Totp Orphan's 71-72

12-Feb-2013

		Here is a list of surviving 'Orphan' top of the pops performances from 1964-1976
		The tracks listed below are known or rumoured to exist in either private collections, official video/dvd releases or on bootlegs. Tracks marked in Red are unconfirmed.

		1971
		Artist	Song Title	Date	Type		In BBC Archive	Source
		George Harrison	My Sweet Lord	21st Jan 71	Pan's People		Yes
		Petula Clark	The Song of my Life	21st Jan 71	Performance		No	Disco 71
		Neil Diamond	Cracklin' Rosie	21st Jan 71	Performance		No	Disco 71
		Cliff Richard	Sunny Honey Girl	4th Feb 71	Performance		No	Disco 71
		Lynn Anderson	Rose Garden	11th Mar 71	Performance		No	Disco 71
		T.Rex	Hot Love	11th Mar 71	Performance		No	Disco 71
		T.Rex	Hot Love	25th Mar 71	Performance		Yes	BBC
		Fame & Price	Rosetta	1st Apr 71	Performance		No	Disco 71
		Rolling Stones	Brown Sugar	15th Apr 71	Performance		Yes
		The Hollies	Hey Willy	13th May 71	Performance		No	Disco 71
		Peter Noone	Oh You Pretty Thing	27th May 71	Performance		No	Exists as Audio. Video is unconfirmed.
		T.Rex	Get It On	8th Jul 71	Performance		No	Disco 71
		The Who	Won't Get Fooled Again	15th Jul 71	Performance		Yes
		Rod Stewart	Maggie May	21st Oct 71	Performance		Yes
		Cilla Black	Something Tells Me	11th Nov 71	Performance		No	Disco 71
		Tony Christie	Amarillo	2nd Dec 71	Performance		Yes
		Middle of the Road	Soley Soley	2nd Dec 71	Performance		No	Disco 72
		CCS	Tap Turns on the Water	25th Dec 71	Pan's People		Yes

		1972
		Bee Gees	My World	13th Jan 72	Performance		No	Disco 72
		T.Rex	Telegram Sam	20th Jan 72	Performance		No	Disco 72
		The Sweet	Poppa Joe	17th Feb 72	Performance		No	Disco 72
		Chicory Tip	Son of my Father	17th Feb 72	Performance		Yes	also shown 28/12/72
		Uriah Heap	The Wizard	16th Mar 72	Performance		No	Disco 72
		Sly & Family Stone	Runnin' Away	27th Apr 72	Pans People		No
		The Move	California Man	25th May 72	Performance (18 seconds)		No	Home movie from Marc Bolan.Behind Scenes Footage.
		Neil Diamond	Song Sung Blue	1st Jun 72	Performance		No	Disco 72
		T.Rex	Metal Guru	8th Jun 72	Performance		No	Disco 72
		The Sweet	Little Willy	8th Jun 72	Performance		No	Disco 72
		David Bowie	Starman	6th Jul 72	Performance		Yes
		Alice Cooper	School's Out	13th Jul 72	Performance		Yes
		Rod Stewart	You Wear It Well	17th Aug 72	Performance		Yes	Not in BBC Database
		Roxy Music	Virginia Plain	24th Aug 72	Performance		Yes
		Michael Jackson	Ain't No Sunshine	14th Sep 72	Pans People		No
		The Sweet	Wig Wam Bam	14th Sep 72	Performance		Yes	Disco 72
		T.Rex	Children of the Revolution	14th Sep 72	Performance		No	Disco 72
		Gary Glitter	I Didn't Know I Loved You	21st Sep 72	Performance		Yes
		O'Jays	Backstabbers	28th Sep 72	Pans People		No
		Gilbert O'Sullivan	Clair	12th Oct 72	Performance		No	Disco 72
		Chris Montez	Let's Dance	26th Oct 72	Pans People		No
		The Osmonds	Crazy Horses (Alt Perf)	2nd Nov 72	Performance		Yes	43 Seconds only
		Jackson 5	Looking Through The Window	9th Nov 72	Performance		No	Unconfirmed
		Rod Stewart	Angel	16th Nov 72	Performance		Yes	Colour Version from BBC Documentary.
		Michael Jackson	Ben	23rd Nov 72	Performance		No	Unconfirmed
		Slade	Gudbuy T'Jane	14th Dec 72	Performance		No	Disco 72
		Clodagh Rodgers	You Are My Music	14th Dec 72	Performance		No
		T.Rex	Solid Gold Easy Action	14th Dec 72	Performance		No	Disco 72
		Elton John	Rocket Man	25th Dec 72	Performance		Yes	Short Clip Survives (Shown on Blue Peter?)

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