This year, AVRO's iconic music program TopPop (inspired by BBC's Top Of The Pops) celebrates its 50th anniversary. The crème de la crème of the Dutch and international music scene appeared on this legendary TV show which aired originally on AVRO channel between September 22nd, 1970 and June 27th, 1988. Among the most notorious performers on the show were ABBA, Bee Gees, Boney M. Blondie, David Bowie, BZN, Dire Straits, Dolly Dots, Marianne Faithful, Golden Earring, Whitney Houston, The Jacksons, Janet Jackson, Elton John, Grace Jones, Kool & The Gang, Madonna, Nena, The Police, Iggy Pop, Queen, Village People...
The most famous presenter of the program was Ad Visser who hosted it for fifteen years (1970 - 1985). To celebrate the 50th anniversary of TopPop, AVROTROS/NPO 3 decided recently to broadcast a special show entitled "Het beste van... 50 jaar Toppop" in five parts. Episode 1 drew 549.000 viewers (market share: 12.7%) on August 5th. Episode 2 attracted 362.000 viewers (market share: 9.6%) on August 12th.
Click here to watch "Het beste van... 50 jaar Toppop".
Moreover, NPO Radio 5 will also put TopPop in the spotlight between September 14th and September 18th.
To this day, "Het beste van... 50 jaar Toppop" has not mentioned Luv' yet. Let's hope the ladies will be present on the three remaining episodes. During the trio's heyday (1977 - 1980), Luv' appeared 29 times on TopPop!!!
Here's a list of Luv's appearances on AVRO's TopPop:
* June 14th and 21st, 1977: My Man
* February 18th/March 18th and 25th/April 1st, 15th and 29th/May 6th, 1978: U.O.Me
* September 2nd, 1978: You're the Greatest Lover
* November 16th, 23rd and 30th/December 7th and 14th, 1978: Trojan Horse
* December 31st, 1978: Louis, Je T'adore and Trojan Horse on AVRO's TopPop special: Vrouwenpop
* April 12th and 19th, 1979: Casanova (first taping)
* May 3rd and 17th, 1979: Casanova (second taping)
* September 6th, 1979: Eeny Meeny Miny Moe
* November 5th and 19th/December 3rd, 1979: Ooh, Yes I Do
* March 3rd, 1980: Ann-Maria (first taping)
* March 17th, 1980: Ann-Maria (second taping)
* October 31st/November 14th and 21st, 1980: My Number One
After Luv's first break-up, two ex-members of the group also sang solo on TopPop.
José Hoebee:
* June 17th, 1982: I Will Follow Him
* December 5th, 1982: The Good Times
* Unknown broadcast date, December 1982: José and fellow artists (including Anita Meyer, Doris D (Debbie Jenner), Jerney Kaagman, Patricia Paay, Vanessa, Lori Spee, Spargo and Babe) played in a sketch with Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas)
* March 5th, 1983: I Can Hear Music
* Unknown broadcast date in 1984: So Long, Marianne (duet with Ron Brandsteder)
* March 29th, 1984: Time Goes By
Patty Brard:
* 1981: Hold On To Love, Sambaman, All This Way, The Survivor
* 1983: You Stole A Little Piece Of My Heart
Long after the original broadcast of AVRO's TopPop, several spin-offs aired on TV:
- In the late 1990s and early 2000s: the panel game "Toppop Yeah" (based on BBC Two's Never Mind the Buzzcocks) aired on AVRO/Nederland 1. It was hosted by Bart Peeters (later replaced by Wim Rigter) with Angela Groothuizen (of Dolly Dots) and Bob Fosko as team captains. José Hoebee, Marga Scheide and Hans van Hemert took part in this game show. Around the same time, Toppop Non-Stop (including archives from the original show) was broadcast.
Toppop Yeah (featuring Hans van Hemert and Angela Groothuizen) on May 30th, 1998
Pascal, Bob Fosko, José Hoebee on TopPop Yeah (1998)
- In 2007, the digital TV channel Cultura aired the series "Toppop Golden Years" (hosted by Ad Visser). It was also broadcast on NPS/Nederland 3 in 2008 and 2009.
- Between 2012 and 2013, Toppop3 (inspired by the original program and presented by Gerard Ekdom) was broadcast on AVRO/Nederland 3. One of the episodes featured Patty Brard who paid tribute to Dutch pop singer Jan Smit.
Patty Brard on Toppop 3 on October 5th, 2013
In 2007, EMI released DVDs featuring the best performances from TopPop. You're the Greatest Lover by Luv' was included in volume 2 of this DVD series.
In 2015, TopPop's YouTube channel (including amazing archives) was launched: https://www.youtube.com/c/toppop/featured
Source: Luv' weblog archives, ANP Archief, YouTube, AVROTROS, SKO
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