Top of the Pops (1 Viewer)

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The artists on the 15th February, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (presented by Simon Bates):


Too Hot - Kool & the Gang (audio; played over the Top 30 music singles chart countdown)

Buzz Buzz a Diddle It - Matchbox

Captain Beaky (double-A side with Wilfred the Weasel) - Keith Michell

TV - The Flying Lizards

I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down - Elvis Costello (video)

Rock with You - Michael Jackson (audio)

Singing the Blues - Dave Edmunds

I Hear You Now - Jon & Vangelis (video)

Riders in the Sky - The Shadows

Take That Look Off Your Face - Marti Webb

At the Edge - Stiff Little Fingers

The No.1 music single: Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers (video) (First week at No.1)

End Credits: Baby, I Love You - The Ramones (audio).

 

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The artists on the 22nd February, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (presented by Peter Powell):


All Night Long - Rainbow (audio; played over the Top 30 music singles chart countdown)

Hot Dog - Shakin' Stevens

Atomic - Blondie (video)

Hands Off - She's Mine - The Beat

The Plastic Age - Buggles

So Good to Be Back Home Again - The Tourists

Together We Are Beautiful - Fern Kinney

Baby, I Love You - The Ramones

And the Beat Goes On - The Whispers (audio)

Carrie - Cliff Richard (video)

Running Free - Iron Maiden

The No.1 music single: Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers (video) (Second and final week at No.1)

End Credits: Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel (audio).

 

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The artists on the 28th February, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (presented by David Jensen):


Jane - Jefferson Starship (audio; played over the Top 30 music singles chart countdown)

I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down - Elvis Costello

Take That Look Off Your Face - Marti Webb

Turning Japanese - The Vapors

Rock with You - Michael Jackson (video)

Dance Yourself Dizzy - Liquid Gold

Cuba (double-A side with Better Do It Salsa) - The Gibson Brothers

Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel (video)

At the Edge - Stiff Little Fingers

Singing the Blues - Dave Edmunds

So Lonely - The Police (audio)

All Night Long - Rainbow (video)

Riders in the Sky - The Shadows

The No.1 music single: Atomic - Blondie (video) (First week at No.1)

End Credits: Alabama Song - David Bowie (audio).

 

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The next edition of Top of the Pops which BBC Four can show, is from 13th March, 1980 (presented by Steve Wright). This is being shown on BBC Four next Thursday (26th March). The 20th March, 1980 edition (presented by Mike Read) is being shown on BBC Four on 2nd April.

 

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The artists on the 13th March, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (presented by Steve Wright):


Spirit of Radio - Rush (audio; played over the Top 30 music singles chart countdown)

Love Patrol - The Dooleys

So Lonely - The Police (video)

Working My Way Back to You - Forgive Me Girl (Medley) - The Detroit Spinners (audio)

Stomp - The Brothers Johnson (video)

My World - Secret Affair

Dance Yourself Dizzy - Liquid Gold

All Night Long - Rainbow (video)

Turning Japanese - The Vapors

Happy House - Siouxsie & The Banshees

Cuba (double-A side with Better Do It Salsa) - The Gibson Brothers

Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel (video)

Take That Look Off Your Face - Marti Webb

Turn It On Again - Genesis

The No.1 single: Together We Are Beautiful - Fern Kinney (First and only week at No.1)

End Credits: Do That to Me One More Time - Captain & Tennille (audio).

 

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The artists on the 20th March, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (presented by Mike Read):


Working My Way Back to You - Forgive Me Girl (Medley) - The Detroit Spinners (audio; played over the Top 30 music singles chart countdown)

Let's Do Rock Steady - The Bodysnatchers

Another Nail in My Heart - Squeeze

Spirit of Radio - Rush (audio)

My Oh My - Sad Cafe

Poison Ivy - The Lambrettas

January February - Barbara Dickson

Hot Dog - Shakin' Stevens

Food for Thought (double-A side with King) - UB40

Echo Beach - Martha & The Muffins (video)

Kool in the Kaftan - B.A. Robertson

The No.1 single: Going Underground (double-A side single) - The Jam (video) (First week at No.1)

End Credits: Turning Japanese - The Vapors (audio).

 

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The edition of Top of the Pops being shown on BBC Four next Thursday is from 27th March, 1980 (presented by David Jensen). Once BBC Four have shown up to the end of May 1980, the next edition of Top of the Pops they should be showing is from 7th August, 1980 (no editions were shown at all during June and July 1980). Am guessing that one of the changes made to the show later in 1980, how the music singles charts were shown on the show (split into three parts during the show, and not shown in one go at the beginning of each regular edition), started with the 7th August, 1980 edition.

 

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The artists on the 27th March, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (presented by Peter Powell):


Turning Japanese - The Vapors (audio; played over the Top 30 music singles chart countdown)

Dance Yourself Dizzy - Liquid Gold

Turn It On Again - Genesis

Stomp - The Brothers Johnson (audio)

Sexy Eyes - Dr. Hook

Living After Midnight - Judas Priest

Happy House - Siouxsie & The Banshees

My World - Secret Affair

Love Patrol - The Dooleys

No-One Driving (Double single) - John Foxx

Working My Way Back to You - Forgive Me Girl (Medley) - The Detroit Spinners (video)

The No.1 music single: Going Underground (double-A side single) - The Jam (Second week at No.1)

End Credits: Don't Push It, Don't Force It - Leon Haywood (audio).


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No Top of the Pops on BBC Four next Thursday. The next edition BBC Four should be showing is from 3rd April, 1980 (presented by David Jensen).

 

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The artists on the 3rd April, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (presented by David Jensen):


Living After Midnight - Judas Priest (audio; played over the Top 30 music singles chart countdown)

Night Boat to Cairo (from the Work, Rest and Play (EP) - Madness

January February - Barbara Dickson

Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners

Talk of the Town - The Pretenders

Don't Push It, Don't Force It - Leon Haywood (audio)

Food for Thought (double-A side with King) - UB40

Missing Words - The Selecter

Kool in the Kaftan - B.A. Robertson

Poison Ivy - The Lambrettas

Love Enough for Two - Prima Donna (the UK's entry in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest)

The No.1 music single: Going Underground (double-A side single) - The Jam (Third and final week at No.1)

End Credits: Sexy Eyes - Dr. Hook (audio).

 

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The artists on the 10th April, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (presented by Simon Bates):



Dance Yourself Dizzy - Liquid Gold (audio; played over the Top 30 music singles chart countdown)


My Perfect Cousin - The Undertones


Silver Dream Machine (Part 1) - David Essex (video)


Sexy Eyes - Dr. Hook (audio)


Wheels of Steel - Saxon


Toccata - Sky


Living After Midnight - Judas Priest


Happy House - Siouxsie & the Banshees


My Oh My - Sad Cafe


Let's Do Rock Steady - The Bodysnatchers


Clean Clean - Buggles


The No.1 music single: Working My Way Back to You - Forgive Me Girl (Medley) - The Detroit Spinners (video) (First week at No.1)


End Credits: My World - Secret Affair (audio).

 

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The artists on the 24th April, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (presented by Steve Wright):


The Groove - Rodney Franklin (audio; played over the Top 30 music singles chart countdown)

Take Good Care of My Baby - Smokie (cover of the Bobby Vee track?)

Coming Up - Paul McCartney (video)

A Forest - The Cure

Hi Fidelity - Elvis Costello (video)

Toccata - Sky

My Oh My - Sad Cafe

The Greatest Cockney Ripoff - The Cockney Rejects

Check Out the Groove - Bobby Thurston (audio)

Ne-Ne-Na-Na-Na-Nu-Nu - Bad Manners

Silver Dream Machine (Part 1) - David Essex (video)

My Perfect Cousin - The Undertones

What's Another Year? - Johnny Logan (winner of the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland)

The No.1 music single: Call Me - Blondie (video) (First and only week at No.1)

End Credits: Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners (audio).

 

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The artists on the 1st May, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (first edition presented by Tommy Vance):


Don't Push It, Don't Force It - Leon Haywood (audio; played over the Top 30 music singles chart countdown)

This World of Water - New Musik

I Shoulda Loved Ya - Narada Michael Walden (video)

Something's Missing - The Chords

The Groove - Rodney Franklin (audio)

Fool for Your Loving - Whitesnake (video)

Hold On to My Love - Jimmy Ruffin

Wheels of Steel - Saxon

No Doubt About It - Hot Chocolate

Leaving Here (from The Golden Years EP) - Motorhead


Don't Make Waves - The Nolans

Mirror in the Bathroom - The Beat

Breathing - Kate Bush (video)

The No.1 music single: Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners (First week at No.1)

End Credits: What's Another Year? - Johnny Logan (winner of the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland) (audio).

 

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The artists on the 8th May, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (presented by Peter Powell):


Just Can't Give You Up - Mystic Merlin (audio; played over the Top 30 music singles chart countdown)

Rock 'n' Roll (from the Holiday '80 EP) - The Human League

What's Another Year? - Johnny Logan (winner of the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland)

Platinum Blonde - Prelude

She's Out of My Life - Michael Jackson (video)

Midnite Dynamos - Matchbox (part video)

Let's Go Round Again Part 1 - The Average White Band (audio)

You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties - Jona Lewie

The Greatest Cockney Ripoff - The Cockney Rejects

My Friend Jack - Boney M (video)

Staring at the Rude Buoys - The Ruts

Messages - OMD (aka Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)

My Perfect Cousin - The Undertones

The No.1 music single: Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners (Second and final week at No.1)

End Credits: No Doubt About It - Hot Chocolate (audio).

 

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The 15th May, 1980 edition (when I think Johnny Logan knocked Dexy's Midnight Runners off the top spot) of Top of the Pops can't be shown by BBC Four, so the next edition being shown will be from 22nd May, 1980 (being shown this coming Thursday). Then a week on Thursday the 29th May, 1980 edition will be shown.

 

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The artists on the 22nd May, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (presented by Mike Read):


Funky Town - Lipps Inc. (audio; played over the Top 30 music singles chart countdown)

D-a-a-ance - The Lambrettas

She's Out of My Life - Michael Jackson (video)

Teenage - The UK Subs

You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties - Jona Lewie

The Eyes Have It - Karel Fialka

Rat Race (double-A side with Rude Buoys Outa Jail) - The Specials (video)

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles - The Cockney Rejects

We Are Glass - Gary Numan (video)

Police and Thieves - Junior Murvin

Let's Go Round Again Part 1 - The Average White Band

Theme from Mash (Suicide is Painless) - The Mash (audio)

Midnite Dynamos - Matchbox (part video)

The No.1 music single: What's Another Year? - Johnny Logan (winner of the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland) (Second and final week at No.1)

End Credits: Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson (audio).

 

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No late night repeat of Top of the Pops next Thursday (the shorter version of the 29th May, 1980 edition is being shown next Thursday evening on BBC Four at 7.30 pm). A longer version is being shown next Saturday night (1.05 am on Sunday 14th June).

 

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The artists on the 29th May, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (presented by David Jensen):



Back Together Again - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (audio; played over the Top 30 music singles chart countdown)


Substitute - Liquid Gold

No Doubt About It - Hot Chocolate

Little Jeannie - Elton John

You Gave Me Love - Crown Heights Affair (audio)

Crying - Don McLean (video)


Chinatown - Thin Lizzy


Over You - Roxy Music

Messages - OMD (aka Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)

Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson (video)

Nobody's Hero (double-A side with Tin Soldiers) - Stiff Little Fingers

Just Can't Give You Up - Mystic Merlin (video)


Jump Down Jimmy - Lena Zavaroni

The No.1 music single: Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide is Painless) - The Mash (audio) (First week at No.1)

End Credits: Funky Town - Lipps Inc. (audio).

 

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Jumping just over two months later, the first edition of Top of the Pops shown on BBC TV after the music union strike was on 7th August, 1980 (presented by Peter Powell & guest presenter Elton John).


Starting this edition off was a video preview montage (*) of some of the artists who would be on this edition of Top of the Pops:


ABBA

Diana Ross

Roxy Music
Tom Browne
Hot Chocolate
Kelly Marie
The Gap Band
The Gibson Brothers
Sheena Easton

and Bad Manners.



The Top 30 music singles chart countdown was split into three lots of 10. The music played over the first two parts of the music singles chart countdown was the music played over the Top 30 music singles chart countdown on Top of the Pops before they changed the music played (a different song each week). The last part of the chart countdown (the Top 10) had an audio and video clip for each song in the Top 10 music singles chart countdown. Inbetween the list of artists and songs will be where each part of the Top 30 music singles chart countdown was shown on this edition.


Following the video preview montage (*), the artists on the 7th August, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops:


Tom Hark - The Piranhas


Upside Down - Diana Ross (video)

On the Radio (Oh Yeah) - Roxy Music

Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.) - Tom Browne (audio)


Music singles chart countdown - 30 to 21


Are You Getting Enough of What Makes You Happy? - Hot Chocolate

Music singles chart countdown - 20 to 11


Feels Like I'm in Love - Kelly Marie

Oops Upside Your Head - The Gap Band (video)


Mariana - The Gibson Brothers

[While Top of the Pops was away montage (Peter Powell introducing and narrating a montage of the artists who reached the No.1 spot in the music singles chart while Top of the Pops was off the air during June and July 1980):



Use It Up and Wear It Out - Odyssey (audio) (UK No.1 music single in July 1980)


Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra (video) (UK No.1 music single in July 1980)


Crying - Don McLean (video) (UK No.1 music single in the second half of June and early July 1980)]


9 to 5 (aka Morning Train in the US) - Sheena Easton

Lip Up Fatty - Bad Manners


[Music singles chart countdown - 10 to No.1:


Give Me the Night - George Benson (video)

On the Radio (Oh Yeah) - Roxy Music
Could You Be Loved? - Bob Marley & the Wailers (video)
Oops Upside Your Head - The Gap Band (video)

Babooshka - Kate Bush (video)

9 to 5 (aka Morning Train in the US) - Sheena Easton

More Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer (video)

Use It Up and Wear It Out - Odyssey (audio)

Upside Down - Diana Ross (video)

The Winner Takes It All - ABBA].



The No.1 music single: The Winner Takes It All - ABBA (video) (First week at No.1)


End Credits: Give Me the Night - George Benson (audio). Instead of the usual end credits, after Peter Powell and guest presenter Elton John introduced the music track Give Me the Night by George Benson, the audience danced to the song, with the end credits appearing onscreen.

 

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The 14th August, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (presented by Tommy Vance & guest presenter Roger Daltrey) started off with a video montage of some of the artists would be on this edition of the programme:



ABBA

David Bowie
Electric Light Orchestra
Mike Berry
Grace Jones
The Village People

and Sue Wilkinson.



The artists on the 14th August, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops:



Sleepwalk - Ultravox

Give Me the Night - George Benson (heard vaguely in the background)

Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie (video)

All Over the World - Electric Light Orchestra (from the Xanadu movie soundtrack) (audio)

The Sunshine of Your Smile - Mike Berry

Music singles chart countdown - 30 to 11

Private Life - Grace Jones

Can't Stop the Music - The Village People (video) (from the Can't Stop the Music movie soundtrack)

You Gotta Be a Hustler If You Wanna Get On - Sue Wilkinson

Music singles chart countdown - 10 to No.1


The No.1 music single: The Winner Takes It All - ABBA (video) (Second and final week at No.1)

End Credits (audience dancing to music track): Upside Down - Diana Ross (audio).

 

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The 21st August, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops (presented by Steve Wright & guest presenter Cliff Richard) started off with a video montage of some of the artists who would be on this edition of the programme:



David Bowie

Sheena Easton
The Jam

Shakin' Stevens
The Clash
Billy Joel
Hazel O'Connor
The Piranhas

Kelly Marie

& Cliff Richard.



The artists on the 21st August, 1980 edition of Top of the Pops:



A Walk in the Park - The Nick Straker Band

Modern Girl - Sheena Easton

Start - The Jam (video)

Marie Marie - Shakin' Stevens

Bankrobber - The Clash (audio)

It's Still Rock and Roll to Me - Billy Joel (video)

Music singles chart countdown - 30 to 11

Eighth Day - Hazel O'Connor (from the Breaking Glass movie soundtrack)

Tom Hark - The Piranhas

Feels Like I'm in Love - Kelly Marie


Dreamin' - Cliff Richard

Music singles chart countdown - 10 to No.1

The No.1 music single: Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie (video) (First week at No.1)

End Credits (audience dancing to music track): All Over the World - Electric Light Orchestra (from the Xanadu movie soundtrack) (audio).