07 December

M	T	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
1964	1965	1966	1967		1968	1969
1970	1971		1972	1973	1974	1975
	1976	1977	1978	1979		1980
1981	1982	1983		1984	1985	1986
1987		1988	1989	1990	1991
1992	1993	1994	1995		1996	1997
1998	1999		2000	2001	2002	2003
	2004	2005	2006	2007		2008
2009	2010	2011		2012	2013	2014
2015		2016	2017	2018	2019
2020	2021	2022	2023		2024	2025
06 December			December		08 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.

Publications

1968

1974

1974

1974 - click for full issue

1979

1985

1985 - click for full issue

1985

1985 Midge Ure

1994 (click for full issue)

2019

2019

1988

Stamps

1999: Millennium Series - Artist's Tale (click for issue details)