1 9 6 4 – 1 9 6 5 (UK) Top Beat was a monthly BBC show which crammed eight or nine acts (Wayne Fontana,…
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1 9 6 4 – 2 0 0 6 (UK) On 30 July 2006, the BBC broadcast the final edition of Top Of The Pops. Thousands…
1 9 8 2 – 1 9 8 7 (UK) 125 x 90 minute episodes Channel 4’s live Friday night music show with edge and attitude…
1 9 8 0 – 1 9 8 1 (UK) 10 x 25 minute episodes Debuting on 29 June 1980, this short-lived new wave music and…
1 9 6 7 – 1 9 6 9 (Australia) Melbourne’s ATV-0 remained the leading production house for Australian rock TV shows in the late 60s…
Directed by Alan Parker and starring Bob Geldof from The Boomtown Rats, this movie version of the 1979 Pink Floyd album was described by one critic as “the…
1 9 6 0 (UK) 8 x 25 minute episodes On 23 April 1960, ABC Television launched Wham!!, a pop music show created by Jack Good…
1 9 6 5 – 1 9 6 7 (USA) When American Bandstand moved from weekday afternoons to Saturdays, the teenagers of America were despondent.…
1 9 6 6 (UK) 24 x 30 minute episodes A Whole Scene Going was the first significant British teenage lifestyle TV show, featuring segments on…
The Beatles come to the rescue when the evil Blue Meanies try to drive all the music and fun from Pepperland in the third feature…
1 9 5 0 – 1 9 5 9 (USA) Your Hit Parade premiered on NBC as a summer replacement for Robert Montgomery Presents on 10 July…