The Old Grey Whistle Test
Season 3 Episode 42 - Elton John / Dobie Gray / Adam Faith / Stevie Wonder
The Old Grey Whistle Test is an influential BBC2 television music show that ran from 1971 to 1987. It took over the BBC2 late night slot from "Disco Two", which had been running since January 1970, while continuing to feature non-chart music. It was devised by BBC producer Rowan Ayers. According to presenter Bob Harris, the programme 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. The songs they could remember and whistle, having heard it just once or twice, had passed the old grey whistle test.
Episodes in Season 3
Blue / Jim Croce
60 min
Reggae in Edinburgh special
60 min
Rolling Stones / Country Gazette / Leo Kottke
60 min
Leo Sayer / Don McLean
60 min
Bloodstone / John Martyn
60 min
Episode 6
60 min
Episode 7
60 min
Brinsley Schwarz / Gallagher & Lyle / Golden Earring
60 min
Episode 9
60 min
Clifford T Ward / Greenslade / Stealers Wheel / Man / Bees Make Honey
60 min
New York Dolls / Michael Chapman / B.B. King
60 min
Hudson Ford / Gordon Giltrap / Mickey Dolenz
60 min
Episode 13
60 min
Sensational Alex Harvey Band / Rita Coolige / Kris Kristofferson / Linda Lewis / Jackson Browne / Billy Preston
60 min
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
60 min
Episode 16
60 min
Dave Mason
60 min
Sutherland Bros and Quiver / Ralph McTell / Ducks Deluxe
60 min
Episode 19
60 min
Stevie Wonder / Doobie Brothers / Neil Sedaka
60 min
Pete Berryman / Cockney Rebel / Marshall Tucker Band
60 min
Horslips / Roy Harper / Joe Walsh / Maggie Bell
60 min
Babe Ruth / Argent / Loggins and Messina / Cheech and Chong / Steve Howe / Rick Wakeman / Cousin Joe / Bonnie Raitt
60 min
Canned Heat / Van Morrison / Bill Haley / Alquin
60 min
Episode 25
60 min
Rab Noakes / Chic Corea / Stefan Grossman
60 min
Saffrons / Stefan Grossman
60 min
Lindisfarne / Isotope / Sharks / Alice Cooper
60 min
Cashman & West / Argent / Cat Stevens
60 min
Strawbs / Judi Pulver / Jobraith
60 min
Jesse Colin Young / Robin Trower
60 min
Episode 32
60 min
Episode 33
60 min
Beckett / Graham Nash / Bill Wyman
60 min
Nazareth / James Griffin / Lesley Duncan / Tangerine Dream
60 min
Montrose / Tim Buckley / James Gang / Black Oak Arkansas
60 min
Van Morrison in concert
60 min
Episode 38
60 min
The Butts Band / Bridget St. John / Groundhogs / Pink Floyd
60 min
Captain Beefheart / Dory Previn / Paul Simon
60 min
Heavy Metal Kids / Pete Atkin / Ian Hunter / Loudon Wainwright III / JSD Band
60 min
Elton John / Dobie Gray / Adam Faith / Stevie Wonder
60 min
Rolling Stones, 1965 US tour film
60 min
