1981 in British music

1981 in British music

This is a summary of 1981 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

Charts

Number 1 singles

End of Year Charts

Top 40 Singles of 1981

Top 10 albums

Classical music

New works

*Peter Maxwell Davies - "Piano Sonata"
*George Lloyd - "Tenth Symphony" (for brass)
*Adrian Williams - "String Quartet no. 2"

Births

*April 1 - Hannah Spearritt, singer (S Club 7)
*April 10 - Liz McClarnon, singer (Atomic Kitten)
*May 20 - Sean Conlon, musician (5ive)
*May 23 - Gwenno Pipette, singer

Deaths

*April 7 - Kit Lambert, former manager and producer for The Who
*"date unknown" - Christian Darnton, composer


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