TOTP 6th July 1972

[Chris Barratt]

The legendary Bowie performance of "Starman" is still alive and well, but do any of the other performances still linger from this Blackburn presented show???

[Neil Barker]

Hi Chris. The only other performance which exists from the 6/7/72 is the Sweet's "Little Willy" which was shown on the German TV show 'Disco'. I remember seeing this repeated on a satellite channel in the early '90s.

[Keith Brockway]

Neil, isn't the TOTP "Little Willy" performance used in 'Disco' sourced from the same edition as the TOTP performance of T.Rex performing "Metal Guru" (as also used for 'Disco') which is the 8/6/72?

[Neil Barker]

You could be right there, Keith. I just remembered catching a glimpse of Tony Blackburn at the end of the performance.

[Keith Brockway]

I was always under the impression that both the "Little Willy" & "Metal Guru" performances that we have were sourced from the same 8/6/72 edition. Both 8/6/72 & 6/7/72 editions were hosted by Tony Blackburn, so i can see why you thought "Little Willy" was from the latter.

[Chris Barratt]

"Little Willy" was a hit in early Autumn 72, so without checking the bbc site database I'd guess it may have appreared on the July show as a new/forthcoming release

[Stephen Doran]

it entered the charts in june 72.

[chriswbarratt]

Yeah, I realised after I had posted I was wrong, I was thinking of Wig Wam Bam which I know was on a 1972 Pick of the Pops I recorded in September 89.

[Keith Brockway]

Even though the TOTP database seems to be confused as to wether The Sweet were either 'The Sweet' or just 'Sweet' just to clear up the "Little Willy"/"Wig Wam Bam" TOTP performances they are....

"Little Willy"
8/6/72
15/6/72 (Disc)
22/6/72 (Disc)
6/7/72

For "Wig Wam Bam"
14/9/72 (The surviving 'Disco' performance)
21/9/72
5/10/72

I hope that clears it all up.

[sweet]

just a bit OT but if you type in just "Sweet" in the name search you should get both variations, back to the thread.