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Year:1978
Date:05/11/1978
Show no:175
Summary:POPULAR MUSIC SERIES FEATURING LOCAL AND OVERSEAS ARTISTS. THE SHOW IS HOSTED BY PETER FRAMPTON AND MOLLY (NO HAT) WITH A SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH BETTE MIDLER RECORDED AT DRESS REHEARSAL FOR STAGE SHOW IN AUSTRALIA SHOWING SEGMENTS OF SONGS SHE PERFORMS INCL 'LULLABY OF BROADWAY','DO YOU WANT TO DANCE' BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY OF COMPANY B'&'HELLO'.MIDLER TELLS HOW SHE STARTED,TALKS ABOUT KAREN CARPENTER,CHER,DUSTIN HOFFMAN,BING CROSBY AND SAYS SHE THOUGHT 'JAPAN' WERE ALL GIRLS.
LOCAL ARTISTS:
ANGELS 'TAKE A LONG LINE'
TMG 'THE DEVIL IN YOU'
MONDO ROCK 'FUGITIVE KIND'
OVERSEAS ARTISTS:
ABBA 'SUMMER NIGHT CITY'
DAVID BOWIE 'ZIGGY STARDUST'
BLONDIE 'PICTURE THIS'
PETER FRAMPTON 'THE LONG & WINDING ROAD'
ROLLING STONES 'RESPECTABLE'
BARBARA STREISAND 'DON'T RAIN ON MY PARADE'
JAPAN 'DON'T RAIN ON MY PARADE'
DIRE STRAITS 'SULTAN OF SWING'
LEIF GARRETT 'I WAS MADE FOR DANCING'
COMMODORES 'THREE TIMES A LADY'
TOP TEN HITS:
PABLO CRUISE 'LOVE WILL FIND A WAY'
BONEY M 'RASPUTIN'
OLIVIER NEWTON JOHN & JOHN TRAVOLTA 'SUMMER NIGHTS'
LEIF GARRETT 'I WAS MADE FOR DANCING'
DRAGON 'ARE YOU OLD ENOUGH'
SMOKIE 'OH CAROLE'
MARSHALL HAIN 'DANCING IN THE CITY'
10CC 'DREADLOCK HOLIDAY'
LA BELLE EPOQUE 'BLACK IS BLACK'
COMMODORES 'THREE TIMES A LADY'

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