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Date : 19 May 1977

Presenter : Kid Jensen

Song : In The City

Chart Position : 41

Date : 21 July 1977

Presenter : Dave Lee Travis

Song : All Around The World

Chart Position : 30

Date : 4 August 1977

Presenter : Jimmy Savile

Song : All Around The World

Chart Position : 20

Date : 18 August 1977

Presenter : Dave Lee Travis

Song : All Around The World

Chart Position : 13

Date : 3 November 1977

Presenter : Peter Powell

Song : The Modern World

Chart Position : 38

Date : 9 March 1978

Presenter : Tony Blackburn

Song : News Of The World

Chart Position : 38

Date : 24 August 1978

Presenter : Kid Jensen

Song : David Watts

Chart Position : 32

Date : 7 September 1978

Presenter : Peter Powell

Song : David Watts

Chart Position : 26

Date : 21 September 1978

Presenter : Paul Burnett

Song : David Watts

Chart Position : 25

Date : 19 October 1978

Presenter : Peter Powell

Song : Down In The Tube Station At Midnight

Chart Position : 25

Date : 15 March 1979

Presenter : Peter Powell

Song : Strange Town

Chart Position : 30

Date : 5 April 1979

Presenter : Tony Blackburn

Song : Strange Town

Chart Position : 16

Date : 23 August 1979

Presenter : Jimmy Savile

Song : When You're Young

Chart Position : 25

Date : 1 November 1979

Presenter : Mike Read

Song : The Eton Rifles

Chart Position : 29

Date : 15 November 1979

Presenter : Kid Jensen

Song : The Eton Rifles

Chart Position : 4

Date : 20 March 1980

Presenter : Mike Read

Song : Going Underground

Chart Position : 1

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Date : 27 March 1980

Presenter : Peter Powell

Song : Going Underground

Chart Position : 1

Date : 3 April 1980

Presenter : Kid Jensen

Song : Going Underground

Chart Position : 1

Date : 21 August 1980

Presenters : Steve Wright & Cliff Richard

Song : Start!

Chart Position : 3


Date : 4 September 1980

Presenters : Dave Lee Travis & Kevin Keegan

Song : Start!

Chart Position : 1

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Date : 1 January 1981

Presenters : Dave Lee Travis & Tommy Vance

Song : Going Underground

Chart Position : -

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Date : 4 June 1981

Presenter : Richard Skinner

Song : Funeral Pyre

Chart Position : 4

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Date : 22 October 1981

Presenter : Jimmy Savile

Song : Absolute Beginners

Chart Position : 7

Date : 11 February 1982

Presenter : Tommy Vance

Song : Town Called Malice

Chart Position : 1

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Date : 18 February 1982

Presenter : Mike Read

Songs : Precious / Town Called Malice

Chart Position : 1

(Credits rolled during Town Called Malice performance)


Date : 25 February 1982

Presenter : Dave Lee Travis

Songs : Town Called Malice

Chart Position : 1

(Performance repeated from previous week)

Date : 1 July 1982

Presenter : John Peel

Song : Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero

Chart Position : 13

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Date : 16 September 1982

Presenter : Simon Bates

Songs : The Bitterest Pill

(I Ever Had To Swallow)

Chart Position : 5

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Date : 2 December 1982

Presenters : Peter Powell, Gary Davies, Janice Long & Pat Sharp

Song : Beat Surrender

Chart Position : 1


Date : 9 December 1982

Presenter : Simon Bates

Song : Beat Surrender

Chart Position : 1

(Performance repeated from previous week)