Because of the recent success of Kate Bush with ’Running Up That Hill’ at no 1 in the UK charts triggered by the feature in the Netflix Series ’Stranger Things’ we upload one of her most legendary performances and also her first appearance on TopPop: ’Wuthering Heights’
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Catherine Bush CBE (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, and producer. She came to prominence in 1978, aged 19, when she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single “Wuthering Heights“, becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song. She has since released 25 UK Top 40 singles, including the top-10 hits “The Man with the Child in His Eyes“, “Babooshka“, “Running Up That Hill“.
The single ’Wuthering Heights’ reached # 1 in the UK charts and as a result of this Toppop recording reached #4 in the Dutch Top 40 on 8 April 1978
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Broadcast date: 25-3-1978
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TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.
World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.