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"Chant No. 1" was recorded at Utopia Studios in Primrose Hill with Richard James Burgess producing. [6] Burgess had just developed the Simmons SDS-V electronic drum kit, which Spandau Ballet drummer John Keeble used on "Chant No. 1", making it one of the first recordings to use the new alternative to acoustic drums.
24 July – American mediator Philip Habib brokered a cease-fire between Israel and the PLO, temporarily halting the Lebanese Civil War. [ 17 ] 1 August – Abu Daoud , the PLO militant who had overseen the 1972 massacre of Israeli athletes was shot five times at close range while sitting in the coffee shop of the Victoria Hotel in Warsaw .
Elephant Parts was released on VHS (stereo) and Betamax (mono) in 1981. [5] It was ninth on Billboard's Top Videocassette Sales for 1981. [6]It was later released on LaserDisc and CED and was the third best-selling video laser disk in 1982, behind Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) decided to replace the Israel Song Festival with a new competition designed to select a song for the contest. The final was held on 3 March 1981 in Jerusalem, and was hosted by Daniel Pe'er. The votes of nine regional juries across Israel decided the winner. [1]
Christmas comes early this year, as “Journey to Bethlehem” puts words (and music) in the mouths of all who bore witness to Jesus’ birth. Some of those tunes — like “Silent Night” and ...
July 17, 1981: 114 killed in Hyatt Regency Hotel collapse in Kansas City July 29, 1981: Prince Charles marries Diana Spencer in British royal wedding July 16, 1981: Mahathir Mohamad becomes the Prime Minister of Malaysia July 27, 1981: Microsoft buys the secret to its success
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The Opening Ceremony was held on July 7, 1981, before a crowd of 53,000 and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Ramat Gan Stadium, with 3,500 Jewish athletes parading past him. [1] Representative Jack Kemp (R; New York) and a supporter of Israel, marched with the United States team. [1] Israel won the most medals (199), with 65 gold.