09 October 1980

Thursday

1980-10-09

Events

 * John Lennon is 40 years old. Wife Yoko Ono hires an aircraft to skywrite a message in the sky above their home, the Dakota building, in NYC. Their son Sean is also 5 years old on this day.

Top of the Pops
presented by Peter Powell (full review in TOTP 80 here)
 * 1) Status Quo – What You’re Proposing (27)Status Quo What you're proposing 1980 Top of The Pops 9th October 1980
 * 2) Diana Ross – My Old Piano (video) (5)
 * 3) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Enola Gay OMD- Enola Gay (Top of the Pops - HQ)
 * 4) Black Slate – Amigo
 * 5) Coffee – Casanova (danced to by Legs & Co)
 * 6) The Nolans – Gotta Pull Myself Together (video)
 * 7) Linx – You’re Lying (rpt.)
 * 8) Gilbert O'Sullivan – What’s In A Kiss?
 * 9) Top 10 countdown
 * 10) The Police – Don’t Stand So Close To Me (video)
 * 11) Ottawan – D.I.S.C.O. (crowd dancing) (and credits)