1979
The songs, the screens, the headlines
1979 in music: “My Sharona” by The Knack topped the year-end chart; Donna Summer owned the airwaves.
The sound of 1979
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)
🛍️ Bring the 70s home
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