19 October

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

Events

• 1979: Madness release debut album One Step Beyond...

Charts

as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.

• 1969: The Archies - Sugar Sugar (1/6)
• 1976: Pussycat - Mississippi (2/4)
• 1982: Culture Club - Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (1/3)
• 1997: Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (1/1) straight in
• 2003: Sugababes - Hole in the Head (1/1)
• 2008: Pink - So What (3/3)
• 2014: Meghan Trainor - All About the Bass (3/4)
• 2018:

Top of the Pops

host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.

• 1967: Jimmy Savile & Tony Blackburn. The Bee Gees – Massachusetts. Tony Blackburn debut
• 1972: Tony Blackburn. Lieutenant Pigeon – Mouldy Old Dough.
• 1978: Peter Powell. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John – Summer Nights .
• 1989: Mark Goodier. Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers – That’s What I Like.
• 1995: Stewart Lee & Richard Herring. Simply Red – Fairground.
• 2001: Dermot O'Leary, Jamie Theakston, Zoë Ball & JS. Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head. TOTP returns to BBC Television Centre after a 10 year absence.

Publications

1974

1985

1985

1988