De hoogste nieuwe deze week is Instant Poetry van onze eigen Earring op nummer 17. Op 26 verwelkomen we de onlangs overleden Peret met Cante y se feliz. Op 40 komt Harry Chapin, the morning DJ, binnen met WOLD. De Cats nemen deze week de toppositie in de Top 50 over van Mud, je hoort Be my day op nummer 1. Het prachtige Het Dorp van Wim Sonneveld is deze week de treiterschijf en het hardlopers lied Run to the sunshine van Leo Unger staat deze week op nummer 20 en is nieuw binnen in de Troef 20.

Deze Top 50 kun je hier beluisteren:

Uur 1 Uur 2 Uur 3

En als extraatje de

TROEF 20

Onder de TOP 50 kun je de herinneringen van Michael Downing lezen uit de tijd dat deze Top 50 werd uitgezonden en daaronder een paar scans uit de Pop-Telescoop van 27 April 1974.

The RNI memories of Michael Downing for this period in 1974

The Dutch service of RNI had by now settled into what was its final programme schedule, which from Monday to Friday was:

6.00 Dick de Graaf

9.00 John de Mol Jnr (Branding)

10.00 Ted Bouwens

12.00 Tony Berk

14.00 Ferry Maat

16.00 Leo van der Goot

18.00 - 20.00 Eric Post, Marc van Amstel or Gerard Smit (Buitengaats, live from the Mebo 2)

The only change between the end of April 1974 and the end of August 1974 is that Marc van Amstel went on land to become the relief DJ covering holidays and other days off for the regular presenters. In the week commencing 27 April 1974, he fulfilled both roles, filling in for Ted Bouwens and presenting Buitengaats, including the Troef 20 on Saturday evening.

The International service was still Don Allen, Brian McKenzie, Graham Gill, Robin Banks, Roger Kent and occasional programmes from Rob Eden, mainly the Contemporary Music show early on Monday morning, but both Graham Gill and Rob Eden had left to join Radio Caroline by the end of May.

Don Allen presented the Toppers 20 show from 18.00 to 20.00 on Friday 26 April 1974, which had Abba's "Waterloo" at no. 1 and "Year of Decision" by the Three Degrees at no. 5, the latter a record that was much played by RNI at the time, often with a comment from the DJ that 1974 was the year of decision for RNI, with the introduction of the Anti-Zeezender Wet now expected to be only a few months away. The International service's Top 10 LPs included the latest LPs from Eno, Kayak, Esperanto and Richard and Linda Thompson, so, although RNI is remembered as a Top 40 station, it played a lot of music on the International service in 1974 that was not typical Top 40 material.

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