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The Year in Music

1979

The songs, the screens, the headlines

My Sharona by The Knack — cover art

1979 in music: “My Sharona” by The Knack topped the year-end chart; Donna Summer owned the airwaves.

The sound of 1979

My Sharona by The Knack — cover art
My Sharona
The Knack1979
Bad Girls by Donna Summer — cover art
Bad Girls
Donna Summer1979
Le Freak by Chic — cover art
Le Freak
Chic1978
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? by Rod Stewart — cover art
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Rod Stewart1979
Reunited by Peaches & Herb — cover art
Reunited
Peaches & Herb1979
I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor — cover art
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor1978
Hot Stuff by Donna Summer — cover art
Hot Stuff
Donna Summer1979
Y.M.C.A. by Village People — cover art
Y.M.C.A.
Village People1978
Ring My Bell by Anita Ward — cover art
Ring My Bell
Anita Ward1979
Sad Eyes by Robert John — cover art
Sad Eyes
Robert John1979
Too Much Heaven by Bee Gees — cover art
Too Much Heaven
Bee Gees1979
MacArthur Park by Donna Summer — cover art
MacArthur Park
Donna Summer1979

At the movies

  • Alien
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Rocky II

On TV

  • The Dukes of Hazzard
  • Knots Landing
  • ESPN launches

Headlines

  • Sony Walkman debuts
  • Atari and the arcade boom
  • First mobile-phone network (Japan)
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