Year:1979

Bands Formed

 * Beastie Boys
 * Wall Of Voodoo

Singles Released
Typical Girls/I Heard It Through the Grapevine The Slits

Smash It Up The Damned

Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. II Pink Floyd

Rapper's Delight The Sugarhill Gang

My Girl Madness

Spacer Sheila B. Devotion

Off the Wall Michael Jackson

Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen

Out of Luck Pointed Sticks

My Feet Keep Dancing Chic

Confusion/Last Train to London Electric Light Orchestra

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand

Visage "Tar"

Can't Let Go Earth, Wind & Fire

The Second Time Around Shalamar

Is It Love You're After Rose Royce

I Only Want to Be With You The Tourists

Rockabilly Rebel Matchbox

7 Teen Regents

I Have a Dream ABBA

With You I'm Born Again Billy Preston & Syreeta

I'm Born Again/Bahama Mama Boney M.

Lady Midnight Magic Power

My Simple Heart The Three Degrees

Music One Way

One World Song Labi Siffre and Jackie

Give It to Me Now Merton Parkas

The Lady Wants to Be Alone Rich Wilde

Max Bygraves Killed My Mother The Atoms

Space Invaders The Piranhas

I Think I Think Too Much/Santa Claus Has Died Ed Sirrs

Kamikaze The Boys

Let's Join The Mondellos

You Can Borrow My Car The Necessaries

This Is the Way The Stilettos

Are You Ready? Billy Ocean

Albums Released

 * March: Wood Newton - Wood Newton
 * August 17: XTC - Drums &amp; Wires
 * October: The Buzzards - Jellied Eels to Record Deals
 * December 14: The Clash - London Calling
 * Barry Manilow - One Voice
 * Sonny Curtis - Sonny Curtis
 * Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee Lewis
 * Boxcar Willie - Daddy Was a Railroad Man

Other Events

 * 'Disco Sucks'
 * Lee Perry burns the Black Ark Studios
 * dancehall reggae (start)
 * On-U Sound Records is founded by Adrian Sherwood.