Top Of The Pops 1977 Synthesizer Special

This is a kind of “aside” to my electronic music pioneers series, and highlights some music that was, well, Top Of The Pops in Great Britain in 1977.

By the mid-70s, synthesizers had found their way into popular music, from disco to rock, from jazz to funk, and everything in between. Here are a half-dozen examples clipped from the BBC’s Top Of The Pops TV show in 1977.

Coincidentally, the sixth song in the video, Donna Summer’s I Feel Love, came up in conversation just last week (I can’t remember why). It was considered to be a ground-breaking song at the time for it’s use of synthesizers and electronic production.

If you’re wanting to know about making the synth sounds in that song, there’s this ….