16 April 1981

Thursday

1981-04-16

TV

• BBC Two
  • 6.55 pm Delia Smith's Cookery Course - pt.3 Advanced Pastry 
  • 8.00 pm BBC Television Shakespeare: Timon of Athens. Directed by Jonathan Miller

Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops Chart Rundown - 16th April 1981 (Peter Powell)

BBC One 7.20 pm

Host Peter Powell

1. The Jacksons –  Can You Feel It? (8) (background)
2. Bad Manners –  Just A Feeling (15)
3. Spandau Ballet –  Musclebound (18) (video)
4. Girlschool –  Hit & Run (33)
5. Sugar Minott –  Good Thing Going (We’ve Got A Good Thing Going) (7) (rpt from 02/04/81)
6. Department S –  Is Vic There? (40) -
7. The Beat –  Drowning (53)
8. Whitesnake –  Don’t Break My Heart Again (29) (video)
9. UK Subs –  Keep On Running (Till You Burn) (54) 
10. Ennio Morricone –  Chi Mai (4) (Legs & Co)
12. The Cure –  Primary (46) mistakenly announced as debut 

    

    The Cure - 1981-04-16 Primary "Top of the Pops"

13. The Nolans –  Attention To Me (14)
14. Bucks Fizz –  Making Your Mind Up (1) (rpt from 19/03/81)
15. The Jacksons –  Can You Feel It? (8) (video/credits)

Smash Hits

Issue: 16 - 29 April 1981, Hazel O'Connor cover [1] Features: Hazel O'Connor, Paul Weller, Public Image Ltd., Bitz: Undertones, Bunnymen, Shakin' Stevens, Buzzcocks split, David Bowie book, The Clash, [èJim Kerr]] Top ten.Independent Bitz. Lyrics: Slow Motion, Is Vic There?, Primary, Flowers of Romance, Only Crying, MAking Your Mind Up, Changeling (Request Spot), Watching the Wheels, Stray Cat Strut, The Magnificent Seven. Singles Albums Live Gigz Centrespread: Duran Duran Back cover: Polecats Ads: