05 May

125/365 - 126/366

Birthdays

 * Adele (b.1988)

Events

 * 1964: Seven Up!
 * 1973: FA Cup Final. Sunderland v. Leeds Utd.
 * 1983: 1,00th Top of the Pops
 * 1986: Mike Smith takes over the Breakfast Show on R1.
 * 1997: Blur at Peel Acres, Bank Holiday special.
 * 2012: FA Cup Final. Chelsea v. Liverpool.

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1966: Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo (1/1)
 * 1981 - see 06 May
 * 1982: Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony & Ivory (3/3) *announced on Wednesday due to BH
 * 1987: Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (1/4)
 * 1991: Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) (2/5)
 * 1996: George Michael - Fastlove straight in (2/3)
 * 2002: Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss (1/1)
 * 2013: Get Lucky - Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams (2/4)
 * 2017: DJ Khaled - I'm the One (1/1)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details
 * 1966: no show.
 * 1977: Noel Edmonds. Denice Williams - Free
 * 1983: 1,000th edition. See page.
 * 1988: Bruno Brookes & Adrian John. S'Express - Theme from S'Express.
 * 1994: Simon Mayo. Tony Di Bart – The Real Thing
 * 2000: Jayne Middlemiss. Oxide & Neutrino – Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)