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This is a summary of 1981 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. ==Events== *9 February - Phil Collins releases his first solo album (although he will not leave the band Genesis until 1995) *14 February - Billy Idol leaves Generation X to begin a solo career *4 April - Bucks Fizz win the Eurovision Song Contest with "Making Your Mind Up" *7 April - Former Who manager Kit Lambert dies after falling down a flight of stairs in his mother's home in London. *17 April - Eric Clapton is released from St. Paul's Hospital in Minnesota following a month-long treatment for bleeding ulcers. *18 April - Yes announce that they are breaking up. (They would however reunite frequently in years to come). *25 April - Paul McCartney's band, Wings, breaks up *2 May - Working as a local wedding singer 12 months previously, Scottish vocalist Sheena Easton hits No.1 in the US with "Morning Train (9 to 5)" *11 May - The musical ''Cats'' begins its 8,949 performance run on London's West End. *August - the success of Stars On 45 leads to a short-lived medley craze. The most successful imitator of the Stars On 45 format is, rather unexpectedly, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra whose "Hooked On Classics (Parts 1&2)" reaches number two in the charts. *14 September - Emma Kirkby and Gothic Voices record the album ''A Feather on the Breath of God'' in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1981 in British music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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