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

A Flock of Seagulls

Hüsker Dü

Inner Life

Kassav'

Killing Joke

The Korgis

Laid Back

Huey Lewis and the News

Lipps Inc.

Lyres (band)

M (band)

Mary Jane Girls

Maximum Joy

Men at Work

Musical Youth

Negativland

Nomeansno

Nu Shooz

Nurse with Wound

Raw Silk

Raybeats

The Replacements

Saint Vitus (band)

The Selecter

Severed Heads

Skatt Brothers

Spandau Ballet

Stetsasonic

The The

Vaughan Mason & Crew

Was (Not Was)

Yello

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
 * 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
 * After The Love Has Gone Earth, Wind and Fire
 * Message in a Bottle The Police


 * Come To Me (France Joli song) France Joli


 * 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

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