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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.
The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe. He will remain at the clinic until May 1981.Idiosyncratic blues guitarist and singer Robert Pete Williams dies aged 66 in Rosedale, Louisiana, USA.
A live concert by Japanese New Age synthesiser wizard Kitaro is transmitted on tv in Japan, Asia, to an audience estimated at 40 million.
The Charlie Daniels Band, Billy Preston, Syreeta, Chuck Berry and Barry Manilow appear in the ninth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special on ABC-tv in the USA.