The Outsiders ft. Wally Tax – Thinkin' About Today • TopPop

In 1966 AVRO TV recorded and broadcast a TV special about the 1966 beat generation under the title ‘Pop Generation’. In a discussion with provos Peter Bronkhorst and Peter J. Muller (also initiator of Dutch popmagazine Hitweek), ‘popgirl’ Gerry van het Hof and singer Wally Tax of Amsterdam beatgroup The Outsiders, they were talking about their generation. The program was directed by Roelof Kiers. This video was recorded especially for this 'Beat Generation' TV program. The Outsiders were a Dutch beat group in the 1960’s. Amsterdam born leadsinger Wally Tax started the band in 1960 at the age of 12. They came to prominence in the Amsterdam area and later also in the rest of the Netherlands and abroad. In 1966 they supported The Rolling Stones at their concert in Den Bosch to much critical acclaim. ‘Thinkin’ About today’ is a Wally Tax/ Ronnie Splinter composition that appeared on their second album ‘Outsiders Songbook’ in 1967. Watch our great music videos ❯ https://goo.gl/feVLNN More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ https://goo.gl/aICMxi More info on Wikipedia ❯ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TopPop Broadcast date: 5 May 1966 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.