Event of Interest
Jan 3 Leontyne Price makes her final operatic appearance in a televised performance of "Aida" at the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
Leontyne Price
- Jan 7 "King & I" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
Event of Interest
Jan 19 "Born in the USA", single by Bruce Springsteen, peaks at #9
Bruce Springsteen
- Jan 27 "Doug Henning & His World..." closes at Lunt-Fontanne NY after 60 performances
Event of Interest
Jan 28 Charity single "We Are the World" is recorded by supergroup USA for Africa (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, and other pop stars)
Music Awards
Jan 28 12th American Music Awards: Cyndi Lauper & Lionel Richie win
Lionel Richie
- Jan 31 "Harrigan 'n Hart" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 5 performances