18 January

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
17 January			January		19 January
albums released

Birthdays

• Cary Grant (b.1904, dec.), Raymond Briggss (b.1935), Kevin Costner (b.1955), Tom Bailey (b.1956), Jane Horrocks (b.1964), Pep Guardiola (b.1971),

Events

• 1975: In Concert (ns) David Essex (BBC2); The Mike Oldfield Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (BBC2, R3)
• 1979: Blankety Blank first shown (BBC1)
• 1981: Agony (S3, ITV)
• 1983: Vox Pop (ns, BBC1)
• 1986: Radio Radio (R1)
• 1987: Surprise, Surprise (S4)
• 1990: Singer Kim Appleby dies.

Charts

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

• 1970: Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys (6/6)
• 1977: David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us (2/4)
• 1983: Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love (2/2)
• 1998: Oasis - All Around The World (1/1)
• 2004: Michelle - All this Time (2/3)
• 2009: Lady Gaga - Just Dance (2/3)
• 2015: Mark Ronson Ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (5/7 n.c.)
• 2019: Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho (4/ )

Top of the Pops

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

• 1968: Jimmy Savile & David Symonds. Georgie Fame – The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde.
• 1973: Tony Blackburn . Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
• 1979: Peter Powell. Village People – Y.M.C.A.
• 1990: Nicky Campbell. NKOTB - Hangin' Tough.
• 1996: Alan Davies. George Michael - Jesus To A Child.
• 2002: Jamie Theakston. Aaliyah – More Than A Woman

Publications

1969

1969

1975

1975

1975

1975

1986 - click for full issue or see page

1986 (see page)

1986

1986 (see page)

2020

2020

Stamps

1994: The Age of Steam

2000: Millennium stamp Projects (1st Series). 'Above and Beyond'