Pan's People - Top of the Pops Performances (1970)

Submitted by panfan on Wed, 2012-01-11 00:26

PAN'S PEOPLE PERFORMANCES
ON TOP OF THE POPS

1970

Watch	Date	Track	Artist	Dancers
	01-Jan-70	Green River	Creedance Clearwater Revival	D, R, L, B, A, F
	08 Jan 70	Tracy	The Cuff Links	D, R, L, B, A, F
	15-Jan-70	[No performance]	-	-
	22 Jan 70	Wedding Bell Blues	5th Dimension	D, R, L, B, A, F
	29 Jan 70	I'm a Man	Chicago	D, R, L, B, A, F
	05 Feb 70	Both Sides Now	Judy Collins	D, R, L, B, A, F
	12 Feb 70	I Want You Back	Jackson 5	D, R, L, B, A, F
	19 Feb 70	Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye	Steam	D, R, L, B, A, F
	26 Feb 70	Temma Harbour	Mary Hopkin	D, R, L, B, A, F
	05 Mar 70	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Simon & Garfunkel	Flick (solo)
	12-Mar-70	-	-	-
	19 Mar 70	Rag Mama Rag	The Band	-
	26 Mar 70	Who Do You Love	Juicy Lucy	D, R, L, B, A, F
	02 Apr 70	Spirit in the Sky	Norman Greenbaum	-
	09 Apr 70	Farewell is a Lonely Sound	Jimmy Ruffin	-
	16 Apr 70	Never Had A Dream Come True	Stevie Wonder	-
	23 Apr 70	Who Do You Love	Juicy Lucy	D, R, L, B, A, F
	23 Apr 70	House of the Rising Sun	Frijid Pink	-
	30 Apr 70	If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody (Backing)	Bobbie Gentry	B, A, D, ...?
	30 Apr 70	Do the Funky Chicken	Rufus Thomas	-
	07 May 70	Travellin' Band	Creedance Clearwater Revival	-
	14 May 70	Do the Funky Chicken	Rufus Thomas	Ruth (solo)
	14 May 70	Daughter of Darkness	Tom Jones	-
	21 May 70	Up the Ladder to the Roof	The Supremes	-
	28 May 70	ABC	Jackson 5	-
	04 Jun 70	Cotton Fields	Beach Boys	-
	11 Jun 70	Abraham, Martin and John	Marvin Gaye	-
	18 Jun 70	Bet Yer Life I Do (Promo)	Herman's Hermits	D, R, L, B, A, F
	25 Jun 70	[No performance]		-
	02 Jul 70	[No performance]	-	-
	09 Jul 70	It's All in the Game	The Four Tops	-
	16 Jul 70	Love Like a Man	Ten Years After	-
	23 Jul 70	Something	Shirley Bassey	-
	30 Jul 70	Big Yellow Taxi	Joni Mitchell	-
	06 Aug 70	Signed, Sealed, Delivered	Stevie Wonder	D, R, L, B, A, F
	13 Aug 70	The Love You Save	Jackson 5	D, R, L, B, A, F
	20 Aug 70	The Tears of a Clown	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	D, R, L, B, A, F
	27 Aug 70	Give Me Just A Little More Time	Chairmen of the Board	D, R, L, B, F
	27 Aug 70	The Weaver's Answer	Family	Flick (solo)
	27 Aug 70	It's So Easy	Andy Williams	Andi (solo)
	03 Sep 70	Make It With You	Bread	D, R, L, B, F
	10 Sep 70	Jimmy Mac	Martha Reeves & The Vandella	D, R, L, B, A
	10 Sep 70	The Weaver's Answer	Family	Flick (solo)
	17 Sep 70	Montego Bay	Bobby Bloom	D, R, L, B, A
	24 Sep 70	Don't Play that Song	Aretha Franklin	-
	01 Oct 70	Ball of Confusion	Temptations	-
	08-Oct-70	-	-	-
	15 Oct 70	Close to You	Carpenters	D, R, L, B, A
	22-Oct-70	-	-	-
	29 Oct 70	War	Edwin Starr	-
	05 Nov 70	Whole Lotta Love	CCS	-
	12-Nov-70	-	-	-
	19 Nov 70	Cracklin' Rosie	Neil Diamond	-
	26-Nov-70	-	-	-
	03-Dec-70	-	-	-
	10 Dec 70	I'll Be There	Jackson 5	-
	17-Dec-70	[No broadcast]	-	-
	25 Dec 70	The Tears of a Clown	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	-
	26 Dec 70	Spirit in the Sky	Norman Greenbaum	-

Key to Dancers:

D – Dee Dee Wilde	R - Ruth Pearson	L – Louise Clarke	B – Babs Lord
A – Andrea Rutherford	F – Flick Colby

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY:

Year	Performances on TOTP	Surviving Archives
1970	47 (+1 repeat)	18 (+1 repeat)

PERFORMANCES PER DANCER:

Flick	Dee Dee	Ruth	Babs	Andrea	Louise
>18	>19	>19	>19	>18	>18

NB This is a work in progress. Popscene lists the following additional performances which we cannot as yet confirm:

12 March 1970 (22) BOB & MARCIA – Young Gifted And Black (danced to by Pan’s People)

08 October 70 - No Pan's People performance.

22 October 70 (13) THE FOUR TOPS – Still Water (danced to by Pan’s People)

12 November 70 - No Pan's People performance.

19 November 70 (25) THE MOTOWN SPINNERS – It’s A Shame (danced to by Pan’s People)

26 November 70 - No Pan's People performance.

03 December 70 - No Pan's People performance.

Further discussion here.

Please let us know of any errata!

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Pan's People

Performances

1970

123 comments

Submitted by panfan on Tue, 2012-01-24 18:56

Juicy Lucy?

I'm told this might exist somewhere or other, but I don't have it. Anyone able to help out?

26 Mar 70

Who Do You Love

Juicy Lucy

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Submitted by Boogiebox on Wed, 2012-06-27 17:57

This is good news if this one is also around :)

I hadn't realised the 26/3/70 Pan's People routine of Who Do You Love existed anywhere.

At present though, 26/3/70 is the wrong date for the Film photo, which should be 23/4/70.

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Claire

Submitted by panfan on Wed, 2012-06-27 18:08

Which Film photo do you mean Claire, the WDYL one? I'm confused how the photo could post date the televised routine - unless the 26/3/70 version was in the studio and there was a separate 23/4/70 version done that the photo is from? If so, I didn't know there were two...

Submitted by Boogiebox on Wed, 2012-06-27 22:57

Who Do You Love - Two dates

Hi Panfan

26/3/70 was a studio Pan's People dance routine.

A separate TOTP promo film (Photo above) for the same song is mistakenly listed on your list under the wrong date of 26/3/70, as below. The correct date is 23/4/70.

I don't know if the studio appearance exists anywhere, but the BBC have the 23/4/70 film, according to their database, which features Jimmy Savile as part of the footage, also existing with ITV on This Is Your Life when Sir Jimmy appears as a guest to Babs Powell.

As ITV have this, I'm virtually sure the BBC will also have it.

26 Mar 70

Who Do You Love

Juicy Lucy

D, R, L, B, A, F

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Claire

Submitted by panfan on Thu, 2012-06-28 09:27

Thanks Claire, got it sorted

Thanks Claire, got it sorted now!

Submitted by Boogiebox on Thu, 2012-06-28 10:20

You're welcome, Panfan :)

Glad to have helped.

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Claire

Submitted by Scrooge McDuck on Tue, 2012-01-24 20:04

I Want You Back

Jackson 5 - I Want You Back is 12th Feb 1970, definitely not 5th Feb (I have that show).

Submitted by panfan on Tue, 2012-01-24 20:59

Thank you Scrooge! I've

Thank you Scrooge! I've corrected it...

Submitted by Boogiebox on Thu, 2012-06-28 10:26

I Want You Back - Repeated on 5/3/70?

I've often been intrigued about this. I Want You Back is listed under 12/2/70 and 5/3/70 as a Disc routine. The latter is an unidentified disc, and on the original BBC database, there's never any mention of when a Pan's People routine was repeated, but going by what Suefan once told me, generally songs were repeated, but was this one, and on 5/3/70?

A technicality, upon our own points of view, but some songs survive from their Repeat broadcasts, even though they originate from earlier dates.

One of those as an example is Family's The Weaver's Answer - existing from 10/9/70 but originating from 27/8/70.

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Claire

Submitted by panfan on Wed, 2012-06-27 22:23

BBC Database?

Which BBC database do you mean Claire - is it that PDF of PP performances that was on the BBC TOTP microsite a few years ago, or another one? Is it listed online?

Submitted by Boogiebox on Wed, 2012-06-27 23:04

That's the one

Hi Panfan

Yep, this is the same database that the BBC deleted a few years ago with several duplicates including Close To You by The Carpenters from 15/10/70 listed twice and a number of Pan's People routines including the film version of Who Do You Love not stated.

Popscene is much more accurate overall for completeness, but a number of their dance routines are very good but incorrect guesses.

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Claire

Submitted by Andy on Tue, 2012-01-24 21:04

Who do You Love

I have seen a small section of this on a Noal Edmonds show the girls are on a assault course.

in the kaleidoscope book it is marked Pans People in studio (might be a mistake)

there is also marked on the 23rd April 70 a promo of the song (does not say that it is Pans People) but the book has shows which all information is not put down.

Submitted by panfan on Thu, 2012-01-26 01:24

1970 done and dusted?

I've finished th e1970 routines, so all you TOTP experts, please check through and see if I've:

1) missed out any routines

2) put ones there that are wrong

3) misattributed the existence or otherwise of a recording

Many thanks!

Submitted by Cherrybabslover on Thu, 2012-01-26 08:32

Juicy Lucy

Hi Yes- Juicy Lucy exists privately I understand

Submitted by panfan on Thu, 2012-01-26 09:49

19-Feb Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him

19-Feb Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye / Steam

is one I've missed and will have to add in

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

What a tragedy :(

that we don't have Pan's People dancing to Steam in existence anywhere.

Shame on the BBC.

Who did the original of that song?

I know it wasn't Bananarama, the version I remember from my teens, but there was also another version by the Dave Clark Five called Sha Na Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye.

I'm assuming it was the Dave Clark Five, as I think that came out in 1969 (or is that the wrong year?), but wasn't a hit, at least not in the UK. If you're not familiar with their version, here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9rbD00ef8w

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Claire

Submitted by Scrooge McDuck on Wed, 2012-06-27 18:23

Steam

Hi Boogiebox,

Steam did the original. Dave Clark covered it.

Submitted by Boogiebox on Wed, 2012-06-27 23:06

Ah-so! :D

No, I'm not Japanese! lol (wink)

Unless I have the wrong year for the Dave Clark Five, Scrooge McDuck, Steam must have released the original in 1969! :)

As the Jackson Five's I Want You Back was danced to on 5/3/70, yet to be confirmed as but presumed to be a repeat of 12/2/70, I'd assume Steam's Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye would have been the Chart music for 5/3/70.

Here is Steam:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaG2Acg8n60

Followed by Bananarama:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9SvcEYQ3Sg

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Claire

Submitted by Scrooge McDuck on Wed, 2012-06-27 21:21

Steam release

Steam indeed released the song in 1969, and it even made No. 1 in the USA in December 1969. Wikipedia says it was released in November 1969, but it entered the US charts already in September/October of that year, depending on which chart you take as a basis. As with many American artists, the UK was a bit late here...

Submitted by Boogiebox on Wed, 2012-06-27 23:09

It's a cool song :)

It certainly took a lot of Steam for the group to make the UK charts! lol

I see they were an American group who reached number 9 in this country. A fine song that has been covered by at least two other artists, the Dave Clark Five (retitled Sha Na Na Na), and most famously, Bananarama.

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Claire

Submitted by JEZ on Thu, 2012-01-26 12:13

I am sure the juicy luicy

I am sure the juicy luicy clip does exist at the bbc as well ,as it was a promo, it probably isnt catologued under a pans people performance in the archives ,and a lot of the bbc promos ,films done especially for totp from the 70s ,do still exist

Submitted by Boogiebox on Wed, 2012-06-27 19:08

Juicy Lucy on 23/4/70

The photo above belongs to 23/4/70, currently misprinted as 26/3/70, but if the original database is accurate, which I know it often wasn't! lol, the Film featuring Jimmy Savile in the footage will be at the BBC. :)

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Claire

Submitted by cornershop15 on Thu, 2012-06-28 01:18

Reference to 'Who Do You Love?' promo

Evening Times, 24th April 1970:

The England World Cup Squad's song was their future No. 1 Back Home.

Submitted by Boogiebox on Thu, 2012-06-28 10:22

Cool clip, Cornershop

I love the article and what I saw of the fraction shown of the film version of the PP routine for Who Do You Love on This Is Your Life. Sir Jimmy was a brilliant showman and what a cool lady Babs was, indeed still is today. :)

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Claire

Submitted by JEZ on Thu, 2012-01-26 12:16

Panfan ,the Bet your life i

Panfan ,the Bet your life i do promo ,still exists at the bbc ,just need to remove that bin from your list against the song ,cheers

Submitted by panfan on Thu, 2012-01-26 12:19

Thanks Jez: I have to also

Thanks Jez: I have to also change the holder graphic to a bin for Steam in February.

Submitted by JEZ on Thu, 2012-01-26 12:34

ive just remembered where i

ive just remembered where i saw the clip of who do you love promo,with pans if you check out babs this is your life clip on here ,where they interview jimmy saville is the bit where the promo is shown

Submitted by panfan on Thu, 2012-01-26 13:07

Who Do You Love

Thanks Jez! Here's hoping one day I'll become as familiar with all these clips as you!

Submitted by panfan on Thu, 2012-01-26 12:49

Bet your life I do?

Jez, you said this exists at the Beeb. Has it ever made its way into the public domain, or has it remain in their vaults since 1970?

If the latter, then I suppose I need to create another graphic for videos held in the BBC archives but unavailable in the public domain.

Submitted by JEZ on Thu, 2012-01-26 13:09

no panfan ,i can honestly say

no panfan ,i can honestly say ive never seen that clip of the hermans hermits number ,although it does say that the bbc still hold the copy ,not sure if though it is a full dance routine ,or just a promo made to cover the song that included pans ,a bit like the promo made for the theme for the persuaders ,i would not class that one as an actual dance routine ,but the bet your life one could have been ,im not really sure on the info for that one ,i did notice on babs this is your life clip ,on the montage of pans clips an unidentified one to me was a brief clip of babs i think dressed in orange that looked like it was taken outdoors ,so this will be i guess from another promo

Submitted by Suefan on Fri, 2012-01-27 23:48

Hi Jez., fancing meeting you

Hi Jez., fancing meeting you here:) That very brief glimpse of Babs in orange you mention comes from a promo Pans did 71/72 for Tony Joe White's "Save Your Sugar For Me" but it was never on TOTP as far as I know.

While I'm here also just wanted to ask about "Montego Bay" and "Jimmy Mac". I know brief snatches of both have appeared in a comp but didn't Flick let the beeb have copies of hers, either in full or in part, for that compilation rather than they being from the Private VL. Not certain though so thought I'd flag it up.

Submitted by JEZ on Fri, 2012-01-27 23:56

Hi suefan ,yes fancy seeing

Hi suefan ,yes fancy seeing you here lol ,i think even if the clips survive somewhere even if it is in private hands of dancers etc ,then at least we know those clips havent dissapeared altogether and who knows one day they just might see the light of day for us fans ,and as you know suefan ymg has promised us for tweleve months now that he has definitley got the full routine of jimmy mac ,dont quite know where he has had it from though ,thanks mate for the missing clip info of babs

Submitted by panfan on Sat, 2012-01-28 00:15

18-Jun-1970 Fleetwood Mac-The Green Manalishi ?

What's the consensus on the suggestion PP also danced to this?

18-Jun-1970 Fleetwood Mac-The Green Manalishi

Submitted by Boogiebox on Thu, 2012-06-28 14:38

Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi

Hi Panfan

An unusual song, I can confirm from a distant past Missing Episodes Forum post that Pan's People danced to The Green Manalishi on 18/6/70, but this only exists in audio at the BBC.

The Two-Prong Crown seems to relate to Peter Green's LSD addiction at the time which reflects in the lyrics. An excellent piece of rock, one of my most favourite types of music, but with a very sad meaning behind the lyrics.

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Claire

Submitted by JEZ on Sat, 2012-01-28 00:46

i think panfan ,probably as

i think panfan ,probably as suefan says we dont really know exactly where a lot of the wiped clips do actually come from ,if jimmy mac is doing the rounds in full then someone out there must have it ,so pheraps the routines that are wiped but stll available somewhere are best listed as not in the bbc archives but survive privatley ,what do you think panfan

Submitted by panfan on Sat, 2012-01-28 00:48

I guess we can leave aside

I guess we can leave aside where it might be, the first question is did PP dance to this? Do you know Jez?

Submitted by panfan on Sat, 2012-01-28 10:37

So it would seem there were

So it would seem there were 42 PP performances on TOTP in 1970:

28 Wiped
14 Survived, comprising:
9 in public domain
4 in private video library
1 in BBC archives

Submitted by Cherrybabslover on Mon, 2012-01-30 21:27

Hi juicy lucy who do you love

Hi juicy lucy who do you love defintitely exists in private collections and should be updated as such.

I've seen before at an event.

Submitted by panfan on Tue, 2012-01-31 00:57

Juicy Lucy sorted :)

Submitted by Boogiebox on Wed, 2012-06-27 18:11

Who Do You Love at an event

Hi Cherrybabslover

Is this the Pan's People routine or the TOTP promo film you're referring to that you've seen at an event?

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Claire

Submitted by panfan on Tue, 2012-01-31 00:57

Comparing with Popscene

I know there's some debate about the accuracy of the Popscene list for 1970, but maybe our residen TOTP experts can comment.

Popscene has these routines not currently in the list. Is this accurate and should we add them?

12 March 1970 (22) BOB & MARCIA – Young Gifted And Black (danced to by Pan’s People)

22 October 70 (13) THE FOUR TOPS – Still Water (danced to by Pan’s People)

19 November 70 (25) THE MOTOWN SPINNERS – It’s A Shame (danced to by Pan’s People)

Popscene DOESN'T have these in our list

22 Jan 70 Time - Edwin Starr

Switched dates. Also Popscene has:

10 Sep 70 (23) MARTHA REEVES & THE MANDELLAS – Jimmy Mack (danced to by Pan’s People)

17 Sep 70 (15) BOBBY BLOOM – Montego Bay (danced to by Pan’s People)

>>>We have these dates switched around.

Submitted by Suefan on Tue, 2012-01-31 16:08

Re 1970 queries

Cannot help with the first four of your 1970 queries Panfan.

Not sure either re the dates for "Jimmy Mack" and "Montego Bay" (Dee Dee might know as I think she has them) but fairly certain that whichever week Flick did her "Weavers Answer" solo was "Jimmy Mack" week.

Submitted by panfan on Tue, 2012-01-31 16:16

Weavers Answer

Thanks Suefan! I totally forgot about Weavers Answer and will add it in later.

Submitted by JEZ on Tue, 2012-01-31 19:10

yes im not sure at all on the

yes im not sure at all on the 3 routines from popscene ,its very possible ,but i am not sure ,i dont even know if i have got the correct dates on the jimmy mac routine and montego bay ,ive probably got them the wrong way round

Submitted by panfan on Tue, 2012-01-31 19:24

1970 revisions

Thanks for you input guys, much appreciated. I'll switch round Jimmy Mac and Montego Bay, just because those dates are given at Popscene.

So if 10 Sep 70 had both Jimmy Mac and Weavers Answer, and we know Jimmy Mac survives in a PVL, then presumably Weavers Answer survives too.

Interesting that Popscene doesn't record Flick as dancing to Weaver's Answer, but I suppose of course it's an imperfect eternal work in progress as is our list.

I'll follow Jez's criterion of not including suggested routines without some sort of evidence, so won't add the ones Popscene has that we don't, but they're clearly noted above in the comments, so can add them if need be at some stage in the future.

I wondered if routines were missed out for January, but there's no suggestion of them dancing until the 22th (after 1st of course).

Submitted by Boogiebox on Thu, 2012-06-28 11:56

This is a brilliant idea, Panfan :)

That's the thing with uncertainties or differences of opinion between sources.

Having the two-tier system of dance routines under "Popscene" and "PP.com" in two columns, so far in 1968 and 1969, ius an excellent idea, as is making a note of possible routines that may or may not be correct, but which can be added in once proof is obtained. :)

We must be brother and sister! :D

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Claire

Submitted by JEZ on Tue, 2012-01-31 19:40

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Pan's People - Top of the Pops Performances (1970)

PAN'S PEOPLE PERFORMANCES ON TOP OF THE POPS

1970

1970

Watch

Date

Track

Artist

Dancers

01-Jan-70

Green River

Creedance Clearwater Revival

D, R, L, B, A, F

08 Jan 70

Tracy

The Cuff Links

D, R, L, B, A, F

15-Jan-70

[No performance]

-

-

22 Jan 70

Wedding Bell Blues

5th Dimension

D, R, L, B, A, F

29 Jan 70

I'm a Man

Chicago

D, R, L, B, A, F

05 Feb 70

Both Sides Now

Judy Collins

D, R, L, B, A, F

12 Feb 70

I Want You Back

Jackson 5

D, R, L, B, A, F

19 Feb 70

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

Steam

D, R, L, B, A, F

26 Feb 70

Temma Harbour

Mary Hopkin

D, R, L, B, A, F

05 Mar 70

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

Flick (solo)

12-Mar-70

-

-

-

19 Mar 70

Rag Mama Rag

The Band

-

26 Mar 70

Who Do You Love

Juicy Lucy

D, R, L, B, A, F

02 Apr 70

Spirit in the Sky

Norman Greenbaum

-

09 Apr 70

Farewell is a Lonely Sound

Jimmy Ruffin

-

16 Apr 70

Never Had A Dream Come True

Stevie Wonder

-

23 Apr 70

Who Do You Love

Juicy Lucy

D, R, L, B, A, F

23 Apr 70

House of the Rising Sun

PAN'S PEOPLE PERFORMANCES
ON TOP OF THE POPS

If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody
(Backing)