The Carpenters - Top Of The World • TopPop

This song was written bij Richard Carpenter and John Bettis and reached #1 in the US chart in January 1973. This version was recorded by AVRO Television during the Carpenters live performance at the ’Grand Gala du Disque’, 15 February 1974 in the RAI Congres Building, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Eleven seconds of this version was used in the film Dark Shadows, a 2012 Warner Brothers American horror comedy film, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Helena Bonham Carter. Exclusive live performance by The Carpenters (Richard & Karen Carpenter) and band at the ’Grand Gala du Disque’, 15 February 1974 in the RAI Congres Building, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 15-02-1974 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, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.