06/01/77 Top of the Pops

Happy New Year, and welcome to 1977's first Top Of The Pops.

As you may have noticed the chart is still the same as the one we

had at Christmas time,

but not to worry because we've still got a great show

of music lined up for you,

like this brand new release from Sheer Elegance

and Dance The Night Away.

# Life is a dance

# And you must learn it

# Take every chance

# I think you deserve it

# Don't hang around

# There's no time to borrow

# Please take my hand

# Don't wait till tomorrow

# Come on and dance the night away

# Till the morning

# Something I've got to say

# I've fallen for you

# Good girl, I know

# That you feel the same way

# Oh

# And if you really want to

# We can always slip away, till then

# Hold me close

# Let's dance the night away

# Our love will grow

# I want you to know it

# Like a wild rose

# I bet you're going to show it

# The day that we met

# Your kiss was so tender

# My love for you

# Will last for ever

# Come on and dance the night away

# Till the morning

# Something I've got to say

# I've fallen for you

# Little girl, that I know

# That you feel the same way

# Oh

# And if you really want to

# We can always slip away, till then

# Hold me close

# Let's dance the night away

# Come on and dance the night away

# Till the morning

# Something I got to say

# I fallen for you

# Good girl that I know

# That you feel the same way

# Oh

# And if you really want to

# We can always slip away, till then

# Hold me close

# Let's dance the night away

# Dance, dance, dance the night away

# Dance. #

# Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river

# Too many lonely souls have drifted out to sea

# You lay your bets and then you pay the price

-# The things we do for love

-The things we do for love

# Communication is the problem to the answer

# You've got her number and your hand is on the phone

# The weather's turned and all the lines are down

-# The things we do for love

-The things we do for love

# Like walking in the rain and the snow

# When there's nowhere to go

# When you're feeling like a part of you is dying

# And you're looking for the answer in her eyes

# You think you're gonna break up

# Then she says she wants to make up

# Ooh you made me love you

# Ooh you've got a way

# Ooh you had me crawling on the floor

# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

# Like walking in the rain and the snow

# When there's nowhere to go

# When you're feeling like a part of you is dying

# And you're looking for the answer in her eyes

# You think you're gonna break up

# Then she says she wants to make up

# Ooh you made me love you

# Ooh you've got a way

# Ooh you had me crawling on the floor

# A compromise would surely help the situation

# Agree to disagree but disagree to part

# When after all it's just a compromise

-# Of the things we do for love

-The things we do for love

-# The things we do for love

-The things we do for love

# The things we do for love... #

Broken up, but not down at number 27 this week.

10 CC, and The Things We Do For Love.

Right now, a real disco delight.

In the charts at number eight, it's Tina Charles, and Dr Love.

# Ah!

# Mamma shouldn't a called you

# To come and treat me good

# Cos, the reason for my fever

# She never understood

# But I've always had a weakness

# For a man in uniform

# And when you take my heart beat

# Boy, you turn me on

# You said that I was better

# And nothing was the matter with me

# Doctor Love, please come running

# Can't you see I'm in pain?

# You've broken my heart

# And you should be ashamed

# Doctor Love, please come running

# Can't you see I'm in pain?

# My pulse is getting weaker

# Please come back again

# Callin' callin' Doctor Love

# Callin' callin' Doctor Love

# Ooh, temperature is rising

# So you bring out a bottle of pills

# But doctor, cant you see?

# It's my heart that's really ill

# So put away your medicine

# Your special therapy

# Cos the reason for my fever

# Is right in front of me

# You said that I was better

# And nothing was the matter with me

# Doctor Love, please come running

# Can't you see I'm in pain?

# You've broken my heart

# And you should be ashamed

# Doctor Love, please come running

# Can't you see I'm in pain?

# My pulse is getting weaker

# Please come back again

# Callin' callin' Doctor Love

# Callin' callin' Doctor Love

# Callin' callin' Doctor Love

-# Callin' callin' Doctor Love.

-Oh

# Doctor Love, please come running

# Can't you see I'm in pain?

# You've broken my heart

# And you should be ashamed

# Doctor Love, please come running

# Can't you see I'm in pain

# My pulse is getting weaker

# Please come back again

# Callin' callin' Doctor Love

# Callin' callin' Doctor Love

# Callin' callin' Doctor Love

# Callin' callin' ... #

Right next door to Tina Charles in the charts this week

is the pride of Bradford, Smokie, who are, in turn,

Living Next Door To Alice.

# Sally called when she got the word

# She said, I suppose you've heard

# About Alice

# Well, I rushed to the window, and I looked outside

# I could hardly believe my eyes

# As a big limousine rolled up

# Into Alice's drive

# Oh, I don't know why she's leaving

# Or where she's gonna go

# I guess she's got her reasons

# But I just don't want to know

# Cos for 24 years

# I've been living next door to Alice

# 24 years

# Just waiting for a chance

# To tell her how I feel

# And maybe get a second glance

# Now I've got to get used to

# Not living next door to Alice

# We grew up together

# Two kids in the park

# We carved our initials

# Deep in the bark

# Me and Alice

# Now she walks through the door

# With her head held high

# Just for a moment, I caught her eye

# As a big limousine pulled slowly

# Out of Alice's drive

# Oh, I don't know why she's leaving

# Or where she's gonna go

# I guess she's got her reasons

# But I just don't want to know

# Cos for 24 years

# I've been living next door to Alice

# 24 years

# Just waiting for a chance

# To tell her how I feel

# And maybe get a second glance

# Now I've got to get used to

# Not living next door to Alice

# Sally called back

# And asked how I felt

# She said, hey I know how to help

# Get over Alice

# She said now Alice is gone

# But I'm still here

# You know I've been waiting

# 24 years

# And the big limousine disappeared

# I don't know why she's leaving

# Or where she's gonna go

# I guess she's got her reasons

# But I just don't want to know

# Cos for 24 years

# I've been living next door to Alice

# 24 years

# Just waiting for a chance

# To tell her how I feel

# And maybe get a second glance... #

And it is with a great deal of pleasure now

for me to introduce to you

Gladys Knight And The Pips, and they're here with their new single.

This is called Nobody But You.

# No one ever made me feel

# That I could ever make it

# No one ever gave me anything

# All they did was take it

# No one, no one, ever held my hand

# When I needed them to

# Oh, no

# Nobody but you

# Nobody but you

# Nobody but you

# Nobody, nobody but you

# No one ever looked inside

# The walls I build around me

# And I tell you

# Every time that I felt lost

# Ooh, no one Ooh, no one ever found me

# No one, no one ever cried for me

# When I needed them to

# Oh, no

# No, nobody but you

# Nobody but you

# Nobody but you

# Nobody, nobody but you

# No one ever said

# Lean on me

# No one ever told me

# You've got a friend

# No, nobody said

# I'll be your bridge over troubled waters

# I'm gonna be there

-# I'm gonna be there

-Oh

# Be there till the end

# No, no

# Nobody but you

# Nobody but you

# No, nobody but you

# Nobody, nobody, nobody but you. #

Didn't I tell you we had a special show?

That was Gladys Knight. Right now, at number 28,

the unpredictable Jethro Tull and Ring Out Solstice Bells.

# Now is the solstice of the year

# Winter is the glad song that you hear

# Seven maids move in seven time

# Have the lads up ready in a line

# Ring out these bells

# Ring out, ring solstice bells

# Ring solstice bells

# Join together beneath the mistletoe

# By the holy oak whereon it grows

# Seven druids dance in seven time

# Sing the song the bells call loudly chiming

# Ring out these bells

# Ring out, ring solstice bells

# Ring solstice bells

# Ring out, ring out these solstice bells. #

Seasonal sounds from Jethro Tull and Solstice Bells.

Right now, I think this next sound will be the next big number one from

David Sole and Don't Give Up On Us, Baby, as performed by Legs & Co.

# Don't give up on us, baby

# Don't make the wrong seem right

# The future isn't just one night

# It's written in the moonlight

# And painted on the stars

# We can't change ours

# Don't give up on us, baby

# We're still worth one more try

# I know we put our last one by

# Just for a rainy evening

# When maybe stars are few

# Don't give up on us, I know

# We can still come through

# I really lost my head last night

# You've got a right to stop believing

# There's still a little love left even so

# Don't give up on us, baby

# Lord knows we've come this far

# Can't we stay the way we are?

# The angel and the dreamer

# Who sometimes plays a fool

# Don't give up on us, I know

# We can still come through

# It's written in the moonlight

# And painted on the stars

# We can't change ours... #

# Oh-oh-yeah-yeah

# You're more than a number

# In my little red book

# You're more than a one night date

# All it had to take me was

# Just one look

# My heart began a thumpin'

# Babe you had it jumpin'

# Cos you're more than a number

# In my little red book

# You're more than a one night stand

# In case you get to thinkin'

# That you'd been took

# You're more than a number

# Written in my little red book

# Oh baby give us a chance

# Don't let the small town rumours

# End our first real romance

# Now I'll admit I've loved a few

# But there was never one like you

-# So darlin'

-So darlin'

# Don't believe the things they say

# You're more than a number

# In my little red book

# You're more than a one night date

# All it had to take me was

# Just one look

# My heart began a thumpin'

# Babe you had it jumpin'

# Cos you're more than a number

# In my little red book

# You're more than a one night stand

# In case you get to thinkin'

# That you'd been took

# You're more than a number

# Written in my little red book

# Oh baby

# You gave me a sign

# I threw away the numbers

# Of those old flames of mine

# And now they're tryin' to put you wise

# Knock me down in my girl's eyes

-# Oh darlin'

-Oh darlin'

# Don't believe the words that they say

# You're more than a number

# In my little red book

# You're more than a one night date

# All it had to take me was

# Just one look

# My heart began a thumpin'

# Babe you had it jumpin'

# Cos you're more than a number

# In my little red book

# You're more than a one night stand

# In case you get to thinkin'

# That you'd been took

# You're more than a number

# Written in my little red book

# Woah, you're more than a ...#

Ever popular Drifters. You're More Than A Number In My Little Red Book.

Here's a sound that's got all the ingredients for success.

Good tune, lovely words, and a very pretty lady to sing it.

Clodagh Rodgers and Save Me.

# The party's on and one by one

# Cars arrive and the people come

# And I wonder if there's anyone

# On their own

# A lot of boring guys

# Try to catch my eye

# But I only came alive

# When you smiled at me

# As you arrived alone

# Save me

# Take me away to the moonlight

# The people around me don't feel right

# What are we doing here?

# Come on and save me

# Let's get away from the action

# Boy, you are the only attraction

# Take me away from here

# No one saw or heard a single word

# We slipped away like escaping birds

# Woah, we both agreed it seemed absurd

# To stay

# I went cold and hot

# Should I go or should I not?

# But you took my hand

# And I couldn't stop

# And we laughed as we left

# The parking lot and drove away

# Come on and save me

# Take me away to the moonlight

# The people around me don't feel right

# What are we doing here?

# Come on and save me

# Let's get away from the action

# Boy, you are the only attraction

# Take me away from here

# Take me away

# Starlit sky moon on high

# Sure feels good to me

# In my bones

# In my bones I've always known

# This is how it's meant to be

# Save me

# Take me away to the moonlight

# The people around me don't feel right

# What are we doing here?

# Come on and save me

# Let's get away from the action

# Boy, you are the only attraction

# Take me away from here

# Take me away

# Oh, save me

# Take me away to the... #

Save Me. Clodagh Rodgers, and what a nice record that is.

Right now, some disco action Deutschland style.

From Germany, Boney M and this is called Daddy Cool.

# She's crazy like a fool

# What about it, Daddy Cool?

# She's crazy like a fool

# What about it, Daddy Cool?

# I'm crazy like a fool

# What about it, Daddy Cool?

# Daddy, Daddy Cool

# Daddy, Daddy Cool

# Daddy, Daddy Cool

# Daddy, Daddy Cool

# She is crazy, oh yeah, oh yeah

# What about it, Daddy cool?

# I'm crazy like a fool, yeah

# What about it, Daddy Cool?

# Daddy, Daddy Cool

# Daddy, Daddy Cool

# Daddy, Daddy Cool, yeah

# Daddy, Daddy Cool

# She is crazy for you, Daddy

# Oh, she believes in you

# She loves you, Daddy

# Mmm, yeah

# Da-daddy, all right

# Oh, lord

# Oh, lord, Daddy cool

# This girl is so in love

# So in love

# So in love

# In love, in love with you

# Oh, Daddy cool

# She's crazy like a fool

# What about it, Daddy cool?

# I'm crazy like a fool, yeah

# What about it, Daddy cool?

# Daddy, Daddy Cool

# Daddy, Daddy Cool

# Daddy, Daddy Cool

# Daddy, Daddy Cool. #

Something new and different from Boney M.

Well, as you can see, I have a special guest with me tonight.

Another one. This time, the lovely Donna Summer,

currently in our charts with...

-Winter Melody.

-That's right. Happy New Year, Donna.

Thank you. Happy New Year to you.

Thank you, and why don't you introduce our number one record this week?

Number one record this week is When A Child Is Born, Johnny Mathis.

Well done, and here it is.

# Ah-ah-ah-ah

# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

# Ah-ah-ah-ah

# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

# Ah-ah-ah-ah

# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

# Ah-ah-ah

# Ah-ah-ah-ah

# A ray of hope

# Flickers in the sky

# A tiny star

# Lights up way up high

# All across the land

# Dawns a brand new morn

# This comes to pass

# When a child is born

# A silent wish

# Sails the seven seas

# The winds of change

# Whisper in the trees

# And the walls of doubt

# Crumble, tossed and torn

# This comes to pass

# When a child is born

# A rosy hue

# Settles all around

# You've got the feel

# You're on solid ground

# For a spell or two

# No one seems forlorn

# This comes to pass

# When a child is born... #

And all of this happens

because the world is waiting.

Waiting for one child.

Black, white, yellow, no one knows.

But a child that will grow up

and turn tears to laughter,

war to peace, hate to love,

and everyone to everyone's neighbour.

And misery and suffering

will be words to be forgotten,

forever.

# It's all a dream

# And illusion now

# It must come true

# Sometime, soon, somehow

# All across the land

# Dawns a brand new morn

# This comes to pass

# When a child is born

# Ah-ah-ah-ah

# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

# Ah-ah-ah-ah

# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah... #

And, sadly, that's it for this week.

I hope you'll join us again next week

for more hit sounds here on Top Of The Pops.

We leave you with number three, and that's Abba, of course,

Money Money Money. Goodbye and good love.

# I work all night, I work all day To pay the bills I have to pay

# Ain't it sad?

# But still there never seems to be a single penny left for me

# That's too bad

# In my dreams I have a plan

# If I got me a wealthy man

# I wouldn't have to work at all

# I'd fool around and have a ball

# Money, money, money

# Must be funny

# In a rich man's world

# Money, money, money

# Always sunny

# In the rich man's world

# Aha aha

# All the things I could do

# If I had a little money

# It's a rich man's world

# It's a rich man's world... #