17/3/77 Top of the Pops

Hello, and welcome, once again, to Top Of The Pops.

MUSIC: "Tear Me Apart" by Suzi Quattro

# Straight out of Texas down around San Antone

# Straight out of heaven sweeter than you've ever known

# Don't let me hear that sweet kid's name

# Get your hands on me and I'll drive you insane

# So tear me apart if you wanna win my heart

# Well, I've been seen in the back of a limousine

# I may not own it but it's bigger than you've ever seen

# She'll ride around and think she's a star

# If you please, she's a tease you won't get far

# So tear me apart if you wanna win my heart

# I'll make your legs start shakin' every time you hear my name

# There'll be no heartbreakin' and you know you'll never be the same

# Don't talk to me about Louisiana Sue

# Cos she can't do the things that I can do

# So tear me apart if you wanna win my heart

# I'm gonna say goodbye to the lights of San Antone

# I'm heading Hollywood high and there I'm going to make my home

# Now I don't give a damn what they think they've seen

# Cos they ain't seen nothing like a Texas Queen

# So tear me apart if you wanna win my heart

# Tear me apart if you wanna win my heart

# Tear me apart if you wanna win my heart

# Tear me apart if you wanna win my heart... #

That's fantastic.

That's Suzi Quattro, there, at number 30, straight in,

and a number called Tear Me Apart.

She hasn't been around

because she's literally been touring all over the world.

Here's a guy with his very first release.

It's a brand-new entry. Straight in. Beautiful song from Bernie Flint.

MUSIC: "I Don't Want To Put A Hold On You"

# If you want to leave me

# Well, that's all right

# Come the morning find you gone

# Well, I don't mind

# It's not that I don't love you, baby

# You know I do

# But I don't want to put no hold on you

# Such a lovely feeling, darling having you so near

# Gee, it's good to know that you're around

# Should you ever go away then let me make it clear

# I won't ever try to tie you down

# And if you should get restless

# Well, that's all right

# Find that you're in need of a change, well

# Well, I don't mind

# Don't misunderstand me, baby

# My love is true

# I don't want to put no hold on you

# Such a lovely feeling, darling

# Having you so near

# Gee, it's good to know that your around

# Should you ever go away then let me make it clear

# I won't ever try to tie you down

# If you want to leave me

# Well, that's all right

# Come the morning find you gone

# Well, I don't mind

# It's not that I don't love you, baby

# You know I do

# But I don't want to put no hold on you

# No, I don't want to put no hold on you

# I don't want to put no hold on you

# I don't want to put no hold on you... #

Really is my sort of music, that.

I Don't Want To Put A Hold On You at number 29 from Bernie Flint.

And at number two, here's Abba.

MUSIC: "Knowing Me, Knowing You"

# No more carefree laughter

# Silence ever after

# Walking through an empty house tears in my eyes

# Here is where the story ends this is goodbye

-# Knowing me, knowing you

-Aha

# There is nothing we can do

-# Knowing me, knowing you

-Aha

# We just have to face it

# This time we're through

# This time we're through

# Breaking up is never easy, I know

# But I have to go

# Knowing me, knowing you

# It's the best I can do

# Memories, good days, bad days

# They'll be with me always

# In these old familiar rooms children would play

# Now there's only emptiness nothing to say

-# Knowing me, knowing you

-Aha

# There is nothing we can do

-# Knowing me, knowing you

-Aha

# We just have to face it

# This time we're through

# This time we're through

# Breaking up is never easy, I know

# But I have to go

# Knowing me, knowing you

# It's the best I can do

-# Knowing me, knowing you

-Aha

# There is nothing we can do

-# Knowing me, knowing you

-Aha

# We just have to face it

# This time we're through

# This time we're through

# Breaking up is never easy, I know

# But I have to go

# Knowing me, knowing you

# It's the best I can do... #

That was the great sound of Abba at number two. Knowing Me, Knowing You.

And at number 20, here's Cliff Richard

and a great hit single called My Kinda Life.

# Right from early days from the moment I was born

# I would take my guitar in the early, early mornin'

# And go down to the fields and play yeah, yeah

# Sittin' down there in the long grass strummin'

# I could see the people from miles around comin'

# To hear me sing my music and play ey, ey

# Well, that's been my kinda life

# My kinda life, yes and I like it

# Well, that's been my kinda life

# My kinda life, yes and I like it

# Well, that's been my kinda life yeah

# And I wouldn't spend it anywhere

# Other than sittin' down somewhere

# Playin' away my days, yeah

# Well, we made it to the city just me and my guitar

# That was where I found a freaky little bar

# And I sat there on the stage and played, hey, hey

# Well, up came a guy who said it wasn't plastic

# He wanted me to sign away my life or something drastic

# But all I wanna do is play, ey, ey

# Well, that's been my kinda life

# My kinda life, yes and I like it

# Well, that's been my kinda life

# My kinda life, yes and I like it

# Well, that's been my kinda life, yeah

# And I wouldn't spend it anywhere

# Other than sittin' down somewhere

# Playin' away my days

# Just playin'

# Play it

# Well, fame and fortune I've let them pass me by

# No-one in the country could say I didn't try

# To turn the people on and to play yay, yeah

# You can keep all the money and the places that go with it

# All I want is freedom and no cash could ever get it

# All I wanna do is play, yeah, hey

# Well, that's been my kinda life

# My kinda life, yes and I like it

# Well, that's been my kinda life

# My kinda life, yes and I like it

# That's been my kinda life, yeah

# And I wouldn't spend it anywhere

# Other than sittin' down somewhere

# Playin' away my days, yeah

# My kinda life, yeah

# My kinda life, yeah

# My kinda life, yeah... #

Doesn't he turn out sensational records there?

It's Cliff Richard, there, and My Kinda Life.

Straight in at number 20, this week.

Here's another great sound at number 14,

Elvis Presley, a number called Moody Blue

and to dance to it, here, are Legs & Co.

# Well, it's hard to be a gambler bettin' on the number

# That changes every time

# When you think you're gonna win, you think she's givin' in

# A stranger's all you find

# Yeah, it's hard to figure out what she's all about

# But she's woman through and through

# She's a complicated lady

# So colour my baby a moody blue

# Oh, Moody Blue

# Tell me, am I getting through?

# I keep hanging on trying to learn this song

# But I never do

# Oh, Moody Blue

# Tell me who I'm talking to

# You're like night and day and it's hard to day which one is you

# Well, when Monday comes, she's Tuesday

# When Tuesday comes, she's Wednesday

# Into another day again

# Her personality unwinds

# Just like a ball of twine

# On a spool that never ends

# Just when I think I know her well

# Her emotions reveal

# She's not the person that I thought I knew

# She's a complicated lady So I colour my baby

# A moody blue

# Oh, Moody Blue

# Tell me am I getting through?

# I keep hanging on trying to learn this song

# But I never do

# Yeah, Moody Blue

# Tell me who I'm talking to

# You're like night and day And it's hard to say

# Which one is you

# I'm afraid for my Moody Blue. #

APPLAUSE

Lovely. That's Legs & Co, dancing to that one from Elvis Presley.

Here's a song I think will be new to you.

I haven't heard it much on the radio.

I think it's one of the best numbers out at the moment.

It's all about a rock and roll star. Here's Barclay James Harvest.

MUSIC: "Rock'n'Roll Star" by Barclay James Harvest

# The higher you fly The harder you fall

# The way that it goes, so they say

# No mountain's too high No valley too low

# No river too wide on the way

# So you're going to be a rock'n'roll star

# Going to make it on your own

# Write a song that everyone can sing along

# So you want to take a trip to the stars

# Can you find your way back home?

# You'll get your break But you don't wait too long

# Looking behind you

# On the bad times that you had

# Looking before you

# Only good times? #

APPLAUSE

And, at number 24, here's Maxine Nightingale,

and a fabulous number called Love Hit Me.

# Love hit me

# And there was nowhere I could run

# But my loneliness was over

# And my life had just begun

# When I saw you smile

# Well, love hit me

# And there was nothing I could say

# I was trapped, I was helpless

# And I just had to say

# Baby, let your love shine on

# Keep it running all night long

# You can really turn me on

# Ooh, baby, you're the only one

# Baby, let your love shine on

# Keep it burning all night long

# I can feel it coming on

# Love hit me and it's growing strong

# Right smack between the eyes

# Love hit me

# You must have known this lonely girl

# Needed loving and affection

# And that's why I couldn't avoid it

# Standing out a mile

# Love hit me

# And there was nothing I could say

# Now I believe in miracles

# They happen every day

# Baby, let your love shine on

# Keep it burning all night long

# You can really turn me on

# Oh, baby, you're the only one

# Oh, baby, let your love shine on

# Keep it burning all night long

# I can feel it coming on

# Love hit me and it's growing strong

# Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Oh, oh, ah, oh

# Woo-oo-hoo!

# Baby, let your love shine on

# Keep it burning all night long

# You can really turn me on

# Oh, baby, you're the only one

# Oh, baby, let your love shine on

# Keep it burning all night long

# I can feel it coming on

# Love hit me and it's growing strong. #

APPLAUSE

That's the number 24 sound. Fabulous hit from Maxine Nightingale,

called Love Hit Me.

-Do you remember a version by the Kalin Twins of When?

-When?

No, I didn't think you probably would.

This version, I know you'll know. Number six, Showaddywaddy!

MUSIC: "When" by Showaddywaddy

# When

# When

# When

# When

# Oh...

# When you smile

# When you smile at me

# Well, well I know

# Our love will always be

-# When

-When

# When you kiss me right

# I, I don't want you

# To ever say goodnight

# I need you

# I want you near me

# I love you

# Yes I do And I hope you'll hear me

-# When

-When

# When I say, when I say be mine

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# If you will, I know I will be fine

# When will you be mine?

-# When

-When

# When you smile

# When you smile at me

# Well, well I know

# Our love will always be

-# When

-When

# When you kiss When you kiss me right

# I, I don't want to ever say goodnight

# When will you be mine?

# Oh, baby

# I need you

# I want you near me

# Oh, baby

# I love you

# Yes I do and I hope you'll hear me

# Oh, when

# When

# When

# When. #

APPLAUSE

Aren't they great?! That's Showaddywaddy, and When.

Great rock'n'roll number.

This has to be the silliest hat I've seen for a long time.

Well done, Colin.

If we can peer round this hat,

you'll see Billy Ocean, singing a number called Red Light.

# Red light

# Spells danger

# I can't hold out

# Much longer

# Cos red light

# Means warning

# I can't hold out

# I'm burning

# No, no, no

# You took my heart and turned me on

# And now the danger sign is on

# I never thought the day would come

# When I would feel alone without you

# Now I'm like a child again

# Calling out his mama's name

# You got me on a ball and chain

# Doing things that I don't want to

# I can't stop running to you

# Feel love coming to you

# Girl, with you beside me

# Hold on, heaven guide me

# Red light, feel the red light

# Oh, it's a danger warning

# Can't hold out

# Can't hold out much longer

# No, no, baby

# Red light, feel the red light

# Oh, it's a danger warning

# Can't hold out Can't hold out

# I'm burning

# No!

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Ooh, ooh

# Yeah

# Red light, red light

# Spells danger

# Spells danger Can't hold out

# Much longer Oh, baby, baby

# Red light

-# Means warning

-Means warning, yeah

-# Can't hold out

-And I can't hold out

# I'm burning

# No, no, no!

# I had my fun, I played around

# Without a love to tie me down

# I always used to kiss and run

# I never wanted love to catch me

# I thought I had a heart of stone

# But now I'm in the danger zone

# I can feel the heat is on

# Soon the flames are going to catch me

# I can't stop running to you

# Feel love coming to you

# Girl, with you beside me

# Hold on, heaven guide me

# Red light, feel the red light

-# Spells danger

-Oh, it's a danger warning

# I can't hold out I can't hold out

# Much longer

# No, no, baby

# Red light Feel the red light

-# Warning

-Oh, it's a danger warning

-# Can't hold out

-Can't hold out

# I'm burning. #

APPLAUSE

I think that's the best record he's done, don't you?

That's Billy Ocean, and a number called Red Light.

It's number one time on Top Of The Pops, and here they are.

The fantastic Manhattan Transfer, and Chanson D'Amour.

# Chanson d'amour

# Ra-da-da-da-da

# Play encore

# Here in my heart

# Ra-da-da-da-da

# More and more

# Chanson d'amour

# Ra-da-da-da-da

# Je t'adore

# Each time I hear

# Ra-da-da-da-da

# Chanson, chanson

# D'amour. #

Play it, boys.

# Ra-da-da-da-da

# Chanson d'amour

# Ra-da-da-da-da

# Je t'adore

# Each time I hear

# Ra-da-da-da-da

# Chanson, chanson

# D'amour

# Every time I hear

# Chanson, chanson

# D'amour! #

APPLAUSE

Lovely, isn't it? Manhattan Transfer, Chanson D'Amour.

Number one sound. I wonder if David Soul will make it.

I felt your hands shake, when I said, "David Soul", just then.

I wonder if he'll make it next week. Thanks for watching.

We'll be back here at the same time next week,

for another edition of Top Of The Pops.

-See you then. Bye-bye!

-APPLAUSE

MUSIC: "Sunny" by Boney M

# Sunny

# Yesterday my life was filled with rain

# Sunny

# You smiled at me and really eased the pain

# The dark days are gone and the bright days are here

# My sunny one shines so sincere

# Sunny one so true

# I love you. #

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