TopPop Christmas Special 24 December 1984 • TopPop

This TopPop Chistmas Special was recorded and broadcast on Christmas Eve, 24 December 1984.
This is in fact a hommage to Dutch singer Koos Alberts, who died this year 2018, on 28 September, since he had no less than three singles in the Dutch Top Ten at the end of his breakthrough year 1984.

Koos Alberts, pseudonym of Jacobus Johannes (Koos) Krommenhoek (Amsterdam, 3 February 1947 – Enschede, 28 September 2018), was a Dutch singer that came to prominence with his first hitsingle 'Ik Verscheurde Je Foto' that entered the Dutch charts on 17 November 1984 and reached #7 in the Dutch Top 40. Two other singles charted within weeks after this single and Koos ended the year 1984 with three singles in the Top 10, including these singles and 'Gisteren Heeft Zij Mij Verlaten', a feat not repeated by any other artist since.

Other artists on the show:
Slade - All Join Hands
Alvin Stardust - So Near To Christmas
Radio Java - Fool
Annie Schilder & Kindren voor kinderen & Het Goede Doel - Euwige Kerst
Limahl - Never Ending Story
Koos Alberts - Waarom Ben Ik Met Kerstmis Alleen

Broadcast date: 24 December 1984
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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.
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