11 December

Birthdays

 * Brenda Lee (b.1944), Christina Onassis (b.1950, dec.), Jermaine Jackson (b.1954), Ben Shephard (b.1974),

Events

 * 1979: Pink Floyd first UK no.1
 * 1980: John Lennon tribute on TOTP.
 * 1983: Sports review of the Year (BBC1)
 * 1984: Band Aid and Wham! straight into the charts at nos. 1 & 2 respectively.
 * 2012: Viva Forever! - the musical
 * 2017: RIP Keith Chegwin.
 * 2018: The Royal Variety Performance, Strasbourg shooting.
 * 2019: RIP David Bellamy

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1968: The Scaffold - Lily The Pink (1/4 n.c.)
 * 1973: Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1/5)
 * 1979: Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Pt.2 (1/5)
 * 1984: Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1/5) (no.2 Wham! - Last Christmas)
 * 1988: Cliff Richard - Mistletoe & Wine (2/4)
 * 1994: East 17 - Stay Another Day (2/5)
 * 2005: Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu (2/2)
 * 2011: Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight (1/1)
 * 2015: Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (2/6 n.c.)
 * 2020: Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1/ ) (no.2 Wham! - Last Christmas)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1969: JS. The Archies - Sugar Sugar
 * 1975: Noel Edmonds. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
 * 1980: Richard Skinner. ABBA - Super Trouper.
 * 1986: Janice Long & Steve Wright. Europe – The Final Countdown.
 * 1998: Jamie Theakston. Cher - Believe.
 * 2005: Fearne Cotton & Rufus Hound. Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu.