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Slade Pop Group seen here in rehearsals at the Coventry studios of Top of the Pops 1973 Stock Photo - Alamy
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![insertnamehere on Twitter: "Hold on to your hats... #slade @sladenews @TheSladeArchive Top of the Pops from 22nd June 1973 found - featuring Slade performing Skweeze Me Pleeze Me!" / Twitter insertnamehere on Twitter: "Hold on to your hats... #slade @sladenews @TheSladeArchive Top of the Pops from 22nd June 1973 found - featuring Slade performing Skweeze Me Pleeze Me!" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Du2023SUUAEmJkW.jpg)