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Year:1978
Date:23/7/1978
Show no:160
Summary:THIS SHOW HOSTED BY DAME EDNA EVERAGE (BARRY HUMPHRIES) WHO PERFORMS A SONG LIVE 'EVERY MOTHER WANTS A BOY LIKE ELTON', ALONG WITH RED HOT PEPPERS (FROM N.Z.), MALCOLM MCLAREN, AND SPORTS. MOLLY PRESENTS HUMDRUM, INCLUDES IV'S WITH DARTS RE THEIR CLIPS AND VOCALS, BEE GEES & PETER FRAMPTON, BOTH LIVE FROM THE SET OF 'SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND', WHO DISCUSS THE MOVIE AND SONGS. LOCAL ARTISTS:
RED HOT PEPPERS 'I'VE JUST SEEN A FACE'
SHERBET 'ANOTHER NIGHT ON THE ROAD' (OVERSEAS CLIP)
MALCOLM MCCALLUM 'WHO IS YOUR LOVE'
SPORTS 'WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM'
EDNA EVERAGE 'EVERY MOTHER WANTS A BOY LIKE ELTON'
LOCAL HUMDRUM ITEMS:
LRB 'REMINISCING'
DELILAH 'WHERE IS THE LOVE' (COUNTDOWN CLIP)
WESTERN FLYER 'PROVIDENCE'
JPY 'LOVE IS IN THE AIR' (COUNTDOWN CLIP)
OVERSEAS TALENT:
STATUS QUO 'ROCKERS ROLLIN'
FOREIGNER 'HOT BLOODED' (FIRST TIME SHOWN ON TV)
DARTS 'BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY'
WINGS 'I'VE HAD ENOUGH'
SMOKIE 'OH CAROL'
BONEY M 'BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON'
OVERSEAS CHARTBUSTERS:
ROLLING STONES 'MISS YOU'
KATE BUSH 'MAN WITH A CHILD IN HIS EYES'
GRAEME BONNETT 'WARM RIDE'
NATIONAL TOP TEN:
ROLLING STONES 'MISS YOU' (10)
BOB MARLEY 'IS THIS LOVE' (9)
ANDY GIBB 'SHADOW DANCING' (8)
JPY 'LOVE IS IN THE AIR' (7)
DENIECE WILLIAMS & JOHNNY MATHIS 'TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE TOO LATE' (6)
WARREN ZEVON 'WEREWOLVES OF LONDON '(6)
RAYDIO 'JACK AND JILL' (5)
GERRY RAFFERTY 'BAKER STREET' (4)
VILLAGE PEOPLE 'MACHO MAN' (3)
OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN & JOHN TRAVOLTA 'YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT' (2)
BONEY M 'BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON' (1)

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