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- Queen released the single “Another One Bites the Dust”.
- On the Saturday program of the Reading Festival, Broken Home, Grand Prix, Iron Maiden, Pat Travers Band, Quartz, Samson, UFO and White Spirit performed.
- Roxy Music reached number one on the UK album chart with their seventh studio album “Flesh and Blood”. The album also reached number one in New Zealand and the Top 10 in five other countries.
- According to Cashbox, the best-selling song in America that week was “Take Your Time (Do It Right)” by The SOS Band. The song reached number three on the Hot 100. The Atlanta, Georgia group took its name from the abbreviation Sounds Of Success and was fronted by Mary Davis.
- David Bowie released the single “Ashes to Ashes”.
- Tom Petersson left Cheap Trick because of burnout and personal and musical differences. He was replaced by Pete Comita. Petersson returned to the group in 1988 for the album “Lap of Luxury”, which contained their comeback hit “The Flame”.
- David Desrosiers, bassist for Simple Plan, was born in Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada.
- Jethro Tull released the album "A", one of the albums commemorated as part of the musical anniversaries for this day.
- Kiss embarked on a joint tour with the then little-known heavy metal band Iron Maiden. For the young British band, it was its first major experience of a large concert tour.
- Queen performed at the Forum in Montreal.
- The Grateful Dead played the first of two nights at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- UB40 released their debut album "Signing Off". The album reached No. 2 on the UK chart and became the first reggae album to reach such a high position. In 2010, to mark the band's 30th anniversary and the album's influence, the band performed the album in its entirety during a series of intimate concerts across the UK.
- Television star Valerie Bertinelli attended a Van Halen concert in Shreveport, Louisiana, and got backstage to meet Eddie Van Halen, whom she found very attractive. Their relationship developed into love: they married less than a year later, and their son Wolfgang was born in 1991. They separated in 2001 and finalized their divorce in 2007.
- Barclay James Harvest performed beside the Berlin Wall in a concert titled “A Concert For The People” before an audience of approximately 250,000 people.
- David Bowie released “Ashes to Ashes”, which reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart. The song continued the story of the character Major Tom.
- Cher made an unannounced appearance as a singer with Black Rose during a concert in Central Park, New York.
- Christopher Cross’s “Sailing” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for one week. The following spring, it won Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Arrangement of the Year, and also helped Cross win the award for Best New Artist. The song also reached No. 1 in Canada.
- Fleetwood Mac concluded their Tusk world tour with a major concert in Los Angeles.
- Karen Carpenter married 39-year-old property developer Thomas James Burris in the Crystal Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel. The marriage quickly deteriorated, and Carpenter later filed for divorce.
- Stevie Wonder performed the first of six sold-out concerts at Wembley Arena.