The #1 dance song on April 17, 1981

Breaking and Entering By Dee Dee Sharp-Gamble

Other #1 songs on April 17, 1981

#1 Hit Song

Kiss on My List
Daryl Hall and John Oates

UK #1 Song

Making Your Mind Up
Bucks Fizz

#1 R&B Song

Being with You
Smokey Robinson

#1 Country Song

Old Flame
Alabama

Notable April 17 birthdays in the 1980s

Rooney Mara

Born April 17, 1985

Jed Lowrie

Born April 17, 1984

Brad Boyes

Born April 17, 1982