Angel - Winter Song - 18-03-1978 • TopPop

Angel is an American glamrockband from Washington D.C. The band was formed in 1975 with members Punky Meadows (guitar), Mickie Jones (bass), Frank DiMino (vocals), Gregg Giuffria (keyboard) and Barry Brandt (drums). Their first musical attempts took place under the name Sweet Mama from Heaven. After a short while they changed their name to Angel, a tribute to Jimi Hendrix’s song of the same name. The band played exclusively in white, which was supposed to be a contrast to Kiss. The band members also had an androgynous image, which was a hallmark of glamrock. After a tour the band released the album ’Helluva Band’ (1976) and was voted best newcomer by music magazine Circus. They left Heart and Boston behind. The third album was eventually recorded with Eddie Kramer and released in 1977 under the title ’On Earth as It Is in Heaven’. With this album the band developed from a typical glam rock band to a hard rock band. In 1978 Angel managed to score at a radio hit in Germany. Their ’Winter song’ reached # 3 of the radio hit parade WDR2 hit rally in January of the year. Winter Song reached # 20 in the Dutch Top 40 on 8 april 1978 This rare Toppop recording was first broadcast on 18 March 1978 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.