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ROCK MUSIC
TIMELINE
1981
- MTV (Music Television) launches its 24-hour a day music cable channel on 300 US cable TV systems.
- Synthpop emerges with success for UK acts including Soft Cell, Human League and others.
- Sixties stars Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a performance to a crowd of over 550,000 in New York City's Central Park.
- Diana Ross leaves Motown for RCA making her the highest paid artist of the time.
- Country artists enjoy crossover success on the US Top 100.
- Reggae star Bob Marley dies of cancer.
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