05 December 1974

Thursday 05 December

1974-12-05

Top of the Pops
''featuring a rare appearance by ABBA. The appearance did little to enhance the group's success in the UK, and the single So Long failed to make any impact on the charts.''
 * presented by Tony Blackburn (Radio Times note: Tony Blackburn makes his pop prediction for 1975 in The Generation Game Radio Times Christmas Special, from newsagents now 35p)
 * 1) (6) Hello – Tell HimHello - Tell Him @ Lost TOTP from 5. Dec.1974
 * 2) (10) Rupie Edwards – Ire Feelings (Skanga)
 * 3) (25) K.C. & The Sunshine Band – Sound Your Funky Horn (rpt.)
 * 4) (New) Abba – So Long ABBA - So Long LIVE - Top of the Pops
 * 5) (19) Mud – Lonely This Christmas
 * 6) (3) The Rubettes – Juke Box Jive
 * 7) (New) George McCrae – You Can Have It All
 * 8) (5) Bachman-Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (video)
 * 9) (47) The Wombles – Wombling Merry Christmas The Wombles Wombling merry Christmas
 * 10) (24) Alvin Stardust – Tell Me Why
 * 11) (New) The Tymes – Ms. Grace
 * 12) (1) Barry White – You’re The First, The Last, My Everything (Pan's People)
 * 13) (28) Rod Stewart & The Faces – You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything (crowd dancing over credits)