Top Pops
Top Pops was a former British weekly pop music newspaper. It was founded as a monthly publication in May 1967, becoming fortnightly in November 1967 and weekly in April 1968. It was rebranded as Music Now in 1970 and folded in 1971.
10 articles
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The Bee Gees: Was Robin The Key Figure In The Bee Gees' Success?
Interview by Keith Altham, Top Pops, August 1969
WITH ROBIN GIBB hurtling up the charts with his first solo single, 'Saved by the Bell', it would appear that the answer to the question, ...
The Foundations: Foundations Want To Progress
Interview by Roger St. Pierre, Top Pops, 9 August 1969
And Colin wants to develop into a ballad singer. Smoother, more sophisticated styling for their new single, 'Born To Live'. ...
John Lennon, Yoko Ono: John and Yoko: Can YOU Afford To Laugh At Them?
Interview by Tony Norman, Top Pops, 9 August 1969
In Vietnam, young men are killing each other every day. In Biafra, young children are dying of starvation. Across the Continents of the world there ...
Robin Gibb: Was Robin the Key Figure in the Bee Gees' Success?
Interview by Keith Altham, Top Pops, 9 August 1969
WITH ROBIN Gibb hurtling up the charts with his first solo single, 'Saved by the Bell', it would appear that the answer to the question, ...
Clyde McPhatter: Clyde Mixes Country, Gospel And Blues
Profile and Interview by Roger St. Pierre, Top Pops, 13 September 1969
EUROPE IN GENERAL, and Britain especially, seems to be exerting an increasingly strong magnetic attraction to coloured American artists. Not only do they like to ...
Led Zeppelin Are Not Prefabricated
Interview by Keith Altham, Top Pops, 13 September 1969
WHEN is a hit single unnecessary? Apparently when it is a group like Led Zeppelin who have never released a single but have reached super ...
David Bowie Hopes To Take Over A Road...!
Interview by Tony Norman, Top Pops, 25 October 1969
DAVID BOWIE is a quietly spoken young man. His hair curls around his head and his eyes are warm. In his face, his smile, you ...
Cream, Jack Bruce: Jack Bruce: I Want To Be A Musician, Not A Pop Star
Interview by Tony Norman, Top Pops, 25 October 1969
JACK BRUCE has had a fascinating career. I first saw him in the days when he played with Graham Bond. What a band the Organisation ...
Family, Steppenwolf: Steppenwolf, Family: The Lyceum, London
Live Review by Tony Norman, Top Pops, 25 October 1969
THE SUNDAY Lyceum scene is developing very well. The show there this week featured Steppenwolf and Family. The place was packed, proving that there is ...
Family: An Advance Hearing of A Song For Me
Report and Interview by Tony Norman, Top Pops, 24 January 1970
SOME WEEKS before Christmas I sat in on a Family recording session at the Olympic studios just south of the river. At that time new man ...
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