Go-Jos
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Go-Jos were a British TV dance troupe, who appeared regularly on the BBC 1 TV music chart show Top of the Pops
following its launch in 1964 until Pan's People
replaced them in May 1968.
The troupe were formed by Jo Cook who had been a member of the ‘Beat Girls’ who appeared in a weekly pop show on BBC 2 called The Beat Room
. Initially when artists were not available to perform their number one hits on Top of the Pops the camera panned to audience members dancing, but the producer then decided it was necessary to feature professional dancers and recruited the Go-Jos. Initially, Linda Hotchkin and Jane Bartlett were the two other members of the three girl troupe. They were named 'Jos' after Jo Cook but she left to concentrate on choreography
and the troupe expanded to six with the addition of Lesley Larbey, Wendy Hilhouse, Barbara van der Heyde and Thelma Bignell. They usually danced on Top of the Pops to the latest pop hits dressed in the mini skirts and high boots that were fashionable at the time.
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
following its launch in 1964 until Pan's People
Pan's People
Pan's People were a British TV dance troupe, who are usually associated with the BBC TV music chart show Top of the Pops.In an era before pop videos, they danced to songs whose original artists were not available to perform them live...
replaced them in May 1968.
The troupe were formed by Jo Cook who had been a member of the ‘Beat Girls’ who appeared in a weekly pop show on BBC 2 called The Beat Room
The Beat Room
The Beat Room was a series of British television programmes presenting beat, rhythm and blues and other pop music, which was shown on the BBC2 channel in 1964-65....
. Initially when artists were not available to perform their number one hits on Top of the Pops the camera panned to audience members dancing, but the producer then decided it was necessary to feature professional dancers and recruited the Go-Jos. Initially, Linda Hotchkin and Jane Bartlett were the two other members of the three girl troupe. They were named 'Jos' after Jo Cook but she left to concentrate on choreography
Choreography
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...
and the troupe expanded to six with the addition of Lesley Larbey, Wendy Hilhouse, Barbara van der Heyde and Thelma Bignell. They usually danced on Top of the Pops to the latest pop hits dressed in the mini skirts and high boots that were fashionable at the time.