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COLLECTION 300 x 60 -90's SET TWO
1980 in music
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Contents [hide]
1 Events
1.1 January
1.2 February
1.3 March
1.4 April–December
1.5 Other events
2 Bands disbanded
3 Bands formed
4 Albums released
5 Awards
6 Charts
6.1 List of Number 1 Hits
6.2 Biggest hit singles
6.3 US and UK #1 hit singles
7 Other significant singles
8 Published popular music
9 Classical music
10 Opera
11 Musical theater
12 Musical films
13 Births
14 Deaths
15 See also


[edit] Events

[edit] January
January 1 - The year starts off with a strong disco backlash, which causes the majority of musicians to abandon the use of real instruments in an attempt to distant themselves from anything associated with disco. The decade will be dominated by electronically made music and numerous musicians who had played in disco orchestras find themselves without a job. Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II. The only other pop music acts to be created MBEs are the Beatles and Elton John
January 1 The Melbourne Music scene explodes with independent bands, with various influences from US and UK Punk/New Wave. The Zorros audition Drummer Greg Pedley on new years day.
January 7 - At the age of 45, songwriter Larry Williams is found dead in his Los Angeles, California home of a gunshot wound to the head. Investigators are never able to determine whether his death was a murder or suicide.
January 13 - The Beach Boys, Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Starship perform at a benefit concert at Oakland Coliseum for the people of Kampuchea.
January 16 - Paul McCartney is arrested in Tokyo for possession of a half pound of marijuana. The remaining part of McCartney's tour had to be canceled.
January 25 - Paul McCartney is released from a Japanese jail and is kicked out of the country by Japanese authorities.
January - Daniel Amos and Randy Stonehill wrap up the first part of the Amos and Randy Tour in Toronto. Both artists are joined on stage by Larry Norman for an encore. The event makes the news on local television and newspapers.
January - The Buggles created their Music video for their song Living in the Plastic Age.

[edit] February
February 8 - David Bowie and his wife of nearly 10 years, Angie, file for divorce. Bowie gets custody of their 9 year old son, Zowie
February 14 - Lou Reed marries Sylvia Morales in New York City's Greenwich Village
February 19 - Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, dies in London. Although common folklore cites pulmonary aspiration of vomit as the cause of his death, the official cause was listed as "Acute alcohol poisoning" and "Death by Misadventure".
February 29 - Buddy Holly's trademark eyeglasses and the Big Bopper's wristwatch are "rediscovered" in old police files by the Mason City, Iowa Sheriff. Holly and the Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959 along with singer Ritchie Valens.

[edit] March
March 1 - Patti Smith marries former MC5 member Fred Sonic Smith
March 3 - Sotheby's Auction house in London auctions off a Rivera Hotel, Las Vegas napkin signed by Elvis Presley for 500 pounds. Other items auctioned included four American dollar bills autographed by the Beatles, for 220 pounds and a collection of personal letters belonging to the Rolling Stones, also for 220 pounds
March 8-March 16 - Tbilisi Rock Festival (1980): the first state-sanctioned rock music festival in the Soviet Union.
March 14 - Record producer Quincy Jones receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
March 19 - Elvis Presley's autopsy is subpoenaed during the trial of Dr. George Nichopoulous, who would later be found guilty of overprescribing drugs to Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and other clients.

[edit] April–December
April 13 - The Broadway musical Grease closes its run of 3,388 performances, making it the longest running show on Broadway up until that time.
April 14 - A member of the New Jersey State assembly introduces a resolution to make Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" the official state song.
April 17 - As the "official guests of State", Bob Marley and the Wailers perform at Zimbabwe's Independence festival. Marley calls the event the "greatest honor of my life."
April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London.
May 18 - Ian Curtis, vocalist of pioneering post-punk group Joy Division, hangs himself in his Macclesfield home. His death comes just days before Joy Division are scheduled to begin their first U.S. tour.
June - Rock and Roll pioneer Bill Haley performs for the last time during a tour of South Africa. After this tour, his health deteriorates and he dies in February 1981. July 1980 marks the 25th anniversary of Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" reaching No. 1 on the American singles charts.
August 23 – The Heatwave festival near Toronto featured The B-52's, the Talking Heads, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello and many others.
August 31 - Karen Carpenter marries Thomas Burris in their shortly-lived marriage of three years. "Because We Are in Love" is played at their wedding.
September 20 - Ozzy Osbourne's breakthrough debut album Blizzard of Ozz is released in the UK.
September 25 - Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham found dead at age 32.
November 21 - The Eagles' Don Henley is arrested when cocaine, Quaaludes, and marijuana were found in his hotel room after a nude 16 year old prostitute had drug-related seizures. Henley is also subsequently charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
December - Duran Duran signs with EMI after finalizing its lineup and touring as a support act for Hazel O'Connor.
December 4 - Led Zeppelin disbands after John Bonham dies.
December 8 - John Lennon is shot dead outside of his apartment building in New York City.

[edit] Other events
Record labels established in 1980
Record labels disestablished in 1980
The single "Groovy Ghost Show" by Casper is one of the first recorded hip hop music from Chicago, Illinois
The Hee Bee Gee Bees release cutting parody of Bee Gees' disco-style single. Though not a hit in the UK, it is a huge success elsewhere, particularly in Australia, and helps to encourage the Gibb brothers to diversify stylistically
Network Riddum Band's Breaking Out is the first occurrence of the term
Phil Collins signs a contract with Atlantic Records to distribute his solo records in the US and in Europe outside the UK (on WEA label)
Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler is injured in a motorcycle crash that leaves him hospitalized for two months.

[edit] Bands disbanded
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Seals & Crofts
Bachman-Turner Overdrive break up (they reform periodically over the years)
The Eagles break up (they reform in 1994)
The Germs
George Clinton dissolves Parliament-Funkadelic
Horslips
Gentle Giant
The Buggles (Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes join Yes)
The Tourists disband and become Eurythmics
Boys Next Door disband and become The Birthday Party
Wire disband (they reform in 1985)
Joy Division
Led Zeppelin[Later to reform in 2008 with Jason Bonham on drums (John Boham's son)

[edit] Bands formed
See also: :Category:Musical groups established in 1980
Aztec Camera
Anti-Nowhere League
Bad Religion
Böhse Onkelz
Bow Wow Wow
Depeche Mode
The Church
Einstürzende Neubauten
The Fixx
Flux of Pink Indians
A Flock of Seagulls
Haircut 100
Heaven 17
Level 42
Meat Puppets
Mercyful Fate
Minor Threat
Missing Persons
Mission of Burma
New Model Army
Quarterflash
R.E.M.
Reagan Youth
The Sisters of Mercy
The Smithereens
Soft Cell
Tom Tom Club
The Vandals
Warumpi Band
The Zorros


[edit] Albums released
See also: :Category:1980 albums
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
21 at 33 - Elton John
80/81 - Pat Metheny
1980 - Gil Scott Heron
A - Jethro Tull
A Different Kind of Tension - The Buzzcocks
A Musical Affair - Ashford and Simpson
Absolutely - Madness
Ace of Spades - Motörhead
Acnalbasac Noom - Slapp Happy
Adventures in Utopia - Utopia (band)
After Dark - Andy Gibb
Against the Wind - Bob Seger
Alibi - America
All Shook Up - Cheap Trick
Amar Como Jesus Amou - Jorge Ferreira
Animal Magnetism - Scorpions
Arc of a Diver - Steve Winwood
Argybargy - Squeeze
Army Life - The Exploited
The Art of Walking - Pere Ubu
Audio Visions - Kansas (band)
Authority Stealing - Fela Kuti
Autoamerican - Blondie
Autumn - George Winston
Avoid Freud - Rough Trade
Baby's Got a Gun - The Only Ones
Back in Black - AC/DC
Back On The Streets - Donnie Iris
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School - Warren Zevon
Barry - Barry Manilow
Bass Culture - Linton Kwesi Johnson
Beat Crazy - Joe Jackson
Beatin' the Odds - Molly Hatchet
Bebe Le Strange - Heart (band)
The Beginning - Midnight Star
Between a Hard Place and the Ground - Mike Bloomfield
Bird Noises - Midnight Oil
The Birthday Party - The Birthday Party
The Black Album - The Damned
Black Market Clash - The Clash
Black Sea - XTC
Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne (solo debut)
Blue Angel - Blue Angel
Blue Kentucky Girl - Emmylou Harris
The Blues Brothers - Original Soundtrack
Borderline - Ry Cooder
Boy - U2 (debut)
Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
The Brains - The Brains
British Steel - Judas Priest
Brother Ray is at it Again - Ray Charles
Bryan Adams - Bryan Adams
Bunny Wailer Sings the Wailers - Bunny Wailer
Burning Blue Soul - Matt Johnson
Butcher Baby (EP) - Plasmatics
Camellia III and Camellia IV - Ebiet G. Ade
Cameosis - Cameo
Carnaval - Spyro Gyra
Caught You - Steel Pulse
Chicago XIV - Chicago
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross
Closer - Joy Division
Clues (album) - Robert Palmer
Coal Miner's Daughter - Original Soundtrack
Colassal Youth - Young Marble Giants
Come Upstairs - Carly Simon
Commercial Album - The Residents
Common One - Van Morrison
The Correct Use of Soap - Magazine (band)
Crazy Rhythms - The Feelies
Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar
Crocodiles (album) - Echo and the Bunnymen
Cultosaurus Erectus - Blue Öyster Cult
The Decline of Western CivilizationSoundtrack - The Germs
Deface the Music - Utopia (band)
Departure - Journey
Diana - Diana Ross
Dirty Mind - Prince
Divine Madness - Bette Midler
Doc at the Radar Station - Captain Beefheart
Dome 1 - Dome
Don't Fight It - Red Rider
Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Drama - Yes (band)
Drastic Measures - 7 Seconds
Dream After Dream - Journey
Dub Disco - Bunny Wailer
Duke - Genesis
Eagles Live - The Eagles
Earth & Sky - Graham Nash
East - Cold Chisel
Eje Nlogba - King Sunny Ade
Elephant Parts - Mike Nesmith
Emotional Rescue - The Rolling Stones
Empires and Dance - Simple Minds
Empty Glass - Pete Townshend
End of the Century - The Ramones
The European Tour - John Coltrane
Exploited Barmy Army - The Exploited
Faces - Earth, Wind and Fire
Fame - Original Soundtrack
Flash Gordon - Queen (band)
Flesh + Blood - Roxy Music
Flush the Fashion - Alice Cooper
The Flying Lizards - The Flying Lizards
Framed - Asleep at the Wheel
Freedom of Choice - Devo
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
Full Moon - Charlie Daniels Band
Gap Band III - The Gap Band
The Game - Queen
Garden of Love - Rick James
Gaucho - Steely Dan
Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan
Get Happy!! - Elvis Costello
Give Me the Night - George Benson
Glass House Rock - Greg Kihn
Glass Houses - Billy Joel
Go to Heaven - The Grateful Dead
God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners - Robert Fripp
Good News - Sweet Honey in the Rock
Grace and Danger - John Martyn
Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers
Grotesque (After the Gramme) - The Fall
Group Sex - The Circle Jerks (debut)
Growing Up in Public - Lou Reed
Guilty - Barbra Streisand
Gyrate - Pylon
Habibi Ana - Samir Al-Ajani
Hail H.I.M. - Burning Spear
Hanx - Stiff Little Fingers
Happy Woman Blues - Lucinda Williams
Hawks & Doves - Neil Young
Head Games - Foreigner
Head On - Samson
Heartattack and Vine - Tom Waits
Heathen Earth - Throbbing Gristle
Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
Hi-Infidelity - REO Speedwagon
Hideaway - David Sanborn
Hold Out - Jackson Browne
Honeysuckle Rose - Willie Nelson
Hot on the One - James Brown
Hotter than July - Stevie Wonder
Huey Lewis & The News - Huey Lewis & the News (debut)
Humans - Bruce Cockburn
Hypnotised - The Undertones
I Am What I Am - George Jones
I Believe - The Buzzcocks
Ikite Itemo Iidesuka - Miyuki Nakajima
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden(debut)
Immer nur träumen - Die Flippers
In Concert, Zurich October 28, 1979 - Chick Corea and Gary Burton
In 'n' Out - Rick James
In The Flat Fields - Bauhaus (band)
Inside Job - Dion DiMucci
The Inside Story - Robben Ford
INXS - INXS
I Just Can't Stop It - The English Beat
I'm a Rebel - Accept
It's What's Inside That Counts - Critical Mass
IV - The Stranglers
I've Got Something to Say - David Allan Coe
Jack Rabbit! - Doug Dillard
The Jazz Singer - Neil Diamond
Jazziz- John Serry
Jealous Again - Black Flag
The Jealous Kind - Delbert McClinton
Joe's Garage Acts II and III - Frank Zappa
John Anderson - John Anderson
Joy and Pain - Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
Just Like That - Toots and the Maytals
Just One Night - Eric Clapton
Kaleidoscope - Siouxie and the Banshees
Kano- Kano (band) (debut)
Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow
Kilamanjaro - The Teardrop Explodes
Killing Joke - Killing Joke
Kings of the Wild Frontier - Adam and the Ants
Keeping Our Love Warm - Captain & Tennille
Lady T - Teena Marie
Ladies Man - April Wine
Laughter - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson
Lightning to the Nations - Diamond Head
Little Stevie Orbit - Steve Forbert
Live At Last - Good Rats
Live In Vienna - Cluster & Farnbauer
Living Dub - Burning Spear
LKJ in Dub - Linton Kwesi Johnson
London Calling - The Clash (U.S. Release)
The Long Riders - Ry Cooder
Looking at Bird - Archie Shepp
The Lord Will Make a Way - Al Green
Los Angeles (album) - X (U.S. band)
Loud N" Clear - Sammy Hagar
Love in Exile - Eddy Grant
Love Lives Forever - Minnie Riperton
Love Stinks - J. Geils Band
Loverboy - Loverboy
Maestra Vida: Primera Parte - Ruben Blades
Maestra Vida: Segundo Parte - Ruben Blades
Making Movies - Dire Straits
McCartney II - Paul McCartney
Me Myself I - Joan Armatrading
Metal-rendez-vous - Krokus
Mekons - The Mekons
Merzbild Schwet - Nurse With Wound
Metamatic - John Foxx
Middle Man - Boz Scaggs
Mondo Bongo - Boomtown Rats
Monster - Herbie Hancock
More George Thorogood and the Destroyers - George Thorogood and the Destroyers
More Specials - The Specials
Mr. Hands - Herbie Hancock
Music of Many Colors - Fela Kuti with Roy Ayers
My Babe - Roy Buchanan
National Breakout - The Romantics
Naughty - Chaka Khan
Neutronica - Donovan
Never Alone - Amy Grant
Never Forever - Kate Bush
New Hope for the Wretched - Plasmatics
Night Passages - Weather Report
Nothin' Matters And What If It Did - John Cougar Mellencamp
Nurds - The Roches
Off the Coast of Me - Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Official Secrets Act - M (band)
On Through the Night - Def Leppard
One Bad Habit - Michael Franks
One for the Road - The Kinks
One Trick Pony - Paul Simon
Operation Radication - Yellowman
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Organisation - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Ori Mi Ja Fun Mi - King Sunny Ade
Panorama - The Cars
Paradise Theater - Styx
Paris (album) - Supertramp
Paul Davis - Paul Davis
People - James Brown
Permanent Waves - Rush
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
Play - Magazine (band)
Playing For Keeps - Eddie Money
Pretenders - The Pretenders
Progressions of Power - Triumph
The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs
Rarities - The Beatles
Rastakraut Pasta - Moebius & Plank
Ready an' Willin' - Whitesnake
Real Eyes - Gil Scott Heron
Real People - Chic
Real to Real Cacophony - Simple Minds
Reflections - Chet Atkins
Remain in Light - Talking Heads
Right or Wrong - Rosanne Cash
The River - Bruce Springsteen
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway - Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
Rockabilly Blues - Johnny Cash
Romance Dance - Kim Carnes
The Romantics - The Romantics
Roses in the Snow - Emmylou Harris
Running for my Life - Judy Collins
Sacred Songs - Daryl Hall
San Antonio Blues - Willie Nelson with Ray Price
Sandinista! - The Clash
Saved - Bob Dylan
Wheels of Steel - Saxon
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)- David Bowie
Scream Dream - Ted Nugent
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Second Edition - Public Image Limited
Second Time Around - The Kinks
Seconds of Pleasure - Rockpile
Selbstportrait - Vol. II - Hans-Joachim Roedelius
Selbstportrait Vol. III "Reise durch Arcadien" - Hans-Joachim Roedelius
Seventeen Seconds - The Cure
Shadows and Light - Joni Mitchell
Signing Off - UB40
The Singles Album - UB40
Sinsemilla - Black Uhuru
Snap Crackle and Bop - John Cooper Clarke]
Social Studies - Carla Bley
Soldier - Iggy Pop
Solo in Soho - Phil Lynott
Something Better Change - D.O.A.
Songs the Lord Taught Us - The Cramps
The S.O.S. Band - The S.O.S. Band
Soul Syndrome - James Brown
Sound Affects - The Jam
Special Things - The Pointer Sisters
Spellbound - Dennis Brown
Stand in the Fire - Warren Zevon
Stations of the Crass - Crass
Stone Jam - Slave (band)
Storm Windows - John Prine
Strong Arm of the Law - Saxon
Suicide (second album) - Suicide (band)
Super Trouper - ABBA
Sweat Band - Sweat Band
The Swing of Delight - Carlos Santana
Take It Easy Baby - Buckwheat Zydeco
Taking Liberties - Elvis Costello
The Tale of the Tape - Billy Squier
Tangerine Dream - Tangerine Dream
That's What You Get Babe - Kevin Ayers
There and Back - Jeff Beck
This Time - Al Jarreau
Three Mantras - Cabaret Voltaire
To the Quiet Men from a Tiny Girl - Nurse With Wound
Tomcattin' - Blackfoot (band)
Totale's Turns (It's Now or Never) - The Fall
TP - Teddy Pendergrass
Travelogue - The Human League
Trilogy: Past Present Future - Frank Sinatra
Triumph - The Jacksons
Trombipulation - Parliament
Truth Decay - T-Bone Burnett
The Turn of a Friendly Card - Alan Parsons Project
Two Bit Monsters - John Hiatt
Ultra Wave - Bootsy Collins
Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys
Unmasked - Kiss
The Up Escalator - Graham Parker
Up-Front - The Fleshtones
Uprising - Bob Marley and the Wailers
Urban Cowboy Soundtrack - Various Artists
Victims of the Fury - Robin Trower
The Voice of America - Cabaret Voltaire
Voices - Daryl Hall & John Oates
The Wanderer - Donna Summer
Warm Leatherette - Grace Jones
Warm Thoughts - Smokey Robinson
We Are...Every One of Us - Sweet Honey in the Rock
What's the Word - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
When Two Worlds Collide - Jerry Lee Lewis
Who's Been Talking - The Robert Cray Band
Wild Planet - The B-52's
Willie Nile - Willie Nile (debut)
Women and Children First - Van Halen
Xanadu (soundtrack by Olivia Newton-John, Electric Light Orchestra)
Yellow - Gang of Four (band)
Yesshows - Yes (band)
Your Cassette Pet - Bow Wow Wow
Zapp - Zapp
Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police
Zydeco Gris Gris - Beausoleil


[edit] Awards
BBC Young Musician of the Year: Nicholas Daniel, oboist
Boy Edgar Prijs: Rein de Graaff
Country Music Association Awards
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Grammy Awards of 1980
Harriet Cohen International Music Award

[edit] Charts

[edit] List of Number 1 Hits
Hot 100 number-one hits of 1980 (USA)

[edit] Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1980.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall (part 2) 1980 UK 1 - Dec 1979, US BB 1 - Feb 1980, Canada 1 - Jan 1980, Sweden (alt) 1 - Feb 1980, France 1 - Feb 1980, Austria 1 - Feb 1980, Switzerland 1 - Jan 1980, Norway 1 - Jan 1980, Germany 1 - Jan 1980, Éire 1 - Dec 1979, Poland 1 of all time, US CashBox 3 of 1980, Holland 3 - Dec 1979, Australia 4 of 1980, KROQ 6 of 1980, POP 7 of 1980, South Africa 8 of 1980, Germany 9 of the 1980s, Europe 11 of the 1970s, Italy 12 of 1980, US BB 15 of 1980, RYM 18 of 1979, TheQ 28, Virgin 39, Belgium 50 of all time, Scrobulate 51 of live, RIAA 296, Rolling Stone 375, Acclaimed 392, OzNet 594
2 Diana Ross Upside Down 1980 US BB 1 - Aug 1980, Sweden (alt) 1 - Aug 1980, France 1 - Aug 1980, Switzerland 1 - Aug 1980, Norway 1 - Aug 1980, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks Oct 1980, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Aug 1981, UK 2 - Jul 1980, Holland 2 - Jul 1980, Austria 2 - Oct 1980, US CashBox 4 of 1980, Germany 4 - Sep 1980, Canada 8 - Sep 1980, Italy 8 of 1980, South Africa 11 of 1980, Australia 15 of 1980, POP 22 of 1980, US BB 30 of 1980, Scrobulate 42 of disco, RYM 83 of 1980, Germany 87 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 1364
3 Barbra Streisand Woman in Love 1980 UK 1 - Oct 1980, US BB 1 - Sep 1980, Holland 1 - Sep 1980, Sweden (alt) 1 - Oct 1980, Austria 1 - Dec 1980, Switzerland 1 - Oct 1980, Norway 1 - Nov 1980, Germany 1 - Jan 1981, Éire 1 - Oct 1980, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Sep 1981, South Africa 2 of 1980, Italy 3 of 1981, France 7 - Oct 1980, US CashBox 9 of 1980, Australia 21 of 1980, Germany 36 of the 1980s, RYM 157 of 1980
4 Lipps Inc Funkytown 1980 US BB 1 - Apr 1980, Holland 1 - Apr 1980, Austria 1 - Jul 1980, Switzerland 1 - May 1980, Norway 1 - Jul 1980, Germany 1 - Jun 1980, UK 2 - May 1980, Sweden (alt) 2 - Jun 1980, US BB 4 of 1980, POP 5 of 1980, Scrobulate 7 of disco, Australia 9 of 1980, US CashBox 10 of 1980, Germany 14 of the 1980s, Italy 30 of 1980, RYM 73 of 1979, Acclaimed 520
5 John Lennon (Just Like) Starting Over 1980 UK 1 - Nov 1980, US BB 1 - Nov 1980, Canada 1 - Nov 1980, Switzerland 1 - Dec 1980, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Dec 1981, Austria 2 - Feb 1981, Norway 2 - Dec 1980, Sweden (alt) 3 - Nov 1980, Germany 6 - Jan 1981, France 9 - Nov 1980, US BB 12 of 1980, Australia 18 of 1981, Italy 29 of 1981, RYM 32 of 1980, POP 49 of 1980, US CashBox 57 of 1980, Germany 298 of the 1980s, OzNet 683, Acclaimed 1637

[edit] US and UK #1 hit singles
(in chronological order)

US #1 Singles and Artist (Weeks at #1)
"Please Don't Go" - KC & The Sunshine Band (1)
"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" - Rupert Holmes (2 weeks in 1979 + 1 week in 1980)
"Rock with You" - Michael Jackson (4)
"Do That to Me One More Time" - The Captain & Tennille (1)
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen (4)
"Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" - Pink Floyd (4)
"Call Me" - Blondie (6), best selling single of the year
"Funkytown" - Lipps Inc (4)
"Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)" - Paul McCartney (3)
"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" - Billy Joel (2)
"Magic" - Olivia Newton-John (4)
"Sailing" - Christopher Cross (1)
"Upside Down" - Diana Ross (4)
"Another One Bites the Dust" - Queen (3)
"Woman in Love" - Barbra Streisand (3)
"Lady" - Kenny Rogers (6)
"(Just Like) Starting Over" - John Lennon (1 week in 1980 + 2 weeks in 1981)
UK #1 Singles and Artist (Weeks at #1)
"Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" - Pink Floyd (3 weeks in 1979 + 2 weeks in 1980)
"Brass in Pocket" - Pretenders (2)
"The Special AKA Live! (EP)" - The Specials (2)
"Coward of the County" - Kenny Rogers (2)
"Atomic" - Blondie (2)
"Together We Are Beautiful" - Fern Kinney (1)
"Going Underground/The Dreams Of Children" - The Jam (3)
"Working My Way Back to You" - Detroit Spinners (2)
"Call Me" - Blondie (1)
"Geno" - Dexy's Midnight Runners (2)
"What's Another Year" - Johnny Logan (2)
"Suicide Is Painless" (Theme From M*A*S*H)- The Mash (3)
"Crying" - Don McLean (3)
"Xanadu" - Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra (2)
"Use It Up and Wear It Out" - Odyssey (2)
"The Winner Takes It All" - ABBA (2)
"Ashes To Ashes" - David Bowie (2)
"Start!" - The Jam (1)
"Feels Like I'm in Love" - Kelly Marie (2)
"Don't Stand So Close to Me"- The Police (4), best selling single of the year
"Woman in Love" - Barbra Streisand (3)
"The Tide Is High" - Blondie (2)
"Super Trouper" - ABBA (3)
"(Just Like) Starting Over" - John Lennon (1)
"There's No One Quite Like Grandma" - St Winifred's School Choir (1 week in 1980 + 1 week in 1981)


[edit] Other significant singles
See also: :Category:1980 singles
"9:30 May 2" - The Minutemen (band)
"11 O'Clock Tick Tock" - U2
"An Cat Dubh" - U2
"A Day Without Me" - U2
"Ace of Spades" - Motörhead
"Against the Wind" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
"Ah! Leah!" - Donnie Iris
"Alabama Getaway" - The Grateful Dead
"All I Do" - Stevie Wonder
"All Night Long" - Joe Walsh
"All Night Long" - Rainbow
"All Out of Love" - Air Supply
"All Over the World" - Electric Light Orchestra
"All The Way From America" - Joan Armatrading
"And the Beat Goes On" - The Whispers
"And the Cradle Will Rock..." - Van Halen
"Animal Space" - The Slits
"Another Day" - U2
"Another Nail In My Heart" - Squeeze
"Antmusic" - Adam & the Ants
"Any Way You Want It" - Journey
"Atmosphere/She's Lost Control" - Joy Division
"Atomic" - Blondie
"Atrocity Exhibition" - Joy Division
"Babe" - Styx
"Babooshka" - Kate Bush
"Babylon Sisters" - Steely Dan
"Back in Black - AC/DC
"Back Together Again" - Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
"Baggy Trousers" - Madness
"Bankrobber" - The Clash
"Barrel of Pain" - Graham Nash
"Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" - John Lennon
"Behind the Groove" - Teena Marie
"Better Love Next Time" - Dr. Hook
"Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
"The Biggest Part of Me" - Ambrosia
"Biko" - Peter Gabriel
"Biology" - Joe Jackson
"Blackman Redemption" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
"The Boat Family" - The Roches
"Bombs Away" - The Police
"Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" - The Talking Heads
"Boulevard" - Jackson Browne
"Breakdown Dead Ahead" - Boz Scaggs
"Breathing" - Kate Bush
"Broken English" - Marianne Faithfull
"Buffalo Soldier" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Butcher Baby/Tight Black Pants" - Plasmatics
"By The Author Of Psycho" - The Couch (proto-Drum and bass)
"The Call Up" - The Clash
"Can You Feel It" - The Jacksons
"Canary in a Coalmine" - The Police
"Can't Help Myself" - Flowers
"Captain Kennedy" - Neil Young
"Career Opportunities" - The Clash
"Cars" - Gary Numan
"Celebration" - Kool and the Gang
"Chant Down Babylon" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Cheap Wine" - Cold Chisel
"Chemical Warfare" - Dead Kennedys
"Chinatown" - Thin Lizzy
"Cities" - The Talking Heads
"City Hobgoblins" - The Fall (band)
"Clampdown" - The Clash
"Cleanup Time" - John Lennon
"Clones (We're All)" - Alice Cooper
"Clubland" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
"Columbus" - Burning Spear
"Come Back" - J. Geils Band
"Come to Me" - France Joli
"Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd
"Coming Up" - Paul McCartney
"Cool Change" - Little River Band
"Could I Have This Dance" - Anne Murray
"Could You Be Loved" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Coward Of The County" - Kenny Rogers
"Crazy Train" - Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Oz
"Christine" - Siouxie and the Banshees
"Crosseyed and Painless" - The Talking Heads
"Cruisin'" - Smokey Robinson
"Cry Blood Africans" - Burning Spear
"Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time" - The Spinners
"Dance (Pt. 1)" - The Rolling Stones
"Dance Stance" - Dexy's Midnight Runners
"Dancing With Myself" - Generation X
"Decades" - Joy Division
"Déjà Vu" - Dionne Warwick
"Desire" - Andy Gibb
"Disco Apocalypse" - Jackson Browne
"Do Nothing" - The Specials
"Do You Dream In Colour?" - Bill Nelson
"Do You Love What You Feel" - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
"Do You Remember Rock And Roll Radio?" - Ramones
"Dog Eat Dog" - Adam & the Ants
"Don't Ask Me Why" - Billy Joel
"Don't Bring Me Down" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Don't Do Me Like That" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Don't Ease Me In" - The Grateful Dead
"Don't Fall In Love With a Dreamer" - Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes
"Don't Leave Me Now" - Pink Floyd
"Don't Let Go" - Isaac Hayes
"Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love)" - The Isley Brothers
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" - The Police
"Downtown" - Tom Waits
"Dream About Fun" - Mark White
"Dreamer" - Supertramp
"Drive All Night" - Bruce Springsteen
"Driven To Tears" - The Police
"Drivin' My Life Away" - Eddie Rabbit
"Echo Beach" - Martha and the Muffins
"Eighth Day" - Hazel O'Connor
"The Electric Co." - U2
"Embarrassment" - Madness
"Emotional Rescue" - The Rolling Stones
"Enjoy Yourself" - The Specials
"Enola Gay" - OMD
"The Eternal" - Joy Division
"Every Time You Go Away" - Hall & Oates
"Every Woman in the World to Me" - Air Supply
"Everybody Wants Some" - Van Halen
"Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" - The Korgis
"Expresso Love" - Dire Straits
"Fade To Grey" - Visage
"Fame" - Irene Cara
"Fanmail" - The Dickies
"Fantastic Voyage" - Lakeside
"Fascist Architecture" - Bruce Cockburn
"Fashion" - David Bowie
"Fire Lake" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
"Fool For Your Loving" - Whitesnake
"Forever Loving Jah" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Freedom of Choice" - Devo
"Games People Play" - Alan Parsons Project
"Games Without Frontiers" - Peter Gabriel
"Gates of Steel" - Devo
"Generals and Majors" - XTC
"Geno" - Dexy's Midnight Runners
"Gigantor" - The Dickies
"Gimme Some Lovin'" - The Blues Brothers
"Girl U Want" - Devo
"Give It All You Got" - Chuck Mangione
"Give Me Back My Man" - The B-52's
"Give Me the Night" - George Benson
"Going Underground/The Dreams Of Children" - The Jam
"The Great Curve" - The Talking Heads
"Grim Traveller" - Bruce Cockburn
"Guerilla Betrayed" - Bruce Cockburn
"Guilty" - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
"The Guns of Brixton" - The Clash
"Happy Birthday" - Stevie Wonder
"Happy House" - Siouxie and the Banshees
"The Harder They Come" - Joe Jackson
"The Hardest Part" - Blondie
"Head Games" - Foreigner
"Heart Hotels" - Dan Fogelberg
"Heartbreaker" - Pat Benatar
"He's So Shy" - Pointer Sisters
"Her Strut" - Bob Seger
"Hey Nineteen" - Steely Dan
"Hey You" - Pink Floyd
"High Fidelity" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
"Him" - Rupert Holmes
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot" - Pat Benatar
"Hitsville UK" - The Clash
"Hold on Hold Out" - Jackson Browne
"Hold on to my Love" - Jimmy Ruffin
"Hold Out" - Jackson Browne
"Holiday in Cambodia" - Dead Kennedys
"Horizontal Bop" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
"Hot Rod Hearts" - Robbie Dupree
"How Do I Make You" - Linda Ronstadt
"How Does It Feel To Be Back" - Hall & Oates
"How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'" - The Fall (band)
"Hungry Heart" - Bruce Springsteen
"Hurt So Bad" - Linda Ronstadt
"I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" - Elvis Costello
"I Can't Tell You Why" - Eagles
"I Die: You Die" - Gary Numan
"I Don't Remember" - Peter Gabriel
"I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" - Frank Zappa
"I Got You" - Split Enz
"I Know" - Bob Marley
"I'm a Rocker" - Bruce Springsteen
"I'm Alright" - Kenny Loggins
"I'm Coming Out" - Diana Ross
"I'm Ready" - Kano (band)
"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" - Anne Murray
"I Made It Through the Rain" - Barry Manilow
"I Never Knew Love Like This Before" - Stephanie Mills
"I Pledge My Love" - Peaches and Herb
"I Wanna Be Sedated" - The Ramones
"I Wanna Be Your Lover" - Prince
"I Wanna Destroy You" - The Soft Boys
"I Want To Be Straight" - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
"I Zimbra" - The Talking Heads
"If I Didn't Love You" - Squeeze
"Imitation of Christ" - The Psychedelic Furs
"In America" - Charlie Daniels Band
"In Every Dream Home(a Nightmare)" - Joe Jackson
"In The Beginning There Was Rhythm" - The Slits
"Independence Day" - Bruce Springsteen
"India" - The Psychedelic Furs
"Inside of You" - Ray, Goodman & Brown
"International Jet Set" - The Specials
"Into the Heart / Out of Control" - U2
"Isolation" - Joy Division
"Ita" - Cold Chisel
"It's Different For Girls" - Joe Jackson
"It's My Turn" - Diana Ross
"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" - Billy Joel
"Ivan Meets G.I. Joe" - The Clash
"Jane" - Jefferson Starship (released in 1979)
"Jersey Girl" - Tom Waits
"Jesse" - Carly Simon
"Johnny Hit and Run Pauline" - X (U.S. band)
"JoJo" - Boz Scaggs
"Jump Niyahbinghi" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Just Can't Wait" - J. Geils Band
"(Just Like) Starting Over" - John Lennon
"Keep Away" - Lou Reed
"The Kid Is Hot Tonight" - Loverboy
"Kill the Poor" - Dead Kennedys
"Killer On The Loose" - Thin Lizzy
"Kinda Kute" - Joe Jackson
"Kings of the Wild Frontier" - Adam and the Ants
"Kiss Me In the Rain" - Barbra Streisand
"Kiss on My List" - Hall & Oates
"Komakino" - Joy Division
"Landlord" - Gladys Knight and the Pips
"The Last of the New Wave Riders" - Utopia (band)
"Late in the Evening" - Paul Simon
"Let Me Go" - The Rolling Stones
"Let Me Love You Tonight" - Pure Prairie League
"Let My Love Open The Door" - Pete Townshend
"Let's Go Round Again" - Average White Band
"Lip Up Fatty" - Bad Manners
"Listening Wind" - The Talking Heads
"Little Jeannie" - Elton John
"Living After Midnight" - Judas Priest
"Living Through Another Cuba" - XTC
"The Long Run" - The Eagles
"Longer" - Dan Fogelberg
"London Calling" - The Clash
"Look What You've Done to Me" - Boz Scaggs
"Lookin' for Love" - Johnny Lee
"Los Angeles" - X (U.S. band)
"Lost in Art" - Pere Ubu
"Lost In Love" - Air Supply
"Lost in the Supermarket" - The Clash
"Love At First Night" - Kim Hart
"Love Canal" - Flipper
"Love on the Rocks" - Neil Diamond
"Love Stinks" - J. Geils Band
"Love the World Away" - Kenny Rogers
"Love TKO" - Teddy Pendergrass
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division
"Lovin',Touchin',Squeezin' " - Journey
"The Magnificent Seven" - The Clash
"Man Gave Names to All the Animals" - Bob Dylan
"Man in a Suitcase" - The Police
"Man Next Door" - The Slits
"Master Blaster (Jammin')" - Stevie Wonder
"Me Myself I" - Joan Armatrading
"Meltdown With The Ramones(EP)" - The Ramones
"Mirror in the Bathroom" - The Beat
"Misunderstanding" - Genesis
"Money (song)" - Flying Lizards
"Money Changes Everything" - The Brains
"Monkey Suit/Squirm(live)" - Plasmatics
"More Love" - Kim Carnes
"Mr. Jones" - The Psychedelic Furs
"My Baby" - Cold Chisel
"My Old Piano" - Diana Ross
"My Perfect Cousin" - The Undertones
"Nausea" - X (U.S. band)
"New Amsterdam" - Elvis Costello
"Nie mehr allein sein" - Tony Holiday
"No One Driving" - John Foxx
"No Self Control" - Peter Gabriel
"The Ocean" - U2
"Off the Wall" - Michael Jackson
"Oh Yeah (On The Radio)" - Roxy Music
"The Old Homestead" - Neil Young
"Old Pervert" - The Soft Boys
"On the Radio" - Donna Summer
"Once in a Lifetime" - The Talking Heads
"One Fine Day" - Carole King
"One in a Million You" - Larry Graham
"Out in the Street" - Bruce Springsteen
"Over You" - Roxy Music
"Paranoid Time" - The Minutemen (band)
"Party Out of Bounds" - The B-52's
"People Who Died" - The Jim Carroll Band
"Pilot of the Airwaves" - Charlie Dore
"Poison Ivy" - The Lambrettas
"Police and Thieves" - Junior Murvin
"Police on my Back" - The Clash
"The Pop Group" - The Slits
"Pop Muzik" - [[M (band)]
"Private Idaho" - The B-52's
"Private Life" - Grace Jones
"Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)" - Squeeze
"The Puppet – Echo & the Bunnymen
"Putta Block" - The Fall (band)
"Quiche Lorraine" - The B-52's
"Rastaman Live Up!" - Bob Marley
"Rat Race" - The Specials
"Real Love" - The Doobie Brothers
"Real Situation" - Bob Marley
"Rebel Waltz" - The Clash
"Redemption Song" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Refugee" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Requiem" - Killing Joke
"Rescue" - Echo & the Bunnymen
"Respectable Street" - XTC
"Ride Like The Wind" - Christopher Cross
"Rise" - Herb Alpert
"Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" - AC/DC
"Rock Lobster" - The B-52s
"Rocket From a Bottle" - XTC
"Romeo and Juliet" - Dire Straits
"Romeo's Tune" - Steve Forbert
"The Rose" - Bette Midler
"Rosie" - Joan Armatrading
"Rough Boys" - Pete Townshend
"Rudy Can't Fail" - The Clash
"Run Like Hell" - Pink Floyd (released in 1979)
"Sara" - Fleetwood Mac
"Sargent Rock (Is Going To Help Me)" - XTC
"Save Me" - Queen
"Saved" - Bob Dylan
"The Second time Around" - Shalamar
"September Morn" - Neil Diamond
"Set Me Free" - Utopia (band)
"Seven Bridges Road" - The Eagles
"Sexy Eyes" - Dr. Hook
"Shadows in the Rain" - The Police
"She's Out of My Life" - Michael Jackson
"She's So Cold" - The Rolling Stones
"Shining Star" - The Manhattans
"Simon Templar/Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps" - Splodgenessabounds
"Singing In The 80's" - The Monitors
"Sister Europe" - The Psychedelic Furs
"Six Pack (EP)" - The Police
"Skateaway" - Dire Straits
"Sleeping With the Television On" - Billy Joel
"So Lonely" - The Police
"Sock It To 'em J.B." - The Specials
"Solid Rock" - Bob Dylan
"Sometimes a Fantasy" - Billy Joel
"Spanish bombs" - The Clash
"The Special AKA Live EP" - The Specials
"Special Brew" - Bad Manners
"Special Lady" - Ray, Goodman & Brown
"Spirit of Radio" - Rush
"Staring at the Rude Boys" - The Ruts
"Start" - The Jam
"State of the Heart" - Mondo Rock
"Stayin' Power" - Neil Young
"Steal Away" - Robbie Dupree
"Stereotype" - The Specials
"Stiff Necked Fools" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Stomp" - The Brothers Johnson
"Stop the Cavalry" - Jona Lewie
"Stop Your Sobbing" - The Pretenders
"Stories For Boys" - U2
"Strangers on a Train" - The Sports
"Strobe Light" - The B-52's
"Super Trouper" - ABBA
"Take This Town" - XTC
"Take Your Time (Do It Right)" - The S.O.S. Band
"Talk of the Town" - The Pretenders
"Tattooed Love Boys" - The Pretenders
"Teach the Gifted Children" - Lou Reed
"Tears of a Clown" - The English Beat
"Tell It Like It Is" - Heart
"Ten Feet Tall" - XTC
"Three Little Birds" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
"That Girl Could Sing" - Jackson Browne
"The Tide Is High" - Blondie
"Theme from New York, New York" - Frank Sinatra
"Think About Me" - Fleetwood Mac
"This Feminine Position" - The Roches
"This is it" - Kenny Loggins
"Time Out of Mind" - Steely Dan
"Tired of Toein' the Line" - Rocky Burnette
"To Cut A Long Story Short" - Spandau Ballet
"Too Hot" - Kool and the Gang
"Totally Wired" - The Fall (band)
"Touch" - U2
"Touch and Go" - The Cars
"Touch Too Much (Live)" - AC/DC
"Towers of London" - XTC
"Train in Vain" - The Clash (released in 1979)
"Treat me right" - Pat Benetar
"Tunnel of Love" - Dire Straits
"Turn It On Again" - Genesis
"Turn Me Loose" - Loverboy
"Turn Out the Light" - Joan Armatrading
"Turning Japanese" - The Vapors
"Twilight" - U2
"Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" - The Manhattan Transfer
"The Wanderer" - Donna Summer
"Underpass" - John Foxx
"Voices Inside My Head" - The Police
"Wait For Me" - Hall & Oates
"Wait Til Your Boat Goes Down" - XTC
"Wardance" - Killing Joke
"Washington Bullets" - The Clash
"Watching the Wheels" - John Lennon
"Watching You" - Slave (band)
"We Are Glass" - Gary Numan
"We Don't Talk Anymore" - Cliff Richard
"Wedding Cake Island" - Midnight Oil
"Wednesday Week" - The Undertones
"When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best of What's Still Around" - The Police
"Whip It" - Devo
"Whole Lotta Rosie (Live)" - AC/DC
"Why Don't You Kill Yourself" - The Only Ones
"Why Me?" - Styx
"With You I'm Born Again" - Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright
"Woman" - John Lennon
"Working My Way Back to You" - The Spinners
"Wreck on the Highway" - Bruce Springsteen
"Wrong 'Em Boyo" - The Clash
"Yes, I'm Ready" - Teri Desario with KC
"You better run" - Pat Benatar
"You May Be Right" - Billy Joel
"You Shook Me All Night Long" - AC/DC
"You'll Accomp'ny Me" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
"You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties" - Jona Lewie
"You'll Have to Go Sideways" - The Soft Boys
"Young Miles in the Basement" - Pere Ubu
"Your Phones Off the Hook, But You're Not" - X (U.S. band)
"You're Gonna Get What's Coming" - Bonnie Raitt
"You're Only Lonely" - J.D. Souther
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" - Hall & Oates


[edit] Published popular music
"Come Follow the Band" w. Michael Stewart m. Cy Coleman from the musical Barnum
"Desire" w.m. Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb
"Do Right" w.m. Paul Davis
"Fame" w. Dean Pitchford m. Michael Gore
"He's So Shy" w. Cynthia Weil m. Tom Snow
"Memory" w. T. S. Eliot & Trevor Nunn m. Andrew Lloyd Webber from the musical Cats
"My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" w.m. Sharon Vaughan
"Never Knew Love Like This Before" w.m. James Mtume & Reginald Lucas
"Nine to Five" w.m. Dolly Parton from the film Nine to Five
"No Night So Long" w. Will Jennings m. Richard Kerr
"The Winner Takes It All" w.m. Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus

[edit] Classical music
George Crumb - A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979 for piano
Mario Davidovsky - Consorts for symphonic band
Mario Davidovsky - String Quartet No. 4
Trygve Madsen - Sonata for Tuba and Piano
Krzysztof Penderecki - Symphony No. 2 - "Christmas"

[edit] Opera
See also: :Category:1980 operas
Philip Glass - Satyagraha
Kirke Mechem - Tartuffe
William Mathias - The Servants (libretto by Iris Murdoch)
David Warrack - Drummer

[edit] Musical theater
Barnum Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on April 30 and ran for 854 performances
Brigadoon (Lerner & Loewe) - Broadway revival opened at the Majestic Theatre on October 16 and ran for 133 performances
Camelot (Lerner & Loewe) - Broadway revival opened at the New York State Theatre on July 8 and ran for 56 performances
Colette London production opened at the Comedy Theatre on September 24 and ran for 47 performances
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine Broadway production opened at the John Golden Theatre on April 2 and transferred to the Royale Theatre on June 17 for a total run of 588 performances
Forty-Second Street Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on August 25, transferred to the Majestic Theatre on March 30, 1981 and transferred to the St. James Theatre on April 7, 1987 for a total run of 3486 performances
The Life and Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby London production opened at the Aldwych Theatre on June 5
On The Twentieth Century London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on March 19 and ran for 165 performances
Sweeney Todd (Stephen Sondheim) - London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on July 2 and ran for 157 perofrmances
The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg London production opened at the Phoenix Theatre on April 10
West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) - Broadway revival opened at the Minskoff Theatre on February 14 and ran for 333 performances

[edit] Musical films
Can't Stop the Music
Disco Godfather
Fame
Popeye
Xanadu

[edit] Births
January 25 - Alicia Keys
January 28 - Nick Carter, The Backstreet Boys
February 15 - Conor Oberst, Bright Eyes
February 18 - Regina Spektor
February 27 - Cyrus Bolooki, New Found Glory
March 21 - Deryck Whibley, Sum 41
March 31 - Maaya Sakamoto
May 18 - Svetlana
June 20 - Tony Lovato, Mest
June 26 - Jason Schwartzman, Phantom Planet
July 10 - Jessica Simpson
July 20 - Mike Kennerty, The All-American Rejects
July 26 - Dave Baksh, Sum 41
September 11 - Mikey Way, My Chemical Romance
September 13 - Teppei Teranishi, Thrice
October 5 - Paul Thomas, Good Charlotte
October 12 - Soledad Pastorutti
November 3 - Andrew Bellenie (aka: Mr Strangelove)
November 17 - Clarke Isaac Hanson, Hanson
November 18 - Dustin Kensrue, Thrice
December 5 - Trent McAlister, musician (bassist) / songwriter
December 10 - Sarah Chang, violinist
Chris Gaynor, The All-American Rejects
December 18 - Christina Aguilera

[edit] Deaths
January 2 - Larry Williams
January 6 - Poley McClintock, jazz musician
January 7 - Carl White, the Rivingtons
January 29 - Jimmy Durante pianist & entertainer
January 30 - Professor Longhair pianist
February 19 - Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, alcohol poisoning
March 26 - Jon Paulus (32), the Buckinghams, drug overdose
March 26 - Ted Shapiro, songwriter & pianist
March 28 - Dick Haymes, (63), Argentinian-born US singer and actor
March 30 - Annunzio Mantovani, Italian-born British orchestra leader and composer
April 28 - Tommy Caldwell, Marshall Tucker Band, car accident
May 18 - Ian Curtis, lead singer of Joy Division, suicide by hanging
June 16 - Bob Nolan, country singer and songwriter
June 20 - Allan Pettersson, Swedish composer
June 21 - Bert Kaempfert, German composer, bandleader and arranger
June 27 - Barney Bigard, jazz clarinetist
June 28 - Jose Iturbi, pianist
July 5 - A. J. Potter, Irish composer
July 15 - Ben Selvin, The Dean of Recorded Music
July 23 - Keith Godchaux, Grateful Dead, car accident
August 17 - Harold Adamson, lyricist
August 20 - Joe Dassin, singer , heart attack
September 12 - Lillian Randolph, actress and singer
September 15 - Bill Evans (51), jazz pianist
September 25 - John Bonham, Led Zeppelin
October 27 - Steve Peregrin Took, bongo player for Tyrannosaurus Rex, choking
December 7 - Darby Crash, The Germs, suicide
December 8 - John Lennon, The Beatles, gunshot
December 29, 1980 - Tim Hardin, Singer Songwriter - If I Were A Carpenter Heroin Overdose. [-]