Christmas 1975 Top of the Pops

APPLAUSE

Hello! Happy Christmas and welcome to Top Of The Pops.

-Good afternoon.

-I'll have a glass of wine, if you don't mind, please.

I'm not a wine waiter.

Look, I've put all the gear on cos it's like formal. It's Christmas.

-I'm sorry.

-You can talk! What's all this about?

I'm a little embarrassed, to be honest.

Somebody told me this was the pantomime.

-You're not by any chance Cinderella, are you?

-No, I'm not.

-But I've got a ball.

-I'm trying to give them up, actually.

-I'm not even Fred Astaire.

-Really? What are you, then?

-Well, I'm not an airline pilot.

-What a terrible cue for a song!

MUSIC: January by Pilot

# January

# Sick and tired you've been hanging on me

# You make me sad with your eyes

# You're telling me lies

# Don't go, don't go

# January

# Don't be cold don't be angry to me

# You make me sad, come and see

# Oh, January

# Don't go, don't go

-# Life gets me higher

-Higher

# I can show, I can go I can wake up the world

# Little world

# Gotta know you, gotta show you

-# Sun, like a fire

-Fire

# Carry on, don't be gone

# Bring me out of my home

# Sweet home

# Gotta know me

# Gotta show me

# You've been facing the world

# You've been chasing the world

# January

# Sick and tired you've been hanging on me

# You make me sad with your eyes

# You're telling me lies

# Don't go, don't go

# January

# Don't be cold, don't be angry to me

# You make me sad, come and see

# Oh, January

# Don't go, don't go

-# Time, it's a flyer

-Flyer

# Sunny days fly away English summers are gone

# So long

# Gotta go up, gotta grow up

-# Sun, like a fire

-Fire

# Carry one, don't be gone Bring me out of my home

# Sweet home

# Gotta know me, gotta show me

# You've been facing the world

# You've been chasing the world

# January

# Sick and tired you've been hanging on me

# You make me sad with your eyes

# You're telling me lies

# Don't go, don't go

# January

# Don't be cold, don't be angry to me

# You make me sad, come and see

# Oh, January

# Don't go, don't go. #

APPLAUSE

January, and that comes from Pilot.

I suppose Noel and I have made a bit of a mistake.

We're not doing a pantomime, so let's introduce you

to some of the number ones that we've had over the last year.

Here's Johnny Nash. Do you remember this one?

# I can't take it

# I'm so lonely

# Gee, I need you so

# I can't take it

# Oh, I wonder

# Why you had to go

# But baby

# Baby

# Every night I wake up crying

# Tears on my pillow

# Pain in my heart

# You on my mind

# I remember all the good times

# That we had before

# I remember and now my heart

# My very soul cries out for more

# But baby

# Baby

# All your love for me is dying

# Tears on my pillow

# Pain in my heart

# You on my mind. #

I'll always remember that day You promised to love me

You said you'd love me to the very end

# You can say that you want me, baby. #

And I'll never forget

I'll never forget when you walked away from me

You walked out of my life with my very best friend

# And you say that you love me

# Oh, baby

# Baby

# Every night I wake up crying

# Tears on my pillow

# Pain in my heart

# You on my mind

# Yeah, tears on my pillow

# Pain in my heart

# You on my mind

# I got tears on my pillow

# Pain in my heart

# You on my mind

# I got tears on my pillow... #

APPLAUSE

Johnny Nash, of course and Tears On My Pillow.

1975, indeed, a year of musical contrasts,

many different people at the top of the chart with many different acts.

In fact, we had Bing Crosby, Vera Lynn, and Max Jaffa

and of course, Windsor Davies and Don Estelle,

no doubt enjoying a tremendous amount of popularity

because of the BBC series, It Ain't Half Hot Mum.

Here's that grass that whispers.

APPLAUSE

You promised me, green grass, not to tell what you 'eard

Whispering grass, say you can't keep your word

Keep your word - sing, Lofty.

# Why do you whisper, green grass

# Why tell the trees what ain't so

# Whispering grass the trees don't have to know

# No, no

# Why tell them all your secrets

# Who kissed there long ago

# Mm-mm!

# Whispering grass the trees don't need to know

# Whispering grass the trees don't need to know

# Bo-bo-bo boom

-# Don't you tell it to the breeze,

-Bo-boom

-# Or she will tell the birds and bees

-Bo-boom

# And everyone will know

# Because you told the blabbering trees

# Yes, you told them once before

# It's no secret any more

# Why tell them all the old things

# They're buried under the snow

# Dum di dum, dum di dum

# Whispering grass don't tell the trees

# Cos the trees don't need to know. #

Don't you tell it to the breeze,

cos she will tell the birds and bees

and everyone will know

because you told the blabbering trees.

Oh, yes, you told them once before

and it is no secret any more -

I will not have gossip in this jungle.

# Why tell them all the old things

# They're buried under the snow

# Whispering grass don't tell the trees

# Cos the trees don't need to know

# Bo-bo-bo boom, bo-bo-bo boom. #

APPLAUSE

Ah, very nice, very colonial indeed. And Whispering Grass.

Actually, talking of grass,

do you know Pan's People are out in the garden?

I had a little peep at them just now

-and they were looking just a little

-light-headed. Really? Yes.

Actually, it's very frosty out there and they've Only Got Eyes For You.

-Do you mind if I strangle you?

-Certainly.

-Shall I do it now?

# My love must be a kind of blind love

# I can't see anyone but you

# Are the stars out tonight?

# I don't know if it's cloudy or bright

# I only have eyes

# For you, dear

# The moon may be high

# But I can't see a thing in the sky

# Cos I only have eyes

# For you

# I don't know if we're in a garden

# Or on a crowded avenue

# You are here

# So am I

# Maybe millions of people go by

# But they all disappear

# From view

# And I only have eyes

# For you. #

APPLAUSE

I suppose that's what they mean by glow-glow dancing.

Amazing, the cost of living.

This thing's going up in value the whole time.

-What do you think of the show so far?

-Rubbish!

-Oh, well! Never mind.

Ralph McTell's had a remarkably good year.

He's had a super LP out and he's had some marvellous singles

and here's the one which I suppose we most associate with him.

MUSIC: Streets of London by Ralph McTell

# Have you seen the old man

# In the closed-down market

# Kicking up the paper

# With his worn-out shoes?

# In his eyes you see no pride

# Hand held loosely at his side

# Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news

# So how can you tell me that you're lonely

# And say for you that the sun don't shine?

# Let me take you by the hand

# And lead you through the streets of London

# I'll show you something to make you change your mind

# And have you seen the old girl

# Who walks the streets of London

# Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?

# She's no time for talking

# She just keeps right on walking

# Carrying her home in two carrier bags

# So how can you tell me that you're lonely

# And say for you that the sun don't shine?

# Let me take you by the hand

# And lead you through the streets of London

# I'll show you something to make you change your mind

# Have you seen the old man

# Outside the Seaman's Mission

# Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears

# And in our winter city

# The rain cries a little pity

# For one more forgotten hero

# And a world that doesn't care

# So how can you tell me you're lonely

# And say for you that the sun don't shine

# Let me take you by the hand

# And lead you through the streets of London

# I'll show you something to make you change your mind. #

APPLAUSE

That's Ralph McTell.

One thing I like about Christmas, all the sweets and everything,

absolutely gorgeous. Would you like one? You would?

Lovely, lovely Turkish delight. Haven't got many left.

How about this one from The Tymes? It's called Miss Grace.

# Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh

# Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh

# Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh

# Ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh, Miss Grace

# Satin and perfume and lace

# The minute I saw your face

# I knew that I loved you

# Hey, you, listen to me

# I got a lot of truth I want to tell you

# I just met a woman who turned me upside down

# Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

# The rivers turn in their beds

# Flowers bloom where she treads

# She turns an awful lot of heads

# When she comes to town

# Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

# Miss Grace, when you walk by

# You're the twinkle in my eye

# No need to wonder why

# I've fallen for you

# Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh, Miss Grace

# Satin and perfume and lace

# The minute I saw your face

# I knew that I loved you

# Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

# Oh, my darling, oh, my darling

# Oh, my darling, oh, my darling

# Oh, my darling, oh, my darling

# Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

# Strangest thing of all, you see

# Is that this could happen to me

# Lady Grace she said she'll be so fine

# Someday I'll make you mine, all mine,

# Ooh, ooh, ooh, Miss Grace

# Satin and perfume and lace

# The minute I saw your face

# I knew that I loved you

# Oh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh, Miss Grace

# Satin and perfume and lace

# The minute I saw your face

# I knew that I loved you

# Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

# Lady Grace, you're so fine

# I wanna make you mine, all mine

# The minute I saw your face

# I knew that I loved you

# Oh

# She is my baby and I love her so... #

APPLAUSE

What an absolutely not...

I'm sorry, I've got to speak posh with this lot on.

I'm really pleased The Tymes came along,

cos I wouldn't want to miss grace,

cos that means I can now start eating this.

It's been a good year for country singers.

Billie Jo Spears on a blanket and there was Dolly Parton at the store

and there was Tammy Wynette, who's about to stand by her chicken leg.

MUSIC: Stand By Your Man by Tammy Wynette

# Sometimes it's hard to be a woman

# Giving all your love to just one man

# You'll have bad times

# And he'll have good times

# Doin' things that you don't understand

# But if you love him you'll forgive him

# Even though he's hard to understand

# And if you love him

# Oh, be proud of him

# Cos after all he's just a man

# Stand by your man give him two arms to cling to

# And something warm to come to

# When nights are cold and lonely

# Stand by your man and show the world you love him

# Keep giving all the love you can

# Stand by your man

# Stand by your man and show the world you love him

# Keep giving all the love you can

# Stand by your man. #

APPLAUSE

Tammy Wynette, stand by your man.

I say, you don't fancy pulling a cracker with me, do you?

I don't know if I should ask you.

Shall we pull a cracker? Come on, let's... Come on, pull. Oh!

Oh, actually, I've got the prize here.

I'll tell you what, I've got another prize for you. The Bay City rollers.

# If you hate me after what I say

# Can't put if off any longer

# Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

# I just gotta tell her anyway

# Bye bye baby, baby goodbye

# Bye baby, baby bye bye

# Bye bye baby, don't make me cry

# Bye baby, baby bye bye

# You're the one girl in town I'd marry

# Girl I'd marry you now if I were free

# I wish it could be

# I could love you but why begin it

# Cos there ain't any future in it

# She's got me and I'm not free

# So bye bye baby, baby goodbye

# Bye baby, baby bye bye

# Bye bye baby, don't make me cry

# Bye baby, baby bye bye

# Wish I never had known you better

# Wish I knew you before I met her

# Gee

# How good it would be for me

# Shoulda told her that I can't linger

# There's a wedding ring on my finger

# She's got me but I'm not free

# So bye bye baby, baby goodbye

# Bye bye baby, baby bye bye

# Bye bye baby, don't make me cry

# Bye bye baby, baby bye bye

# Bye baby, baby bye bye

# Bye baby, baby bye bye

# Baby

# Bye bye

# Bye baby, baby bye bye

# Baby... #

APPLAUSE

They were at number one for six weeks with that one.

Bye Bye Baby by the Bay City Rollers.

What on earth are you doing, Noel? What ARE you doing?

-I thought I'd just have a hatful of champagne.

-Look, don't be ridi...

Just make yourself a little useful and introduce the next artist.

But I don't want to be lonely this Christmas.

MUSIC: Lonely This Christmas by Mud

# Try to imagine

# A house that's not a home

# Try to imagine

# A Christmas all alone

# That's where I'll be since you left me

# My tears could melt the snow

# What can I do without you?

# I've got no place, no place to go

# It'll be lonely this Christmas

# Without you to hold

# It'll be lonely this Christmas

# Lonely and cold

# It'll be cold, so cold

# Without you to hold

# This Christmas

# Each time I remember

# The day you went away

# And how I would listen

# To the things you had to say

# I just break down as I look around

# And the only things I see

# Are emptiness and loneliness

# And an unlit Christmas tree

# It'll be lonely this Christmas

# Without you to hold

# It'll be lonely this Christmas

# Lonely and cold

# It'll be cold, so cold

# Without you to hold

# This Christmas... #

You remember last year when you and I were here.

We never thought there'd be an end.

And I remember looking at you then

and I remember thinking that Christmas must have been made for us.

Cos, darling, this is the time of year that you really need love -

when it means so very, very much.

# It'll be lonely this Christmas... #

So it'll be lonely this Christmas...

-# Without you to hold... #

-..without you to hold.

# It'll be lonely this Christmas... #

It'll be so very lonely.

-# Lonely and cold... #

-Lonely and cold.

# It'll be lonely this Christmas

# Without you to hold

# It'll be lonely this Christmas

# Lonely and cold

# It'll be cold, so cold

# Without you to hold

# This Christmas. #

Merry Christmas, darling, wherever you are.

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much.

That's the sound of Mud there and Lonely This Christmas.

Incredible - I only planted this just before the programme.

Here's a real cracker which comes from Guys 'n' Dolls.

MUSIC: There's A Whole Lot Of Loving by Guys 'n' Dolls

# There's a whole lot of lovin' going on in my heart

# It's a feelin' I'm feeling through and through

# There's a whole lot of missin' every time we're apart

# There's a whole lot of lovin' just for you

# Bigger than the Mississippi River near the ocean

-# All for you

-Wider than the desert

-# And the Utah sky

-It's for you

# Stronger than the dynamos of Hoover Dam in motion

# You supply the reason why

# There's a whole lot of lovin' going on in my heart

# It's a feelin' I'm feeling through and through

# There's a whole lot of missin' every time we're apart

# There's a whole lot of lovin' just for you

# Warmer than the sun that warms the corners of Kentucky

# Taller than a California Redwood tree

# Richer than a 49er miner strikin' lucky

# He was never rich as me

# There's a whole lot of lovin' going on in my heart

# It's a feelin' I'm feeling through and through

# There's a whole lot of missin' every time we're apart

# There's a whole lot of lovin' just for you

-# Ah-ah

-Like a highway that goes on and on

-# And never bends

-Ah-ah

# Like a fire that glows on and on

# And it never ends

# There's a whole lot of lovin' going on in my heart

# It's a feelin' I'm feeling through and through

# Oh, yes, I feel it

# There's a whole lot of missin' every time we're apart

# There's a whole lot of lovin' just for you

# There's a whole lot of lovin' just for you. #

APPLAUSE

Lovely stuff. I toast to them - Guys 'n' Dolls, and...

I asked for a cherry. And A Whole Lot Of Loving.

We just had great news from BBC Archives.

We're able to eat the turkey.

We're going to get stuck into this while you get stuck into Telly.

MUSIC: If by Telly Savalas

If a picture paints a thousand words

Then why can't I paint you?

The words will never show

The you I've come to know

If a face could launch a thousand ships

Then where am I to go?

There's no-one home but you

You're all that's left, me too

# And when my love

# For life is running dry

# You come and pour

# Yourself on me... #

If a man could be two places at one time

Hey, baby

I'd be with you

Tomorrow and today

Beside you all the way

And if the world should stop revolving

You know, spinning

Spinning slowly down to die

I'd spend the end with you

And when the world was through

# Then one by one

# The stars would all go out

# Then you and I

# Would simply fly

# Away. #

Merry Christmas.

APPLAUSE

That was Telly Savalas there and a number called If.

Oh, that was delicious.

-I suppose there's no chance of another one, is there?

-No.

-Well, there's a leg left.

-How do you know it's a left leg?

-Don't be silly.

-Did you see that parcel I was making earlier?

-I didn't, actually.

Didn't you? It's over there. I've finished doing it.

-Do you like the ribbons on the top?

-They're rather lovely, aren't they?

Really nice shape, as well.

MUSIC: Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) by the Stylistics

# If I had money, I'd go wild

# Buy you furs dress you like a queen

# And in a chauffeured limousine

# We'd look so fine

# But I'm an ordinary guy

# And my pockets are empty

# Just an ordinary guy

# But I'm yours till I die

# I can't give you anything

# But my love

# But my love

# I can't give you anything

# But my love

# But my love

# I cannot promise you the world

# Can't afford any fancy things

# I cannot buy you diamond rings

# No string of pearls

# But my devotion I will give

# All my love just to you, girl

# My devotion I will give

# For as long as I live

# I can't give you anything

# But my love

# But my love

# I can't give you anything

# But my love

# But my love. #

Come on, come on. Won't come out.

I've been feeding it on lettuce all day and it won't come out.

That, of course, is Pan's People, and they were Stylistics

and these gentlemen are very, very talented indeed.

They've had an extremely good 1975.

They are 10cc and one of the few number ones

that I've never, ever got tired of.

MUSIC: I'm Not In Love by 10cc

# I'm not in love

# So don't forget it

# It's just a silly phase

# I'm going through

# And just because

# I call you up

# Don't get me wrong

# Don't think you've got it made

# I'm not in love

# No, no

# It's because

# I like to see you

# But then again

# That doesn't mean

# You mean that much to me

# So if I call you

# Don't make a fuss

# Don't tell your friends

# About the two of us

# I'm not in love

# No, no

# It's because... #

Be quiet - big boys don't cry

Big boys don't cry

Big boys don't cry

Big boys don't cry

Big boys don't cry

Big boys don't cry...

# I keep your picture

# Upon the wall

# It hides a nasty stain

# That's lying there

# So don't you ask me

# To give it back

# I know you know

# It doesn't mean that much to me

# I'm not in love

# No, no

# It's because

# Ooh, you'll wait a long time for me

# Ooh, you'll wait a long time

# Ooh, you'll wait a long time for me

# Ooh, you'll wait a long time

# I'm not in love

# I'm not in love. #

APPLAUSE

One of the most beautiful songs - 10cc, I'm Not In Love. What...

-What is that?

-Happy Christmas.

-My present?

-For you.

-Oh, what is it?

-Telephone box.

-Couldn't you think of something original?

-I've already got a telephone box.

-Sorry.

I suppose there's nobody in there, is there?

-Only Cinderella.

-Cinderella? I won't disturb her.

I've got a lovely present for all the girls - David Essex.

MUSIC: Hold Me Close by David Essex

# Hold me close

# Don't let me go

# Oh, no

# I

# Yes, I love you and I think that you know

# Do you know?

# With your love light shining

# Every cloud's got a silver lining

# So hold me close

# Don't let me go

# Hold me close

# Don't let me go

# Oh, no

# You and me

# Yes, our love it will stop the show

# Do you know?

# With your love light shining clearly

# It's real good to have you near me

# So hold me close

# Don't let me go

# And if that road gets weary

# Oh, I lo-o-ove you

# Waiting here if you need me

# Cos I love the things that you do

# Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

# Hold me close

# Don't let me go

# Oh, no

# I

# Yes, I love you and I think that you know

# Do you know?

# With your love light shining clearly

# It's real good to have you near me

# So hold me close

# Don't let me go

# And if that road gets tougher

# Oh, I lo-o-ove you

# No, I'll never let you suffer

# Cos I love the things that you do

# So hold me close

# Don't let me go

# Oh, no

# I

# Yes, I love you and I think that you know

# Do you know?

# With your love light shining clearly

# It's so good to have you near me

# So hold me clo-o-ose

# Hold me clo-o-o-ose

# Hold me close

# Don't let me

# Go

# No

# No

# Closer, girl

# Closer, yeah

# Closer, girl

# Closer, yeah. #

APPLAUSE

That's David Essex and Hold Me Close.

The most important thing on Christmas Day has turned up -

the mistletoe.

We hope you've enjoyed this edition of Top Of The Pops,

seeing all the number ones. Have a super day - what's left of it.

-From us all, have a happy Christmas.

-Happy Christmas!