Top of the Pops - The Orphans
This is a list of
the surviving clips that are confirmed to exist either in the BBC
archive or other Archives around the world.
Here they are listed by
each year from 1964 to 1969.
1964 | |||||
Artist | Song | Date | Type | BBC | Notes |
Dave Clark 5 | Bits and Pieces | 19th Feb 64 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Billy J Kramer & the Dakotas | Little Children | 26th Feb 64 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Rolling Stones | Not Fade Away (incomplete) | 4th Mar 64 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
The Hollies | Just One Look | 4th Mar 64 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Gene Pitney | That Girl Belongs To Yesterday | 11th Mar 64 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
The Beatles | Can't Buy Me Love | 25th Mar 64 | Insert | No | 8mm film |
The Supremes | Baby Love | 7th Oct 64 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Roy Orbsion | Oh Pretty Woman | 22nd Oct 64 | Totp Film | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Moody Blues | Go Now | 31st Dec 64 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
1965 |
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Artist | Song | Date | Type | BBC | Notes |
Gerry & Pacemakers | Ferry Cross the Mersey | 7th Jan 65 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Moody Blues | Go Now | 14th Jan 65 | TOTP Promo | No | Caravel Promo |
Brian Poole & Tremeloes | Three Bells | 21st Jan 65 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Del Shannon | Keep Searching | 21st Jan 65 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Manfred Mann | Come Tomorrow | 21st Jan 65 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Righteous Brothers | You've Lost That Lovin Feeling | 28th Jan 65 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Rolling Stones | The Last Time | 4th Mar 65 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
The Beatles | Ticket To Ride | 15th Apr 65 | Filmed Insert | Yes | Dr Who Episode |
Jonathan King | Everyone's Gone to the Moon | 12th Aug 65 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Sonny & Cher | I Got You Babe | 12th Aug 65 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
The Byrds | All I Really Want To Do | 12th Aug 65 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
The Shadows | Don't Make My Baby Blue | 12th Aug 65 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Herman's Hermits | Just A Little Bit Better | 19th Aug 65 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Peter Paul & Mary | Early Morning Rain | 30th Sep 65 | Performance | Yes | BBC Insert Tape |
Rolling Stones | Get Off Of My Cloud | 4th Nov 65 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
The Seekers | The Carnival is Over | 4th Nov 65 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Barron Knights | Merry Gentle Pops | 16th Dec 65 | Performance | Yes | Xmas Night With Stars (Totp Spoof) |
The Seekers | The Carnival is Over (diff) | 25th Dec 65 | Performance | No | BBC |
Sandie Shaw | Long Live Love (rehearsal) | 25th Dec 65 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
1966 |
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Artist | Song | Date | Type | BBC | Notes |
Stevie Wonder | Uptight | 20th Jan 66 | Performance | Yes | US Tv show |
Rolling Stones | 19th Nervous Breakdown | 3rd Feb 66 | Performance | Yes | Approx 30 Seconds |
Rolling Stones | 19th Nervous Breakdown | 3rd Mar 66 | Promo | No | |
Sonny & Cher | What Now My Love | 17th Mar 66 | Promo | No | |
The Hollies | Bus Stop | 9th Jun 66 | Performance | Yes | Insert Reel |
Kinks | Sunny Afternoon | 23rd Jun 66 | Performance | Yes | Insert Reel |
Walker Brothers | Baby You Don't Have To Tell Me | 21st Jul 66 | Performance | Yes | From 'Beat Club' show |
Cliff Richard | Visions | 11th Aug 66 | Totp Film | Yes | Mute BBC Insert Tape |
Roy Orbison | Too Soon To Know | 25th Aug 66 | Promo | No | |
Rolling Stones | Have You Seen Your Mother | 22nd Sep 66 | Totp Film | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Manfred Mann | Semi Detached Suburban Mr James | 20th Oct 66 | Performance | No | French TV & Insert Tape |
Paul Jones | High Time | 20th Oct 66 | Performance | No | Insert on French Tv |
The Easybeats | Friday On My Mind | 24th Nov 66 | Performance | Yes | Insert from Austrailia |
The Who | Happy Jack | 29th Dec 66 | Promo | No | Filmed for TOTP |
1967 |
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Artist | Song | Date | Type | BBC | Notes |
Chris Farlowe | My Way Of Giving | 2nd Feb 67 | Performance | No | French Tv Insert |
Spencer Davis Group | I'm A Man | 2nd Feb 67 | TOTP Promo | No | Specially Filmed |
Manfred Mann | Ha Ha Said the Clown | 23rd Mar 67 | Performance | No | Insert Tape |
Jimi Hendrix | Purple Haze | 30th Mar 67 | Performance | No | Insert Tape |
The New Vaudeville Band | Finchley Central | 11th May 67 | Performance | No | Insert |
Jimi Hendrix | The Wind Cries Mary | 18th May 67 | Performance | No | Hendrix Estate |
Pink Floyd | See Emily Play | 6th Jul 67 | Performance | Yes | BFI Recovered |
The Monkees | Alternate Title | 6th Jul 67 | Promo | Yes | BFI Recovered |
Procol Harum | A Whiter Shade Of Pale | 6th Jul 67 | Performance | Yes | BFI Recovered |
Dave Davies | Death Of A Clown | 27th Jul 67 | Performance | Yes | BFI Recovered |
The Beatles | All You Need Is Love | 27th Jul 67 | BBC Promo | Yes | BFI Recovered |
Tom Jones | I'll Never Fall in Love | 27th Jul 67 | Performance | Yes | BFI Recovered |
The Turtles | She'd Rather Be With Me | 27th Jul 67 | Performance | Yes | BFI Recovered |
Alan Price | The House That Jack Built | 27th Jul 67 | Performance | Yes | BFI Recovered |
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich | Zabadak | 5th Oct 67 | Performance | No | Rock''Roll Years VT |
The Kinks | Autumn Almanac | 12th Oct 67 | Performance | Yes | Vjoew (Dutch Tv) |
The Bee Gees | World | 30th Nov 67 | Performance | No | Insert Reel |
Georgie Fame | Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde | 21st Dec 67 | Performance | No | 'Go Go scope' Austrian TV |
The Foundations | Baby, Now That I've Found You | 25th Dec 67 | Performance | Yes | 3 Takes existing |
The Beatles | Hello Goodbye | 25th Dec 67 | BBC Promo | Yes | BBC Insert Tape |
The Rolling Stones | 2000 Light Years From Home | 28th Dec 67 | Insert | Yes | Shown on BBC4's TOTP Christmas Hits. |
1968 |
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Artist | Song | Date | Type | BBC | Notes |
Donovan | The Tinker & The Crab | Unknown | Performance | No | French Tv Insert |
Tom Jones | Delilah | 29th Feb 68 | Performance | Yes | BBC Insert from Pop Go The 60's. |
Kinks | Wonderboy | 18th Apr 68 | Performance | Yes | Vjoew (Dutch Tv) |
Crazy World of Arthur Brown | Fire! | 18th Jul 68 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Richard Harris | MacArthur Park | 18th Jul 68 | BBC Promo | Yes | |
Alan Bown Set | We Can Help You | 29th Aug 68 | Performance | No | Private super 8 telerecording |
Mary Hopkin | Those Were The Days (Rehearsal) | Late 1968 | Performance | Yes | Behind scenes filming. |
1969 |
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Artist | Song | Date | Type | BBC | Notes |
Vanity Fare | Early In The Morning | 10th Jul 69 | Performance | No | Insert from Hits a GoGo |
Rolling Stones | Honky Tonk Women | 10th Jul 69 | Performance | No | Insert from Hits a GoGo |
Joe Dolan | Teresa | 30th Oct 69 | Performance | Yes | Insert from Hits a GoGo |
Fleetwood Mac | Oh Well | 30th Oct 69 | Performance | No | Insert from Hits a GoGo |
Jethro Tull | Sweet Dream | 6th Nov 69 | Performance | No | Insert from Hits a GoGo |
The Beatles | Something | 13th Nov 69 | Promo | No | Early Unique Beatles Promo |
Nancy Sinatra | The Highway Song | 13th Nov 69 | Promo | No | Specially Filmed for TOTP |
Vanity Fare | Hitchin A Ride | 18th Dec 69 | Performance | No | Repeated on 05-02-1970 |
Marmalade | Ob la di Ob la da | 25th Dec 69 | Performance | Yes | Pop Go The 60's |
Rolling Stones | Honky Tonk Women | 25th Dec 69 | Performance | Yes | 30 second clip of Alternate Performance |
Rolling Stones | Honky Tonk Women | 25th Dec 69 | Performance | Yes | Bob Pratt Tapes |
Scaffold | Lily the Pink | 25th Dec 69 | Performance | Yes | Very Short Incomplete Clip from Reel |
Clodagh Rodgers | Goodnight Midnight | 25th Dec 69 | Performance | Yes | Rehersal Tape |
The Archies | Sugar Sugar | 26th Dec 69 | Crowd Dancing | Yes | Rehersal Tape |