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Big River, based on the Mark Twain novel The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, is playing at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1005 performances. Featuring music written by country-pop singer-songwriter Roger Miller, the play wins seven Tony awards, including Best Score.
The Weather Girls release a new single, No One Can Love You, on CBS Records in the UK.
Danse Society play the first of two nights at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Bowing to demands from the moral-crusading pressure group Parents Music Resource Centre, aka the Washington Wives, Stan Gortikov, President of the Recording Industry Association Of America (R.I.A.A.), announces that nineteen record companies have agreed to sticker potentially offensive albums with the words 'Parental guidance - explicit lyrics'. At last, kids can instantly identify the records they want without actually having to listen to the music first.
Gordon Mills, manager of Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck and Gilbert O’Sullivan, dies of cancer, aged 51, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Danse Society play the first of two nights at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Kate Bush appears on BBC TV programme Wogan, in London, England, UK, Europe, singing Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God).
The Pogues release their second LP, Rum Sodomy And The Lash on Stiff Records in the UK. The album is produced by Elvis Costello.
King release a new single, Alone Without You, on CBS Records in the UK. It will peak at No8 in the UK Singles chart.
Kid Creole And The Coconuts play the first of two nights at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe.
Toots And The Maytals play at Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Your Dinner.
'Atomic skiffle' performer