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Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April–December 1.5 Other events 2 Bands disbanded 3 Bands formed 4 Albums released 5 Awards 6 Charts 6.1 List of Number 1 Hits 6.2 Biggest hit singles 6.3 US and UK #1 hit singles 7 Other significant singles 8 Published popular music 9 Classical music 10 Opera 11 Musical theater 12 Musical films 13 Births 14 Deaths 15 See also

Events

January

• January 1 - The year starts off with a strong disco backlash, which causes the majority of musicians to abandon the use of real instruments in an attempt to distant themselves from anything associated with disco. This page indexes the individual year in music pages 2000s The table of years in music is a tabular display of all years in Music, to provide an overview and quick navigation to any year Events Charles Wuorinen, aged 32 becomes the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Events February 5 - Eric Burdon & War disbanding They never performed togeather again until April 21 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall Events January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis Tennessee is renamed " Elvis Presley Blvd" January 20 - Events January-February January 9 - Mick Jagger 's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug bust putting an abrupt end Events January - The Ramones form January - Joni Mitchell releases her monumental album Court and Spark, supported Events January 2 - New York City US District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers Events January-February January 5 - Bob Dylan releases Desire January 6 - Peter Frampton Events Bohemian Rhapsody is named 'The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years' by BPI. Events January: May - The Bee Gees dominate the singles and album charts as Saturday Night Fever becomes a cultural phenomenon See also Musical groups established in 1979 Record labels established in 1979 1979 in music (UK See also Musical groups established in 1981 Record labels established in 1981 List of 'years in music' See also 1982 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1982 Record labels established in 1982 Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released See also Events January 21 - " Relax " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart it Events January January 28 - Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, including Ray Charles See also Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 Events January See also Musical groups established in 1987 Record labels established in 1987 Events This is a list of notable events in Music that took place in the year 1988. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The 2010s Decade is a period of 10 years that will begin on January 1, 2010 and will end on December 31, 2019. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. Events Pablo Picasso Retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, May 1980 through September 1980 Explorations Excavations Finds Publications Awards Miscellaneous Riace warriors The year 1980 in architecture involved some significant events The year 1980 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1980 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define The decade will be dominated by electronically made music and numerous musicians who had played in disco orchestras find themselves without a job. Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II. Sir Cliff Richard, OBE, (born Harry Roger Webb on 14 October 1940 is an English Singer, Actor and Businessman. The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery achievement or service to the United Kingdom. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II The only other pop music acts to be created MBEs are the Beatles and Elton John
• January 1 The Melbourne Music scene explodes with independent bands, with various influences from US and UK Punk/New Wave. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC The Zorros audition Drummer Greg Pedley on new years day. The Zorros were an Australian rock band formed in 1979. They were popular in the Melbourne music scene of the early 1980s playing at venues such as the
• January 7 - At the age of 45, songwriter Larry Williams is found dead in his Los Angeles, California home of a gunshot wound to the head. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental See Larry Williams (trader for the technical analyst and financial trader Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Investigators are never able to determine whether his death was a murder or suicide.
• January 13 - The Beach Boys, Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Starship perform at a benefit concert at Oakland Coliseum for the people of Kampuchea. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks The Beach Boys is an American rock band Formed in 1961 the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California Youth culture The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jefferson Starship is an American rock band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s A benefit concert is a Concert, show or gala featuring musicians comedians or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose often directed at a specific Democratic Kampuchea (កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ (Kampuchéa Démocratique Vietnamese: Kampuchea Dân chủ) was a
• January 16 - Paul McCartney is arrested in Tokyo for possession of a half pound of marijuana. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a The remaining part of McCartney's tour had to be canceled.
• January 25 - Paul McCartney is released from a Japanese jail and is kicked out of the country by Japanese authorities. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• January - Daniel Amos and Randy Stonehill wrap up the first part of the Amos and Randy Tour in Toronto. Daniel Amos (aka D A, Dä) is a Rock band formed in 1974 by Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals Marty Dieckmeyer on bass Randy Stonehill (born March 12, 1952) is an American Singer/songwriter from Stockton California, best known as one of the so-called Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Both artists are joined on stage by Larry Norman for an encore. Larry David Norman ( April 8 1947 &ndash February 24 2008) was an American musician singer songwriter and producer The event makes the news on local television and newspapers.
• January - The Buggles created their Music video for their song Living in the Plastic Age. Buggles (the official version of the band name used on their albums singles and publicity material omits the definite article were a New Wave band formed in 1977 consisting A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics Plastic Age "Living in the Plastic Age" or Plastic Age is a New Wave song by Buggles recorded

February

• February 8 - David Bowie and his wife of nearly 10 years, Angie, file for divorce. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Bowie gets custody of their 9 year old son, Zowie
• February 14 - Lou Reed marries Sylvia Morales in New York City's Greenwich Village
• February 19 - Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, dies in London. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. The City of New York Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980 was an Australian rock musician most well-known for being the lead singer and Lyricist AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Although common folklore cites pulmonary aspiration of vomit as the cause of his death, the official cause was listed as "Acute alcohol poisoning" and "Death by Misadventure". In Medicine, aspiration is the entry of secretions or foreign material into the trachea and Lungs The patient may either inhale the material Vomiting (also called throwing up, emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's Stomach through the Mouth and sometimes the
• February 29 - Buddy Holly's trademark eyeglasses and the Big Bopper's wristwatch are "rediscovered" in old police files by the Mason City, Iowa Sheriff. Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours Charles Hardin "Buddy" Holley (September 7 1936 – February 3 1959 was an American Singer-songwriter and a pioneer of Rock and roll. Glasses, also called eyeglasses or spectacles, are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the Eyes normally for vision correction, A watch is a timepiece that is made to be worn on a person The term now usually refers to a wristwatch, which is worn on the wrist with a strap or Bracelet. Mason City is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. Holly and the Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959 along with singer Ritchie Valens. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ritchie Valens ( Richard Steven Valenzuela; May 13 1941 February 3 1959) was an American singer songwriter and guitarist

March

• March 1 - Patti Smith marries former MC5 member Fred Sonic Smith
• March 3 - Sotheby's Auction house in London auctions off a Rivera Hotel, Las Vegas napkin signed by Elvis Presley for 500 pounds. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Patricia Lee Smith ( born December 30 1946 is an American Singer-songwriter and poet The MC5 ( Motor City Five) was an American Hard rock band formed in Lincoln Park Michigan in 1964 and active until Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Sotheby's ( is the world's second oldest Auction house in continuous operation (the oldest being Stockholms Auktionsverk founded in 1674 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Other items auctioned included four American dollar bills autographed by the Beatles, for 220 pounds and a collection of personal letters belonging to the Rolling Stones, also for 220 pounds
• March 8-March 16 - Tbilisi Rock Festival (1980): the first state-sanctioned rock music festival in the Soviet Union. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king The "Spring Rhythms Tbilisi-80" (Весенние ритмы Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• March 14 - Record producer Quincy Jones receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
• March 19 - Elvis Presley's autopsy is subpoenaed during the trial of Dr. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Quincy Delight Jones Jr (born March 14, 1933) also known as Q, is an American Music Impresario, conductor The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. George Nichopoulous, who would later be found guilty of overprescribing drugs to Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and other clients. Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American Rock and roll and Country music Singer, Songwriter

April–December

• April 13 - The Broadway musical Grease closes its run of 3,388 performances, making it the longest running show on Broadway up until that time. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located This article is about the stage musical For the 1978 film of the same name see Grease (film.
• April 14 - A member of the New Jersey State assembly introduces a resolution to make Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" the official state song. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Born to Run is the third album by the American rock Singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen.
• April 17 - As the "official guests of State", Bob Marley and the Wailers perform at Zimbabwe's Independence festival. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6 1945 – May 11 1981 was a Jamaican Musician, Singer-songwriter and Rastafarian See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election Marley calls the event the "greatest honor of my life. "
• April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born 1 March 1944) is an English rock Vocalist, songwriter and actor best known as the London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• May 18 - Ian Curtis, vocalist of pioneering post-punk group Joy Division, hangs himself in his Macclesfield home. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Ian Kevin Curtis ( 15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was the vocalist and lyricist as well as occasional guitarist and keyboardist of the band Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Macclesfield is a market town in Cheshire, England with a population of about 50688 (2001 census for Macclesfield urban sub-area His death comes just days before Joy Division are scheduled to begin their first U. S. tour.
• June - Rock and Roll pioneer Bill Haley performs for the last time during a tour of South Africa. This article is specifically about the singer For detailed information about his rock and roll group see Bill Haley & His Comets. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa After this tour, his health deteriorates and he dies in February 1981. July 1980 marks the 25th anniversary of Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" reaching No. For the movie named after the song see Rock Around the Clock (film. 1 on the American singles charts.
• August 23 – The Heatwave festival near Toronto featured The B-52's, the Talking Heads, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello and many others. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Heatwave was a rock festival August 23, 1980, outside of Toronto Canada at Mosport Park, Bowmanville Ontario. The B-52's originated as a New Wave Rock band formed in Athens Georgia, United States, in 1976 Talking head Talking Heads was an American New Wave band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991 The Pretenders are a British rock band The original band consisted of group founder and main Songwriter Chrissie Hynde ( lead vocals Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry
• August 31 - Karen Carpenter marries Thomas Burris in their shortly-lived marriage of three years. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2 1950 &ndash February 4 1983 was a highly successful American Singer and Drummer. "Because We Are in Love" is played at their wedding. " Touch Me When We're Dancing " is a song written by Terry Skinner J
• September 20 - Ozzy Osbourne's breakthrough debut album Blizzard of Ozz is released in the UK. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer Blizzard of Ozz is a heavy metal album by Ozzy Osbourne, recorded in Surrey U The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• September 25 - Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham found dead at age 32. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Led Zeppelin were John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham (May 31 1948 – September 25 1980 was an English Drummer and member of the band Led Zeppelin.
• November 21 - The Eagles' Don Henley is arrested when cocaine, Quaaludes, and marijuana were found in his hotel room after a nude 16 year old prostitute had drug-related seizures. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant Methaqualone is a Sedative drug which is similar in effect to Barbiturates a general CNS Depressant. Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money. Henley is also subsequently charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
• December - Duran Duran signs with EMI after finalizing its lineup and touring as a support act for Hazel O'Connor. Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Hazel O'Connor (born 16 May 1955) is a British Singer-songwriter and actress originating from Coventry.
• December 4 - Led Zeppelin disbands after John Bonham dies. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Led Zeppelin were John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham (May 31 1948 – September 25 1980 was an English Drummer and member of the band Led Zeppelin.
• December 8 - John Lennon is shot dead outside of his apartment building in New York City. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born The City of New York

Other events

• Record labels established in 1980
• Record labels disestablished in 1980
• The single "Groovy Ghost Show" by Casper is one of the first recorded hip hop music from Chicago, Illinois
• The Hee Bee Gee Bees release cutting parody of Bee Gees' disco-style single. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The Hee Bee Gee Bees were a pop group formed initially to parody the Bee Gees towards the close of their sequence of high-pitched disco-style Though not a hit in the UK, it is a huge success elsewhere, particularly in Australia, and helps to encourage the Gibb brothers to diversify stylistically
• Network Riddum Band's Breaking Out is the first occurrence of the term
• Phil Collins signs a contract with Atlantic Records to distribute his solo records in the US and in Europe outside the UK (on WEA label)
• Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler is injured in a motorcycle crash that leaves him hospitalized for two months. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Philip David Charles Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951 Chiswick, London) is an English Singer-songwriter, Drummer Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Stephen Victor Tallarico (born March 26 1948 in Yonkers New York) better known as Steven Tyler (and often nicknamed The Demon of

Bands disbanded

• Seals & Crofts
• Bachman-Turner Overdrive break up (they reform periodically over the years)
• The Eagles break up (they reform in 1994)
• The Germs
• George Clinton dissolves Parliament-Funkadelic
• Horslips
• Gentle Giant
• The Buggles (Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes join Yes)
• The Tourists disband and become Eurythmics
• Boys Next Door disband and become The Birthday Party
• Wire disband (they reform in 1985)
• Joy Division
• Led Zeppelin[Later to reform in 2008 with Jason Bonham on drums (John Boham's son)

Bands formed

See also: :Category:Musical groups established in 1980

Aztec Camera Anti-Nowhere League Bad Religion Böhse Onkelz Bow Wow Wow Depeche Mode The Church Einstürzende Neubauten The Fixx Flux of Pink Indians A Flock of Seagulls Haircut 100 Heaven 17 Level 42

Meat Puppets Mercyful Fate Minor Threat Missing Persons Mission of Burma New Model Army Quarterflash R.E.M. Reagan Youth The Sisters of Mercy The Smithereens Soft Cell Tom Tom Club The Vandals Warumpi Band The Zorros

Albums released

See also: :Category:1980 albums

9 to 5 - Dolly Parton 21 at 33 - Elton John 80/81 - Pat Metheny 1980 - Gil Scott Heron A - Jethro Tull A Different Kind of Tension - The Buzzcocks A Musical Affair - Ashford and Simpson Absolutely - Madness Ace of Spades - Motörhead Acnalbasac Noom - Slapp Happy Adventures in Utopia - Utopia (band) After Dark - Andy Gibb Against the Wind - Bob Seger Alibi - America All Shook Up - Cheap Trick Amar Como Jesus Amou - Jorge Ferreira Animal Magnetism - Scorpions Arc of a Diver - Steve Winwood Argybargy - Squeeze Army Life - The Exploited The Art of Walking - Pere Ubu Audio Visions - Kansas (band) Authority Stealing - Fela Kuti Autoamerican - Blondie Autumn - George Winston Avoid Freud - Rough Trade Baby's Got a Gun - The Only Ones Back in Black - AC/DC Back On The Streets - Donnie Iris Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School - Warren Zevon Barry - Barry Manilow Bass Culture - Linton Kwesi Johnson Beat Crazy - Joe Jackson Beatin' the Odds - Molly Hatchet Bebe Le Strange - Heart (band) The Beginning - Midnight Star Between a Hard Place and the Ground - Mike Bloomfield Bird Noises - Midnight Oil The Birthday Party - The Birthday Party The Black Album - The Damned Black Market Clash - The Clash Black Sea - XTC Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne (solo debut) Blue Angel - Blue Angel Blue Kentucky Girl - Emmylou Harris The Blues Brothers - Original Soundtrack Borderline - Ry Cooder Boy - U2 (debut) Boys Don't Cry - The Cure The Brains - The Brains British Steel - Judas Priest Brother Ray is at it Again - Ray Charles Bryan Adams - Bryan Adams Bunny Wailer Sings the Wailers - Bunny Wailer Burning Blue Soul - Matt Johnson Butcher Baby (EP) - Plasmatics Camellia III and Camellia IV - Ebiet G. Ade Cameosis - Cameo Carnaval - Spyro Gyra Caught You - Steel Pulse Chicago XIV - Chicago Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross Closer - Joy Division Clues (album) - Robert Palmer Coal Miner's Daughter - Original Soundtrack Colassal Youth - Young Marble Giants Come Upstairs - Carly Simon Commercial Album - The Residents Common One - Van Morrison The Correct Use of Soap - Magazine (band) Crazy Rhythms - The Feelies Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar Crocodiles (album) - Echo and the Bunnymen Cultosaurus Erectus - Blue Öyster Cult The Decline of Western CivilizationSoundtrack - The Germs Deface the Music - Utopia (band) Departure - Journey Diana - Diana Ross Dirty Mind - Prince Divine Madness - Bette Midler Doc at the Radar Station - Captain Beefheart Dome 1 - Dome Don't Fight It - Red Rider Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono Drama - Yes (band) Drastic Measures - 7 Seconds Dream After Dream - Journey Dub Disco - Bunny Wailer Duke - Genesis Eagles Live - The Eagles Earth & Sky - Graham Nash East - Cold Chisel Eje Nlogba - King Sunny Ade Elephant Parts - Mike Nesmith Emotional Rescue - The Rolling Stones Empires and Dance - Simple Minds Empty Glass - Pete Townshend End of the Century - The Ramones The European Tour - John Coltrane Exploited Barmy Army - The Exploited Faces - Earth, Wind and Fire Fame - Original Soundtrack Flash Gordon - Queen (band) Flesh + Blood - Roxy Music Flush the Fashion - Alice Cooper The Flying Lizards - The Flying Lizards Framed - Asleep at the Wheel Freedom of Choice - Devo Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys Full Moon - Charlie Daniels Band Gap Band III - The Gap Band The Game - Queen Garden of Love - Rick James Gaucho - Steely Dan Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan Get Happy!! - Elvis Costello Give Me the Night - George Benson Glass House Rock - Greg Kihn Glass Houses - Billy Joel Go to Heaven - The Grateful Dead God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners - Robert Fripp Good News - Sweet Honey in the Rock Grace and Danger - John Martyn Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers Grotesque (After the Gramme) - The Fall Group Sex - The Circle Jerks (debut) Growing Up in Public - Lou Reed Guilty - Barbra Streisand Gyrate - Pylon Habibi Ana - Samir Al-Ajani Hail H.I.M. - Burning Spear Hanx - Stiff Little Fingers Happy Woman Blues - Lucinda Williams Hawks & Doves - Neil Young Head Games - Foreigner Head On - Samson Heartattack and Vine - Tom Waits Heathen Earth - Throbbing Gristle Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath Hi-Infidelity - REO Speedwagon Hideaway - David Sanborn Hold Out - Jackson Browne Honeysuckle Rose - Willie Nelson Hot on the One - James Brown Hotter than July - Stevie Wonder Huey Lewis & The News - Huey Lewis & the News (debut) Humans - Bruce Cockburn Hypnotised - The Undertones I Am What I Am - George Jones I Believe - The Buzzcocks Ikite Itemo Iidesuka - Miyuki Nakajima Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden(debut) Immer nur träumen - Die Flippers In Concert, Zurich October 28, 1979 - Chick Corea and Gary Burton In 'n' Out - Rick James In The Flat Fields - Bauhaus (band) Inside Job - Dion DiMucci The Inside Story - Robben Ford INXS - INXS I Just Can't Stop It - The English Beat I'm a Rebel - Accept It's What's Inside That Counts - Critical Mass IV - The Stranglers I've Got Something to Say - David Allan Coe Jack Rabbit! - Doug Dillard The Jazz Singer - Neil Diamond Jazziz- John Serry Jealous Again - Black Flag The Jealous Kind - Delbert McClinton Joe's Garage Acts II and III - Frank Zappa John Anderson - John Anderson Joy and Pain - Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Just Like That - Toots and the Maytals Just One Night - Eric Clapton Kaleidoscope - Siouxie and the Banshees Kano- Kano (band) (debut) Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow Kilamanjaro - The Teardrop Explodes Killing Joke - Killing Joke Kings of the Wild Frontier - Adam and the Ants Keeping Our Love Warm - Captain & Tennille

Lady T - Teena Marie Ladies Man - April Wine Laughter - Ian Dury and the Blockheads Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson Lightning to the Nations - Diamond Head Little Stevie Orbit - Steve Forbert Live At Last - Good Rats Live In Vienna - Cluster & Farnbauer Living Dub - Burning Spear LKJ in Dub - Linton Kwesi Johnson London Calling - The Clash (U. Seals and Crofts are Jim Seals (born James Seals 17 October 1941, Sidney Texas) and Dash Crofts (born Darrell Crofts 14 August Bachman-Turner Overdrive (frequently known as BTO) is a Canadian rock group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that enjoyed a string of hit albums The Germs is an influential Punk rock band from Los Angeles formed in the late 1970s Horslips were a 1970s Irish rock band that composed arranged and performed their music based on traditional Irish Jigs and reels. Gentle Giant was a British Progressive rock band, one of the most experimental of the 1970s Buggles (the official version of the band name used on their albums singles and publicity material omits the definite article were a New Wave band formed in 1977 consisting Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English Pop music Record producer, songwriter and musician Geoffrey Downes (born 25 August 1952) is an English rock keyboard player songwriter and producer Yes are an English Progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. The Tourists (1977 - 1980 were a moderately successful British pop band but are better known for two of their members ( Annie Lennox & David A Eurythmics (often incorrectly referred to as The Eurythmics) is a British Musical duo, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and Dave The Birthday Party was an Australian Post-punk group active from 1977 to 1983 Wire are an English rock band formed in London in October 1976 (and intermittently active to the present by Colin Newman (vocals guitar Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Led Zeppelin were Aztec Camera was a Scottish New Wave music band from Glasgow. Anti-Nowhere League are an English punk band formed in 1980 by Lead singer Animal (Nick Culmer Rhythm guitarist Magoo (Chris Exall Bad Religion is an American Punk rock band founded in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley (bass Greg Graffin (vocals Brett The Böhse Onkelz ( ˈʔɔŋkəls}} were a German rock group. Bow Wow Wow was a 1980s New Wave band managed by former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren during 1980 Depeche Mode (dəˌpɛʃˈmoʊd are an English Electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. Einstürzende Neubauten (ˈaɪnˌʃtʏɐʦəndə ˈnɔʏˌbaʊtən is an Avant-garde music band originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980 The Fixx are an English new wave band They are one of the few bands to have enjoyed significant success outside their country of origin notably in the Flux Of Pink Indians were an Anarcho-punk / Post punk band that originated from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. 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They have been variously classified as a punk band Post-punk, Folk rock Quarterflash was an American rock group formed in Portland Oregon in 1980 REM is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe ( lead vocals) Peter Buck ( Guitar Reagan Youth was a band started by singer Dave Rubinstein (Dave Insurgent and his friend and guitarist Paul Bakija in Queens in early 1980 The Sisters of Mercy are an English Gothic rock band that formed in 1980 The Smithereens are a Rock band from Carteret, New Jersey, United States. Soft Cell are an English Synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s Tom Tom Club is an American new-wave band founded in 1980 by spouses and Talking Heads alumni Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz The Vandals are an American Punk rock band formed in 1980 in Huntington Beach California and currently recording for Kung Fu Records. The Warumpi Band is an Australian band from the bush coming from Papunya, Northern Territory, Australia. The Zorros were an Australian rock band formed in 1979. They were popular in the Melbourne music scene of the early 1980s playing at venues such as the 9 to 5 (see also Day job) is a phrase used to describe a conventional and possibly tedious job Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American Country music Singer / Songwriter, Author, actress 21 at 33 is the fourteenth Studio album by British Singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1980 Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer 80/81 is a Double album by Jazz artists Pat Metheny, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker, and Patrick Bruce Metheny (born August 12, 1954 in Lee's Summit Missouri) is an American Jazz Guitarist and Composer Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Gil Scott-Heron (born April 1 1949) is an American Poet, Musician, and Author known primarily for his late 1960s and A is an album by Jethro Tull. It was released on August 29, 1980 in the U Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967-1968 Their music is marked by the distinctive vocal style and lead Flute work of front man A Different Kind of Tension was the Buzzcocks ' third album released in 1979 and charting at #26 in the UK and #163 in the US Buzzcocks are an English Punk rock band formed in Manchester in 1975 Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in Absolutely is the 1980 second album from the British Ska band Madness. Madness are an English pop / Ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976 Ace of Spades is the fourth Album by the British Heavy metal band Motörhead. Acnalbasac Noom (also known as Slapp Happy or Slapp Happy) is an album by German / British Avant-garde pop Slapp Happy was a German / English Avant-garde pop group consisting of Anthony Moore (keyboards Peter Blegvad (guitar Adventures in Utopia is an album released in 1980 by Todd Rundgren 's band Utopia. Utopia was an American Progressive rock band led by Todd Rundgren that toured and recorded from 1974 to 1986 After Dark is an album by Andy Gibb. It was his final studio album and was released in 1980 Andy Gibb ( Manchester, 5 March 1958 – Oxford, 10 March 1988 was an English Singer and Teen idol, and the youngest brother Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American Rock and roll Singer-songwriter and Musician. An alibi is the Plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that the person was in another place when the alleged America is an English-American Folk rock band originally composed of members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek. Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford Illinois, that gained popularity in the late 1970s Amar Como Jesus Amou (To Love Like Jesus Loved was the first debut solo album by Portuguese American singer Jorge Ferreira and his orchestra Jorge Oliveira Ferreira (born February Scorpions are a heavy metal / Hard rock band from Hanover, Germany, probably best known for their 1980s rock anthem " Rock You Like a Arc of a Diver is the second solo Album by Blue-eyed soulster Steve Winwood. Stephen Lawrence "Steve" or "Stevie" Winwood (born 12 May 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham) is an English Singer-songwriter Argybargy is a 1980 album by the British New Wave group Squeeze. Squeeze are an English band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the New Wave period of the late 1970s and continued recording successfully The Exploited is a punk band from the second wave of UK punk, formed in 1979 The Art of Walking is the fourth Pere Ubu full-length Mayo Thompson of The Red Krayola joined as guitarist for this album and slanted the Pere Ubu are an Experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland Ohio, in 1975 Audio Visions is a New age music channel on XM Satellite Radio. Kansas is an American Progressive rock band which became a popular Arena rock group in the 1970s with hit singles such as " Carry On Wayward Fela Anikulapo Kuti (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, October 15 1938 – August 2 1997) or simply Fela, was Autoamerican is the fifth studio album by the US new wave band Blondie. Blondie is an American rock band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and has so far sold over 60 million records Autumn (also known as fall in North American English) is one of the four Temperate Seasons Autumn marks the transition from Summer George Winston (born 1949) is an American pianist who was born in Michigan, and grew up in Miles City Montana, and Mississippi Avoid Freud is the debut album by Canadian New Wave band Rough Trade, released in 1980 Rough Trade was a Canadian new wave rock band in the 1970s and 1980s Baby's Got A Gun is the third album released by the power pop group The Only Ones. The Only Ones are an English Rock and roll band They were initially active in the late 1970s and were associated with Punk rock, yet straddled the musical Back in Black is the 7th Studio album by Australian Hard rock band AC/DC, released on 25 July 1980 AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Donnie Iris (born February 28, 1943) is an American rock musician known for his work with The Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School is the fourth Album by American Singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, released in 1980 Warren William Zevon (January 24 1947 &ndash September 7 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American rock Singer-songwriter and Musician Barry Manilow (born June 17, 1943) is an American Singer-songwriter, Musician, arranger, producer and conductor Bass Culture is an album by dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, released in 1980 on the Island Records label Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ (born 24 August 1952, Chapelton, Jamaica) is a British based dub poet. Beat Crazy (1980 is the third Album by Joe Jackson (as Joe Jackson Band There are several people named Joe Jackson: Joe Jackson (musician, English musician born 1954 Shoeless Joe Jackson, (1889 - 1951 baseball Beatin' the Odds is the third studio Album by American Southern rock band Molly Hatchet, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music Molly Hatchet is an American Southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1971 Bebe le Strange is the fifth studio album by the Hard rock band Heart, released in 1980 Heart is a rock band whose founding members came from the Seattle, Washington, scene but came together in Vancouver, British Columbia Midnight Star is a synth - Funk group that had a string of R&B hits in the '80s. For the astronaut see Michael J Bloomfield. Michael Bernard Bloomfield ( July 28 1943, Chicago, Illinois Bird Noises is an EP by Midnight Oil that was released in 1980 under Midnight Oil's Sprint Music independent label and manufactured & distributed Midnight Oil was an Australian rock band from Sydney, Australia The Birthday Party was an Australian Post-punk group active from 1977 to 1983 The Black Album was the fourth album by The Damned, and the first to feature Paul Gray on bass guitar The Damned are an English band formed in London in 1976 notable for being the first Punk rock band from England to release a single (" New Rose " an Super Black Market Clash is a compilation album released by The Clash in 1994 that contains B-sides and rare tracks not available on their other For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were The Black Sea is an inland Sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolian peninsula ( Turkey XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 Blizzard of Ozz is a heavy metal album by Ozzy Osbourne, recorded in Surrey U John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer Blue Angel is an album released in 1980 by the band of the same name. Blue Angel was the band that featured Cyndi Lauper before her rise to fame as a solo singer Blue Kentucky Girl was a 1979 album by Emmylou Harris that found the singer delving much more deeply into traditional country than the country-rock sound of her Emmylou Harris (born April 2 1947) is an American country, folk, alternative rock, and Alternative country The Blues Brothers are a Grammy Award -nominated American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd Ryland "Ry" Peter Cooder (born 15 March 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and Boy is the debut album from Irish rock band U2, released October 20, 1980. " Boys Don't Cry " was the second single to be released by The Cure, released in August 1979. The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976 The Brains were an Atlanta-based New Wave band who released two albums in the early eighties The Brains were an Atlanta-based New Wave band who released two albums in the early eighties British Steel is the sixth album by Judas Priest, released on April 14 1980 (see 1980 in music) Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. Ray Charles Robinson ( September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his Stage name Ray Charles, was an American {Otherpeople|Brian Adams}} Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959) is a Canadian rock {Otherpeople|Brian Adams}} Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959) is a Canadian rock Bunny Wailer, also known as Bunny Livingston (born Neville O'Riley Livingston April 10, 1947 in Jamaica) is a Singer Burning Blue Soul (1981 is an album released under the artist name of Matt Johnson. Matt Johnson (born 15 August 1961, in London, England) is the founder and only constant member of the multimedia band, The The Plasmatics were an American punk band formed by Yale University graduate and radical Anti-artist Rod Swenson with Wendy O Ebiet G Ade (born 21 April 1954) is an Indonesian singer and Songwriter close to the suppressed society Cameosis is the fifth album by the Funk / R&B band Cameo, released on April 24, 1980. For the "brief appearance" see Cameo appearance. For the "chemical emergency software" see Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Carnival is a festival season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February and March Spyro Gyra (ˌspaɪroʊˈdʒaɪrə is an American Jazz fusion band that was originally formed in the mid-1970s in Buffalo New York, USA Caught You is a Roots reggae album released by Steel Pulse in 1980 Steel Pulse is a well-known Roots reggae musical band They originally formed at Handsworth Wood Boys School in Chicago XIV is the fourteenth Album by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1980 Chicago is a Rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago Illinois. The band began as a politically charged sometimes experimental rock band and later moved to a predominately Christopher Cross is the self-titled debut Album by Christopher Cross, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music) Christopher Cross (born Christopher Geppert on May 3, 1951) is an American Singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Closer is the second and final album by Post-punk band Joy Division, released, two months following the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Clues is Robert Palmer 's sixth solo Album, released in 1980. Robert Allen Palmer ( 19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) born in Batley, Yorkshire, was an English For the 1969 country music song see Coal Miner's Daughter (song Coal Miner's Daughter is a 1980 American biographical The Young Marble Giants were a Cardiff Post-punk band A trio formed in 1978, their music was constructed around the powerful and minimal instrumentation Come Upstairs is Singer-songwriter Carly Simon 's 10th Album, and ninth studio album released in 1980. Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25 1945 is an Oscar, Golden Globe and two time Grammy Award -winning American Singer-songwriter, The Commercial Album is an album released by The Residents in 1980. The Residents is an American Avant-garde music and Visual arts collective who have created over sixty albums created numerous musical short films Common One is an album by Northern Irish Singer/songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1980 George Ivan Morrison OBE (generally known as Van Morrison) (born 31 August 1945 is a Grammy Award -winning Northern Irish Singer, The Correct Use of Soap is the third album by UK-based Post-punk band Magazine, released by Virgin Records in 1980 Magazine were an English Post-punk group active between 1977 and 1981 Crazy Rhythms is the Feelies ' first album It was released in April 1980 on Stiff. The Feelies are a rock band from Haledon New Jersey. They formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1992 after having released four albums Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on 10 January 1953) is an influential four-time Grammy Award -winning American Crocodiles is the Debut album by the British Post-punk band Echo & the Bunnymen. Echo & the Bunnymen are an English Post-punk group formed in Liverpool in 1978 Cultösaurus Erectus is a Blue Öyster Cult Album released in 1980 Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2008 The Decline of Western Civilization is a 1981 Rockumentary film directed by Penelope Spheeris about the Los Angeles Punk rock The Germs is an influential Punk rock band from Los Angeles formed in the late 1970s Utopia was an American Progressive rock band led by Todd Rundgren that toured and recorded from 1974 to 1986 Departure is the name of Journey 's sixth album It was released in March 1980 on the Columbia Records label Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1973 Diana Ross (born March 261944 is an American twelve-time Grammy and Oscar -nominated singer Record producer and actress whose musical repertoire Dirty Mind is the third album by Prince, released October 8, 1980. Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is anAmerican Singer, Actress and Comedian, also known (as her informal stage name as Doc at the Radar Station is the eleventh and second to last Album by Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band Don Van Vliet (born Donald Glen Vliet on January 15 1941, in Glendale California, U A dome is a common structural element of Architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a Sphere. Don't Fight It is the debut album for the Canadian rock band Red Rider, which was released in 1980 (see 1980 in music Red Rider was a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s While the band achieved great success in Canada in the US, the band never had a song in the Double Fantasy is the comeback album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, released in 1980 initially on the newly-formed Geffen Records, and then John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born born in Tokyo on February 18 1933 is a Japanese Artist and Musician. Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Yes are an English Progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. Drastic Measures is the ninth studio Album, and tenth album overall by American rock band Kansas, released in 1983 (see 1983 You may also be looking for 7 Seconds of Love. 7 Seconds is a Hardcore punk band from Reno Nevada. Dream After Dream, performed by American rock group Journey, is the soundtrack to the Japanese film of the same title Bunny Wailer, also known as Bunny Livingston (born Neville O'Riley Livingston April 10, 1947 in Jamaica) is a Singer Duke is the tenth studio Album by British band Genesis, and was released in March 1980 Genesis are an English rock band formed in 1967 With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide Genesis are among the top 30 highest-selling recording artists Eagles Live is the first Live album by the American rock band Eagles, a two-LP set released in 1980 Since its initial broadcast in 1991 the Earth & Sky radio series has presented daily information about Science and Nature to radio listeners from around Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an British-American Singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions This article is about the Australian rock band For the cutting tool see The "cold chisel" section of the article "Chisel". King Sunny Adé ( Sunday Adeniyi, born September 22 1946) is a popular performer of Yoruba Nigerian Jùjú music. Elephant Parts was also the name of a British Adult humour Comic. Robert Michael Nesmith (b December 30, 1942) in Harris County Texas, is an American musician songwriter Actor, producer Emotional Rescue is an album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1980 Empires and Dance is the third album by Simple Minds, released in 1980 Simple Minds are a rock band from Scotland, who had their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s Empty Glass was released as the first proper Pete Townshend solo album ( Who Came First was a collection of demo recordings and Meher Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock Guitarist, Singer, End of the Century is the fifth album by the Ramones. It was produced by the famed Phil Spector and was released on February 4 The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group The European Tour is a 1963 Album by Jazz musician John Coltrane. The Exploited is a punk band from the second wave of UK punk, formed in 1979 The Forum for American/Chinese Exchange at Stanford, aka FACES, is a student-run organization based at Stanford University dedicated to fostering Sino-American exchange Earth Wind & Fire is an African - American Funk band led by Maurice White that achieved worldwide success in the 1970s Fame is a 1980 Musical film conceived and produced by David De Silva directed by Alan Parker, and written by Christopher Gore Flash Gordon is the hero of a Science fiction adventure Comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, which was first published on January 7, Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Flesh + Blood is the seventh studio album by Roxy Music and was released in May 1980 (see 1980 in music) Roxy Music is an English Art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry ( vocals and keyboards) Flush the Fashion is an Album by Alice Cooper, released in 1980. Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer songwriter and musician whose career spans five The Flying Lizards were a British Experimental rock group that recorded several Albums Career Formed by and led The Flying Lizards were a British Experimental rock group that recorded several Albums Career Formed by and led Asleep at the Wheel, is a multiple Grammy Award -winning Country / Western Swing band formed in Paw Paw West Virginia, but based in Austin Freedom of Choice is the third album by New Wave musicians Devo, released in 1980 Devo (pronounced DEE-vo (IPA /'diːvoʊ/) or dee-VO (IPA /diː'voʊ/) often spelled "DEVO" or "DEV-O" is an American Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables is the debut album by the Hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys, released initially on Cherry Red Records in the UK in Dead Kennedys was an American Hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California. Full moon is a Lunar phase that occurs when the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. Charlie Daniels (born October 28, 1936 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American musician famous for his contributions to The Gap Band are a US R&B, Funk and Soul music group who rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s with their heavily-charged dance anthems Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist This article is about the album by Rick James. For the William Blake poem go to The Garden of Love. Rick James (born James Ambrose Johnson Jr) ( February 1 1948 &ndash August 6 2004) was an American musician Gaucho was Steely Dan's last album before the band's 10-year breakup from June 1981 to October 1991 Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Gentlemen Take Polaroids is the fourth studio album by the British band Japan. Japan were a British pop/rock group formed in 1974 in Lewisham, southeast London. The fourth album by Elvis Costello, his third with the Attractions Get Happy!! is notable for being a dramatic break in tone from Costello's previous "trilogy" Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry George Benson (b March 22 1943, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is an American musician whose recording career began at the age of twenty-one Greg Kihn (born July 10, 1949 in Baltimore Maryland) is a US Pop musician & Radio personality. Glass Houses is the seventh Album by American Singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music) William Martin Joel (born May 9 1949 is an American Pianist and Singer-songwriter. Go to Heaven is the eleventh Studio album by the Grateful Dead. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners is an album by Robert Fripp, released on the Polydor Records label in 1980 Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England) is a Guitarist, Composer and a Record Sweet Honey in the Rock is an all-woman, African-American A cappella ensemble Grace And Danger is a 1980 album by John Martyn. It was written and recorded while he was in the process of divorcing from his wife Beverley and the John Martyn (born Iain David McGeachy on 11 September 1948 in New Malden, Surrey, England) is a British Greatest Hits (sometimes referred to as Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits) is a 1980 Compilation album issued by Liberty records of Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston Texas) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter Grotesque (After the Gramme is a 1980 album by The Fall. It was critically received as a marked improvement over its predecessors both sonically and musically and The Fall are an English Post-punk band formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976 Group sex is Sexual behaviour involving more than two participants at the same time The Circle Jerks are a Hardcore punk band formed circa 1979 in Hermosa Beach California. Growing Up in Public is the tenth Album by Rock and roll artist Lou Reed, released in 1980 Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Samir Al-Ajani ( Arabic: الاجاني سامر (born May 12, 1951 in Baalbek, Lebanon) was a popular Lebanese singer Track listing "Hail HIM" ( Winston Rodney) "Columbus" (Rodney "Road Foggy" (Rodney "Follow Marcus Garvey" Winston Rodney OD (born March 1, 1948) also known as Burning Spear, is a Grammy Award winning Jamaican roots Hanx! is a live Punk album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music) Stiff Little Fingers are a punk band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 1977 Happy Woman Blues is an Album by Lucinda Williams, her second professional release Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and Country music singer and songwriter Hawks & Doves is a 1980 Album by Neil Young. Its two sides were recorded in different circumstance side one being culled from sessions dating from Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician For the Doctor Who novel see Head Games (Doctor Who. There is also a Defunct computer game company called Head Games which was later acquired Foreigner is a rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran musicians Mick Jones and ex- King Crimson member Ian McDonald, Head On is an Album by Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music Samson, Shimshon ( Hebrew: שמשון, Standard Šimšon Tiberian Šimšôn; meaning Heartattack and Vine was Tom Waits ' last album on the Asylum label Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Throbbing Gristle are a British Avant-garde music and Visual arts group that evolved from the Performance art group COUM Transmissions Heaven and Hell is the ninth studio album by Black Sabbath, released in 1980 Black Sabbath are an REO Speedwagon is an American rock band which grew in popularity in the Midwestern United States during the 1970s and peaked in the early } Hideaway is a Novel written by Dean Koontz and published by Random House in 1992. David Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto Saxophonist. Hold Out is the sixth Album by American Singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music) Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is a German -born American rock Singer-songwriter and Musician. Honeysuckle Rose is the Soundtrack to the 1980 musical drama film by the same name which stars Willie Nelson. Willie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country Singer-songwriter and Actor. James Joseph Brown Jr (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006 commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" the "King of Funk" and "The Hotter than July is an Album by Stevie Wonder, originally released on Motown 's Tamla label on September 29, 1980. Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus Bruce Douglas Cockburn, OC (ˈkoʊbɚn phonetically "co-burn" (born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian folk/rock Guitarist Hypnotised is a 1980 Album by The Undertones. The original LP release included the UK chart hits My Perfect Cousin, which made The Undertones are a Northern Irish Punk rock / Power pop band formed in Derry in 1975 I Am What I Am is an album by American Country music Artist George Jones. 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Robben Ford (born December 16 1951, Woodlake, California) is an American Blues, Jazz and rock INXS (pronounced "in excess" are an Australian rock and New Wave group INXS (pronounced "in excess" are an Australian rock and New Wave group I Just Can't Stop It is the first album by the UK 's The Beat. The Beat (known in North America as The English Beat) are a 2 Tone Ska revival band founded in England in 1978 ACCEPT is the primary nongovernmental organization advocating for the rights of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender ( LGBT A critical mass is the smallest amount of Fissile material needed for a sustained Nuclear chain reaction. The Stranglers are an English rock music group formed on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey. David Allan Coe (born September 5, 1936 in Akron Ohio) is an American Country music singer who achieved his greatest popularity in the 1970s Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American Singer-songwriter and occasional Actor. John Serry is a Jazz pianist who has been praised as an excellent keyboardist and composer by musicians critics and fans Jealous Again is a 12" EP that was the second release by Black Flag and the third-ever release on SST Records. Delbert McClinton (born 4 November 1940, in Lubbock, Texas) is a Grammy Award -winning Singer-songwriter and Musician Joe's Garage Acts I II & III is a 1979 Rock opera by Frank Zappa. Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director John Anderson may refer to Science John H D Anderson (1726&ndash1796 Scottish natural philosopher John Anderson (zoologist John Anderson may refer to Science John H D Anderson (1726&ndash1796 Scottish natural philosopher John Anderson (zoologist A maze is a complex Tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route Frankie Beverly (born Howard Beverly 6 December 1946, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Singer, founder, producer The Jamaican musical group Toots and the Maytals, originally called simply The Maytals, are one of the best known Ska and Reggae vocal groups Just One Night is a live double Album by Blues rocker Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer A kaleidoscope is a tube of Mirrors containing loose colored Beads Pebbles or other small colored objects Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band which formed in 1976 Kano is the administrative center of the Kano State and the third largest City in Nigeria, in terms Kano was a Post-disco music project formed in 1979 by Italian -based producers/musicians Luciano Ninzatti Stefano Pulga and Matteo Bonsanto who helped usher in a Curtis Walker (born 9 August 1959) better known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is one of the first commercially successful rappers and Curtis Walker (born 9 August 1959) better known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is one of the first commercially successful rappers and The Teardrop Explodes were an English Post-punk / Neo-Psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978 Killing Joke are an English Post-punk rock band formed in 1979 Killing Joke are an English Post-punk rock band formed in 1979 Kings of the Wild Frontier is a New Wave - punk album by Adam & the Ants, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music) Captain & Tennille are US Pop music recording artists who achieved recording chart success from 1976-80 with a repertoire of romance and novelty hit songs Teena Marie (born Mary Christine Brockert on March 5, 1956) is an American Grammy Award -nominated Singer / Songwriter Ladies Man is a live EP by the Canadian rock band April Wine, released in 1980 April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969 According to the band they chose the name 'April Wine' simply because members thought the two words Ian Robins Dury ( 12 May 1942 &ndash 27 March 2000) was an English Rock and roll singer songwriter and Bandleader Jermaine LaJaune Jackson or Muhammad Abdul Aziz (born December 11, 1954) is an American Grammy Award -nominated Singer Lightning to the Nations is the debut album by heavy metal band Diamond Head. Diamond Head are a British heavy metal band formed in 1976 in Stourbridge, England. Steve Forbert (born December 15, 1954, Meridian, Mississippi) is an American pop music Singer. The Good Rats are a rock band from Long Island, New York. Their music mixes elements of Hard rock with Jazz and pop Live In Vienna is the eighth full-length album by German electronic music outfit Cluster and their first and only album with Joshi Farnbauer. Cluster is a German experimental musical group who influenced the development of contemporary popular electronic and Ambient music. Winston Rodney OD (born March 1, 1948) also known as Burning Spear, is a Grammy Award winning Jamaican roots LKJ in Dub is an album by dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, released in 1980 on the Island Records label Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ (born 24 August 1952, Chapelton, Jamaica) is a British based dub poet. London Calling is the third album by English Punk rock band The Clash, released 14 December 1979 on CBS Records in the UK and in January 1980 For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were S. Release) The Long Riders - Ry Cooder Looking at Bird - Archie Shepp The Lord Will Make a Way - Al Green Los Angeles (album) - X (U.S. band) Loud N" Clear - Sammy Hagar Love in Exile - Eddy Grant Love Lives Forever - Minnie Riperton Love Stinks - J. 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Songs the Lord Taught Us - The Cramps The S.O.S. Band - The S.O.S. Band Soul Syndrome - James Brown Sound Affects - The Jam Special Things - The Pointer Sisters Spellbound - Dennis Brown Stand in the Fire - Warren Zevon Stations of the Crass - Crass Stone Jam - Slave (band) Storm Windows - John Prine Strong Arm of the Law - Saxon Suicide (second album) - Suicide (band) Super Trouper - ABBA Sweat Band - Sweat Band The Swing of Delight - Carlos Santana Take It Easy Baby - Buckwheat Zydeco Taking Liberties - Elvis Costello The Tale of the Tape - Billy Squier Tangerine Dream - Tangerine Dream That's What You Get Babe - Kevin Ayers There and Back - Jeff Beck This Time - Al Jarreau Three Mantras - Cabaret Voltaire To the Quiet Men from a Tiny Girl - Nurse With Wound Tomcattin' - Blackfoot (band) Totale's Turns (It's Now or Never) - The Fall TP - Teddy Pendergrass Travelogue - The Human League Trilogy: Past Present Future - Frank Sinatra Triumph - The Jacksons Trombipulation - Parliament Truth Decay - T-Bone Burnett The Turn of a Friendly Card - Alan Parsons Project Two Bit Monsters - John Hiatt Ultra Wave - Bootsy Collins Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys Unmasked - Kiss The Up Escalator - Graham Parker Up-Front - The Fleshtones Uprising - Bob Marley and the Wailers Urban Cowboy Soundtrack - Various Artists Victims of the Fury - Robin Trower The Voice of America - Cabaret Voltaire Voices - Daryl Hall & John Oates The Wanderer - Donna Summer Warm Leatherette - Grace Jones Warm Thoughts - Smokey Robinson We Are. Ryland "Ry" Peter Cooder (born 15 March 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is a prominent American Jazz Saxophonist. The Lord Will Make a Way is a gospel album by Al Green released in 1980 Albert Greene (born April 13 1946 better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and Soul music singer who received great acclaim in Samuel Roy "Sammy" Hagar (born October 13 1947) known as "The Red Rocker" is an American rock guitarist singer Love in Exile is an album by Eddy Grant. Track listing "My Turn to Love You" – 623 "Feel the Rhythm (of You Edmond Montague Grant (born 5 March 1948 in Plaisance, Guyana) is a British Reggae Musician. Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8 1947 – July 12 1979 was an American singer and songwriter noted for her five-and-a-half Octave Vocal range, with her 1975 Love Stinks is the eleventh Album by American rock band The J The J Geils Band was an American rock band who were formed in 1967 in Worcester Massachusetts, that had a successful R&B -influenced Loverboy is a Canadian rock group formed in 1980 in Calgary Alberta. Loverboy is a Canadian rock group formed in 1980 in Calgary Alberta. Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948) is a Panamanian salsa Singer, Songwriter, Lawyer, Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948) is a Panamanian salsa Singer, Songwriter, Lawyer, Making Movies is the third Album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1980 Dire Straits was a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals his brother David Knopfler (guitar McCartney II is the third solo album by Paul McCartney, and the first since the formation of Wings in 1971 Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, Me Myself I is an album by Joan Armatrading. Released in 1980, the album was Armatrading's highest ever chart placing both in the UK (no Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading (born December 9 1950 is a British Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist. Krokus is a Hard rock / heavy metal band from Switzerland. Krokus was founded in Solothurn in 1974 by bassist (and original lead vocalist The Mekons are a British rock band Formed in the late 1970s they are one of the longest-running and most prolific of the first-wave British Punk rock Merzbild Schwet is the third album by British cult band Nurse With Wound. Nurse with Wound (or shortened as NWW) is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Metamatic is an album by John Foxx, released in 1980 It was his first solo album following his split with Ultravox the previous year John Foxx is the stage name of English musician Dennis Leigh. Boz Scaggs (born William Royce Scaggs, 8 June 1944, Canton, Ohio) is an American Singer, Songwriter Mondo Bongo was the Boomtown Rats fourth album and included the hit singles "Banana Republic" which had reached No The Boomtown Rats were a new wave group led by Bob Geldof. All six members were originally from Dún Laoghaire, Republic of Ireland. A monster is any of a large number of Legendary creatures which usually appear in Mythology, Legend, or Horror fiction. Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ("Herbie" born April 12 1940 is a Jazz Pianist and Composer. More George Thorogood and the Destroyers is the fourth album released by George Thorogood & the Destroyers. George Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is a Blues-rock performer from Wilmington Delaware. More Specials is an October 1980 (see 1980 in music) album from the Ska band The Specials. The Specials (sometimes called The Special AKA) are an English 2 Tone Ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ("Herbie" born April 12 1940 is a Jazz Pianist and Composer. Fela Anikulapo Kuti (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, October 15 1938 – August 2 1997) or simply Fela, was Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940, Los Angeles) is a Funk, soul and Jazz Vibraphone player Roy Buchanan ( September 23 1939 - August 14[[ 988]] was an American Guitarist and Blues Musician. The Romantics are an American rock band from Detroit Michigan. Chaka Khan (born March 23, 1953) is a multiple Grammy Award -winning American singer known for hit songs such as "I'm Every Woman" "I Feel Neutronica is the fifteenth studio Album, and seventeenth album overall from Scottish Singer-songwriter Donovan. Donovan ( Donovan Phillips Leitch, born 10 May 1946 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Singer-songwriter and guitarist Never Alone is the third album by Christian singer Amy Grant, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music) Amy Lee Grant (born November 25 1960 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American Singer-songwriter, best known for her Contemporary Christian Never Forever is a 2007 US/Korean movie written and directed by Gina Kim, released worldwide in December 2007 Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 is an English singer songwriter musician and Record producer. New Hope for the Wretched is the debut album by punk-metal band The Plasmatics, fronted by Wendy O The Plasmatics were an American punk band formed by Yale University graduate and radical Anti-artist Rod Swenson with Wendy O Weather Report was an influential Jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s combining Jazz and Latin jazz with Art music, Nothin' Matters And What If It Did is John Mellencamp 's fifth album under his pseudonym of John Cougar John Mellencamp, previously known as John Cougar and then John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951, in Seymour Indiana) is a Nurds is a 1980 Album by The Roches. Track listing All tracks composed by Suzzy and Terre Roche except where indicated The Roches ( Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche) are a female Vocal group of three songwriting Irish-American sisters from Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created and led by August Darnell The Official Secrets Act is any of several Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the protection of official information mainly related to National For other uses see M (disambiguation M is English singer Robin Scott 's briefly active musical collaboration in the late 1970s and On Through the Night is the debut Album by British Heavy metal band Def Leppard, released in 1980 Michael Franks (born 18 September 1944 in La Jolla California) is a Smooth jazz singer and songwriter from the United States. One for the Road is a 1980 Live album by The Kinks. Track listing All tracks written by Ray Davies. The Kinks were an English pop and rock group formed in 1963 and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band One Trick Pony is a 1980 movie starring Paul Simon, it also has a partial soundtrack album of the same name Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13 1941 is an American Songwriter, Musician, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Yellowman (born Winston Foster in Negril, Jamaica in 1959 is a Jamaican Reggae (rub-a-dub and Dancehall Deejay, widely Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark is the self-titled debut Album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1980 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (often abbreviated to OMD) are a Synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula Organisation is an Album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1980 King Sunny Adé ( Sunday Adeniyi, born September 22 1946) is a popular performer of Yoruba Nigerian Jùjú music. Panorama is the third studio Album by American new wave band The Cars, released in 1980 The Cars were an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s Paradise Theatre is a Concept album released by the rock band Styx in January 1981 (see 1981 in music) See also Supertramp (ecology and Alexander Supertramp Supertramp were a British Progressive rock band Paul Davis may refer to Paul Davis fictional character in the Stargate SG-1 television series see List of Tau'ri characters in Stargate SG-1 Paul Davis ( April 21, 1948 &ndash April 22, 2008) was an American Singer, best known for his radio hits and James Joseph Brown Jr (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006 commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" the "King of Funk" and "The Permanent Waves is the seventh Studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released January Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968 in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently comprised of Peter Gabriel (1980 is Peter Gabriel 's third eponymous album. Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950 in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Songwriter. Magazine were an English Post-punk group active between 1977 and 1981 Eddie Money (born Edward Joseph Mahoney, March 21 1949) is an American rock Singer-songwriter who found success in Pretenders is an album by The Pretenders, released on January 19 1980 (see 1980 in music) The Pretenders are a British rock band The original band consisted of group founder and main Songwriter Chrissie Hynde ( lead vocals Progressions of Power is the fourth studio album by Canadian Hard rock band Triumph, released in 1980 The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in 1977 The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Rastakraut Pasta is the first full-length album by German electronic music duo of Dieter Moebius and Conny Plank. The duo of Dieter Moebius and Conny Plank was an offshoot of Cluster that recorded five albums between 1979 and 1986 Whitesnake are an English Hard rock band founded in 1977 by David Coverdale (formerly of Deep Purple) Gil Scott-Heron (born April 1 1949) is an American Poet, Musician, and Author known primarily for his late 1960s and Real People was an NBC Reality television series that aired from 1979 to 1984, on Wednesday and then Sunday nights Real to Real Cacophony is the second album by Simple Minds, released in 1979 Simple Minds are a rock band from Scotland, who had their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins ( June 20, 1924 &ndash June 30, 2001) was an influential Guitarist and Record producer Remain in Light is the fourth album by Talking Heads, released in 1980. Talking head Talking Heads was an American New Wave band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991 Right or Wrong is a Country music album by George Strait, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music) Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter and occasional Author, who is known for The River is a Double album by Bruce Springsteen released in 1980 (see 1980 in music) Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who is notable in the areas of Jazz Donny Hathaway ( October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American soul musician Rockabilly Blues is an Album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1980 (see Johnny Cash (born J R Cash; February 26 1932 - September 12 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American country Singer-songwriter. Romance Dance is a Studio album by Kim Carnes, released in June 1980 (see 1980 in music) Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945 in Pasadena California) is a Grammy Award -winning American Singer-songwriter. The Romantics are an American rock band from Detroit Michigan. The Romantics are an American rock band from Detroit Michigan. Roses in the Snow was a 1980 album by Emmylou Harris. While Harris' previous release 1979's Blue Kentucky Girl featured traditional straight-ahead Emmylou Harris (born April 2 1947) is an American country, folk, alternative rock, and Alternative country Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington) is an American folk and standards Singer Daryl Hall (born Daryl Franklin Hohl on October 11, 1946 Pottstown Pennsylvania) is an American singer and songwriter best known as half Willie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country Singer-songwriter and Actor. Ray Price may refer to Ray Price (musician, an American country and western singer Ray Price (cricketer, a Zimbabwean cricketer Sandinista! is the fourth album by the Punk rock band The Clash. For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Wheels of Steel is the second studio Album by heavy metal band Saxon. Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in 1977 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps is an album by David Bowie, released in September 1980 by RCA Records. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Theodore "Ted" Nugent (born December 13, 1948) (aka Dexys Midnight Runners are a British pop Group with soul influences who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s Metal Box is the second Album by Public Image Ltd, released in 1979 by Virgin Records. Public Image Ltd ( PiL) were an English musical group formed in 1978 by vocalist John Lydon, Guitarist Keith Levene Second Time Around is an American television show from the UPN Network that ran during the 2004 - 2005 season The Kinks were an English pop and rock group formed in 1963 and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band Seconds of Pleasure was a 1980 album by Rockpile, a band consisting of guitarists/vocalists Dave Edmunds and Billy Bremner, bassist/vocalist Rockpile were a British Rock and roll group of the late 1970s and early 1980s noted for their strong Rockabilly and Power pop influences and Selbstportrait - Vol II is the fourth solo album by German keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius, best known for his work with Cluster, Harmonia Hans-Joachim Roedelius ( Hans-Joachim Rödelius, born October 26, 1934 in Http//www Selbstportrait Vol III "Reise durch Arcadien" is the fifth solo album by German keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius, best known for his work with Cluster Hans-Joachim Roedelius ( Hans-Joachim Rödelius, born October 26, 1934 in Http//www Seventeen Seconds is the second studio Album by The Cure, released in April 1980 by Fiction Records. The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976 For the album by Charlie Major see Shadows and Light (Charlie Major album Shadows and Light is Joni Mitchell 's Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7 1943) is a Canadian Musician, Songwriter, and Signing Off is the debut Album by UB40, released in 1980 It reached #2 on the UK Albums Chart. UB40 are a British Reggae band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. Featuring the same line-up of 8 musicians from 1978-2008 the band placed more than 50 The Singles Album (cat no GRADLSP 3 was released in August 1982 and is a compilation LP featuring all of UB40 's single releases on Graduate, including the 3-track UB40 are a British Reggae band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. Featuring the same line-up of 8 musicians from 1978-2008 the band placed more than 50 Legal issues of cannabis article The matter has been discussed to death and does not belong in this article Black Uhuru, formed by Derrick "Duckie" Simpson is a Jamaican Reggae band probably best known for their hits "Shine Eye Gal" "Guess John Cooper Clarke (born January 25, 1949) is an English Performance poet from Salford, Greater Manchester; he is often Social Studies is a term used to describe the broad study of the various fields which involve past and current human behavior and interactions Carla Bley, née Borg, (born May 11, 1936) is an American Jazz Composer, pianist, Organist and band A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. James Newell Osterberg Jr (born April 21, 1947) better known by his Stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer Songwriter Solo in Soho is the first solo album by Philip Lynott, released while he was still in Thin Lizzy. Philip Parris Lynott (20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986 was a Singer, Bassist, Instrumentalist, and Songwriter, who first came to prominence Something Better Change is the debut album by Canadian Punk rock band D Songs the Lord Taught Us is an album by Psychobilly band The Cramps, released in 1979. The Cramps are an American Punk rock band formed in 1976. Their line-up has rotated much over the years with lead singer Lux Interior and lead guitarist The SOS Band is an American Musical ensemble founded in Atlanta Georgia, in 1977. The SOS Band is an American Musical ensemble founded in Atlanta Georgia, in 1977. James Joseph Brown Jr (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006 commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" the "King of Funk" and "The Sound Affects is a 1980 album by British group The Jam. This release their fifth album is frequently The Jam were an English Mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s Special Things is a 1980 album released by the Pointer Sisters on Planet Records The Pointer Sisters are an American Grammy Award -winning Pop / R&B recording act from Oakland, California that achieved To see the former football player see Dennis Brown (football player Dennis Emmanuel Brown ( February 1, 1957 – July 1, Stand in the Fire is a live Album by American Singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, released Dec Warren William Zevon (January 24 1947 &ndash September 7 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American rock Singer-songwriter and Musician Stations of the Crass is the second album by Crass, released in 1979 For information about the Anarchist writer see Chris Crass Crass were an English Anarcho-punk band formed Slave was an Ohio funk band popular in the 1970s and early 1980s Storm Windows is an album by John Prine released in 1980 Track listing All tracks composed by John Prine except where indicated John Prine (born October 10, 1946, in Maywood Illinois) is a Grammy Award-winning American country / folk Singer-songwriter Strong Arm of The Law is the third studio Album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1980 (see 1980 in music) Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in 1977 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. Suicide is an American Rock music group intermittently active since 1971 and composed of Alan Vega ( Vocals) and Martin Rev ( Synthesizers Super Trouper was Swedish pop group ABBA 's seventh studio album first released in 1980 (see 1980 in music) Sweat Band is the title of the 1980 debut album by the P-Funk spin off act the Sweat Band Sweat Band is the title of the 1980 debut album by the P-Funk spin off act the Sweat Band The Swing of Delight is a 1980 solo Album by Carlos Santana. Track listing "Swapan Tari" (Chimnoy - 646 For the Costa Rican football player see Carlos Santana (footballer; for the Mexican academic see Carlos Santana Morales. Buckwheat Zydeco (born Stanley Dural Jr on November 14, 1947) is an American Accordionist and Zydeco performer For the film "Taking Liberties" see Taking Liberties (film Taking Liberties is a U Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry William Haislip "Billy" Squier (born on May 12, 1950 in Wellesley Massachusetts) is a rock Musician. Tangerine Dream is a German Electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. Tangerine Dream is a German Electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. That's What You Get Babe is the ninth studio album by Kevin Ayers and his final recording for Harvest. Kevin Ayers (born 16 August 1944 in Herne Bay, Kent) is an English Songwriter and major influential force in the English Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, England) is an English Alwyn Lopez "Al" Jarreau (born March 12, 1940) is an American singer Three Mantras is an Extended play by Cabaret Voltaire, released in 1980 To the Quiet Men from a Tiny Girl is the second album by Nurse With Wound and the last to be made by the founding trio of Steven Stapleton, John Fothergill Nurse with Wound (or shortened as NWW) is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Blackfoot is a Southern rock band from Jacksonville Florida. They were formed in 1972 and were contemporaries of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and tried for years to Totale's Turns (It's Now or Never is an Album by The Fall, first released May 5 1980. The Fall are an English Post-punk band formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976 Theodore "Teddy" DeReese Pendergrass Sr (born March 26, 1950) is an American R&B / soul Singer and Travelogue is the second full-length studio album released by British Synthpop band The Human League. Trilogy Past Present Future (or simply Trilogy) is a Grammy nominated 1980 Triple album by the American singer Frank Sinatra Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, and later known as The Jacksons) was an American popular music Family Trombipulation is a 1980 Album by the Funk band Parliament (see 1980 in music) Parliament was an African American music band most prominent during the 1970s T-Bone Burnett is an American songwriter musician and producer The Turn of a Friendly Card is a Progressive rock album by The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1980. The Alan Parsons Project was a British Progressive rock band active between 1975 and 1990 founded by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons. Two Bit Monsters was Singer-songwriter John Hiatt 's fourth album released in 1980 John Hiatt (born August 20, 1952 in Indianapolis, Indiana, US Ultra Wave is the fifth album released by Funk musician Bootsy Collins. William "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a Funk Bassist, Singer Underwater Moonlight is a 1980 Album by English band The Soft Boys. The Soft Boys were an influential Post-Punk / Neo-psychedelia band from Cambridge England often associated with the early Punk rock movement Unmasked is an album by the American band Kiss released in 1980 Kiss (also typeset as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in December 1972 Graham Parker (born 18 November 1950 in London, England is a British rock Singer and Songwriter. 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Awards

• BBC Young Musician of the Year: Nicholas Daniel, oboist
• Boy Edgar Prijs: Rein de Graaff
• Country Music Association Awards
• Eurovision Song Contest 1980
• Grammy Awards of 1980
• Harriet Cohen International Music Award

Charts

List of Number 1 Hits

• Hot 100 number-one hits of 1980 (USA)

Biggest hit singles

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#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Pink Floyd	Another Brick in the Wall (part 2)	1980		UK 1 - Dec 1979, US BB 1 - Feb 1980, Canada 1 - Jan 1980, Sweden (alt) 1 - Feb 1980, France 1 - Feb 1980, Austria 1 - Feb 1980, Switzerland 1 - Jan 1980, Norway 1 - Jan 1980, Germany 1 - Jan 1980, Éire 1 - Dec 1979, Poland 1 of all time, US CashBox 3 of 1980, Holland 3 - Dec 1979, Australia 4 of 1980, KROQ 6 of 1980, POP 7 of 1980, South Africa 8 of 1980, Germany 9 of the 1980s, Europe 11 of the 1970s, Italy 12 of 1980, US BB 15 of 1980, RYM 18 of 1979, TheQ 28, Virgin 39, Belgium 50 of all time, Scrobulate 51 of live, RIAA 296, Rolling Stone 375, Acclaimed 392, OzNet 594
2	Diana Ross	Upside Down	1980		US BB 1 - Aug 1980, Sweden (alt) 1 - Aug 1980, France 1 - Aug 1980, Switzerland 1 - Aug 1980, Norway 1 - Aug 1980, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks Oct 1980, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Aug 1981, UK 2 - Jul 1980, Holland 2 - Jul 1980, Austria 2 - Oct 1980, US CashBox 4 of 1980, Germany 4 - Sep 1980, Canada 8 - Sep 1980, Italy 8 of 1980, South Africa 11 of 1980, Australia 15 of 1980, POP 22 of 1980, US BB 30 of 1980, Scrobulate 42 of disco, RYM 83 of 1980, Germany 87 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 1364
3	Barbra Streisand	Woman in Love	1980		UK 1 - Oct 1980, US BB 1 - Sep 1980, Holland 1 - Sep 1980, Sweden (alt) 1 - Oct 1980, Austria 1 - Dec 1980, Switzerland 1 - Oct 1980, Norway 1 - Nov 1980, Germany 1 - Jan 1981, Éire 1 - Oct 1980, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Sep 1981, South Africa 2 of 1980, Italy 3 of 1981, France 7 - Oct 1980, US CashBox 9 of 1980, Australia 21 of 1980, Germany 36 of the 1980s, RYM 157 of 1980
4	Lipps Inc	Funkytown	1980		US BB 1 - Apr 1980, Holland 1 - Apr 1980, Austria 1 - Jul 1980, Switzerland 1 - May 1980, Norway 1 - Jul 1980, Germany 1 - Jun 1980, UK 2 - May 1980, Sweden (alt) 2 - Jun 1980, US BB 4 of 1980, POP 5 of 1980, Scrobulate 7 of disco, Australia 9 of 1980, US CashBox 10 of 1980, Germany 14 of the 1980s, Italy 30 of 1980, RYM 73 of 1979, Acclaimed 520
5	John Lennon	(Just Like) Starting Over	1980		UK 1 - Nov 1980, US BB 1 - Nov 1980, Canada 1 - Nov 1980, Switzerland 1 - Dec 1980, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Dec 1981, Austria 2 - Feb 1981, Norway 2 - Dec 1980, Sweden (alt) 3 - Nov 1980, Germany 6 - Jan 1981, France 9 - Nov 1980, US BB 12 of 1980, Australia 18 of 1981, Italy 29 of 1981, RYM 32 of 1980, POP 49 of 1980, US CashBox 57 of 1980, Germany 298 of the 1980s, OzNet 683, Acclaimed 1637

US and UK #1 hit singles

(in chronological order)

US #1 Singles and Artist (Weeks at #1) "Please Don't Go" - KC & The Sunshine Band (1) "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" - Rupert Holmes (2 weeks in 1979 + 1 week in 1980) "Rock with You" - Michael Jackson (4) "Do That to Me One More Time" - The Captain & Tennille (1) "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen (4) "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" - Pink Floyd (4) "Call Me" - Blondie (6), best selling single of the year "Funkytown" - Lipps Inc (4) "Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)" - Paul McCartney (3) "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" - Billy Joel (2) "Magic" - Olivia Newton-John (4) "Sailing" - Christopher Cross (1) "Upside Down" - Diana Ross (4) "Another One Bites the Dust" - Queen (3) "Woman in Love" - Barbra Streisand (3) "Lady" - Kenny Rogers (6) "(Just Like) Starting Over" - John Lennon (1 week in 1980 + 2 weeks in 1981)

UK #1 Singles and Artist (Weeks at #1) "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" - Pink Floyd (3 weeks in 1979 + 2 weeks in 1980) "Brass in Pocket" - Pretenders (2) "The Special AKA Live!" - The Specials (2) "Coward of the County" - Kenny Rogers (2) "Atomic" - Blondie (2) "Together We Are Beautiful" - Fern Kinney (1) "Going Underground/The Dreams Of Children" - The Jam (3) "Working My Way Back to You" - Detroit Spinners (2) "Call Me" - Blondie (1) "Geno" - Dexy's Midnight Runners (2) "What's Another Year" - Johnny Logan (2) "Suicide Is Painless" (Theme From M*A*S*H)- The Mash (3) "Crying" - Don McLean (3) "Xanadu" - Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra (2) "Use It Up and Wear It Out" - Odyssey (2) "The Winner Takes It All" - ABBA (2) "Ashes To Ashes" - David Bowie (2) "Start!" - The Jam (1) "Feels Like I'm in Love" - Kelly Marie (2) "Don't Stand So Close to Me"- The Police (4), best selling single of the year "Woman in Love" - Barbra Streisand (3) "The Tide Is High" - Blondie (2) "Super Trouper" - ABBA (3) "(Just Like) Starting Over" - John Lennon (1) "There's No One Quite Like Grandma" - St Winifred's School Choir (1 week in 1980 + 1 week in 1981)

Other significant singles

See also: :Category:1980 singles

"9:30 May 2" - The Minutemen (band) "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" - U2 "An Cat Dubh" - U2 "A Day Without Me" - U2 "Ace of Spades" - Motörhead "Against the Wind" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "Ah! Leah!" - Donnie Iris "Alabama Getaway" - The Grateful Dead "All I Do" - Stevie Wonder "All Night Long" - Joe Walsh "All Night Long" - Rainbow "All Out of Love" - Air Supply "All Over the World" - Electric Light Orchestra "All The Way From America" - Joan Armatrading "And the Beat Goes On" - The Whispers "And the Cradle Will Rock..." - Van Halen "Animal Space" - The Slits "Another Day" - U2 "Another Nail In My Heart" - Squeeze "Antmusic" - Adam & the Ants "Any Way You Want It" - Journey "Atmosphere/She's Lost Control" - Joy Division "Atomic" - Blondie "Atrocity Exhibition" - Joy Division "Babe" - Styx "Babooshka" - Kate Bush "Babylon Sisters" - Steely Dan "Back in Black - AC/DC "Back Together Again" - Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway "Baggy Trousers" - Madness "Bankrobber" - The Clash "Barrel of Pain" - Graham Nash "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" - John Lennon "Behind the Groove" - Teena Marie "Better Love Next Time" - Dr. Hook "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "The Biggest Part of Me" - Ambrosia "Biko" - Peter Gabriel "Biology" - Joe Jackson "Blackman Redemption" - Bob Marley and the Wailers "The Boat Family" - The Roches "Bombs Away" - The Police "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" - The Talking Heads "Boulevard" - Jackson Browne "Breakdown Dead Ahead" - Boz Scaggs "Breathing" - Kate Bush "Broken English" - Marianne Faithfull "Buffalo Soldier" - Bob Marley and the Wailers "Butcher Baby/Tight Black Pants" - Plasmatics "By The Author Of Psycho" - The Couch (proto-Drum and bass) "The Call Up" - The Clash "Can You Feel It" - The Jacksons "Canary in a Coalmine" - The Police "Can't Help Myself" - Flowers "Captain Kennedy" - Neil Young "Career Opportunities" - The Clash "Cars" - Gary Numan "Celebration" - Kool and the Gang "Chant Down Babylon" - Bob Marley and the Wailers "Cheap Wine" - Cold Chisel "Chemical Warfare" - Dead Kennedys "Chinatown" - Thin Lizzy "Cities" - The Talking Heads "City Hobgoblins" - The Fall (band) "Clampdown" - The Clash "Cleanup Time" - John Lennon "Clones (We're All)" - Alice Cooper "Clubland" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions "Columbus" - Burning Spear "Come Back" - J. Geils Band "Come to Me" - France Joli "Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd "Coming Up" - Paul McCartney "Cool Change" - Little River Band "Could I Have This Dance" - Anne Murray "Could You Be Loved" - Bob Marley and the Wailers "Coward Of The County" - Kenny Rogers "Crazy Train" - Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Oz "Christine" - Siouxie and the Banshees "Crosseyed and Painless" - The Talking Heads "Cruisin'" - Smokey Robinson "Cry Blood Africans" - Burning Spear "Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time" - The Spinners "Dance (Pt. Pink Floyd are " Another Brick in the Wall " is the title of three songs set to variations of the same basic theme on Pink Floyd 's 1979 Concept album, Diana Ross (born March 261944 is an American twelve-time Grammy and Oscar -nominated singer Record producer and actress whose musical repertoire " Upside Down " is a song by Motown legend Diana Ross. 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Dexys Midnight Runners are a British pop Group with soul influences who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s Generation X (aka Gen X) were an English Punk rock band, formed on 21 November 1976 by Billy Idol, Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Dionne Warwick (born Marie Dionne Warrick on December 12, 1940) is an acclaimed five-time Grammy Award -winning singer actress activist Andy Gibb ( Manchester, 5 March 1958 – Oxford, 10 March 1988 was an English Singer and Teen idol, and the youngest brother Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is a German -born American rock Singer-songwriter and Musician. The Specials (sometimes called The Special AKA) are an English 2 Tone Ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. For other people named Bill Nelson see Bill Nelson (disambiguation. Chaka Khan (born March 23, 1953) is a multiple Grammy Award -winning American singer known for hit songs such as "I'm Every Woman" "I Feel The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group William Martin Joel (born May 9 1949 is an American Pianist and Singer-songwriter. " Don't Bring Me Down " is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra, the last track from their 1979 album Discovery. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are an American rock band formed in 1975 by Tom Petty The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston Texas) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945 in Pasadena California) is a Grammy Award -winning American Singer-songwriter. Pink Floyd are Isaac Lee Hayes Jr (August 20 1942 – August 10 2008 was an American Academy Award winning soul and Funk singer-songwriter Musician The Isley Brothers (ˈaɪzliː are a Grammy-winning American R&B / soul group The Police were a three-piece rock band consisting of Sting ( vocals, Bass guitar) Andy Summers ( Guitar, Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Mark Wells White (born March 17 1940) is an American lawyer who served as the forty-third Governor of Texas from 1983 - 1987 See also Supertramp (ecology and Alexander Supertramp Supertramp were a British Progressive rock band The Police were a three-piece rock band consisting of Sting ( vocals, Bass guitar) Andy Summers ( Guitar, Edward Thomas Rabbit (born November 27, 1941 - May 7, 1998) was a Country music singer Martha and the Muffins were a Canadian new wave Synth pop band in the 1970s and 1980s Hazel O'Connor (born 16 May 1955) is a British Singer-songwriter and actress originating from Coventry. "The Electric Co" is the tenth track from U2 's debut album Boy. Madness are an English pop / Ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976 Emotional Rescue is an album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1980 The Specials (sometimes called The Special AKA) are an English 2 Tone Ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (often abbreviated to OMD) are a Synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula The Eternal are an Australian band formed in 2003 by Mark Kelson and Chris Stevenson Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. " Everytime You Go Away " is a song written by Daryl Hall and covered by Paul Young in 1985 (see 1985 in music) Hall & Oates are a Pop music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates. Air Supply is a Soft rock Duo who had a succession of hits worldwide through the late 1970s and early 1980s Van Halen is a Hard rock band formed in in 1972 They enjoyed success from the release of their self titled debut album in 1978 The Korgis is a British pop band, originally composed of Singer / Bassist James Warren (born 25 August 1951, Bristol Dire Straits was a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals his brother David Knopfler (guitar Visage is a British pop band Formed in 1978 the band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic movement of the early 1980s Irene Cara Escalera ( March 18, 1959) is an American singer and actress The Dickies are a Punk rock group formed in Los Angeles California in 1977 Lakeside is a former Funk band best known for their 1980 number one R&B hit "Fantastic Voyage" Bruce Douglas Cockburn, OC (ˈkoʊbɚn phonetically "co-burn" (born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian folk/rock Guitarist David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. " Fire Lake " is a song by American musical artist Bob Seger, recorded in 1979. Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American Rock and roll Singer-songwriter and Musician. Whitesnake are an English Hard rock band founded in 1977 by David Coverdale (formerly of Deep Purple) Bob Marley & The Wailers was a Reggae band created in 1974 by Bob Marley, after Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Ronald 9F Jauculan left Devo (pronounced DEE-vo (IPA /'diːvoʊ/) or dee-VO (IPA /diː'voʊ/) often spelled "DEVO" or "DEV-O" is an American The Alan Parsons Project was a British Progressive rock band active between 1975 and 1990 founded by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons. Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950 in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Songwriter. Devo (pronounced DEE-vo (IPA /'diːvoʊ/) or dee-VO (IPA /diː'voʊ/) often spelled "DEVO" or "DEV-O" is an American XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 Dexys Midnight Runners are a British pop Group with soul influences who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s The Dickies are a Punk rock group formed in Los Angeles California in 1977 " Gimme Some Lovin' " is a Song written by Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis and Muff Winwood, and originally performed by the Spencer The Blues Brothers are a Grammy Award -nominated American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd Devo (pronounced DEE-vo (IPA /'diːvoʊ/) or dee-VO (IPA /diː'voʊ/) often spelled "DEVO" or "DEV-O" is an American Charles Frank "Chuck" Mangione (born November 29, 1940) is an American Flugelhorn player and composer who achieved international success in 1978 " Give Me Back My Man " is a song written and recorded by the American rock band The B-52's. The B-52's originated as a New Wave Rock band formed in Athens Georgia, United States, in 1976 George Benson (b March 22 1943, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is an American musician whose recording career began at the age of twenty-one " Going Underground " was the first British number one chart single by The Jam, released in March 1980 The Jam were an English Mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s Talking head Talking Heads was an American New Wave band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991 Bruce Douglas Cockburn, OC (ˈkoʊbɚn phonetically "co-burn" (born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian folk/rock Guitarist Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Barry Alan Crompton Gibb CBE (born 1 September 1946 is a singer songwriter and producer " The Guns of Brixton " is a song by The Clash on their third album London Calling, released in 1979 For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were "Happy Birthday" is a 1981 single written, produced, and performed by Stevie Wonder for the Motown label Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an " Happy House " is a song recorded by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees. Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band which formed in 1976 There are several people named Joe Jackson: Joe Jackson (musician, English musician born 1954 Shoeless Joe Jackson, (1889 - 1951 baseball Blondie is an American rock band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and has so far sold over 60 million records For the Doctor Who novel see Head Games (Doctor Who. There is also a Defunct computer game company called Head Games which was later acquired Foreigner is a rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran musicians Mick Jones and ex- King Crimson member Ian McDonald, Daniel Grayling Fogelberg ( August 13 1951 &ndash December 16 2007) was an American singer songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on 10 January 1953) is an influential four-time Grammy Award -winning American The Pointer Sisters are an American Grammy Award -winning Pop / R&B recording act from Oakland, California that achieved Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American Rock and roll Singer-songwriter and Musician. " Hey Nineteen " is a song by American jazz rock band Steely Dan, written by members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, and released Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. " Hey You " is a song by the British Progressive rock band Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd are Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry Rupert Holmes (born February 24, 1947) is an American - British Composer, Singer-songwriter, Musician and Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on 10 January 1953) is an influential four-time Grammy Award -winning American " Hitsville UK " is the 13th single released by The Clash, and the second off their fourth album Sandinista! It is a Duet For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is a German -born American rock Singer-songwriter and Musician. Jimmy Ruffin (born May 7, 1939 in Collinsville Mississippi) is an American soul Singer and older brother of Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is a German -born American rock Singer-songwriter and Musician. " Holiday in Cambodia " was the second single by the Dead Kennedys. Dead Kennedys was an American Hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California. Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American Rock and roll Singer-songwriter and Musician. Robbie Dupree (born Robert Dupuis 23 December 1946, Brooklyn, New York) is an American Singer-songwriter best known for Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15 1946 in Tucson Arizona) is an American popular vocalist and Entertainer whose vocal styles in a variety Hall & Oates are a Pop music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates. The Fall are an English Post-punk band formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976 " Hungry Heart " is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen on his fifth album The River. Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15 1946 in Tucson Arizona) is an American popular vocalist and Entertainer whose vocal styles in a variety Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry " I Can't Tell You Why " is a song from the Eagles which appeared on their 1979 album The Long Run. " I Die You Die " is a Gary Numan single from 1980 Released shortly before his fourth album Telekon, it continued the anthemic Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958 is an English singer composer and musician Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950 in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Songwriter. Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Split Enz was a successful New Zealand band during the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6 1945 – May 11 1981 was a Jamaican Musician, Singer-songwriter and Rastafarian Kenneth Clark "Kenny" Loggins (born January 7, 1948 in Everett, Washington) is an American Singer and Songwriter Diana Ross (born March 261944 is an American twelve-time Grammy and Oscar -nominated singer Record producer and actress whose musical repertoire Kano was a Post-disco music project formed in 1979 by Italian -based producers/musicians Luciano Ninzatti Stefano Pulga and Matteo Bonsanto who helped usher in a " I'm Happy Just to Dance with You " is mainly a John Lennon composition (Though credited to both Lennon and McCartney recorded by The Beatles for the Anne Murray CC ONS (born Morna Anne Murray on June 20 1945 is a Canadian singer Barry Manilow (born June 17, 1943) is an American Singer-songwriter, Musician, arranger, producer and conductor For the TV series character see Stephanie Mills (All in the Family Stephanie Mills (born March 22, 1957 in ' Peaches & Herb are a vocalist duo, once comprising Herb Fame, and Francine "Peaches" Hurd Barker (April 28 1947 - August 13 2005 The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group " I Wanna Be Your Lover " is a single by Prince from his second album Prince (1979 Prince, from the Latin root Princeps, is a general term for a Monarch, for a member of a monarch's or former monarch's family and is a The Soft Boys were an influential Post-Punk / Neo-psychedelia band from Cambridge England often associated with the early Punk rock movement Ian Robins Dury ( 12 May 1942 &ndash 27 March 2000) was an English Rock and roll singer songwriter and Bandleader " I Zimbra " is the opening track of the 1979 Talking Heads album Fear of Music. Talking head Talking Heads was an American New Wave band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991 " If I Didn't Love You " was a US -only single released from Squeeze 's third album Argybargy. Squeeze are an English band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the New Wave period of the late 1970s and continued recording successfully The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in 1977 Charlie Daniels (born October 28, 1936 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American musician famous for his contributions to There are several people named Joe Jackson: Joe Jackson (musician, English musician born 1954 Shoeless Joe Jackson, (1889 - 1951 baseball The Slits are a UK Punk rock band The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in 1977 Ray Goodman & Brown, are an American R&B vocal group. The group originated as The Moments, who formed in the late 1960s and whose The Specials (sometimes called The Special AKA) are an English 2 Tone Ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. ga '''"An Cat Dubh"''' and "Into the Heart" are the third and fourth tracks respectively from U2 's debut album Boy. Out of Control is an American Comedy Television series that ran on Nickelodeon from 1984 until 1988 Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Joe Jackson (born David Ian Jackson, 11 August 1954 Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire) is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter Diana Ross (born March 261944 is an American twelve-time Grammy and Oscar -nominated singer Record producer and actress whose musical repertoire " It's Still Rock and Roll to Me " is a hit 1980 song performed by Billy Joel, from the hit album Glass Houses. William Martin Joel (born May 9 1949 is an American Pianist and Singer-songwriter. I. 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Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25 1945 is an Oscar, Golden Globe and two time Grammy Award -winning American Singer-songwriter, Boz Scaggs (born William Royce Scaggs, 8 June 1944, Canton, Ohio) is an American Singer, Songwriter Bob Marley & The Wailers was a Reggae band created in 1974 by Bob Marley, after Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Ronald 9F Jauculan left The J Geils Band was an American rock band who were formed in 1967 in Worcester Massachusetts, that had a successful R&B -influenced John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. The Kid is Hot Tonite was a song released on the Canadian rock band Loverboy 's eponymous debut album in 1980 and then released as a single in 1981 Loverboy is a Canadian rock group formed in 1980 in Calgary Alberta. " Kill the Poor " was the third single by the Dead Kennedys. Dead Kennedys was an American Hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California. Thin Lizzy are an Irish Hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969 There are several people named Joe Jackson: Joe Jackson (musician, English musician born 1954 Shoeless Joe Jackson, (1889 - 1951 baseball Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress " Kiss on My List " is a 1980 song recorded by Daryl Hall and John Oates. Hall & Oates are a Pop music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates. Komakino was a single by Joy Division released in April 1980 as a 7" flexi limited to 10000 copies and given away free Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Landlord is the owner of a House, Apartment, Condominium, or Real estate which is rented or Leased to an individual or business "The Pips" redirects here For the BBC pips, see Greenwich Time Signal. Utopia was an American Progressive rock band led by Todd Rundgren that toured and recorded from 1974 to 1986 Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13 1941 is an American Songwriter, Musician, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Pure Prairie League is an American Country-rock band whose roots began between 1964 and 1969 in Waverly, Ohio Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock Guitarist, Singer, Bad Manners are an English 2 Tone Ska revival band. Fronted by Buster Bloodvessel (born Douglas Trendle the band was formed Talking head Talking Heads was an American New Wave band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991 Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer " Living After Midnight " is a song by British heavy metal band Judas Priest, originally featured on their 1980 album British Steel Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 LongRun and LongRun2 are Power management technologies introduced by Transmeta. Daniel Grayling Fogelberg ( August 13 1951 &ndash December 16 2007) was an American singer songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist London Calling is the third album by English Punk rock band The Clash, released 14 December 1979 on CBS Records in the UK and in January 1980 For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were Boz Scaggs (born William Royce Scaggs, 8 June 1944, Canton, Ohio) is an American Singer, Songwriter Johnny Lee Ham (born July 3, 1946, in Texas City Texas) is a Legendary American Country Music Singer. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Pere Ubu are an Experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland Ohio, in 1975 Air Supply is a Soft rock Duo who had a succession of hits worldwide through the late 1970s and early 1980s " Lost in the Supermarket " is a 1979 song by The Clash. For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American Singer-songwriter and occasional Actor. Love Stinks is the eleventh Album by American rock band The J The J Geils Band was an American rock band who were formed in 1967 in Worcester Massachusetts, that had a successful R&B -influenced Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston Texas) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter Theodore "Teddy" DeReese Pendergrass Sr (born March 26, 1950) is an American R&B / soul Singer and " Love Will Tear Us Apart " is a song by the British Post-punk band Joy Division. Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 Western film directed by John Sturges about a group of hired gunmen protecting a Mexican village from For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major The Police were a three-piece rock band consisting of Sting ( vocals, Bass guitar) Andy Summers ( Guitar, The Slits are a UK Punk rock band The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators " Master Blaster (Jammin " is a 1980 single by American and Motown singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder of his 1980 album Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading (born December 9 1950 is a British Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist. The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group The Beat (known in North America as The English Beat) are a 2 Tone Ska revival band founded in England in 1978 Genesis are an English rock band formed in 1967 With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide Genesis are among the top 30 highest-selling recording artists " Money " is the sixth track from British Progressive rock band Pink Floyd 's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. The Flying Lizards were a British Experimental rock group that recorded several Albums Career Formed by and led The Brains were an Atlanta-based New Wave band who released two albums in the early eighties The Plasmatics were an American punk band formed by Yale University graduate and radical Anti-artist Rod Swenson with Wendy O Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945 in Pasadena California) is a Grammy Award -winning American Singer-songwriter. Jones" - The Psychedelic Furs "My Baby" - Cold Chisel "My Old Piano" - Diana Ross "My Perfect Cousin" - The Undertones "Nausea" - X (U.S. band) "New Amsterdam" - Elvis Costello "Nie mehr allein sein" - Tony Holiday "No One Driving" - John Foxx "No Self Control" - Peter Gabriel "The Ocean" - U2 "Off the Wall" - Michael Jackson "Oh Yeah (On The Radio)" - Roxy Music "The Old Homestead" - Neil Young "Old Pervert" - The Soft Boys "On the Radio" - Donna Summer "Once in a Lifetime" - The Talking Heads "One Fine Day" - Carole King "One in a Million You" - Larry Graham "Out in the Street" - Bruce Springsteen "Over You" - Roxy Music "Paranoid Time" - The Minutemen (band) "Party Out of Bounds" - The B-52's "People Who Died" - The Jim Carroll Band "Pilot of the Airwaves" - Charlie Dore "Poison Ivy" - The Lambrettas "Police and Thieves" - Junior Murvin "Police on my Back" - The Clash "The Pop Group" - The Slits "Pop Muzik" - [[M (band)] "Private Idaho" - The B-52's "Private Life" - Grace Jones "Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)" - Squeeze "The Puppet – Echo & the Bunnymen "Putta Block" - The Fall (band) "Quiche Lorraine" - The B-52's "Rastaman Live Up!" - Bob Marley "Rat Race" - The Specials "Real Love" - The Doobie Brothers "Real Situation" - Bob Marley "Rebel Waltz" - The Clash "Redemption Song" - Bob Marley and the Wailers "Refugee" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Requiem" - Killing Joke "Rescue" - Echo & the Bunnymen "Respectable Street" - XTC "Ride Like The Wind" - Christopher Cross "Rise" - Herb Alpert "Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" - AC/DC "Rock Lobster" - The B-52s "Rocket From a Bottle" - XTC "Romeo and Juliet" - Dire Straits "Romeo's Tune" - Steve Forbert "The Rose" - Bette Midler "Rosie" - Joan Armatrading "Rough Boys" - Pete Townshend "Rudy Can't Fail" - The Clash "Run Like Hell" - Pink Floyd (released in 1979) "Sara" - Fleetwood Mac "Sargent Rock (Is Going To Help Me)" - XTC "Save Me" - Queen "Saved" - Bob Dylan "The Second time Around" - Shalamar "September Morn" - Neil Diamond "Set Me Free" - Utopia (band) "Seven Bridges Road" - The Eagles "Sexy Eyes" - Dr. Hook "Shadows in the Rain" - The Police "She's Out of My Life" - Michael Jackson "She's So Cold" - The Rolling Stones "Shining Star" - The Manhattans "Simon Templar/Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps" - Splodgenessabounds "Singing In The 80's" - The Monitors "Sister Europe" - The Psychedelic Furs "Six Pack (EP)" - The Police "Skateaway" - Dire Straits "Sleeping With the Television On" - Billy Joel "So Lonely" - The Police "Sock It To 'em J. The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in 1977 Diana Ross (born March 261944 is an American twelve-time Grammy and Oscar -nominated singer Record producer and actress whose musical repertoire The Undertones are a Northern Irish Punk rock / Power pop band formed in Derry in 1975 Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry Tony Holiday ( February 24, 1951 - February 14, 1990) was a German pop singer and songwriter John Foxx is the stage name of English musician Dennis Leigh. Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950 in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Songwriter. Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman Roxy Music is an English Art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry ( vocals and keyboards) Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician The Soft Boys were an influential Post-Punk / Neo-psychedelia band from Cambridge England often associated with the early Punk rock movement Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who gained Talking head Talking Heads was an American New Wave band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991 " One Fine Day " is a Popular song written in 1963 by songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American Singer, Songwriter, and Pianist. Larry Graham Jr (born August 14, 1946 in Beaumont Texas) is an American Baritone Singer, Musician, Songwriter Roxy Music is an English Art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry ( vocals and keyboards) The Minutemen were an American Punk rock band formed in San Pedro, California in 1980 " Party out of Bounds " is the title of a 1980 song by The B-52s, from their album Wild Planet. The B-52's originated as a New Wave Rock band formed in Athens Georgia, United States, in 1976 This article is not about corporate consultant and author Jim Carroll Charlie Dore (born 1956 Pinner, Middlesex, England Career Dore is most famous in the United States for her 1979 single " Police & Thieves " is a well known Reggae Song first recorded in the Jamaican reggae version with the falsetto singer Junior Murvin from 1976 Junior Murvin (born Murvin Junior Smith, circa 1949 Port Antonio, Jamaica) is a Jamaican Reggae artist. For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were The Pop Group was a Post-punk band from Bristol, England whose uncompromising dissonant sound spanned punk, Free jazz, The Slits are a UK Punk rock band The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators The B-52's originated as a New Wave Rock band formed in Athens Georgia, United States, in 1976 Grace Jones (born May 19, 1948) is a Jamaican �� American Singer, model and actress " Pulling Mussels (From the Shell " was the second UK single released from Squeeze 's third album Argybargy. Squeeze are an English band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the New Wave period of the late 1970s and continued recording successfully " The Puppet " is the third single by the band Echo & the Bunnymen and was released on 14 September 1980. Echo & the Bunnymen are an English Post-punk group formed in Liverpool in 1978 The Fall are an English Post-punk band formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976 The B-52's originated as a New Wave Rock band formed in Athens Georgia, United States, in 1976 Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6 1945 – May 11 1981 was a Jamaican Musician, Singer-songwriter and Rastafarian The Specials (sometimes called The Special AKA) are an English 2 Tone Ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. The Doobie Brothers are an American rock group. They have sold over 22 million albums in the United States from the 1970s to the present Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6 1945 – May 11 1981 was a Jamaican Musician, Singer-songwriter and Rastafarian For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were " Redemption Song " is the last track on Bob Marley 's ninth Island music Album, Uprising Bob Marley & The Wailers was a Reggae band created in 1974 by Bob Marley, after Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Ronald 9F Jauculan left Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are an American rock band formed in 1975 by Tom Petty Killing Joke are an English Post-punk rock band formed in 1979 " Rescue " is the second single released by the band Echo & the Bunnymen. Echo & the Bunnymen are an English Post-punk group formed in Liverpool in 1978 XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 Christopher Cross (born Christopher Geppert on May 3, 1951) is an American Singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American Musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. This article is about the song for the animal see Southern rock lobster. The B-52's originated as a New Wave Rock band formed in Athens Georgia, United States, in 1976 XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the Dire Straits was a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals his brother David Knopfler (guitar Steve Forbert (born December 15, 1954, Meridian, Mississippi) is an American pop music Singer. Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is anAmerican Singer, Actress and Comedian, also known (as her informal stage name as Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading (born December 9 1950 is a British Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist. Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock Guitarist, Singer, For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were " Run Like Hell " is a song on the Pink Floyd album The Wall. Pink Floyd are Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Fleetwood Mac are a British / American XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Shalamar, ˈʃæləmɑːr was an American Music group of the 1970s and 1980s that was originally a Disco -driven Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American Singer-songwriter and occasional Actor. Utopia was an American Progressive rock band led by Todd Rundgren that toured and recorded from 1974 to 1986 " Seven Bridges Road " is the title of a song written by Steve Young that he recorded in 1969 for his Rock Salt & Nails album Dr Hook and the Medicine Show was a pop - country Rock band formed around Union City New Jersey in 1969 The Police were a three-piece rock band consisting of Sting ( vocals, Bass guitar) Andy Summers ( Guitar, Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman " She's So Cold " is a song by The Rolling Stones, released on September 19, 1980 as a single and on the album Emotional Rescue The Manhattans are a popular R&B Vocal group with a string of hit records over three decades but best known for their million-selling songs " Kiss and Splodgenessabounds is an English Punk rock band formed in Keston, Bromley. The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in 1977 The Police were a three-piece rock band consisting of Sting ( vocals, Bass guitar) Andy Summers ( Guitar, " Skateaway " is a 1980 rock song by Dire Straits, dealing with a female roller-skater (Jay Curley/ Jayzik breezing through busy city streets who is listening to a Dire Straits was a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals his brother David Knopfler (guitar William Martin Joel (born May 9 1949 is an American Pianist and Singer-songwriter. The Police were a three-piece rock band consisting of Sting ( vocals, Bass guitar) Andy Summers ( Guitar, B. " - The Specials "Solid Rock" - Bob Dylan "Sometimes a Fantasy" - Billy Joel "Spanish bombs" - The Clash "The Special AKA Live EP" - The Specials "Special Brew" - Bad Manners "Special Lady" - Ray, Goodman & Brown "Spirit of Radio" - Rush "Staring at the Rude Boys" - The Ruts "Start" - The Jam "State of the Heart" - Mondo Rock "Stayin' Power" - Neil Young "Steal Away" - Robbie Dupree "Stereotype" - The Specials "Stiff Necked Fools" - Bob Marley and the Wailers "Stomp" - The Brothers Johnson "Stop the Cavalry" - Jona Lewie "Stop Your Sobbing" - The Pretenders "Stories For Boys" - U2 "Strangers on a Train" - The Sports "Strobe Light" - The B-52's "Super Trouper" - ABBA "Take This Town" - XTC "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" - The S.O.S. Band "Talk of the Town" - The Pretenders "Tattooed Love Boys" - The Pretenders "Teach the Gifted Children" - Lou Reed "Tears of a Clown" - The English Beat "Tell It Like It Is" - Heart "Ten Feet Tall" - XTC "Three Little Birds" - Bob Marley and the Wailers "That Girl Could Sing" - Jackson Browne "The Tide Is High" - Blondie "Theme from New York, New York" - Frank Sinatra "Think About Me" - Fleetwood Mac "This Feminine Position" - The Roches "This is it" - Kenny Loggins "Time Out of Mind" - Steely Dan "Tired of Toein' the Line" - Rocky Burnette "To Cut A Long Story Short" - Spandau Ballet "Too Hot" - Kool and the Gang "Totally Wired" - The Fall (band) "Touch" - U2 "Touch and Go" - The Cars "Touch Too Much (Live)" - AC/DC "Towers of London" - XTC "Train in Vain" - The Clash (released in 1979) "Treat me right" - Pat Benetar "Tunnel of Love" - Dire Straits "Turn It On Again" - Genesis "Turn Me Loose" - Loverboy "Turn Out the Light" - Joan Armatrading "Turning Japanese" - The Vapors "Twilight" - U2 "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" - The Manhattan Transfer "The Wanderer" - Donna Summer "Underpass" - John Foxx "Voices Inside My Head" - The Police "Wait For Me" - Hall & Oates "Wait Til Your Boat Goes Down" - XTC "Wardance" - Killing Joke "Washington Bullets" - The Clash "Watching the Wheels" - John Lennon "Watching You" - Slave (band) "We Are Glass" - Gary Numan "We Don't Talk Anymore" - Cliff Richard "Wedding Cake Island" - Midnight Oil "Wednesday Week" - The Undertones "When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best of What's Still Around" - The Police "Whip It" - Devo "Whole Lotta Rosie (Live)" - AC/DC "Why Don't You Kill Yourself" - The Only Ones "Why Me?" - Styx "With You I'm Born Again" - Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright "Woman" - John Lennon "Working My Way Back to You" - The Spinners "Wreck on the Highway" - Bruce Springsteen "Wrong 'Em Boyo" - The Clash "Yes, I'm Ready" - Teri Desario with KC "You better run" - Pat Benatar "You May Be Right" - Billy Joel "You Shook Me All Night Long" - AC/DC "You'll Accomp'ny Me" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties" - Jona Lewie "You'll Have to Go Sideways" - The Soft Boys "Young Miles in the Basement" - Pere Ubu "Your Phones Off the Hook, But You're Not" - X (U.S. band) "You're Gonna Get What's Coming" - Bonnie Raitt "You're Only Lonely" - J.D. Souther "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" - Hall & Oates

Published popular music

• "Come Follow the Band" w. The Specials (sometimes called The Special AKA) are an English 2 Tone Ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major William Martin Joel (born May 9 1949 is an American Pianist and Singer-songwriter. "Spanish Bombs" is a song by The Clash, sung by Joe Strummer, and featured on their 1979 double album London Calling. For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were The Specials (sometimes called The Special AKA) are an English 2 Tone Ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. Bad Manners are an English 2 Tone Ska revival band. Fronted by Buster Bloodvessel (born Douglas Trendle the band was formed Ray Goodman & Brown, are an American R&B vocal group. The group originated as The Moments, who formed in the late 1960s and whose Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968 in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently comprised of The Ruts were a Reggae -influenced British Punk rock band, notable for the 1979 Top 10 hit "Babylon's Burning" The Jam were an English Mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician Robbie Dupree (born Robert Dupuis 23 December 1946, Brooklyn, New York) is an American Singer-songwriter best known for The Specials (sometimes called The Special AKA) are an English 2 Tone Ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. Bob Marley & The Wailers was a Reggae band created in 1974 by Bob Marley, after Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Ronald 9F Jauculan left The Brothers Johnson is a band consisting of American Musicians and brothers George ('Lightnin' Licks' and Louis Johnson ('Thunder Thumbs' Jona Lewie (born John Lewis 14 March 1947, Southampton) is an English Singer, Songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist The Pretenders are a British rock band The original band consisted of group founder and main Songwriter Chrissie Hynde ( lead vocals The B-52's originated as a New Wave Rock band formed in Athens Georgia, United States, in 1976 " Super Trouper " at first called "Blinka lilla stjärna" (the Swedish title of nursery rhyme " Twinkle Twinkle Little Star " was a hit single for XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 The SOS Band is an American Musical ensemble founded in Atlanta Georgia, in 1977. The Pretenders are a British rock band The original band consisted of group founder and main Songwriter Chrissie Hynde ( lead vocals The Pretenders are a British rock band The original band consisted of group founder and main Songwriter Chrissie Hynde ( lead vocals Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. The Beat (known in North America as The English Beat) are a 2 Tone Ska revival band founded in England in 1978 " Tell It Like It Is " is a song written by George Davis and Lee Diamond and recorded several times by different artists to varying degrees of success Heart is a rock band whose founding members came from the Seattle, Washington, scene but came together in Vancouver, British Columbia XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 Bob Marley & The Wailers was a Reggae band created in 1974 by Bob Marley, after Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Ronald 9F Jauculan left Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is a German -born American rock Singer-songwriter and Musician. Blondie is an American rock band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and has so far sold over 60 million records This article is about the theme from the movie " New York New York " Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor Fleetwood Mac are a British / American The Roches ( Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche) are a female Vocal group of three songwriting Irish-American sisters from Kenneth Clark "Kenny" Loggins (born January 7, 1948 in Everett, Washington) is an American Singer and Songwriter Time Out of Mind is Bob Dylan 's 30th Studio album, released in 1997 by Columbia Records. Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. " Tired of Toein' the Line " is the name of a song written and performed by Rocky Burnette. Rocky Burnette (born Jonathan Burnette 12 June 1953, Memphis, Tennessee, United States[http //www Spandau Ballet were a popular British band in the 1980s Initially inspired by a mixture of Funk and Synthpop, the group eventually mellowed into a " Too Hot " is a pop - dance song co-written by Alanis Morissette and Leslie Howe, and produced by Howe for Morissette's debut album Kool & the Gang are a highly successful American Jazz / R&B / soul / Funk / Disco group The Fall are an English Post-punk band formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976 The Cars were an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 " Train in Vain (Stand by Me " is a song from the album London Calling (1979 by the British Punk rock band The Clash. For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on 10 January 1953) is an influential four-time Grammy Award -winning American Dire Straits was a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals his brother David Knopfler (guitar This article is about the song For the 1999 greatest hits album see Turn It On Again The Hits. Genesis are an English rock band formed in 1967 With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide Genesis are among the top 30 highest-selling recording artists " Turn Me Loose " is a hit song recorded by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. Loverboy is a Canadian rock group formed in 1980 in Calgary Alberta. Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading (born December 9 1950 is a British Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist. " Turning Japanese " is the most popular song released by The Vapors from their album New Clear Days, and the song for which they are best The Vapors were a new wave and Power pop band from England that existed between 1979 and 1981 Twilight is the time before Sunrise, called Dawn, and the time after Sunset, called Dusk. The Manhattan Transfer is the name of two incarnations of an American vocal group with Tim Hauser being the only link between the two groups Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who gained John Foxx is the stage name of English musician Dennis Leigh. The Police were a three-piece rock band consisting of Sting ( vocals, Bass guitar) Andy Summers ( Guitar, Hall & Oates are a Pop music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates. XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 Killing Joke are an English Post-punk rock band formed in 1979 For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were " Watching the Wheels " is a 1981 single by John Lennon, released posthumously after his assassination the year before John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born Slave was an Ohio funk band popular in the 1970s and early 1980s " We Are Glass " is a Gary Numan single released in 1980 Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958 is an English singer composer and musician Sir Cliff Richard, OBE, (born Harry Roger Webb on 14 October 1940 is an English Singer, Actor and Businessman. Wedding Cake Island is an Island off Coogee Beach, Sydney, which protects the beach from most swells Midnight Oil was an Australian rock band from Sydney, Australia The Undertones are a Northern Irish Punk rock / Power pop band formed in Derry in 1975 The Police were a three-piece rock band consisting of Sting ( vocals, Bass guitar) Andy Summers ( Guitar, " Whip It " is the title of a 1980 single by the Synthpop band Devo. Devo (pronounced DEE-vo (IPA /'diːvoʊ/) or dee-VO (IPA /diː'voʊ/) often spelled "DEVO" or "DEV-O" is an American AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. The Only Ones are an English Rock and roll band They were initially active in the late 1970s and were associated with Punk rock, yet straddled the musical William Everett Preston ( September 2 1946 – June 6 2006) was an American Soul musician from Houston Texas, Syreeta Wright ( August 3, 1946 – July 6, 2004) who recorded professionally under the single name Syreeta, was an American John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born London Calling is the third album by English Punk rock band The Clash, released 14 December 1979 on CBS Records in the UK and in January 1980 For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were Teri DeSario is a singer/songwriter from Miami, Florida.DeSario worked within several music genres out of high school Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on 10 January 1953) is an influential four-time Grammy Award -winning American " You May Be Right " is a single written and performed rock singer Billy Joel from his 1980 album Glass Houses. William Martin Joel (born May 9 1949 is an American Pianist and Singer-songwriter. " You Shook Me All Night Long " is one of AC/DC 's signature songs from their most successful album Back in Black. AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American Rock and roll Singer-songwriter and Musician. Jona Lewie (born John Lewis 14 March 1947, Southampton) is an English Singer, Songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist The Soft Boys were an influential Post-Punk / Neo-psychedelia band from Cambridge England often associated with the early Punk rock movement Pere Ubu are an Experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland Ohio, in 1975 Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American Blues Singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, California JD Souther (born John David Souther, November 2, 1945 in Detroit Michigan and raised in Amarillo, Texas) is a Country " You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' " is a 1965 number-one hit single in the US and the UK by The Righteous Brothers. Hall & Oates are a Pop music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates. Michael Stewart m. Michael Stewart ( August 1 1924 &ndash September 20 1987) was an American Playwright and Librettist. Cy Coleman from the musical Barnum
• "Desire" w. For the fictional principal Seymour Kaufman see Room 222. Cy Coleman ( June 14, 1929 - November 18, 2004) was an American Barnum is a musical with a book by Mark Bramble, lyrics by Michael Stewart, and music by Cy Coleman. m. Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb
• "Do Right" w. Barry Alan Crompton Gibb CBE (born 1 September 1946 is a singer songwriter and producer Maurice Ernest Gibb CBE ( December 22 1949 &ndash January 12 2003) was a Musician and Singer-songwriter See also Bee Gees Robin Hugh Gibb CBE (b December 22, 1949) is a singer and songwriter m. Paul Davis
• "Fame"     w. " Fame " is a pop song written by Michael Gore (music and Dean Pitchford (lyrics that was released in 1980 and achieved chart success as the theme song to the Fame Dean Pitchford m. Dean Pitchford (born July 29, 1951 in Honolulu Hawaii, US) is a Songwriter, screenwriter director Actor, and novelist Michael Gore
• "He's So Shy" w. Michael Gore is an Academy Award -winning composer He along with lyricist Dean Pitchford, won the Oscar in 1980 for best original song for " Fame Cynthia Weil m. Cynthia Weil (born October 18 1940, New York) is a prominent American Songwriter. Tom Snow
• "Memory" w. Thomas Snow is a Pianist, Bandleader, Composer, and Educator from New England. T. S. Eliot & Trevor Nunn m. Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. Trevor Robert Nunn CBE (born 14 January 1940) is an English theatre- and Film director. Andrew Lloyd Webber from the musical Cats
• "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" w. Andrew Lloyd Webber Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948 is a British Composer of Musical theatre, the elder son of William Lloyd Webber WikipediaManual of Style (spelling, articles should conform to one overall spelling style of English typically the one most linked to the article topic (if it is geographic m. Sharon Vaughan
• "Never Knew Love Like This Before" w. m. James Mtume & Reginald Lucas
• "Nine to Five" w. m. Dolly Parton from the film Nine to Five
• "No Night So Long" w. Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American Country music Singer / Songwriter, Author, actress Nine to Five, also known as 9 to 5, is a 1980 American comedy movie starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin Will Jennings m. Will Jennings born Wilbur Jennings in 1944 Kilgore Texas is a prolific and highly successful American Songwriter. Richard Kerr
• "The Winner Takes It All"     w. m. Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus

Classical music

• George Crumb - A Little Suite for Christmas, A. Göran Bror Benny Andersson (born in Stockholm, Sweden on December 16, 1946) is a Swedish Musician, Composer Björn Kristian Ulvaeus, bjœɳ ɵlˈveɵs (born April 25 1945 is a Swedish Musician, Composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music George Crumb (born October 24, 1929) is an American Composer of modern and Avant garde music D. 1979 for piano
• Mario Davidovsky - Consorts for symphonic band
• Mario Davidovsky - String Quartet No. Mario Davidovsky (born March 4, 1934) is an Argentine - American Composer. Mario Davidovsky (born March 4, 1934) is an Argentine - American Composer. 4
• Trygve Madsen - Sonata for Tuba and Piano
• Krzysztof Penderecki - Symphony No. Krzysztof Penderecki (ˈkʂɨʂtɔf pɛndɛrˈɛ͡tski born November 23 1933 in Dębica) is a Polish Composer and conductor of classical 2 - "Christmas"

Opera

See also: :Category:1980 operas

• Philip Glass - Satyagraha
• Kirke Mechem - Tartuffe
• William Mathias - The Servants (libretto by Iris Murdoch)
• David Warrack - Drummer

Musical theater

• Barnum     Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on April 30 and ran for 854 performances
• Brigadoon (Lerner & Loewe) - Broadway revival opened at the Majestic Theatre on October 16 and ran for 133 performances

• Camelot (Lerner & Loewe) - Broadway revival opened at the New York State Theatre on July 8 and ran for 56 performances
• Colette London production opened at the Comedy Theatre on September 24 and ran for 47 performances
• A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine     Broadway production opened at the John Golden Theatre on April 2 and transferred to the Royale Theatre on June 17 for a total run of 588 performances
• Forty-Second Street     Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on August 25, transferred to the Majestic Theatre on March 30, 1981 and transferred to the St. James Theatre on April 7, 1987 for a total run of 3486 performances
• The Life and Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby   London production opened at the Aldwych Theatre on June 5
• On The Twentieth Century     London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on March 19 and ran for 165 performances
• Sweeney Todd (Stephen Sondheim) - London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on July 2 and ran for 157 perofrmances
• The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg London production opened at the Phoenix Theatre on April 10
• West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) - Broadway revival opened at the Minskoff Theatre on February 14 and ran for 333 performances

Musical films

• Can't Stop the Music
• Disco Godfather
• Fame
• Popeye
• Xanadu

Births

• January 25 - Alicia Keys
• January 28 - Nick Carter, The Backstreet Boys
• February 15 - Conor Oberst, Bright Eyes
• February 18 - Regina Spektor
• February 27 - Cyrus Bolooki, New Found Glory
• March 21 - Deryck Whibley, Sum 41
• March 31 - Maaya Sakamoto
• May 18 - Svetlana
• June 20 - Tony Lovato, Mest
• June 26 - Jason Schwartzman, Phantom Planet
• July 10 - Jessica Simpson
• July 20 - Mike Kennerty, The All-American Rejects
• July 26 - Dave Baksh, Sum 41
• September 11 - Mikey Way, My Chemical Romance
• September 13 - Teppei Teranishi, Thrice
• October 5 - Paul Thomas, Good Charlotte
• October 12 - Soledad Pastorutti
• November 3 - Andrew Bellenie (aka: Mr Strangelove)
• November 17 - Clarke Isaac Hanson, Hanson
• November 18 - Dustin Kensrue, Thrice
• December 5 - Trent McAlister, musician (bassist) / songwriter
• December 10 - Sarah Chang, violinist
• Chris Gaynor, The All-American Rejects
• December 18 - Christina Aguilera

Deaths

• January 2 - Larry Williams
• January 6 - Poley McClintock, jazz musician
• January 7 - Carl White, the Rivingtons
• January 29 - Jimmy Durante pianist & entertainer
• January 30 - Professor Longhair pianist
• February 19 - Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, alcohol poisoning
• March 26 - Jon Paulus (32), the Buckinghams, drug overdose
• March 26 - Ted Shapiro, songwriter & pianist
• March 28 - Dick Haymes, (63), Argentinian-born US singer and actor
• March 30 - Annunzio Mantovani, Italian-born British orchestra leader and composer
• April 28 - Tommy Caldwell, Marshall Tucker Band, car accident
• May 18 - Ian Curtis, lead singer of Joy Division, suicide by hanging
• June 16 - Bob Nolan, country singer and songwriter
• June 20 - Allan Pettersson, Swedish composer
• June 21 - Bert Kaempfert, German composer, bandleader and arranger
• June 27 - Barney Bigard, jazz clarinetist
• June 28 - Jose Iturbi, pianist
• July 5 - A. J. Potter, Irish composer
• July 15 - Ben Selvin, The Dean of Recorded Music
• July 23 - Keith Godchaux, Grateful Dead, car accident
• August 17 - Harold Adamson, lyricist
• August 20 - Joe Dassin, singer , heart attack
• September 12 - Lillian Randolph, actress and singer
• September 15 - Bill Evans (51), jazz pianist
• September 25 - John Bonham, Led Zeppelin
• October 27 - Steve Peregrin Took, bongo player for Tyrannosaurus Rex, choking
• December 7 - Darby Crash, The Germs, suicide
• December 8 - John Lennon, The Beatles, gunshot
• December 29, 1980 - Tim Hardin, Singer Songwriter - If I Were A Carpenter Heroin Overdose. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Philip Glass (born January 31 Kirke Mechem (b 1925 is a prolific American composer of Classical music, and a writer William Mathias CBE ( November 1 1934 &mdash July 29 1992) was a Welsh Composer. Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE ( 15 July 1919 &ndash 8 February 1999) was a Dublin -born writer and philosopher Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Barnum is a musical with a book by Mark Bramble, lyrics by Michael Stewart, and music by Cy Coleman. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located The St James Theatre is located at 246 W 44th St Broadway, New York City, New York. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Brigadoon is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. Alan Jay Lerner ( August 31, 1918 &ndash June 14, 1986) was an American Broadway Lyricist and Librettist The Majestic Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 245 West 44th Street in midtown Manhattan. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics and Frederic Loewe (music The New York State Theater (to be renamed in 2008 the David H Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Colette was the pen name of the French Novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette ( January 28 1873 &ndash August 3 For the theatre in Melbourne Australia see Comedy Theatre Melbourne The Comedy Theatre, is a West End Theatre, and opened on Panton Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine is a musical comedy consisting of two essentially independent one-act plays with a book and lyrics by Dick Vosburgh The John Golden Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 252 West 45th Street ( George Abbott Way) in midtown- Manhattan. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of The Bernard B Jacobs Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 242 West 45th Street ( George Abbott Way) in midtown- Manhattan. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat 42nd Street is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren The Winter Garden Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 1634 Broadway in midtown- Manhattan. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the The Majestic Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 245 West 44th Street in midtown Manhattan. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The St James Theatre is located at 246 W 44th St Broadway, New York City, New York. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Aldwych Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Aldwych in the City of Westminster. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem On the Twentieth Century is an award-winning musical with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Cy Coleman Her Majesty's Theatre is a West End theatre, located on The Haymarket, in the City of Westminster. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven The Theatre Royal Drury Lane is a West End theatre in Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster, a borough of London. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ( Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) is a Musical film made in 1964 West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" The Phoenix Theatre is a West End theatre in the London Borough of Camden, located on Charing Cross Road (at the corner with Flitcroft Street Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama West Side Story is a musical by Arthur Laurents (book Leonard Bernstein (music and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes The Minskoff Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 1515 Broadway in midtown- Manhattan. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German The musical film is a Film genre in which several Songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative For the soundtrack album see Can't Stop the Music (album. For the title song see Can't Stop the Music (song. Disco Godfather (also known as The Avenging Disco Godfather) is a 1980 Action film starring Rudy Ray Moore and Carol Speed. Fame is a 1980 Musical film conceived and produced by David De Silva directed by Alan Parker, and written by Christopher Gore Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous TV shows Xanadu is a 1980 musical / Romance film directed by Robert Greenwald. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Alicia J Augello-Cook (born January 25 1981 professionally known as Alicia Keys, is an American R&B, soul, and Neo soul Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Nickolas Gene Carter (born January 28 1980) is an American Actor, Musician, and Pop singer. Backstreet Boys are a Grammy -nominated American pop group They were the first group launched by fallen Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American Songwriter, Singer, Poet, best known for his work in Bright Eyes is an American band consisting of Singer-songwriter / Guitarist Conor Oberst, Multi-instrumentalist / producer Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Regina Spektor (Регина Спектор born February 18, 1980) is a Soviet -born Jewish- American Singer-songwriter and Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation New Found Glory (often abbreviated NFG is an American Pop-punk band based out of South Florida New Found Glory (often abbreviated NFG is an American Pop-punk band based out of South Florida Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Deryck Jason Whibley Besides his musical career he has worked on occasion as an actor Sum 41 (sometimes referred to as The Sums) is a Canadian Pop punk band from Ajax Ontario. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor is a female Japanese Seiyū and singer who made her debut in 1996 as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit Anime series The Vision of Escaflowne Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Svetlana ( Russian: Светла́на is a common Russian female name, deriving from the Russian word for "light" "clean" or "holy" Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Anthony "Tony" John Capiretto Lovato (born June 20, 1980) was the Vocalist / Guitarist for the Pop-punk band Mest Mest is a Pop punk band from Blue Island Illinois. The band's lineup prior to their breakup in 2006 consisted of vocalist and guitarist Tony Lovato Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Jason Francesco Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is an American Actor and Musician. Phantom Planet is an Alternative rock band from Southern California. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10 1980 is an American pop Singer and actress who rose to fame in the late 1990s Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Mike Kennerty (born Michael Brian Kennerty on July 20, 1980 in Houston Texas is the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for The All-American The All-American Rejects are a Rock band sometimes referred to as AAR, from Stillwater Oklahoma formed by Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus David Nizaam "Brownsound" Baksh (born 26 July, 1980 in Toronto Ontario, Canada) background Guyanese is the Lead Sum 41 (sometimes referred to as The Sums) is a Canadian Pop punk band from Ajax Ontario. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul My Chemical Romance (often shortened to MCR or' My Chem') is an American alternative / post-hardcore quintet that formed in 2001 Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Teppei Teranishi (born September 13 1980) is the lead Guitarist and Keyboardist of the Post-hardcore band Thrice Thrice is an American band from Irvine California. The group was founded in 1998 by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and guitarist Teppei Teranishi while Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Paul Thomas (born Paul Anthony Thomas, 5 October 1980 Waldorf, Maryland, United States) is the bassist of the band Good Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf Maryland that formed in 1996 Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Soledad Pastorutti "La Sole" (born October 12, 1980 in Arequito, Santa Fe) is an Argentine Folklore singer Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Clarke Isaac Hanson (born November 17 1980 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is one of the three members of the Pop rock band Hanson, along with his brothers Hanson is an American Pop rock band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma by brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Dustin Michael Kensrue (KENZ-roo (born November 18, 1980) is a vocalist lyricist and rhythm guitarist in the Orange County California post-hardcore Thrice is an American band from Irvine California. The group was founded in 1998 by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and guitarist Teppei Teranishi while Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Sarah Chang (born December 10, 1980) is a Korean-American Violinist. The All-American Rejects are a Rock band sometimes referred to as AAR, from Stillwater Oklahoma formed by Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Christina María Aguilera (born December 18 1980 is an American pop / R&B Singer and Songwriter. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. See Larry Williams (trader for the technical analyst and financial trader Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Poley McClintock (1900-1980 was a member of Fred Waring 's Pennsylvanians a popular Jazz band of the 1920s Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental The Rivingtons were a Doo-wop group noted for being one of the loudest and most raucous of the genre Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Professor Longhair (born Henry Roeland Byrd, also known as Roy "Bald Head" Byrd and as Fess) ( December 19, 1918 - January Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980 was an Australian rock musician most well-known for being the lead singer and Lyricist AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. The Buckinghams are an American rock band that saw enormous radio popularity from 1965 to 1968 (see 1967 in music) becoming one of the Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Ted Shapiro ( October 31, 1899 - March 26, 1980) was a United States Popular music Composer, Pianist Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Dick Haymes ( September 13, 1918 &ndash March 28, 1980) was an Actor and one of the most popular male vocalists of Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Annunzio Paolo Mantovani ( November 15, 1905 &ndash March 29, 1980) known by the Mononym Mantovani was a popular conductor Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Tommy Caldwell (born August 11, 1978 in Estes Park Colorado) is an American rock climber. The Marshall Tucker Band is an American Southern rock band originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Ian Kevin Curtis ( 15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was the vocalist and lyricist as well as occasional guitarist and keyboardist of the band Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Bob Nolan ( April 13, 1908 - June 16, 1980) was a Canadian -born singer songwriter and actor Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Gustav Allan Pettersson ( September 19 1911 &ndash June 20[[ 980]] was a Swedish Composer. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German Orchestra leader and Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Albany Leon Bigard ( March 3, 1906 &ndash June 27, 1980) aka Barney Bigard, was an American Jazz Clarinetist Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. José Iturbi ( 28 November 1895 &ndash 28 June 1980) was a Spanish conductor and Pianist. A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Archibald James (Archie Potter (1918 &ndash July 5 1980 was an Irish composer and teacher who wrote hundreds of works including operas a mass and four ballets as well Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Ben Selvin ( March 5, 1898 - July 15, 1980) son of Russian immigrant Jewish parents was a musician bandleader Record Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Keith Richard Godchaux ( July 19, 1948 – 23 July, 1980) was a Musician best known for his tenure in the rock group The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Harold Adamson (10 December 1906 – 17 August 1980 was an American Lyricist during the 1930s and 1940s Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Joseph Ira Dassin was born in New York City to Jewish American Film noir director Jules Dassin and Béatrice Launer Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Lillian Randolph ( December 14 1898 - September 12 1980) was an American Actress and Singer, a veteran of radio Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. William John Evans (better known as Bill Evans) ( August 16, 1929 &ndash September 15, 1980) was one of the most famous and influential Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham (May 31 1948 – September 25 1980 was an English Drummer and member of the band Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin were Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Steve Peregrine Took ( 28 July 1949 &ndash 27 October 1980) was an English musician TRex (occasionally spelled T Rex or T-Rex) were an English rock band fronted by guitarist singer and songwriter Marc Bolan. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Darby Crash (born Jan Paul Beahm) (AKA Bobby Pyn ( September 26, 1958 – December 7, 1980) was an American The Germs is an influential Punk rock band from Los Angeles formed in the late 1970s Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Timothy James Hardin ( 23 December 1941 – 29 December 1980) was an American folk Musician and Composer Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative

See also

• List of musical events

This page indexes the individual year in music pages 2000s

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