20 September

Birthdays

 * Sophia Loren (b.1934), Alannah Currie (b.1957), Asia Argento (b.1975),

Events

 * 1970: Macbeth (BBC1), The Flaxton Boys, Please Sir!, This Is....Tom Jones (all ns, ITV)
 * 1975: David Bowie US no.1
 * 1976: I, Claudius (BBC2), The Cedar Tree (ITV)
 * 1978: Joy Division TV debut on Granada Reports.
 * 1986: Rock Around the Clock
 * 1996: 1,700th Top of the Pops.
 * 2004: Brian Clough dies.
 * 2018: Mercury Prize

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1967: Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz (3/5)
 * 1970: Freda Payne - Band of Gold (2/6)
 * 1977: Elvis Presley - Way Down (4/5)
 * 1983: Culture Club - Karma Chameleon (1/6)
 * 1987: Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (5/5)
 * 1992: The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode (2/4)
 * 1998: Melanie B ft Missy Elliot - I Want You Back (1/1)
 * 2009: Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart (1/3)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single.
 * 1973: JS. Wizzard - Angel Fingers.
 * 1974: Noel Edmonds. Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting.
 * 1979: Mike Read. Gary Numan - Cars.
 * 1984: Andy Peebles & Steve Wright. Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You.
 * 1990: Nicky Campbell. Steve Miller Band - The Joker.
 * 1996: Tony Mortimer. Fugees - ready Or Not. (1700th edition).
 * 2002: Liz Bonnin. Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High.

Stamps
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