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“Almost Saturday Night“ is a song written by John Fogerty. It was first released on his 1975 album John Fogerty and was released as a single which reached #78 in the Billboard charts. It was covered by a number of artists, including Dave Edmunds, who released it as a single in 1981 from his album Twangin. Edmunds’ version reached #54 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Also Gene Clark, Ricky Nelson, The Searchers and The Georgia Satellites recorded the song. The Flying Burrito Brothers covered the song in 1984. Singer/actress Karla DeVito recorded the song on her 1981 album ’IS THIS A COOL WORLD OR WHAT?’--her only solo studio album and recorded this version for Toppop on June 1st, 1981. It was recorded but never broadcast. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 1-6-1981 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands 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. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.
