Top of the Pops - The Promos
This is a list of
the surviving promotional clips that were filmed especially for TOTP and 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 1975.
| Artist | Song Title | Date | Type | In BBC Archive | Source |
| Roy Orbison | Pretty Woman | 22nd Oct 64 | Promo | Yes | |
| Cliff Richard | Visions | 11th Aug 66 | Promo | No | Mute Copy Exists |
| Rolling Stones | Have You Seen Your Mother.. | 29th Sep 66 | Promo | Yes | |
| Spencer Davis Group | I'm A Man | 2nd Feb 67 | Promo | Yes | Specially Shot for TOTP |
| Monkees | Alternate Title | 6th Jul 67 | Promo | Yes | |
| The Beatles | All You Need Is Love | 27th Jul 67 | Promo | Yes | Not Beatles Version |
| Four Tops | Seven Rooms of Gloom | 20th Jul 67 | Promo | No | |
| The Move | Flowers in the Rain | 28th Sep 67 | Promo | No | Colour Promo |
| The Beatles | Hello Goodbye | 25th Dec 67 | Promo | Yes | |
| Richard Harris | McArthur Park | 18th Jul 68 | Promo | Yes | |
| The Archies | Sugar Sugar | 27th Nov 69 | Promo | No | |
| Chicago | I'm A Man | 22nd Jan 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water | 5th Mar 70 | Promo | Yes | Not Complete |
| Judy Collins | Both Sides Now | 12th Feb 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Peter Paul & Mary | Leaving on a Jet Plane | 19th Feb 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Andy Williams | Can't Help Falling in Love | 19th Feb 70 | Promo | No | At BFI/NFA |
| Kenny Rogers | Something's Burning | 26th Mar 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Bob & Marcia | You Gifted and Black | 2nd Apr 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Pipkins | Gimmie Dat Ding | 9th Apr 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Juicy Lucy | Who Do You love | 23rd Apr 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Frijid Pink | House Of The Rising Sun | 7th May 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Marvin Gaye | Abraham, Martin, John | 28th May 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Elvis Presley | Kentucky Rain | 4th Jun 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Herman's Hermits | Bet Yer Life I Do | 4th Jun 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Nicky Thomas | Love of the Common People | 9th Jul 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Fairweather | Natural Sinner | 30th Jul 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Smokey Robinson | Tears of a Clown | 6th Aug 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Chicago | 29 or 6 to 4 | 13th Aug 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Aretha Franklin | Don't Play That Song | 10th Sep 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Freda Payne | Band of Gold | 17th Sep 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Long As I Can See The Light | 24th Sep 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| The Carpenters | Close To You | 1st Oct 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Temptations | Ball Of Confusion | 8th Oct 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Elvis Presley | I've Lost You | 19th Nov 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Glen Campbell | It's Only Make Believe | 3rd Dec 70 | Promo | Yes | |
| Status Quo | In My Chair | Unknown | Promo | Yes | Unbroadcast |
| Canned Heat | Sugar Bee | Unknown | Promo | Yes | Unbroadcast |
| Tin Tin | Is That The Way | Unknown | Promo | Yes | Unbroadcast |
| Ronnie Hawkins | Down In The Alley | Unknown | Promo | Yes | Unbroadcast |
| Three Dog Night | Joy To The World | 1st Jan 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Elvis Presley | You Don't Have to say.. | 28th Jan 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| The Early Music Consort | Wedding March | 4th Mar 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Deep Purple | Strange Kind of Woman | 11th Mar 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Elvis Presley | There Goes My Everything | 1st Apr 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| The Elgins | Heaven Must Have Sent You | 13th May 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| McGuinness Flint | Malt and Barley Blues | 20th May 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Tony Christie | I Did What I Did For Maria | 27th May 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Blue Mink | Banner Man | 10th Jun 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Hurricane Smith | Don't Let It Die | 24th Jun 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Lobo | Me and You & Dog Named Boo | 8th Jul 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Rolling Stones | Street Fighting Man | 15th Jul71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Greyhound | Black and White | 22nd Jul 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Elvis Presley | Heartbreak Hotel | 29th Jul 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Diana Ross | I'm Still Waiting | 5th Aug 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| George Harrison | Bangla Desh | 19th Aug 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood | Did You Ever | 2nd Sep 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Cat Stevens | Moon Shadow | 7th Oct 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Elvis Presley | I'm Leaving | 21st Oct 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| AL Green | Tired of Being Alone | 28th Oct 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Springwater | I Will Return | 4th Nov 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Cher | Gypsies Tramps & Thieves | 11th Nov 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| The Doors | Riders on a Storm | 25th Nov 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Benny Hill | Ernie | 2nd Dec 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Middle of the Road | Soley Soley | 2nd Dec 71 | Promo | Yes | |
| Bee Gees | My World | Unknown | Promo | Yes | Unbroadcast |
| Buffy Sainte-Marie | I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl | Unknown | Promo | Yes | Unbroadcast |
| Bread | Everything I Own | Unknown | Promo | Yes | Unbroadcast |
| Melanie | Brand New Key | 6th Jan 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| John Barry | 'The Persuaders' Theme | 20th Jan 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| The Chi-Lites | Have You Seen Her | 27th Jan 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Don McLean | American Pie | 17th Feb 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Nilsson | Without You | 17th Feb 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Ringo Starr | Back Off Boogaloo | 6th Apr 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Elvis Presley | Until It's Time For You To Go | 13th Apr 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Johnny Cash | A Thing Called Love | 20th Apr 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Jo Jo Gunne | Run Run Run | 27th Apr 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Sly & Family Stone | Running Away | 27th Apr 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| David Cassidy | Could It Be Forever | 4th May 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Diana Ross | Doobedood'ndoobe | 25th May 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Chi-Lites | Oh Girl | 15th Jun 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Elvis Presley | American Trilogy | 22nd Jun 72 | Promo | Yes | Not Complete |
| Donny Osmond | Puppy Love | 29th Jun 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Love Unlimited | Walking in the Rain.. | 6th Jul 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Partridge Family | Breaking Up Is Hard To Do | 20th Jul 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Faron Young | It's Four in the Morning | 3rd Aug 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| David Bowie | John I'm Only Dancing | 28th Sep 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Elvis Presley | Burning Love | 5th Oct 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Python Lee Jackson | In A Broken Dream | 26th Oct 72 | Promo | Yes | Rod Stewart |
| Shag | Loop Di Love | 2nd Nov 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| John Lennon | Happy Xmas | 14th Dec 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Elvis Presley | Always on my Mind | 21st Dec 72 | Promo | Yes | |
| Harold Melvin & Bluenotes | If You Don't Know Me By Now | 18th Jan 73 | Promo | Yes | |
| David Bowie | The Laughing Gnome | 4th Oct 73 | Promo | No | Doesn't Feature Bowie. |
| Ringo Starr | Photograph | 1st Nov 73 | Promo | Yes | |
| Andy Kim | Rock Me Gently | 13th Sep 74 | Promo | Yes | |
| Johnny Bristol | Hang on in There Baby | 13th Sep 74 | Promo | Yes | |
| Rod Stewart & Faces | You Can Make Me Dance... | 12th Dec 74 | Totp Insert (b&w promo) | No | Apparently Misfiled in BBC |