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Fact #100419

When:

Short story:

Status Quo make their first appearance on UK tv show Top Of The Pops, performing Pictures Of Matchstick Men.

Full article:

Francis Rossi (Status Quo) : The first time ever at Top of the Pops something went on.

Our dressing room was away from his (Jimmy Savile's) . But he said: "Come here later on because there's going to be something. Come and see me tarts, some f*****g tarts we have got in. I was 18 but I just said 'get out of it'. I wasn't long married at the time. It didn't enter my mind at all.
(Source : http://www.contactmusic.com/jimmy-savile/news/francis-rossi-of-status-quo-reveals-odd-jimmy-savile-invitation_3357851)