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)

Nová populárna hudba w. = texty, m. = melódie

"Don't Cry Out Loud" w. Carole Bayer Sager m. Peter Allen "The Facts of Life" w.m. Alan Thicke, Gloria Loring, and Al Burton, zo seriálu The Facts of Life "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love" w.m. Carole Bayer Sager & Peter Allen "Knots Landing theme" m. Jerrold Immel "New York State of Mind" w.m. Billy Joel "The Rainbow Connection" w.m. Kenny Ascher & Paul Williams, zo filmu The Muppet Movie'' Sultans of Swing w.m. Mark Knopfler

Pozri aj 1980 v hudbe 1995 v hudbe 1997 v hudbe

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