08/01/81
(Richard Skinner) (rpt UK Gold)
Racey – “Runaround Sue” (29)
Adam & The Ants – “Antmusic” (4) (rpt from 11/12/80)
The Look – “I Am The Beat” (30) WATCH
Barry Manilow – “Lonely Together” (21) (Legs & Co)
The Beat – “Too Nice To Talk To” (20) (rpt from 18/12/80)
Sad Café – “I’m In Love Again” (59)
Matchbox – “Over The Rainbow/You Belong To Me” (18) (rpt
from 11/12/80)
Chas & Dave – “Rabbit” (11)
The Specials – “Do Nothing” (15) (rpt from 18/12/80)
The Nolans – “Who’s Gonna Rock You?” (24) (rpt from
18/12/80)
Bad Manners – “Lorraine” (33)
John Lennon – “Imagine” (1) (video)
Queen – “Flash” (10) (credits)
15/01/81 (Dave Lee Travis)
Susan Fassbender – “Twilight Café” (63) WATCH
Gary Numan – “This Wreckage” (20) (rpt from 18/12/80)
Light Of The World – “I Shot The Sheriff” (68) WATCH
Dire Straits – “Romeo & Juliet” (49)
Stevie Wonder – “I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It” (17)
(Legs & Co)
Phil Collins – “In The Air Tonight” (36)
UFO – “Lonely Heart” (61) WATCH
Mac Davis – “It’s Hard To Be Humble” (27) (US TV
clip)
Ultravox – “Vienna” (52)
Queen – “Flash” (10) (video)
John Lennon – “Imagine” (1) (video)
Yarbrough & Peoples – “Don’t Stop The Music” (19)
(credits)
22/01/81 (Peter Powell) (rpt UK Gold)
The Look – “I Am The Beat” (6) WATCH
Blondie – “Rapture” (14) (video)
Spandau Ballet – “The Freeze” (45) This video has been
removed due to terms of use violation
Racey – “Runaround Sue” (13) (rpt from 08/01/81)
XTC – “Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me)” (54) WATCH
Visage – “Fade To Grey” (23) (video)
Yarbrough & Peoples – “Don’t Stop The Music” (8)
(Legs & Co)
Adam & The Ants – “Antmusic” (2) (rpt from 11/12/80)
Honey Bane – “Turn Me On, Turn Me Off” (64) WATCH
Bad Manners – “Lorraine” (22) (rpt from 08/01/81) WATCH
John Lennon – “Imagine” (1) (video)
The Gap Band – “Burn Rubber On Me” (30) (credits)
29/01/81 (Tommy Vance) (rpt UK Gold)
Slade – “We’ll Bring The House Down” (58) WATCH
John Lennon – “Woman” (2) (video)
The Stranglers – “Thrown Away” (44) WATCH
Madness – “The Return Of The Los Palmas 7” (18) (video)
Sheila Hylton – “The Bed’s Too Big Without You” (46) WATCH
Ultravox – “Vienna” (6) (rpt from 15/01/81) WATCH
The Gap Band – “Burn Rubber On Me” (26) (video)
Diana Ross – “It’s My Turn” (25) (Legs & Co)
Phil Collins – “In The Air Tonight” (3) (rpt from 15/01/81)
Susan Fassbender – “Twilight Café” (29) WATCH
John Lennon – “Imagine” (1) (video)
Heatwave – “Gangsters Of The Groove” (19) (credits)
05/02/81
(Simon Bates)
Stray Cats – “Rock This Town” (35)
Blondie – “Rapture” (5) (video)
Spandau Ballet – “The Freeze” (17) (rpt from 22/01/81)
Fred Wedlock – “The Oldest Swinger In Town” (19) WATCH
Rainbow – “I Surrender” (12) (video)
Dire Straits – “Romeo & Juliet” (11) (rpt from
15/01/81)
XTC – “Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me)” (28) (rpt from
22/01/81) WATCH
Cliff Richard – “A Little In Love” (15) (video)
The Passions – “I’m In Love With A German Film Star”
(34)
Joe Dolce Music Theatre – “Shaddap You Face” (30)
John Lennon – “Woman” (1) (video/credits)
12/02/81 (Richard Skinner)
Pretenders – “Message Of Love” (28)
Ultravox – “Vienna” (2) (video)
Barbara Jones – “Just When I Needed You Most” (31)
Coast To Coast – “(Do) The Hucklebuck” (39) WATCH
Gillan – “Mutually Assured Destruction” (32)
George Benson – “What’s On Your Mind” (50) (Legs
& Co)
Freeez – “Southern Freeez” (34)
Slade – “We’ll Bring The House Down” (17) (rpt from
29/01/81)
Beggar & Co – “(Somebody) Help Me Out” (53)
Kelly Marie – “Hot Love” (54) WATCH
John Lennon – “Woman” (1) (video/credits)
19/02/81 (Dave Lee Travis) (rpt UK Gold)
The Teardrop Explodes – “Reward” (41) WATCH
Rainbow – “I Surrender” (4) (video)
Fred Wedlock – “The Oldest Swinger In Town” (6) (with Legs
& Co)
Headgirl (Motorhead & Girlschool) – “Please Don’t
Touch” (15)
Toyah – “It’s A Mystery” (42)
Stray Cats – “Rock This Town” (9)
Talking Heads – “Once In A Lifetime” (35) (Legs & Co)
Visage – “Fade To Grey” (12) (video)
Adam & The Ants – “Kings Of The Wild Frontier” (39) WATCH
Joe Dolce Music Theatre – “Shaddap You Face” (1) (rpt from
05/02/81)
Madness – “The Return Of The Los Palmas 7” (7) (credits)
26/02/81 (Peter Powell) (rpt UK Gold)
Status Quo – “Something ‘Bout You Baby I Like” (19) WATCH
Roxy Music – “Jealous Guy” (6) (video)
Beggar & Co – “(Somebody) Help Me Out” (22) (rpt from
12/02/81) WATCH
Kim Wilde – “Kids In America” (43) WATCH
The Passions – “I’m In Love With A German Film Star”
(25) (rpt from 05/02/81) WATCH
Madness – “The Return Of The Los Palmas 7” (7) WATCH
Kelly Marie – “Hot Love” (31) WATCH
Coast To Coast – “(Do) The Hucklebuck” (8) (rpt from
12/02/81) WATCH
Ultravox – “Vienna” (2) (video)
Freeez – “Southern Freeez” (9) (rpt from 12/02/81) WATCH
Kiki Dee – “Star” (40) WATCH
Joe Dolce Music Theatre – “Shaddap You Face” (1)
(video/credits)
05/03/81
(Mike Read)
Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” (47) This video has been
removed due to terms of use violation
Talking Heads – “Once In A Lifetime” (14) (video)
Adam & The Ants – “Kings Of The Wild Frontier” (6) (rpt
from 19/02/81)
Toyah – “It’s A Mystery” (16) (rpt from 19/02/81)
Shakin’ Stevens – “This Ole House” (29)
Headgirl (Motorhead & Girlschool) – “Please Don’t
Touch” (5) (rpt from 19/02/81)
Phil Collins – “I Missed Again” (45)
Kool & The Gang – “Jones Vs Jones” (31) (Legs & Co)
The Teardrop Explodes – “Reward” (25) (video)
The Who – “You Better You Bet” (35) WATCH
Joe Dolce Music Theatre – “Shaddap You Face” (1) (rpt from
05/02/81)
Coast To Coact - "(Do) The Hucklebuck" (7) (audience
dancing/credits)
12/03/81 (Tommy Vance) (no audience)
The Teardrop Explodes – “Reward” (13) (rpt from 19/02/81)
Kim Wilde – “Kids In America” (6) (video)
Linx – “Intuition” (41) (video)
Kelly Marie – “Hot Love” (22) (rpt from 26/02/81)
Freeez – “Southern Freeez” (8) (rpt from 12/02/81)
Status Quo – “Something ‘Bout You Baby I Like” (9)
(video)
Beggar & Co – “(Somebody) Help Me Out” (15) (rpt from
12/02/81)
Landscape – “Einstein A Go-Go” (38) (video)
Talking Heads – “Once In A Lifetime” (Legs & Co) (14)
(rpt from 19/02/81)
Sharon Redd – “Can You Handle It?” (37) (background)
Kiki Dee – “Star” (17) (rpt from 26/02/81)
Coast To Coast – “(Do) The Hucklebuck” (5) (rpt from
12/02/81)
Roxy Music – “Jealous Guy” (1) (video/credits)
19/03/81 (Peter Powell) (rpt UK Gold)
The Jacksons – “Can You Feel It?” (28) (background)
Sharon Redd – “Can You Handle It?” (33) WATCH
Shakin’ Stevens – “This Ole House” (2) (video)
Dave Stewart & Colin Blunstone – “What Becomes Of The Broken
Hearted?” (30) WATCH
The Who – “You Better You Bet” (9) (rpt from 05/03/81)
Stevie Wonder – “Lately” (18) (Legs & Co)
Phil Collins – “I Missed Again” (14) (rpt from 05/03/81) WATCH
Bucks Fizz – “Making Your Mind Up” (not in chart) WATCH
Visage – “Mind Of A Toy” (24) (video)
Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” (20) (rpt from 05/03/81) WATCH
Toyah – “It’s A Mystery” (8) WATCH
Roxy Music – “Jealous Guy” (1) (video/credits)
26/03/81 (Richard Skinner)
Polecats – “John I’m Only Dancing” (36)
Kim Wilde – “Kids In America” (2) (video)
Graham Bonnet – “Night Games” (43)
Hazel O’Connor – “D-Days” (23)
Tony Capstick – “Capstick Comes Home” (10)
Gillan – “New Orleans” (37)
Lene Lovich – “New Toy” (53) WATCH
Linx – “Intuition” (13) (video)
Bad Manners – “Just A Feeling” (54)
The Whispers – “It’s A Love Thing” (20) (Legs &
Co)
Landscape – “Einstein A Go-Go” (11) (video)
Shakin’ Stevens – “This Ole House” (1) (rpt from
05/03/81)
Bucks Fizz - "Making Your Mind Up" (24) (credits)
02/04/81
(Simon Bates)
Stiff Little Fingers – “Just Fade Away” (47)
Dave Stewart & Colin Blunstone – “What Becomes Of The Broken
Hearted?” (17) (rpt from 19/03/81)
Light Of The World – “Time” (45) WATCH
Liquid Gold – “Don’t Panic” (44)
Stevie Wonder – “Lately” (4) (video)
The Jacksons – “Can You Feel It?” (23) (Legs & Co)
Children Of Tansley School – “My Mum Is One In A Million”
(27) WATCH
Sugar Minott – “Good Thing Going (We’ve Got A Good Thing
Going)” (31) WATCH
Lena Zavaroni – “Roses & Rainbows” (not in chart)
Spandau Ballet – “Musclebound” (53) WATCH
Bucks Fizz – “Making Your Mind Up” (5) (rpt from 19/03/81)
Shakin’ Stevens – “This Ole House” (1) WATCH
The Nolans – “Attention To Me” (21) (credits)
09/04/81 (Mike Read)
Linx – “Intuition” (7)
Bucks Fizz – “Making Your Mind Up” (2) WATCH
Saxon – “And The Bands Played On” (27)
Keith Marshall – “Only Crying” (39)
David Bowie – “Up The Hill Backwards” (32) (Legs & Co)
Graham Bonnet – “Night Games” (12) (rpt from 26/03/81)
Public Image Ltd – “Flowers Of Romance” (31) WATCH
Eddy Grant – “Can’t Get Enough Of You” (44)
Gillan – “New Orleans” (24) (rpt from 26/03/81)
The Whispers – “It’s A Love Thing” (9) (video)
Hazel O’Connor – “D-Days” (10) (rpt from 26/03/81)
Shakin’ Stevens – “This Ole House” (1) (rpt/credits)
16/04/81 (Peter Powell) (rpt UK Gold)
The Jacksons – “Can You Feel It?” (8) (background)
Bad Manners – “Just A Feeling” (15) WATCH
Spandau Ballet – “Musclebound” (18) (video)
Girlschool – “Hit & Run” (33) WATCH
Sugar Minott – “Good Thing Going (We’ve Got A Good Thing
Going)” (7) (rpt from 02/04/81)
Department S – “Is Vic There?” (40) WATCH
The Beat – “Drowning” (53)
Whitesnake – “Don’t Break My Heart Again” (29)
(video)
UK Subs – “Keep On Running (Till You Burn)” (54) WATCH
Ennio Morricone – “Chi Mai” (4) (Legs & Co)
The Cure – “Primary” (46) This video is no longer available
due to a copyright claim by WMG
The Nolans – “Attention To Me” (14)
Bucks Fizz – “Making Your Mind Up” (1) (rpt from 19/03/81)
The Jacksons – “Can You Feel It?” (8) (video/credits)
23/04/81 (Dave Lee Travis)
Level 42 – “Love Games” (48) WATCH
Matchbox – “Babes In The Wood” (49)
Eddy Grant – “Can’t Get Enough Of You” (22) (rpt from
09/04/81)
Roger Taylor – “Future Management” (55) WATCH
Gillan – “New Orleans” (18) (rpt from 26/03/81)
Barry Manilow – “Bermuda Triangle” (23) (Legs & Co)
Saxon – “And The Bands Played On” (12) (rpt from 09/04/81)
Keith Marshall – “Only Crying” (21) (rpt from 09/04/81)
Freeez – “Flying High” (45)
Bucks Fizz – “Making Your Mind Up” (1) (rpt)
Starsound – “Stars On 45” (17) (Legs & Co/credits)
30/04/81 (Jimmy Savile)
Thin Lizzy – “Are You Ready?” (46)
Madness – “Grey Day” (5) (video)
The Beat – “All Out To Get You” (22) WATCH
Sheena Easton – “When He Shines” (42)
Department S – “Is Vic There?” (28) (rpt from 16/04/81)
Ennio Morricone – “Chi Mai” (2) (video)
Spandau Ballet – “Musclebound” (13) (rpt from 02/04/81)
Quincy Jones – “Ai No Corrida” (27) (Legs & Co)
The Teardrop Explodes – “Treason (It’s Just A Story)”
(56) WATCH
Tenpole Tudor – “Swords Of A Thousand Men” (37) WATCH
The Human League – “The Sound Of The Crowd” (53) WATCH
Bucks Fizz – “Making Your Mind Up” (1) (video/credits)
07/05/81
(Peter Powell)
Kim Wilde – “Chequered Love” (32)
Stray Cats – “Stray Cat Strut” (26) (video)
Shakin’ Stevens – “You Drive Me Crazy” (5)
Keith Marshall – “Only Crying” (12)
Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad/Chas & Dave –
“Ossie’s Dream (Spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley)” (45) WATCH
Eddy Grant – “Can’t Get Enough Of You” (13)
Starsound – “Stars On 45” (2) (Legs & Co)
REO Speedwagon – “Keep On Loving You” (21) (video)
The Nolans – “Attention To Me” (9)
The Undertones – “It’s Going To Happen” (36)
Adam & The Ants – “Stand & Deliver” (1) (video)
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14/05/81 (Tommy Vance) (Cup Final Special)
Thin Lizzy – “Are You Ready?” (24)
Sheena Easton – “When He Shines” (23) (rpt from 30/04/81)
Department S – “Is Vic There?” (22)
Kim Carnes – “Bette Davies Eyes” (20) (video)
Tenpole Tudor – “Swords Of A Thousand Men” (10) WATCH
Adam & The Ants – “Stand & Deliver” (1)
(video/credits)
21/05/81 (Dave Lee Travis)
The Undertones – “It’s Going To Happen” (21) WATCH
Shakin’ Stevens – “You Drive Me Crazy” (2)
Smokey Robinson – “Being With You” (23) (video)
Toyah – “I Want To Be Free” (13)
Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad/Chas & Dave –
“Ossie’s Dream (Spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley)” (5)
(rpt from 07/05/81) WATCH
The Teardrop Explodes – “Treason (It’s Just A Story)”
(18) (rpt from 30/04/81)
Stray Cats – “Stray Cat Strut” (11) (Legs & Co)
The Human League – “The Sound Of The Crowd” (15)
Kim Wilde – “Chequered Love” (4) (video)
The Beat – “All Out To Get You” (25) (rpt from 30/04/81) WATCH
Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” (37)
Adam & The Ants – “Stand & Deliver” (1) (video)
Quincy Jones - "Ai No Corrida" (audience dancing/credits)
28/05/81 (Simon Bates)
Polecats – “Rockabilly Guy” (36) This video has been
removed due to terms of use violation.
Champaign – “How ‘Bout Us” (11) (video)
UB40 – “Don’t Let It Pass You By” (16)
Tenpole Tudor – “Swords Of A Thousand Men” (6) (rpt)
Vangelis – “Chariots Of Fire” (25) (video)
Enigma – “Ain’t No Stopping” (17) (Legs & Co)
Hazel O’Connor – “Will You?” (23) WATCH
Coast To Coast – “Let’s Jump The Broomstick” (30)
Kim Carnes – “Bette Davies Eyes” (10) (video)
Adam & The Ants – “Stand & Deliver” (1) (video)
George Harrison - "All Those Years Ago" (13) (audience
dancing/credits)
04/06/81
(Richard Skinner) (rpt UK Gold)
Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Spellbound” (29) This video
is no longer available due to a copyright claim by WMG
Shakin’ Stevens – “You Drive Me Crazy” (2) (rpt)
Kate Robbins & Beyond – “More Than In Love” (13)
Squeeze – “Is That Love?” (40) WATCH
Imagination – “Body Talk” (43)
The Jam – “Funeral Pyre” (4) (video)
Michael Jackson – “One Day In Your Life” (12) (Legs &
Co)
Toyah – “I Want To Be Free” (8) (video)
Phil Collins – “If Leaving Me Is Easy” (44)
Adam & The Ants – “Stand & Deliver” (1) (video)
Odyssey – “Going Back To My Roots” (23) (audience
dancing/credits)
11/06/81 (Jimmy Savile)
Bucks Fizz – “Piece Of The Action” (25) WATCH
Hazel O’Connor – “Will You?” (9) (rpt from 28/05/81)
Landscape – “Norman Bates” (44) This video has been removed
due to terms of use violation.
Elaine Paige – “Memory” (34) (pre-recorded insert)
Coast To Coast – “Let’s Jump The Broomstick” (28) (rpt
from 28/05/81)
Ultravox – “All Stood Still” (17) WATCH
Randy Crawford – “You Might Need Somebody” (47)
Enigma – “Ain’t No Stopping” (11)
Smokey Robinson – “Being With You” (1) (video/credits)
18/06/81 (Peter Powell) (rpt UK Gold)
Linx – “Throw Away The Key” (32)
Phil Collins – “If Leaving Me Is Easy” (27) (rpt from
04/06/81)
Odyssey – “Going Back To My Roots” (6)
Kool & The Gang – “Take It To The Top” (22) (Legs &
Co)
Champaign – “How ‘Bout Us” (5) (video)
Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Spellbound” (23) (rpt from
04/06/81)
The Specials – “Ghost Town” (21) (video)
Imagination – “Body Talk” (19)
Smokey Robinson – “Being With You” (1) (video/credits)
25/06/81 (Simon Bates)
Gillan – “No Laughing In Heaven” (32)
Elaine Paige – “Memory” (9) (pre-recorded insert) (rpt from
11/06/81)
Kirsty MacColl – “There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop
Swears He’s Elvis” (40)
The Evasions – “Wikka Wrap” (31)
Randy Crawford – “You Might Need Somebody” (28) (rpt from
11/06/81)
Depeche Mode – “New Life” (43) This video is no longer
available due to a copyright claim by WMG
Michael Jackson – “One Day In Your Life” (1) (Legs &
Co) (rpt from 04/06/81)
02/07/81
(Dave Lee Travis) (rpt UK Gold)
Bad Manners – “Can Can” (3)
Third World – “Dancing On The Floor (Hooked On Love)” (25)
(video)
The Specials – “Ghost Town” (2) WATCH
Quincy Jones – “Razzamatazz” (16) (Legs & Co)
Barry Biggs – “Wide Awake In A Dream” (53)
Linx – “Throw Away The Key” (21) WATCH
Rainbow – “Can’t Happen Here” (29) (video)
Michael Jackson – “One Day In Your Life” (1) (Legs &
Co) (rpt from 04/06/81 + credits)
09/07/81 (900th edition) (Jimmy Savile, Alan Freeman, David Jacobs &
Pete Murray)
Kirsty MacColl – “There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop
Swears He’s Elvis” (16)
This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by BBC Worldwide
Ltd
The Supremes – “Baby Love” (clip from 07/10/64)
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas – “Little Children” (clip
from 26/02/64)
The Dave Clark Five – “Bits & Pieces” (clip from
26/02/64)
The Beatles – “I Want To Hold Your Hand” / “Twist
& Shout” (live clips)
Randy Crawford – “You Might Need Somebody” (12)
M – “Pop Musik” (montage of clips)
Mary Hopkin / Sandie Shaw – brief interview
Tom Tom Club – “Wordy Rappinghood” (10) (Legs & Co)
Bob Marley & The Wailers – “No Woman No Cry” (9) (live
clip)
Alan Clark & Tony Hicks (Hollies) – brief interview
Motorhead – “Motorhead Live” (14) (video)
Bill Wyman – brief interview
The Rolling Stones – “The Last Time” (clip from 04/03/65)
Imagination – “Body Talk” (6)
Adam Ant – brief interview
The Specials – “Ghost Town” (1) WATCH
Starsound – “Stars On 45 Volume 2” (4) (Legs &
Co/credits)
16/07/81 (Peter Powell) (rpt UK Gold)
Saxon – “Never Surrender” (26)
Third World – “Dancing On The Floor (Hooked On Love)” (10)
(video)
Depeche Mode – “New Life” (19) WATCH
The Jacksons – “Walk Right Now” (30) (Legs & Co)
Dexys Midnight Runners – “Show Me” (33) WATCH
Kate Bush – “Sat In Your Lap” (15) (video)
Bad Manners – “Can Can” (3) (rpt from 02/07/81)
Spandau Ballet – “Chant No.1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure
On)” (18) WATCH
The Specials – “Ghost Town” (1) (video/credits)
23/07/81 (Richard Skinner)
The Vapors – “Jimmie Jones” (44)
Sheena Easton – “For Your Eyes Only” (16) (video)
Shakin’ Stevens – “Green Door” (22) WATCH
REO Speedwagon – “Take It On The Run” (28) (video)
Abba – “Lay All Your Love On Me” (7) (Legs & Co)
Tight Fit – “Back To The ‘60s” (30)
Visage – “Visage” (25) (video)
Gidea Park – “Beach Boy Gold” (35) WATCH
The Specials – “Ghost Town” (1) (rpt)
Starsound – “Stars On 45 Volume 2” (2) (Legs &
Co/credits)
30/07/81 (Steve Wright)
Duran Duran – “Girls On Film” (23)
Kim Wilde – “Water On Glass” (35) WATCH
Depeche Mode – “New Life” (12) This video is no longer
available due to a copyright claim by WMG
Bill Wyman – “(Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star” (36) WATCH
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – “Hooked On Classics” (7)
(Legs & Co)
The Undertones – “Julie Ocean” (45)
Stevie Wonder – “Happy Birthday” (4) (video)
Spandau Ballet – “Chant No.1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure
On)” (3) (video)
Shakin’ Stevens – “Green Door” (1) (rpt from
23/07/81)
06/08/81
(Jimmy Savile) (rpt UK Gold)
Dexys Midnight Runners – “Show Me” (16) This video has been
removed due to terms of use violation
Sheena Easton – “For Your Eyes Only” (8) (video)
Tenpole Tudor – “Wunderbar” (36) WATCH
Lobo – “The Caribbean Disco Show” (27) (Legs & Co)
The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe In Love)” (29) WATCH
REO Speedwagon – “Take It On The Run” (25) (live clip)
Gidea Park – “Beach Boy Gold” (20) WATCH
Tight Fit – “Back To The ‘60s” (10) (rpt from
23/07/81)
Shakin’ Stevens – “Green Door” (1) (video)
Visage – “Visage” (21) (audience dancing/credits)
13/08/81 (Simon Bates)
Duran Duran – “Girls On Film” (6) WATCH
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – “Hooked On Classics” (2)
(video)
Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” (26) WATCH
Kim Wilde – “Water On Glass” (13) (rpt from 30/07/81)
Bill Wyman – “(Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star” (22) (rpt from
30/07/81)
Startrax – “Startrax Club Disco” (27) (Legs & Co)
Aneka – “Japanese Boy” (19) WATCH
ELO – “Hold On Tight” (9) (video)
Shakin’ Stevens – “Green Door” (1) This video has
been removed by the user
UB40 – “One In Ten” (23) (audience dancing/credits)
20/08/81 (Dave Lee Travis) (rpt UK Gold)
Enigma – “I Love Music” (25)
The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe In Love)” (3)
(rpt from 06/08/81)
U2 – “Fire” (36) WATCH
Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Arabian Knights” (32)
(video)
UB40 – “One In Ten” (16) WATCH
Randy Crawford – “Rainy Night In Georgia” (30) (Legs &
Co)
Tenpole Tudor – “Wunderbar” (20) (rpt from 06/08/81)
Lobo – “The Caribbean Disco Show” (10)
Shakin’ Stevens – “Green Door” (1) (rpt from
23/07/81)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – “Hooked On Classics” (2)
(audience dancing/credits)
27/08/81 (Richard Skinner) (rpt UK Gold)
Startrax – “Startrax Club Disco” (18)
Cliff Richard – “Wired For Sound” (27) (video)
Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” (2) This video is no longer
available due to a copyright claim by WMG
The Nolans – “Chemistry” (26)
The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” (28) (video)
ELO – “Hold On Tight” (5) (Legs & Co)
Ultravox – “The Thin Wall” (19) WATCH
Genesis – “Abacab” (12) This video has been removed by the
user
Aneka – “Japanese Boy” (1) WATCH
Modern Romance – “Everybody Salsa” (29) (audience
dancing/credits)
03/09/81
(Peter Powell) (rpt UK Gold)
Modern Romance – “Everybody Salsa” (16)
John Foxx – “Europe (After The Rain)” (40) WATCH
UB40 – “One In Ten” (7) (rpt from 20/08/81)
Bucks Fizz – “One Of Those Nights” (32)
The Teardrop Explodes – “Passionate Friend” (33) WATCH
Gary Numan – “She’s Got Claws” (6) (video)
Dollar – “Hand Held In Black & White” (31) WATCH
The Pointer Sisters – “Slow Hand” (29) (Legs & Co)
OMD – “Souvenir” (23)
Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” (1)
Funkapolitan – As Time Goes By” (47) (+ credits) This video has
been removed due to terms of use violation
10/09/81 (Jimmy Savile) (rpt UK Gold)
Linx – “So This Is Romance” (33)
Cliff Richard – “Wired For Sound” (4) (video)
The Hollies – “Holliedaze” (36)
Randy Crawford – “Rainy Night In Georgia” (18) (video)
Alvin Stardust – “Pretend” (26) WATCH
Imagination – “In & Out Of Love” (31)
The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” (7) (video)
Ottawan – “Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)” (11) (Legs &
Co)
Adam & The Ants – “Prince Charming” (2) (video)
Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” (1) (rpt from 13/08/81)
Ultravox – “The Thin Wall” (14) (audience dancing/credits)
17/09/81 (Steve Wright)
Gidea Park – “Seasons Of Gold” (35) WATCH
OMD – “Souvenir” (3) (rpt from 03/09/81)
Beggar & Co – “Mule (Chant No.2)” (41)
Sheena Easton – “Just Another Broken Heart” (42) WATCH
The Teardrop Explodes – “Passionate Friend” (29) (rpt from
03/09/81)
Hi-Gloss – “You’ll Never Know” (17) (Legs & Co)
The Tweets – “Birdie Song (Birdie Dance)” (25)
Godley & Crème – “Under Your Thumb” (30) WATCH
Bucks Fizz – “One Of Those Nights” (20) (rpt from 03/09/81)
The Pointer Sisters – “Slow Hand” (11) (video)
Adam & The Ants – “Prince Charming” (1) (video)
Dollar – “Hand Held In Black & White” (24) (audience
dancing/credits)
24/09/81 (Simon Bates) (rpt UK Gold)
Slade – “Lock Up Your Daughters” (45) WATCH
Alvin Stardust – “Pretend” (5) (rpt from 10/09/81)
Depeche Mode – “Just Can’t Get Enough” (24) WATCH
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – “It’s My Party”
(36) WATCH
Linx – “So This Is Romance” (18) (rpt from 10/09/81) WATCH
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie – “Endless Love” (7) (danced
to by Lulu & Jeremy)
Japan – “Quiet Life” (39) WATCH
Heaven 17 – “Play To Win” (52)
Imagination – “In & Out Of Love” (21)
Madness – “Shut Up” (22) (video)
Adam & The Ants – “Prince Charming” (1) (video)
The Police – “Invisible Sun” (9) (stills/credits)
01/10/81
(Mike Read)
The Tweets – “Birdie Song (Birdie Dance)” (7)
Godley & Crème – “Under Your Thumb” (6) WATCH
Sheena Easton – “Just Another Broken Heart” (37) (rpt from
17/09/81)
The Teardrop Explodes – “Passionate Friend” (25)
The Creatures – “Mad Eyed Screamer” (34) WATCH
Ottawan – “Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)” (3) (Legs &
Co)
Toyah – “Thunder In The Mountains” (32) WATCH
Bad Manners – “Walking In The Sunshine” (30) (video)
Altered Images – “Happy Birthday” (48) WATCH
Gidea Park – “Seasons Of Gold” (28)
Dollar – “Hand Held In Black & White” (19) (rpt from
03/09/81)
Adam & The Ants – “Prince Charming” (1) (video)
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08/10/81 (Dave Lee Travis) (rpt UK Gold)
Madness – “Shut Up” (7) WATCH
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – “It’s My Party”
(8) (rpt from 24/09/81)
Barry Manilow – “Let’s Hang On” (30) (video)
Shakin’ Stevens – “It’s Raining” (40)
Slade – “Lock Up Your Daughters” (29) (rpt from 24/09/81)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – “A Good Year For The
Roses” (23) (video)
Japan – “Quiet Life” (19) (rpt from 24/09/81)
Tight Fit – “Back To The Sixties Part 2” (33)
The Human League – “Open Your Heart” (21) WATCH
Depeche Mode – “Just Can’t Get Enough” (11) (rpt from
24/09/81)
Adam & The Ants – “Prince Charming” (1) (video/credits)
15/10/81 (David Jensen)
Gary Glitter – “And Then She Kissed Me” (44) This video is
private
Toyah – “Thunder In The Mountains” (5) (video)
B.A. Robertson & Maggie Bell – “Hold Me” (36) WATCH
Altered Images – “Happy Birthday” (16) (rpt from 01/10/81)
The Tweets – “Birdie Song (Birdie Dance)” (2) (Legs &
Co)
Godley & Crème – “Under Your Thumb” (3) (rpt
from 17/09/81)
The Exploited – “Dead Cities” (41) WATCH
Squeeze – “Labelled With Love” (31)
The Creatures – “Mad Eyed Screamer” (25) (rpt from
01/10/81)
Heaven 17 – “Play To Win” (59) (background)
Bad Manners – “Walking In The Sunshine” (10)
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – “It’s My Party”
(1) WATCH
This Year’s Blonde – “Platinum Pop” (48) (+ credits)
22/10/81 (Jimmy Savile) (rpt UK Gold)
This Year’s Blonde – “Platinum Pop” (47)
The Human League – “Open Your Heart” (6) (video)
Barry Manilow – “Let’s Hang On” (16) (video)
The Four Tops – “When She Was My Girl” (29) (video)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – “A Good Year For The
Roses” (9) (video)
Gillan – “Nightmare” (37) (video)
The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” (27)
(video)
The Jam – “Absolute Beginners” (7) WATCH
Shakin’ Stevens – “It’s Raining” (10) (rpt from
08/10/81)
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – “It’s My Party”
(1) (rpt from 24/09/81)
Rod Stewart – “Tonight I’m Yours (Don’t Hurt
Me)” (28)(audience dancing/credits)
29/10/81 (Simon Bates)
Altered Images – “Happy Birthday” (2) WATCH
Rod Stewart – “Tonight I’m Yours (Don’t Hurt
Me)” (18) (video)
The Fureys with Davey Arthur – “When You Were Sweet
Sixteen” (22)
Olivia Newton-John – “Physical” (29) (video)
Trevor Walters – “Love Me Tonight” (38)
B.A. Robertson & Maggie Bell – “Hold Me” (13) (rpt from
15/10/81)
Haircut 100 – “Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)” (40)
OMD – “Joan Of Arc” (21) WATCH
Squeeze – “Labelled With Love” (9)
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – “It’s My Party”
(1) (video/credits)
05/11/81
(Peter Powell) (rpt UK Gold)
Modern Romance – “Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey” (45)
The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” (3)
(video)
The Dukes – “Mystery Girl” (47)
Rush – “Tom Sawyer” (26) (live clip)
The Jets – “Yes Tonight Josephine” (44) WATCH
ELO – “Twilight” (30) (Zoo)
Julio Iglesias – “Begin The Beguine” (21) (video)
ABC – “Tears Are Not Enough” (50)
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – “It’s My Party”
(1) (rpt from 24/09/81)
The Four Tops – “When She Was My Girl” (5) (video/audience
dancing/credits)
12/11/81 (Dave Lee Travis) (rpt UK Gold)
Kool & The Gang – “Steppin’ Out” (25) WATCH
OMD – “Joan Of Arc” (5) (rpt from 29/10/81)
Olivia Newton-John – “Physical” (11) (video)
The Fureys with Davey Arthur – “When You Were Sweet
Sixteen” (14)
Haircut 100 – “Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)” (9) WATCH
Jonathan King – US chart rundown:
Air Supply – “Just When I Thought I Was Over You” (video
clip)
Foreigner – “Waiting For A Girl Like You” (live clip)
Daryl Hall & John Oates – “Private Eyes” (video clip)
Ultravox – “The Voice” (27)
Earth, Wind & Fire – “Let’s Groove” (20) (Zoo)
Rod Stewart – “Tonight I’m Yours (Don’t Hurt
Me)” (10) (video/audience dancing)
The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” (1)
(video)
Altered Images – “Happy Birthday” (2) (audience
dancing/credits)
19/11/81 (Steve Wright)
Modern Romance – “Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey” (17)
Julio Iglesias – “Begin The Beguine” (3) (video)
Pretenders – “I Go To Sleep” (12)
ABC – “Tears Are Not Enough” (26) (rpt from 05/11/81)
Diana Ross – “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?” (19) (video)
Fun Boy Three – “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)”
(30) WATCH
Trevor Walters – “Love Me Tonight” (29)
Soft Cell – “Bedsitter” (13) (video)
Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure” (1) (Zoo)
The Jets – “Yes Tonight Josephine” (31) (audience
dancing/credits)
26/11/81 (Mike Read)
The Jets – “Yes Tonight Josephine” (25)
Earth, Wind & Fire – “Let’s Groove” (3) (video)
Toyah – “Good Morning Universe” (23) This video has been
removed by the user
Cliff Richard – “Daddy’s Home” (15) (video)
Imagination – “Flashback” (28)
Ultravox – “The Voice” (18) (video)
Kim Wilde – “Cambodia” (24)
Kool & The Gang – “Steppin’ Out” (14) (video)
Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure” (1) (audience
dancing/credits)
03/12/81
(David Jensen) (rpt UK Gold)
Bad Manners – “Buona Sera” (34) This video has been removed
by the user
Soft Cell – “Bedsitter” (4) This video has been removed due
to terms of use violation
Status Quo – “Rock ‘N’ Roll” (27) WATCH
Duran Duran – “My Own Way” (26) WATCH
Jonathan King – US chart rundown:
Journey – “Don’t Stop Believing” (live clip)
Rod Stewart – “Young Turks” (video clip)
Olivia Newton-John – “Physical” (video clip)
Diana Ross – “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?” (5) (Zoo)
Godley & Crème – “Wedding Bells” (21) (video)
Fun Boy Three – “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)”
(20) (rpt from 19/11/81)
The Human League – “Don’t You Want Me” (9) (video)
Julio Iglesias – “Begin The Beguine” (1) (video/credits)
10/12/81 (Jimmy Savile) (rpt UK Gold)
Showaddywaddy – “Footsteps” (35)
Madness – “It Must Be Love” (7) (video)
Dollar – “Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)” (26) WATCH
Ken Dodd – “Hold My Hand” (not in chart)
Adam & The Ants – “Ant Rap” (9) (video)
Bucks Fizz – “The Land Of Make Believe” (24) WATCH
The Police – “Spirits In The Material World” (28) WATCH
Abba – “One Of Us” (11) (video)
The Human League – “Don’t You Want Me” (1) (video)
Philip Lynott – “Yellow Pearl” (not in chart) (audience
dancing/credits)
17/12/81 (Simon Bates) (rpt UK Gold)
Duran Duran – “My Own Way” (14) This video has been removed
due to terms of use violation
Cliff Richard – “Daddy’s Home” (2) (live
clip/audience dancing)
Chas & Dave – “Stars Over 45” (36)
Godley & Crème – “Wedding Bells” (8) WATCH
Brown Sauce – “I Wanna Be A Winner” (64) (video)
Rod Stewart – “Young Turks” (23) (video)
The Snowmen – “Hokey Cokey” (40) WATCH
Jon & Vangelis – “I’ll Find My Way Home” (26)
(danced to by Sue)
Status Quo – “Rock ‘N’ Roll” (12) (rpt from
03/12/81)
The Human League – “Don’t You Want Me” (1) (video)
Altered Images – “I Could Be Happy” (29) (audience
dancing/credits)
24/12/81 (David Jensen) (rpt UK Gold)
Wizzard – “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday” (41) WATCH
Imagination – brief Xmas message
Adam & The Ants – “Ant Rap” (4) (video)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – “Sweet Dreams” (45)
Bucks Fizz – “The Land Of Make Believe” (5)
The Police – “Spirits In The Material World” (12) (rpt from
10/12/81)
Kool & The Gang – “Get Down On It” (26) (Zoo)
Abba – “One Of Us” (3) (video)
Altered Images – “I Could Be Happy” (20) WATCH
Dollar – “Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)” (9) WATCH
The Human League – “Don’t You Want Me” (1) WATCH
Philip Lynott – “Yellow Pearl” (47) (audience
dancing/credits)
25/12/81 (Radio 1 DJs) (rpt UK Gold) (full show on Youtube)
The Teardrop Explodes – “Reward” WATCH
Ultravox – “Vienna”
Kim Wilde – “Kids In America” WATCH
The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe In Love)”
Godley & Crème – “Under Your Thumb” WATCH
Kirsty MacColl – “There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop
Swears He’s Elvis” WATCH
Adam Ant – brief interview
Dave Stewart & Colin Blunstone – “What Becomes Of The Broken
Hearted?” WATCH
The Jacksons – “Can You Feel It?” (Zoo)
Linx – “Intuition”
The Beat – “Too Nice To Talk To” WATCH
Spandau Ballet – “Chant No.1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure
On)” WATCH
Toyah – “It’s A Mystery” WATCH
Laurie Anderson – “O Superman” (Zoo)
Altered Images – “Happy Birthday”
Depeche Mode – “Just Can’t Get Enough” WATCH
OMD – “Souvenir”
Shakin’ Stevens – “You Drive Me Crazy” WATCH
Everyone – “All You Need Is Love” (+ credits)
31/12/81 (Mike Read) (rpt UK Gold)
Shakin’ Stevens – “This Ole House” (video)
Adam & The Ants – “Stand & Deliver” (video)
John Lennon – “Imagine” (video)
Roxy Music – “Jealous Guy” (video)
Aneka – “Japanese Boy” (rpt from 13/08/81)
The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” (video)
The Specials – “Ghost Town” (rpt from 02/07/81)
Joe Dolce Music Theatre – “Shaddap You Face” (video)
Julio Iglesias – “Begin The Beguine” (video)
Bucks Fizz – “Making Your Mind Up” (rpt)
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – “It’s My Party”
(video)
Michael Jackson – “One Day In Your Life” (stills)
Smokey Robinson – “Being With You” (video)
Shakin’ Stevens – “Green Door” (rpt from 13/08/81)
Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” (rpt from 13/08/81)
John Lennon – “Woman” (video)
Adam & The Ants – “Prince Charming” (video)
The Human League – “Don’t You Want Me” (video)
Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure” (stills/credits)
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