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She was in Vienna on the 19th and 20th for a TV show and appeared live on Cilla Black's show on Christmas Eve to make up for cancelling a previous appearance due to Asian Flu. The diary like timeline suggests she was in the UK for most of that month - first two weeks an engagement in Wythenshaw (of all places). I have Paul Howes' superb and exhaustive "The Complete Dusty Springfield" sat beside me (a superb reference book that comes well recommended) and the show is listed under the 31-12-69 transmission date but no other details. I have read a few Dusty books and no mention in any as to why she ultimately wasn't featured. Dusty was THE definitive British girl singer and Lulu, Sandie and Cilla all attested to that at some point or other. Definitely a pity Dusty was absent but the fact she was supposed to be in the show does at least prove whoever compiled the acts for the show had a pretty good grasp for encapsulating the 60's inside one show. Come to think of it wasn't there a couple of bits from it on the Bob Pratt tapes?Įither way, an excellent show and astonishing they managed to get such a good balanced round up. I'd always wondered how Pop Go The Sixties had survived, foolishly thinking it was something the BBC deemed worthy of preserving so no surprise to learn we have ZDF to thank for that being kept. Pop go the Sixties only survives because of ZDF in Germany, the BBC wiped their reel in 1972. Peter_C Jan 17 2015, 12:29 PM wrote: Interesting reading here: I think it's more likely that Dusty was to be featured as an insert and that was not recorded for some reason or Dusty decided she didn't want to be in the show. Some have suggested that Dusty was featured in the original transmission and that the BBC's copy of the show is incomplete.
Jimmy and Elfi's introductions were filmed separately from the bulk of the main show and it is curious their intro for Dusty is on the tape following the show itself. It is not known for certain just what happened. given this was a 70 minute round up, they struck a pretty good balance, but Dusty should had been in there. I cannot argue with the BBC's choices of acts in this show. Now, in a show that featured Helen Shapiro, Cilla Black, Lulu and Sandie Shaw, Dusty's absence is perhaps the shows' biggest failing since Dusty was regarded even then, as the finest girl singer of them all. After the credits is Jimmy and Elfi introducing Dusty Springfield followed by an alternate take of Jimmy Savile introducing The Shadows then a duplicate of the the rest of the show from that point on. The BBC videotape's closing credits features one name not seen in any copies of the show. "Pop Go The Sixties" proved to be a popular show in the UK and Germany and was apparently screened in other European countries over the first week of 1970.