The Kenny Everett Video ShowEdit
Spotted by the British television director
David Mallet, he invited Phillips to make Hot Gossip a regular feature of the 1978
The Kenny Everett Video Show, which he directed for
Thames Television on
ITV. The show ended in 1981 on Thames,then moved to the BBC without Hot Gossip except for Season 4 in 1986.
MusicEdit
In 1978, during their initial impact period on
The Kenny Everett Video Show, Hot Gossip recorded "Making love on a phone" and with Sarah Brightman on lead vocals recorded "
I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper".
[1] A
disco song written by Jeff Calvert, Geraint Hughes,the men behind another huge hit record in 1975 called 'Barbados'. The track reaching number 6 in the
UK Singles Chart,
[3]They went on to record an album in 1981,called
Geisha Boys and Temple Girls, produced by the former
Human League and then current
Heaven 17/
BEF member
Martyn Ware.A stand out track called 'I Burn For You' was written by Sting.
[4]
The Very Hot Gossip ShowEdit
Produced by Burton and Telecast by
Channel 4, the one-hour special was a vehicle for Hot Gossip, fresh from their stint on
The Kenny Everett Video Show.
The Very Hot Gossip Show was one of the highest rating shows for Channel 4 that year.