Top of the Pops: 06/07/1989


8:20 pm - 9:00 pm, Thursday, June 4 on U&Eden (57)

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About this Broadcast

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06/07/1989
Season 1989, Episode 1

Nicky Campbell hosts the edition first shown on July 6, featuring performances by Sonia, Monie Love, Gladys Knight, Karyn White, Chaka Khan, Pet Shop Boys and the Beautiful South


subtitles
Music/Ballet/Dance Pop

Cast & Crew

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Anthea Turner (Presenter)
Sonia (Performer)
Monie Love (Performer)
Gladys Knight (Performer)
Karyn White (Performer)
Chaka Khan (Performer)
Pet Shop Boys (Performer)
Paul Ciani (Producer)

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Did You Know..

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Anthea Turner (Presenter)
Born: May 25, 1960 in Stoke-on-Trent
Best Known For: Dozens of TV presenting projects and her public love life.
Early-life: Anthea Millicent Turner was born on May 25, 1960, in Stoke-on-Trent, where her father ran a furniture business and her mother worked as a teacher. She had two younger sisters - Ruth, who died from kidney problems at the age of 15, and Wendy, who went on to become a TV presenter. Anthea initially did badly at her local comprehensive, so her parents sent her to private school where she was diagnosed as suffering from dyslexia. She left with six O-Levels and two A-Levels.
Career: Turner began her broadcasting career reading traffic reports for a local radio station, before moving to London with then-boyfriend DJ Bruno Brookes. She worked as a video jockey for Sky TV, which led to appearances on Top of the Pops, but she got her big break in 1992 when she became a Blue Peter presenter. In 1993, she joined GMTV and landed the job of hosting the National Lottery the following year, becoming one of the highest paid women on British TV. However, shows like Your Kids are in Charge and Turner Round the World failed to find an audience and tabloid revelations about her private life damaged her girl-next-door image. She appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2001 and tried to revive her career with two shows on BBC Three - Anthea Turner: Perfect Housewife and Help Me Anthea, I'm Infested. In early 2014, she was a celebrity contestant on Channel 4's reality series The Jump.
Quote: 'Actually, I like having someone to look after and care for. Until now, I've tried to deny myself because it wasn't politically correct, but I'm now prepared to admit I love it.'
Trivia: Turner was a contestant on Dancing on Ice but she was one of the first celebrities to be eliminated.
Sonia (Performer)
Monie Love (Performer)
Gladys Knight (Performer)
Born: May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Best Known For: Number one hit Midnight Train to Georgia.
Early-life: Born Gladys Maria Knight on May 28, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the daughter of Elizabeth and Merald Knight, a former postal worker. Knight made her solo singing debut at the tender age of four in the Mount Mariah Baptist Church in Atlanta. After winning a prize for her performance on the televised Ted Mack Amateur Hour in 1952, and eight-year-old Knight formed the Pips.
Career: With Knight supplying the lead vocals and the Pips providing impressive harmonies and inspired dance routines, the group soon earned a quite a following, opening for popular acts such as Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke. Chart-topping success came when they signed with Motown Records and released songs like If I Were Your Woman, a cover of I Heard It Through the Grapevine and Friendship Train. In 1973, the group left Motown for Buddah Records and released their most successful song to date - the Grammy-winning Midnight Train to Georgia. The group disbanded in 1989, and Knight embarked on a solo career, scoring hits like Men, I Don't Want to Know and the title song for James Bond film Licence to Kill.
Quote: 'I was introduced to music through my parents and we were members of the church since I can remember. My mom and dad had gone to our pastor, Reverend Smith, and talked about me doing a recital for the church. He had inquired of them that he wanted to do that for me, and we ended up doing that and that was the beginning of my public life with music.'
Trivia: Knight's son Shanga owns a chain of chicken and waffles restaurants that bear her name.
Karyn White (Performer)
Chaka Khan (Performer)
Pet Shop Boys (Performer)
The Beautiful South (Performer)
Paul Ciani (Producer)

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