Stars On 45 - Stars On 45 Vol. 3 • TopPop

“Volume III“ . “Stars on 45 Volume 3“ was a song issued in 1981 by the Dutch studio group Stars on 45, in the UK credited to ’Starsound’. It was the second single from the band’s second full-length release Longplay Album - Volume II (UK title: Stars On 45 - The Album - Volume 2, US title: Stars on Longplay II). The “Volume III“ medley was the opening track on Longplay Album - Volume II and then had the title “Star Wars And Other Hits“, in the UK it was named “Instrumental Medley“ and in the US “Introductions“; the very same recording was consequently released under no less than five different titles throughout the world. The medley featured instrumental intros to hits from a wide variety of genres, from well known movie themes like “Star Wars“ and “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly“, 60’s and 70’s hits by The Stylistics, Boney M., Eric Clapton, The Village People and The Pointer Sisters to the overture from The Who’s musical Tommy and the main theme from Jeff Wayne’s musical version of “The War of the Worlds“. This single reached #10 in the Dutch Top 40 on 3 October 1981. This Toppop promo was first broadcast on 29 September 1981. Here are the songs: Star Wars Main Theme Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love) Kung-Fu-Fighting Layla Alright Now Fire Do You Think I’m Sexy Ma Baker . The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Don’t Stop (Till You Get Enough) Theme From Mash Get Off Stars On 45 Baker Street Bette Davis’ Eyes Eve Of The War Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ 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.
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