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A STAR IS BORN ON TOP OF THE POPS “Hey, that’s far out so you heard him too?” 53 years ago this week, Starman started its slow descent from the UK singles chart from its peak of #10. After a long countdown following its release on Friday 28 April 1972, the record lifted off when Bowie and The Spiders’ performance on the BBC’s Top Of The Pops was aired on Thursday 6th July, 1972. This broadcast was ranked as the greatest BBC music performance of all time in the UK’s The Guardian newspaper in 2022

Did you know that in 1996 Prince Naseem Hamed made his Top Of The Pops debut 🤔 Kaliphz featuring Prince Naseem and “Walk Like A Champion”. This was a hip-hop outfit from Rochdale teaming up with the holder of the WBO Featherweight title, the flamboyant (some may say arrogant) Prince Naseem Hamed. Presumably both thought that they could benefit from such a symbiotic relationship – Kaliphz bagging themselves a bona fide chart hit and furthering their career and Prince Naseem…well…making a few qui