01 September

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
31 August			September		02 September

Birthdays

• Craig McLachlan (1965), Romero Beckham (2002)

Events

• 1975: First episode of Angels.[1]
• 1976: ABBA's Dancing Queen announced as the UK's new no.1 single.
• 1988: Radio 1 goes FM from 12 noon; first Top of the Pops simulcast on BBC1 and Radio 1 FM Stereo.

Charts

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

• 1966: The Beatles - Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby (3/4)
• 1976: ABBA - Dancing Queen (1/6)
• 1982: Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (1/4)
• 1991: Bryan Adams - Everything I Do.. (9/16)
• 1996: Spice Girls - Wannabe (7/7)
• 2002: Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling) (1/3)
• 2013: Ellie Goulding - Burn (3/3)
• 2017: Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do (1/3)
• 2023: Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire (1/ )

Top of the Pops

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

• 1966: JS. The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (only)
• 1977: Tony Blackburn. Elvis Presley - Way Down.
• 1983: David Jensen & John Peel. UB40 - Red Red Wine.
• 1988: Mark Goodier & Steve Wright. Yazz & The Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up. (R1 FM stereo simulcast)
• 1994: Claire Sturgess. Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around.
• 2000: Jamie Theakston. Madonna - Music.

Publications

1973

1973

1973

1973

1983 (click for full issue) Heaven 17 cover

1979

1984

1984

1984

1984

1993 (click for full issue)

2012

2018

2018

2020

Stamps

• click stamp for full issue details.

1965 - Commonwealth Arts Festival

1965 - Lister Centenary

2009 - Fire and Rescue Service

2022 - Transformers