On this day: May 15, 1982

May 15, 1982 was a major day in British music history, the 500th number 1 song hit the charts. Surprisingly, the single was not by a well-known star of the day such as the Jam, or the Police, or even Bucks Fizz. Instead, the song was by a young German girl known as Nicole. The song was A Little Peace, a song about tolerance and acceptance.

Nicole was Germany's first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, but the stigma of being a non-British winner of the award followed her. Her follow-up song, Give Me More Time was not nearly as successful, only reaching number 75 on the charts.

Other  notable events for May 15:
-The first album chart- albums meaning a collection of 78 rpm singles- was introduced on the USA on May 15, 1945
-Two films made by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Apotheosis and Fly, in which a fly crawls all over the naked body of a model, were shown at the Cannes film festival on May 15, 1971
-Spandau Ballet enjoyed their only week at the top of the British LP chart on May 15, 1983 with True