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''Thank Your Lucky Stars'' was a British television pop music show made by ABC Television, and broadcast on ITV from 1961 to 1966. Of all the show's presenters, Brian Matthew is perhaps the best remembered. He is still broadcasting on radio for the BBC (December 2013). Many of the top bands performed on it, and for millions of British teenagers it was essential viewing. As well as featuring British artists, it often included American guest stars. It would appear from the surviving footage that the bands mimed their latest 45. Occasionally a band was allowed to do two numbers (possibly the A-side and B-side sides of the latest single), and if you were of a higher status such as The Beatles or The Rolling Stones they would play four numbers. A typical 1961 programme listing included The Dale Sisters, Adam Faith, John Leyton, The Brook Brothers, Geoff Goddard and Dion. Audience participation was a strong feature of ''Thank Your Lucky Stars'', and the Spin-a-Disc section, where a guest DJ and three teenagers reviewed three singles, is a very well remembered feature of the show. Generally American singles were reviewed. It was on this section that Janice Nicholls appeared. She was a former office clerk from the English Midlands who became famous for the catchphrase "Oi'll give it foive" which she said with a strong Black Country accent. After she was dropped from the show she trained as a chiropodist and ran a practice in Hednesford in Staffordshire. Billy Butler was another reviewer. The Beatles second national television performance was on the programme, the first being on Tuesday Rendezvous on 4 December 1962. The first theme song was by Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers and later on "Lunar Walk" by Johnny Hawksworth was used. The show bowed out on 25 June 1966, after two thousand artists had appeared on it. One of the main reasons was the power of the Musicians' Union in the 1960s and being a largely mimed show, TYLS was a prime target. ==Cultural references== The Generation X song "Ready Steady Go!" referenced this show in its lyric: ''"I'm not in love with Juke Box Jury/I'm not in love with Thank Your Lucky Stars".'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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