24 January

Birthdays

 * Desmond Morris (b.1928), Bamber Gascoigne (b.1935, dec.), Neil Diamond (b.1941), Adrian Edmondson (b.1957), Jools Holland (b.1958), Vic Reeves (b.1959), Nastassja Kinski (b.1961),



Events

 * 1970 - A Song For Europe (BBC1)
 * 1974 - Commonwealth Games
 * 1979 - A Factory Sample
 * 1981 - NME, Look-In, Blue Jeans, Shoot!. TV (Doctor Who, OGWT,...). US charts.
 * 1984 - Relax at no.1
 * 1990 - Smash Hits, Wogan, Rapido
 * 1993 - Audrey Hepburn funeral, Later With Jools Holland
 * 1996 - This Is Your Life: John Peel.
 * 2011 - Adele releases 21
 * 2018 - RIP Mark E Smith
 * 2020 - Eminem 10th UK no.1

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1968: Georgie Fame - Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde (1/1)
 * 1971: George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (1/5)
 * 1978: Wings - Mull of Kintyre/Girls School (9/9)
 * 1984: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (1/5)
 * 1988: Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now (1/3)
 * 1993: Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (9/10)
 * 1999: Offspring - Pretty Fly (1/1)
 * 2010: Owl City - Fireflies (1/3)
 * 2020: Eminem ft Juice Wrld - Godzilla (1/1)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1974: JS. Mud - Tiger Feet.
 * 1980: Mike Read. Pretenders - Brass In Pocket.
 * 1985: Mike Smith & Steve Wright. Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is.
 * 1991: Queen - Innuendo. Simon Mayo
 * 1997: Phil Daniels. White Town - Your Woman.
 * 2003: Richard Bacon. David Sneddon – Stop Living The Lie.