The #1 song in the UK on October 1, 1980

Don't Stand So Close to Me By The Police

Other #1 songs on October 1, 1980

#1 Hit Song

Another One Bites the Dust
Queen

#1 R&B Song

Funkin’ For Jamaica
Tom Browne

#1 Country Song

Do You Wanna Go to Heaven
T. G. Sheppard

#1 Dance Track

Can't Fake the Feeling
Geraldine Hunt

Notable October 1 birthdays in the 1980s

Brie Larson

Born October 01, 1989

Matthew Daddario

Born October 01, 1987

Jurnee Smollett

Born October 01, 1986

Beck Bennett

Born October 01, 1984

David Yelldell

Born October 01, 1981