Tower - Goin’ Home - 20-08-1982 TopPop

Tower was a Dutch group from The Hague and Leiden, consisting of Marian Pijnaker (vocals), Ton Hoogeboom (drums), Cor van der Hoogt (vocals, guitar), Henk Van Loon (keyboards, violin, vocals) and Ben Peterzen (bass guitar). The band released the album ’Titan’ in 1982 on Dureco Records, produced and co-written by Cat Music. The album is characterized by music strongly reminiscent of Electric Light Orchestra, while the voice of singer Pijnaker has been compared to that of British singer Kim Wilde. The single ’See You Tonight’ reached the twelfth position in the National Hitparade of the Netherlands and the eleventh position in the Dutch Top 40. The single was chosen as record of the week in Frits Spits’ radio program ’De Avondspits’. The follow up single ’Goin’ Home’ achieved #20 in the National Hitparade in 1982 and #15 in the Top 40. After 1983 the group fell apart, Pijnaker and Van Hoogt formed a new group in 1985, ’Split Decision’, and shortly afterwards, without success, they resumed as Tower. This TopPop video was firest broadcast on August 20, 1982. Nederlands: Tower was een Nederlandse groep uit Den Haag en omgeving, bestaande uit Marian Pijnaker (zang), Ton Hoogeboom (drums), Cor van der Hoogt (zang, gitaar), Henk Van Loon (toetsen, viool, zang) en Ben Peterzen (basgitaar). De band bracht in 1982 de elpee Titan uit bij Dureco, geproduceerd en mede geschreven door Cat Music. De elpee wordt gekenmerkt door sterk aan Electric Light Orchestra denkende muziek, terwijl de stem van zangeres Pijnaker wel wordt vergeleken met die van de Britse zangeres Kim Wilde. De single See You Tonight bereikte de twaalfde positie in de Nationale Hitparade en de elfde positie in de Nederlandse Top 40. De single werd tot steunplaat gekozen in De Avondspits van Frits Spits. De sterk daarop gelijkende single Goin’ Home behaalde in 1982 de twintigste plek in de Nationale Hitparade en de vijftiende plek in de Top 40. Na 1983 viel de groep uit elkaar. Pijnaker en Van Hoogt vormden in 1985 een nieuwe groep, Split Decision, om kort daarna, zonder succes, weer verder te gaan als Tower. De groep Split Decision bracht één single uit, getiteld Action. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: August 20, 1982 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.