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Touring in support of his album Bat Out Of Hell, Meat Loaf plays at The Roxy, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Guitarist Robert Fripp performs a live Frippertronics concert at The Kitchen, New York City, USA. Blues pianist and recording artist Robert McCoy dies in his late 60s, in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
When XTC record a live show at The Hippodrome, Golders Green, London, England, UK, Europe, for the BBC tv programme Sight And Sound in Concert, they perform the Bob Dylan song All Along the Watchtower.
Wuthering Heights, the debut single by Kate Bush, inspired by the Emily Bronte novel of the same name, begins a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart.
Myleene Klass of Hear'Say, and later a crossover classical musician, is born in Gorleston, Norfolk, UK.
Jackson Browne plays an unannounced free concert in Barnwell, South Carolina, USA, for protesters against the Savannah River Nuclear Plant.
Internationally popular calypso band The Merrymen play at The Pepperpot, Barbados, Worthing, Christ Church, Caribbean.Bob Dylan plays the first of seven nights at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) play the first of eight (non-consecutive) nights at The Empire Pool, Wembley, London, UK.Touring in support of his album Bat Out Of Hell, Meat Loaf plays at The Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK.
Touring in support of his album Bat Out Of Hell, Meat Loaf plays at The Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia.
Following a concert at the Mid-south Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, guitarist Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones is asked why the band's current album is called Some Girls. He quips "Because we couldn’t remember their fucking names." It was a mildly amusing retort, but only added fuel to a growing feeling that the title track was offensively sexist and racist.
Polydor Records A+R man Chris Parry hears a demo tape sent to him by a young band, The Cure. He is so impressed by their song 10:15 Saturday Night that he resolves to meet them and consider signing them to a recording deal.Squeeze play the second of two nights at The Rat Club, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Heavy rock band V1 record several demos at Spaceward Studios, Cambridge, UK.
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Touring in support of his album Bat Out Of Hell, Meat Loaf plays in The State Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Legendary Liverpool 'supergroup' Big In Japan, plays its final date, at Eric's, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe. The group's membership had included Ian Broudie (later of Lightning Seeds], Dave Balfe [later of Teardrop Explodes], Bill Drummond [later of KLF], Budgie [later of Siouxsie And The Banshees] and Holly Johnson [later of Frankie Goes To Hollywood].Crime play the second of two nights at Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, California, USA.
Tom Wilson, producer of albums for Bob Dylan, Simon And Garfunkel, The Mothers Of Invention and others, dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, USA, aged 47.
Danielle Peck is born at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA. Raised in Ohio, she will find success in 2006 with her self-titled debut album and her first hit single, Findin' A Good Man.
At the Civic Center, Augusta, Maine, USA, Bob Dylan commences a marathon concert tour, a series of one-nighters in 62 cities across the USA and Canada.
Sixty five naked girls assemble in Wimbledon Stadium, London, England, UK, to take part in a naked bicycle race, as a publicity stunt to promote the new double A-sided Queen single, Fat Bottomed Girls/Bicycle Race.
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During a massive 62-city trek, Bob Dylan plays at the War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, New York State.
Gruppo Sportivo play at Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Bob Dylan plays at S.I.U. Arena, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA.
Elton John is rushed to a Harley Street, London, UK, clinic, suffering from chest pains believed to be related to exhaustion caused by overwork.
Bob Dylan plays at the Pacific National Exhibition Hall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
On the Never Say Die! tour, Black Sabbath are scheduled to play at The Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, supported by Van Halen. Unfortunately, Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne fails to turn up forcing the show to be cancelled, resulting in an audience riot. It transpires that the exhausted Osbourne had fallen asleep in the wrong hotel room and slept the clock round, waking up at 6.00am the next morning.Tapper Zukie plays at Tiffany's, Edinburgh, Scotland, supported by Cygnus.
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