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Elephant Man, starring I Love A Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbitt reaches No1 on the Billboard country singles chart in the USA.
Black Sabbath play at Queen's Hall, Leeds, England, UK, Europe, supported by Max Webster.
Deborah Harry of Blondie confirms that she is to make a solo album, with Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers of Chic as producers.
The Who play the first of two nights at The NEC, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Stray Cats play at The University, Lancaster, England, UK, Europe.
The Who play the last of three nights at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.
Elton John releases a new single in the UK, a version of The Beatles' I Saw Her Standing There, featuring John Lennon.
Sting, vocalist with The Police , begins four days of acting work on location in Denmark, Europe.
After XTC play at The Palladium, Los Angeles, California, USA, guitarist Andy Partridge’s wife Marianne tries to deal with his valium dependency by tipping all his medication down a hotel toilet.
On his Seriously, Live! tour, Phil Collins plays at PalaTrussardi, Milan, Italy, Europe.Jazz-rock band Landscape enter the UK singles chart with Norman Bates which will peak at No40, and is their last chart hit.
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The film Bob Dylan begins a brief tour of the USA in support of the album Shot Of Love, with a show at the Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates, Chicago, Illinois.
Andy Gibb opens in the role of Frederic in a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elton John performs live at a party in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, UK, Europe, to celebrate the 21st birthday of Prince Andrew. [The prince actually turned 21 several months earlier, but the party was delayed]. In the course of the evening, Elton dances with the Queen to the strains of Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley And The Comets.
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Jerry Lee Lewis is reported to be in a critical condition after five and a half hours of surgery to remove abscesses, which developed after an operation on his stomach on June 30th. Doctors say the 45 year old rocker has only a 50-50 chance of survival.
Singer-songwriter Harry Chapin dies, aged 38, in a car crash on the Long Island Expressway in Jericho, New York State, USA.On their Fair Warning Tour [aka the W.D.F.A. (We Don't Fuck Around) Tour] Van Halen play the last of three nights at The Capitol Centre, Largo, Maryland, USA.
An 85-page report, claiming that Elvis Presley's manager, Col Tom Parker, defrauded Presley out of $2.7m, is presented to a court in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
MTV, a new 24 hour video music station, is transmitted for the first time on cable stations in the USA. The first track played is Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles.Bob Dylan releases the album Shot Of Love, in the USA on Columbia Records. On the same day, the album is released as an 8-track cartridge - Dylan's last release in this format
Paul McCartney announces an upcoming collaboration with Stevie Wonder, which will result in the duet smash Ebony And Ivory.
On their Fair Warning Tour [aka the W.D.F.A. (We Don't Fuck Around) Tour] Van Halen play at Jackson Coliseum, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
The new No1 album in the USA is Bella Donna by Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac fame.
New York's notorious Studio 54 disco re-opens after nineteen months of closure following the arrest of the owners on tax evasion charges. The new incarnation is under the new management team of Mark Fleischmann and Stanley Tate.Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes play at the Fountain Casino, Aberdeen, New Jersey, USA.
The Clash are in the Rolling Stones Mobile in London, UK, recording Midnight To Stevens, which will remain unreleased until the mid-90s.
Prince's single Controversy enters the Billboard r'n'b chart in the USA, where it will peak at No3.
Jazz, blues and pop guitarist Oscar Moore, dies in Los Angeles, California, USA. In his career he had worked with Nat King Cole, The Three Blazers, Lionel Hampton, Art Tatum and others.
The Residents play the first of two nights at The Kabuki Nightclub, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Cult play at Dundee University, Dundee, Scotland, UK, Europe.Controversy by Prince peaks at No70 in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA. On the same day, the parent album Controversy reaches No21 in the USA.
An entire housing estate in Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, is opened, in which all the street names are releated to The Beatles.
On his 55-date Controversy Tour Prince plays at The Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard of Ozz begins a fourteen-date UK tour at Colston Hall, Bristol, England, UK, Europe.Jan |