Top of the Pops, 28 September 72: Ruth from Pan’s People dances to David Bowie’s John I’m Only Dancing. Here’s another rare clip, sent to me for the old blog by an anonymous donor. Back in those pre-pop-video days, Top of the Pops producers often commissioned such short films to use in lieu of unavailable […]
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Pan’s People – Monster Mash
Top of the Pops, 27 September 1973: Pan’s People dance to Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt Kickers again. Top of the Pops, 13 September 1973: Pan’s People dance to Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt Kickers. A mere snippet of this version, with only a few brief glimpses […]
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Pans People – Summertime City
TOTP, 4th September 1975 Pans People dance to, and Mike Batt sings, Summertime City. Great minds think alike: Alongside Lou Reed (in the Velvet Underground’s “There She Goes Again“), Mike pinched the bridging hook he used here (at the end of the introduction and of each chorus) from Marvin Gaye’s 1963 US hit Hitch Hike […]
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Pan’s People – I Think of You
Top of the Pops 31 August 1973: Pan’s People dance to I Think of You by the Detroit Emeralds. Every time I get despondent and think “That’s it! I’ll never get another new routine to share,” another generous soul proves me wrong. Hurrah! An what a great routine this is: it’s oozing with literal choreography […]
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Pans People – One of These Nights
Top of the Pops, 28th August 1975: Pans People dance to One of These Nights by The Eagles. From the old blog, Saturday, 30 October 2010: Here’s a higher quality version of a clip posted a while ago by ilovelulu: Pan’s People dancing to The Eagles’ One of These Nights. Thanks to Andeebee for the […]
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Pan’s People – You Make Me Feel Brand New
Top of the Pops 15th August 1974: Pan’s People dance to You Make Me Feel Brand New by The Stylistics. From a show guest-presented by The Osmonds. Pan’s People are so stunning in these lovely backless frocks, it’s hardly surprising that they even tempt a goody-two-shoes like Donnie into impure thoughts. Update, 17 August 2018: Thanks to […]
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Pan’s People – When Will I See You Again
Top of the Pops, 8 August 1974: Pan’s People dance to The Three Degrees’ When Will I See You Again. Classically glamourous posh black sequinned frocks for our dancers here: which is entirely apt for this sophisticated pop gem, performed by the Three Degrees – who were themselves no strangers to classy showbiz couture. From […]
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Pan’s People – You Can Do Magic
Top of the Pops, 3 August 1973: Pan’s People dance to You Can Do Magic by Limmie & Family Cookin’. Hooray! Here’s another rare Pan’s People performance, Thanks to one of my generous anonymous donors. A happy, energetic performance, with simple video overlay effects multiplying the dancers, invoking the “Magic” in the song title. This clip is only black & white, where […]
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Pan’s People – It’s Been So Long
Top Of The Pops 31 July 1975: Pan’s People dance to It’s Been So Long by George McCrae Thanks to SuPaLu for the Youtube post.
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Pans People – Barbados
Top of the Pops, 24 July 1975: Pans People dance to “Barbados” by Typically Tropical. A surprise Summer number one for Typically Tropical: and here they are on Top of the Pops. The producers have decide to mix in some clips from Pan’s People’s performance to the song on the previous week’s episode. And a […]
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