25/12/77 Top of the Pops

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Hello. Hello, hello. And a very, very Merry Christmas to you all.

Welcome to the Christmas edition of Top Of The Pops.

We hope you got the pressies you wanted and the pudding isn't lying too heavy,

because a bit of dancing to do today, I reckon?

We certainly have. And being a festival occasion,

a lot of your favourite number ones and twos of 1977,

like this from Showaddywaddy -

number two in August with You Got What It Takes.

# You don't drive a big fast car

# You don't look like a movie star

# On your money we won't get far

# But baby Yeah, yeah

# You got what it takes

# To satisfy

# You got what it takes to set my soul on fire

# Oh-oh-oh-oh oh yeah

# You got what it takes for me

# You don't live in a beautiful place

# You don't dress with the best of taste

# And nature didn't give you such a beautiful face

# But baby Yeah, yeah

# You got what it takes

# To satisfy

# You got what it takes to set my soul on fire

# Oh-oh-oh-oh oh yeah

# You got what it takes for me

# Now when you're near me

# Oo-ee My head goes around and around

# Now when you kiss me

# Oo-ee My love comes tumblin' down

# You send me...

# You don't drive a big fast car

# You don't look like a movie star

# And on your money we won't get far

# But baby Yeah, yeah

# You got what it takes

# To satisfy

# You got what it takes to set my soul on fire

# Oh-oh-oh-oh oh yeah

# You got what it takes for me

# Now when you're near me

# Oo-ee My head goes around and around

# Now when you kiss me

# Oo-ee My love comes tumblin' down

# You send me...

# You don't live in a beautiful place

# You don't dress with the best of taste

# And nature didn't give you such a beautiful face

# But baby Yeah, yeah

# You got what it takes

# To satisfy

# You got what it takes to set my soul on fire

# Oh-oh-oh-oh oh yeah

# You got what it takes for me

# Oh yeah

# You got what it takes for me

# That's right

# You got what it takes for me. #

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Showaddywaddy, of course.

It has been a great year for Deneice Williams.

She had a number one in May with Free.

# And I just got to be me

# Be me

# Whispering in his ear

# My magic potion for love

# Telling him I'm sincere

# And that there's nothin' too good for us

# But I want to be free

# Free

# Free

# And I just got to be me, yeah

# Be me

# Teasing hands, all his might

# Gave our nights such mystery

# Happiness all the time

# Oh, and how that man pleases me

# But I want to be free

# Ba, de, ah, ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba, ba

(# I just got to be me)

# Ba, de, ah, ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba, ba

# Feeling you close to me

# Makes all my senses smile

# Let's not waste ecstasy

# Cos I'll only be here for a while

# I've got to be free

# Free

# Free, oh

# And I just got to be me

# Yeah, yeah

# Be me

# Yeah

# Be

# Be. #

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1977 certainly saw a lot of new names in the charts.

None more outrageous than this,

from the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band.

MUSIC: "The Floral Dance" by Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band

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OK, Noel, it's quiz time. I want to see if you can identify

a certain somebody I'm thinking about who had a hit in July of '77.

-Three names.

-Carole Bayer Sager.

-No.

-Andy Fairweather Low?

-No.

-Value Added Tax?

-OK, I'll give you a clue. Think of Emerson.

-Emerson?

Fittipaldi?

It had to be, of course, Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

MUSIC: "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

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Fanfare For The Common Man, that's Lake and company, of course.

Now, one of the names to emerge in '77 was Carol Bayer Sager,

quite a big name really. She wrote this number.

She's not just a talented singer, she's a very good composer.

She wrote When I Need You for Leo Sayer.

# When I need you

# I just close my eyes and I'm with you

# And all that I so want to give you

# It's only a heartbeat away

# When I need love

# I hold out my hands and I touch love

# I never knew there was so much love

# Keeping me warm night and day

# Miles and miles of empty space in between us

# A telephone can't take the place of your smile

# But you know I won't be travelling for ever

# It's cold out

# But hold out and do I like I do

# When I need you

# I just close my eyes and I'm with you

# And all that I so want to give you, babe

# It's only a heartbeat away

# It's not easy when the road is your driver

# Honey that's a heavy load that we bear

# But you know I won't be travelling a lifetime

# It's cold out

# But hold out and do like I do

# Oh, I need you

# When I need love

# I hold out my hands and I touch love

# I never knew there was so much love

# Keeping me warm night and day

# When I need you

# I just close my eyes

# And you're right here by my side

# Keeping me warm night and day

# I just hold out my hands

# I just hold out my hand

# And I'm with you, darling

# Yes, I'm with you, darling

# All I want to give you

# Is only a heartbeat away

# Oh, I need you, darling

# Oh, I want you darling Yeah. #

Nostalgia made a return to the charts these past 12 months,

in the form of New York's Manhattan Transfer Company.

The singing group that is. With 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, boy.

# 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. #

Love it! Manhattan Transfer. Now, I've got to ask you this,

looking back over the whole year, artists you've really not liked?

Is there anyone who's really grated on you at all this year?

You mean apart from Hot Chocolate?

Oh, cr...

# Da da da da

# Da da da da

# Da da da da

# Da da da da

# Da da da da

# Da da da da

# Just to admit one mistake

# That can be hard to take

# I know we've made them fall

# But only fools come back for more

# Being the fool I am

# I figured in all your plans, darling

# Your perfumed letters didn't say

# That you'd be leaving any day

# So you win again, you win again

# Here I stand again, the loser

# And just for fun you took my love and run

# But love had just begun

# I can't refuse her

# But now I know that I'm the fool

# Who won your love to lose it all

# When you come back, you win again

# Da da da da

# Da da da da

# Da da da da

# And I'm not proud to say

# I let love slip away

# Now I'm the one who's crying

# I'm a fool, there's no denying

# When will my heartache end?

# Will my whole life depend on fading memories?

# You took the game this time with ease

# So you win again, you win again

# Here I stand again, the loser

# And just for fun you took my love and run

# But love had just begun

# I can't refuse her

# But now I know that I'm the fool

# Who won your love to lose it all

# When you come back, you win again

# Da da da da

# Da da da da

# Da da da da... #

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Hot Chocolate doing their thing.

At the beginning of the year, a lot of people said,

"Well, I mean, he's doing a hit show and whatever TV show,

he's bound to have hit records."

But he's really done it and held on. David Soul.

# Don't give up on us, baby

# Don't make the wrong seem right

# The future isn't just for the 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 the 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

# Don't give up on us, baby

# We're still worth one more try

# I know we put a last one by

# Just for the 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. #

A chart show really would not be complete

without at least one Abba hit of the year,

and this was number one in March, for 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

-A-ha

# There is nothing we can do

-# Knowing me, knowing you

-A-ha

# We just have to face it This time we're through

# This time we're through This time we're through

# This time we're through We're really through

# Breaking up is never easy, I know But I have to go

# I have to go this time I have to go, this time I know

# Knowing me, knowing you

# It's the best I can do

-# Memories

-Memories

-# Good days

-Good days

-# Bad days

-Bad days

-# They'll be

-They'll be

-# With me

-With me

-# Always

-Always

# In these old familiar rooms Children would play

# Now there's only emptiness Nothing to say

-# Knowing me, knowing you

-A-ha

# There is nothing we can do

-# Knowing me, knowing you

-A-ha

# We just have to face it This time we're through

# This time we're through This time we're through

# This time we're through We're really through

# Breaking up is never easy, I know But I have to go

# I have to go this time I have to go, this time I know

# Knowing me, knowing you

# It's the best I can do. #

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What a good sound they make. Abba. Knowing Me, Knowing You.

-What's that you've got there?

-It's a Christmas card from the guys.

"Christmas comes but once a year and it's always very exciting.

"But Top of the Pops is always fun Especially when done by Crew 19."

Aww. Isn't that lovely? Thank you, Crew 19.

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There we go. Space, of course, and Magic Fly.

Now, 1977 started off with this particular number one.

I suppose you could call it the Christmas record of last year.

Johnny Mathis and When A Child Is Born.

# Ah ah ah ah

# Ah ah-ah ah-ah

# Ah ah ah ah

# Ha 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

# An illusion now

# It must come true

# Some time 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... #

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The first number one of this year.

On this very special day, Legs & Co have invited special friend along

to help them move to the sounds of Stevie Wonder, and Sir Duke.

# Music is a world within itself

# With a language we all understand

# With an equal opportunity

# For all to sing, dance and clap their hands

# But just because a record has a groove

# Don't make it in the groove

# But you can tell right away at letter A

# When the people start to move

# They can feel it all over

# They can feel it all over, people

# They can feel it all over

They can feel it all over, people

# Music knows it is and always will

# Be one of the things that life just won't quit

# But here are some of music's pioneers

# That time will not allow us to forget

# For there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo

# And the king of all, Sir Duke

# And with a voice like Ella's ringin' out

# There's no way the band could lose

# You can feel it all over

# You can feel it all over, people

# You can feel it all over

# You can feel it all over, people

# You can feel it all over

# You can feel it all over, people

# You can feel it all over... #

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Stevie Wonder - what a great record that was.

And Sir Duke. And coming up on the show...

-Sorry!

-What's up now?

I've got a loose 'eel, here.

Oh, talking of "loose 'eels", here's Kenny Rogers.

I don't believe it. You couldn't stoop so low. Not SO low.

# In a bar in Toledo Across from the depot

# On a bar stool she took off her ring

# I thought I'd get closer So I walked on over

# I sat down and asked her name

# When the drinks finally hit her She said I'm no quitter

# But I finally quit livin' on dreams

# I'm hungry for laughter and here ever after

# I'm after whatever the other life brings

# In the mirror I saw him I closely watched him

# I thought how he looked out of place

# He came to the woman who sat there beside me

# He had a strange look on his face

# His big hands were calloused He looked like a mountain

# For a minute I thought I was dead

# But he started shaking His big heart was breaking

# And he turned to the woman and said

# You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille

# With four hungry children and a crop in the field

# I've had some bad times Lived through some sad times

# But this time your hurting won't heal

# You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille

# After he left us I ordered more whisky

# I thought how she'd made him look small

# From the lights of the bar room to a rented hotel room

# We walked without talking at all

# She was a beauty but when she came to me

# She must have thought I'd lost my mind

# Cos I couldn't hold her The words that he told her

# Kept coming back time after time

# You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille

# With four hungry children and a crop in the field

# I've had some bad times Lived through some sad times

# But this time your hurting won't heal

# You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille. #

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Yes, Kenny Rogers, of course, and Lucille.

I hope you're enjoying this review of '77,

Christmas day edition of Top of the Pops.

Let's go on with a number one sound from Baccara.

# Aah aah

# Aah aah aah

# Aah aah aah

# Aah

# Aaaaah

# Aah

# Oh aah aah

# Aaah aah aah

# Aah

# Aaaaah

# Mister

# Your eyes are full of hesitation

# Sure makes me wonder

# If you know what you're looking for

# Baby

# I want to keep my reputation

# I'm a sensation

# You try me once you'll beg for more

# Oh

# Yes sir, I can boogie

# But I need a certain song

# I can boogie, boogie-woogie all night long

# Yes sir, I can boogie

# If you stay You can't go wrong

# I can boogie, boogie-woogie all night long

# No sir

# I don't feel very much like talking

# No neither walking

# You wanna know if I can dance

# Yes sir

# Already told you in the first verse

# And in the chorus

# But I will give you one more chance

# Ey

# Yes sir, I can boogie

# But I need a certain song

# I can boogie, boogie-woogie all night long

# Yes sir, I can boogie

# If you stay you can't go wrong

# I can boogie, boogie-woogie all night long

# Yes sir, I can boogie

# If you stay you can't go wrong

# I can boogie, boogie-woogie all night long. #

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And I know the Paul McCartney family

will be celebrating their Christmas up in Scotland

in a big way this year, because they're still at number one

in their beautiful Mull of Kintyre.

# Mull of Kintyre

# Oh, mist rolling in from the sea

# My desire

# Is always to be here

# Oh, Mull of Kintyre

# Far have I travelled

# And much have I seen

# Dark distant mountains

# With valleys of green

# Past painted deserts

# The sunset's on fire

# As he carries me home

# To the Mull of Kintyre

# Mull of Kintyre

# Oh, mist rolling in from the sea

# My desire

# Is always to be here

# Oh, Mull of Kintyre

BAGPIPES PLAY

# Sweep through the heather

# Like deer in the glen

# Carry me back

# To the days I knew then

# Nights when we sang

# Like a heavenly choir

# Of the life and the times of

# The Mull of Kintyre

# Mull of Kintyre

# Oh, mist rolling in from the sea

# My desire is always to be here

# Oh, Mull of Kintyre

# Mull of Kintyre

# Oh, mist rolling in from the sea

# My desire is always to be here

# Oh, Mull of Kintyre... #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Perfect for this time of year.

But sadly that about winds up our festive feast of past hit 45s

on the programme. I'm glad I got that out!

Thanks for joining us and I hope you've enjoyed it as much as us.

Don't forget - 3.25 tomorrow on BBC One for the Boxing Day edition

and more hits from '77. We leave you with what probably

is the biggest-selling Christmas record of all time.

-Bing Crosby, of course, and White Christmas.

-Merry Christmas.

# I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

# Just like the ones

# I used to know

# Where the treetops glisten

# And children listen

# To hear sleigh bells

# In the snow

# I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

# With every Christmas card I write

# May your days be merry and bright

# And may all your Christmases

# Be white

# I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

# Just like the ones I used to know

# Where the treetops glisten

# And children listen

# To hear Sleigh bells in the snow

# I'm dreaming of a white Christmas... #

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