Top of the Pops - July 4th 1976

Here are the Top 5 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 for the Bicentennial celebration in 1976

5 - Better Shop  Around - Captain and Tennille
(peaked at #4)



4 - Sara Smile - Hall and Oates
(peaked at #4)


3 - Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore
(peaked at #3, #2 on the Soul chart and #5 on the UK Chart)



2 - Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
(#1 for 2 consecutive weeks in July)




1 - Silly Love Songs - Paul McCartney and Wings
(5 non consecutive weeks at #1, spent 1 week in May and then 4 consecutive in June and July)

Top of the Pops (John Lennon Edition)

This week in 1980 the UK Charts were dominated (and rightly so) by the late John Lennon.  Tragically he was murdered a month before and now in sorrow and honor his legions of UK fans put 3 of his singles in the Top 5 of the UK singles chart for the week ending January 10th 1981.

5 - (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon




4 - Antmusic - Adam and the Ants




3 - Stop the Calvary - Jona Lewie


2 - Happy Christmas (War is Over) - John and Yoko


1 - Imagine - John Lennon
(4 consecutive weeks at #1)

Top of the Pops

This weeks Top of the Pops is our UK edition.   The Top 5 songs on the UK Top 40 singles chart for this week in 1968.

5  -  Help Yourself - Tom Jones


4  -  Do It Again - The Beach Boys


3  -  This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert


2  -  Fire! - Crazy World of Arthur Brown


1  -  Mony Mony - Tommy James and The Shondells
(1 week at #1)

Top of the Pops - 4th of July Edition

Today's Top of the Pops is the first of a series for this weekend as I look at the songs that were #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the 4th of July.  
Lets start off with the 1960s

1960 - Everybody's Somebody's Fool - Connie Francis


1961 - Quarter To Three - Gary U.S. Bonds


1962 - I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles


1963 - Easier Said Than Done - Essex


1964 - I Get Around - The Beach Boys


1965 - I Can't Help Myself - The Four Tops


1966 - Strangers in the Night - Frank Sinatra


1967 - Windy - The Association


1968 - This Guy's in Love With You - Herb Alpert


1969 - Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet - Henry Mancini

Top of the Pops (Glen Campbell Edition)

With the sad announcement today that Glen Campbell is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, today's Top of the Pops contains his 4 biggest singles on the US Billboard Hot 100.

4 - Wichita Lineman (1969)


3 - Galveston (1969)


2 - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)


1 - Southern Nights (1977)

Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops is where we take a look at the top 5 singles on one of the major charts.
This week its the Billboard Hot 100 for May 22nd 1976

5 - Get Up and Boogie -  Silver Convention


4 - Boogie Fever - The Sylvers


3 - Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop


2 - Love Hangover - Diana Ross


1 - Silly Love Songs - Wings
(1 week at #1)

Top of The Pops

Today our Top of the Pops survey is from December 30th 1967.
We have 2 things to mention about this day in music history.
First, the Beatles again topped the charts and 2 of the Monkees celebrate birthdays today. Michael Nesmith turns 68 and Davy Jones is 65.

Here are the Top 5 songs


5 - Woman, Woman - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
on its way to a peak of #4


4 - I Second That Emotion - The Miracles
Peaking at #4 but soon to top the Billboard R&B chart


3 - Daydream Believer - The Monkees
Dropping down after 4 straight weeks at #1


2 - I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Gladys Knight and The Pips
Still holding at #2 and also topping the Billboard R&B chart for 6 weeks


1 - Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles
Once again the Beatles reach the top spot and hold it for the next 3 weeks.
The 15th of their 20 #1 singles.

Top of the Pops!

This weeks Top of The Pops! is goes back to this week in 1983 and it would be one of the only times that a super duo of Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney did not see the top spot together.

Lets get started.

#5 - Africa - Toto
This group may have been named after a famous movie dog but there was no doubt about their success as this song proved. On the way to the top they make a quick stop this week at #5.


#4 - Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
Here is the comeback smash for Motown legend Marvin Gaye. This would peak #3 and would also spend 10 weeks at the top of the Soul chart making it the longest running #1 on the that chart for the 1980s. Sadly this would his last hit song as he would die tragically in 1984.


#3 - Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
Peaking this week in the 3rd spot is the Eagles drummer/lead singer with his first solo hit.

#2 - The Girl is Mine - Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
The first single off of the now legendary "Thiller" album. It wasnt liked by the critics but the fans loved it enough to send it to the #2 spot and go platinum. It was the song that dethroned Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" on the Soul/R&B chart after 10 weeks.


#1 - Down Under - Men At Work
In its second of 4 weeks as the biggest single in the US, this was the second #1 hit for the Australian group Men at Work. This was a big week for the group as they had the biggest single in the US and UK as well as the #1 album (Business As Usual) in the US and UK. This had not happened since 1980 when Barbara Streisand had the big four spots.
Men At Work would go on to win the Grammy for Best New Artist of 1983.