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Year:1978
Date:10/12/1978
Show no:180
Summary:LAST MUSIC SHOW FOR 1978 HOSTED BY IAN 'MOLLY' MELDRUM (NO HAT) WITH SPECIAL GUEST HOST ELTON JOHN(NO GLASSES), FEATURING COUNTDOWN HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE YEAR WITH HOSTS SEATED IN LOUNGE CHAIRS
MELDRUM & JOHN RE ELTON'S DISCARDING OF EYE GLASSES INTRODUCE ELTON JOHN'S 'MADNESS'
MELDRUM & JOHN RE BEE GEES WITH 2 SINGLES IN TOP TEN FOR YEAR INTRODUCE BEE GEE'S 'STAYIN' ALIVE'
MELDRUM & JOHN RE ELTON NOT PLAYING DISCO MUSIC INTRODUCE ROD STEWART 'DO YOU THINK I'M SEXY' WITH
AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES SUPER SCROLLING ACROSS SCREEN MELDRUM & JOHN RE ROD STEWART WRITING SONGS ABOUT HIMSELF IV CLIP MELDRUM & STEWART RE ELTON JOHN AND BEST OF MATES(TONGUE IN CHEEK)
MELDRUM & JOHN RE SOCCER TEAM PARTICIPATING IN SONG WITH CLIP 'GEORGIA'
MELDRUM & JOHN RE NOT LIKING BONEY M BAND, INTRODUCING NUMBER 2 SINGLE FOR YEAR 'BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON'. MELDRUM & JOHN RE BONEY M MUSIC, NAMING OF GOOD MUSIC ALBUMS IN 1978
SELECTION OF CLIPS SHOWING YEAR'S OVERSEAS SPECIAL GUESTS
BONNIE TYLER 'IT'S A HEARTACHE'
LEIF GARRETT 'SURFIN' USA, RUNAROUND SUE, I WAS MADE FOR DANCING, PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER'
FOREIGNER 'COLD AS ICE'
LEO SAYER 'YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING'
STATUS QUO 'ROCKERS ROLLIN'
JOHN COUGAR, LATER KNOWN AS JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP AND
JOHN MELLANCAMP 'I NEED A LOVER'
DON MCLEAN 'I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE'
BEE GEES 'STAYING ALIVE'
SELECTION OF YEARS GUEST HOSTS
BEE GEES MEMBER, GRAHAM BONNETT, DR HOOK, SAMANTHA
SANG,DAME EDNA EVERAGE AND MEATLOAF
SELECTION OF YEARS CLIPS OF LOCAL ACTS
ANGELS 'TAKE A LONG LINE'
LITTLE RIVER BAND ' LADY'
DRAGON 'ARE YOU OLD ENOUGH'
JOHN PAYL YOUNG 'LOVE IS IN THE AIR, THE DAY MY HEART CAUGHT FIRE'
CLIP OF MELDRUM DOING LIVE SHOW FROM ADELAIDE DURING FESTIVAL OF ARTS. LOOK AT DISCO EXPLOSION DURING YEAR BEE GEES 'YOU SHOULD BE DANCING' SHOWING VARIETY OF DISCO DANCE PARTNERS LIVE ON STAGE THROUGHOUT VARIOUS STATES OF AUSTRALIA HUMDRUM SEGMENT EXTRACTS DURING YEAR MOCK BOXING MATCH MELDRUM WITH SAMANTHA (SURNAME UNKNOWN), MELRUM WITH GUESTS, MAN UNKNOWN, EDNA EVERAGE, OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN FALLING OFF CHAIR, ROD STEWART, LEIF GARRETT MELRUM & JOHN INTRODUCE CLIP KATE BUSH 'HAMMER HORROR' AS BIGGEST NEW TALENT OF THE YEAR. MELDRUM & JOHN INTRODUCE SONG OF THE YEAR OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN AND JOHN TRAVOLTA 'YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT' NUMBER 1 HIT, IN CHARTS FOR 6 MONTHS MELDRUM & JOHN RE ELTON IN AUSTRALIA AND FUTURE TOURING, MELDRUM PREDICTING GREAT HIT FOR 1979 'SONG FOR GUY' WITH JOHN EXPLAINING HOW SONG CAME ABOUT CLIP ELTON JOHN 'SONG FOR GUY'.

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