Top of the Pops: The Story of 1987

Taal: nld
Categorie: Muziek

Performances from 1987, a year marked by triumph and disaster. As Mrs Thatcher secured a third term as prime minister, the Channel Tunnel began construction and Wall Street's movie representative Gordon Gecko purred 'Greed.. is good' - Britain was battered by The Great Storm, despaired at Black Monday, and was horrified by the sinking of The Herald of Free Enterprise and the King's Cross fire. And while epic events unfolded in the outside world, the Top of the Pops studio provided a haven for those who wanted to escape. With a new groundbreaking twin show broadcast from the USA, Top of the Pops could sidestep the videos of MTV and bring the very biggest names to UK audiences. In Television Centre, Stock, Aitken and Waterman provided the floor-fillers as Hip-Hop and Rap made their mark on the chart along with home-grown House. From the Rock aristocracy to pure pop hits and the irresistible new funk grooves - the youth could pick their own soundtrack and pump up the volume.