Pick of the Pops is a BBC Radio programme. It was originally based on the Top 20 UK singles chart and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1955, transferring to BBC Radio 1 (but simulcast on BBC Radio 2) from 1967. Its last edition in original form was on 24 September 1972.
Freeman, who presented the longest and whose name is probably most closely associated with the programme, had been a radio announcer in Melbourne, Australia. Freeman arrived in Britain in 1957 and joined the Light Programme in 1961 to present Records Around Five. That same year he replaced David Jacobs for Pick of the Pops, which was then part of a Saturday-evening programme called Trad Tavern, after traditional jazz which had a following at the time. Pick of the Pops became a separate programme in January 1962, broadcast late on Sunday afternoons. It was produced by Derek Chinnery.
Denys Jones (producer 1961–72) and Freeman split the programme into four: chart newcomers, new releases, LPs and the Top 10.
The programme achieved big audiences because there was little other pop music on BBC radio. The BBC had to pay "needle time" to artists. The BBC felt it inappropriate to use the radio licence fee for copyright fees when it had its own orchestras and singers. That worked in the 1940s and '50s for orchestral music and crooners but was difficult with Elvis, Little Richard and Tommy Steele.
Freeman continued with the show when Radio 1 replaced the Light Programme and stayed until the programme ended in September 1972.
The slot was superseded by a similar retro show for the first nine months of 1993 under the title Ones On 1FM, presented by Man Ezeke, with number ones from all types of music charts in the UK and other countries. From April 1994 to January 1997 Freeman revived the show once more on Capital Gold as Pick Of The Pops - Take Three, featuring two vintage top 12s, and the "Battle Of The Giants", and on other occasions featuring three vintage top 10s, two vintage top 20s and a rock request, along with competitions on Saturday mornings.
Pick of the Pops returned to the BBC as an independent production by Unique Broadcasting (who also produced independent radio's Pepsi Chart) on BBC Radio 2 in April 1997, with Freeman now counting down two archive charts each week, interspersing trivia about the records, as researched by the producer, Phil Swern.
Pick of the Pops then returned on a weekly basis in September 2005, on Sunday afternoons 15.30–17.00 with Winton at the helm and one archive chart a week. It moved to 15.00–16.30 from 28 January 2007, extended to 14.30–16.30 from 25 February. Since 7 October 2007 the show has reverted to featuring two archive charts, spanning the period 1958 to 1995 and usually featuring a couple of tracks from outside the Top 20 before focusing on the chart. On 13 March 2009, the BBC announced that Pick of the Pops would move to a Saturday slot from 13.00 to 15.00 on 4 April 2009.
Winton left Pick of The Pops on Saturday 30 October 2010 due to other work, and he counted down the charts from 1959 and 1983 with classics from Culture Club, Fats Domino, The Cult, Adam Ant and Dickie Valentine. The show's new presenter is Tony Blackburn.
The show continues to be produced by Phil Swern, Blackburn's long-standing friend. Although Pick Of The Pops was pre-recorded during the Winton era, the show has mostly been broadcast live since 29 January 2011, allowing Blackburn to interact with his listeners. Pre-recordings are now only used when Blackburn is on holiday, a departure from other Radio 2 shows where stand-in presenters are employed.
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