1979 v hudbe



Udalosti 
 Disko hudba upadá kvôli tzv. Disco Demolition Night. Rockoví dížeji usporiadali v Chicagu protest voči disco hudbe.
 Bola vydaná prvá hip-hopová pieseň. Jej názov je Rapper’s Delight (The Sugarhill Gang).

Narodenia 
 5. január – Kathleen Edwards, spevák
 10. január – Kris Kross
 16. január – Aaliyah Haughton
 20. január – Rob Bourdon, Linkin Park, Will Young
 11. február – Brandy Norwood
 21. február – Jennifer Love Hewitt
 8. marec – Tom Chaplin, britský spevák (Keane)
 11. marec – Benji Madden,Joel Madden Good Charlotte
 14. marec – Jacques Brautbar, Phantom Planet
 30. marec – Norah Jones, americká speváčka a skladateľka
 20. august – Jamie Cullum
 3. september – Jason McCaslin, Sum 41

Úmrtia
 5. január – Charles Mingus
 13. január – Donny Hathaway, spevák
 14. január – Marjorie Lawrence, sopranista
 2. február – Sid Vicious, punkrocker
 22. marec – Walter Legge, hudobný producent
 10. apríl – Nino Rota, skladateľ
 29. apríl – Julia A. Perry, skladateľ a dirigent
 3. júl – Louis Durey, skladateľ

Albumy
 Voulez-Vous – ABBA
 Highway to Hell – AC/DC
 Winter Songs – Art Bears
 Injoy – Bar Kays
 In the Heat of the Night – Pat Benatar
 Lodger – David Bowie
 The Original Disco Man – James Brown
 The Cars – The Cars
 London Calling – The Clash
 Candy – Con Funk Shun
 Three Imaginary Boys – The Cure
 Communiqué – Dire Straits
 Bob Dylan at Budokan – Bob Dylan
 Slow Train Coming – Bob Dylan
 The Long Run – The Eagles
 Tusk – Fleetwood Mac
 Uncle Jam Wants You – Funkadelic
 Off the Wall – Michael Jackson
 Bustin' out of L Seven – Rick James
 52nd Street – Billy Joel
 Unknown Pleasures – Joy Division
 Unleashed in the East – Judas Priest
 Low Budget – The Kinks
 Dynasty – KISS
 In the Nick of Time – Nicolette Larson
 In Through the Out Door – Led Zeppelin
 One Step Beyond – Madness
 Live Rust – Neil Young and Crazy Horse
 Rust Never Sleeps – Neil Young and Crazy Horse
 Platinum – Mike Oldfield
 Laminar Flow – Roy Orbison
 Back to the Egg – Paul McCartney and Wings
 The Wall – Pink Floyd
 Reggatta de Blanc – The Police
 Live Killers – Queen
 Night Owl – Gerry Rafferty
 Down to Earth – Rainbow
 The Bells – Lou Reed
 We are Family – Sister Sledge
 Dancin' and Lovin – Spinners
 The Raven – The Stranglers
 Wet – Barbra Streisand
 Bad Girls – Donna Summer
 On the Radio – Donna Summer
 Breakfast in America – Supertramp
 Fear of Music – Talking Heads
 Madam Butterfly – Tavares
 Damn the Torpedoes – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
 Van Halen II – Van Halen
 Degüello - ZZ Top
 Joe's Garage Act 1 – Frank Zappa
 Sheik Yerbouti – Frank Zappa
 Sleep Dirt – Frank Zappa
 Music Box – Evelyn Kingová

 Najväčšie hity 
 Good Times – Chic
 Knee Deep – Funkadelic
 Driver's Seat – Sniff'n' the Tears
 Hot Summer Night – Night
 Lotta Love – Nicolette Larson
 Spooky – Atlanta Rythm Section
 What You Won't Do for Love  – Bobby Caldwell
 When You're in Love With A Beautiful Woman – Dr.Hook
 Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney

 Hudobné rebríčky 

 Americké #1 hity 
(týždne na #1 miestě)

 "Le Freak" – Chic (2 týždne v roku 1978 + 4 týždne v roku 1979)
 "Too Much Heaven" – Bee Gees (2)
 "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" – Rod Stewart (4)
 "I Will Survive" – Gloria Gaynor (3)
 "Tragedy" – Bee Gees (2)
 "What a Fool Believes" – The Doobie Brothers (1)
 "Knock on Wood" – Amii Stewart (1)
 "Heart of Glass" – Blondie (1)
 "Reunited" – Peaches & Herb (4)
 "Hot Stuff" – Donna Summer (3)
 "Love You Inside Out" – Bee Gees (1)
 "Ring My Bell" – Anita Ward (2)
 "Bad Girls" – Donna Summer (5)
 "Good Times" – Chic (1)
 "My Sharona" – The Knack (6)
 "Sad Eyes" – Robert John (1)
 "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" – Michael Jackson (1)
 "Rise" – Herb Alpert (2)
 "Pop Muzik" – M (1)
 "Heartache Tonight" – The Eagles (1)
 "Still" – Commodores (1)
 "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" – Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer (2)
 "Babe" – Styx (2)
 "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" – Rupert Holmes (2 týždne v roku 1979 + 1 týždeň in 1980)

 Britské #1 hity 
(týždne na #1 miestě)

 "Y.M.C.A." – Village People (3) najpredávanejší singel roku
 "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" – Ian Dury & The Blockheads (1)
 "Heart of Glass" – Blondie (4)
 "Tragedy" – Bee Gees (2)
 "I Will Survive" – Gloria Gaynor (4)
 "Bright Eyes" – Art Garfunkel (6)
 "Sunday Girl" – Blondie (3)
 "Ring My Bell" – Anita Ward (2)
 Are 'Friends' Electric?- Tubeway Army (4)
 "I Don't Like Mondays" – The Boomtown Rats (4)
 "We Don't Talk Anymore" – Cliff Richard (4)
 Cars – Gary Numan (1)
 "Message in a Bottle" – The Police (3)
 "Video Killed the Radio Star" – The Buggles (1)
 "One Day At A Time" – Lena Martell (3)
 "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" – Dr. Hook (3)
 "Walking on the Moon" – The Police (1)
 "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" – Pink Floyd (3 týždne v roku 1979 + 2 týždne v roku 1980)

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