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09/07/1980

Top of the Pops Archive

A look at Britain's best-selling discs, artists, and news from the Top 40. Including tracks from Odyssey, Thin Lizzy, Kate Bush, and Splodgenessabounds. Introduced by Peter Powell & B.A. Robertson.

Last Broadcast

Wed 9th Jul 1980
19:20

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Presentation

All Broadcasts

Wed 9th Jul 1980
19:20

Performances Featured

Performance Chart #
747 (strangers In The Night)
Saxon
Mimed Performance

14

Use It Up And Wear It Out
Odyssey
Danced to by Legs & Co.

2

Waterfalls
Paul McCartney
Music Video

11

Chinatown
Thin Lizzy
Mimed Performance

21

More Than I Can Say
Leo Sayer
Mimed Performance

22

Babooshka
Kate Bush
Music Video

16

Let's Hang On
Darts
Music Video

24

Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps Please
Splodgenessabounds
Audience Dancing

10

Could You Be Loved
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Live Performance

9

Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
The Korgis
Music Video

8

My Way Of Thinking
UB40
Mimed Performance

7

Funky Town
Lipps Inc
Audience Dancing

6

Cupid
The Detroit Spinners
Music Video

5

Crying
Don Mclean
Music Video

4

Jump To The Beat
Stacy Lattisaw
Audience Dancing

3

Use It Up And Wear It Out
Odyssey
Audience Dancing

2

Xanadu
Olivia Newton-john & Electric Light Orchestra
Audience Dancing

1

A Lover's Holiday
Change
Audience Dancing

29

Trivia

During the Musician’s Union strike, TOTP piloted the new-look show during July 1980 - members of the production team stood in for the studio acts.

Credits

Presenter Peter Powell
Presenter B.A. Robertson
Director Johnny Pearson
Producer Phil Bishop
Executive Producer Robin Nash
Sound Alan Machin
Lighting Don Babbage
Design Tom Yardley-Jones
Choreographer Flick Colby
Featuring Top of the Pops Orchestra

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