Top Of The Box

This is a classic clip from Top of the Pops, James Taylor performing the Carole King song Youv’e Got A Friend in 1971. Carole King is playing piano on this live version of a wonderful song.
James Taylor – Youv’e Got A Friend

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War Baby from 1983 represented a tighter and more smoothly produced Tom Robinson product than his earlier and perhaps more popular period of the late seventies.
Although often overlooked, the more mature lyrics and style make this a real classic from the eighties.
Tom Robinson – War Baby

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I have just come across this clip that appears to be from Top of the Pops, but I have never seen or heard this track before, and I have always been a massive fan.
Ronnie Lane taking the lead on vocals, with Rod Stewart on upright bass! Check out the two Ronnies resonator guitars. It’s really [...]

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Tubeway Army – Are Friends’ Electric? / Gary Numan – Cars, Top Of The Pops 1979
After the success of Are Friends Electric? as Tubeway Army, Gary Numan decided to ditch the band and embark on a solo career.  A career that started with the all-time synth pop classic, Cars.
Here are Top Of The Pops appaearances [...]

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Kinks – Lola, Top Of The Pops, 1970
I’m not much of a fan of The Kinks sixties hits like You Really Got Me and even Waterloo Sunset.  But I love their 1970 classic, Lola.  The lyrics are great, but the sound of Ray Davies’ resonator guitar is beautiful.
The song is about a young man’s sexual [...]

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