The Old Grey Whistle Test - Rock Bands #1970s #rockmusic

Launched on BBC2, the series focused on albums, rather than chart hits covered on BBC1 by Top of the Pops. According to presenter Bob Harris, it derived its name from a Tin Pan Alley phrase from years before. When they got the first pressing of a record they would play it to people they called "the old greys" – doormen in grey suits. Any song the doormen could remember and whistle, having heard it just once or twice, had passed 'The Old Grey Whistle Test'