10 December 1981

Thursday 10 December

1981-12-10

Events

• A mysterious epidemic, which has been discovered in homosexual men, is causing increasing concern in the United States. The unknown condition, which consists of a form of pneumonia and skin cancer, has been found in 180 patients in 15 states since last July, claiming 75 lives so far in the US and up to 92% of the victims are homosexual men. [1]

Top of the Pops

presented by JS

1. Showaddywaddy – Footsteps (35)
2. Madness – It Must Be Love (7) (video)
3. Dollar – Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) (26)  

   

   DOLLAR - MIRROR, MIRROR (HQ) - Excellent!

4. Ken Dodd – Hold My Hand (not in chart)
5. Adam & The Ants – Ant Rap (9) (video)
6. Bucks Fizz – The Land Of Make Believe (24) 
7. The Police – Spirits In The Material World (28) 
8. Abba – One Of Us (11) (video)
9. The Human League – Don’t You Want Me (1) (video)
10. Philip Lynott – Yellow Pearl (not in chart) (audience dancing/credits)