Legs & Co - Top of the Pops Performances (1977)

Submitted by Andy on Tue, 2012-01-10 20:17

LEGS & CO PERFORMANCES
ON TOP OF THE POPS

1977

Key to Dancers:

PP - Pauline Peters	PH - Patti Hammond	G - Gill Clark	A - Anita Chellamah
R - Rosie Hetherington	L - Lulu Cartwright	S – Sue Menhenick

Text In Blue Routine On Site

1977

Watch	Date	Track	Artist	Dancers
	6-Jan-77	Don't Give Up On Us	David Soul	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	13-Jan-77	Car Wash	Rose Royce	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	20-Jan-77	Suspicion	Elvis Presley	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	27-Jan-77	New Kid In Town	Eagles	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	3-Feb-77	Don't Leave Me This Way	Harold Melvin	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	10-Feb-77	Boogie Nights	Heatwave
	17-Feb-77	Chanson D'Amour	Manhattan Transfer	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	17-Feb-77	Mighty Power Of Love	Tavares	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	24-Feb-77	Saturday Nite	Earth Wind & Fire	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	3-Mar-77	Sound And Vision	David Bowie
	10-Mar-77	Torn Between Two Lovers	Mary Mcgregor	PP, PH, R, L, S
	17-Mar-77	Moody Blue	Elvis Presley	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	24-Mar-77	Sunny	Boney M	PP, PH, R, L, S
	31-Mar-77	Going With My Eyes Open	David Soul	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	7-Apr-77	Love Hit Me	Maxine Nightingale	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	14-Apr-77	Lonely Boy	Andrew Gold	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	21-Apr-77	Sir Duke	Stevie Wonder	PP, G, R, L, S
	28-Apr-77	I Wanna Get Next To You	Rose Royce	PP
	28-Apr-77	Red Light Spells Danger	Billy Ocean	G, R
	28-Apr-77	The Shuffle	Van Mccoy	L, S
	5-May-77	Hotel California	Eagles	PP, G, R, L, S
	5-May-77	Lonely Boy (Repeat)	Andrew Gold	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	12-May-77	Ma Na Ma Na	Piero Ulimani	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	12-May-77	Got To Give It Up	Marvin Gaye	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	19-May-77	Disco Inferno	Trammps	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	19-May-77	The Shuffle	Van Mccoy	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	26-May-77	Ma Na Ma Na (Repeat)	Piero Ulimani	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	26-May-77	Tokyo Joe	Bryan Ferry	PP, PH, G, R, S
	2-Jun-77	The Shuffle (Repeat)	Van Mccoy	L, S
	2-Jun-77	Got To Give It Up 2nd	Marvin Gaye	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	9-Jun-77	Show You The Way To Go	Jacksons	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	16-Jun-77	You're Gonna Get Next To Me	Kirkland And Davis	PP, PH, G, R, L, S, Floid
	23-Jun-77	Oh Lori	Allesi	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	30-Jun-77	Feel The Need In Me	Detroit Emeralds	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	7-Jul-77	Ma Baker	Boney M	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	14-Jul-77	Easy	Commodores	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	21-Jul-77	Dancin Easy	Danny Williams	G
	21-Jul-77	I Feel Love	Donna Summer	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	28-Jul-77	Roadrunner	Jonathan Richman	PP, PH, R, L, S
	28-Jul-77	I Feel Love	Donna Summer	PP, PH, R, L, S
	4-Aug-77	Nights Of Broadway	Candi Staton
	4-Aug-77	I Feel Love	Donna Summer
	11-Aug-77	We're All Alone	Rita Coolidge	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	11-Aug-77	I Feel Love	Donna Summer	PP, PH, G, R, L, S, Floid
	18-Aug-77	Nobody Does It Better	Carly Simon	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	25-Aug-77	Way Down	Elvis Presley	PP, PH, G, L, S
	1-Sep-77	Silver Lady	David Soul	PP, PH, G, S
	1-Sep-77	Nobody Does It Better (Repeat)	Carly Simon	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	1-Sep-77	Way Down	Elvis Presley	PP, PH, G, S
	8-Sep-77	Oxygene	Jean Michel Jarre	PH, G, R, L, S
	8-Sep-77	Way Down	Elvis Presley	PH, G, L, S
	15-Sep-77	Down Deep Inside	Donna Summer	PP, PH, G, R, L
	15-Sep-77	Way Down	Elvis Presley	PP, PH, G, R, L
	22-Sep-77	Best Of My Love	Emotions	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	22-Sep-77	Way Down (Repeat 25-Aug-77)	Elvis Presley	PP, PH, G, L, S
	29-Sep-77	Waiting In Vain	Bob Marley	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	29-Sep-77	Way Down (Repeat 8-Sep-77)	Elvis Presley	PH, G, L, S
	6-Oct-77	From Here To Eternity	Giorgio Moroder	PH, G, R, L, S
	13-Oct-77	The Greatest Love Of All	George Benson	PH, G, R, L, S
	20-Oct-77	Calling Occupants	Carpenters	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	27-Oct-77	Black Betty	Ram Jam	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	3-Nov-77	I Believe In You	Dorothy Moore	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	10-Nov-77	How Deep Is Your Love	Bee Gees	PP, PH, G, R, L
	17-Nov-77	Turn To Stone	E.L.O	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	24-Nov-77	Egyptian Reggae	Jonathon Richman	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	1-Dec-77	Getting Ready For Love	Diana Ross	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	8-Dec-77	Dance Dance Dance	Chic	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	15-Dec-77	Egyptian Reggae (Repeat)	Jonathon Richman	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	15-Dec-77	My Way	Elvis Presley	PP, G, R, L, S
	22-Dec-77	Loves Unkind	Donna Summer	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	25-Dec-77	Fanfare For The Common Man	Emerson Lake & Palmer	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	25-Dec-77	Sir Duke	Stevie Wonder	PP, PH, G, R, L, S, Floid
	26-Dec-77	Silver Lady	David Soul	PP, PH, G, R, L, S
	26-Dec-77	I Feel Love	Donna Summer	PP, PH, G, R, L, S

Key to Dancers:

PP - Pauline Peters	PH - Patti Hammond	G - Gill Clark	A - Anita Chellamah
R - Rosie Hetherington	L - Lulu Cartwright	S – Sue Menhenick

PERFORMANCES PER DANCER:

Sue	Lulu	Patti	Rosie	Pauline	Gill	Anita	Floid
57	57	56	57	56	57		3

Please let us know of any errata!

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Performances

1977

22 comments

Submitted by Suefan on Mon, 2012-03-05 09:37

There were three Legs dances

There were three Legs dances on 28/4/77 - see my Legs Lists on OFTD.

Submitted by panfan on Mon, 2012-03-05 09:50

28 April 77

Thanks SF, I'll sort it later on.

Submitted by Paperboyplod on Mon, 2012-03-05 13:04

That episode had better be still available to be broadcast by BBC4, it'll be a real shame If we do not get to see what seems like a brilliant episode again, or in my case it'd be a first-time viewing experience!

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Justin

Submitted by Disco Duck on Mon, 2012-03-05 14:18

2nd June 1970 - Got To Give It Up

Hi Panfan.

Love the tantalising list from the mighty Legs & Co!

You have asked for feedback of any anomolies.

On 2nd June you have 'Got To Give It Up' down as a Van McCoy track.

I presume this should be listed as Marvin Gaye, and is a repeat of the routine to his single from a few weeks earlier ?

If that is the case, it looks like there were two repeats on the same programme.

A night off for the girls ?!

Cheers

Submitted by Suefan on Mon, 2012-03-05 15:15

I'm afraid you have presumed

I'm afraid you have presumed wrong Disco Duck. The girls did not get a night off as the second "Got To Give It Up" broadcast on June 2nd was a different routine to the previous one. Both clips have been posted on the One For The Dads blog.

I think I'm correct in saying that it is free to visit OFTD and browse without registering and there you will find all the details of the entire canon of Legs routines in a sticky thread entitled 'The Legs Lists'. Now I'm not saying that every bit of those lists is one hundred percent but I'd claim a strong 99.8% for them and they are certainly the most accurate record of Legs TOTP performances there is.

If this sounds somewhat cocky my apologies but OFTD are, with the exception of the dancers themselves, very clued up on Legs & Co and it really is worthwhile having a look at what there is to offer over on Young Mister Grace's blog with regard to factual information, even if the at times lively tone on their is not to everyones taste.

Submitted by panfan on Mon, 2012-03-05 16:32

1977 list

Thanks for the feedback guys. I've been working from two or three sources and realise your list will be the most up to date and accurate SF. I'll query any discrepancies I may come across.

Sorry about Van McCoy. I'll sort it in the evening when I return to work on the list. It was about 2 am when I got to June and I was fading fast!

Submitted by Suefan on Mon, 2012-03-05 21:38

Please feel free to draw on

Please feel free to draw on the Legs Lists over on OFTD and if you spot any anomalies I'd appreciate you drawing them to my attention. Although under my name they continue to be a team effort and the more input the better. As to the subject of repeated routines which was mentioned earlier we are still in the process of verifying the accuracy of a few of the entries of that nature but it is a lengthy task. Unfortunately though, whilst the second "Got To give It Up" turned out to be an entirely new dance this seems to have been something of a rarity and so, the number of undiscovered routines is down to but a handful.

Submitted by panfan on Tue, 2012-03-06 00:56

Hands on Buzzers!

Certainly I'll highlight any discrepancies I come across. And everyone please do feel free to "put your hand on the buzzer and challenge" if you spot something not quite right, whether an erroneous routine, or misspelled entry.

That's videos up to end of February done now (with exception of thumbnails).

Submitted by Scrooge McDuck on Tue, 2012-03-06 20:49

Saturday Nite

This is really nitpicking but the Earth, Wind & Fire track is spelt "Saturday Nite"....

Submitted by panfan on Tue, 2012-03-06 20:58

Saturday Nite

No problem - sorted! I don't know why I changed it when reading from my list.

Oh well, well spotted and thanks!

Submitted by gibb1962 on Thu, 2012-05-24 20:30

Oxygene

Even though the show was wiped we still have about a minute's worth of Legs dancing to 'Oxygene'.Andy sent a clip over to OFTDs a while ago.

—

Glenn

Submitted by Boogiebox on Thu, 2012-06-28 00:24

Donna Summer, 4/8/77 - Currently Omitted

I can update you on the wiped 1977 Legs & Co routines, Panfan:

Heatwave, 10/2/77 - Exists outside the BBC - I once saw it on Youtube, but sadly removed a few years ago

David Bowie, 3/3/77 - Exists outside the BBC - I've not seen this one myself, but it's been confirmed as having been seen uploaded on Youtube a few years ago, now also removed sadly

Candi Staton, 4/8/77 - Exists outside the BBC - I've also not seen this one

(Currently missing from your Legs & Co list) Donna Summer and Credits - I Feel Love, 4/8/77 - Doesn't exist, as far as is known :(, as only parts of this edition are definitely known to exist, sadly not including the end of the show where this appeared

Jean Michel-Jarre, 8/9/77 - Exists outside the BBC

(Repeated on 29/9/77) Elvis Presley, 8/9/77 - Exists outside the BBC (repeat exists at the BBC)

Here is the link, courtesy of Andy, for Jean Michel-Jarre's Oxygene Part IV that Glenn referred to previously to compliment his info :):

http://www.mediafire.com/?b8bxhpmd2284z5n

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Claire

Submitted by panfan on Mon, 2012-06-11 22:41

Thank you Claire, it's on the

Thank you Claire, it's on the 'to do' list!

Submitted by Boogiebox on Tue, 2012-06-12 01:01

Delighted to help, Panfan

I haven't yet had chance to check through all the years, but browsing through the photos you've uploaded from wiped and existing editions, nice to see one of Bobbie Gentry and Pan's People, another PP routine identified, this time a performance like Cozy Powell, but from 1970.

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Claire

Submitted by panfan on Tue, 2012-06-19 23:58

Ma Na Ma Na repeat?

I'm getting up to date with the BBC4 repeats. Is there any reason to add a video of this? There's no real difference is there?

26 May 77

Ma Na Ma Na (Repeat)

Piero Ulimani

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Submitted by Boogiebox on Wed, 2012-06-27 18:33

Mah Na Mah Na is a repeat :)

One of my most favourite routines, Panfan.

I remember the tune being featured on The Benny Hill Show and also The Muppet Show as a kid.

—

Claire

Submitted by Andy on Fri, 2012-06-22 00:42

Thanks to Claire for adding

Thanks to Claire for adding the link to Oxygen

This was got from Utube a few years ago only a short segment the black mark on it was where I blanked out the logo which was on it

Submitted by Boogiebox on Wed, 2012-06-27 18:34

You're welcome, Andy :)

Oxygene is a great routine. :)

—

Claire

Submitted by panfan on Fri, 2012-06-22 00:54

Maximum respect going out to

Maximum respect going out to Andy for tackling the Legs lists and thumbnails. It's a time consuming and fiddly job: many thanks from me and I'm sure all here!

Submitted by gibb1962 on Fri, 2012-06-22 01:05

Thanks Andy

Thanks Andy,i know just how time consuming it is to choose the grabs,and crop them etc.

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Glenn

Submitted by Andy on Wed, 2012-10-03 18:20

The Legs Girls in Waiting

During the Rods the girls can be seen waiting.

Thanks to Yes Its Number One site for this didn't notice myself was told by a friend who pointed this out to me

Submitted by Rusty Carno on Wed, 2012-10-03 21:31

Well spotted

Good eyes on Yes It's Number One and thanks for showing us this glimpse Andy. Kudos to the Rods for managing to concentrate on their performance too

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Rusty

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Legs & Co - Top of the Pops Performances (1977)

LEGS & CO PERFORMANCES ON TOP OF THE POPS

1977

Key to Dancers:

1977

Watch

Date

Track

Artist

Dancers

6-Jan-77

Don't Give Up On Us

David Soul

PP, PH, G, R, L, S

13-Jan-77

Car Wash

Rose Royce

PP, PH, G, R, L, S

20-Jan-77

Suspicion

Elvis Presley

PP, PH, G, R, L, S

27-Jan-77

New Kid In Town

Eagles

PP, PH, G, R, L, S

3-Feb-77

Don't Leave Me This Way

Harold Melvin

PP, PH, G, R, L, S

10-Feb-77

Boogie Nights

Heatwave

17-Feb-77

Chanson D'Amour

Manhattan Transfer

PP, PH, G, R, L, S

17-Feb-77

Mighty Power Of Love

Tavares

PP, PH, G, R, L, S

24-Feb-77

Saturday Nite

Earth Wind & Fire

PP, PH, G, R, L, S

3-Mar-77

Sound And Vision

David Bowie

10-Mar-77

Torn Between Two Lovers

Mary Mcgregor

PP, PH, R, L, S

17-Mar-77

Moody Blue

Elvis Presley

PP, PH, G, R, L, S

24-Mar-77

Sunny

Boney M

PP, PH, R, L, S

31-Mar-77

Going With My Eyes Open

David Soul

PP, PH, G, R, L, S

7-Apr-77

Love Hit Me

Maxine Nightingale

PP, PH, G, R, L, S

14-Apr-77

Lonely Boy

Andrew Gold

PP, PH, G, R, L, S

21-Apr-77

Sir Duke

Stevie Wonder

PP, G, R, L, S

28-Apr-77

I Wanna Get Next To You

Rose Royce

LEGS & CO PERFORMANCES
ON TOP OF THE POPS