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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.
The Grateful Dead play the tenth night of a fifteen night season at The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA, during which the band revives its acoustic set and records tracks for the album Dead Set.
The Tourists play the first of two nights at The Odeon, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Barracudas. Two members of The Tourists, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, will go on to form Eurythmics.
Supertramp, led by Swindon-born Rick Davies, enter the UK album charts with Paris, which will peak at No7.
Queen reach No1 in the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA with Another One Bites The Dust.
Absolutely, the second album by Madness, enters the UK albums chart, where it will peak at No2 during a 46-week stay. The album is produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley.
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As part of their Drama tour, Yes play the second of two nights at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Secret Affair play at The Rainbow, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Step.
London-based Stiff Records is fined £50 for publicly displaying and selling a promotional t-shirt bearing the incontrovertibly true slogan, "If it ain't Stiff, it ain't worth a fuck."Enola Gay by Liverpool band Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [aka OMD] enters the UK singles chart where it will peak at No8 during a fifteen-week run.
R'n'b and jazz guitarist George Benson enters the UK popular singles chart with Love X Love, which will peak at No7 during a ten-week run on the chart.
Joni Mitchell plays an evening set at The Bread And Roses festival, Berkeley, California, USA.
On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play in The Bismarck Civic Center, Bismarck, North Dakota, USA.
It is reported that Led Zeppelin might split, following the death of drummer John Bonham.
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Carly Simon collapses from exhaustion on stage at the Stanley Theater.