Nevil – “C’est La Vie” (6)
The Style Council – “It Didn’t Matter” (15)
UB40 – “Rat In Mi Kitchen” (31) (breaker)
Siouxsie & The Banshees – “This Wheel’s On Fire” (30) (breaker)
Dead Or Alive – “Something In My House” (29) (breaker)
Bangles – “Walking Down Your Street” (28) (breaker)
Elkie Brooks – “No More The Fool” (5)
Jackie Wilson – “Reet Petite” (1) (video)
Alison Moyet – “Is This Love?” (3) (video/credits)

Interesting this....

Last week when he played 1958 he played Reet Petite from when it originally charted, and this week playing 1987 he is about to play Reet Petite by Jackie Wilson at No1, where it had been since Christmas.

Same record getting played on two consecutive weeks here. Seems highly unusual that.

Not had the chance to listen live today, but I'm looking forward to listening to both charts today, though especially 1987. Could do without Reet Petit, though!

Jackie Wilson infact passed away this coming week of 30 years ago at not even 50, having spent what seems like much of the previous decade incapacitated at such a very young age.