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Supertramp enter the UK pop albums chart with Breakfast In America, which will peak at No3. The album cover art shows their Swindon-born vocalist Rick Davies reading the Swindon Evening Advertiser.
The Cure's debut single, Killing An Arab, originally released on the indie Small Wonder label is re-released by Fiction, a new company set up with distribution via the major Polydor Records.
Billy Joel appears on the cover of the influential People magazine in the USA, alongside the headline, Billy Joel Rocks Cuba.

The album Van Halen II by Van Halen is awarded a gold disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
On their World Vacation tour, Van Halen play at The Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Marin, California, USA, supported by Barooga Bandit.
Having been displaced by The Bee Gees' Tragedy, I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor returns to notch up a third week at No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in the USA.
Bob Dylan is in Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, Alabama, USA, working on songs including When You Gonna Wake Up, with Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits on guitar.
Elton John plays the second of four nights at The Great October Hall, Leningrad, Russia, Europe.

Elton John plays the first of four nights at Rossya Hall, Moscow, Russia, Europe.
On their Destiny Tour, The
Jacksons including Michael
Jackson, are presented with the key to the city of Columbus, Georgia at the Government Center's Plaza Level. While in the town, Michael Jackson
is interviewed by the Columbus Times.
On their World Vacation tour, Van Halen play at The Forest National, Brussels, Belgium, Europe.
On their World Vacation tour, Van Halen play at The Jaap Edenhal, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe.
Nathan Followill, drummer of Kings Of Leon, is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
On their World Vacation tour, Van Halen play at The Auditorium, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Chuck Berry is sentenced to five months in jail for income tax evasion, dating back to 1973.
AC/DC begin their Highway To Hell tour with a show at Rijnhal, Arnhem, Holland, Europe. (Editor's note : It's worth remembering that there's a Highway To Hell but only a Stairway To Heaven. Maybe that says something about how many folks go to each of them.)
20,000 people, including Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne and Michael McDonald, attend a benefit tribute concert for the late Lowell George of Little Feat in Inglewood, California, USA.
Bauhaus release the single Bela Lugosi's Dead, widely considered the track that ushered in the era of Gothic rock.
On their World Vacation tour, Van Halen play the first of two nights at Furitsu Taiiku-Kan, Osaka, Japan, Asia.

The Police release the album Regatta De Blanc in the USA. On the same day, Elton John plays the first of eight nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
Sad Eyes by Robert John reaches No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in the USA.
Van Halen come to the end of their World Vacation tour with a show at The Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, USA.
On US tv show Saturday Night Live, Bob Dylan reveals that he has become a Born-again Christian. He sings three of his new Christian songs and, after the show, he is photographed with Mark David Chapman, who will kill John Lennon a year later.
Stevie Wonder releases a new double album, Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants, in the USA.

On his Slow Train Coming Tour, Bob Dylan plays the third of fourteen nights at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco, California, USA.
On his Slow Train Coming Tour, Bob Dylan plays the fifth of fourteen nights at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco, California, USA.
Iron Maiden record a live session for deejay Tommy Vance's BBC Radio 1 programme The Friday Rock Show, featuring the tracks Iron Maiden, Running Free, Transylvania and Sanctuary. The session will be transmitted a month later.
On his Slow Train Coming Tour, Bob Dylan plays the last of four nights at the Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California.
On his Slow Train Coming Tour, Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at the Gammage Theatre, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
When Supertramp play a live show at The Pavillion, Paris, France, the event is recorded and later issued as the live album, Paris.
When Supertramp play a live show at The Pavillion, Paris, France, the event is recorded and later issued as the live album, Paris.
The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and Chicago perform at a benefit show for Ronstadt's boyfriend, Jerry Brown, Governor of California and Presidential candidate, at the Sports Arena, San Diego, California, USA.
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