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Post by Peter Stirling on Apr 25, 2014 14:22:45 GMT
Hi William I wondered if you could shed any light on the rather curious appearance of Hughie Green on TYLS first show? He sang here.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZtZAzBkbJUQuite bizarre for a pop show eh ? As (I think?) the first show was on April 1st -I wondered if it was some sort of joke he was in on? LOL Also I wonder if he actually appeared or there was some strange set piece to accompany it? |
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 25, 2014 16:56:59 GMT
Hi William I wondered if you could shed any light on the rather curious appearance of Hughie Green on TYLS first show? He sang here.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZtZAzBkbJUQuite bizarre for a pop show eh ? As (I think?) the first show was on April 1st -I wondered if it was some sort of joke he was in on? LOL Also I wonder if he actually appeared or there was some strange set piece to accompany it? Hi Peter, No luck yet, I tried first off all looking at my disc of the TV Times and unfortunately I don't have the issue for the 1/4/61, I then tried looking at the Daily Mirror and the Daily Express for the 1/4/61 and no luck there either, all the papers mentioned was the time of the show. My collection of NME's don't go back that far (yet)...but the National Library of Scotland has an NME archive going back to the first issue, so I'll have a look at as near to the 1/4/61 there, while I'm at it I'll also check out their issues of the TV Times and surely? some info about the first ever Thank Your Lucky Stars would be in that? including (hopefully)an insight into your query about Hughie Green. I don't like the song myself, but I suppose we are talking 1961 here and the producer of the show must have thought it merited it's inclusion But I will keep trying to find out any info for you Cheers William |
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 26, 2014 10:08:22 GMT
William! I enjoy reading your posts very much. If you come across any info or articles on Thank Your Lucky Stars I'd be grateful if you could post them. I'm hoping to rewrite the book I did on the show. If I'm to do that, I need as much info as possible. There must be references to it in the N.M.E., I imagine. Doug Hinman's book on the Kinks seems to allude to articles. cheers Kev
Thank Your Lucky Stars UPDATE number 10
Used with the kind permission of Keith Badman For more Thank Your Lucky Stars information please see pages 11 and 12 |
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Apr 26, 2014 20:02:35 GMT
Hi William I wondered if you could shed any light on the rather curious appearance of Hughie Green on TYLS first show? He sang here.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZtZAzBkbJUQuite bizarre for a pop show eh ? As (I think?) the first show was on April 1st -I wondered if it was some sort of joke he was in on? LOL Also I wonder if he actually appeared or there was some strange set piece to accompany it? Hi! He didn't actually appear in person. Off the top of my head I think some dancers represented the hit as the record played. |
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Post by John Green on Apr 26, 2014 20:19:40 GMT
Hi William I wondered if you could shed any light on the rather curious appearance of Hughie Green on TYLS first show? He sang here.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZtZAzBkbJUQuite bizarre for a pop show eh ? As (I think?) the first show was on April 1st -I wondered if it was some sort of joke he was in on? LOL Also I wonder if he actually appeared or there was some strange set piece to accompany it? Hi! He didn't actually appear in person. Off the top of my head I think some dancers represented the hit as the record played. The song was "illustrated by The Peter Darrell Dancers" ctva.biz/Music/UK/ThankYourLuckyStars.htm While IMDB has him appearing as "himself" on the show. |
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Apr 26, 2014 20:34:21 GMT
Thanks for refreshing my memory, John!
I imagine IMDB got that from my research!
I spent hours in Birmingham Central Library (the old one) looking up old TV Times!
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Post by John Green on Apr 26, 2014 20:41:58 GMT
Kev,I should have said "CTVA say that..." since this is one of the many things in which I'm not an expert!
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 26, 2014 22:40:57 GMT
William! I enjoy reading your posts very much. If you come across any info or articles on Thank Your Lucky Stars I'd be grateful if you could post them. I'm hoping to rewrite the book I did on the show. If I'm to do that, I need as much info as possible. There must be references to it in the N.M.E., I imagine. Doug Hinman's book on the Kinks seems to allude to articles. cheers Kev
(which according to "Lost Shows" was the last show in series 1.)
more updates on page 14 |
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Post by Peter Stirling on Apr 27, 2014 8:47:35 GMT
Thanks Kev,John and William
A most entertaining thread.
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 27, 2014 9:44:32 GMT
Thanks Peter good of you to say so
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Post by David Saunders on Apr 28, 2014 12:22:26 GMT
Very interesting newspaper anecdotes, interviews and facts on TOTP and other music shows including the Audience dancing to Rolf Harris on TOTP 22/01/70! That must have been a sight to see.
Probably a longshot, but do any of these newspaper/magazine sources include details of any Pan's People dance routines and interviews with the dancers?
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 28, 2014 13:54:44 GMT
Hi David,
Thank you for your comments,much appreciated. Yes, it is funny sometimes seeing the TOTP audience trying to work out how to dance to certain songs! I think that sometimes they just used to shuffle or faint interest. Others seemed to get right into it, some of the 1970 TOTP audience footage was brilliant say Deep Purples' "Black Night" watch the girls in the audience dancing there!
re Pan's People I'll have a look for you,hopefully I can find something? you never know, in the meantime there are a couple of Pan's People articles on pages 7 and 11 of this thread.
cheers
William
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Post by David Saunders on Apr 28, 2014 14:22:54 GMT
Thanks for the heads up on Pan's People on pages 7 and 11. Once again, more very interesting articles and photos.
I look forward to currently elusive Pan's People dances if you come across any further information.
I can't figure out how Pan's People would have danced to Two Little Boys, but due to the song's rhythm, it must have been a challenge for the audience. Very groovy dancing on Black Night.
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 28, 2014 19:24:59 GMT
Yes thanks so much william for your excellent result on discotheque pop series ,please if you find any more ,on this show or lift off ,please let us know ,i know this is a bit of a long shot ,but i dont suppose that there is any info around november ,december 1964 ,about the new totp dancers The GoJos,or the arrival of pans people in the spring of 1968,many thanks Hi Jerry, GoJos UPDATE number 8Found this article from October 1968  More about the GoJos on pages 2,3,6,9,11,12 and 14 |
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Post by jerryg on Apr 29, 2014 15:16:49 GMT
Thank you very much William for finding this very welcome info in the article about the long lost nearly forgotten pioneers of the TOTP dance troupes ,with the articles you have found over the last year it shows that the ladies did get a mention every now again in the media.
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