16 February

Birthdays

 * Ian Lavender (b.1946), John McEnroe (b.1959), Sade (b.1959), Andy Taylor (b.1961), Christopher Eccleston (b.1964), Valentino Rossi (b.1979), Abel Makkonen Tesfaye aka The Weeknd (b.1990).



Events

 * 1964: The Beatles 2nd Ed Sullivan performance
 * 1978: ABBA in London and on Blue Peter.
 * 1998: first Pop Master quiz on Ken Bruce (R2)
 * 2004: The Catherine Tate Show (S1, BBC2)
 * 2005: The Apprentice (S1, BBC2)
 * 2014: 67th BAFTAs

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1967: Petula Clarke - This Is My Song (1/2)
 * 1982: The Jam - A Town Called Malice/Precious (2/3)
 * 1992: Shakespears Sister - Stay (1/8)
 * 1997: No Doubt - Don't Speak (1/3) - straight in
 * 2003: Tatu - All The Things She Said (3/4)
 * 2014: Clean Bandit ft Jesse Glynne - Rather Be (4/4)
 * 2018: Drake - God's Plan (4/9)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single.
 * 1967: Alan Freeman. Petula Clarke - This Is My Song.
 * 1978: David Jensen. ABBA – Take A Chance On Me. (debuts for Kate Bush and Magazine)
 * 1984: Simon Bates & Peter Powell. (FGTH - Relax, not featured).
 * 1989: Andy Crane & Mark Goodier. Marc Almond & Gene Pitney – Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart.
 * 1995: Mark Goodier. Celine Dion – Think Twice.
 * 2001: Jayne Middlemiss. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again.