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See also: 1970s in music. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1980 Record labels established in 1980 list of years in music // January 1 - The year starts off with a strong disco backlash, which causes the majority of musicians to abandon the use of real instruments in an attempt to distant themselves from anything associated... See also: Musical groups established in 1981 Record labels established in 1981 list of years in music // January 10 - Revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadways Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith February 14 - Billy Idol leaves the band Generation... See also: 1982 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1982 Record labels established in 1982 list of years in music // January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Bands Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. ... 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See also: 1978 in art, other events of 1979, 1980 in art, List of years in art Events Works Births Deaths January 11 - Henry Kahnweiler, art dealer February 3 - Aaron Douglas, painter November 8 - Edward Ardizzone, cartoonist date unknown - Brockbank, cartoonist Awards Categories: 1979 | Years in art ... 1979 in archaeology // Explorations Excavations Hengistbury Head by Barry Cunliffe (continues to 1984) Finds Publications Births Deaths 25 August: Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, discoverer of the tomb of Pacal the Great at Palenque See also List of years in archaeology 1978 in archaeology 1980 in archaeology Categories: 1979 | Years in archaeology... See also: 1978 in architecture, other events of 1979, 1980 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1978 in literature, other events of 1979, 1980 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: Other events of 1979 List of years in science . ...

• Musical groups established in 1979
• Record labels established in 1979
• 1979 in music (UK)

This is a summary of 1979 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. ...

[edit] Events

• Stevie Wonder uses digital audio recording technology in recording his album Journey through the Secret Life of Plants.

• EMI's first digital recording - at Abbey Road Studios - of a non-classical music track is released - UK jazz-funk duo Morrissey-Mullen covered the Rose Royce hit Love Don't Live Here Anymore. Released as a limited edition vinyl EP.

• Disco reigned supreme in 1979, with several #1 hits from The Bee Gees and Donna Summer that year. Several artists who were not regarded as dance/disco acts, scored major successes by releasing disco singles, including New Wave band Blondie with their first US number one single "Heart of Glass", Rod Stewart with "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" and rock band Electric Light Orchestra went disco this year with their UK #1 LP Discovery.

• The backlash against disco among rock loyalists was also peaking. An anti-disco event in Chicago, Illinois ultimately forced the cancellation of a major league baseball game. When The Knack's song "My Sharona" hit Billboard's #1 for six weeks, many rock critics gushed that the band was "the next Beatles" and celebrated the beginning of the end for disco music. While 1979 may have marked the climax of disco, it was also the only popular year for The Knack, who quickly faded into obscurity.

• One event of 1979 which would have later significance was the success of the single "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang, which marked the commercial emergence of hip hop music.

• Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers' Bustin' Loose was released; this is the first go go record.

Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris),[1] is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. ... Digital audio comprises audio signals stored in a digital format. ... Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants was Stevie Wonders most confusing, under-rated and under-appreciated work, out of a nearly 20 year career up to that point. ... For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ... In digital recording, the analog signal of a motion-picture/sound is converted into a stream of discrete numbers, representing the changes in air pressure (chroma and luminace values in case of video) through time; thus making an abstract template for the original sound. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Morrissey Mullen, aka M&M, British jazz-funk/fusion group of the Seventies and Eighties, was formed by Dick Morrissey, ex-IF, (tenor and soprano saxes and flute) and Jim Mullen, ex-Brian Augers Oblivion Express, (guitar), who joined forces in 1976 and played together for some 16 years... Rose Royce was a soul, funk, and disco band, formed by Motown writer/producer Norman Whitfield - previously most famous for his work with the Temptations - and featuring singer Rose Norwalt performing under the name Rose Royce. ... The current version of this section reads like an advertisement. ... EP can stand for: EP is the IATA code for Iran Aseman Airlines Extended play, a music recording (usually consisting of several tracks, but shorter than a typical album) European Parliament, the parliamentary body of the European Union Evolutionary psychology, a belief that psychology can be better understood in light... This article is about the music genre. ... The Bee Gees: Maurice, Barry and Robin The Bee Gees were a British and Australian band, originally a pop singer-songwriter combination, reborn as funk and disco. ... Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines, on December 31, 1948) is a legendary American singer, songwriter, and artist, best known for a string of dance hits in the 1970s that earned her the title Queen of Disco and as one of the few disco-based artists to have longevity on... New Wave was a rock music and pop genre and movement that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ... Blondie is the name of an American rock band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Roderick David Stewart, CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England. ... “ELO” redirects here. ... Disco Demolition Night was a promotional event that took place on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Original UK 45 rpm single picture cover The Knack - My Sharona The Knack are a Los Angeles-based rock band that rose to fame with their first single, My Sharona, an international hit in 1979 (see 1979 in music). ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... This article is about the music genre. ... Rappers Delight is a 1979 single by American hip hop trio The Sugarhill Gang; it was one of the first hip hop hit singles. ... The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop and funk group, known mostly for their biggest hit, Rappers Delight, the first hip hop single to become a Top 40 hit. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Chuck Brown is an African-American jazz guitarist. ... For other uses, see Go go (disambiguation). ...

[edit] Timeline

• January 1
  • Bill Graham closes San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom following a New Year's Eve performance by the Blues Brothers and the Grateful Dead
  • During a New Year's Eve concert in Cleveland, Ohio, Bruce Springsteen is injured when a fire-cracker is thrown onstage from the audience
• January 4 - The Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany, best known for its connections to the early days of the Beatles, reopens.
• January 13 - Singer Donny Hathaway dies after falling 15 stories from his hotel room in New York City. According to Hathaway's record company, Atlantic, the singer had been having some psychological problems.
• January 15 - MCA Records purchases ABC Records for a reported $20 million.
• February 3 - Dead Man's Curve, a made-for-TV-movie about surf-rock singers Jan & Dean, airs on US television
• The Strange Case Of Alice Cooper, featuring footage from the Mad House Rock Tour, is filmed.
• February 7 - The Clash kick off their first concert on their first American tour at the Berkeley Community Theatre outside San Francisco, California. Bo Diddley opens the show and the Clash open their set with the song "I'm So Bored with the U.S.A.".
• February 10 - Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" hits #1 on the Billboard magazine charts, and stays there for 4 weeks.
• February 11 - 43 million viewers watch "Elvis!" on ABC, a made for TV movie starring Kurt Russell as Elvis.
• February 15 Minnie Riperton appears on the Grammys as a presenter with Stephen Bishop. The Bee Gees collect 4 Grammys for Saturday Night Fever.
• February 23 - Dire Straits begin their first U.S. tour in Boston.
• February 24 - Friedrich Cerha's completion of Alban Berg's opera Lulu is premiered at the Opera Garnier in Paris
• March 21 - The Pretenders sign a contract with Sire Records
• March 5 - MCA Records dissolves ABC Records.
• March 10 - James Brown performs at the Grand Ole Opry
• March 27 - Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd, ex-wife of Clapton's friend George Harrison
• March 31 - The Eurovision Song Contest, the biggest music festival in the world, takes place for the first time in a country outside Europe - Israel. The show is broadcast live from Jerusalem to Europe and few countries in Asia. The big winner of this night is Israel for the second time after its first victory in 1978. The winning song is "Halelujah" sang by Gali Atari and the backing group Milk and Honey. A few months after winning the song had been translated into more than 82 languages, and broke a new record by entering the Guinness Book of Records as the most translated song in the world.
• April 6 - Rod Stewart marries Alana Hamilton.
• April 7 - 110,000 people attend the California Music Festival at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. Performers include Aerosmith, The Boomtown Rats, Cheap Trick, Ted Nugent and Van Halen.
• April 12 - Mickey Thomas replaces Marty Balin as the lead singer of Jefferson Starship
• April 13 - During a concert by Van Halen in Spokane, Washington, David Lee Roth collapses from exhaustion.
• May 1 - Elton John becomes the first pop music artist to perform in Israel.
• May 2 - The Who perform their first concert following the death of drummer Keith Moon. The band performed with new drummer Kenny Jones.
• May 5 - "Reunited" by Peaches and Herb hits #1 on the Billboard charts, and stays there for 4 weeks.
• June 1 - Alternative Tentacles record label established by Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra
• June 28 - Bill Haley makes his final studio recordings at Muscle Shoals, Alabama. (He dies in 1981.)
• July 7 - The Bee Gees play to a sold-out crowd at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium as part of their Spirits Having Flown tour.
• July 12
  • Minnie Riperton, singer/songwriter best known for her 1975 #1 hit single "Lovin' You" dies of breast cancer in Los Angeles, she was 31.
  • "Disco Demolition Night", an anti-disco promotional event for a Chicago rock station involving exploding disco records with a bomb, causes a near-riot between games during a baseball major league doubleheader, forcing the cancellation of the second game.
• July 14 - Donna Summer's "Bad Girls" hits #1 on the Billboard charts, and stays there for five weeks
• August 4 - 11- British rock band Led Zeppelin played what were to be their last British concerts at Knebworth in Hertfordshire. Total attendances for the two concerts approached 400,000.^{[citation needed]}
• August 25 - "My Sharona" by The Knack hits #1 on the Billboard charts. This is the first time in over a year that a song hits #1 that is not either a disco song or a ballad. It remains at #1 for six weeks.
• September 2 - U2 enters the studio for the first time to record a locally released single.
• October 10 - Joe Perry officially departs Aerosmith.
• November 26 - Bill Haley & His Comets perform at the Royal Drury Lane Theatre in London in a command performance for Queen Elizabeth. This was Haley's final recorded performance of "Rock Around the Clock".
• December 3 - In Cincinnati, Ohio, a stampede for seats at Riverfront Coliseum during a Who concert kills 11 fans (band members were not made aware of the deaths until after the show).
• The Welsh Philharmonia becomes the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera.
• Diamond Head's career begins
• INXS career begins
• Michael Schenker leaves Scorpions during their tour in France and was replaced by Matthias Jabs.
• The Feelies' musical career begins
• Marianne Faithfull returns to music after a hiatus
• Solid Gold premieres on television.
• Bad Brains forms
• Fishbone forms
• Was (Not Was) forms
• Mr & Mrs No Smoking Sign forms in Sydney (later to become Severed Heads)
• The Runaways disband
• Return to Forever disband
• Bachman-Turner Overdrive disbands

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[edit] Albums released

• 5 - J. J. Cale
• 20 Hottest Hits - Hot Chocolate
• 154 - Wire
• A Collection Of Their 20 Greatest Hits - The Three Degrees
• A Curious Feeling - Tony Banks
• A Different Kind of Tension - Buzzcocks
• The Adventures of the Hersham Boys - Sham 69
• Angel Station - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• Another Kind of Blues - UK Subs
• Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
• Are You Ready - Atlanta Rhythm Section
• Astaire - Peter Skellern
• At Budokan - Cheap Trick (live)
• The B-52s - The B-52s
• Back to the Egg - Wings
• Bad Girls - Donna Summer
• Barbra Streisand Greatest Hits Volume 2 - Barbra Streisand
• Bee Gees Greatest - Bee Gees
• The Best Days Of My Life - Johnny Mathis
• The Best of Chic - Chic
• The Best of the Dooleys - The Dooleys
• The Billie Jo Spears Singles Album - Billie Jo Spears
• Black Rose: A Rock Legend - Thin Lizzy
• Bob Dylan at Budokan - Bob Dylan (live)
• Bomber - Motörhead
• Bop Till You Drop - Ry Cooder
• Breakfast in America - Supertramp
• Bridges - John Williams
• Bursting Out - Jethro Tull (live)
• Can - Can
• Candy-O - The Cars
• Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella - Nurse With Wound
• Classic Rock - The Second Movement - London Symphony Orchestra
• Coming Up For Air - Penetration
• Communiqué - Dire Straits
• Cornerstone - Styx
• The Crack - The Ruts
• Crepes and Drapes - Showaddywaddy
• Cut - The Slits
• Dart Attack - Darts
• David Essex Album - David Essex
• Days in Europa - The Skids
• Desolation Angels - Bad Company
• Discovery - Electric Light Orchestra
• Do It Yourself - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
• Down to Earth - Rainbow
• Dragnet - The Fall
• Drums and Wires - XTC
• Dynasty - Kiss
• Eat to the Beat - Blondie
• The Eddie Cochran Singles Album - Eddie Cochran
• ELO's Greatest Hits - Electric Light Orchestra
• End of the Century - The Ramones
• Entertainment! - Gang Of Four
• Euroman Cometh - Jean-Jacques Burnel
• Everyone Can Rock & Roll - Bill Haley & His Comets
• Exposed - Mike Oldfield (live)
• Facades - Sad Café
• Fate for Breakfast - Art Garfunkel
• Fear of Music - Talking Heads
• Feats Don't Fail Me Now - Herbie Hancock
• Feel No Fret - The Average White Band
• The Fine Art of Surfacing - The Boomtown Rats
• Flex - Lene Lovich
• Force Majeure - Tangerine Dream
• French Skyline - Earthstar
• Frenzy - Split Enz
• George Harrison - George Harrison
• Ghost Riders in the Sky - Slim Whitman
• Gloryhallastoopid-Parliament
• Go West - Village People
• The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle - Sex Pistols (OST)
• Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Greatest Hits 1972-1978 - 10cc
• Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - Rod Stewart
• Greatest Hits Volume 2 - ABBA
• Grosses Wasser - Cluster
• Heimweh nach Tahiti - Die Flippers
• Honest Lullaby - Joan Baez
• Hydra - Toto
• I'm the Man - Joe Jackson
• I Am - Earth Wind & Fire
• If You Want Blood - AC/DC
• Imperial Wizard - David Essex
• In the Skies - Peter Green
• In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin
• The Incredible Shrinking Dickies - The Dickies
• Inflammable Material - Stiff Little Fingers
• Into the Music - Van Morrison
• It's Alive - Ramones (live)
• Jardin Au Fou - Hans-Joachim Roedelius
• Join Hands - Siouxsie & the Banshees
• Journey through the Secret Life of Plants - Stevie Wonder
• The Kenny Rogers Singles Album - Kenny Rogers
• The Kids Are Alright - The Who (OST)
• L.A. (Light Album) - The Beach Boys
• Last the Whole Night Long - James Last
• Lena's Music Album - Lena Martell
• Life in a Day - Simple Minds
• Live and Learn - Elkie Brooks
• Live at the Witch Trials - The Fall
• Live Killers - Queen (live)
• Live (X Cert) - The Stranglers (live)
• Lodger - David Bowie
• London Calling - The Clash (U.K. Release)
• Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson
• The Long Run - The Eagles
• Love Tracks - Gloria Gaynor
• Lovedrive - Scorpions
• Lovehunter - Whitesnake
• Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned
• Made It Through the Rain - Gerard Kenny
• The Magic Is You - Shirley Bassey
• Manifesto - Roxy Music
• Marathon - Santana
• The Mark II Purple Singles - Deep Purple
• Marty Robbins Collection - Marty Robbins
• Metal Box - Public Image Ltd.
• Mick Taylor - Mick Taylor
• Midnight Magic - Commodores
• Mingus - Joni Mitchell
• Mission Accomplished But the Beat Goes On - The Rezillos
• Morning Dance - Spyro Gyra
• Mr. Universe - Gillan
• New Dimensions - The Three Degrees
• New Horizons - Don Williams
• Night in the Ruts - Aerosmith
• Night Owl - Gerry Rafferty
• No Mean City - Nazareth
• Not That I'm Biased - Max Boyce
• Oceans of Fantasy - Boney M
• Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
• On the Radio - Greatest Hits Volume 1 & 2 - Donna Summer
• One Step Beyond... - Madness
• One Voice - Barry Manilow
• Out of a Dream - Reba McEntire
• Out of This World - The Moody Blues
• Overkill - Motörhead
• Platinum - Mike Oldfield
• The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan
• Quadrophenia - The Who (OST)
• The Raincoats - The Raincoats
• The Raven - The Stranglers
• Reality...What a Concept - Robin Williams
• Reality Effect - The Tourists
• Reflections - George Hamilton IV
• Reggatta de Blanc - The Police
• Remote Control - The Tubes
• Repeat When Necessary - Dave Edmunds
• Replicas - Tubeway Army
• Rhapsodies - Rick Wakeman
• Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
• Rise - Herb Alpert
• Risqué - Chic
• Rock 'N' Roll Juvenile - Cliff Richard
• Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
• Sabotage(live) - John Cale
• Scared to Dance - The Skids
• Secondhand Daylight - Magazine
• Selbstportrait - Hans-Joachim Roedelius
• Semi-Detached Suburban - Manfred Mann
• Setting Sons - The Jam
• Sheik Yerbouti - Frank Zappa
• Shooting Stars - Dollar
• Sid Sings - Sid Vicious