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Big Hits 1978

A pick 'n' mix of Top of the Pops classics from 1978, when in-yer-face punk and new wave rebellion co-existed with MOR suburban pop, disco fever, soul balladry, reggae and prog rock, and when two mega-successful movie soundtracks in the shape of Grease and Saturday Night Fever squared up on the dancefloor. Featuring shouty Sham 69, the cool rebellion of Ian Dury, Elvis Costello and Blondie, the media-savvy clowning of the Boomtown Rats, Kate Bush's debut with Wuthering Heights, alongside Brotherhood of Man's perky Figaro, Dan Hill's sentimental Sometimes When We Touch and the high camp of Boney M's Rasputin. Bob Marley shares chart space with 10cc's Dreadlock Holiday and ELO and Manfred Mann's Earth Band keep on rockin'. Playlist: Blondie – Picture This Brotherhood of Man – Figaro Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights Odyssey – Native New Yorker Elvis Costello & The Attractions – (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Davy's On The Road Again John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John – Summer Nights (Legs & Co) The Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap The Motors – Airport Dan Hill – Sometimes When We Touch Sham 69 – Angels With Dirty Faces Yvonne Elliman – If I Can't Have You Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky (promo) Bob Marley & The Wailers – Satisfy My Soul Chic – Le Freak (promo) Jilted John – Jilted John Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams – Too Much, Too Little, Too Late Ian Dury & The Blockheads – What A Waste 10cc – Dreadlock Holiday Rose Royce – Love Don't Live Here Anymore Boney M – Rasputin

English
  • Originally Aired January 4, 2013
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Special Position Airs before season 15, episode 1
  • Network BBC One
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