Pan’s People – Jumpin’ Jack Flash

By youngmistergrace | Published: November 20, 2022

The Price of Fame or Fame At Any Price, BBC TV 20 November 1969:
Pan’s People dance while Thelma Houston sings Jumpin’ Jack Flash

Thanks to Andeebee for the YouTube post

From the Old blog, Tuesday, 12 April 2011:

Another clip from The Price of Fame. Here’s Thelma Houston singing, and Pan’s People dancing to, Jumpin’ Jack Flash.

Comments:

PattiforPM said…

Nice Gogo girls. I love the apparent detachment of the dancers in the late 60s and early 70s. “I was raised by a toothless bearded hag” I always thought Keith Richard must have contributed this lyric for Mick.
12 April 2011 12:41

jez said…

pans people in the early days ,i wonder what ever happened to andrea ,good work here girls
12 April 2011 13:57

Suefan said…

Always good to see Flick in action.
14 April 2011 07:34

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Legs & Co. – Do You Feel Like We Do?

By youngmistergrace | Published: November 18, 2022

TOTP 18th November 1976: Legs & Co. dance to Do You Feel Like We Do? by Peter Frampton.

From the old blog, Monday, 4 February 2013:

Another great lost routine found again, thanks to panspeople.com: Legs & Co. dancing to Peter Frampton’s Do You Feel Like We Do? from Top of the Pops, Thursday 18th November 1976.

Not a full performance, admittedly, but a good chunk of a routine we’d otherwise never see at all: so thanks to Flight14 over on panspeople.com, and of course the original YouTube poster.

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Legs & Co – Turn To Stone

By youngmistergrace | Published: November 17, 2022

TOTP 17 November 1977: Legs & Co dance to Turn To Stone by the Electric Light Orchestra.

Thanks to andeebee for the YouTube post.

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Legs & Co – No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)

By youngmistergrace | Published: November 15, 2022

TOTP November 15 1979: Legs & Co dance to No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) by Barbara Streisand & Donna Summer

Thanks to ASmK for the YouTube post.

From the old blog, Monday, 27 December 2010:

There’s a war raging over on our discussion board, between the Fans of Patti, and the Fans of Sue, over which of the two is the greatest. I, of course, must remain neutral on such matters. But here’s a routine requested by Amy, which will no doubt fan the flames of antagonism between the two armies: for in the first half of this routine, performed to No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) by Barbara Streisand & Donna Summer, their two favourites dance alone, head-to-head, move for move.

Thanks to PattiforPM, who kindly donated this clip.

4 comments:

PattiforPM said…

Womano-a-Womano it IS really difficult for the non-biassed to choose is it not? Lulu and Gill look great in the ensuing red melee too.

27 December 2010 18:17

Some Guy said…

There is simply no choosing between Sue and Patti in this.

27 December 2010 20:33

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Pan’s People – This Ole Heart of Mine

By youngmistergrace | Published: November 13, 2022

TOTP November 13 1975: Pan’s People dance to Rod Stewart’s This Ole Heart of Mine.

From the old blog, Tuesday, 25 December 2012:

Happy Christmas everybody. Here’s another new-to-this-site clip from that “BBC Demonstration tape”: Pan’s People on Top of the Pops dancing to Rod Stewart’s hit version of the Isley Brother’s This Ole Heart of Mine. No words of mine can do justice to the fabulous seventies-ishness of these outfits, so I won’t even try. Feast your eyes!

I was getting round to finding the original TOTP transmission date, but Vintagevideos beat me to it: November 13 1975 (many thanks).

Thanks are due once again to the late Grant Watkins, who compiled the original tape, which was a mixture of music and comedy clips, hence the brief insert of Robert Robinson behaving rather unusually. And thanks again to the anonymous donor.

4 comments:

Alex said…

Have had hardly the time to get over the shock of yesterday’s find, to now have this gem resurface. An extra bonus Christmas present. Thanks.

25 December 2012 09:37

VintageVideos said…

Wow! What a year this has been, and what a spectacular way to let it end. Two rare Pan’s People finds in a row!
This must be from TOTP 13/11/1975, one of the otherwise “dark” TOTP periods. Those dresses are of course well-known to Pan’s People fans, watch them play “Streaker” here:

http://www.panspeople.com/?q=node/528

But until now, I didn’t know there was also a routine to it!
Thanks to the donor and thanks to you YMG for posting this.
25 December 2012 11:00

PattiforPM said…

Wow this is stunning. YMG, two new Pans routines in two days, what about this old heart of MINE! Lovely to see the Dance which goes with these outfits after all this time. Thankyou so much generous donor (how about that handle and a Santa avatar on the blog sir?)

25 December 2012 13:47

Andee Bee said…

my upping to the channel has gone overtime, fantastic stuff….

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Legs & Co – Rock’N’Me

By youngmistergrace | Published: November 4, 2022

TOTP 4th November 1976: Legs & Co dance to the Steve Miller Band’s Rock’N’Me.

From the old blog: Friday, 1 October 2010

Early Legs & Co dancing to the Steve Miller Band’s Rock’N’Me. So early that they haven’t even officially been named yet: at the start of this clip. Noel E talks about the naming competition.

Meanwhile, the new BBC technician’s apprentice, distracted by the skimpyness of the girls’ outfits, has obviously dropped far too much dry ice into his bucket of water, causing everyone to be engulfed in billowing clouds of carbon dioxide.

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Legs & Co. – Part-Time Love

By youngmistergrace | Published: November 2, 2022

TOTP 2nd November 1978: Legs & Co. dance to Elton John’s Part-Time Love.

From the old blog, Saturday, 2 November 2013:

I’ve posted this routine before: we should have being treated to a nice sharp BBC4 digital version of the performance right around now, since the ongoing Top of the Pops repeats have reached November 1978. But since the Daily Mail won’t countenance any appearance from disgraced presenters, we’ll have to make do with my old grainy VHS-taped UK Gold version.

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Legs & Co. on Tiswas

By youngmistergrace | Published: November 1, 2022

Tiswas, 1 November 1980: Legs & Co. take part in the Flan Flinger Challenge.

Wearing the outfits from their TOTP It’s Still Rock & Roll To Me routine, Legs & Co. sporting allow themselves to be cheated and humiliated on ITV’s anarchic alternative to the BBC’s Saturday morning “Swap Shop”.

For those of you too young to remember 1980, being flanned by the Phantom Flan Flinger on Tiswas was the hippest thing a celebrity could do, in those simple, far-off days.

I’ve no idea if our heroines appeared elsewhere in this episode, perhaps performing. If anyone out there has the full episode, can they help out here?

Thaks to Andybee for the YouTube post.

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Legs & Co – Star

By youngmistergrace | Published: November 1, 2022

TOTP: 1st November 1979: Legs & Co dance to Star, by Earth Wind and Fire.

Thanks to ASmK for the YouTube post.

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Legs & Co. – Fashion

By youngmistergrace | Published: October 30, 2022

TOTP 30 October 1980: Legs & Co. dance to Fashion by David Bowie.

From the old blog, Friday, 22 October 2010:

PattiforPM’s generous donations keep coming: here’s Legs & Co. dancing to David Bowie’s Fashion, from that strange early eighties period when Top of the Pops’ producers felt the need to dub party noises on top of the music. Thanks again to PattiforPM.

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