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Former Velvet Underground vocalist Nico, plays at Doornroosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Europe.Paul Young releases a new single, Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) on CBS Records in the UK. (The song was originally recorded by Marvin Gaye in 1962)
Paul Weller, formerly of The Jam, unveils his new band The Style Council.
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Bobby Kimbal, lead vocalist of Toto, is arrested in Los Angeles, California, USA, when police find cocaine in his car.
Country and blues musician, singer, songwriter and recording artist Cliff Carlisle dies aged 79 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.The Police begin their Synchronicty tour with the first of two nights at The Nippon Budokan, Toikyo, Japan.
The Orrimbe Art Show opens in the Jean-Claude Riedul gallery, Paris, France, Europe. Music for the show is provided by a Jean Michel Jarre who has specially composed a piece, Music For Supermarkets, which will be issued in an edition of just one copy. A month later it will be sold at auction for £10,000.
Psychopathic serial killer Henry Lee Lucas is arrested by Texas Ranger Phil Ryan, initially for unlawful possession of a firearm. He will, however, eventually be convicted of eleven homicides. Lee's crimes are thought to have provided the impetus for the 1996 cover version of the traditional murder ballad Henry Lee by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, featuring P.J. Harvey.
Thriller by Michael Jackson reaches No1 in Australia's Kent Music Report Albums Chart.
Joni Mitchell plays at The Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center, Canadaigua, New York State, USA.
Siouxsie and The Banshees play the last of three nights at the Kolnoadan Club, Tel Aviv, Israel.
On his Midnight At The Lost And Found tour, Meat Loaf plays at The Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe.
The Larry Lundstrom Family plays at The Starlite Bowl, Clintonville, Wisconsin, USA.
Diana Ross plays at Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, Los Angeles, California, USA.Nicksilver play at Jonathan Swifts, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The band features former members of Quicksilver Messenger Serivice, including John Cipollina and Nicky Hopkins.
On their Eliminator tour, ZZ Top play the second of three nights at Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas, USA, supported by Albert King.Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson enter the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA with Say, Say, Say, which will peak at No1 during an eighteen-week run. On the same day, they enter the UK singles chart where the song will peak at No2 during a fifteen-week run.
Having spent fifteen weeks at No1, The Police's album Synchronicity becomes the longest-running No1 in the history of A + M Records.
Jazz bandleader Harlan Leonard dies aged 78 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was best-known as leader of his band The Rockets.
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On their Lick It Up World tour, Kiss play at Foire Expositions, Lille, France, Europe.
Gang Of Four play at UCSB Campbell Hall, Santa Barbara, California, USA.On their Lick It Up World tour, Kiss play at Halle des Fêtes de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, Europe.
Rebel Yell by Billy Idol begins a 39-week run on the R + R AOR album chart in the USA.
On their Synchronicity tour, The Police play at The Myriad Center, Oklahoma City, USA.
On their Flick of the Switch tour, 
Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver tour plays at The Memorial drive Tennis Courts, Adelaide, Australia, Oceania.
Patti LaBelle releases her sixth solo LP, I'm In Love Again on Philadelphia International Records in the USA.
On the Bark At The Moon tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays the first of two nights at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe.
On their The Present tour, The Moody Blues play at The Thomas And Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.On their Eliminator tour, ZZ Top play at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Wendy And The Rockets. This show concludes the European leg of the Eliminator tour.
The Police end the UK leg of their Synchronicity tour with the last of four nights at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, Europe.Jan |