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)
- (6) Hello – Tell Him
- (10) Rupie Edwards – Ire Feelings (Skanga)
- (25) K.C. & The Sunshine Band – Sound Your Funky Horn (rpt.)
- (New) Abba – So Long
- (19) Mud – Lonely This Christmas
- (3) The Rubettes – Juke Box Jive
- (New) George McCrae – You Can Have It All
- (5) Bachman-Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (video)
- (47) The Wombles – Wombling Merry Christmas
- (24) Alvin Stardust – Tell Me Why
- (New) The Tymes – Ms. Grace
- (1) Barry White – You’re The First, The Last, My Everything (Pan's People)
- (28) Rod Stewart & The Faces – You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything (crowd dancing over credits)