Fact #167629
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Short story:
Weekly UK tv show Top Of The Pops features Lulu, Chris De Burgh, Status Quo and The Smiths, along with Boris Gardiner, Gwen Guthrie and Sinitta.
Full article:
Morrissey (vocalist, The Smiths) : Obviously to get on Top Of The Pops these days, one has to be, by law, black. I think something political has occurred among (producer) Michael Hurrl and his friends and there has been a hefty pushing of all these black artists and all this discofied nonsense into the Top 40. I think, as a result, that very aware younger groups that speak for now are being gagged.
(N.B. This quote was made one week after this day’s Top Of The Pops was transmitted)
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(N.B. This quote was made one week after this day’s Top Of The Pops was transmitted)