TOTP 14 October 1976: Ruby Flipper dance to Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry “Diddy” David Hamilton can give old Tony B and Noel a run for their money, when it comes to the Crap Joke Deejay Cup. From the old blog: Monday, 26 July 2010 Ruby Flipper – Play That Funky Music Don’t […]
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Ruby Flipper – Dancing with the Captain
Top of the Pops 7 October 1976: Lulu and Sue of Ruby Flipper dance behind Paul Nicholas who sings Dancing with the Captain. A fairly obvious choice of outfits and moves here, as I remarked in the old blog, but lightweight jokey pop songs like this almost demand a bit of knowing jokiness in their […]
Ruby Flipper – The Best Disco In Town
Top of the Pops, 30 September 1976: Ruby Flipper dance to The Best Disco In Town by The Ritchie Family.
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Ruby Flipper – Disco Duck
TOTP, 23 September 1976: Ruby Flipper dance to Disco Duck by Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots. Silly, very silly: but fun. Floid’s pantomime duck outfit looks to be from the back of dusty cupboard in the BBC wardrobe department. Clearly not designed to be worn on a podium, we get to see just […]
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Ruby Flipper – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Top of the Pops, 9 September 1976: Ruby Flipper dance to You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine by Lou Rawls Back in the Summer of 1976, Flick Colby’s choreography was fizzing with ideas. For this Lou Rawls number, she gives us not one but three routines: Floid’s stately podium solo; Goucho Phil and Cherry’s tango; and a teasing fan dance […]
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Ruby Flipper – Morning Glory
Top of the Pops, 26/08/1976: Ruby Flipper dance to Morning Glory by James and Bobby Purify. Well of course Sue, Patti and Lulu are looking lovely here: but Cherry, in that fuchsia & gold outfit looks absolutely fabulous. What a fine routine. My favourite moment? Patti’s mock-admonishing wagging finger at 0’38”. Kudos to Phil for […]
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Ruby Flipper – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
Top of the Pops, 26 August 1976: Ruby Flipper dance to Don’t Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John & Kiki Dee Thanks to panspeople.com for the youtube post. From the old blog, Sunday, 30 January 2011 As requested by Carl, here’s Ruby Flipper – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart. Since there’s wearing the same […]
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Ruby Flipper – Let ’Em In
Top of the Pops, 19 August 1976: Ruby Flipper dance to Let ‘Em In by Wings I think I prefer this performance to the more restrained Legs & Co. version from that year’s Christmas Special. Thanks to panspeople.com for the youtube post.
Ruby Flipper – You Should Be Dancing
Top of the Pops, 12 August 1976: Ruby Flipper dance to The Bee Gees’ You Should Be Dancing. From the old blog, Monday, 24 August 2009: Ruby Flipper, in extremely cute teeny tiny outfits, dancing to The BeeGees’ You Should Be Dancing on Top of the Pops. Introduced by No Lead Mince. Einsfestival holt uns […]
Ruby Flipper – Shake Shake Shake (Shake Your Booty)
Top Of The Pops, 5 August 1976: Ruby Flipper dance to Shake Shake Shake (Shake Your Booty) by KC & The Sunshine Band.
