Diesel - Goin’ Back To China - 09-06-1979 • TROS Top 50

Diesel is a Dutch rock group that became one of the relatively few Dutch acts to chart in the U.S. when their song “Sausalito Summernight“ entered the U.S. Top 40 in 1980. Diesel was created in October 1978 by ex-Kayak drummer Pim Koopman. The group consisted of Koopman (drums, keyboard and vocals), Rob Vunderink (guitar/lead vocals, composer and lyricist), Mark Boon (guitar, composer and lyricist), and Frank Papendrecht (bass). Their first album, Watts in a Tank, was released in the Netherlands in 1980. One of its tracks, “Goin’ Back to China“ was released as a single and became a Top 40 hit. The single “Sausalito Summernight“ became a hit in Holland and reached #33 in the Dutch Top 40. In Canada it became #1 and in the Billboard Top 100 it reached to #25! Not many bands in Holland could beat that! This TROS TOP50 recording was first broadcast by TROS TV on 9 June 1979. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 09-06-1979 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.