17 January

Events

 * 1983: BBC 1 launches Breakfast TV with Breakfast Time.

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 Liitle Bit More
 * 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.