Top of the Pops 23 December 1975:
Pan’s People dance to Space Oddity by Davis Bowie.
Preceded by a pot calling a kettle black.
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Pan’s People – Space Oddity
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This Is Your Life: Babs Powell
I’ve no anniversary routine to share today, 28 November: so since it’s Babs’ birthday, here’s a repeat post of her appearance on This is Your Life, 15 November 2001.
From the old blog, Saturday 26 March 2011:
Here’s an almost complete edition of This Is Your Life, featuring Babs Powell (née Lord), featuring most of her PP mates, and yert another outing for that Porridge “Beautiful Babs” gag.
Comments:
jez said…
the only one missing here and its a shame from the original line up is ansi, i often wonder why she has never kept in touch with the others
29 March 2011 08:50
PattiforPM said…I always thought Babs came across as wholesome and full of grace and this clip just confirms that
26 March 2011 17:30Suefan said…
Nice to see all the ladies from the “Classic” line-up and especially good to see our diminutive New Yorker. I just wish either (a) they stop trotting out Norman Stanley Fletcher or (b) stop feigning surprise/amusement at a gag that they must have all heard a thousand times. Full marks to Babs for her charity exploits as well, although all this showbiz backslapping makes me sick.
26 March 2011 09:00
Featuring what looks like a clip from the (otherwise unavailable) Who Do You Love by Juicy Lucy routine, from TOTP 26 March 1970, bookended by a creepy appearance from The Unacceptable One.
Thanks to Andeebee for the YouTube post.
Pan’s People – You’re The First, The Last, My Everything
I’ve been reposting dance routines on the date they originally appeared on Top of the Pops: but the only TOTP routine for 14 November I know of was Pan’s People dancing to You’re The First, The Last, My Everything by Barry White in 1974: and I don’t have that routine to show you. But what I do have is their performance to that same song, on the Christmas Day TOTP Special later that year. So since I want to keep the posting momentum up, here it is.
TOTP, 5th December 1975: Pan’s People dance to You’re The First, The Last, My Everything by Barry White.
Thanks to Andeebee for the YouTube post.
From the old blog: Wednesday, 6 July 2011:
Here’s Pan’s People dancing to Barry White’s You’re My First, My last, My Everything on the Christmas Day 1974 edition of Top of the Pops.
Thanks to Late Night Viewer, who sent me this clip.
comments:
PattiforPM said…
This is excellent. I love the outifts and the detached expressions and the moves are just right for this Barry White classic. Thanks LNV/YMG
7 July 2011 03:48
Suefan said…
Thank guys. I like this one. I like the song, I like the dance and I like the girls. Those outfits on the other hand are a different matter altogether………..
The occasional glance from the girl in the middle from behind her veil makes up for them though.
7 July 2011 11:19
Miss Peelpants said…
I love the outfits, Biba-tastic!
So weird seeing Cherry with her hair up though, not sure I like it. She’s just a little bundle of joyful big hairness usually….
7 July 2011 11:48Some Guy said…
I think the outfits make Cherry and Sue look a lot older than their 19 years of age. Sorry but they look bloody horrible dressed like that, very un-biba-tastic, or what ever that means. So thats a draw so far on here regarding the outfits 2-2. Anybody want to claim the winner !!!
7 July 2011 16:22
Pan’s Ruby Legs said…
Excellent routine, love the facial expressions, like the song, but those “mother of the bride” outfits must be some of the worst Pan’s People ever had to wear…
7 July 2011 19:59
Suefan said…
Maybe that was Flick’s idea, the older look. If so she is too successful as those outfits bring to mind my gran.
7 July 2011 22:52
PattiforPM said…
I guess we lose but I’m a bit of a sucker for these prim and proper outfits and I really love the “hair-up” Cherry so in the end I disagree with everyone on this one!
7 July 2011 23:13
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Pan’s people – I’m Doin’ Fine Now
Top of the Pops 17 August 1973: Pan’s People dance to “I’m Doin’ Fine Now” by New York City
Hooray for another new-to-this-site performance. Thanks to another generous, anonymous donor, here’s a very rare TOTP performance from Pan’s People.
Those posh white frocks are pretty fabulous examples of early seventies clobber: but they just won’t stay still long enough for me to make out any detail of the black geometric motif on the front.
I’m certainly no footwear fashion pundit, but I don’t think those strappy, cloggy platform sandals they’re wearing would look out of place today.
Some groovy video overlay effects here. BBC technicians seemed happy to play around with chroma key effects in the early seventies. Compare these free-flowling, fun effects to the static, motionless work for Legs & Co’s. Ma Baker (1977) and Just Can’t Give You Up (1980).
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Ruby Flipper – Young Hearts Run Free
Top of the Pops 17 June 1976: Ruby Flipper dance to Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton.
Thanks to Andeebee for the YouTube post.
From the old blog, Friday, 29 Jaunuary 2010:
Ruby Flipper’s second appearance on the TOTP os 17 June 1976, dancing to Candy Staton’s Young Hearts Run Free. Silly outfits all round, apart from Cherry.
No Lulu again, as with Sold My Rock’n’Roll.
Comments:
Some Guy said…
Ths most enjoyable Routine ever from Fick Colby`s vivid imagination.
20 November 2010 22:35
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Also tagged Floid, Gavin, Patti, Phil, Ruby Flipper, Sue
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Pan’s People In Concert
I’ve post a couple of routines from Pan’s People in Concert over the last few days: now here’s the show in its entirety:
Pan’s People in Concert (BBC 17 April 1974) was a 35 minute show produced by Stanley Dorfman and featuring routines to an eclectic selection of music: giving the dancers the opportunity to work with music outside the narrow confines of the charts.
The Music
1. Face the Music – Ella Fitzgerald (All)
2. White Light – Tibetan Bells (Ruth)
3. Wave – Antonio Carlos Jobim (All)
4. My Father – Judy Collins (Cherry)
5. The North Wind and the Sun – Aesop (Dee Dee)
6. Willow Weeps For Me – Duke Ellington (All)
7. 69 Freedom Special – Buddy Miles Express (Louise & Dee Dee)
8. Little Child (Daddy Dear) – Wes Montgomery (All)
9. To Yelasto Pedi (The Smiling Boy) – Mikis Theodorakis (Babs)
10. There are Smiles – The Audience (All)
11. Noises – Brian Showell (All)
12. LA Resurrection – Buddy Miles Band (All)
Thanks to forum regular Doubleday for his research compiling this list. There’s lots more information, and discussion, on two forum threads:
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Pan’s People – 69 Freedom Special
From “Pan’s People in Concert”: dancing to 69 Freedom Special by Buddy Miles.
Easily the most well-known routine from Pan’s People in Concert: Dee Dee and Louise’s costumes are famously the groups most expensively made and simultaneously smallest ever.
Pan’s People in Concert (BBC 17 April 1974) was a 35 minute show produced by Stanley Dorfman and featuring routines to an eclectic selection of music: giving the dancers the opportunity to work with music outside the narrow confines of the charts.
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Pans People – L. A. Resurrection
From “Pans People in Concert”: dancing to L. A. Resurrection by Buddy Miles.
An up-tempo rocking’ instrumental to close their In Concert special, with some audience participation to boot.
Pan’s People in Concert (BBC 17 April 1974) was a 35 minute show produced by Stanley Dorfman and featuring routines to an eclectic selection of music: giving the dancers the opportunity to work with music outside the narrow confines of the charts.
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Pan’s People – Little Child (Daddy Dear)
From “Pans People in Concert”: dancing to Little Child (Daddy Dear) by Wes Montgomery.
An atmospheric guitar instrumental from jazz virtuoso Wes Montgomery, based on a truly atrocious maudlin collaboration between Danny Kay and his daughter Dena from 1956.
Pan’s People in Concert (BBC 17 April 1974) was a 35 minute show produced by Stanley Dorfman and featuring routines to an eclectic selection of music: giving the dancers the opportunity to work with music outside the narrow confines of the charts.
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Also tagged Babs, Dee Dee, Louise, Pan's People, Ruth
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Pans People – Magic Moments
The John Denver Show, 20 May 1973
Pans People dance, John sings Magic Moments.
Another rare performance from Pan’s People on The John Denver Show. Witch’s costumes including wigs with widows peaks: surprising how such a seemingly insignificant change makes the girls so difficult to recognise. I guess the poor image quality doesn’t help. The dry ice as usual seems to be getingt a bit out of hand, threatening to fill the screen a few times.
Thanks to Andeebee once again for the YouTube post.
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