Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast

Chart Music #78- February 16th 1978: Paint Along With Nancy Spungen

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; Emu versus Bernie Clifton’s ostrich – who wins in a fight? This episode is practically a scientific experiment, Pop-Crazed

#78 (Pt 4): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon

Simon Price, David Stubbs and Al Needham finish off a classic episode of TOTP by strutting through New York with a paint pot in hand, being delighted to learn that Sweep

#78 (Pt 3): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon

David Stubbs, Simon Price and Al Needham plunge the critical fist even deeper into this episode of TOTP, and the big names keep coming. Darts begin their biggest year by 

#78 (Pt 2): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon

Simon Price, David Stubbs and Al Needham begin their odyssey through this episode of The Pops, and what a opening! We get a blast of a tune none of us have heard before,

#78 (Pt 1): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon

The return of the podcast that gets it’s hand right down the back of the settee of an episode of Top Of The Pops. Al Needham has a theory that, like World Cups, the TOTPs

Chart Music #77: December 27th 1971: Six Tins Of Bachelors Peas

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; Tango or Telstar? Yes, it’s that time of the year, Pop-Crazed Youngsters – we decide to do a Christmas episode, and then Ch

#77 (Pt 4): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas

David Stubbs, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham reach the end of their journey through 1971 with the unsavoury sight of Ashton, Gardner and Dyke, before Diana Ross goes all Ta

#77 (Pt 3): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas

Taylor Parkes, David Stubbs and Al Needham continue to gorge upon the selection box of 1971, and the big hitters have arrived. Slade – midway through their gestation into

#77 (Pt 2): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas

David Stubbs, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham commence their expedition into a TOTP end-of-year review with a comprehensive breakdown of Tony Blackburn’s 1971 – from the hig

#77 (Pt 1): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas

Taylor Parkes, David Stubbs and Al Needham prepare to set about a rare Sixventies episode of The Pops – a gloriously fecund time where the death of the Mopfabs creates a

Chart Music #76: August 12th 1982 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; do we really need a Chart Music Heritage Chart? Never have we needed Simon Bates at the top of the show warning of explicit

#76 (Pt 4): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy

David Stubbs, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham – still far too young, still far too clever – finish off this outstanding episode of The Pops, and are delighted to learn that

#76 (Pt 3): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy

Taylor Parkes, David Stubbs and Al Needham continue their odyssey through this massively enjoyable TOTP, and we finally get to see the Chocolate Guitar incident. Sheena E

#76 (Pt 2): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy

David Stubbs, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham gleefully ram their fists into a TOTP from the late summer of ‘82. John Peel oversees the well-supervised fun, unaware that a y

#76 (Pt 1): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy

Taylor Parkes, David Stubbs and Al Needham prepare to tuck into a gloriously succulent episode of Top Of The Pops from the Silver Age - but first, they have a leisurely t

Chart Music #75: August 15th 1974 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; The Osmonds – who’s the Sex King? We’re BACK, Pop-Crazed Youngsters, and to commemorate this we’ve only gone and picked out

Chart Music #75 (Pt 4): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?

Sarah Bee, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham conclude their investigation into this episode of Top Of The Pops, and are left shaking their heads at the success of the Bay City

Chart Music #75 (Pt 3): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?

Sarah Bee, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham continue their odyssey through one of the strangest TOTP episodes ever, with a right bunch of Egg n’ Chippers, a chance to see if

Chart Music #75 (Pt 2): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?

Sarah Bee, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham begin their quest through the dungeons of Castle Osmond. It’s August, it’s 1974, and the BBC have given an entire week over to Ken

Chart Music #75 (Pt 1): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?

We’re BACK, Pop-Crazed Youngsters, and we’ve foolishly decided to tuck into one of the strangest episodes of Top Of The Pops ever. But first, Sarah Bee, Taylor Parkes and