22 January

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January
 * This date never occurred on a Monday in the 1980s, on a Friday in the 2000s.

Birthdays

 * Bill Bixby (b.1934), Graham Kerr (b.1934), John Hurt (1940), Malcolm McLaren (b.1946), Michael Hutchence (b.1960, dec.).

Events

 * 1966: The Morecambe and Wise Show (ns, ITV)
 * 1975: The Love School
 * 1977: Wings Over America US no.1
 * 1978: The Prime of Miss Jean Brody (ITV)
 * 1989: Coronation Street begins Omnibus edition; Campion.

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1969: Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (3/3 n.c.)
 * 1974: Mud - Tiger Feet (1/4)
 * 1980: The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket (2/2)
 * 1985: Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is (2/3)
 * 1989: Marc Almond & Gene Pitney - Something's Got A Hold Of My Heart (1/4)
 * 1995: Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe (3/3)
 * 2006: Artic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down (1/1) - straight in
 * 2012: Jessie J - Domino (2/2)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1964: Pete Murray & Jimmy Savile. Dave Clark Five – Glad All Over
 * 1970: Tony Blackburn. Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys.
 * 1976: David Hamilton. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody.
 * 1981: Peter Powell. John Lennon - Imagine.
 * 1987: Gary Davies & Steve Wright. Steve Silk Hurley - Jack Your Body.
 * 1999: Jayne Middlemiss. 911 – A Little Bit More.