Silko was an original recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Grant, now known as the " Genius Grant ", in 1981 and the Native Writers ' Circle of the Americas Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994.

* Storyteller ( book ), a 1981 collection of poetry and stories by Leslie Marmon Silko

* 1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.

From Roy Ayers in the 1970s to Randy Weston in the 1990s, there have been collaborations which have resulted in albums such as Africa: Centre of the World by Roy Ayers, released on the Polydore label in 1981.

In 1981, Manço released Sözüm Meclisten Dışarı with Kurtalan Ekspres, containing many hit songs including " Alla Beni Pulla Beni ", " Arkadaşım Eşşek ", " Gülpembe ", " Halhal " and " Dönence " among others.

* Singer Songwriter Barry Manilow released a single " Bermuda Triangle " in 1981, taken from his 1980 album Barry

He took over the writing of Call of Cthulhu, and the game was released in 1981, using a simplified version of the Basic Role-Playing system used in RuneQuest.

The group had no major hits in 1980, but by 1981 they released two Top Ten hits with " Oh No " (# 4 U. S .) and their first upbeat single in almost five years, " Lady ( You Bring Me Up )" (# 8 U. S .)

In 1981, Jaguar released a cylinder head that allowed up to 14: 1 compression ; but settled for 12. 5: 1 in production cars.

* Inchon ( 1981 ) Scenes cut from released print

In 1981, this episode was made into anime ( called " Doraemon Comes Back "), and in 1998, this was released as an anime movie.

It was only after the record became a success overseas that it was released in the U. S. The single hit # 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1981.

The film premiered on October 15, 1981, and was released in 128 theaters on April 15, 1983.

MGM's special edition of the 1981 film was not released until 2003 because the original negative had disappeared.

It was later ported to the IBM PC and released when the PC was announced in 1981.

In 1980 and again in 1981, Gaynor released two disco albums which were virtually ignored in the United States due to the backlash against disco, which began late in 1979.

In 1981 a group called The Mean Machine released a 12 " single on Sugar Hill Records called " Disco Dream " which was the first rap record to emphasize Spanglish.

The band's first 7 " EPs, Minor Threat and In My Eyes, were released in 1981.

* First Demo Tape ( 1981, released 2003 )

* 1977 – Star Wars ( retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981 ) is released in theaters, inspiring the Jediism religion and Geek Pride Day holiday.

In November 1981, their debut album Too Fast for Love was self-produced and released on Leathür, selling 20, 000 copies.

When the first movie was released on February 22, 1981, it was regarded as the beginning of a new age of anime.

The first two movies, Mobile Suit Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow, were released in 1981.

The band's second single, " Who Can It Be Now ", was released in June 1981 and reached No. 1 on the Australian singles chart in August that year.

The two-disc release was an updated version of the Substance collection and contained every single released from their 1981 debut all the way through to " Waiting for the Sirens ' Call ".

Strength Thru Oi !, an album compiled by Bushell and released in May 1981, stirred controversy, especially when it was revealed that the belligerent figure on the cover was a neo-Nazi jailed for racist violence ( Bushell claimed ignorance ).

Following the success of Moving Pictures and the completion of another four studio albums, Rush released their second live recording, Exit ... Stage Left, in 1981.

* Storyteller ( 1981 )

* 1981 – In a private meeting with U. S. President Ronald Reagan, French Prime Minister François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing that the Soviets had been stealing American technological research and development.

Sondheim wrote a book of annotations of his lyrics titled Finishing the Hat ( 2010 ), a collection of his lyrics " from productions dating 1954 – 1981.

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 ".

Brunvand used his collection of legends, The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meanings ( 1981 ) to make two points: first, that legends and folklore do not occur exclusively in so-called primitive or traditional societies, and second, that one could learn much about urban and modern culture by studying such tales.

ZZ Top's grueling Afterburner World Tour lasted well into 1987, which also saw the release of The ZZ Top Sixpack, a three-disc collection of ZZ Top's albums from 1970 to 1981, with the exception of Degüello.

He displayed his acid wit in two books: The Devil's Bedside Book in 1980, a collection of cynical dictionary definitions in the style of Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary, and The Lowest Form of Wit in 1981, a collection of biting bon mots, stinging retorts, and insults divided into six main sections, illustrated with cartoons ( by Honeysett ) and including a definitive guide and a history of sarcasm.

* Charles Saunders ' Imaro novels, beginning with Imaro ( 1981 ), a collection of short stories first published in the seventies for Dark Fantasy fanzine.

The town celebrates its collection with an annual " Teapot Festival " held each spring since 1981.

Now in the Museum of Modern Art's video collection, Sunstone was exhibited at SIGGRAPH 79, the 1981 Mill Valley Film Festival and other festivals.

In 1981, in-house engineer John Barrett was given the task of cataloguing the complete collection of tapes from the band's seven-year career with EMI.

Released as a buy one get one free package, 20 Disco Greats / 20 Love Songs-again, a collection of recent chart hits, came out in late 1981.

* Berserker Wars ( collection, 1981 )

Upon Head's death in 1981, Melissa Galt, who was also a goddaughter of Head, was bequeathed Head's jewelry collection.

* Jackson R. Bryer, ed., Conversations with Lillian Hellman ( University Press of Mississippi, 1986 ), a collection of 27 interviews published between 1936 and 1981

He won the Prix Athanase-David in 1981 for his body of work, and a Governor General's Award in 1987 for L ' obsédante obèse et autres aggressions, a collection of short prose pieces.

Between 1979 and 1981, the National Gallery of Art developed a program to transport valuable paintings in its collection to Mount Weather via helicopter.

Richard Rudolph wrote the song, " Now That I Have You " for Riperton, but she never got the chance to record it ; he gave the song to Teena Marie, who recorded it ( and coproduced it with Rudolph ) on Marie's second LP, Lady T. Finally, in 1981, Capitol Records released The Best of Minnie Riperton, a greatest hits collection.

His great-niece and biographer, Jean, Lady Polwarth, published a collection of his short stories ( or sketches ) entitled Beattock for Moffatt and the Best of Cunninghame Graham ( 1979 ) and Alexander Maitland added his selection under the title Tales of Horsemen ( 1981 ).

:* The Berserker Wars, ( Tor Dec. 1981 ) ( short fiction collection ; only 2 original / uncollected stories ); ( available online ) as a Baen Free Sample from Berserker Death omnibus

In 2000, her 1981 collection of autobiographical writings was republished as Strange Big Moon: Japan and India Journals, 1960-1964, which Anne Waldman has called " one of the finest books ever in the genre of ' journal writing '".

In the Autumn 1981 Vysotsky's first-ever collection of poetry was officially published in the USSR, called The Nerve ( Нерв ).