13/01/77 Top of the Pops

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APPLAUSE

# It used to be that you and I would never feel the need for company

# All in all, we got along, I needed you because you needed me

# I've noticed for a while

# You've been giving me those long-distance smiles

# I don't know why you're acting strangely

# As far as I'm concerned, nothing's changed

# But if you don't want my love, there's nothing I can do

# That don't mean to say I gotta stop loving you

# Every little teardrop

# The times you made my heart stop

# There was not a moment

# I would like to change

# Every little teardrop

# Happiness and heartache

# If I had the chance

# I'd do it all again

# Things may look bad at the time

# But in the end they seem to work out fine

# Might not feel right here tonight

# But let's consider it in the morning light

# After all we've been through it's the only thing that we can do

# Stop acting so defensive

# Use a little bit of common sense

# Take good care of my heart

# It is in love with you

# Loved you from the start

# There's been no-one but you

# Every little teardrop

# Those times you make my heart stop

# Every sad moment

# I don't want to change

# Every time we break up

# Swearing not to make up

# Acting like we're strangers

# No, we're not friends

# And every little mistake

# Happiness and heartache

# If I had the chance

# I'd do it all again

# If I could do it

# I'd do it I'd do it all again. #

What a fabulous song. That's Gallagher and Lyle.

They started last year with a smash hit. That's going to be a big one for '77 too.

It's called Every Little Teardrop.

Here's another sad story from Barry Biggs. It's called Sideshow.

# Step right up

# Hurry, hurry

# Before the show begins

# My friends

# Stand in line, get your tickets

# I hope you will attend

# It'll only cost you fifty cents to see

# What life has done to those like you and me

# See the man with the broken heart

# You'll see that he is sad

-# He's hurt so bad

-So bad, so bad

# See the girl who has lost the only love she's ever had

# There's got to be no sadder show to see

# No doubt about it, satisfaction's guaranteed

# So let the side show begin

# Hurry, hurry, step right on in

# Can't afford to pass it by

# Guaranteed to make you cry

# Let the sideshow begin

# Hurry, hurry, step right on in

# Can't afford to pass it by

# Guaranteed to make you cry

# See the man who's been crying

# For a million years

-# So many tears

-So many tears

# See the girl who's collecting

# Broken hearts for souvenirs

# It's more exciting than a one-man band

# The saddest little show in all the land

# So let the sideshow begin

# Hurry, hurry, step right on in

# Can't afford to pass it by

# Guaranteed to make you cry

# Let the sideshow begin

# Hurry, hurry, step right on in

# Can't afford to pass it by

# Guaranteed to make you cry

# So let the sideshow begin

# Hurry, hurry, step right on in

# Can't afford to pass it by

# Guaranteed to make you cry

# Let the sideshow begin

# Hurry, hurry, step right on in... #

That was Barry Biggs at number five with Sideshow.

We're going over now to the Car Wash with Rose Royce

and the splendid chassis you see belong to Legs And Company.

# Ooh ooh

# You might not ever get rich

# But let me tell ya it's better than diggin' a ditch

# There ain't no tellin' who you might meet

# A movie star or maybe even an Indian chief

# Workin' at the car wash

# Workin' at the car wash, girl

# Come on and sing it with me

# Car wash

# Sing it with the feelin', y'all

# Car wash, girl

# Ooh!

# Come some of the work gets kinda hard

# This ain't no place to be if you planned on bein' a star

# Let me tell you it's always cool

# And the boss don't mind sometimes if you act the fool

# At the car wash

# Whoa whoa whoa whoa

# Talkin' about the car wash, girl

# Come on, y'all, and sing it for me

# Car wash

# Oooh oooh oooh

# Car wash, girl

# Work and work

# Well, those cars never seem to stop coming

# Work and work

# Keep those rags and machines humming

# Work and work

# My fingers to the bone

# Work

# Can't wait till it's time to go home

# Hey, get your car washed today

# Fill up and you don't have to pay

# Come on and give us a play

# Do the wash, right away

# The car wash

# Talkin' 'bout the car wash

# Car wash, girl

# Come on, y'all, let's sing it with me

# Car wash

# Sing it with feelin', y'all

# Car wash, girl

# Whoa whoa whoa whoa. #

Well, that was Legs And Company, a bunch of cheeky girls, and Car Wash.

There's a very controversial record out at the moment.

I don't know who started the controversy,

this is David Parton and his version of Stevie Wonder's fabulous song Isn't She Lovely?

# Isn't she lovely?

# Isn't she wonderful?

# Isn't she precious?

# Less than one minute old

# I never thought through love we'd be

# Making one as lovely as she

# But isn't she lovely? Made from love

# Isn't she precious?

# Truly the angel's best

# Boy, I'm so happy

# We have been heaven blessed

# I can't believe what God has done

# Through us he's given life to one

# But isn't she lovely? Made from love

# Isn't she lovely?

# Love and life are the same

# Life is Aisha

# The meaning of her name

# Londie, it could have not been done

# Without you who conceived the one

# That's so very lovely Made from love

# Isn't she lovely?

# Isn't she wonderful?

# Isn't she precious?

# Less than one minute old

# I can't believe what God has done

# Through us he's given life to one... #

Right now we have Status Quo and The Wild, Wild Side Of Life.

# Well, you wouldn't read my letters if I wrote you

# You ask me not to call you on the phone

# Well, there's something I've been waiting for to tell you

# So I wrote it in the words of a song

# The glamour of the gay night-life has lured you

# To the places where the wine and liquor flow

# Well, you went to be somebody else's baby

# And forget the truest love you'll ever know

# I never knew there were honky-tonk angels

# Oh, I might have known you'd never make a wife

# You gave up the only one that ever loved you

# And went back to that wild side of life

# Now the glamour of the gay night-life has lured you

# To the places where the wine and liquor flow

# Well, you went to be somebody else's baby

# And forget the truest love you'll ever know

# I never knew there were honky-tonk angels

# Oh, I might have known you'd never make a wife

# You gave up the only one that ever loved you

# And went back to that wild side of life

# I never knew there were honky-tonk angels

# Oh, I might have known you'd never make a wife

# You gave up the only one that ever loved you... #

Status Quo at number 11 and The Wild Side Of Life.

Well, there are quite a few new entries in the charts

since the start of the new year, and here's one of them.

Very welcome indeed, at number 25 Every Man Must Have A Dream

and the sound of Liverpool Express.

# Every man must have a dream

# Every play must have a scene

# Every heartbreak has a heart

# Every child must have a start

# Every lover has a love

# Every faith has God above

# Oh, yeah

# But all these things that you're doing

# Leave me in a ruin

# In the same old way

# Every morning has its day

# Every woman has her way

# Every road must have an end

# Great pretenders must pretend

# Everything you need is free

# When the one you need is me

# Oh, yeah

# But all these things that you're doing

# Leave me in a ruin

# In the same old way

# I used to be a dreamer

# But now I'm just a man

# I used to be alone

# But I know you'd never

# Understand

# Every man must have a dream

# Every picture paints a scene

# Every heartbreak has a heart

# Every child must have a start

# Every lover has a love

# Every faith has God above

# Oh, yeah

# But all these things that you're doing

# Leave me in a ruin

# In the same old way

# I saw her today. #

A fabulous song, that. I'm really glad it made it.

That was Liverpool Express and Every Man Must Have A Dream.

I've got a dream and it's that I'm going to meet three lovely ladies

and they're going to come right over to me and sing Smile.

My dream has come true, this is Pussycat.

# There were days I couldn't weep

# Nights I couldn't sleep

# And everything I did just turned out wrong

# Till there was you to dry my tears

# Whisper love words in my ears

# And this is why I'm glad you came along

# Now there's a smile

# To cheer me up when I'm lonely

# That I can call whenever I'm feeling down

# Smile and you know that I'm only

# Longing for the minute you'll be around

# Help, because I'm trying to get over

# The way I thought of love many times before

# If ever you should go away

# And nobody else could be near

# There's always a smile to remember that you were here

# If I could fly, I'd fly away

# To a bright blue summer day

# Trying to share my love with you for evermore

# Darling, you made my life complete

# You're everything I need

# I'll never be the same I was before

-# Now there's a smile

-There's a smile to cheer me up

-# To cheer me up when I'm lonely

-When I'm lonely

# That I can call whenever I'm feeling down

# Smile your smile and, darling you'll know

# That I'm only

# Longing for the minute you'll be around

# Help, because I'm trying to get over

# The way I thought of love many times before

# If ever you should go away

# And nobody else could be near

# There's always a smile to remember that you were here

# There's always a smile to remember that you were here

# There's always a smile to remember that you were here. #

APPLAUSE

That was Pussycat and Smile.

That's what we want you to do in the new year, smile more often.

Show 'em your teeth, take them out if you feel like it, if you don't mind.

Here's something to smile about. The nation's brand new number one song.

Top of the pile, across the nation, David Soul.

# 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

# 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 a 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 start believin'

# 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

# 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 a 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

# Don't give up on us, baby

# Don't give up on us, baby. #

David Soul, number one, Don't Give Up On Us.

We're going to leave you with Stevie Wonder and I Wish...

Do you mind not pulling my trouser leg? Yes, I wish you'd leave me alone.

We'll see you next week and until then, ta-da! Goodbye!

# Lookin' back on when I

# Was a little nappy headed boy

# Then my only worry

# Was for Christmas what would be my toy

# Even though we sometimes

# Would not get a thing

# We were happy with the

# Joy the day would bring... #