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Sem-pro East London band Iron Maiden place a small ad in Melody Maker music newspaper in the UK seeking a second guitarist, "capable of tight fast harmonies, tasty chordwork and the occasional ripping solo."
20,000 people, including Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne and Michael McDonald, attend a benefit tribute concert for the late Lowell George of Little Feat in Inglewood, California, USA.
The Knack enter the Billboard Top Ten Singles Chart in the USA at No6 with My Sharona, a song inspired by elements of three previous hits. Knack frontman Doug Fieger acknowledged that Sharona's tom-tom drum
rhythm is "just a rewrite" of Going To A Go-Go, a 1965 song by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles, while its stuttering vocal effects recall Roger Daltrey's vocals in the 1965 song My Generation by The Who. In addition, My Sharona's main melodic hook is similar to the main riff from the 1967 song Gimme Some Lovin', by the Spencer Davis Group.
Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.