Top of the Pops
Big Hits 1978
E105 Jan 4, 2013 60m
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'.
Playlist:
Blondie – Picture This
Brotherhood of Man – Figaro
Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights
Odyssey – Native New Yorker
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Davy's On The Road Again
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John – Summer Nights (Legs & Co)
The Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap
The Motors – Airport
Dan Hill – Sometimes When We Touch
Sham 69 – Angels With Dirty Faces
Yvonne Elliman – If I Can't Have You
Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky (promo)
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Satisfy My Soul
Chic – Le Freak (promo)
Jilted John – Jilted John
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams – Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
Ian Dury & The Blockheads – What A Waste
10cc – Dreadlock Holiday
Rose Royce – Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Boney M – Rasputin
Playlist:
Blondie – Picture This
Brotherhood of Man – Figaro
Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights
Odyssey – Native New Yorker
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Davy's On The Road Again
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John – Summer Nights (Legs & Co)
The Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap
The Motors – Airport
Dan Hill – Sometimes When We Touch
Sham 69 – Angels With Dirty Faces
Yvonne Elliman – If I Can't Have You
Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky (promo)
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Satisfy My Soul
Chic – Le Freak (promo)
Jilted John – Jilted John
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams – Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
Ian Dury & The Blockheads – What A Waste
10cc – Dreadlock Holiday
Rose Royce – Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Boney M – Rasputin
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