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Ol' Donie wrote: »

YMCA, eh? What can you say about it?

Reminds me of 21st parties.

David 'Kid' Jensen presents an edition from January 11, 1979, with performances by Bonnie Tyler, Sally Oldfield, Paul Evans, the Shadows, Steve Allen, Driver 67, Village People and Rocky Sharpe & the Replays. Plus, dance sequences by Legs & Co

The story of US rock music in the 1970s, when rock stars became multi-millionaires and their output grew in popularity. After the rage and protest of the previous decade the songs of David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and the Doobie Brothers had an impact on a country ready to accept a sound that was more gentle and sweet. In political and social life, the end of the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and the gasoline crisis scarcely permeated into music, with Alice Cooper's Nixon satire Elected a rare exception. New voices started to emerge, such as Bruce Springsteen's songs of working class glory and Tom Petty's 1960s-inspired sound

The rocker's inimitable stage show, filmed at the Hammersmith Apollo, London, in July 2000, in support of his album Brutal Planet. The musician combines his distinct brand of rock and theatre with the use of elaborate props to unsettle and surprise his audience. His trademark demonic style is manifested with his famous costumes and sets that include a guillotine, a werewolf baby, pools of fake blood and thick black eye makeup

Series 1 Episode 5 of 6. Archive performances from BBC music shows of the 1970s, including Top of the Pops and The Old Grey Whistle Test, featuring Alice Cooper, New York Dolls, Peter Green, Queen, Robin Trower, John Martyn, Whitesnake, Joan Jett and Black Sabbath

Noddy Holder introduces a compilation of the band's performances from the BBC archives. Featuring appearances from the 1970s on shows such as Top of the Pops, Blue Peter and Crackerjack, with classic hits including Coz I Luv You, Mama Weer All Crazee Now and Cum on Feel the Noize

Compilation of US chart hits by British bands, featuring the Cure, Supertramp, Coldplay, the Dave Clark Five, Black Sabbath, A Flock of Seagulls and Bush