17 January

Birthdays

 * Muhammad Ali (b.1942, dec.), Françoise Hardy (b.1944), Ryuichi Sakamoto (b.1952), Paul Young (b.1956), Keith Chegwin (b.1957, dec.), Jim Carrey (b.1962), Andy Rourke (b.1963), Michelle Obama (b.1964), Calvin Harris (b.1984).

Events

 * 1978: The Sex Pistols split up
 * 1983: BBC 1 launches Breakfast TV with Breakfast Time.
 * 1991: Operation Desert Storm begins
 * 2019: RIP Windsor Davies

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1968: The Beatles - Hello Goodbye (7/7)
 * 1971: Clive Dunn - Grandad (3/3)
 * 1978: Wings - Mull of Kyntre/Girls School (8/9)
 * 1984: Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (2/2)
 * 1988: Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (2/2)
 * 1993: Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (8/10)
 * 1999: 911 - A Little Bit More (1/1)
 * 2010: Iyaz - Replay (2/2)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1974: Noel Edmonds. The New Seekers Feat. Lyn Paul – You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me
 * 1980: Simon Bates. Pretenders - Brass In Pocket.
 * 1985: Gary Davies & Peter Powell. Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is.
 * 1991: edition broadcast on Saturday 19 January, due to BBC coverage of the Gulf War.
 * 1997: Rhona Cameron. Tori Amos – Professional Widow (It’s Got To Be Big)


 * 2003: Richard Bacon - debut. Girls Aloud – Stay Another Day.