13 March

Birthdays

 * Neil Sedaka (b.1939), Adam Clayton (b.1960), Peaches Geldof (1989, dec.),

Events

 * 1971: Doctor Who: the Claws of Axos
 * 1973: Lizzie Dripping (ns, BBC1)
 * 1978: Royal Film Performance (ITV): Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
 * 1984: Budget 84.
 * 2008: Waterloo Road (series finale, BBC1)

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1968: Esther & Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella (3/3)
 * 1973: Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (3/4)
 * 1979: Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (1/4)
 * 1984: Nena - 99 Red Balloons (3/3)
 * 1988: Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (5/5)
 * 1994: Doop - Doop (1/3)
 * 2005: McFly - All About You/You've Got A Friend (1/1)
 * 2011: Adele - Someone Like You (4/5 n.c.)
 * 2020: The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (5/8 n.c.)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details. Christmas editions broadcast every year since 1965, except 1966, to present.
 * 1969: JS. Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)
 * 1975: Noel Edmonds. Telly Savalas – If.
 * 1980: Steve Wright. Fern Kinney – Together We Are Beautiful
 * 1986: Mike Smith & Steve Wright. Diana Ross – Chain Reaction.
 * 1998: Jayne Middlemiss. Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On.
 * 2006: Reggie Yates & Cyndi Lauper. Chico – It’s Chico Time.
 * 2009: Comic Relief Does TOTP. Fearne Cotton, Reggie Yates & Noel Fielding with Claudia Winkleman, Jonathan Ross & David Tennant.