Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops is a long-running British music chart television programme shown each week on BBC One and now licensed for local versions around the world. Each programme consists of half an hour of performances of some of that week's best-selling popular music.

Theme Music

A version of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" by CCS was used as the shows theme tune for most of the 1970s although ironically the band never performed on the show. In 1981 an original song 'Yellow Pearl' by Phil Lynott was commissioned as the new theme music. This was replaced in 1986 with "The Wizard", a composition by Paul Hardcastle. The theme is currently a remixed version of the one used between 1991 and 1995.

Related Topics:
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love - 1981 - Phil Lynott - 1986 - Paul Hardcastle - 1991 - 1995

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