March 5 – Comedian and Blues Brother John Belushi is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.March 4 – Frank Zappa's son Dweezil and daughter Moon Unit form Fred Zeppelin.March 3 – The Mamas & the Papas begin a reunion tour with a show in the New York club The Other End with original members John Phillips and Denny Doherty, along with Mackenzie Phillips and Spanky McFarlane replacing Michelle Gilliam and Mama Cass respectively.February 27 – The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company gives its final performance at the Adelphi Theatre after more than 110 years.John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy (the final album released by Lennon in his lifetime) wins Album of the Year, while Kim Carnes' " Bette Davis Eyes" wins both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. February 24 – The 24th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Quincy Jones (who wins a total of five awards).February 20 – Pat Benatar marries her guitarist, Neil Giraldo, on the Hawaiian island of Maui.February 19 – Ozzy Osbourne is arrested after urinating on The Alamo, in San Antonio, Texas.Police find the gravestone two weeks later in a dry river bed. February 13 – A 300-pound (136 kg) gravestone from the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant is stolen from an Orange Park, Florida cemetery.January 22 – Tommy Tucker, writer of "Hi Heel Sneakers", dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning sustained while finishing floors in his home.King donates his personal record collection, which includes nearly 7,000 rare blues records, to the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture. January 20 – Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a live bat thrown at him during a performance in Des Moines, Iowa.and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. 8 Chronological table of US and UK number one hit singles.
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