Omdat dit de 50-ste Top 50 is, die ik on-line zet, deze week als toegift de Troef 20. George McCrae komt deze week binnen op 22 met Rock your baby. De op één na hoogste binnenkomer is Hello Summertime van Bobby Goldsboro op 28. De ultieme zomerplaat uit 1974 vind ik toch wel Beach Baby van First Class, deze week nieuw op nummer 41. Sugar Baby Love staat onveranderd op nummer 1. De treiterschijf van deze week klinkt als een zestiger jaren plaatje : De Drifters met Kissin’ in the backrow of the movies. In de Troef 20 staan een aantal voor mij onbekende plaatjes zoals La Nouba, Kamper Uien, Drums of Bora Bora, Revoir en Redd Dress. Allemaal typische tip-platen en weinig hit potentie ben ik bang.

Deze Top 50 kun je hier beluisteren:

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En omdat dit de 50-ste Top 50 is, die ik on-line heb gezet, deze week als extraatje de Troef 20

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 MP van Juli 1974.

The RNI memories of Michael Downing for this period

July 1974 was the penultimate month of RNI’s existence and saw the final change in the International service DJ team. Jason Wolfe had joined at the very end of May 1974, but his presentation style was apparently not liked by Edwin Bollier, so he left the station and was replaced by Bob Noakes, who had been on Radio Caroline up to that point.

Roger Kent was the presenter of the Toppers 20 show from 20.00 to 22.00 on Friday 26 July 1974. Wings were at no. 1 with “Band on the run” and there were notable records at no.15 (a version of “Ring ring” by Abba to which additional instrumental backing had been added in the hope of getting a UK hit) and no.9 (T Rex with “Light of love”, a minor hit in the UK – no.22 was its peak position – which indicated how far T Rex had fallen in popularity since their heyday in 1971/72).

The Smash Play on the International service was “Wild night” by Martha Reeves, now on MCA rather than Tamla Motown. The International service was still running its Top 10 albums (in no particular order) which were featured throughout the week’s programmes. This week’s Top 10 included LPs which have now long been forgotten by Blue (“Life in the navy”), Vigrass & Osborne (“Stepping out”) and the Groundhogs (“Solid”) as well as “Everyone is everybody else” by Barclay James Harvest and better remembered albums by Bryan Ferry (“Another time another place”) and Eric Clapton (“461 Ocean Boulevard”).

On the Dutch service Marc van Amstel presented the Troef 20. Marc had become the regular presenter of the Troef 20 over the past couple of months, but 27 July 1974 was the final time that he presented it. Ferry Maat presented the Super Top 50 as usual.

De voorpagina van de Muziek Parade van Juli 1974

Je zag ‘m in de Sjef van Oekelshow met de vrouw van de dominee...

Niet in de Top 50 maar wel in de MP

Met Grijze Wijze...

Ook deze reklame hoorde je regelmatig op RNI