07 December

Birthdays

 * Nicole Appleton (b.1974)

Events

 * 1967: Apple Boutique opens and new no.1 on TOTP
 * 1969: John & Yoko in live TV debate
 * 1970: Coronation Street 10th Anniversary.
 * 1972: Holiday 73 (ns, BBC1)
 * 1981: Coronation Street 21st Anniversary.
 * 1998: ITV2 launches.

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1969: The Archies - Sugar Sugar (8/8)
 * 1976: Showaddywaddy - Under the Moon of Love (2/3)
 * 1982: The Jam - Beat Surrender (2/2)
 * 1997: Teletubbies - Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh! (1/1)
 * 2003: Will Young - Leave Right Now (2/2)
 * 2008: Leona Lewis - Run (1/2)
 * 2014: Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (1/2 n.c.)
 * 2018: Arian Grande - Tank U Next (5/

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1967: Pete Murray & Chris Denning. The Beatles - Hello Goodbye.
 * 1972: JS. Chuck Berry – My Ding-A-Ling.
 * 1978: JS. Boney M – Mary’s Boy Child
 * 1989: Mark Goodier. New Kids On The Block – You Got It (The Right Stuff).
 * 1995: Gary Glitter. Michael Jackson – Earth Song.
 * 2001: Gail Porter. Daniel Bedingfield – Gotta Get Thru This.