The U.K.'s Top of the Pops

From Wikipedia. //// This entry came about because of the death of Samantha Juste, a former "disc girl" and wife of Monkee Mickey Dolenz. //// Top of the Pops (TOTP) was a British BBC weekly TV show of the top pop chart hits in the country. The first show was January 1, 1964, right in the heart of Beatlemania and it ran until 30 July 2006, airing Thursday evening on BBC1. //// Appearing on the first show in order: "I Wanna Be Your Man" by the Rolling Stones; "I Only Want to Be With You" by Dusty Springfield; "Glad All Over" by Dave Clark Five; "Hippy Hippy Shake" by Swinging Blue Jeans and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles. The last song was always the #1 song. //// The bands mimed their songs. A pretty girl would put the record onm the turntable. //// Originally only a few shows were planned, but they had shown 1,000 by 1983. //// You Tube has a big collection of videos from the show under TOTP Vintage Clips. //// Way Before MTV. --RoadDog