A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procul Harum was one of the Sixties' most popular and most played songs. It's performed here by the group who first recorded it, on Top of the Pops in 1967.
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Series 1: The Kinks, The Shadows, The Tremeloes, The Who
More pop moments from the BBC's 60s archive, featuring the Who, the Kinks, the Shadows and the Tremeloes.
29-04-2022
BBC 4
Series 2: 3. Dusty Springfield
A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive. From her own series recorded in 1967, Dusty Springfield performs the Bobby Hebb classic, Sunny, which had been a hit in t ...
25-03-2022
BBC 4
Series 1: 7. Marmalade
A colourful nugget of pop by Marmalade, mined from the BBC's archive.
03-12-2021
BBC 4
Series 2: 4. Procol Harum
A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procul Harum was one of the Sixties' most popular and most played songs. It's performed here by the group who first recorded it, on Top of the Pops in ...
04-06-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: The Kinks
A mindbendingly colourful nugget of pop by The Kinks, mined from the BBC's archive.
28-05-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: The Move
A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive, featuring Birmingham's The Move.
25-11-2016
BBC 4
Series 2: 6. Peter And Gordon
Pop moments from the BBC's sixties archive. From a 1964 edition of Crackerjack, pop folk duo Peter Asher and Gordon Waller sing A World without Love written by Paul McCartney - ...
21-10-2016
BBC 4
Series 2: 1. Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger And The Trinity
Pop moments from the BBC's sixties archive. Recorded in 1968 for Top of the Pops, Julie Driscoll sings to the smoking hot accompaniment of keyboard wizard Brian Auger's Trinity ...
18-08-2016
BBC 4
Series 2: 8. Status Quo
Pop moments from the BBC's sixties archive. A youthful Status Quo, complete with ruffled shirts and sideburns, sing their first hit single, Pictures of Matchstick Men, on a 1968 ...
22-01-2016
BBC 4
Series 2: 3. Dusty Springfield
A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive. From her own series recorded in 1967, Dusty Springfield performs the Bobby Hebb classic, Sunny, which had been a hit in t ...
25-03-2022
BBC 4
Series 2: 5. Sandie Shaw
Pop moments from the BBC's sixties archive. From a rehearsal for a Top of the Pops performance, Sandie gives an accidentally aloof ice-queen rendering of Long Live Love so the c ...
22-01-2016
BBC 4
Series 2: 8. Status Quo
Pop moments from the BBC's sixties archive. A youthful Status Quo, complete with ruffled shirts and sideburns, sing their first hit single, Pictures of Matchstick Men, on a 1968 ...
22-01-2016
BBC 4
Series 2: 6. Peter And Gordon
Pop moments from the BBC's sixties archive. From a 1964 edition of Crackerjack, pop folk duo Peter Asher and Gordon Waller sing A World without Love written by Paul McCartney - ...
21-10-2016
BBC 4
Series 1: 7. Marmalade
A colourful nugget of pop by Marmalade, mined from the BBC's archive.
03-12-2021
BBC 4
Series 1: The Moody Blues
A colourful nugget of pop by the Moody Blues, mined from the BBC's archive.
04-12-2015
BBC 4
Series 1: The Kinks, The Shadows, The Tremeloes, The Who
More pop moments from the BBC's 60s archive, featuring the Who, the Kinks, the Shadows and the Tremeloes.
29-04-2022
BBC 4
Series 2 - Julie Felix
Pop moments from the BBC's sixties archive. A 1966 performance from the singing star of The Frost Report of Going to the Zoo, calling for audience participation.
06-09-2014
BBC 4
Series 2: 11. The Rolling Stones
Pop moments from the BBC's sixties archive. Performing the opening track to their album Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones are pure sixties psychedelia singing Gimme Shelter on Po ...
15-01-2016
BBC 4