good show yesterday from TB ,just a shme they skipped the excellent moments jack in the box - a big climber on the february 5th 1977 chart (from 28 to 16) ssurely he could have dropped stevie womder (whick is a great track but the song was going down the chart)
Pick Of The Pops - Radio 2
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There were 6 present, past and future number ones on the 1965 chart yesterday (including the Tom Jones climber). That's got to be some sort of record in itself.
TB sublime as usual. I also enjoyed the tv interview on Friday, despite him suffering from PiersMorgasInteruptus!!
TB sublime as usual. I also enjoyed the tv interview on Friday, despite him suffering from PiersMorgasInteruptus!!
Good to hear a lot of underplayed songs on the '65 chart, which for some reason '65 seems to have a lot of those. Even the Doris Troy climber which only managed number 38 in the charts.
Originally Posted by Apprentice 2 SA:
“IMO Tony is a great host of POTP. A worthy successor to the great Fluff.
He is biased in what he plays, and that is a fault, I agree. For example, he lets his dislike of Elvis come across obviously, which is not appropriate.
His range of chart years is better than some retro shows, however. And I can tell you there are far worse examples of talking over records. One retro show fades them down two thirds of the way through for a longer amount of chat. It even fades early 2 minute late fifties / early sixties songs.
So I'd say Tony's better than some, and I enjoy his show.
If you really want to listen to retro shows that improve on the problems you mention, I'd recommend the Non-Stop Top 40, Sundays at 5 on Replay Radio, and Paul Burnett's chart on the Wireless, Sundays at 4pm.”
“IMO Tony is a great host of POTP. A worthy successor to the great Fluff.
He is biased in what he plays, and that is a fault, I agree. For example, he lets his dislike of Elvis come across obviously, which is not appropriate.
His range of chart years is better than some retro shows, however. And I can tell you there are far worse examples of talking over records. One retro show fades them down two thirds of the way through for a longer amount of chat. It even fades early 2 minute late fifties / early sixties songs.
So I'd say Tony's better than some, and I enjoy his show.
If you really want to listen to retro shows that improve on the problems you mention, I'd recommend the Non-Stop Top 40, Sundays at 5 on Replay Radio, and Paul Burnett's chart on the Wireless, Sundays at 4pm.”
I listened to PB's show for the first time today, who was also doing 1965. Is it live or recorded? Seems strange having Age UK ads about dementia etc, when listening to music from your teenage years.
Originally Posted by North Downs:
“I listened to PB's show for the first time today, who was also doing 1965. Is it live or recorded? Seems strange having Age UK ads about dementia etc, when listening to music from your teenage years.”
“I listened to PB's show for the first time today, who was also doing 1965. Is it live or recorded? Seems strange having Age UK ads about dementia etc, when listening to music from your teenage years.”
Funny, I'm listening to that show now! I'm pretty sure he records it after his Breakfast show in the morning. Sorry to say if you were a teenager in the 60s you probably are about ready for Age UK ads!
Did you enjoy it?
I was particularly pleased to hear The Ivy League's Funny How Love Can Be as it is now my fave song from 1965 and 4th fave song of the 60s.
it was a bit weird that both the vintage chart show and age uk's classic countdown chose to do 1965 (rather like last week when both shows aired charts from 1977)
Saw Tony's interview on ITV tonight. Thoroughly enjoyed it, despite Piers Morgan. What is that man's obsession with sex and the bedroom habits of his guests and how many people they have bedded in their time? Still a grubby tabloid hack in the end. In the current climate I'm not so sure it's a great idea to go down this route, knowing how some malicious people seem to be crawling out the woodwork having seen various people on TV in recent times. I thought the Jimmy Savile exchanges could have been left aside. What was the point? Although as Tony said he didn't like Savile and found him odd, like many others say, I was simultaneously wondering to myself what comments he actually made just 2 years ago after he passed away, when I bet some media asked for a quote or two.
Close to the start of the interview Piers Morgan was going on so much about the jokes and Tony mentioned having a fair few thousand of them, that I was beginning to think that Morgan thought he was interviewing a bona fide comedian rather than a broadcaster! I liked it later on in the interview when Tony commented that he had never thought of himself as "a joke". Quite right, despite the Smashy & Nicey tiresome sketches getting dredged up again. They surely give those sketches more influence than they deserve.
I don't know if Tony's minor No31 hit single So Much Love is available on iTunes or other legal download sites, but maybe we should start a campaign to get him to the No1 he thinks he was robbed of in early 1968 due to the pressing plant not making enough copies. He actually looked serious when he said he thought he was robbed of a chart topper. Surely not!
Close to the start of the interview Piers Morgan was going on so much about the jokes and Tony mentioned having a fair few thousand of them, that I was beginning to think that Morgan thought he was interviewing a bona fide comedian rather than a broadcaster! I liked it later on in the interview when Tony commented that he had never thought of himself as "a joke". Quite right, despite the Smashy & Nicey tiresome sketches getting dredged up again. They surely give those sketches more influence than they deserve.
I don't know if Tony's minor No31 hit single So Much Love is available on iTunes or other legal download sites, but maybe we should start a campaign to get him to the No1 he thinks he was robbed of in early 1968 due to the pressing plant not making enough copies. He actually looked serious when he said he thought he was robbed of a chart topper. Surely not!
Originally Posted by Rich Tea.:
“Saw Tony's interview on ITV tonight. Thoroughly enjoyed it, despite Piers Morgan. What is that man's obsession with sex and the bedroom habits of his guests and how many people they have bedded in their time? Still a grubby tabloid hack in the end. In the current climate I'm not so sure it's a great idea to go down this route, knowing how some malicious people seem to be crawling out the woodwork having seen various people on TV in recent times. I thought the Jimmy Savile exchanges could have been left aside. What was the point? Although as Tony said he didn't like Savile and found him odd, like many others say, I was simultaneously wondering to myself what comments he actually made just 2 years ago after he passed away, when I bet some media asked for a quote or two.
Close to the start of the interview Piers Morgan was going on so much about the jokes and Tony mentioned having a fair few thousand of them, that I was beginning to think that Morgan thought he was interviewing a bona fide comedian rather than a broadcaster! I liked it later on in the interview when Tony commented that he had never thought of himself as "a joke". Quite right, despite the Smashy & Nicey tiresome sketches getting dredged up again. They surely give those sketches more influence than they deserve.
I don't know if Tony's minor No31 hit single So Much Love is available on iTunes or other legal download sites, but maybe we should start a campaign to get him to the No1 he thinks he was robbed of in early 1968 due to the pressing plant not making enough copies. He actually looked serious when he said he thought he was robbed of a chart topper. Surely not!”
“Saw Tony's interview on ITV tonight. Thoroughly enjoyed it, despite Piers Morgan. What is that man's obsession with sex and the bedroom habits of his guests and how many people they have bedded in their time? Still a grubby tabloid hack in the end. In the current climate I'm not so sure it's a great idea to go down this route, knowing how some malicious people seem to be crawling out the woodwork having seen various people on TV in recent times. I thought the Jimmy Savile exchanges could have been left aside. What was the point? Although as Tony said he didn't like Savile and found him odd, like many others say, I was simultaneously wondering to myself what comments he actually made just 2 years ago after he passed away, when I bet some media asked for a quote or two.
Close to the start of the interview Piers Morgan was going on so much about the jokes and Tony mentioned having a fair few thousand of them, that I was beginning to think that Morgan thought he was interviewing a bona fide comedian rather than a broadcaster! I liked it later on in the interview when Tony commented that he had never thought of himself as "a joke". Quite right, despite the Smashy & Nicey tiresome sketches getting dredged up again. They surely give those sketches more influence than they deserve.
I don't know if Tony's minor No31 hit single So Much Love is available on iTunes or other legal download sites, but maybe we should start a campaign to get him to the No1 he thinks he was robbed of in early 1968 due to the pressing plant not making enough copies. He actually looked serious when he said he thought he was robbed of a chart topper. Surely not!
”
http://www.amazon.co.uk/So-Much-Love...tony+blackburn
Originally Posted by Rich Tea.:
“I don't know if Tony's minor No31 hit single So Much Love is available on iTunes or other legal download sites, but maybe we should start a campaign to get him to the No1 he thinks he was robbed of in early 1968 due to the pressing plant not making enough copies. He actually looked serious when he said he thought he was robbed of a chart topper. Surely not!”
“I don't know if Tony's minor No31 hit single So Much Love is available on iTunes or other legal download sites, but maybe we should start a campaign to get him to the No1 he thinks he was robbed of in early 1968 due to the pressing plant not making enough copies. He actually looked serious when he said he thought he was robbed of a chart topper. Surely not!
”
We could start a campaign to make this the Christmas no 1 instead of X Factor winner!
And imagine POTP on the final Saturday in 2034 having to cover 2014. 
Originally Posted by Multimedia81:
“We could start a campaign to make this the Christmas no 1 instead of X Factor winner! And imagine POTP on the final Saturday in 2034 having to cover 2014. ”
“We could start a campaign to make this the Christmas no 1 instead of X Factor winner!
And imagine POTP on the final Saturday in 2034 having to cover 2014. ”
Why wait until Christmas!
I also can't help wondering if Wet Wet Wet's singles and albums are seeing a renewed sales spike. They had an apt song out in 1990 called Hold Back The River! No, I don't remember it either.
Tony is playing the hits of this week in 1970 and 1984 today, I wonder if he can resist this wonderfully apt double from the charts this very week in those years....
1970 - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, Sacha Distel, climbing just outside the top 20.
1984 - Here Comes The Rain Again, Eurythmics, in the top twenty.
I'd got mixed up with what years they are doing this week and was sure it was a 60s and a early 70s year. 1984 will be great, and I bet there's no way Tony will not play Here Comes The Rain again.
Hour 1 chart - http://www.officialcharts.com/archiv.../1/1970-02-14/
TOTP listing -
12-2-70: Presenters: Jimmy Savile & Tony Blackburn (Wiped)
(1) EDISON LIGHTHOUSE – Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (and charts)
(NEW) JUICY LUCY – Who Do You Love
(24) HERMAN’S HERMITS – Years May Come And Years May Go *
(23) JUDY COLLINS – Both Sides Now (video) *
(NEW) BOBBIE GENTRY – Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head * WATCH
(4) JETHRO TULL – The Witch’s Promise
(39) KENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION – Something’s Burning ®
(3) CANNED HEAT – Let’s Work Together (crowd dancing) *
(8) MARY HOPKIN – Temma Harbour (video)
(NEW) LENNON, ONO & THE PLASTIC ONO BAND – Instant Karma * WATCH
(12) THE JACKSON 5 – I Want You Back (danced to by Pan’s People) * WATCH
(22) WHITE PLAINS – My Baby Loves Lovin’
(45) ROBIN GIBB – August October
(1) EDISON LIGHTHOUSE – Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) ®
TOTP listing -
12-2-70: Presenters: Jimmy Savile & Tony Blackburn (Wiped)
(1) EDISON LIGHTHOUSE – Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (and charts)
(NEW) JUICY LUCY – Who Do You Love
(24) HERMAN’S HERMITS – Years May Come And Years May Go *
(23) JUDY COLLINS – Both Sides Now (video) *
(NEW) BOBBIE GENTRY – Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head * WATCH
(4) JETHRO TULL – The Witch’s Promise
(39) KENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION – Something’s Burning ®
(3) CANNED HEAT – Let’s Work Together (crowd dancing) *
(8) MARY HOPKIN – Temma Harbour (video)
(NEW) LENNON, ONO & THE PLASTIC ONO BAND – Instant Karma * WATCH
(12) THE JACKSON 5 – I Want You Back (danced to by Pan’s People) * WATCH
(22) WHITE PLAINS – My Baby Loves Lovin’
(45) ROBIN GIBB – August October
(1) EDISON LIGHTHOUSE – Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) ®
Hour 2 - http://www.officialcharts.com/archiv.../1/1984-02-18/
TOTP -
16/02/84 (Simon Bates & Peter Powell)
Slade – “Run Runaway” (34) WATCH
Thompson Twins – “Doctor Doctor” (3) (video)
The Style Council – “My Ever Changing Moods” (8)
Jonathan King – US chart rundown:
Rockwell – “Somebody’s Watching Me” (video clip + interview)
Van Halen – “Jump” (video clip)
The Romantics – “Talking In Your Sleep” (video clip)
Duran Duran – interview + “New Moon On Monday” (video clip)
Kool & The Gang – “Joanna” (video clip)
Shannon – “Let The Music Play” (19) (video)
Matt Bianco – “Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed” (36) WATCH
Nena – “99 Red Balloons” (11) WATCH
Break Machine – “Street Dance” (27) (+ credits)
TOTP -
16/02/84 (Simon Bates & Peter Powell)
Slade – “Run Runaway” (34) WATCH
Thompson Twins – “Doctor Doctor” (3) (video)
The Style Council – “My Ever Changing Moods” (8)
Jonathan King – US chart rundown:
Rockwell – “Somebody’s Watching Me” (video clip + interview)
Van Halen – “Jump” (video clip)
The Romantics – “Talking In Your Sleep” (video clip)
Duran Duran – interview + “New Moon On Monday” (video clip)
Kool & The Gang – “Joanna” (video clip)
Shannon – “Let The Music Play” (19) (video)
Matt Bianco – “Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed” (36) WATCH
Nena – “99 Red Balloons” (11) WATCH
Break Machine – “Street Dance” (27) (+ credits)
Ahh - was Now 2 after all! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_Tha...28UK_series%29
Originally Posted by Rich Tea.:
“Saw Tony's interview on ITV tonight. Thoroughly enjoyed it, despite Piers Morgan. What is that man's obsession with sex and the bedroom habits of his guests and how many people they have bedded in their time? Still a grubby tabloid hack in the end. In the current climate I'm not so sure it's a great idea to go down this route, knowing how some malicious people seem to be crawling out the woodwork having seen various people on TV in recent times. I thought the Jimmy Savile exchanges could have been left aside. What was the point? Although as Tony said he didn't like Savile and found him odd, like many others say, I was simultaneously wondering to myself what comments he actually made just 2 years ago after he passed away, when I bet some media asked for a quote or two.
Close to the start of the interview Piers Morgan was going on so much about the jokes and Tony mentioned having a fair few thousand of them, that I was beginning to think that Morgan thought he was interviewing a bona fide comedian rather than a broadcaster! I liked it later on in the interview when Tony commented that he had never thought of himself as "a joke". Quite right, despite the Smashy & Nicey tiresome sketches getting dredged up again. They surely give those sketches more influence than they deserve.
I don't know if Tony's minor No31 hit single So Much Love is available on iTunes or other legal download sites, but maybe we should start a campaign to get him to the No1 he thinks he was robbed of in early 1968 due to the pressing plant not making enough copies. He actually looked serious when he said he thought he was robbed of a chart topper. Surely not!”
“Saw Tony's interview on ITV tonight. Thoroughly enjoyed it, despite Piers Morgan. What is that man's obsession with sex and the bedroom habits of his guests and how many people they have bedded in their time? Still a grubby tabloid hack in the end. In the current climate I'm not so sure it's a great idea to go down this route, knowing how some malicious people seem to be crawling out the woodwork having seen various people on TV in recent times. I thought the Jimmy Savile exchanges could have been left aside. What was the point? Although as Tony said he didn't like Savile and found him odd, like many others say, I was simultaneously wondering to myself what comments he actually made just 2 years ago after he passed away, when I bet some media asked for a quote or two.
Close to the start of the interview Piers Morgan was going on so much about the jokes and Tony mentioned having a fair few thousand of them, that I was beginning to think that Morgan thought he was interviewing a bona fide comedian rather than a broadcaster! I liked it later on in the interview when Tony commented that he had never thought of himself as "a joke". Quite right, despite the Smashy & Nicey tiresome sketches getting dredged up again. They surely give those sketches more influence than they deserve.
I don't know if Tony's minor No31 hit single So Much Love is available on iTunes or other legal download sites, but maybe we should start a campaign to get him to the No1 he thinks he was robbed of in early 1968 due to the pressing plant not making enough copies. He actually looked serious when he said he thought he was robbed of a chart topper. Surely not!
”
A good post. From (vague) memory, wasn't Al Stewart in his backing band in the very early days? I think this is true.
On the previous week of POTP, I will take Al's timeless "Year of the Cat" for my imaginary I Pod plus Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes for a brilliant vocal performance and the underrated Heatwave, along with half a dozen others. Rod Temperton, of course, went on to do "Off The Wall" with MJ. The "earlier than my memory" 1965 chart has plenty of obvious classics and also some key moments including the emergence of Van Morrison in Them. A bit surprised to see Betty Everett there, even in the lower reaches, and Doris Troy is a name that is new to me. This is particularly a surprise as I'm a fan of Solomon Burke and she worked with him. Some happy exploration follows.
Originally Posted by Rich Tea.:
“Although as Tony said he didn't like Savile and found him odd, like many others say, I was simultaneously wondering to myself what comments he actually made just 2 years ago after he passed away, when I bet some media asked for a quote or two. ”
“Although as Tony said he didn't like Savile and found him odd, like many others say, I was simultaneously wondering to myself what comments he actually made just 2 years ago after he passed away, when I bet some media asked for a quote or two. ”
I can recall, and his comments at the time of Savile's death
were much the same, he said he kept away from Savile, and found him impossible to have a normal conversation with. He stopped short of saying he was odd, and disliked him.
Originally Posted by Mark C:
“I can recall, and his comments at the time of Savile's death
were much the same, he said he kept away from Savile, and found him impossible to have a normal conversation with. He stopped short of saying he was odd, and disliked him.”
“I can recall, and his comments at the time of Savile's death
were much the same, he said he kept away from Savile, and found him impossible to have a normal conversation with. He stopped short of saying he was odd, and disliked him.”
This sounds like the kind of comment most people who worked with Savile would probably say.
Missed POTP on Saturday, so a rare need to use the catch up player at some point this week instead.
Listening to Tony on Magic and he referred to DS and the post on the Pick of the Pops thread who said that Tony does not like playing Elvis. He said the post was nonsense. He has been playing Elvis forever. He then played Jailhouse Rock.
Originally Posted by david1956:
“Listening to Tony on Magic and he referred to DS and the post on the Pick of the Pops thread who said that Tony does not like playing Elvis. He said the post was nonsense. He has been playing Elvis forever. He then played Jailhouse Rock.”
“Listening to Tony on Magic and he referred to DS and the post on the Pick of the Pops thread who said that Tony does not like playing Elvis. He said the post was nonsense. He has been playing Elvis forever. He then played Jailhouse Rock.”
Glad to know you're also listening David. I got a mention too
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