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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 blues musical Blues In The Night, is presented at Playhouse 46, New York City, USA, during a run of 51 performances. The musical is set in a run-down Chicago hotel.The Bee Gees are sued by a Chicago antiques dealer/musician Ronald Selle who claims that their hit How Deep Is Your Love has plagiarized two sections of his song, Let It End. The Bee Gees claim never to have heard the songs before, but Mr Selle will win his case. The verdict will, however, be overturned in 1983.
On their Tusk tour, Fleetwood Mac play the last of three nights at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Elvis Costello and The Attractions play at The O asis Leisure Centre, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
MOR orchestra leader Mantovani dies aged 74 at a care home in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK, Europe. He was, accoring to the book British Hit Singles And Albums, "Britain's most successful album act before The Beatles ... the first act to sell over one million stereo albums and [have] six albums simultaneously in the American Top 30 in 1959."
Split Enz and The Sports play at The Canberra Theatre, Canberra, Australia, 
George Harrison takes part in a Friends Of The Earth anti-nuclear march in London, England, UK, Europe.
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.