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May 15, 2020 Phil May, frontman of riotous band the Pretty Things who were acclaimed peers of David Bowie and the Rolling Stones, has died aged 75. He died in hospital in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, from complications following hip surgery after a cycling accident, that are not related to coronavirus. Born in Dartford, Kent, May formed the Pretty Things in 1963 with guitarist Dick Taylor, who had recently left the nascent Rolling Stones. The band’s lineup coalesced with John Stax, Brian Pendleton and Viv Andrews, with May as frontman. The Pretty Things are an English rockband who started in 1963 in Londen by singer Phil May and guitarist Dick Taylor. The greatest success came in November 1964 when ’Don’t bring me down’ entered the Top 10 in England. The self-written ’Honey I need’ did a little less at the beginning of 1965, but in March of that year The Pretty Things were the stars of the Blokker festival on the AVRO TV. Their Dutch record company Phonogram Records released Bo Diddley’s ’Road Runner’ from the first LP and that became the best-known song of the Pretty Things in the Netherlands. The band made a smashing impression on the Dutch beat musicians and they had a major influence on the origin of the ’Nederbeat’. This unique recording was made at that ’Beat From Blokker’ TV performance of the Pretty Things, their first gig in Hollland. It was broadcast live by AVRO TV on 19 April 1965. In November 2018 the Pretty Things did their farewell tour in Holland. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ 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, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.
