Events in Music History in August 1979

Aug 2 "Broadway Opry '79" closes at St James Theater NYC after 6 performances
Aug 2 "Gilda Radner: Live From New York" opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 52 performances

But Never Jam Today

Aug 5 Bert Keyes and Bob Larimer's musical "But Never Jam Today", based on the works of Lewis Carroll, closes at Longacre Theater, NYC, after 8 performances

Author, Novelist. Poet and Mathematician Lewis Carroll

Off the Wall

Aug 10 "Off the Wall" 5th studio album by Michael Jackson is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1980)

Aug 10 Wings release single "Getting Closer" & "Baby's Request"
Aug 11 British rock band Led Zeppelin performs for what becomes the final time in England at Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, before over 200,000 fans
Aug 12 "Whoopee!" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 204 performances

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Aug 17 "Monty Python's Life of Brian" directed by Terry Jones, starring Graham Chapman, Mickael Palin, & John Cleese, and funded by George Harrison's HandMade Films, premieres in US theaters

Aug 19 "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1, stays at top for 6 weeks
Aug 20 American singer Vikki Carr (39) weds businessman Michael Nilsson
Aug 21 Russian Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC; joins the American Ballet Theatre, and works as a film actor

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Aug 24 Musical film "Rock 'n' Roll High School" directed by Allan Arkush and featuring the Ramones, premieres in NYC (released throughout the US 20 days later)

Aug 24 Rock band "The Cars" play concert at the Wollman Rink in NYC's Central Park
Aug 25 "Madwoman of Central Park West" closes at 22 Steps NYC after 86 performances