Lights, Camera, Backbeat

*Other Info includes duet partners, backing groups,
featured performers in bands, broadcast dates.

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Baby Please Don't Go

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AC/DC

1975
First broadcast March 23, 1975

Baby Please Don't Go

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AC/DC

TV showAustraliaColourLive performanceEntry id = 11128

T.N.T.

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AC/DC

1976
Filmed early 1976

T.N.T.

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AC/DC

TV showAustraliaColourMimedEntry id = 11486

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

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AC/DC

1976
Filmed December 5, 1976.

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

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AC/DC

TV showAustraliaColourMimedEntry id = 11488

Dog Eat Dog

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AC/DC

1977
Filmed April 3, 1977

Dog Eat Dog

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AC/DC

TV showAustraliaColourLive performanceEntry id = 11489

One Way Or Another

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Blondie

1979
First broadcast May 23, 1979

One Way Or Another

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Blondie

TV showNetherlandsColourLive performanceEntry id = 12636

Dream Police

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Cheap Trick

1979

Dream Police

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Cheap Trick

TV showAustraliaColourMimedEntry id = 24999

Oliver's Army, (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea, Accidents Will Happen, Watching The Detectives, You Belong To Me

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Elvis Costello

1979
First broadcast June 20, 1979. Elvis Costello and the Attractions

Oliver's Army, (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea, Accidents Will Happen, Watching The Detectives, You Belong To Me

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Elvis Costello

TV showNetherlandsColourLive performanceEntry id = 12634

Radar Love

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Golden Earring

1979
First broadcast July 11, 1979

Radar Love

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Golden Earring

TV showNetherlandsColourLive performanceEntry id = 12630

Kiss On My List

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Hall and Oates

1980

Kiss On My List

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Hall and Oates

TV showAustraliaColourMimedEntry id = 24958

I'm Bored

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Iggy Pop

1979
First broadcast July 8, 1979

I'm Bored

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Iggy Pop

TV showAustraliaColourMimedEntry id = 17850

The Other Side Of The Sun

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Janis Ian

1980
First broadcast June 22, 1980

The Other Side Of The Sun

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Janis Ian

TV showAustraliaColourMimedEntry id = 19035

Is She Really Going Out With Him

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Joe Jackson

1980
First broadcast March 26, 1980

Is She Really Going Out With Him

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Joe Jackson

TV showNetherlandsColourLive performanceEntry id = 12637

Talk To Me

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Kiss

1980

Talk To Me

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Kiss

TV showAustraliaColourMimedEntry id = 25000

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

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Leo Sayer

1978
First broadcast April 30, 1978

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

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Leo Sayer

TV showAustraliaColourMimedEntry id = 24976

Don’t You Write Her Off, Surrender To Me, Backstage Pass

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McGuinn, Clark and Hillman

1979
Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman

Don’t You Write Her Off, Surrender To Me, Backstage Pass

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McGuinn, Clark and Hillman

TV showNetherlandsColourMimedEntry id = 21514

Bad Case Of Loving You

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Robert Palmer

1979
First broadcast June 26, 1979

Bad Case Of Loving You

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Robert Palmer

TV showAustraliaColourMimedEntry id = 25421

Rockers Rollin'

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Status Quo

1978
First broadcast July 23, 1978

Rockers Rollin'

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Status Quo

TV showAustraliaColourMimedEntry id = 24957

Paralyzed (rehearsal)

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Ted Nugent

1979

Paralyzed (rehearsal)

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Ted Nugent

TV showNetherlandsColourLive performanceEntry id = 12628

I Don't Like Mondays

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The Boomtown Rats

1980
First broadcast January 16, 1980

I Don't Like Mondays

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The Boomtown Rats

TV showNetherlandsColourLive performanceEntry id = 12631

Boring Song

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The Hee Bee Gee Bees

1978
Billed as Status Quid (Status Quo parody)

Boring Song

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The Hee Bee Gee Bees

TV showAustraliaColourMimedEntry id = 24979

Lucinda, My Sharona

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The Knack

1979

Lucinda, My Sharona

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The Knack

TV showAustraliaColourMimedEntry id = 24992

Baby Talks Dirty, Mr Handleman, Little Girl, Good Girls Don't, Can't Put A Price On Love, Come A Little Bit Closer, My Sharona

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The Knack

1980
First broadcast May 7, 1980

Baby Talks Dirty, Mr Handleman, Little Girl, Good Girls Don't, Can't Put A Price On Love, Come A Little Bit Closer, My Sharona

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The Knack

TV showNetherlandsColourLive performanceEntry id = 21449

I Can't Stand Losing You

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The Police

1979
First broadcast October 10, 1979

I Can't Stand Losing You

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The Police

TV showNetherlandsColourLive performanceEntry id = 12635

Rock 'n' Roll High School

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The Ramones

1980

Rock 'n' Roll High School

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The Ramones

TV showNetherlandsColourLive performanceEntry id = 12638

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Baby Please Don't Go

Baby Please Don't Go

T.N.T.

T.N.T.

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Dog Eat Dog

Dog Eat Dog

One Way Or Another

One Way Or Another

Dream Police

Dream Police

Oliver's Army, (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea, Accidents Will Happen, Watching The Detectives, You Belong To Me

Oliver's Army, (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea, Accidents Will Happen, Watching The Detectives, You Belong To Me

Radar Love

Radar Love

Kiss On My List

Kiss On My List

I'm Bored

I'm Bored

The Other Side Of The Sun

The Other Side Of The Sun

Is She Really Going Out With Him

Is She Really Going Out With Him

Talk To Me

Talk To Me

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

Don’t You Write Her Off, Surrender To Me, Backstage Pass

Don’t You Write Her Off, Surrender To Me, Backstage Pass

Bad Case Of Loving You

Bad Case Of Loving You

Rockers Rollin'

Rockers Rollin'

Paralyzed (rehearsal)

Paralyzed (rehearsal)

I Don't Like Mondays

I Don't Like Mondays

Boring Song

Boring Song

Lucinda, My Sharona

Lucinda, My Sharona

Baby Talks Dirty, Mr Handleman, Little Girl, Good Girls Don't, Can't Put A Price On Love, Come A Little Bit Closer, My Sharona

Baby Talks Dirty, Mr Handleman, Little Girl, Good Girls Don't, Can't Put A Price On Love, Come A Little Bit Closer, My Sharona

I Can't Stand Losing You

I Can't Stand Losing You

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Rat Race, Stereotype, Gangsters, Sock It To 'Em J.B., Too Much Too Young

Rat Race, Stereotype, Gangsters, Sock It To 'Em J.B., Too Much Too Young