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At the studios of IRCAM, Paris, France, Europe, Pierre Boulez conducts the Ensemble Contemporain in the first recording of Frank Zappa's composition, The Perfect Stranger, whose story is a dog's eye view of a vacuum cleaner salesman visiting a housewife.
Soft Cell give their final live performance at Hammersmith Palais, London, England, UK, Europe. 
R.E.M. begin seven days of recording in Reflections Sound Studio, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Cyndi Lauper becomes the first female singer since Bobbie Gentry to be nominated for five Grammy Awards (Best Album, Record, Song, Vocal Performance and New Artist).Ozzy Osbourne plays at Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, Maine, USA, supported by Motley Crue.