1980 in music

none February 2016 August 2011 1980 1980 music radio television film right|thumb|Alternative rock singer Siouxsie Sioux in 1980 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1980. Specific locations 1980 in British music 1980 in Japanese music 1980 in Norwegian music 1980 in Scandinavian music Specific genres 1980 in country music 1980 in heavy metal music 1980 in hip-hop music 1980 in jazz 1980 in progressive rock Events January–March January 1 Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.United Kingdom list: 48041 28 December 1979 1–16 y January 5 – Donna Summer's third double album in a 14-month period, On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II, released on 15 October 1979, reaches the top spot on the Billboard Albums charts. January 7 – At the age of 44, songwriter Larry Williams is found dead in his Los Angeles, California, home of a gunshot wound to the head. 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. January 14 – Rush release Permanent Waves, which eventually becomes the band's fifth platinum album. January 16 – Paul McCartney is arrested in Tokyo for possession of a half pound of marijuana. The remaining part of McCartney's and Wings' tour was subsequently canceled. January 19 – The first UK Indie Chart is published in Record Week, with Spizzenergi's "Where's Captain Kirk" topping the singles chart, and Adam and the Ants' Dirk Wears White Sox topping the album chart.Lazell Barry Indie hits, 1980–1989: the complete U.K. independent charts (singles & albums) 1997 Cherry Red London 978-0-9517206-9-1 38292499 January 25 – Paul McCartney is released from jail in Japan and ejected from the country by Japanese authorities. February 7 – Pink Floyd's The Wall Tour opens at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. February 19 – Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, dies in London. Although common folklore cites pulmonary aspiration of vomit as the cause of his death, the official cause is listed as "Acute alcohol poisoning" and "Death by Misadventure". February 27 – The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Kenny Rogers. Billy Joel's 52nd Street wins Album of the Year, while the Doobie Brothers' "What a Fool Believes" wins both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Rickie Lee Jones wins Best New Artist. February 29 – Buddy Holly's trademark glasses and the Big Bopper's wristwatch are "rediscovered" in old police files by the Mason City, Iowa, sheriff (both were killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, along with singer Ritchie Valens). March 3 Sotheby's auction house in London auctions off a Rivera Hotel, Las Vegas, napkin signed by Elvis Presley for £500. Other items auctioned included four American dollar bills autographed by the Beatles, for £220 and a collection of personal letters belonging to the Rolling Stones, also for £220. Randy Jackson of The Jacksons is severely injured in a near-fatal car crash in Hollywood, California. The accident completely crushes his legs, forcing the group to cancel and alter their promotion schedule for the upcoming Triumph album and delaying live performances until his recovery. June 1980 Randy Jackson Walks Again: Talks About His Future Jet Johnson Publishing Company March 8–16 – Tbilisi Rock Festival (1980): the first state-sanctioned rock music festival in the Soviet Union. March 14 – Record producer Quincy Jones receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. March 19 – Elvis Presley's autopsy was subpoenaed during the trial of Dr. George Nichopoulous, who would later be found guilty of over-prescribing drugs to Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and other clients. March 20 – Radio Caroline shuts down in the UK after radio ship Mi Amigo sinks in a storm. April–June April 1 – Brian Johnson is made the new lead singer of AC/DC replacing the late Bon Scott. April 5 – R.E.M. lead vocalist Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, drummer Bill Berry and bassist Mike Mills played their first show.Dave Thompson, Alternative Rock: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion (Miller Freeman, 2000) p588 April 13 – The musical Grease ends its Broadway run of 3,388 performances, making it the longest running show on Broadway up until that time. April 17 – As the "official guests of State", Bob Marley and the Wailers perform at Zimbabwe's Independence festival. Marley calls the event the "greatest honor of my life." April 19 Johnny Logan wins the 25th Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland, with the song "What's Another Year". R.E.M. perform for the first time under this name.David Buckley, R.E.M. Fiction: An Alternative Biography (Random House Books, 2012) April 25 – Black Sabbath release Heaven and Hell, their first album to feature Ronnie James Dio on vocals. April 30 – The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London. May 4 – America's Top 10, the television version of radio's American Top 40 and hosted by Casey Kasem, debuts this week in syndication. June 25 Rock and Roll pioneer Bill Haley performs for the last time during a tour of South Africa, before deteriorating health ends his performing career. July 1980 marks the 25th anniversary of Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" reaching No. 1 on the American singles charts. The Sony Walkman goes on sale in the United States. Kiss plays its first show with new drummer Eric Carr at the New York Palladium. June 27 – John Lydon and Keith Levene of Public Image Ltd make an appearance on The Tomorrow Show with host Tom Snyder. In a famously uncomfortable interview, Lydon gives curt and vague responses to most of Snyder's questions. July–September July 11 – Ultravox release their fourth studio album, Vienna. Their first album with new lead singer Midge Ure following the departures of frontman John Foxx and guitarist Robin Simon, Vienna marks a radical shift in Ultravox's direction and image, transforming the former post-punk band into a more sophisticatedly-oriented new wave/synthpop group. Despite this stylistic shift alienating fans and critics who were more favorable towards the Foxx-led incarnation of the band, Vienna would go on to become Ultravox's most successful studio album to date. July 18 – The documentary and concert film No Nukes opens in New York. July 25 – Over five months after the death of lead singer Bon Scott, AC/DC release Back in Black, their first album with replacement singer Brian Johnson, who would remain with the band until 2016. The album's success would lead it to become the second-highest-selling album of all time and the highest-selling studio album by any band to date. July 29 – Over two months after the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis, the surviving members of Joy Division regroup as New Order and debut anonymously live at Manchester's Beach Club; the group would adopt the moniker "New Order" the following year. July 31 – The Eagles end their tour with a contentious show, beginning a split that would last 14 years. How The Eagles took it to the limits The Times London October 12, 2007 http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2638985.ece July 18, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080718172259/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2638985.ece August 4 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin the recording of the Double Fantasy album.Madinger Chip Raile Scott LENNONOLOGY Strange Days Indeed – A Scrapbook Of Madness 2015 Chesterfield, MO: Open Your Books, LLC 519, 530 978-1-63110-175-5 August 16 The first Monsters of Rock heavy metal festival is held at Donington Park in England. Rainbow headlines, and Judas Priest, Scorpions, April Wine, Saxon, Riot and Touch also perform. Several bands lose members in one day; bass player Jah Wobble leaves Public Image, Ltd.; keyboard player Jools Holland leaves Squeeze; and drummers Bill Ward and Cozy Powell leave Black Sabbath and Rainbow respectively. August 19 – Fans at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto stage a riot after Alice Cooper cancels because of illness. August 23 – The Heatwave festival near Toronto features The B-52's, Talking Heads, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello and many others. August 25 – The last performance of the Jahrhundertring at the Bayreuth Festival receives ovations of 45 minutes.https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/fsdb/inszenierungen/goetterdaemmerung/1976/2076/ Götterdämmerung Bayreuth Festival https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/arts/patrice-chereau-opera-stage-and-film-director-dies-at-68.html Patrice Chéreau, Opera, Stage and Film Director, Dies at 68 Allan Kozinn Allan Kozinn The New York Times 7 October 2013 8 October 2013 August 26 – Pete Comita replaces Tom Petersson in Cheap Trick. August 31 – Karen Carpenter marries Thomas Burris. "Because We Are in Love" is played at their wedding. September 3 – The Jacksons are honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.The Jacksons https://walkoffame.com/the-jacksons/ Hollywood Walk of Fame 25 October 2019 September 13 Solid Gold, a new music television series, premieres in syndication. Elton John plays a free concert for 400,000 people in New York's Central Park. He performs the encore in a Donald Duck costume. Gary Numan earns his third consecutive number 1 on the UK Albums Chart in less than fourteen months as Telekon enters the chart at number 1.https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17942/gary-numan/ Gary Numan Official Charts September 25 – John Bonham, drummer of Led Zeppelin, is found dead by bandmate John Paul Jones. October–December October 9 – A riot breaks out at a Black Sabbath concert in Milwaukee after bassist Geezer Butler is hit in the head by a bottle and the band quits the stage. October 26 – Paul Kantner of Jefferson Starship is rushed to hospital following a cerebral hemorrhage. He soon recovers without surgery, defying medical odds. October – Iron Maiden replaces guitarist Dennis Stratton with Urchin guitarist Adrian Smith. November 15 – The 9th OTI Festival, held at the es Teatro General San Martín no in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is won by the song "es Contigo mujer no", written by Ednita Nazario and Laureano Brizuela, and performed by Rafael José representing Puerto Rico. November 21 Iron Maiden play their first gig with new guitarist Adrian Smith in Uxbridge, London, England. December 4 – Led Zeppelin disbands following the death of drummer John Bonham. December 5 – Duran Duran signs with EMI after finalizing its lineup and touring as a support act for Hazel O'Connor.https://durancompilations.com/early4.html Duran Duran – The Early Days Chapter 4 durancompilations.com 26 May 2022 December 7 – Darby Crash, leader of L.A. punk band the Germs, dies of a heroin overdose in a suicide pact. December 8 – John Lennon is shot to death outside his apartment building in New York City. Lennon's single, "(Just Like) Starting Over", subsequently becomes a number one hit in many countries, including the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. December 14 – Over 100,000 mourners attend a public vigil for John Lennon in Central Park, New York. December 31 – The ninth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by The Charlie Daniels Band, Billy Preston, Syreeta, Chuck Berry and Barry Manilow. Also in 1980 The Roland Corporation releases the Roland TR-808 drum machine, which became a cornerstone of the emerging electronic, dance, and hip hop genres. The machine went on to become one of the most influential instruments in popular music, comparable to the Fender Stratocaster's influence on rock.https://www.wired.com/2014/02/roland-resurrects-808/ Early hip-hop's greatest drum machine just got resurrected Baldwin Roberto 14 February 2014 Wired 4 January 2016 en-UShttp://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2008/12/whats_an_808.html What's an 808? Richards Chris 2 December 2008 Slate 16 January 2016 en-US 1091-2339 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 songs from Chicago. British comedy group The Hee Bee Gee Bees release "Meaningless Songs (in Very High Voices)", a parody of a Bee Gees' disco-style single. 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). Seiji Ozawa is appointed to the position of Honorary Artistic Director of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.Aaron Green http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/conductors/a/conductorseiji.htm Seiji Ozawa – A Profile of the Great Conductor Classicalmusic.about.com January 6, 2016 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212415/http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/conductors/a/conductorseiji.htm Bands formed See :Category:Musical groups established in 1980 Bands disbanded See :Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1980 Albums released :Category:1980 albums January DayAlbumArtistNotes4 The Romantics The Romantics 8 Union Jacks The Babys 10The Age of Plastic The Buggles Australia; UK release on 4 February11 Pretenders The Pretenders 14 Permanent Waves Rush 18 Just Testing Wishbone Ash Metamatic John Foxx Debut21 True Colours Split Enz New Zealand28 Love Stinks The J. Geils Band Terminal Jive Sparks 30 Air Pocket Roger Powell ? God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners Robert Fripp No Place to Run UFO Malice in Wonderland Nazareth https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/577/mode/2up The Great Rock Discography 1995 577 9780862415419 Strong Martin Charles Canongate Press Is This Real? Wipers The Return of the Durutti Column The Durutti Column Sheer Greed Girl Short Stories Jon and Vangelis Sit Down and Talk to Me Lou Rawls Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits Aksak Maboul February DayAlbumArtistNotes4 End of the Century Ramones 5 Boys Don't Cry The Cure Compilation7 Sugarhill Gang The Sugarhill Gang 12 Bryan Adams Bryan Adams 14 Bebe le Strange Heart Lady T Teena Marie 15 Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School Warren Zevon ...But the Little Girls Understand The Knack Earth & Sky Graham Nash Get Happy!! Elvis Costello Metal for Muthas Various Artists Protect The Innocent Rachel Sweet Too Much Pressure The Selecter 2 February 1980 More Selecter https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/80/Record-Mirror-1980-02-02.pdf Record Mirror 5 20 May 202222 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Sheep Farming in Barnet Toyah Expanded reissue of 1979 EP25 Against the Wind Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Warm Thoughts Smokey Robinson 27 Remorse Code Desperate Bicycles 29 Departure Journey https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Journey#search_section RIAA certifications Recording Industry Association of America ? 1980 Gil Scott Heron After Dark Andy Gibb Argybargy Squeeze Colossal Youth Young Marble Giants Mad Love Linda Ronstadt Martin Rev Martin Rev Soldier Iggy Pop Supercharged Tavares Survivor Survivor That's What You Get Babe Kevin Ayers Willie Nile Willie Nile March DayAlbumArtistNotes3 Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway Lost in Love Air Supply Australia7 Coal Miner's Daughter Various Artists Soundtrack Nobody's Heroes Stiff Little Fingers The Psychedelic Furs The Psychedelic Furs 12 Glass Houses Billy Joel 14 On Through the Night Def Leppard Debut Released Patti LaBelle 15 Half-Mute Tuxedomoon 17 Let's Get Serious Jermaine Jackson 18 Dreams Grace Slick 21 For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? The Pop Group 24 Keepin' the Summer Alive The Beach Boys Rarities The Beatles US Compilation26 Naughty Chaka Khan One Eighty Ambrosia Women and Children First Van Halen Welcome To The Club Ian Hunter 28 Duke Genesis Look Hear? 10cc 31 Animal Magnetism Scorpions ? Conquest Uriah Heep Progressions of Power Triumph Sequel Harry Chapin Feel the Heat The Radiators Frantic City Teenage Head Let the Music Do the Talking The Joe Perry Project Sacred Songs Daryl Hall Suddenly The Sports Reaching For Tomorrow Switch Somebody's Waiting Anne Murray April DayAlbumArtistNotes3 Wheels of Steel Saxon The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits Boney M. Compilation The Barbara Dickson Album Barbara Dickson 4 Light Up the Night Brothers Johnson 11 Iron Maiden Iron Maiden Debut British Steel Judas Priest https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/1099-1648-2 British Steel certification Snakes and Ladders Gerry Rafferty The Unknown Soldier Roy Harper 14 Dolly, Dolly, Dolly Dolly Parton 16 Just One Night Eric Clapton Live18 Heaven and Hell Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath Online https://www.black-sabbath.com/discography/blacksabbath/heavenandhell/ 2022-10-24 www.black-sabbath.com Seventeen Seconds The Cure Solo in Soho Phil Lynott Sky 2 Sky Holiday '80 The Human League EP Power The Temptations 21 Empty Glass Pete Townshend Hypnotised The Undertones 24 Cameosis Cameo 26 Los Angeles X 28 Flush the Fashion Alice Cooper Go to Heaven Grateful Dead 30 Roses in the Snow Emmylou Harris ? The Golden Years Motörhead EPStrong Martin Charles https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/567/mode/2up 567 Great Rock discography 1995 Canongate Press 978-0-86241-541-9 The Boys Light Up Australian Crawl Crash and Burn Pat Travers Band Crazy Rhythms The Feelies In the US. 2/29/80 in UK Give 'Em Hell Witchfynde Growing Up in Public Lou Reed Lookin' for Trouble Toronto Marauder Magnum Live Middle Man Boz Scaggs Ska 'n' B Bad Manners Strange Boutique The Monochrome Set Tommy Tutone Tommy Tutone Waters Edge Sweet May DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Tangram Tangerine Dream 5 Totale's Turns The Fall 9 Bass Culture Linton Kwesi Johnson Warm Leatherette Grace Jones 16 McCartney II Paul McCartney Freedom of Choice Devo 20 Unmasked Kiss 22 Diana Diana Ross 23 Ready an' Willing Whitesnake https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ BPI certifications for Whitesnake BPI August 6, 2023 February 5, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210205223425/https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ dead Flesh and Blood Roxy Music 21 at 33 Elton John Travelogue The Human League The Up Escalator Graham Parker I Just Can't Stop It The Beat 28 Tight Shoes Foghat 30 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel Third AlbumMic Smith Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (1980 album) Peter Gabriel 2002 1 booklet Real World Box, Wiltshire, UK? Can't Stop the Music Village People Soundtrack The Correct Use of Soap Magazine Bad Reputation Joan Jett Self-titled album released in 1980. Re-released as Bad Reputation in Jan 1981 New Clear Days The Vapors Music Man Waylon Jennings Quicksand Shoes Streetheart Songs the Lord Taught Us The Cramps Space Race Mi-Sex Sportscar Judie Tzuke Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev Suicide The Tale of the Tape Billy Squier Three Mantras Cabaret Voltaire Young and Restless Prism Woman Love Burton Cummings June DayAlbumArtistNotes2 Found All the Parts Cheap Trick EP I'm a Rebel Accept Romance Dance Kim Carnes 4 East Cold Chisel One for the Road The Kinks Live6 The Blue Meaning Toyah 10 Uprising Bob Marley & The Wailers 13 Crashes The Records Defector Steve Hackett 16 Come Upstairs Carly Simon 20 The Blues Brothers Various Artists Soundtrack Rise Up Peter Frampton Brazil23 Emotional Rescue The Rolling Stones Saved Bob Dylan 24 Hold Out Jackson Browne 25 Huey Lewis and the News Huey Lewis and the News 27 Xanadu Olivia Newton-John and ELO Soundtrack30 Demolition Girlschool Debut The Game Queen Metal Rendez-vous Krokus Real People Chic ? Live at Last Black Sabbath Live 1973 Danger Zone Sammy Hagar Cultösaurus Erectus Blue Öyster Cult Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys The Art of Walking Pere Ubu Chipmunk Punk The Chipmunks Breaking Silence James Freud and the Radio Stars Dark Room The Angels "The Dugites" The Dugites Heroes Commodores Endangered Species Klaatu I've Got Something to Say David Allan Coe Scream Dream Ted Nugent Tomcattin' Blackfoot Two Bit Monsters John Hiatt Urban Cowboy Various Artists Soundtrack July DayAlbumArtistNotes1 John Anderson John Anderson 4 Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple Deep Purple Compilation There & Back Jeff Beck 11 Vienna Ultravox Head On Samson Searching for the Young Soul Rebels Dexys Midnight Runners 15 Back on the Streets Donnie Iris 16 Garden of Love Rick James 18 Closer Joy Division Crocodiles Echo & the Bunnymen Full Moon Charlie Daniels Band Honeysuckle Rose Willie Nelson Soundtrack Live Seventy Nine Hawkwind No Night So Long Dionne Warwick 21 Chicago XIV Chicago 25 Back in Black AC/DC TP Teddy Pendergrass 28 Zapp Zapp 29 Voices Hall & Oates ? Rave On Artful Dodger Wild Cat Tygers of Pan Tang https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/850/mode/2up The Great Rock Discography 1995 850 9780862415419 Strong Martin Charles Canongate Press Espresso Bongo Mental As Anything Hot on the One James Brown Live Playing for Keeps Eddie Money Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere Rossington Collins Band Sinsemilla Black Uhuru The Voice of America Cabaret Voltaire Seeds of Change Kerry Livgren August DayAlbumArtistNotes1 The Affectionate Punch Associates Kaleidoscope Siouxsie & the Banshees Special Things The Pointer Sisters 4 Porter & Dolly Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton What's the Word The Fabulous Thunderbirds 5 Crimes of Passion Pat Benatar 8 Glory Road Gillan https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ BPI certifications BPI August 6, 2023 February 5, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210205223425/https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ dead Give Me the Night George Benson 11 Love Lives Forever Minnie Riperton 12 One-Trick Pony Paul Simon 13 S.O.S. The S.O.S. Band 14 Give Love at Christmas The Temptations Christmas15 Alibi America Hats Off Step Lively Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons Panorama The Cars 18 No More Dirty Deals Johnny Van Zant 20 24 Carrots Al Stewart 21 Black Rose Cher 22 Drama Yes Living in a Fantasy Leo Sayer 27 Wild Planet The B-52's 29 The Michael Schenker Group Michael Schenker Group Debut A Jethro Tull Signing Off UB40 ? Common One Van Morrison Doc at the Radar Station Captain Beefheart Gamma 2 Gamma Jealous Again Black Flag EP Loverboy Loverboy Debut Neutronica Donovan Off the Coast of Me Kid Creole and the Coconuts Reach for the Sky The Allman Brothers Band The Swing of Delight Carlos Santana Toy Love Toy Love September DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Change of Address The Shadows I'm No Hero Cliff Richard Audio-Visions Kansas Especially for You Cilla Black https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/2085-3615-2 BPI2 Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Dead Kennedys 5 Telekon Gary Numan Waiting for a Miracle Comsat Angels 8 Never for Ever Kate Bush I Am What I Am George Jones Out of Control Peter Criss Times Square Various Artists Soundtrack9 Heartattack and Vine Tom Waits 12 Blizzard of Ozz Ozzy Osbourne UK Black Sea XTC Empires and Dance Simple Minds Hanx! Stiff Little Fingers Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) David Bowie 15 Nothin' Matters and What If It Did John Cougar 17 Oingo Boingo Oingo Boingo EP One Step Closer The Doobie Brothers 19 The Absolute Game Skids White Spirit White Spirit More Specials The Specials 23 Greatest Hits Kenny Rogers Compilation Guilty Barbra Streisand 24 Deface the Music Utopia 25 Rita Lee Rita Lee 26 Paris Supertramp Live Absolutely Madness Clues Robert Palmer Triumph The Jacksons 29 Carnaval Spyro Gyra Celebrate! Kool & the Gang Hotter than July Stevie Wonder Kurtis Blow Kurtis Blow 30 Aretha Aretha Franklin ? Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits Andy Gibb Audio-Visions Kansas Beatin' the Odds Molly Hatchet Kenny Loggins Alive Kenny Loggins Live Mr. Hands Herbie Hancock Rev Up The Rezillos as The Revillos Shadows and Light Joni Mitchell Live October DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Group Sex Circle Jerks 2 New Hope for the Wretched Plasmatics3 Zenyatta Mondatta The Police Lightning to the Nations Diamond Head Debut Universal Juveniles Max Webster 6 Feel Me Cameo 8 Dirty Mind Prince Remain in Light Talking Heads10 Chance Manfred Mann's Earth Band Chinatown Thin Lizzy Beat Crazy Joe Jackson 4 October 1980 Joe's Beat https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/80/Record-Mirror-1980-10-04.pdf Record Mirror 3 10 September 2022 Icehouse Icehouse as Flowers Kilimanjaro The Teardrop Explodes 13 INXS INXSDebut Avoid Freud Rough Trade Grace and Danger John Martyn 14 Faces Earth, Wind & Fire15 Solid Pleasure Yello Debut17 Making Movies Dire Straits The River Bruce Springsteen Levitation Hawkwind Just Supposin' Status Quo Love Zombies The Monochrome Set 20 Boy U2 The Wanderer Donna Summer22 Rockabilly Blues Johnny Cash 24 Stage Struck Rory Gallagher Live Organisation Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark All Shook Up Cheap Trick27 Drugstore Dancer Streetheart31 Ace of Spades Motörhead QE2 Mike Oldfield Dig It Klaus Schulze? Killing Joke Killing Joke Debut Black Market Clash The Clash 10" mini LP/US & Canada Stagefright Witchfynde Borderline Ry Cooder Commercial Album The Residents A-Z Colin Newman The Concert Creedence Clearwater Revival Live 1970 Explorer Suite New England Keeping Our Love Warm Captain & Tennille - More George Thorogood and the Destroyers George Thorogood and the Destroyers The Numbers The Numbers On the Edge The Babys Seconds of Pleasure Rockpile The Skill The Sherbs The Witch of Berkeley A II Z Live Yellow EP Gang of Four EPGreener PosturesSnakefinger November DayAlbumArtistNotes3 The Black Album The Damned Live...in the Heart of the City Whitesnake Live Super Trouper ABBA Hawks & Doves Neil Young Slade Smashes! Slade Compilation7 Gentlemen Take Polaroids Japan In the Flat Field Bauhaus Debut The Turn of a Friendly Card The Alan Parsons Project Song of Seven Jon Anderson Strong Arm of the Law Saxon https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/719/mode/1up?q=Saxon&view=theater The Great Rock Discography 1995 719 9780862415419 Strong Martin Charles Canongate Press Eagles Live Eagles Live Divine Madness Bette Midler Live Kings of the Wild Frontier Adam and the Ants The Official Secrets Act M 10 The Jazz Singer Neil Diamond Soundtrack Your Cassette Pet Bow Wow Wow Debut11 Greatest Hits Aerosmith Compilation12 Ultra Wave Bootsy Collins 14 Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Motörhead EP Visage Visage Debut15 Clara Crocodio Arrigo Barnabé17 Double Fantasy John Lennon & Yoko Ono Grotesque The Fall 19 Barry Barry Manilow 21 Foolish Behaviour Rod Stewart Gaucho Steely Dan Hi Infidelity REO Speedwagon 24 Yesshows Yes Live 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs Dolly Parton Bird Noises Midnight Oil EP26 Autoamerican Blondie 28 Laughter Ian Dury & The Blockheads Sound Affects The Jam Toyah! Toyah Live? Alphabravocharliedeltaechofoxtrotgolf Models The Birthday Party The Boys Next Door (pre-Birthday Party) Five Great Gift Ideas from The Reels The Reels EP Jeopardy The Sound Loonee Tunes! Bad Manners Stone Jam Slave This Is My Dream Switch Taking Liberties Elvis Costello Compilation December DayAlbumArtistNotes5 Live Fleetwood Mac Live Made in America The Blues Brothers Live The Paris Collection Dollar Trombipulation Parliament 8 Flash Gordon Queen Soundtrack Replay Crosby, Stills & Nash 10 Dream, After Dream Journey Soundtrack12 Sandinista! The Clash 26 Stand in the Fire Warren Zevon Live29 Arc of a Diver Steve Winwood 22 November 1980 Winwood LP https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/80/Record-Mirror-1980-11-22.pdf Record Mirror 4 19 August 2022? Angel Witch Angel Witch Debut The Decline of Western Civilization Various Artists Soundtrack I've Always Wanted to Do This Jack Bruce Love Uprising Tavares National Breakout The Romantics Shades of Blue Lou Rawls Release date unknown 80/81 – Pat Metheny 100 M.P.H. – Vardis Acnalbasac Noom – Slapp Happy Acting My Age - Graduate Another String of Hot Hits – The Shadows Army Life – The Exploited The Audience with Betty Carter – Betty Carter Authority Stealing – Fela Kuti Autumn – George Winston Baby's Got a Gun – The Only Ones The Beginning – Midnight Star Between a Hard Place and the Ground – Mike Bloomfield Blue Angel – Blue Angel The Brains – The Brains Breaking Glass – Hazel O'Connor – Soundtrack Brother Ray is at it Again – Ray Charles Bunny Wailer Sings the Wailers – Bunny Wailer Butcher Baby (EP) – Plasmatics Camellia III and Camellia IV – Ebiet G. Ade Caught You – Steel Pulse Cognac & Bologna – Doug and the Slugs Colours (Resurrection Band album) – Resurrection Band Chas Jankel – Chaz Jankel A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970 to 1980 – REO Speedwagon – Compilation Dome 1 – Dome Drastic Measures – 7 Seconds – cassette Dub Disco – Bunny Wailer Eje Nlogba – King Sunny Ade Empire Strikes Back Soundtrack – John Williams – Soundtrack Exploited Barmy Army – The Exploited The First, the Best and the Last – Sham 69 Framed – Asleep at the Wheel Gap Band III – The Gap Band The Game – Sham 69 Getting a Head – Bob Ostertag Gideon – Kenny Rogers Glass House Rock – Greg Kihn Good News – Sweet Honey in the Rock Gravity – Fred Frith Greatest Hits – Rita Coolidge Gyrate – Pylon Hail H.I.M. – Burning Spear Happy Woman Blues – Lucinda Williams Heathen Earth – Throbbing Gristle Hideaway – David Sanborn Hold On – Carolyne Mas Humans – Bruce Cockburn I Believe – The Buzzcocks Ikite Itemo Iidesuka – Miyuki Nakajima Immer nur träumen – Die Flippers In Concert, Zürich October 28, 1979 – Chick Corea and Gary Burton Inside Job – Dion DiMucci Inside My Brain – Angry Samoans The Inside Story – Robben Ford Invasion – Manilla Road Iron Curtain Innocence – Bobb Trimble It's What's Inside That Counts – Critical Mass Jane from Occupied Europe – Swell Maps The Jealous Kind – Delbert McClinton Joy and Pain – Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Just Like That – Toots & the Maytals Kano – Kano Little Stevie Orbit – Steve Forbert ...Live... – Klaus Schulze – Live Live at Last – Good Rats Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 – Oscar Peterson Live in der Balver Höhle – Piirpauke Live in Vienna – Cluster & Farnbauer Living Dub Vol. 2 – Burning Spear LKJ in Dub – Linton Kwesi Johnson The Long Riders – Ry Cooder Looking at Bird – Archie Shepp The Lord Will Make a Way – Al Green Lose It Tonight – Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen Love Approach – Tom Browne Love Crimes – Harlequin Love in Exile – Eddy Grant Love Sensation – Loleatta Holloway Maestra Vida: Primera Parte – Ruben Blades Make a Little Magic – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Me Myself I – Joan Armatrading Mekons – The Mekons Memento z banalnym tryptykiem – SBB Michael Franks with Crossfire Live – Michael Franks Merzbild Schwet – Nurse With Wound Ming – David Murray Octet Monster – Herbie Hancock Music of Many Colors – Fela Kuti with Roy Ayers A Musical Affair – Ashford and Simpson My Babe – Roy Buchanan Never Alone – Amy Grant Night Passage – Weather Report Now We May Begin – Randy Crawford Nurds – The Roches One Bad Habit – Michael Franks Operation Radication – Yellowman Ori Mi Ja Fun Mi – King Sunny Ade Paranoid Time (EP) – Minutemen Paul Davis – Paul Davis Penguin Eggs – Nic Jones People – James Brown Permanent Wave – John Hartford, The Dillards The Personal Touch – Oscar Peterson Play – Magazine Play Me or Trade Me – Parlet Popo – Art Pepper and Shorty Rogers Pucker Up – Lipps Inc. Quintet '80 – David Grisman Rastakraut Pasta – Moebius & Plank Real Eyes – Gil Scott Heron Red Exposure – Chrome Reflections – Chet Atkins Répression – Trust Roky Erickson and the Aliens – Roky Erickson and the Aliens Running for My Life – Judy Collins Sails of Silver – Steeleye Span San Antonio Blues – Willie Nelson with Ray Price Selbstportrait – Vol. II – Hans-Joachim Roedelius Selbstportrait Vol. III "Reise durch Arcadien" – Hans-Joachim Roedelius Snap Crackle and Bop – John Cooper Clarke Sneak Me In – Lucifer's Friend Social Studies – Carla Bley Snockgrass – Michael Hurley Something Better Change – D.O.A. Soul Syndrome – James Brown Special People – Andrew Cyrille Spellbound – Dennis Brown Storm Windows – John Prine Sweat Band – Sweat Band Take It Easy Baby – Buckwheat Zydeco Tears and Laughter – Johnny Mathis Tennis – Chris Rea This Ain't Hollywood – DeGarmo and Key This Time – Al Jarreau To the Quiet Men from a Tiny Girl – Nurse With Wound Touch – Touch Trilogy: Past Present Future – Frank Sinatra Truth Decay – T-Bone Burnett Two – GQ Two Miles from Heaven – Mott the Hoople – Compilation Up-Front – The Fleshtones Wall of Voodoo – Wall of Voodoo We Are...Every One of Us – Sweet Honey in the Rock When Two Worlds Collide – Jerry Lee Lewis Where Are All the Nice Girls? - Any Trouble Who's Been Talking – The Robert Cray Band The Woman I Loved So Well - Planxty Yes! Jesus Loves Me – John Fahey You and Me at Home – John Hartford Zydeco Gris Gris – BeauSoleil Awards BBC Young Musician of the Year: Nicholas Daniel, oboist Boy Edgar Award: Rein de Graaff 1980 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest 1980 Grammy Awards of 1980 Harriet Cohen International Music Award 22nd Japan Record Awards Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1980. # Artist Title Year Country Chart entries 1 Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall (part 2) 1979 UK 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, Republic of Ireland 1 – Dec 1979, Poland 1 of all time, US CashBox 3 of 1980, Netherlands 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 Barbra Streisand Woman in Love 1980 US UK 1 – Oct 1980, US BB 1 – Sep 1980, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1980, Sweden (alt) 1 – Oct 1980, Austria 1 – Dec 1980, Switzerland 1 – Oct 1980, Norway 1 – Nov 1980, Germany 1 – Jan 1981, Republic of Ireland 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 3 John Lennon (Just Like) Starting Over 1980 UK 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 4 Diana Ross Upside Down 1980 US 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, Netherlands 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 5 Blondie Call Me 1980 US UK 1 - Apr 1980 (14 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Feb 1980 (25 weeks), US BB 1 of 1980, Record World 1 - 1980, ARC 1 of 1980 (peak 1 19 weeks), Canada 1 - Mar 1980 (15 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - May 1980, Top Song of 1980 of the Billboard 50th list, US CashBox 2 of 1980, WABC NY 2 of 1980, US Radio 2 of 1980 (peak 1 16 weeks), Norway 2 - May 1980 (15 weeks), Springbok 2 - Jul 1980 (15 weeks), Golden Globe in 1980 (film 'American Gigolo') (Nominated), Sweden (alt) 3 - May 1980 (20 weeks), France 3 - May 1980 (3 weeks), Switzerland 3 - May 1980 (15 weeks), Canada 3 of 1980, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Apr 1980), Austria 6 - Jun 1980 (3 months), France (SNEP) 7 - Jun 1980 (2 months), Holland 9 - May 1980 (7 weeks), Switzerland 9 of 1980, Belgium 9 - May 1980 (9 weeks), D.Marsh 10 of 1980, nuTsie 12 of 1980s, ODK Germany 14 - May 1980 (20 weeks), Germany 16 - May 1980 (3 months), Australia 19 of 1980, Scrobulate 37 of 80s, Brazil 41 of 1980, POP 42 of 1980, Billboard 50th song 44, Italy 52 of 1980, 55th Billboard 100 52 (1980), Billboard100 54, Holland free40 78 of 1980, France (InfoDisc) 155 of the 1980s (peak 4, 25 weeks, 348k sales estimated, 1980), Rolling Stone 283, OzNet 460, Acclaimed 554 (1980), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Apr 1980), RYM 23 of 1980 US and UK and Japan #1 hit singles (in chronological order) US #1 singles and artist(weeks at #1) "Please Don't Go" – KC and 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" – Captain & Tennille (1) "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" – Queen (4) "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" – Pink Floyd (4) "Call Me" – Blondie (6) "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" – The 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/Dreams of Children" – The Jam (3) "Working My Way Back to You" – Detroit Spinners (2) "Call Me" – Blondie (1) "Geno" – Dexys 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) Japanese Oricon #1 singles and artist(weeks at #1) "Ihojin" – Saki Kubota (4 weeks in 1979 + 3 weeks in 1980) "Daitokai ja 大都会 (曲)" – Crystal King (6) "Okuru Kotoba ja 贈る言葉" – Kaientai (folk group) Kaientai ja 海援隊 (フォークグループ) (6) "Runaway (Chanels song) Runaway ja ランナウェイ (シャネルズの曲)" – Chanels (7) "Dancing All Night ja ダンシング・オールナイト" – Yoshinori Monta Monta & Brothers ja もんたよしのり (10) "Junko / Namida no Serenade ja 順子/涙のセレナーデ" – Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi (6) "Hatto Shite! Good ja ハッとして!Good" – Toshihiko Tahara (2) "Kaze wa Aki Iro / Eighteen ja 風は秋色/Eighteen" – Seiko Matsuda (5) "I'm In the Mood for Dancing" (Japanese title: "Dancing Sister" ダンシング・シスター) – The Nolans (3) "Koibito yo ja 恋人よ (五輪真弓の曲)" – Mayumi Itsuwa (3) "Sneaker Blues ja スニーカーぶる〜す" – Masahiko Kondō (2 weeks in 1980 + 3 weeks in 1981) Top 40 Chart hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s) "(Just Like) Starting Over" John Lennon November 1980 1 1 1 (8 countries) See chart performance entry "A Forest" The Cure March 1980 n/a 31 20 (Belgium) 26 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 100]) - 38 (New Zealand) - 47 (U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs) "Against The Wind" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band April 1980 5 n/a 5 (US) 6 (Canada) - 8 (U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks) - 30 (Belgium) - 92 (Australia) "Ah! Leah!" Donnie Iris October 1980 29 n/a 6 (Canada) 19 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock) - 22 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 34 (Australia) "All Out Of Love" Air Supply February 1980 2 11 2 (Canada, US) See chart performance entry "An American Dream" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band January 1980 13 n/a 3 (Canada, Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) See chart entry performance "Amigo" Black Slate September 1980 n/a 9 9 (UK, New Zealand) See chart performance entry "Amoureux solitaires" Lio October 1980 n/a n/a 1 (Italy) 3 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 4 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 6 (Austria) - 11 (West Germany) - 14 (Belgium) "Another One Bites the Dust" Queen August 1980 1 7 1 (Canada, Israel, Spain, United States) See chart performance entry "Antmusic" Adam and the Ants November 1980 n/a 2 1 (Australia) See chart performance entry "Army Dreamers" Kate Bush September 1980 n/a 16 2 (Israel) 14 (Ireland) - 25 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 36 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) "Ashes To Ashes" David Bowie August 1980 n/a 1 1 (UK) See chart performance entry "Babooshka" Kate Bush June 1980 n/a 5 2 (Australia) See chart performance entry "Back Together Again" Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway May 1980 56 3 3 (UK) 6 (U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs) - 8 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) "Baggy Trousers" Madness September 1980 n/a 3 3 (UK, New Zealand) See chart entry performance "Banana Republic" The Boomtown Rats November 1980 n/a 3 3 (Germany, Ireland, Norway, UK) See chart entry performance "Bankrobber" The Clash August 1980 n/a 12 12 (United Kingdom) 14 (Ireland, New Zealand) "Biggest Part of Me" Ambrosia March 1980 3 n/a 3 (US) 1 (Radio & Records) - 3 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 18 (Canadian RPM Top Singles) - 30 (New Zealand) - 35 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) "Boulevard" Jackson Browne June 1980 19 n/a 4 (Canada) 13 (U.S. Billboard Cash Box Top 100) "Brass in Pocket" The Pretenders January 1980 14 1 1 (Ireland, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry 1979 overlap "Breakdown Dead Ahead" Boz Scaggs March 1980 15 n/a 8 (Canada) 12 (U.S. Cahs Box Top 100) - 65 (Australia) "Breaking the Law" Judas Priest May 1980 n/a 12 12 (United Kingdom) 19 (Ireland) "Can't Help Myself" Flowers June 1980 n/a n/a 10 (Australia) 29 (New Zealand) - 50 (U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs) "Can't Stop the Music" Village People April 1980 n/a 11 1 (Australia, South Africa) See chart performance entry "Coming Up" Paul McCartney April 1980 1 2 1 (Canada, United States) 2 (Australia, New Zealand) - 2 (U.S. Cashbox Top 100) - 48 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) "Cruisin'" Smokey RobinsonApril 1980 4 n/a 1 (New Zealand) 1 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 4 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 34 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 66 (Canada) - 70 (Australia) "Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time" The Spinners July 1980 4 4 4 (UK) 5 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) "Desire" Andy Gibb January 1980 4 n/a 4 See chart performance entry "Don't Ask Me Why" Billy Joel July 1980 19 n/a 4 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Don't Do Me Like That" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers January 1980 10 n/a 3 (Canada) 7 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 17 (New Zealand) "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes March 1980 4 n/a 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Dreamin'" Cliff Richard September 1980 10 8 1 (Denmark) See chart performance entry "Drivin' My Life Away" Eddie Rabbitt June 1980 5 n/a 5 (United States) See chart performance entry "Duncan" Slim Dusty November 1980 n/a n/a 1 (Australia) 7 (New Zealand) "Echo Beach" Martha and the Muffins February 1980 n/a 10 5 (Canada) 6 (Australia) - 11 (Ireland) "Emotional Rescue" The Rolling Stones June 1980 3 9 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" The Korgis May 1980 18 5 1 (France) See chart performance entry "Fame" Irene Cara May 1980 4 1 1 (5 countries) See chart performance entry "Fashion" David Bowie October 1980 70 5 5 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Fire Lake" Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band January 1980 6 n/a 3 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Funkytown" Lipps Inc. March 1980 1 2 1 (14 countries) See chart performance entry "Games Without Frontiers" Peter Gabriel February 1980 48 4 3 (Ireland) 7 (Canada) - 44 (Australia) - 60 (U.S. Cashbox Top 100) "Generals and Majors XTC August 1980 104 32 16 (New Zealand) 24 (Australia) - 28 (U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks) - 92 (Canada) "Geno" Dexy's Midnight Runners March 1980 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) 2 (Ireland) - 44 (Australia) "Give Me the Night" George Benson June 1980 4 7 3 (France) See chart performance entry "Going Underground"/"Dreams of Children" The Jam March 1980 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) 18 (Sweden) - 28 (New Zealand) - 50 (Australia) "He's So Shy" The Pointer Sisters July 1980 3 n/a 1 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry "Hey!" Julio Iglesias 1980 n/a 31 1 (Spain) 24 (Ireland) - 56 (Australia) "Him" Rupert Holmes January 1980 6 31 4 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" Pat Benatar September 1980 9 n/a 9 (United States) 7 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 10 (Canada) - 33 (Australia) "Hungry Heart" Bruce Springsteen October 1980 5 44 5 (Canada, United States) See chart performance entry "Hurt So Bad" Linda Ronstadt March 1980 8 n/a 8 (United States) 17 (Canada) - 25 (U.S. Billboard Adult contemporary) - 37 (Canadian RPM charts) - 43 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) "I Can't Tell You Why" Eagles February 1980 8 n/a 5 (Canada) 2 (Canada Adult Contemporary) - 3 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 11 (New Zealand) - 49 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) "I Die: You Die" Gary Numan August 1980 102 6 6 (United Kingdom) 16 (Ireland) "I Got You" Split Enz January 1980 53 12 1 (Australia, Israel, New Zealand) 13 (Canada) - 19 (Ireland) - 50 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) "I Hope I Never" Split Enz May 1980 n/a n/a 18 (Australia) 30 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 33 (New Zealand) "I Made It Through the Rain" Barry Manilow November 1980 10 37 10 (United States) 4 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 18 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 20 (Ireland) "I Pledge My Love" Peaches & Herb January 1980 19 n/a 1 (New Zealand) 23 (Canada) - 25 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 33 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 37 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) "I Wanna Be Your Lover" Prince January 1980 11 41 3 (New Zealand) 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 2 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs) "I Want To Be Straight" Ian Dury & The Blockheads August 1980 n/a 22 18 (Australia) n/a "Il jouait du piano debout" France Gall 1980 n/a n/a 2 (France) 22 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 26 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])"It's Hard to Be Humble" Mac Davis March 1980 43 27 3 (New Zealand) 4 (Canada RPM Country) - 9 (Australia) - 10 (U.S. Billboard Country) - 14 (Canada) - 35 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100)"Johnny and Mary" Robert Palmer September 1980 n/a 44 1 (Spain) See chart performance entry"Killer on the Loose" Thin Lizzy September 1980 n/a 10 5 (Ireland) n/a "King" / "Food for Thought" UB40 February 1980 n/a 4 1 (New Zealand) 10 (Ireland) - 36 (Australia) - 46 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) "Let My Love Open The Door" Pete Townshend June 1980 9 46 5 (Canada) 11 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 82 (Australia) "Let's Get Serious" Jermaine Jackson March 1980 9 n/a 9 (United States) 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 2 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play) - 24 (Australia) "Little Jeannie" Elton John May 1980 3 33 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Longer" Dan Fogelberg January 1980 2 59 2 (United States) See chart performance entry "Looking for Clues" Robert Palmer November 1980 105 33 3 (Germany) See chart performance entry "Lost In Love" Air Supply January 1980 3 n/a 3 (New Zealand, United States) 1 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) - 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 2 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 4 (Canada RPM Top Singles) - 10 (France) - 13 (Australia) "Love Will Tear Us Apart" Joy Division June 1980 n/a 13 1 (New Zealand) 1 (UK Indie Singles Chart) - 26 (Australia) - 42 (U.S. Billboard Disco Top 100) "Master Blaster (Jammin')" Stevie Wonder September 1980 5 2 (6 countries) See chart performance entry "Misunderstanding" Genesis May 1980 14 42 1 (Canada) 14 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 32 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) "More Love" Kim Carnes June 1980 10 n/a 10 (United States) 6 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 7 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) - 9 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 13 (Canada) - 46 (Australia) "More Than I Can Say" Leo Sayer October 1980 2 2 1 (Australia) 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 2 (Ireland, South Africa) - 3 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 5 (New Zealand) - 7 (Canada) "Me Myself I" Joan Armatrading June 1980 n/a 21 13 (Ireland) 13 (South Africa) - 14 (New Zealand) - 24 (Australia) - 38 (Netherlands [Single Top 100)] "My Perfect Cousin" The Undertones March 1980 n/a 9 9 (United Kingdom) 9 (Ireland) "Never Knew Love Like This Before" Stephanie Mills August 1980 6 4 1 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) See chart performance entry "Off the Wall" Michael Jackson February 1980 10 7 4 (Norway) See chart performance entry "On and On and On" ABBA September 1980 90 n/a 7 (France) 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs) - 1 (Australia) - 9 (Australia) - 24 (Japan) "On the Radio" Donna Summer January 1980 5 32 2 (Canada) See chart performance entry "One Step Ahead" Split Enz November 1980 n/a n/a 5 (Australia) 17 (Canada) - 104 (U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles) "People" Mi-Sex March 1980 n/a n/a 3 (New Zealand) 6 (Australia) "Pilot of the Airwaves" Charlie Dore February 1980 13 66 3 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Private Idaho" The B-52's October 1980 74 n/a 11 (Australia) 5 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play) - 78 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) "Real Love" The Doobie Brothers August 1980 5 n/a 5 (United States) 7 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 10 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 12 (Canada) - 15 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) - 53 (Australia) "Rat Race" The Specials May 1980 n/a 5 17 (Ireland) 89 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs) "Refugee" Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers January 1980 15 n/a 2 (Canada) 3 (New Zealand) - 11 (U.S. Cash Top Box 100) - 23 (Belgium) - 24 (Australia) - 24 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) "Ride Like The Wind" Christopher Cross February 1980 2 69 2 (United Kingdom) 3 (Canada) - 24 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 31 (New Zealand) "Running Free" Iron Maiden February 1980 n/a 34 34 (United Kingdom) 35 (New Zealand) "Santa Maria" Roland Kaiser June 1980 n/a n/a 1 (Germany, Netherlands) n/a "Sara" Fleetwood Mac January 1980 7 37 7 (United States) See chart performance entry "Sexy Eyes" Dr. Hook January 1980 5 4 1 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry "Shaddap You Face" Joe Dolce October 1980 53 1 1 (9 countries) See chart performance entry "She's Out of My Life" Michael Jackson April 1980 10 3 3 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Shining Star" The Manhattans February 1980 5 45 2 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry "So Long" Fischer-Z March 1980 n/a 72 5 ( Portugal) 12 (Netherlands) - 14 ( Belgium) - 15 (Australia) "The Spirit of Radio" Rush February 1980 51 13 13 (United Kingdom) 22 (Canada) "Steal Away" Robbie Dupree April 1980 6 n/a 6 (United States) 2 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) - 5 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 14 (Canada) - 24 (Australia) - 85 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) "Stomp!" The Brothers Johnson February 1980 7 6 1 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry "Stop the Cavalry" Jona Lewie December 1980 n/a 3 1 (Austria, France) See chart performance entry "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" The S.O.S. Band March 1980 3 51 3 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry "Talk of the Town" The Pretenders April 1980 n/a 8 8 (United Kingdom) 14 (Ireland) - 24 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 55 (Australia) "This Is It" Kenny Loggins January 1980 11 n/a 9 (Canada) 8 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 9 (Canada) - 16 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) - 17 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 19 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 26 (Netherlands [Dutch top 40]) - 35 (New Zealand) - 85 (Australia) "Tired of Toein' the Line" Rocky Burnette May 1980 8 58 1 (Australia) 3 (New Zealand, South Africa) - 4 (Canada) - 6 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 9 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) - 39 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) "Total Control" The Motels March 1980 n/a n/a 7 (Australia) 9 (US Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100) - 11 (New Zealand) - 19 (France) "Too Hot" Kool & the Gang January 1980 5 23 5 (United States) 3 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 5 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs) - 7 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 11 (U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks) - 18 (Canada) "Touch and Go" The Cars August 1980 37 n/a 16 (Canada) 38 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Singles) - 42 (New Zealand) - 62 (Australia) "Turn It On Again" Genesis March 1980 58 8 8 (Italy, United Kingdom) 12 (Ireland) - 32 (France) - 38 (Netherlands) - 49 (Canada) - 55 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) "Turning Japanese" The Vapors January 1980 36 3 1 (Australia) See chart performance entry "Upside Down" Diana Ross June 1980 1 2 1 (11 countries) See chart performance entry "The Wanderer" Donna Summer September 1980 3 48 3 (Canada) See chart performance entry "We Are Glass" Gary Numan May 1980 n/a 5 5 (United Kingdom, Israel) 9 (Ireland) - 15 (Australia) - 42 (New Zealand) "We Can Get Together" Flowers September 1980 62 n/a 16 (Australia) 36 (New Zealand) "What I Like About You" The Romantics January 1980 49 n/a 2 (Australia) 8 (Netherlands) - 11 (Belgium) - 53 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) "With You I'm Born Again" Billy Preston and Syreeta January 1980 4 2 2 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Woman in Love" Barbra Streisand August 1980 1 1 1 (18 countries) See chart performance entry "Xanadu" Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra June 1980 8 1 1 (10 countries) See chart performance entry "You May Be Right" Billy Joel March 1980 7 n/a 6 (Canada) 14 (South Africa) - 23 (New Zealand) - 28 (Australia) - 48 (U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks) - 60 (Japan) "You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties" Jona Lewie March 1980 n/a 16 3 (New Zealand) 21 (Australia) Number One hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Date reached number one Weeks at number one Country(s) "(Just Like) Starting Over" John Lennon 1980-10 1980-12 5 weeks 8 countries "Amoureux solitaires" Lio 1980-09 1980-10 6 weeks France, Italy "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" Pink Floyd 1979-11 1979-12 4 weeks 14 countries "Ashes to Ashes" David Bowie 1980-08 1980-08 2 weeks France, United Kingdom "Atomic" Blondie 1980-02 1980-03 2 weeks Luxembourg, United Kingdom "Brass in Pocket" The Pretenders 1979-11 1980-01 2 weeks 4 countries "Call Me" Blondie 1980-02 1980-04 6 weeks 4 countries "Can't Stop the Music" Village People 1980-05 1980-06 4 weeks Australia, South Africa "Coward of the County" Kenny Rogers 1979-11 1980-02 2 weeks Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen 1979-10 1980-02 4 weeks 4 countries "Crying" Don McLean 1980-04 1980-06 3 weeks 5 countries "Do That to Me One More Time" Captain & Tennille 1979-10 1980-02 1 week 5 countries "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes 1979-09 1979-12 3 weeks Canada, United States "Feels Like I'm in Love" Kelly Marie 1979-11 1980-09 2 weeks Denmark, United Kingdom "Fly Too High" Janis Ian 1979-09 1980-04 1 week South Africa "Funkytown" Lipps Inc. 1980-03 1980-05 4 weeks 13 countries "Geno" Dexys Midnight Runners 1980-03 1980-05 2 weeks United Kingdom "Going Underground" / "Dreams of Children" The Jam 1980-03 1980-03 3 weeks United Kingdom "I Got You" Split Enz 1980-01 1980-03 8 weeks Australia, New Zealand "Lady" Kenny Rogers 1980-09 1980-11 6 weeks United States "Little Jeannie" Elton John 1980-05 1980-07 2 weeks Canada "Magic" Olivia Newton-John 1980-05 1980-08 4 weeks Canada, United States "Misunderstanding" Genesis 1980-03 1980-08 1 week Canada "Montego Bay" Jon Stevens 1980-01 1980-01 7 weeks New Zealand "Paradise Road" Joy 1980 1980 9 weeks South Africa "Please Don't Go" KC and the Sunshine Band 1979-07 1980-01 1 week 4 countries "Sailing" Christopher Cross 1980-05 1980-08 1 week Canada, United States "Shaddap You Face" Joe Dolce 1980-10 1980-11 8 weeks 10 countries "Start!" The Jam 1980-08 1980-08 1 week United Kingdom "Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)" The Mash 1970-03 1980-05 3 weeks Ireland, United Kingdom "Sun of Jamaica" Goombay Dance Band 1979-11 1980-01 9 weeks 5 countries "Super Trouper" ABBA 1980-11 1980-11 3 weeks 6 countries "Do The Locomotion" Ritz 1979-06 1980-06 1 weeks New Zealand "The Tide Is High" Blondie 1980-10 1980-11 2 weeks 5 countries "The Winner Takes It All" ABBA 1980-07 1980-08 2 weeks 5 countries "Tired of Toein' the Line" Rocky Burnette 1979-11 1980-06 1 weeks Argentina, Australia "Together We Are Beautiful" Fern Kinney 1979-03 1980-03 1 week United Kingdom "Too Much Too Young (EP)" The Specials 1980-01 1980-02 2 weeks United Kingdom "Upside Down" Diana Ross 1980-06 1980-09 4 weeks 9 week "What's Another Year" Johnny Logan 1980-04 1980-05 2 weeks 8 countries "Working My Way Back to You" The Detroit Spinners 1979-12 1980-04 2 weeks Ireland, United Kingdom "Xanadu" Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra 1980-06 1980-07 2 weeks 11 countries "Santa Maria" Roland Kaiser 1980-06 1980-11 5 weeks Belgium, The Netherlands, West Germany "Totus Tuus" Dana 1979-11 1980-01 1 week Ireland Other Chart hit singles 30em "Ace of Spades – Motörhead (# 15 UK) "After the News" – The Reels (# 65 Australia) "The Boys Light Up" – Australian Crawl (# 22 Australia) "Cheap Wine" - Cold Chisel (# 8 Australia) "Come Around" – Mental As Anything (# 18 Australia) "Dirty Mind" – Prince (# 65 U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) "Downhearted" – Australian Crawl (# 12 Australia) "Face the Day" – The Angels (# 12 Australia) "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" – Japan (# 60 UK) "Happy House" – Siouxsie and the Banshees (# 17 UK) "High School Confidential" - Rough Trade (# 12 Canada, # 1 Canadian Content charts) "It's Only Love" - Elvis Presley (# 3 UK) "Just Keep Walking" – INXS (# 38 Australia) "Köppäbävisan" - Bengt Pegefelt (# 1 Sweden) "Let's Do Rock Steady" – The Bodysnatchers (# 22 UK) "Missing Words" – The Selecter (# 23 UK) "Modern Girl" – James Freud and the Radio Stars (# 12 Australia) "My Baby" – Cold Chisel (# 40 Australia, # 32 U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock) "No Secrets" – The Angels (# 8 Australia) "Pearlydumm" - BZN (# 1 Netherlands) "Sanctuary" – Iron Maiden (# 29 UK) "State of the Heart" - Mondo Rock (# 6 (Australia) "Strangers on a Train" – The Sports (# 22 Australia) "Space Invaders" - Player One (# 3 Australia) "Superman's Big Sister" – Ian Dury & The Blockheads (# 51 UK, # 90 Australia) "Three Minute Hero" – The Selecter (# 16 UK) "Wardance" – Killing Joke (# 50 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs ) Notable singles right|thumb|Gary Numan in 1980 Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s) "A Forest" The Cure March 1980 20 (Belgium) - 26 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 100]) - 31 (UK Singles Chart) - 38 (New Zealand) - 47 (U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs) "Another Nail in My Heart" Squeeze January 1980 10 (Irish Singles Chart) - 17 (UK Singles Chart) - 56 (Canada) "C·30 C·60 C·90 Go" b/w "Sun Sea and Piracy" Bow Wow Wow July 1980 34 (UK Singles Chart) "Freedom of Choice" Devo May 1980 8 (US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs) - 71 (Australia) - 103 (US Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100) "The Breaks" Kurtis Blow June 1980 4 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 9 (U.S. Billboard Dance chart) - 87 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100) "The Friend Catcher" The Birthday Party September 1980 21 (UK Indie Charts) "Holiday in Cambodia" The Dead Kennedys September 1980 2 (UK Indie Charts) "I Will Follow" U2 October 1980 20 (U.S. Billboard Top Tracks) - 34 (New Zealand) - 71 (Australia) Note: This single charted in 1981. "Kill the Poor" Dead Kennedys October 1980 1 (UK Indie Chart) - 49 (UK Singles Chart) "Love Will Tear Us Apart" Joy Division June 1980 1 (New Zealand) - 1 (UK Indie Singles Chart) - 13 (UK Singles Chart) - 26 (Australia) - 42 (U.S. Billboard Disco Top 100) "Rescue" Echo & the Bunnymen May 1980 62 (UK Singles Chart) "Sister Europe" The Psychedelic Furs February 1980 47 (New Zealand) - 100 (Australia) "Wardance" Killing Joke February 1980 50 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs) Other notable singles 30em "After the News" – The Reels "Girl U Want" – Devo "I Wanna Destroy You" – The Soft Boys "Janitor" – Suburban Lawns "Just Keep Walking" - INXS "Mr. Clarinet" – The Birthday Party "Two People Per Sq. Km." – Models "Simple Simon" – INXS "Too Many Creeps" – Bush Tetras Classical music George Crumb – A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979, for piano Mario Davidovsky Consorts, for symphonic band String Quartet No. 4 Peter Maxwell Davies Farewell to Stromness (interlude from The Yellow Cake Review), for piano, Op. 89, No. 1 Symphony No. 2, Op. 91 A Welcome to Orkney, for ensemble, Op. 90 The Yellow Cake Revue, for singer or reciter and piano, Op. 88 Yesnaby Ground (interlude from The Yellow Cake Review), for piano, Op. 89, No. 2 Sofia Gubaidulina – Offertorium («Жертвоприношение»), concerto for violin and orchestra Helmut Lachenmann – Ein Kinderspiel, seven little pieces for piano Trygve Madsen – Sonata for Tuba and Piano Arvo Pärt – De profundis, for accompanied chorus; first performance 1981 Krzysztof Penderecki – Symphony No. 2: "Christmas"' Simeon ten Holt Natalon in E for piano Bi-Ba-Bo for vocal quartet Opera :Category:1980 operas Peter Maxwell Davies – Cinderella (children's opera) Lorenzo Ferrero – Marilyn Margaret Garwood – Rappacini's Daughter Philip Glass – Satyagraha Kirke Mechem – Tartuffe William Mathias – The Servants (libretto by Iris Murdoch) Karlheinz Stockhausen – Donnerstag aus Licht Mieczysław Weinberg – The Portrait Jazz 1980 in jazz 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 Theater 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 performances 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 The Blues Brothers Can't Stop the Music Fame The Idolmaker The Jazz Singer Kallukkul Eeram La boum One Trick Pony Popeye Qurbani Ram Balram Times Square Xanadu Births January 11 – Lee Ji-hye, South Korean singer (Sharp) January 12 – Amerie, American singer, songwriter, actress and writer January 14 – Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor, model, and singer January 15 – Lydia, Spanish singer January 16 – Lin-Manuel Miranda, American playwright, singer, songwriter, rapper and composer January 17 – Zooey Deschanel, American actress and singer-songwriter. 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Kinkle Leading Musical Performers (popular Music and Jazz) 1900–1950: 2150 Biographies Updated to 1996 with Additions and Corrections https://books.google.com/books?id=t4o4AQAAIAAJ 1997 Windmill Publications 117 April 28 – Tommy Caldwell (30), bassist of Marshall Tucker Band (car accident) May 4 – Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson (60), pianist (heart attack)Thedeadrockstarsclub.com — accessed August 2010 May 18 – Ian Curtis (23), lead singer of Joy Division (suicide) May 30 – Carl Radle (37), rock bassist June 11 – Bolesław Woytowicz (80), Polish pianist and composer June 16 – Bob Nolan (72), country singer and songwriter June 20 – Allan Pettersson (68), Swedish composer June 21 – Bert Kaempfert (56), German composer, bandleader and arranger (stroke) June 27 – Barney Bigard (74), jazz clarinetist June 28 – José Iturbi (84), pianistJohn Willis Crown John Willis' Screen World, 1981 https://books.google.com/books?id=M9JGyHmX9HAC September 1981 Crown Publishing Group 978-0-517-54482-2 234 July 5 – A. 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Potter (72), Irish composer July 9 – Vinicius de Moraes (66), Brazilian lyricist and composer July 14 – Malcolm Owen (26), Lead singer The Ruts (overdose) July 15 – Ben Selvin (82), "The Dean of Recorded Music" July 23 – Keith Godchaux (32), keyboardist with Grateful Dead (car accident) July 25 – Vladimir Vysotsky (42), Russian singer-songwriter, poet, actor (heart failure) July 31 – Mohammed Rafi (55), Indian singer (heart attack)Vijay Poolakkal Remembering Mohammed Rafi https://books.google.com/books?id=i0jvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA11 10 March 2014 978-1-329-50177-5 11 Lulu.com August 5 - George Scott III (26), American No Wave bassist for Contortions and John Cale, heroin overdose August 11 – Jacques Singer (70), conductor August 17 – Harold Adamson (73), lyricist August 18 – John Sebastian (66), harmonica virtuoso August 20 – Joe Dassin (41), singer (heart attack)https://www.programme-television.org/news-tv/Joe-Dassin-le-roman-de-sa-vie-France-3-Le-destin-singulier-d-une-l-icone-de-la-chanson-francaise-4239573 Joe Dassin, le roman de sa vie (France 3) – Le destin singulier d'une l'icône de la chanson française Télé 7 Jours July 29, 2022 August 22 – Cosmé McMoon (79), pianist and composer August 26 – Miliza Korjus (71), Estonian-Polish opera singer September 2 – Marcel Ciampi (89), French pianist and teacher September 7 – Arvella Gray (74), blues and folk singer and guitarist September 12 – Lillian Randolph (81), actress and singer September 15 – Bill Evans (51), jazz pianist September 16 – Ludmila Červinková (72), operatic soprano September 17 – Waldemar Seidel (87), Australian pianist September 18 – Walter Midgley (67), English operatic tenor September 25 – John Bonham (32), drummer (Led Zeppelin) (pulmonary aspiration) September 30 – Horace Finch (74), pianist and organist October 3 – Jerzy Żurawlew (93), pianist, conductor, teacher, and founder of the International Chopin Piano Competition. October 25 – Virgil Fox (68), organist (cancer) October 27 – Steve Peregrin Took (31), bongo player for Tyrannosaurus Rex later a solo artist/frontman (asphyxiation) November 15 – Bill Lee (64), American actor and playback singer (brain tumor)Hollis Tim Ehrbar Greg 2006 Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records Jackson, Mississippi University Press of Mississippi 85–86 1-57806-849-5 December 7 – Darby Crash (22), singer of the (Germs) (suicide) December 8 – John Lennon (40), singer, guitarist and songwriter (The Beatles) (murdered) December 24 – Siggie Nordstrom (87), American model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer (The Nordstrom Sisters) December 29 – Tim Hardin (39), singer-songwriter (heroin overdose) December 31 – Robert Pete Williams (66), blues singer and guitarist References Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year