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02 Jan 1979 Sex Pistol's bass player Sid Vicious went on trial in New York accused of murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen three months earlier.
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03 Jan 1979 The Hype, (later to be known as U2) appeared at McGonagils in Dublin, Ireland.
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05 Jan 1979 Jazz musician and bandleader Charles Mingus died aged 56. His final project was 'Mingus' a collaboration with Joni Mitchell.
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05 Jan 1979 Prince made his live debut at the Capri Theatre, Minneapolis.
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06 Jan 1979 The Bee Gees started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Too Much Heaven' the group's 7th US No.1.
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06 Jan 1979 The Village People scored their only UK No.1 single with 'Y.M.C.A.' At its peak the single was selling over 150,000 copies a day. In the gay culture from which the group sprang, the song was understood as celebrating the YMCA's reputation as a popular cruising and hookup spot.
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06 Jan 1979 listen to ‘This Day in Music Jan 6th’ on Audioboo
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08 Jan 1979 Canadian rock band Rush were named the country's official Ambassadors Of Music by the Canadian government.
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09 Jan 1979 The music for UNICEF concert took place in New York City featuring Rod Stewart, The Bee Gees, Earth Wind and Fire, Abba and Donna Summer.
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10 Jan 1979 birth Chris Smith, Kris Kross, (1992 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Jump'). The duo of Chris Smith and Chris Kelly were 12 and 13 when they recorded the song.
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13 Jan 1979 Soul singer Donny Hathaway committed suicide falling from a 15th floor New York hotel window. (1972 UK No.29 single with Roberta Flack 'Where Is The Love', 1978 US No.2 single 'The Closer I Get.'
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16 Jan 1979 birth Aaliyah, US singer, actress, killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas 25/8/01. (2000, US No.1 single 'Try Again', 2002 UK No.1 single 'More Than A Woman').
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20 Jan 1979 birth Rob Bourdon, drums, Linkin Park, (2002 US No.2 & UK No.4 single 'In The End', 2002 US No.2 & 2001 UK No.4 album 'Hybrid Theory').
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20 Jan 1979 birth Will Young, singer, UK TV's Pop Idol winner, (2002 UK No.1 single 'Anything Is Possible / Evergreen').
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21 Jan 1979 birth Nokio, Dru Hill, (1999 US No.1 & UK No.2 single with Will Smith, 'Wild Wild West').
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24 Jan 1979 The Clash released their first single in the US, 'I Fought The Law' (written by Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly's Crickets).
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24 Jan 1979 Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys divorced his wife Marilyn after 15 years together. She was a member of the Honeys and mother of Wendy and Carnie Wilson, who would go on to sing in Wilson-Phillips.
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27 Jan 1979 Ian Dury And The Blockheads were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick', their only UK chart topper.
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29 Jan 1979 16-year-old Brenda Spencer killed two people and wounded nine others when she fired from her house across the street onto the entrance of San Diego's Grover Cleveland Elementary School. Spencer fired the shot's from a .22-caliber rifle her father had given her for Christmas. When asked why she did it, she answered 'I don't like Mondays.' The Boomtown Rats went on to write and recorded a song based on the event.
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02 Feb 1979 Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose in New York City. There had been a party to celebrate Vicious' release on $50,000 (£29,412) bail pending his trial for the murder of his former girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, the previous October. Party guests, said that Vicious had taken heroin at midnight. An autopsy confirmed that Vicious died from an accumulation of fluid in the lungs that was consistent with heroin overdose. A syringe, spoon and heroin residue were discovered near the body.
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03 Feb 1979 Blondie had their first of five UK No.1 singles, with 'Heart Of Glass', taken from the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines. 'Heart of Glass' was originally recorded in 1975 under the name 'Once I Had a Love.'
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03 Feb 1979 The Blues Brothers went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Briefcase Full Of Blues'.
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07 Feb 1979 Stephen Stills became the first rock performer to record on digital equipment in Los Angeles' Record Plant Studio.
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10 Feb 1979 Rod Stewart started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy', his third US No.1. (and a No.1 hit in the UK). Also today Rod started a three-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Blondes Have More Fun.'
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11 Feb 1979 birth Brandy, American singer, who had the 1998 US No.1 and UK No.2 single with Monica, 'The Boy Is Mine'.
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15 Feb 1979 At the 21st Grammy Awards, the 'Saturday Night Fever' soundtrack won Album of the Year and The Bee Gees were named Best Pop Group and Best Arrangement for Voices for 'Staying Alive'. Billy Joel's 'Just the Way You Are' won Record and Song of the Year. Donna Summer's 'Last Dance' won two Grammys: Best Female R&B Vocal and Best R&B Song.
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17 Feb 1979 Blondie scored their first UK No.1 album when 'Parallel Lines' started a four-week run at the top of the charts, featuring the singles 'Heart Of Glass', 'Hanging On The Telephone' and 'Sunday Girl.'
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17 Feb 1979 The Clash opened the US leg of their 'Pearl Harbour '79', North American tour at New York's Palladium.
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22 Feb 1979 birth Tom Higgenson, singer, Plain White T's who had the 2007 UK top 10 album 'Every Second Counts'.
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24 Feb 1979 A new UK TV show started on BBC2 called 'Seven To One', the title referring to the format of seven teenagers questioning a star guest, the first weeks guest was the singer from The Boomtown Rats, Bob Geldof.
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26 Feb 1979 During a court case between The Sex Pistols and their manager Malcolm McLaren it was revealed that only £30,000 ($51,000) was left of the £800,000 ($1,360,000) the band had earned.
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26 Feb 1979 birth Corinne Bailey Rae, UK singer, songwriter who had the 2006 UK No. 2 single ‘Put Your Records On', and the 2006 self-titled UK No.1 album. She is only the fourth female British act in history to have her first album debut at No.1 on the UK chart.
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01 Mar 1979 Joy Division appeared at The Hope & Anchor, Islington, London, England. Admission was 75p ($1.28).
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03 Mar 1979 The Bee Gees scored their fourth UK No.1 single with 'Tragedy.' Also today The Bee Gees went to No.1 on the US album chat with 'Spirits Having Flown', the brother's second US No.1 album.
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04 Mar 1979 Randy Jackson of The Jackson Five was seriously injured in a car crash breaking both legs and almost died in the emergency room when a nurse inadvertently injects him with methadone.
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08 Mar 1979 birth Tom Chaplin singer, songwriter with UK group Keane who had the 2004 UK No.1 album 'Hopes And Fears' which was the second best-selling British album of the year.
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10 Mar 1979 Gloria Gaynor started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Will Survive', also a No.1 in the UK. The song was originally released as the B-side to a song first recorded by The Righteous Brothers called 'Substitute.'
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11 Mar 1979 birth Joel Madden, vocals and Benji Madden, Good Charlotte, (2002 US No.7 album, 'The Young And The Hopeless', 2003 UK No.6 single 'Girls and Boys').
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12 Mar 1979 birth Pete Doherty, guitar, vocals, The Libertines, (2004 UK No.1 album ‘The Libertines’), who re-formed in 2010. Doherty was banned from playing with The Libertines until he could overcome his substance abuse problems. Released two albums with Babyshambles, the 2005 'Down in Albion' and 2007 'Shotter's Nation.'
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13 Mar 1979 birth Toni Lundow, singer, Liberty X, (2002 UK No.1 single 'Just A Little').
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16 Mar 1979 birth Leena Peisa, keyboards, Lordi. Became Finland's first ever Eurovision Song Contest winners after their song 'Hard Rock Hallelujah' won the contest held in Athens in 2006.
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17 Mar 1979 Gloria Gaynor started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Will Survive.' The song was originally released as the B-side to a song first recorded by The Righteous Brothers called 'Substitute.'
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17 Mar 1979 The Bee Gees went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Spirits Having Flown.'
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18 Mar 1979 birth Shola Ama, singer, (1997 UK No.3 single 'You're The One I Love').
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18 Mar 1979 birth Adam Levine, guitar, vocals, Maroon 5, who had the 2004 UK No.1 album ‘Songs About Jane’, the 2004 US No.1 & UK No.4 single ‘She Will Be Loved’ and the 2014 US No.1 album V.
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22 Mar 1979 birth Aaron Wright North, guitarist, Nine Inch Nails, (2005 US No.1 album 'White Teeth').
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24 Mar 1979 The Bee Gees started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Tragedy', the group's eighth US No.1. Also No.1 in the UK.
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27 Mar 1979 Eric Clapton married Patti Harrison (the ex wife of George) at Temple Bethel, Tucson, Arizona. Patti applied for a divorce in 1988.
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29 Mar 1979 After attending a Dire Straits show during their residency at the Roxy in Los Angeles, Bob Dylan asked Mark Knopfler and drummer Pick Withers to play on the sessions for his next album. Slow Train Coming was the album, recorded in Muscle Shoals in May of 1979, with Jerry Wexler producing. Dylan had first heard Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler when his assistant Arthur Rosato played him the single 'Sultans of Swing'.
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30 Mar 1979 birth Norah Jones, US singer, (2002 US & UK Grammy award winning No.1 album 'Come Away With Me', plus two other No.1 albums).
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30 Mar 1979 birth Simon Webbe, singer, vocals, Blue, (2002 UK No.1 single 'If You Come Back').
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02 Apr 1979 birth Jesse Carmichael, keyboards, Maroon 5, who had the 2004 UK No.1 album ‘Songs About Jane’, the 2004 US No.1 & UK No.4 single ‘She Will Be Loved’ and the 2014 US No.1 album V.
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03 Apr 1979 Kate Bush kicked off the 28-date 'Tour Of Life' trek making her concert debut at Liverpool's Empire Theatre, England. Bush never set out on another tour again.
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06 Apr 1979 Rod Stewart married actor George Hamilton's ex-wife Alana Hamilton in Beverly Hills, California.
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07 Apr 1979 Aerosmith, Van Halen, Cheap Trick, The Boomtown Rats and Ted Nugent all appeared at the California Music Festival.
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07 Apr 1979 Siouxsie And The Banshees played a charity gig for MENCAP, but after crowd trouble were latter faced with a £2,000 bill for seat damage.
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07 Apr 1979 The Doobie Brothers went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Minute By Minute', the group's only US chart topper.
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07 Apr 1979 birth Duncan James, singer, Blue, (2002 UK No.1 single 'If You Come Back').
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10 Apr 1979 birth Sophie Ellis Bextor, singer, theaudience, (2000 UK No.25 single 'If You Can't Do It When You're Young, When Can You Do It'), 2000 UK No.1 single with Spiller, 'Groovejet, If This Ain't Love'), Solo, (2001 UK No.2 single 'Murder On The Dancefloor).
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13 Apr 1979 Five days into Van Halen's latest tour, David Lee Roth collapsed from exhaustion on stage at Spokane Coliseum in Washington.
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13 Apr 1979 Thin Lizzy released their ninth studio album Black Rose: A Rock Legend. The album, which featured guitarist Gary Moore, contained the hits 'Do Anything You Want To', 'Waiting For An Alibi' and 'Sarah', which was written with Moore about Lynott's newborn daughter.
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14 Apr 1979 The Doobie Brothers went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'What A Fool Believes', the group's second US No.1, it made No.31 in the UK.
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20 Apr 1979 Lighting director Billy Duffy was killed in an accident during a Kate Bush concert in Southampton, England. 21-year old Duffy fell twenty feet through an open trap door on the stage. Kate Bush held a benefit concert on 12th May with Peter Gabriel and Steve Harley at London's Hammersmith Odeon for his family.
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21 Apr 1979 Amii Stewart went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Knock On Wood', it made No.6 in the UK the same year and No.7 when re- issued in 1985.
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22 Apr 1979 birth Daniel Johns, Silverchair, (1997 Australian No.1 & UK No.34 single 'Freak', 1995 Australian No.1 album 'Frogstomp' plus three other Australian No.1 albums).
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23 Apr 1979 David Bowie premiered his new single 'Boy's Keep Swinging', on the BBC's TV's 'Kenny Everett Video Show.'
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24 Apr 1979 Ray Charles' 'Georgia On My Mind' was proclaimed the state song of Georgia. The music to the song was written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael who also recorded a version of the song in New York in the same year. Ray Charles, a native of Georgia, recorded it in 1960 on the album The Genius Hits the Road.
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25 Apr 1979 The Police made their debut on BBC TV's 'Top Of The Pops' performing 'Roxanne'. The single which was taken from their album Outlandos d'Amour was written from the point-of-view of a man who falls in love with a prostitute.
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27 Apr 1979 birth Will Boyd, bass, Evanescence, (2003 UK No.1 & US No.5 single ‘Bring Me To Life’, 2003 UK No.1 & US No.3 album ‘Fallen’). Left the group in June 2006.
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29 Apr 1979 birth Joanne Velda O'Meara, vocals, S Club 7, (1999 UK No.1 single 'Bring It All Back'). 2000 UK No.1 album '7' spent over a year on the UK chart.
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01 May 1979 Elton John became the first pop star to perform in Israel. In three weeks time he also became the first Western solo pop performer to tour Russia.
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03 May 1979 birth Danny Foster, Hear'Say, (2001 UK No.1 single 'Pure And Simple').
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04 May 1979 birth Lance Bass, *NSYNC, (2000 US No.1 single 'It's Gonna Be Me', 1999 UK No.5 single 'I Want You Back').
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05 May 1979 Peaches and Herb started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Reunited', it made No.4 in the UK.
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13 May 1979 birth Michael Madden, bass, Maroon 5, who had the 2004 UK No.1 album ‘Songs About Jane’, the 2004 US No.1 & UK No.4 single ‘She Will Be Loved’ and the 2014 US No.1 album V.
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14 May 1979 birth Dan Auerbach, American guitarist and vocalist for The Black Keys who had the 2014 US No.1 album Turn Blue.
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19 May 1979 Abba started a four week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Voulez-Vous' the group's fourth No.1 LP.
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19 May 1979 Eric Clapton held a party at his Surrey house celebrating his recent marriage to Patti Boyd. Clapton had set-up a small stage in the garden and as the evening progressed, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr ended up jamming together along with Clapton, Ginger Baker and Mick Jagger. The all-star band ran through old Little Richard and Eddie Cochran songs.
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19 May 1979 Supertramp went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Breakfast In America', the group's only US No.1. It featured three US Billboard hit singles: 'The Logical Song', 'Goodbye Stranger' and 'Take the Long Way Home'.
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21 May 1979 Elton John started a tour of Russia, when he played the first of eight concerts making him the first Western star ever to do so.
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22 May 1979 birth Russell Pritchard, bass guitar, The Zutons. 2004 UK No. 6 album, ‘Who Killed ‘The Zutons’, 2006 UK No.9 single ‘Valerie’ (also a hit for Amy Winehouse).
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23 May 1979 Due to a record company dispute, Tom Petty was forced to file for bankruptcy owing $575,000 (£338,235). A long-running battle with his record company followed.
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26 May 1979 'Sunday Girl' gave Blondie their second UK No.1 hit single. The track was taken from the group's 'Parallel Lines', which went on to become the biggest selling album of 1979.
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26 May 1979 The first day of the two day Loch Lomond Festival with The Stranglers, Dr Feelgood, Skids, Third World, The Dickies. Day two featured The AWB, Buzzcocks, Rockpile and The Boomtown Rats who played 'I Don't Like Mondays' live for the first time.
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02 Jun 1979 Donna Summer started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Hot Stuff', her second US No.1, it made No.11 in the UK.
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05 Jun 1979 Blues legend Muddy Waters (aged 64), married Marva Jean Brooks on her 25th birthday.
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05 Jun 1979 birth Pete Wentz, bassist, Fall Out Boy, (2007 US No.1 album ‘Infinity on High’).
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06 Jun 1979 Def Leppard played at Crookes Workingman's Club in Sheffield. The gig was reviewed in UK music paper 'Sounds' and led to a recording contract with Phonogram Records.
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07 Jun 1979 birth Ryan Tedder, US singer, songwriter with OneRepublic. Had the 2013 UK No.1 hit 'Counting Stars'.
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09 Jun 1979 The Bee Gees went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Love You inside Out', the group's 9th US No.1. A No.13 hit in the UK.
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12 Jun 1979 birth Robyn Carlsson, Swedish singer, (1998 UK No.8 single 'Show Me Love', 2007 UK No.1 single 'With Every Heartbeat').
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16 Jun 1979 The Electric Light Orchestra started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Discovery' their first No.1 LP, featuring the tracks 'Shine A Little Love', 'Don't Bring Me Down' and 'The Diary Of Horace Wimp'.
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17 Jun 1979 Anita Ward was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ring My Bell'. The only hit for the gospel singer from Memphis, making her a One-hit Wonder. More One Hit Wonders
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20 Jun 1979 birth Charlotte Hatherley, guitar, vocals, Ash, (1995 UK No.11 single 'Girl From Mars').
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21 Jun 1979 Angus MacLise, Velvet Underground's first drummer died of tuberculosis aged 34. He quit the band in 1965.
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26 Jun 1979 birth Nathan Followill, drums, Kings Of Leon, (2007 UK No.1 album ‘Because Of The Times’, 2008 UK No.1 single ‘Sex on Fire’, 2008 UK No.1 album ‘Only By The Night’).
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29 Jun 1979 American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Lowell George died of a heart attack. The Little Feat front man was found dead at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.
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29 Jun 1979 birth Richard Breen, vocals, Five, (1998 UK No.2 single 'Everybody Get Up', 1999 UK No.1 single 'Keep On Movin').
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29 Jun 1979 birth Tim McCord, bass, Evanescence, (joined in 2006), 2003 UK No.1 & US No.5 single ‘Bring Me To Life’, 2003 UK No.1 & US No.3 album ‘Fallen.’
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30 Jun 1979 Tubeway Army started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Are 'Friends' Electric'. The song by Gary Numan was the first electronic/synthesizer-based record to become a hit in the post-punk era.
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30 Jun 1979 One hit wonder Anita Ward started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Ring My Bell', also a UK No.1.
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30 Jun 1979 birth Andrew Burrows, drummer, Razorlight, (2005, UK No.2 single ‘Somewhere Else’, 2006 UK No.1 album ‘Razorlight’).
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02 Jul 1979 Sony introduced the Walkman, the first portable audio cassette player. Over the next 30 years they sold over 385 million Walkmans in cassette, CD, mini-disc and digital file versions, and were the market leaders until the arrival of Apple's iPod and other new digital devices.
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05 Jul 1979 birth Shane Filan, vocals, Westlife, (Irish boy band, scored 12 UK No.1 singles, first UK No.1 1999 'Swear It Again' plus 4 UK No.1 albums).
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06 Jul 1979 American singer, producer songwriter, Van McCoy died from a heart attack in Englewood, New Jersey. Van McCoy and the Soul City had the US No.1 single 'The Hustle'. Worked with Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Stylistics, Aretha Franklin and David Ruffin.
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06 Jul 1979 birth Nic Cester, singer, Jet, (2003 Australian No.1 & UK No.14 album ‘Get Born’).
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08 Jul 1979 The B-52's made their UK live debut at London's Lyceum Ballroom, supported by The Tourists.
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10 Jul 1979 Chuck Berry was sentenced to five months in jail after being found guilty of tax evasion.
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12 Jul 1979 American singer songwriter Minnie Riperton died of cancer aged 31. The Stevie Wonder produced 'Loving You' gave Minnie a US No.1 single in 1975. She worked at Chess records singing backup for various artists such as Etta James, Fontella Bass, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters. She also sang lead for the experimental rock/soul group Rotary Connection, from 1967 to 1971. Also a member of Wonderlove in 1973, a backup group for Stevie Wonder.
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14 Jul 1979 Donna Summer scored her third No.1 US single with 'Bad Girls' the album of the same name also started a five week run at No.1. The inspiration for her to write the song came after one of her assistants was offended by a police officer who thought she was a street prostitute.
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17 Jul 1979 Gary Moore left Thin Lizzy during a US tour and was replaced by ex Slick & Rich Kids guitarist Midge Ure.
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19 Jul 1979 birth Michelle Heaton, singer, Liberty X, (2002 UK No.1 single 'Just A Little').
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21 Jul 1979 Tubeway Army scored their first UK No.1 album with 'Replicas'. The band led by lead singer Gary Numan were the first band of the post-punk era to have a synthesizer-based hit, with their single 'Are 'Friends' Electric?'
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22 Jul 1979 Little Richard, now known as the Reverend Richard Pennman told his congregation about the evils of rock & roll music, declaring 'If God can save an old homosexual like me, he can save anybody.'
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23 Jul 1979 Keyboard player with The Grateful Dead Keith Godchaux died after being involved in a car accident aged 32. He co-wrote songs with Lowell George (of Little Feat) and was a member of The New Riders of the Purple Sage.
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27 Jul 1979 Blondie appeared at the Orpheum Theater, Memphis, Tennessee.
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28 Jul 1979 'I Don't Like Mondays' gave The Boomtown Rats their second UK No.1 single. Bob Geldof wrote the song after reading a report on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children playing in a school playground across the street from her home in San Diego, California. She killed two adults and injured eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime, and her full explanation for her actions was "I don't like Mondays, this livens up the day."
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30 Jul 1979 birth Ian Watkins, singer, Lostprophets, (2004 UK No.8 single ‘Last Train Home’, 2006 UK No.1 album ‘Liberation Transmission’).
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04 Aug 1979 A benefit concert was held to raise money for Little Feat guitarist and singer Lowell George featuring members of his band plus Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt.
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05 Aug 1979 Def Leppard signed to Phonogram records with an advance of £120,000 pounds ($180,000) giving them a 10% royalty on 100% of sales for the first two years.
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11 Aug 1979 The Knack started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Get The Knack'.
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11 Aug 1979 Led Zeppelin played their last ever UK show when they appeared at Knebworth House, England. The set list included: The Song Remains The Same, Celebration Day, Black Dog, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Over The Hills And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, Hot Dog, The Rain Song, White Summer/Black Mountainside, Kashmir, Trampled Under Foot, Sick Again, Achilles' Last Stand, In The Evening, Stairway To Heaven, Rock And Roll, Whole Lotta Love and Communication Breakdown.
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15 Aug 1979 The futuristic satire film 'Americathon' premiered in Los Angeles featuring Meat Loaf. The soundtrack included songs by The Beach Boys, Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello.
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16 Aug 1979 The biggest single of the summer in the US, The Knack's 'My Sharona' was awarded a Gold record for selling one million copies. The Knack's Doug Fieger wrote the song for his girlfriend, Sharona Alperin, whose picture appeared on the single's cover.
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17 Aug 1979 The New York Post reported that Anita Pallenberg (the wife of Keith Richards) was linked to a witches coven in South Salem, New York where Richards owned a house. A policeman claimed he was attacked by a flock of black-hooded, caped people and a local youth claimed he had been invited by Pallenburg to take part in ‘pot smoking sex orgies’. Locals also claimed they found ‘ritualistic stakes’ and small animals that had been ‘sacrificed’ near the house.
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17 Aug 1979 birth Mike Lewis, guitarist, Lostprophets, (2004 UK No.8 single ‘Last Train Home’, 2006 UK No.1 album ‘Liberation Transmission’).
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18 Aug 1979 Nick Lowe married Johnny Cash's stepdaughter Carlene Carter in Los Angeles. The couple are now divorced.
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18 Aug 1979 AC/DC, Nils Lofgren, The Stranglers and The Who all appeared at Wembley Stadium, London, England.
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18 Aug 1979 Chic went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Good Times', the group's second US No.1, a No.5 hit in the UK.
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19 Aug 1979 American Rockabilly singer Dorsey Burnette died from a heart attack at his home in Canoga Park, California. He wrote 'It's Late', a hit for Ricky Nelson and Shakin' Stevens. After his death, singer and friend Delaney Bramlett organized a benefit concert for Dorsey’s widow at the Forum in Inglewood, California, in which Kris Kristofferson, Hoyt Axton. Tanya Tucker, Glen Campbell, Duane Eddy, Delaney and Bonnie, Gary Busey and Roger Miller appeared. Dorsey Burnette's pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
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20 Aug 1979 birth Jamie Cullum, UK Jazz, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, (2003 UK No.5 album 'Twentysomething').
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21 Aug 1979 birth Kelis Rogers, singer, (2000 UK No.4 single 'Caught Out There'). Was once married to American rapper Nas.
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22 Aug 1979 In Through the Out Door was released in the US, Led Zeppelin's last album while all four members were alive. 'Fool in the Rain' was released as a single in the US. In Through The Out Door has now been certified 6 times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for US sales in excess of 6 million copies.
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23 Aug 1979 birth Richard Neville vocals, Five, (1998 UK No.2 single 'Everybody Get Up', 1999 UK No.1 single 'Keep On Movin').
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25 Aug 1979 25 years after his first UK No.1 single Cliff Richard had his 10th chart topper with 'We Don't Talk Anymore' his first No.1 for eleven years.
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25 Aug 1979 The Knack started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'My Sharona', the group's only US chart topper, a No.6 hit in the UK. Lead singer Doug Fieger said he was inspired to write the tune by Sharrona Alperin, a 17 year old senior at Los Angeles' Fairfax High.
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27 Aug 1979 birth Sarah Neufeld, violinist, Arcade Fire, (2005 album ‘Funeral’).
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01 Sep 1979 U2 released their very first record, an EP titled 'U2-3.' With an initial run of 1,000 individually numbered copies the tracks were produced by the band with Chas de Whalley and was available only in Ireland.
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03 Sep 1979 birth Tomislav 'Tomo' Milichevich Sarajevo, lead guitarist, 30 Seconds to Mars.
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04 Sep 1979 The Grateful Dead played the first of three nights at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York City.
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08 Sep 1979 Led Zeppelin scored their eighth UK No.1 album when 'In Through The Out Door' went to the top of the charts for two weeks.
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08 Sep 1979 birth Pink, (Alicia Moore), 2001 UK No.2 single 'Get The Party Started', 2001 US & UK No.1 single with Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim and Mya 'Lady Marmalade'. Pink has become one of the most successful artists of her generation, having sold over 110 million records worldwide.
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12 Sep 1979 This week's UK Top 5 singles: No.5, Dollar, 'Love's Gotta Hold On Me', No.4, ELO, 'Don't Bring Me Down', No.3, The Crusaders, 'Street Life', No.2, Cliff Richard, 'We Don't Talk Anymore', No.1, Gary Numan, 'Cars.'
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14 Sep 1979 The film Quadrophenia was released. Based on The Who's 1973 rock opera the film featured Phil Daniels, Toyah Willcox, Ray Winstone, Michael Elphick and Sting.
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15 Sep 1979 Led Zeppelin scored their sixth US No.1 album when 'In Through The Out Door' started a seven-week run at the top of the charts.
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16 Sep 1979 The Sugarhill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight' was released. While it was not the first single to feature rapping, it is generally considered to be the song that first popularized hip hop in the United States and around the world. The song's opening lyric "I said a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to the hip hip hop" is world-renowned.
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16 Sep 1979 birth Flo Rida (Tramar Lacel Dillard), American rapper. Worked with 2 Live Crew. 2008 US No.1 single ‘Low’, featuring T-Pain.
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19 Sep 1979 The No Nukes concert was held at New York's Madison Square Garden. Performers included Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers, Poco, Tom Petty, Carly Simon, James Taylor and Bruce Springsteen.
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20 Sep 1979 birth Rick Woolstenhulme, drummer, Lifehouse, (2001 US No.10 & UK No.25 single 'Hanging By A Moment').
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22 Sep 1979 Gary Numan had his second and final UK No.1 single with 'Cars'. Also on this day Gary Numan went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Pleasure Principle.'
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22 Sep 1979 Def Leppard had their first major live review when UK music weekly Melody Maker reviewed a gig the band had played in Wolverhampton. With a 15 year-old drummer the band had just released their debut 3-track single.
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23 Sep 1979 birth Erik-Michael Estrada, O-Town, winners of US TV show 'Making The Band', (2001 US No. 3 single 'All Or Nothing'.
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27 Sep 1979 Scottish guitarist Jimmy McCullough died from a heroin overdose in his flat in Maida Vale, London, aged 26. Member of Stone The Crows, Thunderclap Newman and Wings (1974 to 1977). When 'Something in the Air' by Thunderclap Newman went to No.1 in 1969, it made McCulloch the youngest guitarist to ever play on a UK No.1 single, as he was was just sixteen years old at the time.
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27 Sep 1979 listen to ‘This Day in Music 27th Sept’ on Audioboo
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29 Sep 1979 The Police had their first UK No.1 single with 'Message In A Bottle' the group's third Top 20 hit.
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06 Oct 1979 Buzzcocks, supported by Joy Division appeared at the Odeon Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, tickets £2.50
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06 Oct 1979 Led Zeppelin's In Through The Out Door was at No.1 on the US album chart. Six versions of the cover were released, each depicting the same bar scene photographed from one of six different angles.
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06 Oct 1979 'Gotta Serve Somebody' gave Bob Dylan his twelfth US top 40 hit when it entered the chart for the first time. Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the song won Dylan the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Male in 1980.
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10 Oct 1979 The Rose, starring Bette Midler as a self-destructive 1960s Rock star, (transparently based on Janis Joplin) premiered in Los Angeles. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Frederic Forrest), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Bette Midler, in her screen debut), Best Film Editing and Best Sound.
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10 Oct 1979 birth Mya, (Marie Harrison), US singer, (2000 US No.2 single 'Case Of The Ex', 2001 US & UK No.1 single with Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim and Pink, 'Lady Marmalade').
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13 Oct 1979 Michael Jackson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Don't Stop Till You Get Enough', his second US solo No.1, a No.3 hit in the UK.
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13 Oct 1979 'Reggatta De Blanc' the second album from The Police started a four-week run at No.1 in the UK. The album which features the band's first two No.1 hits, 'Message in a Bottle' and 'Walking on the Moon', cost only £6,000 to record.
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15 Oct 1979 Abba played their first concert in North America when they appeared in Vancouver, Canada.
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18 Oct 1979 Buggles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Video Killed The Radio Star.' A studio band featuring producer Trevor Horn. Famously, it was the first ever music video shown on MTV in North America.
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20 Oct 1979 Herb Alpert started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rise', giving the co founder of A&M records his second US No.1. It made No.13 in the UK.
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20 Oct 1979 The Eagles started a nine week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The Long Run', the bands fourth US No.1.
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24 Oct 1979 Paul McCartney received a medallion cast in rhodium after being declared the most successful composer of all time. From 1962 to 1978, McCartney had written or co-written 43 songs that had sold over a million copies each.
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24 Oct 1979 birth Ben Gillies, Silverchair, (1997 Australian No.1 & UK No.34 single 'Freak', 1995 Australian No.1 album 'Frogstomp' plus three other Australian No.1 albums).
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26 Oct 1979 AC/DC appeared at The Mayfair, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, supported by Def Leppard. The bands were booked to appear the night before but after a fire at the venue in the afternoon, the show was cancelled.
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27 Oct 1979 During a US tour Elton John collapsed on stage at Hollywood's Universal Amphitheatre suffering from exhaustion.
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29 Oct 1979 Lena Martell was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'One Day At A Time,' the singer's only UK hit making the British MOR singer a One-hit Wonder. More One Hit Wonders
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02 Nov 1979 AC/DC played the second of three sold out nights at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, with Def Leppard supporting.
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02 Nov 1979 birth Nelly, (Cornell Haynes Jr), 2000 US No.1 album 'Country Grammar, ' 2002 US & UK No.1 single 'Dilemma'.
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03 Nov 1979 One hit wonder M went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Pop Muzik'. M was Robin Scott who scored one other UK top 40 hit, 'Pop Muzik' made No.2 in the UK.
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03 Nov 1979 The Eagles started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The Long Run', the group's fourth US No.1 album.
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06 Nov 1979 birth Trevor Penick, O-Town, winners of US TV show 'Making The Band' (2001 US No.3 single 'All Or Nothing', 2001 UK No.3 single 'Liquid Dreams').
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06 Nov 1979 birth Trevor Penick, O-Town, winners of US TV show 'Making The Band' (2001 US No.3 single 'All Or Nothing', 2001 UK No.3 single 'Liquid Dreams').
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10 Nov 1979 Fleetwood Mac scored their second UK No.1 album with the double set 'Tusk', the 12th album by the British/American rock band.
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10 Nov 1979 The Eagles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Heartache Tonight', the group's 5th and final US No.1. It made No.40 in the UK.
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10 Nov 1979 birth Chris Joannou, bass, Silverchair, (1997 Australian No.1 & UK No.34 single 'Freak', 1995 Australian No.1 album 'Frogstomp' plus three other Australian No.1 albums).
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10 Nov 1979 Fleetwood Mac scored their second UK No.1 album with the double set 'Tusk', the 12th album by the British/American rock band.
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10 Nov 1979 The Eagles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Heartache Tonight', the group's 5th and final US No.1. It made No.40 in the UK.
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10 Nov 1979 birth Chris Joannou, bass, Silverchair, (1997 Australian No.1 & UK No.34 single 'Freak', 1995 Australian No.1 album 'Frogstomp' plus three other Australian No.1 albums).
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13 Nov 1979 birth Nikolai Fraiture, bass, The Strokes, (2001 UK No. 14 single, 'Last Nite' 2001 UK No.2 album 'Is This It?').
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13 Nov 1979 birth Nikolai Fraiture, bass, The Strokes, (2001 UK No. 14 single, 'Last Nite' 2001 UK No.2 album 'Is This It?').
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28 Nov 1979 birth Chamillionaire, (born Hakeem Seriki), US rapper, (2006 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Ridin’).
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29 Nov 1979 birth The Game, (Jayceon Terrell Taylor), American rapper, (2005 US No.1 with his debut album, The Documentary).
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02 Dec 1979 Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand's ‘You Don't Bring Me Flowers’ was at No.1 on the US singles chart. A radio station engineer had spliced together Neil's version with Barbra's version and got such good response, the station added it to their play list. When Neil Diamond was told about it, he decided to re-record the song with Streisand herself, and within weeks of its release, the single went to No.1 in the US and No.5 in the UK.
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03 Dec 1979 A concert by The Who at The Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, turned to disaster when 11 members of the audience were trampled to death after a stampede to claim unreserved seats, another 26 fans were injured. The concert was using 'festival seating' where seats are available on a first come-first served basis. When the waiting fans outside the Coliseum heard the band performing a late sound check, they thought that the concert was beginning and tried to rush into the still-closed doors.
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03 Dec 1979 birth Daniel Bedingfield, singer, songwriter, (2001 UK No.1 single 'Gotta Get Thru This').
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04 Dec 1979 U2 appeared at The Hope and Anchor, Islington, London. Misnamed ‘The U2s’, they played to only nine people and the show ended abruptly after The Edge broke a guitar string.
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07 Dec 1979 The Police had their second UK No.1 single with 'Walking on the Moon', taken from their second album 'Reggatta De Blanc'. The video for the song was filmed at Kennedy Space Center interspersed with NASA footage.
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08 Dec 1979 Styx went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Babe', the group's only US No.1, a No.6 hit in the UK.
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14 Dec 1979 birth Sophie Monk, Bardot, winners of the Australian Popstars reality show, (2000 Australian No.1 single ‘Poison’, and 2000 Australian No.1 self-titled album). Now solo.
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15 Dec 1979 U2 appeared at the Windsor Castle Pub, Harrow Road, London, admission was free.
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15 Dec 1979 Pink Floyd started a five week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Another Brick In The Wall, (Part 2),' their only UK chart topper. The song, which was also the final No.1 single of the 1970s, received a Grammy nomination for Best Performance by a Rock Duo or Group, but Floyd lost to Bob Seger's Against the Wind.
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15 Dec 1979 birth Edele Lynch and Keavy Lynch, singers, B*Witched, (1998 UK No.1 single 'C'est La Vie').
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19 Dec 1979 Elvis Presley's personal physician, George Nichopoulos, was charged with 'illegally and indiscriminately' prescribing over 12,000 tablets of uppers, downers, and painkillers for the star during the 20 months preceding his untimely death. Although he was acquitted this time, he was charged again in 1980 and again in 1992 and was stripped of his medical license in July 1995.
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22 Dec 1979 Rupert Holmes started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Escape, (The Pina Colada Song). His only US No.1 solo hit, a No.23 hit in the UK.
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26 Dec 1979 The first night of a series of concerts were held at The Hammersmith Odeon in London for the People of Kampuchea, featuring Queen, The Clash, The Pretenders, The Who, Elvis Costello, Wings, and many more artists. The events which were organised by Paul McCartney and Kurt Waldheim were aimed to raise money for the victims of war-torn Cambodia.
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26 Dec 1979 Pink Floyd’s The Wall was at No.1 on the US album chart. (The album spent a total of 15 weeks at No.1 during a 35-week stay on the chart). The Wall also spent a total of 5 weeks at No.1 on the UK chart.
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26 Dec 1979 birth Chris Daughtry, American guitarist, singer. Daughtry was the fourth-place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol. His band's self-titled debut 2007 US No.1 album sold more than 1 million copies after just five weeks of release, becoming the fastest selling debut rock album of all time.
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