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Singer-songwriter Harry Chapin dies from a massive heart attack, brought on when a tractor crashes into his car in Jericho, New York Sate, USA.
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Split Enz and The Sports play at The Theatre Royal, Mackay, Australia, 
During his third gospel tour, performing mostly religious material, Bob Dylan plays the third of four nights at the Le Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Mod revival band 
On their On Through The Night World tour, Def Leppard play at The Warfield, San Francisco, California, USA.
On his I'm The Man tour, Joe Jackson plays at Victoria Hall, Hanley, England, UK, Europe.
On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play at the Palais des Sports, Lyon, France, Europe.
On their Packet Of Three tour,
Bob Marley And The Wailers play in The Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, Europe.
Toto, The Doobie Brothers, Huey Lewis and others play in The Mountain Aire Festival, Calavaras County Fairgrounds, Angel's Camp, California, USA.
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The Urban Cowboy soundtrack is certified platinum by the R.I.A.A. in the USA. The double LP features Anne Murray, Kenny Rogers, The Eagles, Mickey Gilley, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther, Jimmy Buffett, The Charlie Daniels Band and others. The film is considered to have started the 1980s boom in pop-country music known variously as the Urban Cowboy Movement, Neo-Country or Hill Boogie.
On their British Steel tour, Judas Priest and Def Leppard play at Five Flags Arena, Dubuque, Iowa, USA.
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Barry Manilow plays at The Frederic Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
George Harrison, former guitarist of The Beatles, publishes I, Me, Mine, a leather-bound limited edition autobiography, selling at a mere £148. 
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The Grateful Dead play the second of two nights at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
It is reported that after ten years with Madness enter the UK singles chart with Baggy Trousers, which will peak at No3.
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Blues-rock band Nine Below Zero play at Cromwell's, Norwich, England, UK, Europe.Maria Huld Markan Sigfusdottir of Icelandic all-female musical quartet Amiina is born.
On their Unmasked tour, Kiss play at Eriksdalshallen, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe, supported by Iron Maiden.
John Cooper Clarke, Pauline Murray And The Invisible Girls, The Durutti Ciolumn and Duran Duran play at The Lyceum Theatre, London, England, UK.
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