Twiggy's Jukebox
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Twiggy's Jukebox was a weekly rock music
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...

 TV series seen throughout the United States during the 1978-1979 television season. Its original host was the model and pop singer Twiggy
Twiggy
Lesley Lawson née Hornby known as Twiggy is an English model, actress, and singer. In the early-1960s she became a prominent British teenage model of swinging sixties London with others such as Penelope Tree....

, and the musical performances were taken from the 1975-1976 LWT series Supersonic
Supersonic (TV series)
Supersonic is a British children's television music show which featured pop music artists of the day. Launched in 1975, it was produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network and ran for two years...

. The program was distributed by American International Television
American International Pictures
American International Pictures was a film production company formed in April 1956 from American Releasing Corporation by James H. Nicholson, former Sales Manager of Realart Pictures, and Samuel Z. Arkoff, an entertainment lawyer...

 (AITV) to local stations throughout the U.S. After one year, Twiggy left the series, and AITV restructured the property into a notably different program, titled Jukebox and starring Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland
Britt-Marie Ekland is a Swedish actress and singer, and a long time resident of the United Kingdom. She is best known for her roles as a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun, and in the British cult horror film The Wicker Man, as well as her marriage to actor Peter Sellers, and her...

 introducing standard music videos. The Ekland version of the series lasted only the 1979-1980 season.
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