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Muzak is registered as a trademark by The North American Company, who will use it as the name for a service delivering background music to hotels, restaurants and workplaces.
Notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone dies aged 48 at his home on Palm Island, Florida, USA. He had long been weak and mentally deficient from the effects of neurosyphilis, and then suffered a stroke, pneumonia and, finally, a cardiac arrest. Capone's life of crime will inspire several songs, including Al Capone [1967] by Prince Buster, Public Enemy No1 [2011] by Megadeth and Al Capone [1987] by Michael Jackson [which later became Smooth Criminal].
The Three Peppers play the eighth night of two weeks of shows at Marty Bohn's Nut Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Horace Swaby is born in St. Andrew, Jamaica. He will find success as roots reggae and dub record producer, melodica player and keyboardist Augustus Pablo.
The Dave Clark Five play at The Guildhall, Portsmouth, UK. Also on the bill are The Applejacks, Millie And The Five Embers, The Worryin' Kind, The Quiet Five featuring Patrick Danes and The Falling Leaves.
Michael Alec Anthony West, better known in the musical world as Rebel MC, is born in Islington, London, England, UK.
Eddie Grant of The Equals returns to his homeland, Guyana, South America, on a two-week trip to scout for new talent.
The Pioneers play at the Six In One Club, Tonbridge, UK.
The Upsetters play at The Crystal Palace Hotel, Crystal Palace, London, UK.
Bob Marley And The Wailers play at the National Arena, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, in support of The People’s National Party.
The Police play at Hawaii University, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Reggae star Jacob Miller, vocalist of Inner Circle, dies, aged 27, in a car accident in Jamaica, Caribbean.
Third World and Toots And The Maytals play at The Paramount Theatre, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Malcolm Owen, singer with UK punk-reggae band The Ruts, dies aged 26 of a heroin overdose while in the bath at his mother's house. Horrified by Owen's death, The Damned will write their song The Limit Club.
The Piranhas enter the UK singles chart with Tom Hark, which will peak at No6.
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The Specials play at the Locarno, Bristol, England, UK, Europe, supported by the Swinging Cats.
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Bob Marley And The Wailers arrive in New York City, USA, where they are to play two nights at Madison Square Garden.
The Police play in the University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
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.
The Selecter play a gig in Milan, Italy, Europe.
The Police play at The Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
Toots And The Maytals play at The Venue, London, England, UK, Europe.
When Jimmy Cliff appears at the Hit Factory, New York City, USA, he is joined on stage by Rolling Stones' members Keith Richards and Ron Wood.
First day of the three-day long Glastonbury Festival which attracts 25,000 fans to Pilton, Somerset, England, UK, paying £8 each to see Van Morrison, Aswad, Jackson Browne, Roy Harper, Richie Havens and more. Unfortunately, the highest day's rainfall in 45 years is recorded on the Friday. This is also the year of the event’s first laser show backed by Tubeway Army's Are Friends Electric?.
Eddy Grant, formerly of The Equals, reaches No1 in the UK singles chart with I Don’t Wanna Dance.
Waking Up With The House On Fire by Culture Club enters the UK album charts on its way to No2.
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Jamaican reggae star Keith Hudson dies of lung cancer in New York City, USA, aged 38.
The Equators play at The Mean Fiddler, Harlesden, London, England, UK, Europe.
Yellowman plays at The Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Equators play at The Railway, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Sting plays the second of six nights at The Mogador Theatre, Paris, France, Europe.
Your Dinner play at The Griffin Hotel, March, England, UK, Europe.
Toots And The Maytals play at The Dominion Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
On his Dream Of The Blue Turtles tour, Sting plays at the Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston, USA.
Sting plays the second of two nights at The Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Sting's movie, Bring On The Night, featuring live concert footage from Paris, France, Europe, opens in the USA.
Sting plays at The Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany, Europe.
English anarcho-punk band Conflict is reported to be involved in a dispute with the Vice Squad and the Post Office, after packages sent by the band (containing their latest single, The Battle Continues, lyric sheets and t-shirts) were passed to the police by the Post Office in Islington, London, England, UK, Europe. The band has been advised that "it is an offence to send subversive material through the post." The band had always been outspoken regarding issues such as anarchism, animal rights and the anti-war movement and a number of their gigs during the 1980s were followed by riots and disturbances.
When reggae band Jah Love plays at the Key Largo club, Belmar, New Jersey, they are joined for two songs by Bruce Springsteen.
No Doubt collect the Best Group Video trophy for their hit Don't Speak, at the MTV Awards in New York City, USA.
Connected by satellite from his home at Lake House, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, Sting makes a surprise guest appearance on the Italian TV show Yesterday, where he performs the song My Heart And I.
Brentford Road in Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, Caribbean, is renamed Studio One Boulevards in honour of Clement Dodd, aka Sir Coxone, one of reggae's most influential producers, who was based in Studio One.
Billy Bragg, Terry Walker, Suggs and The Mitchell Brothers play at the London United Festival in Burgess Park, London, England, UK.
It is reported that the demos produced by Amy Winehouse during her three month stay on the Caribbean island of St Lucia have been rejected by island Records for being too reggae-influenced.
Toots And The Maytals play at The O2 Academy, Bristol, UK,
Toots And The Maytals play at The O2 Academy, Sheffield, England, UK.
The Dave Matthews Band Caravan plays the first of three nights at Lakeside, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The lineup over the course of the three nights also includes Kid Cudi, The Flaming Lips performing Dark Side Of The Moon, Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros, Amos Lee, Emmylou Harris, Ben Folds, G. Love And Special Sauce, Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings, Gomez, Drive-By Truckers, Michael Franti And Spearhead, Daniel Lanois' Black Dub, The Jayhawks, Soja, Soulive, The Wailers, Blind Pilot, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, TR3, Vieux Farka Toure, Alberta Cross, Mariachi El Bronx, Bobby Long, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Jeff Coffin's Mu'tet and Gary Clark Jr.
Reggae pioneer Winston Riley dies at University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica, Caribbean, aged 65, from gunshot wounds he had received in November 2011. Riley, a noted producer and also founder of The Techniques, had been the target of a number of unexplained attacks in 2011, including being shot in August and stabbed in September.
Suburban Legends play at The Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Music business entrepreneur Billy McFarland is arrested by federal agents at his home in Manhattan, New York City, USA, and charged with one count of wire fraud. McFarland is the co-organiser (with Ja Rule) of The Fyre Festival which was sold as an ultraluxurious music event in the Bahamas but collapsed in April, leaving angry ticket buyers, investors and workers.
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