Was The Music Better In The 1960's? You Decide! Top Music Show From February 1968

[@Iluvthe1960s]

I've got loads of episodes of TOTP but have been holding back as so many of them are hosted by Savile and I (A) don't have the time to edit him out of all of them and (B) think doing so spoils the episode so I've not posted them but I think people want to see the music and on the whole will either fast forward over him or ignore the vile man, so I will post some more from the 60's and 70's soon.

[@michaelmckenna6464]

TOTP was a big part of music history. And Jimmy Saville, for better or for worse, played a big role in making TOTP such a big hit. So there is no need to delete any parts with him in it. The viewers can always skip over the parts where he appears or sit through and experience the entire program as it was originally aired.

[@john111257]

good man..its the music we want

[@Efferpheasants]

Savile has been dead for years and nothing was ever proved against him anyway. Its great seeing a complete show and thanks for posting it.

[@john111257]

@@Efferpheasants yes it was

[@Spiderwebsider]

Post them. We all know Savile was a wrong ‘un, but that’s no reason not to share some otherwise great memories. And don’t bother editing him out, he was part of it whether (with hindsight) we like it or not. We can’t let his presence spoil our memories. Cheers.

[@097534]

I'm 73 lived with all that music and bought it all it's brilliant. Great music from a better time on earth.

[@gordoncole6989]

Totally agree! I am now 72 years old. I was 18 in 1969. Greatest music and greatest times!

[@langston1aladdin]

I’m eight years behind you and agree 100%.

[@james-jg8iu]

I’m 74 yesterday and I totally agree with you best time of my life for sure ❤

[@ChiefWizard666]

At 78 I am a tad older but love the music of the 60/70s. Still have a large collection on CD, Vinyl and Tape.

[@gerrycastlemanwarde5933]

Shame about the clothes though!😊😊

[@TASmith-ou3is]

The 1960's & 1970's had some of the best music - in my opinion

[@efren8390]

Yes the 60s was the cuspid of the music starting with 50s after 60s and 70s the 80s the decadence 90s the death music 2000s was nothing only trash music in my opinion

[@alanhodges8839]

It had all of the best music.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

1967 was the absolute zenith.

[@IljaRex]

👍 ... love the '90s too .. techno

[@TASmith-ou3is]

@@IljaRex There's good music from every era.

[@waynejones4594]

The sad thing is that this era has long gone, but for some of us who grew up back then, the memories will never fade away.

[@michaelmcginley7930]

Especially if you were a victim of saville and glitter

[@Me97202]

As it is for every generation.

[@kevansimister3967]

I left school in 1965 a brilliant time to live but sadly I didn’t realise just how good it was

[@gyanryxy6451]

the saddest thing is never realizing that you are living in the good times. And those were the good times

[@rebelrebel7722]

mate, they were absolutely brilliant times, the best ever

[@southerncross3638]

In 73 my friend and I went to see the movie American Graffiti, we used to talk how great it must have been being that age in 62, we didn't realize we were living good times in 73😅.

[@marcusashwell8314]

You don't know how good till its gone

[@roberttg5108]

Good times Unless you were in Vietnam, dark times.

[@davidspendlove5900]

Yes the greatest decade , it was all new and exciting.

[@ronniek7748]

Totally loved the 60’s music! Better than anything of today. ❤

[@johndean4765]

Ronniek there's hardly any singing today and No memorable tunes.

[@tommytitmouse]

late 50`s ,all the 60`s, and nearly all the 70`s were the best music years ever.

[@straceshow3212]

You caught the entire spectrum of great popular music. Nothing but inane mediocracy outside those years.

[@MrCtsSteve]

Agreed . I was about to say the same thing.

[@MrCtsSteve]

I was born in 66 but I've always loved this music ...late 50s all thru the 60s and 70s about halfway into the 80s and that's about it

[@julieannejoolz]

I loved growing up in the 60s. It was a golden age for music. We listened to our radios and would dance around the living room..Mum loved music and so she would have the radio on all day and at night..all wonderful memories! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@teejay1471]

What an incredible time we were part of?

[@gremlinuk1968]

3 months before I was born 23rd May 1968,! From northern Ireland UK 🤝🇬🇧 , a great year for music back then,! God Bless,! Am a almost 54 year old now,! You all have a whisky on me,! 🥃🤝🇬🇧 , !

[@rossscott1922]

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[@robrussell5329]

1966 to 1976. A decade of songwriting greatness like no other.

[@voulafisentzidis8830]

The 60s were the best for music. I still listen to it!

[@JesusFloresayala]

You never will be a old man

[@bettypays7238]

I was lucky enough to be a teenager in the 60s,such a fantastic time, we just diddent realise what a monumental era it was,xx❤

[@denisescutt1865]

So lucky to have lived in the 60’s

[@Kahuna54]

What I enjoy is hearing songs I haven’t heard in years! The best music came from the 60s and 70s without a doubt!

[@petehampson7068]

I grew up watching TOTP and cherish the memories. Late 60's and early 70's were compulsive veiwing.

[@robharding5345]

Yeah, I never missed a show, it was an unmissable half hour, Today's music you can keep.or put it in the nearest bin. Long live the 60's & 70's.

[@22448824]

Tuning in Thursday evening to see who was number 1. Great days. Regrettably never to be repeated

[@alexbrown6624]

I was born in 1967 but still feel l know this music it makes me sooooo happy ? 60& 70 were amazing times ! WOW 🤩

[@democraticman3602]

Jimmy pervert as well, oh! so naive in those days.

[@jaywalker3087]

I was born in ' 59 and loved the '60. Spent loads of time in Hampstead Nth. London. Tie dye t- shirts and flares. Love Peace and Happiness to you all.

[@jasongress8764]

‘65 to ‘78 had the best rock music ever created.

[@GarryWootton]

Just before the new romantics, sting weller Collins Gabriel windwood Bowie carried the torch... Yeah slip the two decades in half.. Spot on.

[@zeddeka]

Let me guess. It was the era when you were young

[@GarryWootton]

@@zeddeka no I waz an oap.. OMG.

[@Valerij-cl2ly]

I would say, 1965-1973.

[@daveratcliffe1016]

​@@Valerij-cl2lyYou would have to include 1964, that was a great year

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

My favorite musical decade is the 1960's. It was like an explosion of creativity within those ten years.

[@topologyrob]

I much prefer the 1360s (quite seriously)

[@mojoden]

7 years

[@garypautard1069]

Agreed I think what people of this time do not realise is the 60s were not just about pop music but there was an explosion of art and an interest in other cultures like for example Sitar player Ravi Shankar and his Indian music coming to England and of course the "Happenings " where a group of sat in a park and played folk music or painting a canvas. the world was full of a great euphoria which we seem to have lost.

[@sunrise1485]

Each year of the sixties brought something new and fresh in music - a great decade!

[@ballhawk387]

Each year? It seems more like each week, often each day.

[@jackiecampbell7903]

Absolutely wonderful music, takes me right back in time - thank you for the upload!

[@truebluebears76]

Without a doubt the 60 s were the greatest era in pop music

[@racketman2u]

yes, and such an eclectic range of music. From psychedelic to reggae, just about every genre started then.

[@phk2000]

Absolutely fantastic! 65 years old yet suddenly I'm a kid again!

[@charlesdegrauwe8396]

70 year's old ❤

[@phk2000]

@@charlesdegrauwe8396 If you haven't seen it you've got to take a look at Channel 365 o Sky. All 60s hits! Brilliant. Guaranteed to leave you smiling!

[@bert0522]

I grew up and played bass in the 60's and 70's. I haven't heard anything that compares. Real raw talent which they don't have anymore, talent that us. Jim

[@Yuri-iz3cd]

❤

[@macca8562]

All this great music in one week, summed up the sixties, greatest time to be young.

[@suecookson4817]

We were extremely lucky to have been young in the sixties the best music ever.❤.

[@47Seagull]

Unless you lived through it you will never understand. The change from music for middle aged people who lived in suburbia to suddenly music for the young, it was just incredible.

[@ThouSwell-zx3fd]

When I listen to pop/rock, I listen almost exclusively to 50s 60s 70s stuff. It is just so catchy and melodic ❤

[@mikedrown2721]

I was born in 1946 and remember these songs. Thanks for posting 👍😊♥️

[@Dr.Pepper001]

I was also born in 1946. Now I'm 78 and bedridden with severe arthritis. Life was good back in the 60s, but it sucks now.

[@mikedrown2721]

@Dr.Pepper001 It sure does Dr. Pepper. And the horrifying people too.

[@anthonysellens4102]

My dad died aged 92 just recently he always watched totp loved it

[@willemvandeursen3105]

The Move was a magical band. When I heard them for the first time, I really sat up straight. What Roy Wood did after the Move wasn't disappointing either.

[@mackb909]

True. I think Carl Wayne was right, though. The band began to come apart after Chris "Ace" Kefford was forced to quit later in '68 after a nervous breakdown. Eventually, what was left of The Move asked Jeff Lynne to join, and he not-so-gradually transformed the band into ELO. Two very different bands with vastly different sounds and evoking very different social and cultural auras: mid-/late-'60s pop/R&B/psych associated with "swinging London" vs. '70s prog/art rock. Which sound- and ethos- your prefer is entirely a matter of personal preference. I like the former more, while conceding Lynne's considerable talent and ELO's prodigious commercial success. But The Move in this era grab me in a way ELO never has. And thank God they have a performance with the original line-up, including Ace.

[@dizierjeanclaude9453]

Yeah they were great ,i liked them as the Beatles or the Cream

[@dizierjeanclaude9453]

@@mackb909 ace too much acid ,

[@mackb909]

@@dizierjeanclaude9453 He probably would have done better by dialing it back, taking it only on days off and in the proper place with the right people. As experienced and wise members of the psychedelic community would say, it's all about set and setting.

[@highpath4776]

@@mackb909 There was some thought that Jeff was wanted for the Move from early days, but he felt he didnt have the confidence and stayed with The Idle Race, as a result I think both groups for the time were better, and the joining later in the 60s made better sense.

[@tjvanpopta]

Best music in the 60,s came out of the UK. Starting with the Beatles and all these amazing British invasion bands. Such a great decade to spend your teens in. Great music, so many great bands. Never to be again.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Not just music but the fashions as well.

[@TheAzmountaineer]

I wouldn't leave out Motown.

[@olikane530]

The Beatles came from this era the 60's Continued into the 70's

[@barryh.4220]

Motown was phenomenal .... and the Australian Seekers were exceptional too.

[@bvm3925]

How about the SanFrancisco sound with Jefferson Airplane, Mamas and Papas, or the Surf Sound with Beach Boys, Jan and Dean. And yes, Motown with the Temptations and Four Tops. The list is endless from the U.S.

[@derekthomley6809]

When music was music,what a time to be alive.

[@m.scottreeder]

I am 59 years old, and I grew up just outside Montgomery, Alabama during the last of the 1960s and throughout the ‘70s. Also, I had a sister who was eight years older than me. I was exposed to the tracks of her era. Radio, 45 singles, albums was all there was--no Internet. I recall when “Proud Mary” by CCR was on the radio a lot, but in fact I didn’t know one band from another. I didn’t keep up with that because I was very young. When I graduated kindergarten in May 1970, our graduation song was “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head”. Entering the 1st grade of elementary school, I remember how popular the song “Joy To The World” was. Nineteen-sixties music paved the way for the 1970s, what would we have done without that era of masterpieces? I have at least two ‘60s playlists on my Apple phone, one simply titled 1960s, and the other called Psychedelic 1960s. The weirdest psychedelic track I know of is “I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night”. A real acid song. Peace. 👨🏻‍🦳🇺🇸👍🏻🇺🇸🎵🇺🇸🎸🇺🇸😁

[@susanduke9835]

I grew up in the 60’s and apart from black and white TV, everything seemed so colourful and lively, music and fashion was at its best, - not forgetting all the sweets and ice creams we had- so much variety - so much freedom. I feel very grateful that I grew up at the time that I did 😊

[@alfiebradley841]

Status quo was so young and the perfect song for them to sing. Amazing

[@Mute_Nostril_Agony]

The keyboard player has a kiddy fiddler Jimmy Savile vibe. No wonder they kicked him out!

[@margin606]

​@@Mute_Nostril_AgonyWhat on earth makes you say that? It's libellous

[@vladimirvladimirov8313]

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[@ManfredHemmersbach]

From 1965 to 1975 was the best Times of good music. Fresh, new and innovative. The best music ideas where then.

[@williamheywood9115]

As a little kid watching Savile on TOTP, I thought he was silly, as I grew older I found him sinister. But I am not going to let this spoil my enjoyment of the music. Thank you for posting.

[@TheGodParticle]

That's a bit like Hugh Hefner, In the 80's it was like, wow! Lucky bastard, later a few years before his death it was like, creepy..

[@lowelllarsen5947]

Good memories- we never knew life goes by so fast- agree fellow baby boomers?

[@paulnott7186]

Wondered why he told us that the cameraman was also wearing a yellow top.Firstly who cares and secondly,with Black and White TV it was irrelevant.

[@christopherdean1326]

I always thought he was a bit of prat. Years later, he was some sad old git in a shell suit. Never understood the so-called "power" he had to hush up his alleged crimes. Find it interesting that all the accusations emerged after he was dead and unable to defend himself. Not saying he was necessarily innocent, but I don't consider the allegations proven.

[@spmoran4703]

I never liked him. I thought him to be annoying.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

1960s music and fashion was the best and the absolute zenith was 1967. So many great songs were released in that year. It's a pity this compilation did not include The Spencer Davis Group and The Love Affair.

[@Saxondog]

Spencer Davis Group yes.

[@lesliekirkland5783]

So true. The music of that era was a thousand times better than the crap they produce these days. A wonderful time to be young and optimistic..

[@Blendeture]

My goodness, that was extraordinary to watch. I often wonder what it was like back then, and I'm never left unastounded by how good, bad, strange and wonderful the 60s seemed to be when I watch things like this.

[@BillVanner-cq3vn]

I had my teens and early 20s in the 1960s. Magical decade

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Look how cute the girls were back then compared to the pierced and tattooed obese monsters around today.

[@keithplunk6611]

There was a certain excitement back then with bands. I remember well the happy expressions on the faces of musicians as they performed. It was sorta magical in a child like way. I always felt like it was Christmas morning, but on a stage! The music reflected the innocent times. I am so glad I experienced t hff at era of entertainment and history. Those bands were and are still priceless! Thank God for the German tv shows with superb audio and teleproduction. So much was lost or poorly filmed. It's awesome to see the past so well preserved. Cool beans to those dudes in the tv studios. Hats off!😆

[@mikemartin3877]

The music of my youth, just fabulous times. I pity the youngsters of today who have nothing but tripe on the menu

[@TheWisbechlad]

Tripe and onions - yum

[@Mr3DBob]

Didn't your parents complain that 'modern' music (the music of your youth) wasn't as good or as real as theirs? Pop music was the flagship of youth culture in the 60s, but it's not so much now. Still, there are young people making good music today. And not all the music in this video is actually good - it's just boomer-old. Your pleasant memories of almost getting laid.

[@desertrose1226]

@@Mr3DBob todays music really is shit though. Just music for woke wet farts!!

[@charlessouthgate606]

Silly comment Mike,

[@charlessouthgate606]

Such a silly comment

[@68blues]

50 years ago but still shining bright. Superb!

[@Peterthepainter66]

Amazing times! It seems like another world compared to the crap we put up with now.

[@BroonParker]

What even Peter Noone aiming at the cabaret circuit? Grim stuff!

[@RalphsPier1961]

3 Dog Night! Iron Butterfly Steppenwolf You had to live it to understand how great they all were!

[@voulafisentzidis8830]

I don't bother with most of today's music. There is the odd great song but not like these. I couldn't keep with buying records then. Now I rarely want more than one CD a year.

[@factenter6787]

I remember when Gimme Little Sign came out. It lived rent-free in my head for quite a long time. I can picture this ten year old kid (me) singing to it in the schoolyard

[@slowuncle]

Same here (we must be approximately the same age). So damn catchy!!!

[@dompicksley3900]

You should check out Rainbow Ffolly’s terrific cover.

[@jamesdrynan]

The seventies spawned disco. The eighties were synth-driven. The sixties were notable for the diversity of music available to the buying public. Rock, Folk, Jazz, Country...every genre had its stars of note.

[@james-jg8iu]

I started listening to blues and Jazz in the disco decade

[@eddieboggs8306]

It was the 70's that had the most diverse forms of music. Rock, Soul, Country crossovers.

[@georgefromgreece4119]

Exactly.

[@georgefromgreece4119]

​@@eddieboggs8306modernity and crossovers flourished in the sixties.

[@fluffy1931]

70's Punk Rock enters the chat & pls sod off with your disco!

[@nicktaylor2660]

See how much better the UK charts were when it was dominated by home grown talent. One thing we've always been good at in Britain and Ireland is producing great musicians..

[@nonamebill7421]

And artists played instruments.

[@arianrhodhyde7482]

Ireland isn't part of the UK.

[@Themanyfacesofego]

@@arianrhodhyde7482 He said Britain and Ireland. But of course part of Ireland is actually in The U.K., and in the golden age of music, the British and Irish charts were very similar.

[@arianrhodhyde7482]

@@Themanyfacesofego Ireland =/= home grown talent. The charts were similar but I'd bet that there were far fewer Irish acts in the British charts from 1960 to 1990 than vice versa.

[@Themanyfacesofego]

@@arianrhodhyde7482 That would be logical because The U.K. has about 12 times as many people as the Republic, and presumably could produce 12 times as many talented artists.

[@eamonnbolger2229]

The Move. WHAT a band.

[@chrisg2533]

Absolutely!

[@heavyshift1]

Roy Wood!! What a guy!

[@IvanRodriguez-hl4pg]

All the songs performed on this show which remained memorable and lasted throughout the years are far and away better than what's heard on the radio now-a-daze. I also very much appreciate the fact that the groops performed them live and didn't lip sink them. Hope to see more in future here on KZbin.

[@1167400]

Not one of these was played live...

[@baldyhead]

I think they sang live; certainly Status Quo did because you can hear Francis giggle as he's singing.

[@darrylmcgarry5780]

These were all lip synched.

[@voulafisentzidis8830]

​@@1167400they all played and sang live. Nothing like today's performers.

[@gazriley624]

The Move were an excellent group one of my faves

[@Rev22-21]

Status Quo...Loved that... I was 11 then and still love this music. Where's my time machine?????

[@frankhornby6873]

My utube...you can borrow mine for the weekend....I've just got back from 1966....(I didn't really want to come back)....✌🏻💙

[@Psychedelicxylophone]

@@frankhornby6873 Mines a ford anglia with a transistor am radio hanging from the rear view mirror which i borrowed from adam faith who wants it back because he stole it and wants to spray the car a different colour.

[@davelouis4004]

There was loads of great music in the 60’s which are still great and relevant today !

[@rootoothelmet2387]

So many really great songs in the top 20. Very enduring classic sounds, one after the other all in the same period. I had favourite songs that would change week after week there were so many. Now, nothing.

[@groover5524]

I will have watched this live on TV at the time even though I was only nine years old . Just about everyone watched TOTPs in those days , even kids . it was appointment viewing . I vaguely remember the very first episode in Jan 1964 . Judging by this episode the charts were quite good that week .

[@rossscott1922]

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[@paultanker5606]

G'day! I have managed to get to 73, back in the 60s I thought I would never and never wanted to be an Old Gezzer,but here I am, anyhoo the 60s without a doubt was the best Era for Music,so many Bands with Class, too many to mention! I feel sorry for all the Folk who came after ,never hearing these Bands Live!

[@cliffcarr3632]

I loved the late 60's music, even in a childrens home treat like dirt, this show cheered me up.

[@chynnadoll3277]

😪😪😔😔😔😢😢🌺🌺🌺for you...❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@susandoig4192]

Poor lamb🌹

[@desertrose1226]

Life was hard then I think. Very sad how some kids got treated. I’m glad it happens less now but sadly still happens 😔

[@misterteaification]

Well, they let you watch TV.

[@pamelatoledopadron1166]

I was at that show, my friend and I are middle front, I had long dark hair and she was blonde, those were the days!

[@fahadawan7792]

Please tell more. Was attendance by invitation or ticket ? Could you go more than once ?

[@peter-coates]

I wish i was alive in that time

[@john115777]

You're lucky Dave Dee didn't take your eye out with that whip!

[@gilliandey1382]

Lucky you I was a little girl at my grandma's I remember it as it's as sixties music hard not to recall.it sticks i

[@gilliandey1382]

@@fahadawan7792 I actually walked in by sneaking past the exit .I got there in 1983 and went to the BBC cafe asked if I was a singer if you'd seen me you'd get it .look stranglers strange little girl.im pink hair girl.

[@novawagon1965]

This show just popped up while watching KZbin. I really dig the Status Quo , pictures of matchstick men clip. That really brings back some memories of listening to the big 89 WLS Chicago, way out in the farm country of Ohio listening to the am radio at night.

[@steffanhoffmann8937]

Yes mate 🇬🇧🇺🇲 and don't forget Rossi was only 18 and Parfitt 19.

[@niccoarcadia4179]

Pictures of Matchstick Men is the song that awakened my love of rock music. It is a rare treat to see early Status Quo and relive the old days a bit. I saw the band sing this song in the early eighties. I wish I had a movie camera back then to record them. They were awesome.

[@azul8811]

Are some of the band members of Status Quo wearing wigs in this clip?

[@Hovercraftltd]

​@@azul8811No that was the fashion and they were alll young and glossy.

[@azul8811]

@@Hovercraftltd I had long hair in 1969, but it didn't look like I was wearing a wig.

[@3fsw3]

Matchstick Men was one of the first songs I learned to play on guitar! Status Quo turned in their Les Pauls for Strats and the rest is history!

[@broughmar]

Great song! Unfortunately was unable to enjoy in its prime since I was only 5 or 6 at the time. 60s and 70s music so far superior to what's come afterward. Pretty much all I listen to.

[@garrylacey6313]

I think the music in the 60's was better than the 70's.

[@22448824]

The 70’s was my era. Music when I was a teenager but I go back to the 60’s for listening to. A bit more variety, original and pure simple tunes.

[@Thereishope664]

No grime, rap or hip hop in site! Wonderful trip down memory lane. What great music.

[@Thereishope664]

Typo...sight.

[@panchopuskas1]

....yeah, with that fun wholesome guy Jimmy Savile......

[@AlbPerNil]

with the pedo

[@AlbPerNil]

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[@AlbPerNil]

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[@andyclarke2076]

To think that this was quo,s debut on top of the pops , 5 years later it would be in their trademark denims doing paper plane ! And to think only cliff Richard has clocked up more than their century of appearances , God bless Rick and Alan ,a fitting tribute!

[@franceskronenwett3539]

I remember watching this as a 13 year old. Really great hand made music here.

[@LostsTVandRadio]

I was only seven years old at the time but I remember that performance by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich on TOTP so well!

[@nativeamerica9254]

Pure and raw gold we are watching here when the singers were actually singing their songs when their hits were released.

[@marknewbold2583]

They're miming

[@mr.y.mysterious.video1]

@@marknewbold2583 depends on the era and the whims of the musicians union. Brenton wood here isn’t miming for example. He’s singing to a top of the pops orchestra re-recording of his backing track

[@altfactor]

"The Legend Of Xanadu" should have also topped the U.S. charts. It had a sound that got you up and dancing!

[@michaelrochester48]

Made the top 100 in United States but just barely, I think it made number 99

[@michaelmckenna6464]

“Bend It” bent the chances of any real success in the States for Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich when it got banned by many stations. The follow ups were handled with caution or avoided altogether as a result, out of fear of the FCC. Meanwhile European sales were better because they got air play by pirate radio stations which broadcasted from international waters.

[@charlessouthgate606]

Did it, missed that, damn it

[@charlessouthgate606]

You sure 🤔

[@waynemorris138]

I remember this on TV and I was only four years old. good music stands the test of time.

[@MrMjp58]

I think I watched every single TOTP from 65 - 75. I enjoyed every one. This was no exception.

[@esthergarcia1373]

I remember when Brenton Wood performed at our high School auditorium assembly our school used to have for the students entertainment in sunny Los Angeles CA. Also my sister and I were on our way to the airport with my parents when we literally bumpsed into Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits. He smiled at us and we melted in awe. What memories 😍🙏🏻

[@theodorus45]

The golden age of pop/rock music !

[@jamesy1955]

'60's music was memorable, today's is instantly forgettable. 😏

[@chrilirakete]

This is my birthday. I've always loved this music, Quo`s Matchstick Men is still one of my very favourites. The guy dancing in the front center at 00:36 looks more or less exactly like me (when I was a bit younger). Wow!

[@Johnny_Seven]

Ahhhh happy days. I was 13 and Top Of The Pops was required viewing then. This is a particularly good one in my opinion. I remember it well, Brenton Wood was great. Also The Move, Amen Corner. To be honest there isn't a song here I don't like lol. I am 67 years old now, how did that happen? anyway I am so glad I grew up through those years. The music was fantastic.

[@ians5597]

I watched this because I noticed the date it aired was exactly ten years before I was born, so it was great to see what was going on when my parents were young. This was actually a great edition with not a dud time-filler amongst them. I wish The Who had been on though!

[@dannytaylor6493]

john I am the same age, but dragged up on Merseyside in its heydays, music today is not even close........

[@philipross2013]

@@ians5597 I was 21 5 days after this one. Great year '68

[@colindant3410]

Same age John. All this great music distracted me from schoolwork! Happy memories from a time when everything seemed to be getting bigger and better. The memories plus modern technology have helped sustain me through the past few years.

[@maggiebrinkley4760]

I'm 68 next week, and this music makes me so happy!

[@annber59]

so alt wie es ist, so geil ist es auch ! Danke !

[@anthonytindle5758]

Four days after I was born and it's the first time viewing this.

[@gailal]

Fire brigade is a great song that will never age

[@peterbullock2660]

It is a great song, the best ever move song in my opinion

[@donlofting4268]

Roy wood better than Geoff Lyn

[@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479]

The inspiration behind the song firehouse by kiss

[@williamcurtin5692]

Some of the greatest opening lines in any song ever.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

@@donlofting4268 Carl Wayne better than Roy Wood.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

Even the 2 songs I didn't like have more merit than today's rubbish.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

When I want your opinion, stupid, I will give it to you. You are obviously a moron. Today's music is SHIT.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

***** I never said every song before 1968 was perfect. Nor am I suggesting that all of today's music is crap. I like Mumford and Sons and Arcade Fire for instance. But the majority of today's music is total crap. Senseless, repetitive dance music where decent lyrics and a proper tune are nonexistent, boring urban shit that goes nowhere. But you deserve each other, don't you, Constance? Dumb music for dumb people. Now take your comments and shove them.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

***** Think all women are stupid, do I? I'm a woman myself, you poltroon! I also have black and gay friends. And no, you have not destroyed me, I can and will take you on any time. You're the one who thinks people aren't allowed to disagree with your views, not I. Otherwise you wouldn't have started this argument in the first place. I could agree with you on everything you have said but then we would both be wrong. Game, set and match to me.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

***** Checkmate, my arse! Just piss off back to your narrow minded middle class world of non reality. Better still, go crawl back under your stone.

[@twoslices]

***** I love it when people send abuse to others knowing that they are safe at their keyboard.

[@johnc8770]

Remember these times, sounds and Artists so well. I recall this show too. I was 11. Almost 50 years ago now. Wow.

[@janagerskovsrensen5898]

The songs are mostly still remarkably fresh after 55 years, so direct and gripping. When they are good, and many are -but You may have forgotten lots of songs, which seem rather tired today. And others are simply pop -like Amen Corner, let us forget the average and praise the best like Manfred Mann, Kinks, Animals, Zombies -and gems like Love Affair!

[@martinpensom5103]

I love the music from the 1960's and the 1970's much better than the rubbish that they call music now!

[@redblade43]

I remember when my dad was around in the 60's, he used to feel sick just by watching Savile, I think my dad would have put his boot through the TV if he found out what we all know about Savile today.

[@welshhibby]

Goodness gracious

[@desertrose1226]

I hated the bastard even when I was little when he did Jim ll fix it.

[@misterteaification]

"I remember when my dad was around in the 60's, he used to feel sick just by watching Savile" Pleasant-sounding chap, must have been really open-minded.

[@sharyndoyle6362]

For your dad to feel sick just watching Saville, I think he already knew about that perverted maggot ! Some people can feel bad stuff about other people.

[@ushoys]

My Mum always said the same thing about him. The rest of us just laughed at her and considered him ridiculous but harmless. But she knew.

[@pale_saint]

Not even Jimmy Savile can ruin this, it’s all great music

[@Iluvthe1960s]

I have a few hundred episodes of TOTP from the 60's to the 90's unfortunately some of the best music are the ones with him on them, I agree with you and personally feel that if he upsets someone that much they can fast forward through his bits, Just a point about him, how old are you? if you don't mind me asking, I am 62 and my teenage years were spent glued to TOTP I have spoken to friends about this and we all agree that decades before all the dreadful things he did came to light no one liked him, he was annoying and stupid like an embarrassing old uncle, in fact I can remember always being slightly annoyed if he was on I only ask because it's not like he's had a fall from grace, he was always a twat it's just now we know he was a vile horrible twat....

[@89awcock]

@@Iluvthe1960s I agree with everything you said I never liked him either what a horrible man he was.

[@runtsworth]

@@Iluvthe1960s yup I'm with you...I loved TOTP but couldn't stand the embarrassingly patronising and childish banter that old pervert spouted. Even as a kid I noticed the way he leered at the girls and made inappropriate remarks...what a vile, horrible twat indeed.

[@gerardbyrne5364]

@@Iluvthe1960s: from another of your generation , nicely put, the music was 'fab' but he was such an annoying wanker....

[@chriswardlow9441]

We had the pop world in British hands in the 1960's I used sellowtape my reel to reel tape recorder microphone to the TV speaker and record T.O.T.P. every week,great day's.And in 1968 I have just remembered i bought my first car a Mk 1 Mini. Oh by the way how many of you enjoyed Ready Steady Go as well Brilliant show.

[@volkerpohls380]

The time stamps will help you to jump to and fro: 00:27 Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn 02:07 The Foundations - Back On My Feet Again 05:10 Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men 08:39 Alan Price Set - Don't Stop The Carnival 11:24 Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign 14:03 The Move - Fire Brigade 16:41 Hermans Hermits - I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving 19:02 Amen Corner - Bend Me Shape Me 21:57 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Legend Of Xanadu 25:08 Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn The announcements of the DJs: Jimmy Savile: 01:44, 04:51, 08:17, 11:01, 16:22, 21:36, 27:19 Dave Cash: 04:51, 13:47, 18:50, 27:19

[@kenfletcher1240]

Thanks. I wondered what I was watching. Lucky you are around to tell us!

[@lisamoroney3036]

No Beatles ? Odd .

[@iconicshrubbery]

@@lisamoroney3036 wonder if the Fab 4 ever did TOTP?

[@lisamoroney3036]

@@iconicshrubbery I wonder …..

[@garypamatat3167]

I LOVE THAT "LEGEND OF XANADU" SONG ITS BRILLIANT. I NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE. THE WHIP EFFECT IS THE BEST WITH THE GORGEOUS SPANISH BASS SECTION IT PURE GENIUS. A NUMBER ONE IN THE UK AND NOT EVEN A HIT IN THE USA AMERICANS HAVE BAD TASTES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A TOP 10 HIT HERE.

[@vainnq]

THANKS FOR THIS MEDLEY OF SONGS IN THE 60 I WAS 10 AND SINCE THEN I HAVENT HEARD THESE SONGS NO MORE, ITS BRINGED BACK MY MEMORIES TO THAT BEAUTIFUL ERA!!! THANKS AGAIN👍

[@abelovedsonofGodinwhomHeis35-6]

Those born in the late 60s early 70s had it the best, we got the best of the 60s, the 70s and the 80s during out teenage years, and the 90s in our young adult years and before the 50s there was no music, so we are the lucky generation

[@andrewdemetrius8090]

Status Quo! That guitar and what a brilliant song!

[@michaelrose5614]

One of the greatest songs. Still my favourite Status Quo song of all.

[@ItsSusieQue96]

Never understood why Status Quo only had one hit in the US-great band!

[@jayaybe1]

They'll never make it...

[@rabbit64sj91]

Top of The Pops would be celebrating its 56th birthday today, 1st January 2020. It was aired on BBC television for the first time on 1st January 1964. I turn 56 next month, (February) so my life spans the the same time period. 😱☺

[@johntate5722]

What a great performance by Brenton Wood - great moves, great rhythm & singing.

[@johncollingwood7889]

Sorry but BW looks like he's having a 'fit' !!! Fantastic song but those 'moves' - Ahhhhh !

[@johntate5722]

@@johncollingwood7889 haha! I know what you mean...i just like that hes sort of "dancing as if no ones looking"

[@rexterrocks]

He's not singing, he's miming to his own record.

[@johntate5722]

Yes good point...looks that way

[@slowuncle]

@@rexterrocks Not true---he's singing live to a backing track, very common in the 60s & 70s on tv. You can tell at the very end of the song, he drops out vocally a half measure before the tape ends.

[@studiosfifty4]

Absolutely fantastic, so nice to hear what were massive hits as I strongly remember from various clubs/roller rink that I used to go to , I was 16 in this year.

[@darz3829]

I am now wishing that hair styles today were as good as those back then.

[@janeguest9201]

Enjoyed watching this, good memories.

[@sawleyram7405]

What a great year for music. 22 years before my time!

[@paulbacchus1015]

Its hard to watch Mr Jimmy Savil without cringing now days' but wow' its great to watch those wonderful artists, enjoyable. Paul Bacchus esq

[@virtualwhispers]

The 50s, 60, 70, and 80s had the best of everything - music, dance, clothes, class and most of all, respect and common sense! ... AND it was safe to go anywhere and have fun, day or night!

[@alankwood]

great to see the groups again.. I met so many when they toured and no restrictions on talking to them.. A room full of teenagers enjoying themselves ..and not a phone in sight !!!! Great days and good music...

[@wendyblinston1213]

60s music THE BEST EVER..

[@wizmos74]

I agree,definately best !!!

[@graemehardaker1125]

It's a rare thing seeing Trevor Burton from The Move smiling ... great stuff

[@Kelly14UK]

Love that first incarnation of Status Quo.

[@Iluvthe1960s]

I agree I am so glad I went and saw them when they reformed for those gigs a few years ago sadly that can now never happen again since Rick died.

[@garysouris3435]

@@Iluvthe1960s Saw them open for Rory Gallagher early '70's! Awesome days!!

[@burleybater]

That was Klaus Voorman on bass. He did the Beatle's Revolver album cover. 1968 was the only full year of my life (I was 16) that I ever tracked pop music from Jan 1st to Dec. 31st. I missed huge gaps in the years before that, and by the late winter of 1969 I'd already moved on to progressive stuff. But it was a hell of a year. The Small Faces' Itchykoo Park, the Stones' Jumpin' Jack Flash. Donovan's Hurdy Gurdy Man (say hello to Jimmy Page's electric sitar) The Who's Magic Bus, Jimi Hendrix' version of All Along the Watchtower.

[@Kelly14UK]

@@burleybater He was pals with them in Hamburg way back. Claims he'd never heard music like that. I don't get it. There was the rock n roll of the 50s so the world was warned. Then he plays bass with Harrison and Lennon slagging McCartney off. Only found he designed Revolver these past few months. Was born '68.

[@spmoran4703]

I liked their blues rock albums

[@RalphsPier1961]

It must be. Classic radio are still playing it today , 70's too.

[@lookhear49]

Was the music better in the ´60s? Yes, it definitely was! 100%

[@Christina-ge3xr]

Different, not better. Music just evolves.