21st November in The 1980s Music Events 1980, Don Henley was arrested after a naked 16-year old girl was found at his home in Los Angeles suffering from a drug over-dose, he received a $2,000 fine with two years probation. 1981, Olivia Newton John started a ten week run at No.1 in the US singles chart with Physical, the singers fourth US No.1 went on to sell over 2 million copies, a became a No.7 hit in the UK. 1981, Queen and David Bowie were at No.1 in the UK with Under Pressure. They recorded the song together when both acts were working in a German recording studio. It was David Bowies first released collaboration with another recording artist. 1983, Michael Jacksons 14-minute video for Thriller, was premiered in Los Angeles. Directed by John Landis and co-starring former Playboy centerfold Ola Ray. The video (like the song) contains a spoken word performance by horror film veteran Vincent Price. The video was filmed at the Palace Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, the zombie dance sequence at the junction of Union Pacific Avenue and South Calzona Street in East Los Angeles and the final house scene in the Angeleno Heights neighborhood at 1345 Carroll Avenue. 1987, Billy Idol knocked Tiffany from the No.1 single position on the US singles chart with his version of Tommy James Mony Mony. Tiffany had been at No.1 with another Tommy James song I Think Were Alone Now. 1988, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page set out on his first ever-solo tour at The Hummingbird, Birmingham, appearing with John Miles and the son of Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, Jason Bonham.
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