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Counting down dates back to the '60s
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Counting down dates back to the '60s, and lives on
Now, BBC pop music show is U.S.-bound
By JON PARELES
New York Times
Sunday, January 6, 2002
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the most durable.
Like the pop music countdown show. First, it migrated from radio
to television; lately, it has been rejuvenated by cable with shows
like MTV's "Total Request Live."
But the latest countdown contender on American cable systems is
actually a venerable insti...
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Savile blames decline of UK music as BBC1 axe falls on Top of the Pops
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; VETERAN DJ Sir Jimmy Savile has blamed the decline of British music for Top of the Pops being axed from BBC1 after 40 years. The show will move to BBC2 after ratings slumped to under three million despite a make-or-break revamp last year. Simon Johnson Sir Jimmy, who lives in Leeds, presented the
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Pop: And the beat goes on... and on It has survived celebrity knitwear, the whims of musical fashion and a move from its sacred Thursday slot. It gave the world Legs & Co dancing to the Sex Pistols. Fiona Sturges examines the timeless appeal of Top of the Pops
The Independent - London
; Pop programmes come and go with almost the same regularity as their protagonists. The Tube, Ready Steady Go, The Chart Show all had their moment but then fell from favour. But there is one show that has maintained its place in the TV schedules. Love it or loathe it, Top of the Pops mustn't be
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LONG LIVE Top of the Pops; From kaftans to minis, the Thursday night chart countdown used to define pop music. Here, a former presenter asks what went wrong.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: NOEL EDMONDS THIRTY years ago, when I first presented Top Of The Pops, it was already one of the great broadcasting institutions - and one that virtually defined Thursday evenings. So I'm certain that I won't be alone in hoping that the BBC thinks again about its newly announced plans to
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TOP OF THE POPS 'If you weren't on the show you didn't have a hit'
Evening Standard - London
; On New Year's Day, the BBC traces the history of its most famous pop programme from its strange beginnings in a disused church. VINCENT GRAFF reports FIRST NIGHT NERVES Martin Fry, lead singer of ABC, recalls his first appearance on the show I WAS standing in the kitchen of a derelict house in
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No encore for dated top of the pops
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
; ... most recognised brands in TV today," said Noel on hearing the news of its imminent departure from the schedules. "It's a huge commodity ... show airing for the final time on Sunday. The Western Morning News spoke to musicians who have been on the show in recent months ...
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