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  • Top Of the Pops from 7th December 1978 Christmas Presented by Jimmy Savile, & Featuring Performances from, Olivia Newton-John ( A Little More Love ) John Travolta & Jeff Connaway
    ( Greased Lightnin (“Grease”) ) Village People ( YMCA ) Dollar ( Shootin Star ) Musique
    ( In The Bush ) Bee Gees ( Too Much Heaven ). CHARTS & PLENTY MORE.

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  • @paulmaxin7546
    @paulmaxin7546 8 місяців тому +35

    Didn’t think I’d ever see this again given the vile Savile. I’m the guy with the pink bowler hat in the first 3 seconds. I remember it as if it were yesterday. (My daughter now has the hat!).

    • @SirAntoniousBlock
      @SirAntoniousBlock 7 місяців тому +6

      Pink bowler eh, were you trying to catch Jimmy's eye? 😅

    • @PeterPumpkinEater75
      @PeterPumpkinEater75 6 місяців тому +1

      What was it like standing next to Jimmy

    • @andrewmacleod5826
      @andrewmacleod5826 6 місяців тому +6

      Ignore VILE Saville....You looked great 😂 and the music was FAB🎉

    • @nibsvkh
      @nibsvkh 5 місяців тому +2

      @@SirAntoniousBlock
      I’ve got a sick sense of humour but that was over the line!

    • @SirAntoniousBlock
      @SirAntoniousBlock 5 місяців тому +4

      @@nibsvkh So you don't really have a sense of humour then....

  • @tracy5014
    @tracy5014 7 місяців тому +18

    Really makes your skin crawl watching Savill with his hands on those young ladies. Didn’t think anything of it back in the day though did we….
    🙉🙈🙊

  • @viewerabundzu6887
    @viewerabundzu6887 8 місяців тому +22

    lovely Olivia, miss her

    • @alisonesler6621
      @alisonesler6621 3 місяці тому +2

      R.I.P Olivia Luv the Fun Hit The Rumour Never be Forgotten

  • @johnjamesduffy7653
    @johnjamesduffy7653 2 місяці тому +6

    I was so obsessed with Olivia's A Little More Love. My mum asked me who it was & what the song was called. I told her it was It gets Me Nowhere by Sandy in Grease. The next day she came home with the single.

    • @js2749
      @js2749 16 днів тому

      It’s a fabulous track 👍

  • @j0hnf_uk
    @j0hnf_uk Місяць тому +4

    I thought I knew all the Goodies songs, but that Duck one was a new one on me. Still, it only took me 46 years to hear it(!)

  • @paulyflyer8154
    @paulyflyer8154 8 місяців тому +16

    Priceless unforgettable days. Take me back there please.

    • @VincentRE79
      @VincentRE79 8 місяців тому +2

      Agree does seem a much simpler and gentle time.

    • @tonymorgan2264
      @tonymorgan2264 7 місяців тому

      Ditto

    • @VincentRE79
      @VincentRE79 7 місяців тому +2

      @@tonymorgan2264 We did not realise it at the time.

    • @barnbersonol
      @barnbersonol 3 місяці тому +1

      Unreliable cars, black and white tv, everything else was brown.

  • @ianbishop247
    @ianbishop247 10 місяців тому +17

    It wasn't until I helped my wife put on a school production of Grease that I actually realised what the lyrics to Grease Lightin actually were...very different times.....

    • @lucius4556
      @lucius4556 8 місяців тому +2

      I had that haysi fantaysi hit "John Wayne is big leggy" in my recommended, who would've thought it lol..now I'm off to Google greased lightening, ( I was always rubbish at catching the lyrics) 😁

    • @bhamacuk
      @bhamacuk 8 місяців тому +2

      This was performed at my kid's junior school play once, unedited. Can't believe how they got away with it lol

    • @jaysterling26
      @jaysterling26 8 місяців тому

      ​@@bhamacukThey be cancelled quicker than one could say ( in person this is my best impression of someone(!), sadly ( eh, should l say this?)), ' Showaddywaddy'.

    • @johnmanning5568
      @johnmanning5568 8 місяців тому +1

      @@bhamacukI suppose they wouldn’t quite understand the meaning of a “pussy wagon” !

  • @alisonesler6621
    @alisonesler6621 3 місяці тому +4

    Wow Rachel Sweet B.A.B.Y And Dollar

  • @philwise872
    @philwise872 8 місяців тому +14

    Olivia Newton-John 😊

  • @smacker2182
    @smacker2182 6 місяців тому +4

    The Records with drummer Will Birch from the Kursaal Flyers backing Rachel Sweet! Poptastic!

  • @Housephonestimes4
    @Housephonestimes4 8 місяців тому +8

    45 years ago anniversary tomorrow night I was watching this with my dad! Thursday, 7 December 1978!

  • @paulwilcox9184
    @paulwilcox9184 9 місяців тому +13

    Gerard Kenny (New York, New York)also wrote the music to "I could be so good for you" with Dennis Waterman. FACT!

    • @fluorosco
      @fluorosco 3 місяці тому +1

      In the City of light on a Rag time night, it's something more than free ❤

  • @Paul-md8de
    @Paul-md8de 8 місяців тому +19

    People were so much thinner in those days

    • @jaysterling26
      @jaysterling26 8 місяців тому

      Apart from Rachel Sweet ( real name? Surely not?) . Now I'm fat shaming ,probably..OK , I think the lady's a gordita

    • @SirAntoniousBlock
      @SirAntoniousBlock 7 місяців тому

      Even the pedophiles.

    • @philipbonner6486
      @philipbonner6486 Місяць тому +1

      And no hideous tattoos.

  • @jayaybe1
    @jayaybe1 8 місяців тому +6

    Lol, such was the innocent, bubblegum image of Grease, the sheer naughtiness of some of the lyrics apparently flew right by the censors unnoticed : )

  • @tomsanders8714
    @tomsanders8714 3 місяці тому +2

    Holy crap. Rachel Sweet backed by The Records. Rare footage indeed!

  • @philread7668
    @philread7668 9 місяців тому +9

    Great up load. I think the audience were practicing for the zombie movie audition

  • @storiesreadaloud5635
    @storiesreadaloud5635 6 місяців тому +6

    Olivia Newton JOHN

  • @fluorosco
    @fluorosco 3 місяці тому +1

    Every song makes Me smile....
    Great happy Music ❤

  • @amandawhiteley6737
    @amandawhiteley6737 4 місяці тому +1

    Gee wow! Only just at high school at the time, loved mid to late 70s period ❤❤❤❤ I luv music from 30s to 50s, dads influenced me. But this late 70s thing I was growing up with was great, the disco, rock n roll revival, punk new wave along the way. Something for everyone. ❤❤❤❤ PS. I'm female a little bit older, never ever sport a platinum blonde hairdo with glasses. SAVILE CHIC IS NOT THE WAY TO GO! I LEARNED SINCE!! Slightly different now ❤❤❤❤ Enjoy the nostalgia anyway.

  • @rustymackemingrancanaria6360
    @rustymackemingrancanaria6360 8 місяців тому +5

    Rachel sweet now a tv producer in usa❤

    • @mjones4083
      @mjones4083 8 місяців тому +3

      I remember there was a huge buzz about her in the UK at this time .This live version of B A B Y doesn't really do the actual 45 single justice . ,It should have been a big hit and she should have had much more commercial success and acclaim . ( I have the song on one of her CDs & still play it to this day. )

  • @brigittelehmann9749
    @brigittelehmann9749 8 місяців тому +3

    So long time ago great memories its 2023 do i mis this

  • @lucaschapman2188
    @lucaschapman2188 8 місяців тому +7

    Such a shame my childhood memories have been tainted by Jimmy Saville, Rolf Harris and Dave Lee Travis . The Grease soundtrack Album was released this year but my Sister was still playing it regularly way into the 1980’s

    • @jaysterling26
      @jaysterling26 8 місяців тому +3

      & Noel Edmonds - owner of both a small red box & a large chopper.

    • @bobseagar1559
      @bobseagar1559 8 місяців тому

      And glenis kinnock

  • @phakoff6759
    @phakoff6759 9 місяців тому +10

    That Muppet was praying on little kids.

    • @stephenhowell5611
      @stephenhowell5611 8 місяців тому +2

      Didn't know he was religious, huh.

    • @SirAntoniousBlock
      @SirAntoniousBlock 7 місяців тому

      @@stephenhowell5611 Unluckily for him, he burns in hell.

  • @Mediawatcher2023
    @Mediawatcher2023 8 місяців тому +2

    shooting star wasnt released in australia until june 1979 and lay your love on me by racy three months later

  • @craiggerrard5117
    @craiggerrard5117 7 місяців тому +2

    That New York New York by Gerard Kenny got loads of air play even though it was only a very minor a hit. For some reason, the DJs or the compilers of the playlist seemed to love it.

    • @philipbonner6486
      @philipbonner6486 Місяць тому

      That great song still get played loads on the radio in England.

  • @philipbonner6486
    @philipbonner6486 8 місяців тому +4

    Dollar was brilliant, and a brilliant backing band.

    • @pivotset2
      @pivotset2 8 місяців тому +1

      You sure?

    • @melprice8961
      @melprice8961 8 місяців тому +1

      what a taste in music you have

    • @mjones4083
      @mjones4083 8 місяців тому

      Backing band seemed a bit underwhelmed to me .

  • @donrevie721
    @donrevie721 9 місяців тому +8

    Thank you so much Marfun for these fantastic and SUPERLATIVE TOTP uploads of AMAZING picture and audio quality ...you are really skillful and talented in doing this , I for one am truly appreciative.
    Thank you!

  • @user-fs7ym6rv4l
    @user-fs7ym6rv4l 7 місяців тому +5

    Olivia is very talented ❤

  • @brianmcd9492
    @brianmcd9492 8 місяців тому +2

    Loved this show Now then, Now then , big cigar, sovereign rings now then and great music TOTP's was great 🙂 and still is 👍

  • @duffbaker9554
    @duffbaker9554 7 місяців тому +5

    @12:37 Girl to Jimmy: "Control yourself, creep."

  • @martinwoodworth3715
    @martinwoodworth3715 9 місяців тому +6

    Blimey, Rachel sweet, I saw her live 1 month before this at Huddersfield poly Stiff records tour.

  • @artmoss6889
    @artmoss6889 9 місяців тому +19

    Jimmy Saville had the hair of an abused Barbie doll, the eyes of Marty Feldman, and the personality of a deranged clown, yet people loved him. Hard to understand.

    • @georgecouch1762
      @georgecouch1762 9 місяців тому +5

      Because they were hypnotized by his evilness the vile creature

    • @2760ade
      @2760ade 9 місяців тому +6

      That's such an amusing and accurate description of the monster!!

    • @popatyourecords
      @popatyourecords 3 місяці тому +1

      i didnt liked his show never liked him when i was a kid he freaked me out

  • @wmbrown6
    @wmbrown6 7 місяців тому +2

    1978 in the U.S. wasn't so much the year of _Grease_ as it was of RSO Records which issued the soundtrack to that, _Saturday Night Fever . . . and _Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band_ . Anyways . . . this same week's U.S. Top 30 for comparison and contrast . . .
    30. "New York Groove" _by Ace Frehley_
    29. "Ready To Take A Chance Again" _by Barry Manilow_
    28. "You Needed Me" _by Anne Murray_
    27. "I'm Every Woman" _by Chaka Khan_
    26. "Promises" _by Eric Clapton_
    25. "We've Got Tonite" _by Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band_
    24. "The Power Of Gold" _by Dan Fogelberg / Tim Weisberg_
    23. "Part Time Love" _by Elton John_
    22. "Ooh Baby Baby" _by Linda Ronstadt_
    21. "Don't Want To Live Without It" _by Pablo Cruise_
    20. "How You Gonna See Me Now" _by Alice Cooper_
    19. "Change Of Heart" _by Eric Carmen_
    18. "Sweet Life" _by Paul Davis_
    17. "Double Vision" _by Foreigner_
    16. "Straight On" _by Heart_
    15. "Hold The Line" _by Toto_
    14. "Alive Again" _by Chicago_
    13. "Y.M.C.A." _by the Village People_
    12. "Too Much Heaven" _by the Bee Gees_
    11. "Strange Way" _by Firefall_
    10. "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" _by Andy Gibb_
    09. "Sharing The Night Together" _by Dr. Hook_
    08. "My Life" _by Billy Joel_
    07. "Time Passages" _by Al Stewart_
    06. "I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" _by Alicia Bridges_
    05. "How Much I Feel" _by Ambrosia_
    04. "I Just Wanna Stop" _by Gino Vannelli_
    03. "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" _by Barbra And Neil_
    02. "Mac Arthur Park" _by Donna Summer_
    01. "Le Freak" _by Chic_

  • @philbedford8979
    @philbedford8979 29 днів тому

    Two songs missing,Sarah Brightman I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper and Boney M Marys Boy Child.

  • @russellbishop5995
    @russellbishop5995 8 місяців тому +1

    Racey. Hated that record at the time but those dancers. She picked him up without a grimace. Strong girl.

    • @mjones4083
      @mjones4083 8 місяців тому +1

      Sue from Legs & Co . Very accomplished dancer .

    • @mostynf
      @mostynf 7 місяців тому +1

      Probably helps that he’s about four feet tall.

  • @ManvasPachenko
    @ManvasPachenko 2 місяці тому +1

    It knocks me sick looking at that creep now, knowing what we know about him. MONSTER

  • @michaelsandford1015
    @michaelsandford1015 8 місяців тому +6

    We want Jimmy we want Jimmy

  • @scottlawson1191
    @scottlawson1191 8 місяців тому +1

    Omg it's that fella who used to do the show on Saturday evening where he helped the kids. Aww i loved him.

    • @chloedevereaux1801
      @chloedevereaux1801 8 місяців тому +1

      what you mean the pedophile jimmy savile........ he has the word evil in his name........

    • @Camille_Anderson
      @Camille_Anderson 8 місяців тому +1

      Sarcasm?? Lol! 👹

  • @michaelpyatt831
    @michaelpyatt831 7 місяців тому +4

    Why didn’t the believe Johnny Lydon when he told the truth about that beast ??

    • @philipbonner6486
      @philipbonner6486 Місяць тому

      Because the BBC kept it quiet and I'm sure there many other pedophiles working for the BBC still.

  • @sphughes01
    @sphughes01 8 місяців тому +7

    Oh the years are rolled back to a time before the horror of Thatcher ... If only we knew then what was around the corner.
    And of course Thatcher's big mate, Jimmy Savile, the man who she helped get the keys to hospitals full of vulnerable patients.

    • @Camille_Anderson
      @Camille_Anderson 8 місяців тому +1

      Exactly!! Two monsters together. Add in ol' Charlie and you have the axis of evil. 💯👹👹👹

    • @Design_no
      @Design_no 6 місяців тому +2

      Cry me a river hughesy 😂😂😂

  • @colinjennings3661
    @colinjennings3661 9 місяців тому +4

    Did nobody vet the lyrics to greased lightning? Lol. This would have gone out at 7.30 on a Thursday night. Also Olivia's trousers were a bit tight....

    • @SirAntoniousBlock
      @SirAntoniousBlock 7 місяців тому

      This whole episode should've been X rated.
      Even Rachel Sweet was saucy AF.

  • @barnbersonol
    @barnbersonol 3 місяці тому

    I was 14 then so would've been perfectly safe in the audience. Far too old.

  • @imgoingtocountdownfromthir4580
    @imgoingtocountdownfromthir4580 3 місяці тому +1

    I'm surprised that auntie beeb let John Travolta's "Shit" and "Tit" from Greased lighting slip through!

  • @macthedrummer1
    @macthedrummer1 9 місяців тому +3

    @16:52 Dollar, she sings ``And they`ll be dancin in the moonlight... I wonder if thats the same moonlight the two of them were asking each other who were they with in it?

    • @colinjennings3661
      @colinjennings3661 9 місяців тому +3

      David van Day came across as a twat then and he didn't get any better.

    • @neilhilton35
      @neilhilton35 8 місяців тому +5

      A clever comment. You know your dollar songs. They were a very melodious double act that couldn't be repeated. Pity David went on to become a grumpy man. Very vain too. However as a group Dollar were in my opinion simply brilliant.

    • @jaysterling26
      @jaysterling26 8 місяців тому

      ​@@neilhilton35 Agreed, especially the Trevor Horn tunes.

  • @frankhovis
    @frankhovis 5 місяців тому

    "Will a little more love bring a Happy Ending".. no, but it'll make me walk funny for the next few days.

  • @brain8484
    @brain8484 22 дні тому

    a truly horrific decade for pop music

  • @abelovedsonofGodinwhomHeis35-6
    @abelovedsonofGodinwhomHeis35-6 6 місяців тому +1

    So YMCA was-the 70s version of Relax.

  • @2760ade
    @2760ade 9 місяців тому +6

    Oh dear, what was that drivel at the end? So glad such 'novelty' records died a death!

    • @stephenhowell5611
      @stephenhowell5611 8 місяців тому

      The reason stuff like that was on totp was because it was in the charts, people were buying it.

    • @SirAntoniousBlock
      @SirAntoniousBlock 7 місяців тому

      "You'll get a nasty suck, if you muck around with his duck".

  • @RushfanUK
    @RushfanUK 8 місяців тому +6

    As ever TOTP picks the worst singles to showcase.

    • @carolecochrane8173
      @carolecochrane8173 8 місяців тому

      The goodies who actually bought that record at woolies. 🤔

  • @Ponty30
    @Ponty30 9 місяців тому +5

    I am surprised the BBC didn't edit 'tit' and 'shit' on Greased Lightnin'

    • @20thCB
      @20thCB 9 місяців тому

      Or "she's a real pussy wagon"....or "the chicks'll cream for greased lightnin"!

    • @markl8740
      @markl8740 9 місяців тому +2

      No, they preferred to make the Boomtown Rats change their lyrics from 'pus and grime' to 'blood and tears pour down the drains and the sewers'. Tits and pussy wagon were OK in 1978. Different times

    • @johnmanning5568
      @johnmanning5568 9 місяців тому +2

      Maybe the censors didn’t understand “the chicks’ll cream” !

    • @r.huiskamp2368
      @r.huiskamp2368 9 місяців тому

      Right. There's a lot they DID edit those years though, from what I've heard, because the public wasn't supposed to know🤫

    • @stevenoneill7166
      @stevenoneill7166 8 місяців тому

      ​@markl8740 as a 10-year-old kid at the time, I too noticed the lyric change on "Rat Trap" when my mother bought me the single compared to the version played on Radio 1's chart show. That said station chopped the hell out of it's 5-minute running time

  • @Jack-il3qv
    @Jack-il3qv 5 місяців тому

    People were dying in the streets..

  • @albertomastriaoinni8421
    @albertomastriaoinni8421 8 місяців тому

    It's the 7th December 2023 a Thursday 01.30

  • @duncanholding7636
    @duncanholding7636 Місяць тому

    What was tune that opened the show the one the opened the countdown any ideas 😊

  • @DBX171
    @DBX171 9 місяців тому +8

    A great episode spoiled at the end by that garbage. And, of course, the monster.

    • @SirAntoniousBlock
      @SirAntoniousBlock 7 місяців тому

      Are you joking?
      The whole episode was filth and depravity. 😂

  • @tommygunn1887
    @tommygunn1887 8 місяців тому

    It got so bad the people rebelled. The effing goodies ffs

    • @SirAntoniousBlock
      @SirAntoniousBlock 7 місяців тому

      Thank god for punk/new wave.

    • @zolandia5262
      @zolandia5262 7 місяців тому

      Punk had pretty much come and gone by this stage though

  • @Spica1000
    @Spica1000 4 місяці тому

    Wish they would cut the bit out with Savile!

  • @barbarashorttobrien1337
    @barbarashorttobrien1337 7 місяців тому +2

    I would prefer if Jimmy Savile didnt appear on my feed.

    • @ericmorris1589
      @ericmorris1589 6 місяців тому +2

      I think People should see history as it was not how people today chose how it should look

  • @phillipc3286
    @phillipc3286 8 місяців тому

    Now then now then

  • @kevinmcmullan1827
    @kevinmcmullan1827 8 місяців тому

    Racey should have been bigger the The Beatles.

  • @MervBennett
    @MervBennett 10 місяців тому +3

    12:33 what did he say? and She doesn't look very impressed

    • @Lionkingview
      @Lionkingview 9 місяців тому +3

      He said: I have here a present that can be claimed by any male hospital worker (probably refering to himself as he did visit hospitals quite frequently). How about some Olivia Newton John

    • @oldmanc2
      @oldmanc2 9 місяців тому +6

      Hiding in plain sight. What an animal

  • @popatyourecords
    @popatyourecords 3 місяці тому

    racey needed a new wardrobe manager

  • @killkillyouyou
    @killkillyouyou 7 місяців тому

    Please tell me the name of the band and song that is playing first.

  • @captainsensiblejr.
    @captainsensiblejr. 8 місяців тому

    Yet again the crap to excellence ratio is 10 to 1.

  • @BABYWOLF--1966
    @BABYWOLF--1966 8 місяців тому

    Oh dear 😂😂

  • @leodurkin8539
    @leodurkin8539 7 місяців тому

    Is that first singer Tina Charles

  • @otters61
    @otters61 10 місяців тому

    Why has he got the Leeds United sweat band on his right hand didn't even support us

    • @barrybark3995
      @barrybark3995 9 місяців тому

      who did he support?

    • @otters61
      @otters61 9 місяців тому

      Man Utd

    • @sphughes01
      @sphughes01 8 місяців тому

      Figures for a guy from Leeds.@@otters61

    • @MrPlank0073
      @MrPlank0073 8 місяців тому

      Red army

  • @plasteckfly
    @plasteckfly 4 місяці тому +1

    That Sally Oldfield song is horrible... just sayin'.

  • @michaelsandford1015
    @michaelsandford1015 8 місяців тому +2

    Don't you love Jimmy

  • @anthonyharty1732
    @anthonyharty1732 8 місяців тому +2

    They had a load of crap on these show’s. The presenters were puppets for the BBC, they were very annoying.

  • @richardsprojects
    @richardsprojects 6 місяців тому +2

    Good music , shame about the Nonce

  • @susanellis1359
    @susanellis1359 8 місяців тому +2

    Saville 🤮

  • @pequeuxdarleux1480
    @pequeuxdarleux1480 7 місяців тому

    Fu**ing Disco.

  • @dbkingg99
    @dbkingg99 Місяць тому

    Fiddler alert!

  • @tanyablakelock9361
    @tanyablakelock9361 5 місяців тому +1

    I thought they destroyed all the ones with JS