I see an old pop star trying to wriggle off the hook. He was there, but hasn't got the balls to make the claim that nothing happened, only weakly protesting that he didn't indulge himself. He is oddly careful, says that Savile pointed out that some girls were perhaps only 12 or so (with a BBC policy of only over-16s). He didn't say that JS assaulted the girls. At the same time, he says he was "warned" about associating with young girls, and how powerful the "Leeds mafia" was. Who or what were the "Leeds mafia", and who warned him to stay away from young girls?

I was in the pop business back then, I don't remember any of hem checking for age verification before indulging themselves.


He's set himself up to be trawled IMV.

Rossi squealed 2 years ago, as Yewtree broke, so what he's saying is nothing new.
His statement then was basically "we went to Top Of The Pop and Jimmy Savile told us we could have birds. But I wasn't interested" - given the Quo were still teenagers I suspect the "Leeds Mafia" was their leg being pulled - after all, did the 'Leeds Mafia' also patrol TOTP when Pete Murray, Fluff or Stuart Henry were presenting?
I know Rossi married young and was never as a prolific a womaniser as many of his contemporaries (or even his fellow band members) but a seasoned rocker to crib the suggestion of "birds" as something abhorrent and vulgar is a bit rich

Mothers dropping their daughters off at top of the pops? When were children allowed to walk in unchaperoned?

I know there isn't loads - but there is enough, including 5 complete shows - and in the 1960's the TOTP audience looked distinctly adult to me. There may well have been U16's, but not 12 year old kids.
It was the 1970 'technicolour' revamp and the famous 'cage set' when they started to build the show around a largely 'fit'n'female' audience, but by mid-71 they relaxed the 'crumpet' angle to, by and large, the same demographic seen in all the BBC4 repeats.