THIS MONTH IN POP JANUARY 1980
IN OUR ROUND-UP OF JANUARY 1980’S BIGGEST MOMENTS IN POP, CLIFF GET OBE’D AND A STRANGLER AND FORMER BEATLE GET BANGED UP…
STEVEO ’BRIEN
01 Cliff Richard is awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List. He’d be knighted 15 years later.
07 Hugh Cornwall of The Stranglers is found guilty of possession of heroin, cocaine and cannabis. He is fined £300 and sentenced to three months in Pentonville Prison.