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MUSIC

Many people believe that music holds time.
When we hear a song we can determine when
it was popular from what we were doing or
who we were dating. Today's music is way
different than what we listened to in high
school.




Top Singles of 1979





Song Artist
1 My Sharona The Knack
2 Bad Girl Donna Summer
3 Le Freak Chic
4 Do Ya Think I'm Sexy Rod Stewart
5 Reunited Peaches & Herb
6 I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor
7 Hot Stuff Donna Summer
8 Y.M.C.A. Village People
9 Ring My Bell Anita Ward
10 Sad Eyes Robert John
11 Too Much Heaven The Bee Gees
12 MacArthur Park Donna Summer
13 When You're In Love With
a Beautiful Woman		 Dr. Hook
14 Makin' It David Naughton
15 Fire The Pointer Sisters
16 Tragedy The Bee Gees
17 A Little More Love Olivia Newton-John
18 Heart of Glass Blondie
19 What A Fool Believes The Doobie Brothers
20 Good Times Chic






Top Albums of 1979







Supertramp's   -   Breakfast in America



Doobie Brothers   -   Minute By Minute


Bad Company   -   Desolation Angels


The Cars   -   Candy-O


The Knack   -   Get The Knack



Dire Straits   -   Dire Straits



Van Halen   -   Van Halen II




Rod Stewart   -   Blondes Have More Fun



Cheap Trick   -   Live At Budokan


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Rickie Lee Jones   -   Rickie Lee Jones






Rock News

On December 3, 1979 in Cleveland, Ohio - 11 concert goers were crushed to death at a sold out Who concert.


Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols died of a herion overdose.


A UNICEF special featuring the Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Donna Summer, John Denver, Olivia Newton-John, and ABBA is taped at the United Nations General Assembly and shown on NBC-TV. It helped raise money to combat hunger and provide food for the world's children.

Evita, a musical based on the life of the wife of Argentine dictator Juan Peron, opens on Broadway.

Paul McCartney signs a $20 million recording contract with Columbia Records.

EMI buys United Artists Records, and MCA buys ABC Records