1978 - Big Hits
Top of the Pops performances from 1978, with Sham 69, Ian Dury, Elvis Costello, Blondie, The Boomtown Rats, Kate Bush, Dan Hill, Boney M, Bob Marley, 10cc, ELO and Manfred Mann.
A pick 'n' mix of Top of the Pops classics from 1978, when in-yer-face punk and new wave rebellion co-existed with MOR suburban pop, disco fever, soul balladry, reggae and prog rock, and when two mega-successful movie soundtracks in the shape of Grease and Saturday Night Fever squared up on the dancefloor. Featuring shouty Sham 69, the cool rebellion of Ian Dury, Elvis Costello and Blondie, the media-savvy clowning of The Boomtown Rats, Kate Bush's debut with Wuthering Heights, alongside Brotherhood of Man's perky Figaro, Dan Hill's sentimental Sometimes When We Touch and the high camp of Boney M's Rasputin. Bob Marley shares chart space with 10cc's Dreadlock Holiday, and ELO and Manfred Mann's Earth Band keep on rockin'.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Blondie
Picture This
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Brotherhood of Man
Figaro
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Kate Bush
Wuthering Heights
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Odyssey
Native New Yorker
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Elvis Costello & The Attractions
(I Don't Want to go to) Chelsea
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Manfred Mann鈥檚 Earth Band
Davy's On The Road Again
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John Travolta & Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn
Summer Nights
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The Boomtown Rats
Rat Trap
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The Motors
Airport
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Dan Hill
Sometimes When We Touch
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Sham 69
Angels With Dirty Faces
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Yvonne Elliman
If I Can't Have You
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Electric Light Orchestra
Mr. Blue Sky
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Satisfy My Soul
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Chic
Le Freak
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Jilted John
Jilted John
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Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
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Ian Dury & the Blockheads
What A Waste
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10cc
Dreadlock Holiday
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Rose Royce
Love Don't Live Here Anymore
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Boney M.
Rasputin
Credit
Role | Contributor |
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Producer | Serena Cross |
Broadcasts
- Fri 4 Jan 2013 21:50
- Sat 5 Jan 2013 01:10
- Mon 7 Jan 2013 00:45
- Sun 20 Jan 2013 00:20
- Fri 22 Feb 2013 02:50
- Thu 21 Mar 2013 23:45
- Sat 23 Mar 2013 02:10
- Sun 5 May 2013 23:55
- Sun 22 Dec 2013 00:55
- Sat 15 Aug 2015 22:50
- Tue 18 Aug 2015 00:30
- Sat 1 Apr 2017 00:20
- Fri 17 Nov 2017 21:00
- Sat 18 Nov 2017 01:30
- Fri 8 Jun 2018 20:00
- Sat 9 Jun 2018 01:30
- Fri 10 May 2019 22:30
- Sat 23 May 2020 23:45大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Fri 18 Sep 2020 20:00
- Sun 20 Sep 2020 00:35
- Sun 7 Mar 2021 00:45大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Sat 30 Jul 2022 19:00大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Fri 5 Jan 2024 22:30
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