1978 in music

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Years in music:	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years:	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981

See also:

1 Events
2 Bands formed
3 Bands disbanded
4 Albums released
5 Chronological Table of US and UK Number One Hit Singles
6 Other significant singles
7 Published popular music
8 Classical music
9 Opera
10 Musical theater
11 Musical films
12 Births
13 Deaths

[edit] Events

January 14 - The Sex Pistols played their final show (until a 1996 reunion) at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom.
January 21 - Steve Martin performs the original "King Tut" on Saturday Night Live. The song is later released as a single and becomes a hit for the comedian.
February 14 - Electric Light Orchestra kick off their famous "Out of the Blue" world tour in New Zealand
April 22 - The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live. The duo of Jake & Elwood Blues (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) was introduced by Paul Shaffer (as Don Kirshner) and performed "Hey Bartender".
April 26 - Ringo Starr's, Ringo, a musical version of The Prince and the Pauper airs on American television. Starr's fellow former Beatle George Harrison provides the narration.
May 6 - The Knack forms
May 13 - Barry Gibb becomes the first and only songwriter in history to have written 4 consecutive #1 singles on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart.
May 25 - In a performance used for The Kids are Alright, The Who play their last show with Keith Moon
June - The Dead Kennedys form.
July 19 - The Dead Kennedys play their first concert at the Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco, California.
August 26 - The first Canada Jam Festival is held in Ontario, featuring sets by the Doobie Brothers, the Commodores, Kansas, Dave Mason and the Atlanta Rhythm Section.
September 7 - Keith Moon, drummer of The Who, dies in England.
A now sober Alice Cooper is released from rehab. He releases the album "From the Inside", which tells of his stay in the rehab centre.
November 27 - Def Leppard's permanent drummer Rick Allen joins the band at the age of 15.
Gary Busey stars in The Buddy Holly Story, which won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Busey) and Best Sound.
The Beatles spoof, "The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash" airs on television.
The Eagles' "Hotel California" was nominated for a Grammy award
Kenny Rogers continues his highly successful solo career with the single (and album) "The Gambler" and will go on to star in no less than 5 movies based around the song.
In the UK, singles sales are at their all-time high this year, boosted by the simultaneous peak of the disco and punk phenomena and the success of singles from the movie Grease.
Ry Cooder records Bop Till You Drop, one of the first popular music albums to be recorded in Compact disc format.

[edit] Bands formed

[edit] Bands disbanded

Be-Bop Deluxe
Television (reform in 1992)
Van der Graaf Generator (reform in 2005)

[edit] Albums released

2Hot - Peaches & Herb
Ace Frehley - KISS
Adventure - Television
Aishiteiruto Ittekure - Miyuki Nakajima
All Mod Cons - The Jam
Along the Red Ledge - Hall & Oates
And Then There Were Three - Genesis
Animal Games - London
Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits - Volume 2 - Barbra Streisand
Boys in the Trees - Carly Simon
Bursting Out - Jethro Tull
But Seriously Folks - Joe Walsh
The Cars - The Cars
Central Heating - Heatwave
Chairs Missing - Wire
City To City - Gerry Rafferty
Comes A Time - Neil Young
Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Bruce Springsteen
Destiny - The Jacksons
Dire Straits (album) - Dire Straits (debut)
Don't Look Back - Boston
Dream Dancing - Ella Fitzgerald
Equinoxe - Jean Michel Jarre
Eternally Yours - The Saints
Fantasy Love Affair - Peter Brown
The Feeding of the 5000 - Crass
Flamin' Groovies Now! - The Flamin' Groovies
From the Inside - Alice Cooper
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
Gene Simmons - KISS
Génération 78 / Voilà pourquoi je chante / Ça me fait rêver - Dalida
Germ Free Adolescents - X-Ray Spex
Girl Most Likely - Claudja Barry
Give 'Em Enough Rope - The Clash
Golden Country Origins - Bill Haley (pre-Comets recordings)
Grease - Original Soundtrack
Greatest Hits - Captain & Tennille
Greatest Hits (1974-1978) - Steve Miller Band
Heaven Tonight - Cheap Trick
Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull
Hemispheres - Rush
Hermit of Mink Hollow - Todd Rundgren
If You Knew Suzi - Suzi Quatro
If You Want Blood You've Got It - AC/DC
Is It Still Good To Ya - Ashford & Simpson
Jazz - Queen
Jesus of Cool - Nick Lowe
Kaya - Bob Marley and the Wailers
The Kick Inside - Kate Bush
Kinder des Sommers - Die Flippers
Live & More - Donna Summer
Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
Live In London - Helen Reddy
London Town - Paul McCartney & Wings
Love Tracks - Gloria Gaynor
The Man Machine - Kraftwerk
Misfits - The Kinks
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu
More Songs About Buildings and Food - Talking Heads
Modra Rijeka - Indexi
Music For Films - Brian Eno
Natural High - Commodores
Never Say Die! - Black Sabbath
New Boots And Panties - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Once Upon A Time In The West - Ennio Morricone
One World - John Martyn
The Only Ones - The Only Ones
Outlandos d'Amour - The Police
Parallel Lines - Blondie
Paul Stanley - KISS
Peter Criss - KISS
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
Powerage - AC/DC
Radios Appear - Radio Birdman
Raydio - Raydio
Return Of The Wanderer - Dion DiMucci
Saturday Night Fever - Original Soundtrack
The Scream - Siouxsie and the Banshees
So Alone - Johnny Thunders
Social Living - Burning Spear
Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
Songbird - Barbra Streisand
Stage (live album) - David Bowie
Stained Class - Judas Priest
Stranger In Town - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
Street Hassle - Lou Reed
Street-Legal - Bob Dylan
Thank God It's Friday (soundtrack) - Various Artists
Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star
This Year's Model - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Time Passages - Al Stewart
Toto - Toto (debut)
U.K. Squeeze - Squeeze
Van Halen - Van Halen
Von Gestern bis Heute - Die Flippers
Waiting For Columbus - Little Feat
Wavelength - Van Morrison
We'll Sing In The Sunshine - Helen Reddy
Who Are You - The Who
You're Gonna Get It! - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

[edit] Chronological Table of US and UK Number One Hit Singles

US Number One Singles and Artist (Weeks at Number One)	UK Number One Singles and Artist (Weeks at Number One)
How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees (2 weeks in 1977 + 1 week in 1978) "Baby Come Back" - Player (3) Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees (4) "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" - Andy Gibb (2) "Night Fever" - Bee Gees (8), best selling single of the year "If I Can't Have You" - Yvonne Elliman (1) "With A Little Luck" - Paul McCartney & Wings (2) "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Willams (1) You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (1) "Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb (7) Miss You - Rolling Stones (1) "Three Times A Lady" - Commodores (2) Grease - Frankie Valli (2) "Boogie Oogie Oogie" - A Taste of Honey (3) "Kiss You All Over" - Exile (4) "Hot Child In The City" - Nick Gilder (1) "You Needed Me" - Anne Murray (1) "MacArthur Park" - Donna Summer (3) "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" - Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond (2) Le Freak - CHIC (2 weeks in 1978 + 4 weeks in 1979)	Mull of Kintyre/Girl's School - Paul McCartney & Wings (5 weeks in 1977 + 4 weeks in 1978) "Up Town Top Ranking" - Althia & Donna (1) "Figaro" - Brotherhood of Man (1) "Take A Chance On Me" - ABBA (3) Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush (4) "Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs" - Brian & MIchael (3) "Night Fever" - Bee Gees (2) "Rivers Of Babylon" - Boney M (5) best selling single of the year You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (9) "Three Times A Lady" - Commodores (5) Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc (1) "Summer Nights" - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (7) Rat Trap - Boomtown Rats (2) Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Rod Stewart (1) "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" - Boney M (4)

US Number One Singles and Artist
(Weeks at Number One)

UK Number One Singles and Artist
(Weeks at Number One)

How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees (2 weeks in 1977 + 1 week in 1978)

"Baby Come Back" - Player (3)
Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees (4)
"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" - Andy Gibb (2)
"Night Fever" - Bee Gees (8), best selling single of the year
"If I Can't Have You" - Yvonne Elliman (1)
"With A Little Luck" - Paul McCartney & Wings (2)
"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Willams (1)
You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (1)
"Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb (7)
Miss You - Rolling Stones (1)
"Three Times A Lady" - Commodores (2)
Grease - Frankie Valli (2)
"Boogie Oogie Oogie" - A Taste of Honey (3)
"Kiss You All Over" - Exile (4)
"Hot Child In The City" - Nick Gilder (1)
"You Needed Me" - Anne Murray (1)
"MacArthur Park" - Donna Summer (3)
"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" - Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond (2)
Le Freak - CHIC (2 weeks in 1978 + 4 weeks in 1979)

Mull of Kintyre/Girl's School - Paul McCartney & Wings (5 weeks in 1977 + 4 weeks in 1978)
"Up Town Top Ranking" - Althia & Donna (1)
"Figaro" - Brotherhood of Man (1)
"Take A Chance On Me" - ABBA (3)
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush (4)
"Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs" - Brian & MIchael (3)
"Night Fever" - Bee Gees (2)
"Rivers Of Babylon" - Boney M (5) best selling single of the year
You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (9)
"Three Times A Lady" - Commodores (5)
Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc (1)
"Summer Nights" - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (7)
Rat Trap - Boomtown Rats (2)
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Rod Stewart (1)
"Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" - Boney M (4)

[edit] Other significant singles

"Airport" - The Motors
"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" - Van Halen
"All the Nice Boys and Girls in the World" - Riff Regan
"Another Night On The Road" - Sherbet
"Are You Old Enough" - Dragon
"Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty
"Because The Night" - Patti Smith Group
"Best Of Both Worlds" - Robert Palmer
"Bluer Than Blue" - Michael Johnson
"Ça me fait rêver" - Dalida & Bruno Guillain
"Ca Plane Pour Moi" - Plastic Bertrand
"Can We Still Be Friends" - Todd Rundgren
"Can't Smile Without You" - Barry Manilow
"Chameleon Army" - Pink Lady
"Coming Home" - Marshall Hain
"Copacabana (At The Copa)" - Barry Manilow
"Dancing In The City" - Marshall Hain
"Denis" - Blondie
"(You Gotta Walk)Don't Look Back" - Peter Tosh
"Down In The Tube Station At Midnight" - The Jam
"Dust in the Wind" - Kansas
"Eagle" - ABBA
"Eve Of The War" - Jeff Wayne
"Ever Fallen In Love" - Buzzcocks
"Everybody Dance" - Chic
"(An) Everlasting Love" - Andy Gibb
"Every Kinda People" - Robert Palmer
"FM (No Static At All)" - Steely Dan
"Floral Dance" - Terry Wogan
"Follow You, Follow Me" - Genesis
"Fool's Overture" - Supertramp
"Forever Autumn" - Justin Hayward
"The Gambler" - Kenny Rogers
"Génération 78" - Dalida & Bruno Guillain
"Goodnight Tonight" - Paul McCartney and Wings
"Got To Get You Into My Life" - Earth Wind and Fire
"Hanging On The Telephone" - Blondie
"Here You Come Again" - Dolly Parton
"Hollywood Nights" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
"Hong Kong Garden" - Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Hopelessly Devoted to You" - Olivia Newton-John
"Hot Blooded - Foreigner
"Hotlegs/I Was Only Joking" - Rod Stewart
"How You Gonna See Me Now" - Alice Cooper
"I Don't Mind" - The Buzzcocks
"I Don't Wanna Go To Chelsea" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
"If The Kids Are United" - Sham 69
"I'm Every Woman" - Chaka Khan
"Instant Replay" - Dan Hartman
"Is This Love?" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Isn't It Time" - The Babys
"I've Had Enough" - Wings
"Jilted John" - Jilted John
"Just The Way You Are" - Billy Joel
"Khe Sanh" - Cold Chisel
"Le Lambeth Walk" - Dalida
"Life's Been Good" - Joe Walsh
"A Little Lovin' (Keeps the Doctor Away)" - The Raes
"(A) Little More Love" - Olivia Newton-John
"Love Is Like Oxygen" - Sweet
"Love Will Find A Way" - Pablo Cruise
"Love You More" - The Buzzcocks
"Lovely Day" - Bill Withers
"Magnet And Steel" - Walter Egan
"Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
"Many Rivers To Cross" - Jimmy Cliff
"Monster" - Pink Lady
"More Than A Woman" - Tavares
"Mr.Blue Sky" - Electric Light Orchestra
"My Angel Baby" - Toby Beau
"My Best Friend's Girl" - The Cars
"My Life" - Billy Joel
"Native New Yorker" - Odyssey
"Never Say Die" - Black Sabbath
"New York Groove" - KISS
"Nobody's Scared" - Vic Goddard and the Subway Sect
"Oh Carol" - Smokie
"Only You Can Rock Me" - UFO
"Paradise By The Dashboard Light" - Meat Loaf
"Promises" - The Buzzcocks
"Promises" - Eric Clapton
"Prove It All Night" - Bruce Springsteen
"Psycho Killer" - Talking Heads
"Public Image" - Public Image Limited
"Raining In My Heart" - Leo Sayer
"Rasputin" - Boney M
"Ready To Take a Chance Again" - Barry Manilow
"Renegade" - Styx
"Right Down the Line" - Gerry Rafferty
"Rivers Of Babylon" - Boney M
"Runaway" - Jefferson Starship
"Runnin' With The Devil - Van Halen
"Shame" - Evelyn King
"She Believes In Me" - Kenny Rogers
"Sign Of The Times" - Bryan Ferry
"Songbird" - Barbra Streisand
"Southpaw" - Pink Lady
"Stay" - Jackson Browne
"Still In Love With You" - Dragon
"Stuff Like That" - Quincy Jones
"Suburban Boy" - Dave Warner's From The Suburbs
"Sultans of Swing" - Dire Straits
"Sweet, Sweet Smile" - Carpenters
"Sweet Talkin'Woman" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Take A Chance On Me" - ABBA
"Take Me I'm Yours" - Squeeze
"Teenage Kicks" - The Undertones
"Thank God It's Friday" - Love & Kisses
"There's No Way Out of Here" - David Gilmour
"Thunder Island" - Jay Ferguson
"Time Passages" - Al Stewart
"Too Much Heaven" - Bee Gees
"Toumei Ningen" - Pink Lady
"Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" - Meat Loaf
"Use Ta Be My Girl" - O'Jays
"Voilà pourquoi je chante" - Dalida
"Walking In The Rain" - Cheetah
"Werewolves of London" - Warren Zevon
"What Do I Get?" - The Buzzcocks
"White Man In Hammersmith Palais" - The Clash
"Who Are You" - The Who
"Wild West Hero" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Wonderful Tonight" - Eric Clapton
"YMCA" - The Village People
"You Belong to Me" - Carly Simon
"You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth" - Meat Loaf

[edit] Published popular music

"Another Suitcase In Another Hall" w. Tim Rice m. Andrew Lloyd Webber from the musical Evita
"Dallas theme song" m. Jerrold Immel
"Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" w. Tim Rice m. Andrew Lloyd Webber from the musical Evita
"Grease" w.m. Barry Gibb from the film Grease
"Honesty" w.m. Billy Joel
"Hopelessly Devoted To You" w.m. John Farrar introduced by Olivia Newton-John in the film Grease
"My Life" w.m. Billy Joel
"Only The Good Die Young" w.m. Billy Joel
"Sultans Of Swing" w.m. Mark Knopfler
"Thank You For Being a Friend" w.m. Andrew Gold
"Three Times A Lady" w.m. Lionel Richie
"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" w. Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Neil Diamond m. Neil Diamond
"You're The One That I Want" w.m. John Farrar introduced by Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in the film Grease

[edit] Classical music

Malcolm Arnold - Symphony No. 8
Jacob Druckman - Viola concerto
Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel
Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky - Requiem pour une marée noire

[edit] Opera

Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives
Vivian Fine - The Women in the Garden
György Ligeti - Le grand macabre
Krzysztof Penderecki - Paradise Lost (libretto by Christopher Fry)
Aulis Sallinen - The Red Line (Punainen viiva)

[edit] Musical theater

Ain't Misbehavin' Broadway revue opened at the Longacre Theatre on May 9 and ran for 1604 performances
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas opened at the Entermedia Theatre on April 17 and ran for 85 performances. (Moved to Broadway in 1979)
Eubie Broadway revue opened at the Ambassador Theatre on September 20 and ran for 439 performances
Evita (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) - London production opened at the Prince Edward Theatre on June 21
Hello, Dolly! (Jerry Herman) - Broadway revival opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on March 5 and ran for 152 performances
I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On The Road Off-Broadway production opened at the Anspacher Theater on June 14 and ran for 1165 performances
Timbuktu Broadway production opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on March 1 and ran for 243 performances
On The Twentieth Century Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on February 19 and ran for 460 performances