25 August

Birthdays

 * Elvis Costello (b.1954), Martin Amis (b.1949, dec.), Tim Burton (b.1958),

Events

 * 1979: Leigh Festival begins
 * 1983: Secrets (BBC One); Pop Carnival (BBC Two)
 * 1984: Rock Around the Clock (BBC Two)
 * 1990: Operation Desert Shield in Iraq

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1966: The Beatles - Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby (2/4)
 * 1981: Aneka - Japanese Boy (1/1)
 * 1987: Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (1/5)
 * 1991: Bryan Adams - Everything I Do.. (8/16)
 * 1996: Spice Girls - Wannabe (6/7)
 * 2002: Blazin' Squad - Crossroads (1/1)
 * 2013: Ellie Goulding - Burn (2/3)
 * 2017: Dua Lipa - New Rules (2/2)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details
 * 1966: JS. The Beatles - Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby (both songs played).
 * 1977: Noel Edmonds. The Floaters – Float On 700th edition
 * 1983: Simon Bates & Mike Smith. KC & The Sunshine Band – Give It Up.
 * 1988: Nicky Campbell & Gary Davies. Yazz & The Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up.
 * 2000: Gail Porter. Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love).