45 - ROCK ON with Kid Jensen.

Introduced by Kid Jensen & Rosko.
Produced by Murial Young Granada Television/ITV Network.
This teatime show featured current singles and album tracks fro the artists of the day. The resident dance troup was Zig Zag who also sometimes performed along side the artists on the show.
Only 15 editions survive in the ITV archives. 45 shows are missing, these are listed below along with the surviving shows.

Transmission

Kid Jensen.

Only fifteen editions 'officially' survive in the archives.
Episode numbers are numbered from the 'Granada Archive' documentation.
Song titles performed are noted in T.V.Times. Transmission details as T.V.Times (Southern edition) & Granada Archive.

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Episode Guide

45  (Series 1)

45  (EPISODE 1) - 4th April 1974 (missing)
Gary Glitter
Bay City Rollers
John Christie
Ayshea
The Feet

45  (EPISODE 2) - 11th April 1974 (missing)
Slade
Alvin Stardust
Simon Turner
Hurricane Smith

45  (EPISODE 3) - 18th April 1974 (missing)
New World
Chris Hodge
Barry Blue
Jonathan King
Mud

45  (EPISODE 4) - 25th April 1974 (missing)
The Pearls
Geordie
Danny Williams
Joe Dolan

45  (EPISODE 5) - 2nd May 1974 (missing)
Thin Lizzy
Alvin Stardust
Lieutenant Pigeon
Zig Zag

45  (EPISODE 6) - 9th May 1974 (missing)
Some research indicates this show maybe from 30th May 74
Atomic Rooster - Tell Your Story
Paper Lace
Ducks DeLuxe - Fireball
Sunny

45  (EPISODE 7) - 16th May 1974 (missing * may exist in private archive)
(recorded at belle view amusement park)
J Vincent Edwards - I Can't Let Maggie Go
Bay City Rollers - Shang-a-Lang
Joe Dolan - Sweet Rock'n'Roller
Showaddywaddy - Hey Rock'n'Roll
Strawbs - Heroes & Heroines
Little Joe - Right On

45  (EPISODE 8) - 23rd May 1974 (missing)
Candlewick Green
Ronnie Lane
Lyn Paul
Sparks
Allan Clarke

45  (EPISODE 9) - 30th May 1974 (missing)
Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died
Elf
Mouth & McNeal - I See A Star
Lesley Duncan
Sacha Distel

45  (EPISODE 10) - 6th June 1974 (missing)
Fable
Blue
Westside
Zig Zag
Lynsey De Paul


Series 2
45 (EPISODE 11) - 12th September 1974 (Missing)
Alvin Stardust
Mike D'Abo
Zigzag with 2 dance numbers
Terry Sylvester
Polly Brown - Up In A Puff Of Smoke

45 (EPISODE 12) - 19th September 1974 (Missing)
10cc - Silly Love & The Sacro Lliac
Kiki Dee Band
The Glitter Band
Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely
Zigzag

45 (EPISODE 13) - 26th September 1974
Limmie & Family Cookin - Saxophone Jones
Zig Zag dance to 'Philadelphia Flyers - Riding High'
Jaki Whitren - A Song For Today
Medicine Head - Mama Come Out & It's Got To Be Alright
Zig Zag dance to 'Feel Like Making Love'
Showaddywaddy - Rave On, Bony Moronie, Rock'n'Roll Lady.

45 (EPISODE 14) - 3rd October 1974 (Missing)
Lyn Paul
Alaska
Sailor
Clifford T Ward

45 (EPISODE 15) - 10th October 1974 (Missing)
Labi Siffre
Robert Wyatt
Sparks - At Home, At Work, At Play, Thanks But No Thanks & Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

45 (EPISODE 16) - 17th October 1974 (Missing)
David Essex
Swindle
Andy Fairweather-Low - Reggae Tune
Brian Protheroe

45 (EPISODE 17) - 24th October 1974
John Baldry - Crazy Lady
Lynsey De Paul - No Honestly
Mike McGear - Leave It (Animated promo)
The Three Degrees - Get Your Love Back
The Drifters - Down on the Beach Tonight
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel -Big Big Deal & Bed In The Corner
Zig Zag dance to 'Vineyard's - Charlamaine'.

45 (EPISODE 18) - 31st October 1974 (Missing)
Hudson Ford - Don't Want To Be A Star
Ken Boothe and the Cimarons - Everything I Own 
No Other Details
Possibly featured KC & the Sunshine Band

45 (EPISODE 19) - 7th November 1974
Ducks De Luxe - Love's Melody
Buggati & Muskar - Take Me With You
Zig Zag dance to 'Glory Glory'
Janis Ian - The Man You Are In Me
Russ Ballard - Fly Away
Mud - Blue Moon, Hippy Hippy Shake, Shake Rattle & Roll/See You Later Alligator.

45 (EPISODE 20) - 14th November 1974 (Missing)
Ace - How Long
The Tymes - Miss Grace
The Kinks - Holiday Romance
Ayshea Brough - Another Without You Day

45 (EPISODE 21) - 21st  November 1974
Splinter - Costafine Town
Hot Chocolate - Cheri Babe
Zig Zag - The Bump
John Christie - Everybody Knows
Eric Clapton - Willie & the Hand Jive (Animated promo)
Geordie - Just Like A Woman & Got to Know
Hot Chocolate - Cicero Park.

45 (EPISODE 22) - 28th  November 1974
ZigZag dancing to The Peppers- Peppers box
Phillip Goodhand Tait - You Are
Wild Honey - Gotta Find A Way
Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance - What Went Down
Johnny Ricco & Zig Zag - Runaround Sue
The Sweet - The Sixteens, You're Not Wrong For Lovin' Me & Lady Starlight.

45 (EPISODE 23) - 5th December 1974 (Missing)
Alvin Stardust - Can't You Hear My Heartbeat
Alvin Stardust - Tell Me Why
Alvin Stardust - Come On
George McCrae -You Can Have It All
Roy Harper
Zigzag

45 (EPISODE 24) - 12th December 1974
Hustler - Get Outta My Ouse
Maynard Williams - The Christmas Dream
Medicine Head - Got To Be Alright
Wayne Gibson - Under My Thumb
Zig Zag dance to Rupie Edwards's 'Ire Feelings (Skanga)'
Bay City Rollers - Angel Angel, Shang-a-Lang & Be My Baby

45 (EPISODE 25) - 19th December 1974 (Missing)
Viola Wills
Lynsey De Paul
Barbra Dickson
The Crystals

45 (EPISODE 26) - 25th December 1974 (Missing)
Introduced by Kid Jensen & Emperor Rosko
Mud - Lonely this Christmas
Bay City Rollers
Russ Ballard
Colin Blunstone
Ken Boothe
Dave Cousins
Rick Wakeman
Queen - Killer Queen
(This show possibly featured ABBA - So Long)

Series 3

45 "ROCK INTO 75 WITH 45" (EPISODE 27) - 2nd January 1975 (Missing)
Alvin Stardust
Cockney Rebel
Sparks
Geordie
Ronnie Lane
Alaska
Zig Zag
Sailor.

Title Changed to 'Rock On With 45' during 1975

45 (EPISODE 28) - 9th January 1975 (Missing)
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
Supertramp - Dreamer

45 (EPISODE 29) - 16th January 1975
Gene Latter - Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller
Federation - Scallywag
Zig Zag dance to 'Wizzard's Are You Ready To Rock'
Frankie Valli - My Eyes Adored You
Bones - My One & Only
Ace - Rock'n'Roll Runaway & Sniffin About.

45 (EPISODE 30) - 25th January 1975 (Missing)
Pilot - January
The Pearls
Pretty Things - Is It Only Love
Cozy Powell's Hammer - Hold On 
Cozy Powell's Hammer - Le Suke

45 (EPISODE 31) - 1st February 1975 (Missing)
The Glitter Band
Lindisfarne

45 (EPISODE 32) - 8th February 1975 (Missing)
Andy Fairweather Low - Mellow Down
Sweet Dreams - The Best Of Everything
Babe Ruth - Private Number
Kid Jensen interview Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller
Zig Zag dance to Dino & Sambello's 'Dancin' Jones'
Phillip & Vanessa - Two Sleepy People
Alvin Stardust - Good Golly Miss Molly, Good Love Can Never Die & My Coo Ca Choo


45 (EPISODE 33) - 15th February 1975 (Missing)
Splinter - China Light
The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her
Splinter - Costafine Town
Sailor
Paper Lace

45 (EPISODE 34) - 22nd February 1975 (Missing)
The Hollies - Another Night
The Hollies - Time Machine Jive
Claire Hamill - Geronimo's Cadillac
Billy Swan - I'm Her Fool
The Troggs - Good Vibrations
Zig Zag
 
Series 4

45 (EPISODE 35) - 27th February 1975
Budgie - I Ain't No Mountain
Polly Brown - Dial L For Love
Sweet Sensation - Purely By Coincidence
Zig Zag dance to Sadistic Mika Band's 'Suki Suki Suki'
Rupi Edwards - Lego Skanga
Lindisfarne - Tonight, In Your Head & Lady Eleanor.

45 (EPISODE 36) - 6th March 1975 (Missing)
Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby
Mud - The Secrets That You Keep
Hues Corporation - I'll Take A Melody
Hues Corporation - Love Corporation & (possibly, Rock The Boat)
Linda & Richard Thompson - Hockey Pokey
Celebrated Artists Band

45 (EPISODE 37) - 13th March 1975 (Missing)
Rufus feat Chaka Khan
Rufus - Once We Get Started 
Rufus - Stop On By
Rufus - We Can Work It Out
Kiki Dee Band - ?
Lynsey De Paul - ?
Bay City Rollers - ?

45 (EPISODE 38) 20th March 1975 (Missing)
Ann Peebles - Beware
Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain
Hello - ?
The Rubettes - ?
Zig Zag

45 (EPISODE 39) 27th March 1975 (Missing)
Ace - ?
Neil Sedaka - ?
Shabby Tiger - ?
The Sweet - Fox On The Run *
* This clip still exists

45 (EPISODE 40) 3rd April 1975 (Missing)
Labi Siffre - ?
The Tymes - ?
Fancy - ?

45 (EPISODE 41) 10th April 1975 (Missing)
Detroit Spinners
Sylvia

45 (EPISODE 42) - 19th April 1975 (Missing)
Four Way Street - This House Is Run On Sunshine
Vicky Leandros - ?
Four Way Street - ?

45 (EPISODE 43) 26th April 1975 (Missing)
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

45 (EPISODE 44) - 3rd May 1975 (Missing)
Slade
Bilbo Baggins - Hold Me
Polly Brown - You're My Number One

45 (EPISODE 45) 10th May 1975 (Missing)
David Gates - Make It With You, Sunday Rider & Part Time Love.
Mac & Katie Kissoon

Series 5

45 (EPISODE 46) - 17th May 1975 (Missing)
Gary Glitter
 
45 (EPISODE 47) - 22nd May 1975
Lulu - Take Your Mamma For A Ride
Wess & Dori Ghezzi - Falling
Albert Hammond - Lay The Music Down
Zig Zag dance to 'Run Run Run'
Susan Webb - Bye Bye Pretty Baby
Hello - Bend Me Shape Me, Then He Kissed Me & Let's Spend The Night Together.

45 (EPISODE 48) - 5th June 1975
Maria Morgan - Tell The World
Hudson Ford - Where Love Has Grown
PFM - Celebration
Fogg - Dancing to the Music
Zig Zag dance to 'Cast Your Fate to the Wind by The Main Attraction'
Showaddywaddy - Three Steps to Heaven
PFM - Mr Nine To Five.

45 (EPISODE 49) - 14th June 1975 (Missing)
Lyn Paul
Peter Oliver
Johnny Nash
Bunny
The Arrows
Chip Hawkes
Roger Day
Zig Zag

45 (EPISODE 50) - 19th June 1975
Arthur Brown - We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place
Zig Zag dance to 'Voodoo Magic'
Dana - Are You Still Mad At Me
Bee Gees - Jive Talkin' (promo)
The Hollies - Sandy
Lyn Paul - It Oughta Sell A Million
Gilbert O'Sullivan - I Don't Love You, But I Think I Like You
10cc - I'm not in Love (music only).

45 (EPISODE 51) - 28th June 1975 (Missing)
Nazareth - My White Bicycle
Alvin Stardust
Lyn Paul
The Patches
Paper Lace

45 (EPISODE 52) - 5th July 1975 (Missing)
Zig Zag

45 (EPISODE 53) - 13th July 1975
George Melly - I Long To Get It On Down
Janine Dexter - I Love to Make Love to You
The Shadows - Run Billy Run
Trini Lopez - Something About You Baby I Like
Zig Zag dance to 'Blow Your Whistle
Fox - The Juggler, Red Letter Day & Imagine Me, Imagine You.

45 (EPISODE 54) - 20th July 1975
Lamplight - All Time Loser
Zig Zag dance to 'The Java Jive'
Dr Feelgood - Back In The Night
Wigan's Ovation - Personally
Paul McCartney & Wings - Mamunia (Animated promo)
Alan Price - Papers, Nobody Can & Changes.

45 (EPISODE 55) - 26th July 1975 (Missing)
T.Rex - New York City
Alan Price
Lamplight

45 (EPISODE 56) - 31st July 1975 (Missing)
Mike McGear
Maria Muldaur
Linda Lewis
Change

45 (EPISODE 57) - 7th August 1975 (Missing)
Sparks
Joe Dolan
Lulu
Magic

45 (EPISODE 58) - 14th August 1975 (Missing)
Stephanie De Sykes - Jesse
The Drifters
The Sweet
Nick Rolfe

45 (EPISODE 59) - 21st August 1975
Allan Love - Too Too Much
Zig Zag dance to Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon's 'Music in my Heart'
John Myatt - Young Young Love
Andy Fairweather Low - La Booga Rooga & Inner City Highway
Jimmy Helms -Don't Pull Your Love
Andy Fairweather Low -Inner City Highway
Leo Sayer - Moonlighting & The last Gig for Johnny B Goode.

45 (EPISODE 60) - 28th August 1975
5000 Volts - I'm On Fire (with Luan Peters)
Blue - Round and Round
Mac & Katie Kissoon - Like A Butterfly
Showaddywaddy - Heartbeat
Zig Zag dance to 'Tremeloes - Be Bop'n'Boogie'
Julie Rogers - Let Me Go Lover
Gilbert O'Sullivan - I'll Believe It When I See It
Keith Aldred - Once Bitten Twice Shy (graphics).

 
 
Episode 60 was the last in the series.

 

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Thanks to BFI, Kaleidoscope, Granada TV, Jez & Missing Episodes Forum and various other sources of information.