We moved into the 80's with Solid Gold here in the USA, the larger sets made it seem fake and cheezy....
Before that we had The Midnight Special, being too young we'd here older siblings talk about who stayed up to catch the latest and greatest, here's Journey in a very early TV appearance. Looks like you'll have to go through the link to watch it.
It does seem to be a very similar format. Top of the Pops used to be on early evening (7pm ?) so was aimed at the teen audience. Back to Top Pop, it is only about a 75 minute flight from London to Amsterdam so many British acts like Gary Numan made appearances on it. However, I am also finding performances like this The Dutch answer to Sister Sledge ? According to Wikipedia this song made it into the Billboard Hot100 but I had never heard it or of the group before.
This one is for @Mister X Think it sounds a bit like Abba ? The song was written for Steps by Benny and Bjorn from Abba.
George Michael - Fastlove When this video was made George Michael was having problems with his record label Sony. If you notice in the video, watch the headphones on one side it said Sony and the other side it says Fony. So as it spins round you see Sony then Fony or Fony then Sony.
Filter has so much promise but he had some addiction issues after the 2nd album. I've seen them live a few times including right before the big C. One of my favorites from them....This was actually background music on a beer commmercial!
Rhino Bucket, the audio stinks on this video but this was a popular song in the 90's, I've seen the Bucket a couple times and they don't dissappoint.