Top of the Pops - 1970-1973

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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.

1970

Creedence Clearwater Revival	Green River	1st Jan 70	Pans People	No	Reel Outtake
Fifth Dimension	Wedding Bell Blues	22nd Jan 70	Pans People	No	Reel Outtake
Sandie Shaw	By Tomorrow	5th Feb 70	Performance	Yes	Bob Pratt Tapes
John Lennon	Instant Karma	12th Feb 70	Performance	Yes
Juicy Lucy	Who Do You Love?	12th Feb 70	Performance	Yes	Hits a Go Go insert
Jackson 5	I Want You Back	12th Feb 70	Pans People	No
Bobbie Gentry	Raindrops Keep Falling	12th Feb 70	Performance	No	Disco 71
Herman's Hermits	Years May Come, Years May..	12th Feb 70	Performance	No	BFI
Canned Heat	Let's Work Together	12th Feb 70	Crowd Dancing	Yes	Reel Outtakes
John Lennon	Instant Karma	19th Feb 70	Performance	No	Lennon - 'Legend' Video & DVD
Boris Gardnier & The Dragonaires	Elizabethan Reggae	19th Feb 70	Crowd Dancing	Yes	Reel Outtakes
Simon & Garunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	5th Mar 70	Promo	No	Reel Outtakes
Joe Dolan	You're Such A Good Lookin Woman	12th Mar 70	Performance	No	3 Second Clip Only
King Crimson	Cat Food	26th Mar 70	Performance	No	Hits a Go Go insert
The Who	The Seeker	26th Mar 70	Performance	No	Hits a Go Go insert
Juicy Lucy	Who Do You Love?	23rd Apr 70	Pan's People	Yes	Filmed Insert w/Jimmy Savile
England Squad	Back Home	23rd Apr 70	Performance	Yes	Panorama - Brief Clip
Tony Joe White	Groupie Girl	21st May 70	Performance	Yes	Bob Pratt Tapes
Free	All Right Now	4th Jun 70	Performance	Yes	Bob Pratt Tapes
Mungo Jerry	In The Summertime	4th Jun 70	Performance	No
Kinks	Lola	18th Jun 70	Performance	Yes	Bob Pratt Tapes
Lulu	Hum a Song (incomplete)	18th Jun 70	Performance	Yes	1 Min Only Bob Pratt
Hermans Hermits	Bet Yer Life I Do	18th Jun 70	Pan's People	Yes	Filmed Insert
Fairweather	Natural Sinner	9th Jul 70	Performance	Yes	Bob Pratt Tapes
Pickettywitch	Sad old kinda Movie	9th Jul 70	Performance	Yes
Shirley Bassey	Something	16th Jul 70	Performance	No	Disco 71
Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich	Mr. President	16th Jul 70	Performance	No	Hits a Go Go insert
Madeleine Bell	We're So Much In Love	23rd July 70	Performance	Yes	20 secs on ANATOMY OF POP
Stevie Wonder	Signed, Sealed, Delivered	6th Aug 70	Pans People	No	Private Collection
Jackson 5	Love You Save	13th Aug 70	Pans People	Yes	Edit from Bob Pratt Tape
Family	Weavers Answer	27th Aug 70	Performance	No	Bob Pratt Tapes
Tremleloes	Me & My Life	3rd Sep 70	Performance	No	Bob Pratt Tapes
Bread	Make It With You	3rd Sep 70	Pans People	No	Private Collection
Bobby Bloom	Montego Bay	10th Sep 70	Performance	No	Private Collection
Martha & the Vandelas	Jimmy Mack	10th Sep 70	Pan's People	No
Deep Purple	Black Night	10th Sep 70	Performance	Yes
The Hollies	Gasoline Alley Bred	17th Sep 70	Performance
Black Sabbath	Paranoid	24th Sep 70	Performance	No	Insert from Hits a GoGo
Status Quo	In My Chair	22nd Oct 70	Performance	No	Insert from Hits a GoGo
The Kinks	Apeman	3rd Dec 70	Performance	Yes	Disco 71
Lulu	You've Got To Believe In Love	31st Dec 70	Performance	No	Disco 71
Elton John	Your Song	31st Dec 70	Performance	Yes
The Who	Naked Eye	31st Dec 70	Performance	No
The Who	I Don't Even Know Myself	31st Dec 70	Performance	No

1971

Petula Clark	The Song of my Life	21st Jan 71	Performance	No	Disco 71
Neil Diamond	Cracklin' Rosie	21st Jan 71	Performance	No	Disco 71
Cliff Richard	Sunny Honey Girl	4th Feb 71	Performance	No	Disco 71
Early Music Consort	Allemande/Wedding March	4th Feb 71	Pan's People	Yes	Filmed Insert
Lynn Anderson	Rose Garden	11th Mar 71	Performance	No	Disco 71
T.Rex	Hot Love	11th Mar 71	Performance	Yes	Disco 71
Atomic Rooster	Tomorrow Night	18th Mar 71	Performance	No	BBC Insert
T.Rex	Hot Love	25th Mar 71	Performance	Yes	BBC
Fame & Price	Rosetta	1st Apr 71	Performance	No	Disco 71
CCS	Walkin'	1st Apr 71	Pan's People	Yes
Rolling Stones	Brown Sugar	15th Apr 71	Performance	Yes
Shirley Bassey	Breakfast In Bed	29th Apr 71	Performance	Yes	BBC - insert
Shirley Bassey	Excuse Me (You Don't Care Anymore)	29th Apr 71	Performance	Yes	BBC - insert
Lulu	Everybody Clap	29th Apr 71	Performance	Yes	Disco 71
The Hollies	Hey Willy	13th May 71	Performance	No	Disco 71
T.Rex	Get It On	8th Jul 71	Performance	No	Disco 71
The Who	Won't Get Fooled Again	15th Jul 71	Performance	Yes
CCS	Tap Turns On The Water	9th Sep 71	Pan's People	Yes	Filmed Insert
Middle Of The Road	Tweedle Dum, Tweedle Dee	30th Sep	Pan's People	Yes	16 Seconds Only.Filmed Insert
Rod Stewart	Maggie May	21st Oct 71	Performance	Yes
Cilla Black	Something Tells Me	11th Nov 71	Performance	No	Disco 71
Tony Christie	Amarillo	2nd Dec 71	Performance	Yes	Disco 72 - Colour vrs
Middle of the Road	Soley Soley	2nd Dec 71	Performance	No	Disco 72 - Colour vrs

1972

Bee Gees	My World	13th Jan 72	Performance	No	Disco 72
T.Rex	Telegram Sam	20th Jan 72	Performance	No	Disco 72
John Barry	The Persuders	20th Jan 72	Pan's People	Yes	Filmed Insert
The Sweet	Poppa Joe	17th Feb 72	Performance	No	Disco 72
Chicory Tip	Son of my Father	17th Feb 72	Performance	Yes	also shown 28/12/72
New Seekers	Beg Steal Or Borrow	24th Feb 72	Performance	No	From Cliff show 'Song for Europe'
Uriah Heap	The Wizard	16th Mar 72	Performance	No	Disco 72
Sly & Family Stone	Runnin' Away	27th Apr 72	Pan's People	Yes	Filmed Insert
The Move	California Man	25th May 72	Performance	No	Home movie from Marc Bolan. 18 second behind scenes footage.
Paul McCartney & Wings	Mary Had A Little Lamb	25th May 72	Performance	No	Filmed Insert
Hurricane Smith	Ooh Babe, What Would You Say	25th May 72	Performance	No	ZDF Archive (Uncomfimred)
T.Rex	Metal Guru	25th May 72	Performance	No	Disco 72
Michael Jackson	Rockin' Robin	Unknown	Crowd Dance	Yes
Neil Diamond	Song Sung Blue	1st Jun 72	Performance	No	Disco 72
The Sweet	Little Willy	8th Jun 72	Performance	No	Disco 72
David Bowie	Starman	6th Jul 72	Performance	Yes	Bob Pratt Tapes
Alice Cooper	School's Out	13th Jul 72	Performance	Yes
Rod Stewart	You Wear It Well	17th Aug 72	Performance	Yes	Bob Pratt Tapes
Roxy Music	Virginia Plain	24th Aug 72	Performance	Yes	Bob Pratt Tapes
Michael Jackson	Ain't No Sunshine	14th Sep 72	Pan's People	No
T.Rex	Children of the Revolution	14th Sep 72	Performance	No	Disco 72
Gary Glitter	I Didn't Know I Loved You	21st Sep 72	Performance	Yes	Bob Pratt Tapes
O'Jays	Backstabbers	28th Sep 72	Pan's People	No
The Sweet	Wig Wam Bam	5th Oct 72	Performance	Yes	Disco 72
Gilbert O'Sullivan	Clair	12th Oct 72	Performance	No	Disco 72
Chris Montez	Let's Dance	26th Oct 72	Pan's People	No
The Osmonds	Crazy Horses (Alt Perf)	2nd Nov 72	Performance	Yes	43 Seconds only
Jackson 5	Looking Through The Window	9th Nov 72	Performance	No	Short clip exists. Source lost
Rod Stewart	Angel	16th Nov 72	Performance	Yes	Colour, from BBC Documentary.
Michael Jackson	Ben	23rd Nov 72	Performance	No	Unconfirmed
Slade	Gudbuy T'Jane	14th Dec 72	Performance	No	Disco 72
Clodagh Rodgers	You Are My Music	14th Dec 72	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
T.Rex	Solid Gold Easy Action	14th Dec 72	Performance	No	Disco 72
Elton John	Rocket Man	25th Dec 72	Performance	Yes	Short Clip Survives (Shown on "Thanks for the frying pan")

                                                                                                                                                    

1973

David Bowie	The Jean Genie	4th Jan 73	Performance	No	John Henshall's Tapes
Carly Simon	You're So Vain	4th Jan 73	Pan's People	No	Unknown
Elton John	Daniel	11th Jan 73	Performance	No	Disco 73
Slade	Cum On Feel The Noize	22nd Feb 73	Performance	No	Disco 73
Albert Hammond	It Never Rains in Southern California	1st Mar 73	Performance	No	Disco 73
T.Rex	20th Century Boy (nc)	1st Mar 73	Performance	No	Disco 73
Dawn	Tie A Yellow Ribbon..	22nd Mar 73	Pan's People	No	You Tube
David Cassidy	Some Kind Of A Summer	22nd Mar 73	Performance	Yes	Clip Survives via 'Blue Peter'
Deodato	Also Sprach Zarathustra	11th May 73	Pan's People	No
Steeler's Wheel	Stuck In The Middle	1st Jun 73	Performance	Yes	Bob Pratt Tapes
The Partridge Family	Walking In The Rain	1st Jun 73	Pan's People	No
Mungo Jerry	Alright Alright Alright	6th July 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Linda Lewis	Rock a Doodle Doo	6th July 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Blue Mink	Randy	6th July 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Chairman Of The Board	Finders Keepers	6th July 73	Pan's People	No	Domestic VT & Insert Versions
Slade	Skweeze Me Pleeze Me	6th July 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Al Martino	Spanish Eyes	20th July 73	Pan's People	No	Domestic VT Recording
Albert Hammond	Free Electric Band	20th July 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Suzi Quatro	48 Crash	20th July 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Nazareth	Bad Bad Boy	20th July 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Limmie & Family Cooking	You Can Do Magic	3rd Aug 73	Pan's People	No	Domestic VT Recording
First Choice	Smarty Pants	10th Aug 73	Pan's People	No
New York City	I'm Doing Fine	17th Aug 73	Pan's People	No	Domestic VT Recording
Geordie	Electric Lady	17th Aug 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Medicine Head	Rising Sun	17th Aug 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Barry Blue	Dancin' On A Saturday Night	24th Aug 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
First Choice	Smarty Pants	24th Aug 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
David Essex	Rock On	31st Aug 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
10CC	The Dean And I	31st Aug 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Wizzard	Angel Fingers	31st Aug 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Detroit Emeralds	I Think Of You	31st Aug 73	Pan's People	No	Domestic VT Recording
Guy Darrell	I've Been Hurt	20th Sep 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Gilbert O'Sullivan	Ooh Baby	20th Sep 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Roger Daltrey	Thinking	20th Sep 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Status Quo	Caroline	20th Sep 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Ike & Tina Turner	Nutbush City Limits	20th Sep 73	Pan's People	No	Domestic VT & Colour Version
The Sweet	Ballroom Blitz	20th Sep 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
CCS with Cozy Powell	Whole Lotta Love (incomplete)	4th Oct 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Lynsey De Paul	Won't Somebody Dance With Me	4th Oct 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
David Cassidy	The Puppy Song	4th Oct 73	Performance	No	Filmed at Heathrow Airport.
David Cassidy	Daydreamer	4th Oct 73	Performance	No	Filmed at Heathrow Airport.
Dawn	Tie A Yellow Ribbon..	4th Oct 73	Performance	Yes	Insert from 25/12/73 show
The Who	5:15	4th Oct 73	Performance	No	Various Sources B/w & Colour
Simon Park Orchestra	Eye Level	4th Oct 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
The Osmonds	Let Me In	25th Oct 73	Performance	Yes	Insert recovered from ZDF
Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	1st Nov 73	Performance	Yes
T.Rex	Truck On Tyke	6th Dec 73	Pan's People	Yes	Domestic VT Recording
Slade	Merry Xmas Everybody	6th Dec 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording
Cozy Powell	Dance With The Devil	13th Dec 73	w/Pan's People	Yes	Domestic VT Recording
Drupi	Vado Via	13th Dec 73	Performance	No	Domestic VT Recording

last update - September 2014