26 August

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
	25 August		August		27 August
Bank Holidays: 1974, 1985, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2013, 2019

Birthdays

• Steve Wright (b.1954), Macaulay Culkin (b.1980),

Events

• 1991: Blur's debut album Leisure released.

Charts

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

• 1965: Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe (1/2)
• 1975: The Stylistics - I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) (3/3)
• 1980: see 27 August
• 1986: Boris Gardiner - I Want To Wake Up With You (2/3)
• 1990: Bomablurina - Itsy Bitsy teeny Weeny... (2/3)
• 2001: Five - Let's Dance (2/2)
• 2007: Kanye West - Stronger (2/2)
• 2012: Sam & The Womp - Bom Bom (1/1)

Top of the Pops

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

• 1964: Alan Freeman & David Jacobs. The Honeycombs - Have I the Right?
• 1965: Alan Freeman. Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe.
• 1971: JS. Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting.
• 1976: Noel Edmonds. Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
• 1982: DLT. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen.
• 1993: Mark FranTony DortieCulture BEat - Mr Vain.
• 1999: Gail Porter. Geri Halliwell - Mi Chico Latino. (TOTP on tour – from The Revolution, Edinburgh)

Publications

1967

1967 Tarzan

1967 - click for full issue

1972

1972

1978

1978

1978

1978 - click for full issue

1987 (click for full issue)

1989 - click for full issue

2023

2023