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The following events occurred in February 1981:
1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (dominical letter D) of the Gregorian calendar, the 1981st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 981st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1980s decade.
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006. It was traditionally shown every Thursday evening on BBC1, except for a short period on Fridays in mid-1973 before being again moved to Fridays in 1996, and then to Sundays on BBC Two in 2005. Each weekly programme consisted of performances from some of that week's best-selling popular music artists, with a rundown of that week's singles chart. Additionally, there was a special edition of the programme on Christmas Day (and usually, until 1984, a second such edition a few days after Christmas), featuring some of the best-selling singles of the year.
Although the weekly show was cancelled in 2006, the Christmas special has continued. It also survives as Top of the Pops 2, which began in 1994 and features vintage performances from the Top of the Pops archives.
In the 1990s, the show's format was sold to several foreign broadcasters in the form of a franchise package, and at one point various versions of the show were shown in nearly 100 countries. Editions of the programme from the 1970s (and now 1980s) are being repeated on most Thursdays on BBC Four.
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23 February 1981: Spain, could this be the beginning of another civil war?
CBS commercials - February 27, 1981
Top of the pops - February 1981 Part 2
Top of the pops - February 1981 Part 4
February 16, 1981 commercials
American Top 40 February 7 1981 Casey Kasem
DEPARTMENT S Richard Skinner 5th February 1981
The Skids Live At The Venue, Victoria 10th February 1981 - Audio
U2 Live The Hague Netherlands - 12 February 1981
TOTP (30-11) Chart Rundown 12th February 1981
Commercial breaks from the 2/27/81 presentation of THE WIZARD OF OZ on Rock Island, Illinois' CBS affiliate WHBF TV4.
Next, making her first appearance on top of the pops is Kim Wilde with Kids in america after that its The Passions with I'm in love with a German film star and then Madness with Return of the los palmas 7
In this final segment Peter Powell does the chart rundown from number 20-11 then next act up is Kiki Dee with Star then its a video rundown of the top 10 and at number one is Joe Dolce with Shaddup your face
Taken from Donahue. 1. Las Vegas Gambit/Blockbusters promo bumper 2. Tylenol 3. Fred The Furrier's Fur Vault at Alexander's 4. C&C; Cola 5. Keebler 6. Visiting Nurse Service Of New York 7. Century Village at Boca Raton, Florida 8. Liv-a Snaps 9. Cookin' Good 10. WHT (before HBO/Showtime crushed the competition!) 11. Julius Erving for ChapStick 12. Arnold Jewish Rye 13. Lestoil 14. WRFM Stereo 105 15. WNBC Channel 4 News update with Connie Collins 16. Hour Magazine promo 17. Aunt Millie's spaghetti sauce 18. Chef Boyardee English Muffin Pizza 19. Hawaiian Punch 20. Emergency Broadcast System Test 21. United Hospital Fund 22. Recipe Beef Chunks Dinner 23. Carvel 24. Jacoby & Meyers Law Offices 25. Ritz Thrift Shop
American Top 40 February 7, 1981 with Casey Kasem. Kool And The Gang hit #1 after years on the chart. A clip is played of the original "The Tide Is High". Casey mentions radio station WNNNNNNBC! Music is clipped to avoid copyright violations. Show is posted for historical significance under "fair use". If you have any requests or questions, email me at AmericanTop40CDown@gmail.com.
DEPARTMENT S Richard Skinner 5th February 1981
The Skids Live At The Venue, Victoria, London on 10th February 1981. This recording came from a tape that I bought at a record fair and it's sourced from a Capital Radio FM radio broadcast. 1. Charles 2. Dulce Et Decorum Est & The Grey Parade (02:30) 3. Arena (08:10) 4. Filming Africa Intro & An Incident In Algiers (13:49) 5. A Woman In Winter (18:50) 6. Animation (24:28) 7. Working For The Yankee Dollar (29:00) 8. The Psalm (33:40) 9. Of One Skin (39:36) 10. Melancholy Soldiers (42:57) 11. Circus Games (46:00)
02/12/1981 Paard Van Troje - The Hague, Netherlands (FM) The Ocean, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, Touch, An Cat Dubh, Into The Heart, Another Time, Another Place, The Cry, The Electric Co., Things To Make And Do, Stories For Boys, Twilight, I Will Follow encores: 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, The Ocean, Out Of Control
Chart rundown with Richard Skinner. Top 10 rundown not included for copyright reasons.
Commercial breaks from the 2/27/81 presentation of THE WIZARD OF OZ on Rock Island, Illinois' CBS affiliate WHBF TV4.
Next, making her first appearance on top of the pops is Kim Wilde with Kids in america after that its The Passions with I'm in love with a German film star and then Madness with Return of the los palmas 7
In this final segment Peter Powell does the chart rundown from number 20-11 then next act up is Kiki Dee with Star then its a video rundown of the top 10 and at number one is Joe Dolce with Shaddup your face
Taken from Donahue. 1. Las Vegas Gambit/Blockbusters promo bumper 2. Tylenol 3. Fred The Furrier's Fur Vault at Alexander's 4. C&C; Cola 5. Keebler 6. Visiting Nurse Service Of New York 7. Century Village at Boca Raton, Florida 8. Liv-a Snaps 9. Cookin' Good 10. WHT (before HBO/Showtime crushed the competition!) 11. Julius Erving for ChapStick 12. Arnold Jewish Rye 13. Lestoil 14. WRFM Stereo 105 15. WNBC Channel 4 News update with Connie Collins 16. Hour Magazine promo 17. Aunt Millie's spaghetti sauce 18. Chef Boyardee English Muffin Pizza 19. Hawaiian Punch 20. Emergency Broadcast System Test 21. United Hospital Fund 22. Recipe Beef Chunks Dinner 23. Carvel 24. Jacoby & Meyers Law Offices 25. Ritz Thrift Shop
American Top 40 February 7, 1981 with Casey Kasem. Kool And The Gang hit #1 after years on the chart. A clip is played of the original "The Tide Is High". Casey mentions radio station WNNNNNNBC! Music is clipped to avoid copyright violations. Show is posted for historical significance under "fair use". If you have any requests or questions, email me at AmericanTop40CDown@gmail.com.
DEPARTMENT S Richard Skinner 5th February 1981
The Skids Live At The Venue, Victoria, London on 10th February 1981. This recording came from a tape that I bought at a record fair and it's sourced from a Capital Radio FM radio broadcast. 1. Charles 2. Dulce Et Decorum Est & The Grey Parade (02:30) 3. Arena (08:10) 4. Filming Africa Intro & An Incident In Algiers (13:49) 5. A Woman In Winter (18:50) 6. Animation (24:28) 7. Working For The Yankee Dollar (29:00) 8. The Psalm (33:40) 9. Of One Skin (39:36) 10. Melancholy Soldiers (42:57) 11. Circus Games (46:00)
02/12/1981 Paard Van Troje - The Hague, Netherlands (FM) The Ocean, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, Touch, An Cat Dubh, Into The Heart, Another Time, Another Place, The Cry, The Electric Co., Things To Make And Do, Stories For Boys, Twilight, I Will Follow encores: 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, The Ocean, Out Of Control
Chart rundown with Richard Skinner. Top 10 rundown not included for copyright reasons.
WABC Sturgis Griffin - February 1981 30 minutes
The Manganos and the Rellas at work (and play)
NASCAR Winston Cup Series Daytona International Speedway February 15th, 1981
I threw your keys in the water, I looked back,
Theyd frozen halfway down in the ice.
They froze up so quickly, the keys and their owners,
Even after the anger, it all turned silent, and
The everyday turned solitary,
So we came to February.
First we forgot where wed planted those bulbs last year,
Then we forgot that wed planted at all,
Then we forgot what plants are altogether,
and I blamed you for my freezing and forgetting and
The nights were long and cold and scary,
Can we live through February?
You know I think Christmas was a long red glare,
Shot up like a warning, we gave presents without cards,
And then the snow,
And then the snow came, we were always out shoveling,
And wed drop to sleep exhausted,
Then wed wake up, and its snowing.
And February was so long that it lasted into March
And found us walking a path alone together.
You stopped and pointed and you said, "Thats a crocus,"
And I said, "Whats a crocus?" and you said, "Its a flower,"
I tried to remember, but I said, "Whats a flower?"
You said, "I still love you."
The leaves were turning as we drove to the hardware store,
My new lover made me keys to the house,
And when we got home, well we just started chopping wood,
Because you never know how next year will be,
And well gather all our arms can carry,