Mel & Kim - Respectable • TopPop

Mel & Kim was a British pop duo consisting of the sisters Mel and Kim Appleby. Led by producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman, they scored hits like ’Showing out’, ’Respectabl’e,’ .’ (Fun, Love and Money) and ’That’s the way’ it is. Of these, ’Showing out’ and ’Respectable’ were number 1 hits worldwide. Mel Appleby died on January 18, 1990 at the age of 23 from the effects of cancer. Kim Appleby returned in November 1990 as a solo singer with an album and had three more hits: Don’t worry, . and Mama. In 1993 the second album, Breakaway, was released and in 1994 the single Free spirit. In 2007 Kim Appleby released the downloadable single High. In February 2018, the previously unreleased Mel & Kim single Where Is Love was released. Respectable reached #1 in the Dutch Top 40 in March 1987. This Toppop recording was made and first broadcast on 24 February 1987 Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 1987-02-24 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.