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Posted by Garry Herring
on September 5, 2009, 3:54 pm
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Hi all,
In September 1966, Distant Drums hit the top of the UK Charts and stayed there for five weeks, beating off competition from the Beatles, Small Faces, etc.,
When BBC television transmitted its "Top Of The Pops" programme back then, (the tapes are now sadly wiped, shame on the BBC), I had always wondered how the BBC, with a No.1 record by a deceased artist, got round the problem of providing some kind of footage to accompany the song for broadcast.
I heard somewhere that the BBC showed footage of horses galloping across fields in slow motion. I dont know how true this is but I would like to ask any US viewers how their TV channels presented Distant Drums on their music programmes. Was there stills of Jim or something?
The BBC picked a very strange choice of footage. I for one would have chosen archive stills of soldiers saying goodbye to their loved ones at train stations interspersed with stills of Jim and Mary. Thats just my view, but it makes interesting debate.
Cheers
Garry
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