Hamilton Bohannon - Disco Stomp • TopPop

Hamilton Bohannon was from origin an American percussionist. He played with Jimi Hendrix and went on tour with 13 year old Stevie Wonder. In 1967 he stated working for Motown as arranger. When Motown left Detroit Hamilton stayed and recorded 6 albums in only 3 years. His biggest hits were “South Africa Man”, “Foot Stompin Music” and “Disco Stomp” which reached to no 6 in the UK and no 3 in The Netherlands. Begin eighities he scored another hit with ’Let’s Start To Dance II“. In 2017, Peachtree Street in Newnan was renamed Bohannon Drive by the city council in his honor. He died on April 24, 2020 at the age of 78. This Toppop recording was first broadcast on August 15, 1975. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands 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, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.