TopPop Christmas Broadcast • 26-12-1980 • TopPop

In this Christmas program and end-of-the-year broadcast of 1980, TOPPOP invited a host of artists in the TOPPOP studio, which was specially decorated for the occasion. It was also broadcasting the end result of Hitkrant’s (Hollands leading teenager music magazine at the time) Pop Poll results with the majority of winners in the studio: Golden Earring, Rob de Nijs, Patricia Paaij, BZN, Renée, Spargo, the Dolly Dots, The Mo and Maurice & Verdine White of Earth Wind and Fire. The show features a selection of Christmas performances: • The Darts – ‘White Christmas’ • Shawn Phillips – ‘A Christmas song’ • Jona Lewie – ‘Stop The Cavalry’ • Suzanne Michaels – ‘It Should Be Christmas Every Day’ • BZN – ‘Mary’s Boy Child’ • Mud – ‘Lonely This Christmas’ • Spargo – ‘This Christmas’ • Roland Kaiser – ‘Santa Maria’ • The Dolly Dots – ‘Jingle Bells’ This show was recorded in the TOPPOP studios in Hilversum The Netherlands, 26 December 1980. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 26-12-1980 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.