After over a dozen more subpar seasons, in 1981 the Cubs hired GM Dallas Green from Philadelphia to turn around the franchise.

* 1933 – Gene Green, American baseball player ( d. 1981 )

* 1981 – Adam Green, American singer-songwriter, musician, and filmmaker ( The Moldy Peaches )

* 1894 – Paul Green, American writer ( d. 1981 )

He held this position until 1967, when he became professor of applied math and director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, until 1981 ; he also served as Cecil & Ida Green professor of education at MIT from 1974-1981.

* March 17 – Paul Green, novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright ( d. 1981 )

* The Green Fund, 1977, 1980, 1981

The first comic book that directly referenced the Amazing Friends show was Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends # 1 ( December 1981 ), a one-shot that adapted the pilot episode, " The Triumph of the Green Goblin ".

His later biographer Sally Green ( 1981 ) noted that How Labour Governs was of particular significance at the time because it was published just as the British Labour Party was emerging as a major player in British politics, threatening the former two-party dominance of the Conservatives and Liberals.

* Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual # 1 ( 1981 ) ( first annual issue for Green Lantern ( vol.

* Tales of the Green Lantern Corps ( 3-issue mini-series, May – July 1981 )

Bensenville is the site of Victory Auto Wreckers, a junkyard on Green Street which has repeatedly aired the same commercial, starring Bob Zajdel, on Chicago television stations since 1981.

General Motors has an assembly plant in Bowling Green in which all Chevrolet Corvettes have been constructed since 1981 and Cadillac XLRs were being built there until production ended in the spring of 2009.

In 1981, General Motors moved its Chevrolet Corvette assembly plant from St. Louis, Missouri to Bowling Green.

Gene Palmer, Randle Walker ; 1971, Mike Buchanan, Lindsey Roberts ; 1972, Rueben Bussey, Bobby Price, Avery Downing ; 1973, Maurice Jones ; 1974, Coach Ben Pannel, Roy Green, Bobby Hunt, Stanley Lawrence ; 1975, James Brack, Bobby Mowrey, Jerry Malone ; 1976, Pres Young, Rex Scroggins, Dick Ford ; 1977, Robert Knight ; 1979, Jackie Walker, Gregg McNeal ; 1980, Windy Haggard, Syd Keasler, Zell Roberts, Wilber Ingram ; 1981, Kenny Rowe, Martin Luther King Jr, Danny Malone ; 1982, Jimmy Killion, Gene Grammer ; 1983, David Powell, Jerry Bunt ; 1984, Doug Floyd, Ken Jones ; 1985, Mike Trice, Scooter Taylor ; 1986, Brian Koechel, Bryon Lawrence ; 1987, Donald Taylor ; 1988, Jimmie Tallant ; 1989, Tommy Roberts ; 1990, Chris Shafer, Larry Gideon ; 1991, Randy Clark, Clifford Shaw ; 1992, Jimmy Lynn Grimes, Ricky Lawrence ; 1993, Linty Ingram ; 1995, Jeff Brownlee, Ron Gideon ; 1996, John Martin ; 1997, Rob Floyd ; 1998, Steve Green, Patrick Gill ; 1999, J. B. Rodgers ; 2000, Les Langley ; 2001, Rodney Flake ; 2002, Donnie Muckleroy

After the Vandellas ' split, Reeves ' sister Lois sang with the group Quiet Elegance and also sang background for Al Green, while Tilley retired from show business in the late 1970s, suddenly dying of a brain aneurysm in 1981 at the age of thirty-nine.

He played college football at Brigham Young University, where he was a two-time All-American ( 1980, 1981 ) and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, and Green Bay Packers.

At the departure of drummer Mal Green from Split Enz in 1981, their percussionist Noel Crombie took up the role of drummer.

In a paper by Battalio, Green, and Kagel ( 1981, p 621 ), they write

* The Watersons: Green Fields ( 1981 )

The characterisation by Warner of Dixon was held in such high regard that officers from Paddington Green Police Station bore the coffin at his funeral in 1981.

Subsequent albums included The Keith Green Collection ( 1981 ) and Songs For The Shepherd ( 1982 ).

In 1981 Rankine and MacKenzie also released a version of " Kites " under the name " 39 Lyon Street " with Christine Beverage on lead vocals, the b-side track " A Girl Named Property " was credited to The Associates.

After leaving Asylum, the label released the first Tom Waits " Best of " album in 1981, a collection called Bounced Checks, notable for including an alternate, stripped down version of " Jersey Girl " and the otherwise unreleased " Mr. Henry ", as well as an alternate master of " Whistlin ' Past the Graveyard " and a live performance of " The Piano Has Been Drinking ".

In October 1981, Life cited Shelley Hack, Lauren Hutton, and Iman for Revlon, Margaux Hemingway for Fabergé, Karen Graham for Estee Lauder, Christina Ferrare for Max Factor and Cheryl Tiegs for Cover Girl by proclaiming them the " million dollar faces " of the beauty industry.

The band had four UK Top 10 hit singles between 1981 and 1982, including " Favourite Shirts ( Boy Meets Girl )" and " Love Plus One ".

* African Girl ( 1981, Black Roots )

*" Dirty Girl "-UK-A & M ( AMSX 8172 ) picture sleeve-b / w " Hungry for Rock ", " Knock You Out " ( 1981 )

Makeout songs of 1981: REO Speedwagon-" Keep on Loving You ", Foreigner-" Waiting For a Girl Like You ", Lionel Richie & Diana Ross-" Endless Love "

1981: Sang " Sushi Girl " and " Talk to Ya Later " on the television sketch comedy program SCTV, Episode # 86 airing July 24.

1981: Appeared and sang, " Sushi Girl ", on late night talk show ," Tomorrow ", with Tom Snyder.

She appeared in The Carey Treatment ( 1972 ), Lady Ice ( 1973 ), The Reincarnation of Peter Proud ( 1975 ), Caravans ( 1978 ), A Force of One ( 1979 ), Scanners ( 1981 ), and The Cover Girl Murders ( 1993 made-for-television film ).

* The Rolling Stones: organ on " Time Is on My Side " ( 1964 ), " You Can Make It If You Try " ( 1964 ), " Empty Heart " ( 1964 ), " If You Need Me " ( 1964 ), " Stupid Girl " ( 1966 ), and " It's Not Easy " ( 1966 ); piano on " Stoned " ( 1963 ), " Around and Around " ( 1964 ), " Confessin ' the Blues " ( 1964 ), " Down the Road Apiece " ( 1965 ), " That's How Strong My Love Is " ( 1965 ), " Flight 505 " ( 1966 ), " Connection " ( 1967 ), " My Obsession " ( 1967 ), " Honky Tonk Women " ( 1969 ), " Let It Bleed " ( 1969 ), " Little Queenie " ( live ) ( 1970 ), " Brown Sugar " ( 1971 ), " Dead Flowers " ( 1971 ), " Sweet Virginia " ( 1972 ), " Silver Train " ( 1973 ), " Star Star " ( 1973 ), " It's Only Rock ' n Roll ( But I Like It )" ( 1974 ), " Short and Curlies " ( 1974 ), " Summer Romance " ( 1980 ), " Black Limousine " ( 1981 ), and " Twenty Flight Rock " ( live ) ( 1982 ).

* May 1981, " Stars on 45 ": Medley: Intro Venus / Sugar Sugar / No Reply / I'll Be Back / Drive My Car / Do You Want to Know a Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going to Lose That Girl / Stars on 45 " (# 1 )

In the meantime, Foreigner's next album, 4 ( released in July 1981 ), contained " Urgent " ( which includes a Junior Walker sax solo ), " Waiting for a Girl Like You ," " Juke Box Hero " and " Break it Up.

" Modern Girl " was released as the follow-up and peaked at # 18, and before 1981 was over Sheena had a Top 10 hit in both the US and UK with the Academy Award-nominated James Bond movie theme ” For Your Eyes Only ”.

* What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing With a Double Bed ( March 1981, ISBN 0-553-01316-5 )

During 1981 and 1982, Webb recorded her next album, I'm Not That Kind of Girl, which was eventually released in 1983.

* Mahō Shōjo Lalabel ( Lalabel, The Magical Girl ) ( 1980 – 1981 )

Ponicsan also wrote the screenplays for the CBS movie A Girl Called Hatter Fox ( 1977 ), the movies Taps ( 1981 ), Vision Quest ( 1985 ), Nuts ( 1987 ), The Boost ( 1988 ), School Ties ( 1992 ), the HBO movie The Enemy Within ( 1992 ), and the CBS series The Mississippi ( 1983 ).

Surfer Girl ( Capitol ( S ) T 1981 ) is now paired on CD with Shut Down Volume 2, with bonus tracks from that period, including a German language version of " In My Room ".

* Gregory's Girl ( 1981 )

Davies and Icehouse extended the use of synthesizers particularly the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 (" Love in Motion ", 1981 ), Linn drum machine (" Hey Little Girl ", 1982 ) and Fairlight CMI ( Razorback trailer, 1983 ) in Australian popular music.

Gartside recorded a demo of one of his new songs, " The ' Sweetest Girl '", in January 1981, and the song was included on the C81 cassette compilation obtained with tokens from the March issues of NME.

During the height of her career, Branigan also made acting appearances, first in 1981 in An American Girl in Berlin for German television, and then after the success of " Gloria ," guest appearances on American television series such as CHiPs, Automan and Knight Rider.

The movie that marked her breakthrough as an actress in a major role, though, is considered to be The Girl with the Red Hair ( 1981 ), in which she played Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft.