Comments on: The Freaky Trigger Top 100 Tracks Of All Time No. 44. The Selecter – On My Radio https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio Lollards in the high church of low culture Wed, 23 Jun 2021 17:21:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Gareth Parker https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-2513027 Wed, 23 Jun 2021 17:21:39 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-2513027 Jaunty stuff from Pauline Black and co. here. Good fun imho.

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By: Alan https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-1498949 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 11:08:44 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-1498949 That top of the pops episode (warning, the very bad man presents) http://www.4shared.com/video/KsL5TcqEba/TOTP_081179.html

courtesy
https://twitter.com/ChrisWBarratt/status/531396522194501632

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By: Billy Smart https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-657742 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:06:11 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-657742 TOTPWatch EXTRA SPECIAL CHART: Here’s an amended complete (!) list of every TOTP presenter.

If you’re like me, it might be a question that has always laid at the back of your mind…

“So who did present the most editions of Top of the Pops, then?”

Thanks to the ‘Kaleidoscope British Television Music & Variety Guide Volume II’ we have the data at hand to find out!;

1. Jimmy Savile 261 (1964-1984, 2006)
2. Tony Blackburn 147 (1967, 1969-1979, 1983, 2006)
3. Gary Davies 114 (1983-1991)
4. Peter Powell 107 (1977-1988)
5. Fearne Cotton 105 (2003-2006)
6. Dave Lee Travis 101 (1973-1984, 2006)
7. Jamie Theakston 98 (1997-2003)
8. Pete Murray 90 (1964-1969, 1981)
9. Alan Freeman 88 (1964-1969, 1981)
10. Simon Bates 74 (1979-1988)
11. Noel Edmonds 72 (1972-1978)
12. Reggie Yates 68 (2003-2006)
13. Mike Smith 66 (1982-1988)
14. David Jensen 64 (1976-1984)
15. Mike Read 61 (1978-1986, 1988-1989)
16. Mark Franklin 59 (1991-1994)
=. Janice Long 59 (1983-1987, 2006)
18. Tony Dortie 57 (1991-1994)
19. Jayne Middlemass 56 (1997-2001)
20. Simon Mayo 55 (1987-1991, 1994-1996)
21. Steve Wright 52 (1980-1989)
22. Bruno Brookes 48 (1984-1986, 1989-1991, 1994-1995)
23. John Peel 47 (1968, 1982-1987, 1995)
24. Mark Goodier 46 (1988-1991, 1994-1996)
25. Nicky Campbell 41 (1988-1991, 1994-1996)
26. Tim Kash 37 (2003-2004)
27. David Jacobs 35 (1964-1966)
=. Richard Skinner 35 (1980-1985, 1988-1989)
29. Gail Porter 31 (1999-2001, 2003)
30. Ed Stewart 30 (1968, 1971-1972, 1975-1977)
31. Sarah Cawood 25 (1997, 2002-2003)
32. Jo Whiley 24 (1995-1998, 2006)
33. Richard Bacon 23 (2003, 2005-2006)
=. Anthea Turner 23 (1988-1991)
35. Tommy Vance 21 (1980-1984)
36. Richard Blackwood 19 (2000-2001)
37. Jakki Brambles 18 (1989-1991)
=. Stuart Henry 18 (1967-1969)
39. Claudia Simon 17 (1991-1992)
40. Rufus Hound 16 (2005-2006)
41. Adrian Rose 15 (1991-1992)
=. Lisa Snowdon 15 (2002-2003)
43. Liz Bonnin 14 (2002-2003)
44. David Hamilton 11 (1976-1977)
=. Andy Peebles 11 (1979, 1983-1984)
46. Edith Bowman 10 (2003, 2006)
=. Andy Crane 10 (1988-1989)
=. Femi Oke 10 (1992)
=. Dixie Peach 10 (1985-1986)
=. Kate Thornton 10 (1998-1999)
51. Zoe Ball 7 (1997-1998, 2001)
=. Paul Burnett 7 (1975, 1977-1979)
=. Simon Dee 7 (1966-1967)
=. Samantha Juste 7 (1965-1966)
=. Sybil Ruscoe 7 (1988-1989)
56. Kenny Everett 6 (1967, 1973)
=. Paul Jordan 6 (1985-1986)
=. Colin Murray 6 (2003)
=. Margherita Taylor 6 (2003, 2005)
60. Steve Anderson 5 (1991-1992)
=. Dave Cash 5 (1968)
=. Jack Dee 5 (1994-1996)
=. Phil Jupitas 5 (1995,1997, 2005)
=. Lisa L’anson 5 (1995-1996)
=. Scott Mills 5 (1999)
=. Chris Moyles 5 (2004-2006)
=. Bear Van Beers 5 (1996)
68. Josie D’arby 4 (2000-2001)
=. Steve Lamaq 4 (1995-1996)
=. Jenny Powell 4 (1989)
=. Pat Sharp 4 (1983, 2006)
72. Mel B 3 (1996-1997, 2002)
=. Sara Cox 3 (2000-2001)
=. Greg Edwards 3 (1974)
=. Michelle Gayle 3 (1994-1996)
=. Gary Glitter 3 (1994-1996)
=. Geri Halliwell 3 (1996-1997, 2001)
=. Lenny Henry 3 (1984, 1989, 1995)
=. Konnie Huq 3 (2003)
=. Ronan Keating 3 (1995-1996, 2003)
=. Mark Lamarr 3 (1997)
=. Lulu 3 (1968, 1996, 2005)
=. Kylie Minogue 3 (1994-1995,1997)
=. Trevor Nelson 3 (2006)
=. Mark Owen 3 (1994, 1996-1997)
=. Emperor Rosko 3 (1967, 1974-1975)
=. Robbie Williams 3 (1994-1995)
=. Dale Winton 3 (1995-1996)
89. Keith Allen 2 (1995-1996)
=. Peter Andre 2 (1996-1997)
=. Ant & Dec 2 (1995, 1997)
=. Jo Brand 2 (1995, 2006)
=. Ian Broudie 2 (1996-1997)
=. Julia Carling 2 (1996)
=. Julian Clary 2 (1994, 1996)
=. Jarvis Cocker 2 (1994-1995)
=. Chris Denning 2 (1967-1968)
=. Eternal 2 (1995)
=. Lee Evans 2 (1995)
=. Steven Gateley 2 (1995-1996)
=. Mary Ann Hobbs 2 (1997)
=. Noddy Holder 2 (1997, 2005)
=. Adrian John 2 (1983, 1988)
=. Elton John 2 (1977, 1980)
=. Vernon Kay 2 (2001, 2006)
=. Caron Keating 2 (1988)
=. Lee & Herring 2 (1995)
=. Wendy Lloyd 2 (1995)
=. Louise 2 (1995, 1997)
=. Annie Mac 2 (2006)
=. Susie Mathis 2 (1988-1989)
=. Danni Minogue 2 (1997)
=. Tony Mortimer 2 (1994, 1996)
=. Dermot O’Leary 2 (2001-2002)
=. The Osmonds 2 (1975)
=. Simon Parkin 2 (1989)
=. Andi Peters 2 (1994, 1996)
=. Mark Radcliffe & Mark Riley 1 (1997)
=. The Spice Girls 2 (1996-1997)
=. Claire Sturgess 2 (1994)
=. Suggs 2 (1995, 2005)
=. David Symonds 2 (1968)
=. Johnnie Walker 2 (1974)
=. Ian Wright 2 (1996-1997)
125. Russ Abbott 1 (1980)
=. Damon Albarn 1 (1994)
=. Anastasia 1 (2005)
=. Adam Ant 1 (1981)
=. Matt Allwright 1 (2006)
=. Sue Barker 1 (2006)
=. Colin Berry 1 (1980)
=. Bjork 1 (1995)
=. Jocelyn Brown 1 (2006)
=. Rhona Cameron 1 (1997)
=. Nenah Cherry 1 (1994)
=. Jeremy Clarkson 1 (2005)
=. Justin Lee Collins 1 (2005)
=. Julian Cope 1 (1996)
=. Garth Crooks 1 (1982)
=. Pete Cunnah 1 (1995)
=. Roger Daltry 1 (1980)
=. Phil Daniels 1 (1997)
=. Alan Davies 1 (1996)
=. Angus Deayton 1 (1994)
=. Cathy Dennis 1 (1997)
=. Frankie Dettori 1 (1996)
=. Micky Dolenz 1 (1968)
=. Tom Edwards 1 (1968)
=. Joe Elliott 1 (1994)
=. Sophie Ellis-Bextor 1 (2001)
=. Ben Elton 1 (2003)
=. Chris Eubank 1 (1996)
=. Chris Evans 1 (1995)
=. The Fast Show 1 (1996)
=. Justine Frischman 1 (1996)
=. Gina G 1 (1996)
=. Diamuid Gavin 1 (2006)
=. Bob Geldof 1 (1992)
=. Hale & Pace 1 (1989)
=. Richard Hammond 1 (2005)
=. Jeremy Hardy 1 (1996)
=. Brian Harvey 1 (1994)
=. Harry Hill 1 (1996)
=. Katy Hill 1 (1998)
=. Colin Jackson 1 (2006)
=. Jed & Dave 1 (1995)
=. Davy Jones 1 (1968)
=. Peter Kay 1 (2006)
=. Kevin Keegan 1 (1980)
=. Nigel Kennedy 1 (1996)
=. Liz Kershaw 1 (1988)
=. Jonathan King 1 (1985)
=. Cyndi Lauper 1 (2006)
=. Emma Ledden 1 (1999)
=. Mike Lennox 1 (1967)
=. Rod McKenzie 1 (1989)
=. Craig MacLachlan 1 (1995)
=. Malcolm Maclaren 1 (1994)
=. Jas Mann 1 (1996)
=. James May 1 (2006)
=. Meatloaf 1 (1994)
=. MN8 1 (1996)
=. Mark Morrisson 1 (1996)
=. Brittany Murphy 1 (2004)
=. Ardal O’Hanlan 1 (1997)
=. Gary Olsen 1 (1995)
=. Jack Osborne 1 (2003)
=. Sharon Osborne 1 (2005)
=. Dennis Pennis 1 (1996)
=. Preston 1 (2006)
=. Alan Price 1 (1968)
=. Punt & Dennis 1 (1994)
=. Mike Raven 1 (1967)
=. Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer 1 (1994)
=. Cliff Richard 1 (1980)
=. Shane Ritchie 1 (2005)
=. Jonathan Ross 1 (2003)
=. Shaun Ryder 1 (1996)
=. Lilly Savage 1 (1994)
=. Skin 1 (1996)
=. Dave Smash & Mick Nice 1 (1992)
=. Elayne Smith 1 (1991)
=. Spoony 1 (2006)
=. Keith Stukes 1 (1967)
=. Take That 1 (1994)
=. Peter Tork 1 (1968)
=. Gayle Tuesday 1 (1995)
=. Phil Tufnel 1 (2005)
=. Denise Van Outen (1997)
=. Elfi Von Kalchrueth 1 (1969)
=. Louise Wenner 1 (1996)
=. Whigfield 1 (1995)
=. Tony Wright 1 (1996)

Excluding Samantha “The Disc Girl” Juste in the late sixties, whom I suspect may have been employed for decorative purposes, it took 19 years until ‘Top Of The Pops’ had its first female presenter, Janice Long.

Odd how – even though I must have seen Mark Franklin many times between 1991 and 1994, the golden age of anonymous presenters – I have no memory of him, yet I could tell you who David ‘Diddy’ Hamilton was, even though he was before my time.

Also odd that, although his was the heyday of joint presenters, “Oooh!” Gary Davies usually did the show on his own. I wonder why that should have been?

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By: Pete Seaton https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-442193 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:41:09 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-442193 thats me registered here now.

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By: Pete Seaton https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-442178 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:01:47 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-442178 Hi guys for the big up on my book, i know its hard to get, as the guys at Kal pulled the plug

this year or maybe next ill get the book out again

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By: admin https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-437762 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:50:12 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-437762 Only 1 person on that list has commented on FT – to our knowledge (Hello Rufus)

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By: DJ Punctum https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-437749 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:22:11 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-437749 Fearne “Why Am I Pretending To Be Happy?” Cotton at number five is the equivalent of the Arctic Monkeys making the fifth greatest album of all time according to the NME.

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By: DJ Punctum https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-437747 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:20:57 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-437747 Dixie Peach!

And Me Andy “I often wonder how hard the unemployed really try to find work” Peebles.

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By: Erithian https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-437743 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:16:15 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-437743 The lower end of this list is what Stephen Fry once called “a veritable Who’s That of British entertainment”.

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By: Billy Smart https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-437469 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:47:17 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-437469 TOTP Watch SPECIAL! This doesn’t have much to do with The Selecter, but as we’re mentioning the Top Of The Pops database, here are some statistics that I’ve collated from it.

If you’re like me, it might be a question that has always laid at the back of your mind…

“So who did present the most editions of Top of the Pops, then?”

Thanks to the ‘Kaleidoscope British Television Music & Variety Guide Volume II’ we have the data at hand to find out!;

1. Jimmy Savile 261
2. Tony Blackburn 147
3. Gary Davies 114
4. Peter Powell 107
5. Fearne Cotton 105
6. Dave Lee Travis 101
7. Jamie Theakston 98
8. Pete Murray 90
9. Alan Freeman 88
10. Simon Bates 74
11. Noel Edmonds 72
12. Reggie Yates 68
13. Mike Smith 66
14. David Jensen 64
15. Mike Read 61
16. Mark Franklin 59
=. Janice Long 59
18. Tony Dortie 57
19. Jayne Middlemass 56
20. Simon Mayo 55
21. Steve Wright 52
22. Bruno Brookes 48
23. John Peel 47
24. Mark Goodier 46
25. Nicky Campbell 41
26. Tim Kash 37
27. David Jacobs 35
=. Richard Skinner 35
29. Gail Porter 31
30. Ed Stewart 30
31. Sarah Cawood 25
32. Jo Whiley 24
33. Richard Bacon 23
=. Anthea Turner 23
35. Tommy Vance 21
36. Richard Blackwood 19
37. Jakki Brambles 18
=. Stuart Henry 18
39. Claudia Simon 17
40. Rufus Hound 16
41. Adrian Rose 15
=. Lisa Snowdon 15
43. Liz Bonnin 14
44. David Hamilton 11
=. Andy Peebles 11
46. Edith Bowman 10
=. Andy Crane 10
=. Femi Oke 10
=. Dixie Peach 10
=. Kate Thornton 10

Odd how – even though I must have seen Mark Franklin many times between 1991 and 1993 – I have no memory of him, yet I could tell you who David ‘Diddy’ Hamilton was, even though he was before my time.

Also odd that, although his was the heyday of joint presenters, “Oooh!” Gary Davies usually did the show on his own. I wonder why that should have been?

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By: Billy Smart https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-437349 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:41:57 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-437349 Careful – I think that those are different volumes. I got mine off Amazon when it was first published for £25. Make sure that yours is by Pete Seaton with Richard Down. The ISBN is 978-1-900203-27-2

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By: Alan https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-437338 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:07:59 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-437338 http://www.kaleidoscopepublishing.co.uk/ordering.html 36 quid to you guv’nor.

blimey. also covers

http://www.kaleidoscopepublishing.co.uk/books-variety-list.html

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By: DJ Punctum https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-437332 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:47:56 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-437332 “Monkey Chop” by Dan-I – the Trevor Horn production that everyone forgets (see also “Save Us” by Philip Jap)…

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By: Billy Smart https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-437330 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:44:15 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-437330 There’s an invaluable – but hard to come by – reference book ‘The Kaleidoscope British Television Music & Variety Guide II: Top Pop: 1964-2006’, containing details of every edition.

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By: mike https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-437325 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:35:38 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-437325 Oh, that Basement Jaxx track used to drive me up the wall! To my ears, the Selecter sample was oddly placed in terms of bar structure, so I could never work out what was an up beat and what was a down beat. I used to spend the whole track fretting about it.

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By: Alan https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-437321 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:19:16 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-437321 billy – is that (TOTP line up) from memory, or is there an archive of this somewhere?

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By: Billy Smart https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-437320 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:14:01 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-437320 TOTP Context watch: In addition to the skatastic 2-Tone trio, also in the studio that week were; Matchbox, Iris Williams, Dan-I, Sham 69 and Lena Martell, plus Legs & Co’s interpretation of ‘Rise’. Presenter was Jimmy Saville. My six-year old self was particularly taken with Sham 69, though I doubt that that would be my reaction if I saw the show again 29 years on.

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By: Billy Smart https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-437318 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:07:28 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-437318 As sampled very effectively by the Basement Jaxx on ‘Same Old Show’

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By: DJ Punctum https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/the-freaky-trigger-top-100-tracks-of-all-time-no-44-the-selecter-on-my-radio/comment-page-1#comment-437315 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:01:24 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11983#comment-437315 Punctum content: that postpunk atonality jump and shriek at “It’s just the same old show”…

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