17 January

Birthdays

 * Muhammad Ali (b.1942, dec.), Françoise Hardy (b.1944), Ryuichi Sakamoto (b.1952, dec.), Paul Young (b.1956), Keith Chegwin (b.1957, dec.), Jim Carrey (b.1962), Andy Rourke (b.1963, dec.), Michelle Obama (b.1964), Calvin Harris (b.1984).

Events

 * 1978: The Sex Pistols split up
 * 1983: BBC 1 launches Breakfast TV with Breakfast Time.
 * 1991: Operation Desert Storm begins
 * 2019: RIP Windsor Davies

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1968: The Beatles - Hello Goodbye (7/7)
 * 1971: Clive Dunn - Grandad (3/3)
 * 1978: Wings - Mull of Kyntre/Girls School (8/9)
 * 1984: Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (2/2)
 * 1988: Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (2/2)
 * 1993: Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (8/10)
 * 1999: 911 - A Little Bit More (1/1)
 * 2010: Iyaz - Replay (2/2)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1974: Noel Edmonds. The New Seekers Feat. Lyn Paul – You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me
 * 1980: Simon Bates. Pretenders - Brass In Pocket.
 * 1985: Gary Davies & Peter Powell. Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is.
 * 1991: edition broadcast on Saturday 19 January, due to BBC coverage of the Gulf War.
 * 1997: Rhona Cameron. Tori Amos – Professional Widow (It’s Got To Be Big)


 * 2003: Richard Bacon - debut. Girls Aloud – Stay Another Day.