Music timeline
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The Clash release Give 'Em Enough Rope
Give 'Em Enough Rope is the second studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released on 10 November 1978 through CBS Records.... Read more
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Parliament releases Motor Booty Affair
Motor Booty Affair is an album by funk band Parliament. Released in late 1978, it contains two of the group's most popular tracks,... Read more
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Mathew Kearney is born
Mathew Kearney (pronounced /ˈkɑrni/; born December 1, 1978) is an American musician born in Eugene, Oregon, now based in Nashville, Tennessee.... Read more
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"Off the Wall" solo album catapults Michael Jackson to superstar status
Off the Wall is the fifth studio album by pop musician Michael Jackson, released August 10, 1979 on Epic Records. The album follows Jackson's... Read more
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"Moskau" (Single) by Dshinghis Khan Is Released
Dschinghis Khan was a German pop band, created in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. The name of the band was chosen to fit the song... Read more
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Def Leppard release The Def Leppard E.P.
The Def Leppard E.P. is the debut EP by British rock band Def Leppard. The EP was recorded at Fairview Studios in Hull, in November 1978 and... Read more
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Accept releases their self-titled debut album
Accept is the self-titled debut album released by the German heavy metal band Accept. It was recorded in 1978 and released in early 1979 on the... Read more
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David Bowie releases Lodger
Lodger is an album by British singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in 1979. The last of the 'Berlin Trilogy' recorded in collaboration with... Read more
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Blue Öyster Cult releases Mirrors
Mirrors is the sixth studio album by Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). The album is notable for a collaboration with British... Read more
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Glastonbury Festival 1979
Now a three day event and was still referred to as the Glastonbury Fayre but with the theme of “the year of the child”. Bill Harkin and Arabella... Read more
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The Clash re-release their self-titled debut album
In the US the Clash's debut album was released one year after Give Em Enough Rope, so it was their second US LP. CBS in America had decided that... Read more
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AC/DC releases Highway to Hell
Highway to Hell is the sixth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in July 1979. It is also AC/DC's fifth international studio... Read more
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Rainbow release Down to Earth
Down To Earth is the fourth studio album released by Rainbow, released in 1979. Most of the album had been already written and recorded by the time... Read more
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U2 releases Three (EP)
Three, also known as U2 3, is the first release by Irish rock band U2, a three-song EP recorded and released in 1979. It was produced by the band... Read more
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Woodstock Reunion 1979
Woodstock Reunion 1979 was a rock concert held in NY in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the original 1969 Woodstock festival. Read more
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The Eagles release The Long Run
The Long Run is the sixth studio album by the Eagles, released in 1979. This was the first Eagles album not to feature founding member Randy... Read more
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Funkadelic releases Uncle Jam Wants You
Uncle Jam Wants You is the eleventh studio album by American funk band Funkadelic. It was originally released by Warner Bros. Records on September... Read more
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The Police release Reggatta de Blanc
Reggatta de Blanc is the second album by The Police, released in 1979. The album took four weeks to record, spaced over several months. Unlike... Read more
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Night in the Ruts
Night in the Ruts is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith. Joe Perry left the band midway through the recording of the... Read more
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Parliament releases Gloryhallastoopid
Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky) is a 1979 album by the funk ensemble Parliament. It was their penultimate album on the Casablanca... Read more
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Pink Floyd releases The Wall
The Wall is a rock opera presented as a double album by Pink Floyd, released by Harvest Records on 30 November 1979 in the United Kingdom and by... Read more
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The Clash release London Calling
London Calling is the third studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 December 1979 through... Read more
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Rush release Permanent Waves
Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released January 1, 1980. The album was recorded at Le Studio, Morin... Read more
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Funkadelic releases Connections & Disconnections
Connections & Disconnections is a renegade Funkadelic album, performed by original Parliaments members Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon and Grady... Read more