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Nicky Chinn, born as Nicholas Barry Chinn on 16 May 1945 is an English songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the UK the Netherlands and the US in the 1970s and early 1980s, including several international number-one records. The duo wrote hits for The Sweet such as ’Funny Funny’ and ’Block Buster!’, Suzi Quatro, Mud, including Tiger Feet and Dyna Mite, New World, Arrows, Racey, Smokie, Tina Turner, Huey Lewis and the News and Toni Basil. In this interview he tells about the early succes of Sweet and Mud in the Netherlands in the special 10th Anniversary edition of Toppop on 26 September 1980. We post this video in honour of the death of Steve Priest of The Sweet today. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 26 September 1980 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.
