March 1981

Starts on: Sunday

TV

 * ITV Midlands - Look! Hear! with Toyah Wilcox - Duran Duran Planet Earth in studio (exact date unknown but was broadcast on Tuesdays).Look! Hear! 1981 (Part 1) Toyah + Duran Duran


 * Old Grey Whistle Test (live acts): the dB's, Human Sexual Response, Nine Below Zero; Grateful Dead, The Who (live in Germany); Joni Mitchell special.
 * Rock Goes To College: John Martyn, After The Fire, Siouxsie & The Banshees.

Radio

 * Peel sessions (first broadcast date): Frames, Fire Engines, Ruts DC, Altered Images, Restricted Code, Frantic elevators, Stiff Little Fingers, Boots For Dancing, Positive Noise, Endgames, The Fall.
 * Radio 1 Week in Edinburgh (23 - 27 March)
 * In Concert: The Vapors (plus Private Lives), Madness, Spizzles (plus Modern Man), The Blues Band

Top of the Pops

 * Presenters: Mike Read, Tommy Vance, Peter Powell, Richard Skinner,
 * No.1s: Joe Dolce, Roxy Music - Jealous Guy, Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House. (see also March No.1s)
 * Debuts: Duran Duran, Landscape, Sharon Redd, Dave Stewart & Colin Blunstone, Bucks Fizz, Polecats.

Notable releases

 * Singles:


 * Albums:

Publications
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