Best of Bandstands in Foreign Lands - Vol. 8: Beware! Rock 'n Roll Damnation Awaits You!

Welcome to vol. 8

of my globetrotting series

BANDSTANDS IN

FOREIGN LANDS!

I'm Shady Seaweed, here to bring you more great

music performances that originated from TV studios,

big halls and nightclubs in Europe and other parts

of the world from the 1960s through early 2000s.

Join me now for another trip

back in time as we visit

Bandstands in

Foreign Lands!

 SAKKARIN 

TOP OF THE POPS

LONDON

In the fall of 1965, British singer, songwriter and producer Jonathan King gained

a top 20 U.S. hit with the ballad "Everyone's Gone To The Moon." In 1971 King

recorded a rock version of "Sugar, Sugar," the 1969 chart-topper by the Archies.

King's cover, released as a single using the artist name Sakkarin, reached #12 on

the UK chart. Watch the teenagers in the studio audience on the London-based

music television series Top Of The Pops as they dance to "Sugar, Sugar"

whilst viewing the top tunes countdown for April 29, 1971.

"Sugar Sugar" - Sakkarin

(1971, highest chart pos. #12 UK,

April 29, 1971, ep. of Top Of The Pops)

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 AC/DC 

ROCKPOP

WEST GERMANY

Rockpop aka Rock-Pop, was a West German TV music series that ran from 1977 to '82

on the public-service broadcaster ZDF based in Mainz. You are about to witness an

electrifying live performance by the Australian rock band AC/DC filmed in Munich

and aired on Rockpop in the summer of 1978. AC/DC's lead singer Bon Scott was

ranked #1 on Classic Rock magazine's 100 Greatest Frontmen of All Time list.

Hit Parader ranked Scott fifth on their list of The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal

Vocalists of All Time. The excitement meter's pegged as the band goes wild
on "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation," a song from their 5th studio album Powerage.

"Rock 'n' Roll Damnation" - AC/DC

(from May 1978 album Powerage, live perf. on

June 24, 1978, ep. of West German TV series Rockpop)

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 WHITNEY HOUSTON 

TOP OF THE POPS

LONDON

Record producer Narada Michael Walden has the knack. His golden touch
comes through on the recordings of many major recording artists including
Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Ray Charles, Natalie Cole and Elton John.
Walden brought out the best in Whitney Houston as producer of her #1
charting single "How Will I Know" and an even bigger hit, "I Wanna

Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" which topped the charts in
the U.S. and a dozen other countries. Whitney was fresh, beautiful,
full of life and vitality and at the peak of her popularity when she
sang "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" on Top Of The Pops.

"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" - Whitney Houston

(June/July 1987, highest chart pos. #1, perf. on Top Of The Pops)

 HAIRCUT ONE HUNDRED 

 (LEGS & CO) 

TOP OF THE POPS

LONDON

In the early 80s, the new wave jazz-funk group Haircut One Hundred placed
four singles in the top 10 on the UK chart. In the U.S., however, only one of
those records, "Love Plus One," made the Billboard chart, peaking near
the bottom of the top 40.  Here are Legs & Co, the dancing damsels on
Top Of The Pops, performing their interpretation of the song ranked
#90 on Vh1's list of the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 1980s.
This just in to our sports center. Vinyl score: Haircut 100 - Love +1.

"Love Plus One" - Haircut One Hundred

(Feb. 1982, highest chart pos. #37 Hot 100/#3 UK,

dance perf. by Legs & Co on Top Of The Pops)

 B.J. THOMAS 

TOP OF THE POPS

LONDON

Country pop singer B.J. Thomas turned age 76 two weeks ago. Here's a much younger
B.J. as he appeared on Top Of The Pops performing the first American #1 charting hit
single of the 70s, a record that spent 4 weeks at the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100
in January 1970. It's the Academy Award winning Burt Bacharach/Hal David song
used as the theme of the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
B.J. Thomas sings-- "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head."

"Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" - B.J. Thomas

(Jan. 1970, highest chart pos. #1, from 1969 film

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, live perf.
on Feb. 5, 1970, ep. of Top Of The Pops)

 JOAN JETT AND 

 THE BLACKHEARTS 

MUSIKLADEN

BREMEN, GERMANY

We ain't done rockin' yet. Meet Joan Jett, one of the great rock queens of the 80s,

along with her band The Blackhearts. In early 1980, the band recorded a cover of

"Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah)," a top 3 UK hit for the English glam rocker

Gary Glitter in 1973. Joan's version was first released on her band's 1981 album

Bad Reputation, and reached the top 20 as a single in 1982. The special edit

you are about to watch combines two different performances by the band,

the official music video intercut with footage of their appearance on the

West German television show Musikladen. Here now are Joan Jett

and The Blackhearts asking the musical question "Do You Want

To Touch Me?" Shady's answer is "Oh Yeah!"

"Do You Want To Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

(Aug./Sept. 1982, highest chart pos. #20 Hot 100/#8 Canada,

#19 Germany, feat. perf. footage from Sept. 30, 1982,

ep. of German TV show Musikladen)

 AC/DC 

TOP OF THE POPS

LONDON

To play us off, AC/DC is back, this time in the UK on Top Of The Pops.

It's sad to remember that lead singer Bon Scott died a little more than

a year-and-a-half after this live performance. He was only 33 years old.

Let's turn back the clock to happier times and let Bon and the boys

send us home with a song in our hearts (and stuck in our heads)

with this exciting encore of "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation."

Turn that thang up loud!

"Rock 'n' Roll Damnation" - AC/DC

(from May 1978 album Powerage, live perf.
on June 8, 1978, ep. of Top Of The Pops

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I hope you enjoyed volume 8 of

BANDSTANDS IN

FOREIGN LANDS!

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next edition coming soon.