Year:1979

Bands Formed
Absolute Body Control

The Adolescents

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Au Pairs

Bad Religion

Bananarama

Blancmange

Blurt

The Bodysnatchers

China Crisis

Christian Death

Cocteau Twins

Europe

The Ex

The Exploited

Fehlfarben

Fishbone

The Fixx

Flipper

A Flock of Seagulls

Geier Sturzflug

Het Goede Doel

Goombay Dance Band

Hüsker Dü

Kassav'

Killing Joke

The Korgis

Laid Back

Huey Lewis and the News

Lipps Inc.

M (band)

Marillion

Maywood

Men at Work

Michael Schenker Group

Mission of Burma

The Mo

Musical Youth

Nomeansno

The Professionals

The Replacements

Saint Vitus (band)

The Selecter

Severed Heads

Sheriff

The Sound

Spandau Ballet

Spizzenergi

T.S.O.L.

The The

Toy Dolls

Underworld

The Vapors

Venom

Yello

Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

Singles Released

 * Transmission Joy Division
 * Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus
 * London Calling The Clash
 * Boys Don't Cry The Cure
 * Gangsters The Specials
 * Laugh and Walk Away The Shirts
 * My Sharona The Knack
 * Heart of Glass Blondie
 * Brass in Pocket The Pretenders
 * Another Brick in the Wall Pink Floyd
 * Don't Stop Til You Get Enough Michael Jackson
 * Walking on the Moon The Police
 * Making Plans for Nigel XTC
 * Message in a Bottle The Police
 * Are 'Friends' Electric? Tubeway Army
 * My Girl Madness
 * I Want You to Want Me (Live) Cheap Trick
 * Weekend Earth & Fire
 * After The Love Has Gone Earth, Wind and Fire
 * Come To Me (France Joli song) France Joli
 * Chuck E.'s in Love Rickie Lee Jones
 * Still Commodores
 * What a Fool Believes The Doobie Brothers
 * Boogie Wonderland Earth, Wind and Fire with The Emotions
 * Tar Visage
 * No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand
 * It's Different for Girls Joe Jackson
 * Knock on Wood Amii Stewart
 * Spacer Sheila and B. Devotion
 * Living by Numbers New Musik
 * Too Hot Kool & the Gang
 * We Got the Funk Positive Force
 * Spirits (Having Flown) Bee Gees
 * My oh My Sad Café
 * With You I'm Born Again Billy Preston & Syreeta
 * Better Love Next Time Dr. Hook
 * Crying Don McLean
 * Forever in Blue Jeans Neil Diamond
 * Ladies Night Kool and the Gang
 * The Eton Rifles The Jam
 * A Message to You Rudy /Nite Klub The Specials
 * She's in Love With You Suzi Quatro
 * Whatever You Want Status Quo
 * Star Earth, Wind and Fire
 * My Forbidden Lover Chic
 * The Devil Went Down To Georgia The Charlie Daniels Band

Albums Released
Date Released: Artist - Album
 * August 17 - XTC - Drums and Wires
 * November 30 - Pink Floyd - The Wall

Other Events
Classical music

27 July: first performance of three songs on texts by Donald Hall by William Bolcom

5 August: first performance of the Violin Concerto by Johan Kvandal

15 september: first performance of Symphony No. 3 by William Bolcom

18 november: first performance of Paganinivariaties of Witold Lutosławski in the version for piano and Orchestra.

Matches

Eurovision Song Contest

Festivals

Pinkpop