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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) HelloTell Him
    Hello_-_Tell_Him_@_Lost_TOTP_from_5._Dec.1974

    Hello - 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) AbbaSo Long
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    ABBA - So Long LIVE - Top of the Pops

  5. (19) MudLonely 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
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    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)
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