13 September

Birthdays

 * Maurice Jarre (1924, dec.), Zak Starkey (b.1965), Stella Nina McCartney (b.1971)

Events

 * 1965: The Beatles win 1st Grammy, for Best Group of 1964
 * 1969: Plastic Ono Band's first live performance.
 * 1997: Elton John releases new version of Candle in the Wind for Princess Diana.
 * 2002: 2,000th Top of the Pops.

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1967: Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz (2/5)
 * 1970: Freda Payne - Band of Gold (1/6)
 * 1977: Elvis Presley - Way Down (3/5)
 * 1983: UB40 - Red Red Wine (3/3)
 * 1987: Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (4/5)
 * 1992: The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode (1/4)
 * 1998: Robbie Williams - Millennium (1/1)
 * 2009: Pixie Lott - Boys & Girls (1/1)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single.
 * 1973: Tony Blackburn. Donny Osmond - Young Love.
 * 1974: Paul Burnett. The OSmonds - Love Me For A Reason.
 * 1979: DLT. Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore.
 * 1984: Bruno Brookes & DLT. Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You.
 * 1990: Gary Davies. Steve Miller Band - The Joker.
 * 1996: Dennis Pennis. Peter André - Flava.
 * 2002: Jamie Theakston & Sarah Cawood. Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High. 2000th edition

Stamps
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