01/09/77 Top of the Pops

Hello and welcome to Top Of The Pops.

While we have a look at the brand new Top 30,

let's here Meri Wilson singing Telephone Man.

# I went to my apartment on a Monday at 1.00

# A-singin' do lolly, lolly shicky bum, shicky bum

# Started movin' in it on a Tuesday at 2.00

# A-singin' do lolly, lolly shicky do, shicky do

# Wednesday at 3.00 I called the phone company, singin'

# "Hey, baby, put a phone in for me"

# Thursday at 4.00 he came a-knockin' at my door, singin'

# "Hey, baby, I'm your telephone man

# "You just show me where you want it and I'll put it where I can

# "I can put it in the bedroom I can put it in the hall

# "I can put it in the bathroom I can hang it on the wall

# "You can have it with a buzz you can have it with a ring

# And if you really want it you can have a ding-a-ling... #

# You're the sort of girl A guy deserves

# But I just haven't got the nerve to go and ask you

# Are you dancing?

# I'm prepared to sit it out all night

# Maybe until the morning light And all to ask you

# Are you dancing?

# I dream of walking up to say

# "Girl, are you dancing?"

# You say, "Yeah, yeah, yeah"

# I'm so afraid that if we meet

# You'll criticise my two left feet

# I feel so stupid

# Are you dancing?

# Every time I move to check my coat

# I feel that lump back in my throat So I pass you

# Are you dancing?

# I dream of walking up to say

# "Girl, are you dancing?"

# You say, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah"

# Ah

# Ah

# We danced across the floor

# And then we fell in love before the evening ended

# Are you dancing?

# But now she's gone my hopes are sunk

# Guess I'll sit here and get drunk to drown my sorrow

# Are you dancing?

# I dream of walking up to say

# "Girl, are you dancing?"

# You say, "Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah"

# Ah

# Ah

# Ah

# Ah... #

That's lovely.

That's the sound of Hudson Ford and a song called Are You Dancing?

I understand that is going to be Noel Edmonds'

Record Of The Week on Radio One next week.

This is a beautiful sound from Yvonne Elliman

called I Can't Get You Outta My Mind.

# I look at you and you look at me

# Trying not to want what can't be

# You're with my friend

# And she holds your hand

# Wasn't that supposed to be me?

# Oh, baby, I cant get you outta my mind

# I don't know why you came into my life

# I cant get you outta my mind

# Hard as I try

# You're there all the time

# You never said and I never asked

# How was I to know you weren't free?

# She spoke of you but I never knew

# That the other woman was me

# Oh, baby, I can't get you outta my mind

# I don't know why you came into my life

# I can't get you outta my mind

# Hard as I try

# You're there all the time

# Each time I see her now I think of you

# I don't what I'm gonna do

# I look into the eyes of someone new

# And there reflected

# Is my love for you

# Oh, I cant get you outta my mind

# I don't know why you came into my life

# I cant get you outta my mind

# Hard as I try

# You're there all the time

# I cant get you outta my mind

# I don't know why you came into my life

# I cant get you outta my mind

# Honest, I try... #

Lovely, isn't it?

In for the first time at 29,

I Can't Get You Outta My Mind from Yvonne Elliman right there.

That's one of three brand new entries.

Here's a brand new song from Elvis Costello!

# Oh, I used to be disgusted

# And now I try to be amused

# But since their wings have got rusted

# You know the angels want to wear my red shoes

# But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain

# That's when I knew that I could not refuse

# And I won't get any older now the angels want to wear my red shoes

# I was watching while you're dancing away

# Our love got fractured in the echo and sway

# How come everybody wants to be your friend?

# You know that it still hurts me just to say it

-# Oh, I know that she's disgusted

-Oh, why's that?

-# Cos she's feeling so abused

-Oh, that's too bad

-# She gets tired of the lust

-Oh, I'm so sad

# But it's so hard to refuse

# Can you say that I'm too old

# When the angels have stolen my red shoes?

# Oh, I said, "I'm so happy I could die"

# She said, "Drop dead" then left with another guy

# That's what you get if you go chasing after vengeance

# Ever since you got me punctured this has been my sentence

# Oh, I used to be disgusted

# And now I try to be amused

# But since their wings have got rusted

# You know, the angels want to wear my red shoes

# But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain

# That's when I knew that I could not refuse

# I won't get any older now the angels want to wear my red shoes

# Oh, I won't get any older now the angels want to wear my red shoes

-# Red shoes

-The angels want to wear my red shoes

-# Red shoes

-The angels want to wear my red shoes

-# Red shoes

-The angels want to wear my red shoes

-# Red shoes

-The angels... #

Very good.

That's The Angels Want To Wear My Red Shoes from Elvis Costello.

Why not? You can't get done for it.

If you watch BBC One on Saturday at 9.00, you will see David Soul.

Right now, this is the record that's gone up to Number Ten this week,

Legs & Co and Silver Lady.

# Tired of drifting, searching shifting from town to town

# Every time I slip and slide a little further down

# I can't blame you if you won't take me back

# After everything I put you through

# But, honey, you're my last hope

# And who else can I turn to?

# Come on, Silver Lady, take my word

# I won't run out on you again, believe me

# Oh, I've seen the light

# It's just one more fight

# Without you

# Here I am a million miles from home

# The Indiana wind and rain cut through me

# I'm lost and alone chilled to the bone

# Silver Lady

# Double talkers backstreet walkers at every turn

# Seedy motels and no star hotels

# Still, I had to learn

# That the one shining thing in my mind

# Was the sweet love I had with you

# And, honey, you're my last hope

# And who else can I turn to?

# Come on, Silver Lady, take my word

# I won't run out on you again, believe me

# Oh, I've seen the light

# It's just one more fight

# Without you

# Here I am a million miles from home

# The Indiana wind and rain cut through me

# I'm lost and alone chilled to the bone

# Silver Lady... #

There you go.

That's David Soul with Silver Lady, the highest jump this week,

going straight up to Number Ten.

Starsky And Hutch on Saturday at 9.00 BBC One.

Here's the Steve Gibbons Band.

# Tulane and Johnny opened a novelty shop

# Back under the counter was the cream of the crop

# Everything was clickin' and the business was good

# Till one day, lo and behold an officer stood

# Johnny jumped the counter but he stumbled and fell

# But Tulane made it over Johnny just as he yelled

# Go head on, Tulane he can't catch up with you

# Go, Tulane he ain't man enough for you

# Go, Tulane, use all the speed you got

# Go, Tulane, you know you need a lot

# Go, Tulane, he's laggin' behind

# Go head on, Tulane Go head on

# Go by your father's house and tell him the business is slow

# And see if he will loan us something, soon as he hits the dough

# Put the cat out in the hall and rumple up the room

# Go by Dr Keller an' tell him you swallowed some perfume

# Tell him we need him quick cos he may have to testify

# That you been sick all day and that's a perfect alibi

# Go head on, Tulane he can't catch up with you

# Go, Tulane he ain't man enough for you

# Go, Tulane, use all the speed you got

# Go, Tulane, you know you need a lot

# Go, Tulane, he's laggin' behind

# Go head on, Tulane Go head on

# Go, let Daddy drive in case you run into the Man

# Back by the shop and get the stuff and hide it in the van

# Go back by your father's get the money for the bail

# And bring it down and bail me out this rotten, funky jail

# We gotta get a lawyer in the clique of politics

# Somebody who can win the thing or get the thing fixed

# Go head on, Tulane he can't catch up with you

# Go, Tulane he ain't man enough for you

# Go, Tulane, use all the speed you got

# Go, Tulane, you know you need a lot

# Go, Tulane, he's laggin' behind

# Go head on, Tulane Go head on

# Go head on, Tulane

# Go, Tulane

# Ooooh

# Go, Tulane

# Ooooh

# Go, Tulane

# Ooooh

# Go, Tulane, he laggin' behind

# Go head on, Tulane Go head on

# Oooooh!

# Tulane

# Yeah, Tulane... #

There it is, a bit of 1977 rock and roll.

Steve Gibbons band, Number 13 and a number called Tulane.

They've made it.

Straight in at Number 30, here are The Jacksons and Dreamer.

# I guess I'll always be a dreamer

# Dreaming my life away

# Dreaming my life away

# A romantic fool

# That's what I am

-# I think about you, all day long

-All day long

# Knowing it's impossible

# For us to be together

# Oh, it's not real

# A love I can't feel

# Guess I'll always be a dreamer

# Dreaming my life away

# Dreaming my life away

# I just can't wait

# Till I go to sleep

# I'll be with you

-# All night long

-All night long

# Circumstances held me in a terrible fix

# It's fantasy

# I just like to share these moments together

# Guess I'll always be a dreamer

# Dreaming my life away

# Dreaming my life away

# And nothing comes but sleep

# To a dreamer

# And when you wake up

# The dream has gone away

# Guess I'll always be a dreamer

# Dreaming my life away

# Dreaming my life away... #

I wonder how many of you have been to Spain and taken a Spanish stroll.

I'm sure you haven't been in the company of our next guest

on Top Of The Pops, Mink DeVille.

# Hey, Mr Jim, I can see the shape you're in

# Got your finger on your eyebrow

# And left hand on your hip

# Thinking that you're such a lady killer

# Think you're so slick!

# Well, all right

# Ooooh, oooh, oooh, oooh

# Ooooh, oooh, oooh, oooh

# Ooooh, oooh, oooh, oooh

# Brother Johnny he caught a plane and he got on it

# Now he's a razor in the wind

# And he got a pistol in his pocket

# They say the man is crazy on the coast

# Lord, there ain't no doubt about it!

# Well, all right

# Ooooh, oooh, oooh, oooh

# Ooooh, oooh, oooh, oooh

# Ooooh, oooh, oooh, oooh

# Sister Sue, tell me, baby what are we gonna do?

# She said, "You take two candles

# "And then you burn them out

# "Make a paper boat, light it

# "And then you send it out"

# Send it out now

# Ooooh, oooh, oooh, oooh

# Ooooh, oooh, oooh, oooh

# Ooooh, oooh, oooh, oooh

# Rosita!

# Donde vas con mi carro, Rosita?

# Tu sabes que te quiero

# Pero usted me quita todo

# Ya me robaste mi television y mi radio

# Y ahora te quieres llevar mi carro

# No me hagas asi, Rosita

# Ven aqui

# Eh, usted quedese al lado Rosita... #

I don't understand a word of that. Do you?

That's Mink DeVille, right there.

Tuesday at 8.00, I want you to remember this, BBC One TV,

David Essex starts the first of his brand new series of six shows.

We have him here now. His new record's called Cool Out Tonight.

Here's David Essex.

# Hey, you say you want to be my friend

# Stick with me until the end

# And I'm lucky now to have a girl like you

# To give me love, to get me through

# I'm all right, you're all right

# We're already right

# I know it's good and I know we should but please

# Cool out tonight

# Oh, yes, I know we were going out tonight

# To drink some wine with a friend of mine

# But now with you sitting close to me

# By the fireside

# I don't wanna leave

# I'm all right, you're all right

# We're already right

# I know it's good and I know we should but please

# Cool out tonight

# Oh, baby, I lo-ove you

# Oh, yeah, baby, I care

# Just to hold you

# Close up to me, girl

# Just to know, just to know to know you're there

# Everywhere!

# I'm all right, you're all right

# We're already right

# I know it's good and I know we should but please

# Cool out tonight

# Cool out tonight

# Girl, I want to give you love I want to give you love

# So cool out tonight

# Yeah, yeah

# Cool out tonight

# Girl, I wanna give you love... #

There it is. That's the new one there from David Essex,

taken from the album Gold And Ivory, which is out next week.

And that's called Cool Out Tonight.

You know something, nobody does it better than Carly Simon.

# Nobody does it better

# Makes me feel sad for the rest

# Nobody does it half as good as you

# Baby, you're the best

# I wasn't looking but somehow you found me

# I tried to hide from your love light

# But like heaven above me

# The spy who loved me

# Is keeping all my secrets safe tonight

# And nobody does it better

# Though sometimes I wish someone could

# Nobody does it quite the way you do

# Why'd you have to be so good?

# The way that you hold me

# Whenever you hold me

# There's some kind of magic inside you

# That keeps me from running

# But just keep it coming

# How'd you learn to do the things you do?

# And nobody does it better

# Makes me feel sad for the rest

# Nobody does it half as good as you

# Baby, baby

# Darlin', you're the best

# Baby, you're the best... #

From that wonderful James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me,

that's Carly Simon and Nobody Does It Better.

That was the lovely Legs & Co dancing to it.

Here it is, it's Number One on Top Of The Pops,

Way Down by the great Elvis Presley.

# Babe, you're getting closer

# The lights are going dim

# The sound of your breathin'

# Has made the mood I'm in

# All of my resistance

# Is lying on the floor

# Taking me to places

# I've never been before

# Ooh, and I can feel it

-# Feel it, feel it, feel it

-Feel it, feel it, feel it

-# Way down

-Way down where the music plays

-# Way down

-Way down like a tidal wave

-# Way down

-Way down where the fires blaze

# Way down, down

# Way, way on down

# Way on down

# Ooh, my head is spinnin'

# You got me in your spell

# A hundred magic fingers

# On a twirling carousel

# The medicine within me

# No doctor could prescribe

# Your love is doin' something

# That I just can't describe

# Ooh, and I can feel it

-# Feel it, feel it, feel it

-Feel it, feel it, feel it

-# Way down

-Way down where the music plays

-# Way down

-Way down like a tidal wave

-# Way down

-Way down where the fires blaze

# Way down, down

# Way, way on down

# Way on down

# Hold me again

# Tight as you can

# I need you so

# Baby, let's go

-# Way down

-Way down where it feels so good

-# Way down

-Way down where I hoped it would

-# Way down

-Way down where I never could

# Way down

# Down, way, way on

# Way on down, way on down. #

There he is, the great Elvis Presley there, Way Down.

And that, of course, is at Number One. That's it, I'm afraid.

I hope you have enjoyed the show.

I'll see you on Radio One tomorrow at 9.00, hope you can be there

and be back with us next week for another edition of Top Of The Pops.

See you then. Look after yourselves. Bye-bye.

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