_-_TopPop_1973_1.png) Robin Gibb (Bee Gees) in AVRO's TopPop (Dutch television show) in 1973 Image by AVRO, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 nl |
Norman GreenbaumList of Top Pops number-one singles List of Top Pops number-one singles Top Pops is a former British weekly pop music newspaper. It was founded as a monthly publication by Woodrow Wyatt in May 1967, becoming fortnightly in November 1967. On 25 May 1968, editor Colin Bostock-Smith began compiling a singles sales chart using a telephone sample of approximately twelve W H Smith & Son stores – the first single to reach number one on the Top Pops chart was "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap. The charts and paper were published weekly with effect from 22 June 1968.[1] On 20 September 1969 the paper was rebranded Top Pops & Music Now, and subsequently became Music Now… (Source: Wikipedia)
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