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Pop Go The Sixties! was a one-off, 75-minute TV special originally broadcast in colour on 31 December 1969, to celebrate the major pop hits of the 1960s. The show was a co-production between the United Kingdom's BBC and West Germany's ZDF broadcasters. The latter showed it on 18 January 1970 under the title "Schlag auf Schlagers". Although a co-production, it was primarily produced by the BBC and recorded at the BBC's Television Centre in London, in late 1969, featuring largely only British pop acts and hits.

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The show (which went out at 10:35pm) was presented by Jimmy Savile and Elfi von Kalckreuth. • The WhoI Can See for MilesAdam FaithWhat Do You Want? & ''Someone Else's Baby'' • The TremeloesSilence Is GoldenLuluBoom Bang-a-BangKenny Ball & His Jazzmen – Midnight in MoscowThe BachelorsCharmaine & DianeSandie Shaw – ''(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me & Wiedehopf im Mai (German-language version of Puppet on a String'') • MarmaladeOb-La-Di, Ob-La-Da • The Johnny Harris Orchestra & The Ascot Dancers – ''(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'' • The KinksDaysHorst JankowskiA Walk in the Black ForestThe Hollies – ''He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother'' • Helen Shapiro – ''Walkin' Back to Happiness'' • Tom JonesDelilahThe Rolling StonesGimme ShelterCilla BlackAnyone Who Had a HeartThe ShadowsApacheCliff Richard & The ShadowsBachelor BoyCliff RichardCongratulationsThe BeatlesI Feel Fine & Help! Audio of The Beatles track Twist and Shout was played over the closing credits. Adam Faith's song What Do You Want? had reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1959, but was the first number 2 record of the 1960s. Tom Jones also had to withdraw from the recording at short notice, resulting in the inclusion of a 29 February 1968 performance of his song from Top of the Pops. This footage was a film recording in monochrome and was shown on a giant screen in the studio, with the audience dancing to the soundtrack. Horst Jankowski appears in a film insert shot in a snowy landscape in West Germany. The Rolling Stones were not present for the recording either. Their performance was recorded (in colour) in another studio without an audience and cut into the final edit. The Rolling Stones song Gimme Shelter was the only track included in the show that had not been a hit single but instead an extremely popular album track. The Beatles performances were also archive clips, taken from the 1966 documentary film The Beatles at Shea Stadium. Although presented back-to-back, Sandie Shaw undergoes a costume change between her two performances. Most of the full programme recording has survived in the archives, together with out-takes and a re-recording of The Shadows performances. The show has been repeated on both BBC Four and The Yesterday channel in the UK and often on other European stations. Due to rights issues, the repeats have often been forced to omit The Beatles footage. In 2015, the most recent repeat on BBC Four was edited to remove all appearances of Savile due to the sexual abuse revelations about him and subsequent Operation Yewtree investigation. Each song originally introduced by Savile (shown in a completely random order compared with the original production) was introduced by an on screen caption. Elfi von Kalckreuth still appeared in the edit. ==References==
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