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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 Oak Ridge Boys reach No1 in the Billboard Country Singles Chart in the USA with Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight, composed by Rodney Crowell.
Another Brick In The Wall by Pink Floyd enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA where it will peak at No1.
The Pretenders play at Manchester University, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Prince plays at The Orpheum Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, but the venue is far from full and reactions to his overtly sexual stage antics are mixed.Dance Stance, the first hit by Dexys Midnight Runners, peaks at No40 in the UK singles chart.
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Pat Benatar scores her first Top 40 singles chart entry in the USA with Heartbreaker.
Slaughter And The Dogs, Chelsea and The Books play at the Electric Ballroom, Camden, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Cure spend the sixth of seven days mixing their second album, Seventeen Seconds, at Morgan Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
During a 23-date US tour, performing mostly religious material, Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at the Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, West
Virginia.
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.