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词条 1979 in British music
释义

  1. Events

  2. Charts

     Number one singles   Number one albums  

  3. Year-end charts

     Best-selling singles  Best-selling albums 

  4. Classical music: new works

  5. Opera

  6. Film and Incidental music

  7. Musical theatre

  8. Musical films

  9. Births

  10. Deaths

  11. See also

  12. References

{{1970s in music (UK)}}

This is a summary of 1979 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. 1979 saw the beginning of a few trends in British music. Electropop reached number one in both the singles and albums charts in the form of Gary Numan and Tubeway Army, and synthesiser bands began to gather momentum which would come to dominate music in the early 1980s. The first rap hit in the UK came from the Sugar Hill Gang. The 2 Tone movement also emerged with early work from bands like The Specials and Madness. Disco music was still the most popular music of the year, although showed signs of dying out in later months. 1979 remains the biggest-selling year ever for physical format singles sales in the UK.

Events

  • 23 February - Dire Straits begin their first American tour, in Boston.
  • 27 March - Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd, ex-wife of Clapton's friend George Harrison.
  • 31 March - In the Eurovision Song Contest, UK representatives Black Lace finish 7th.
  • 2 April - Kate Bush begins her first live tour.
  • 6 April - Rod Stewart marries Alana Hamilton.
  • 1 May - Elton John becomes the first overseas pop music artist to perform in Israel.
  • 2 May - The Who perform their first concert following the death of drummer Keith Moon. The band performed with new drummer Kenney Jones.
  • 11 August - Led Zeppelin play their last ever British concert at Knebworth in Hertfordshire.
  • 21 August - Cliff Richard achieves his tenth UK No.1 and the first for over 11 years.
  • August - Brotherhood of Man members Martin Lee and Sandra Stevens marry.
  • 26 November - Bill Haley & His Comets perform at the Drury Lane Theatre in London in a command performance for The Queen. This was Haley's final recorded performance of "Rock Around the Clock".
  • date unknown
    • The Welsh Philharmonia becomes the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera.
    • Richard Rodney Bennett becomes a resident of New York City.[1]
    • Arthur Oldham founds the Concertgebouw Orchestra Chorus in Amsterdam.[2]

Charts

Number one singles

DateSongArtist
6 January"Y.M.C.A."Village People
13 January
20 January
27 January"Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"Ian Dury and the Blockheads
3 February"Heart of Glass"Blondie
10 February
17 February
24 February
3 March"Tragedy"Bee Gees
10 March
17 March"I Will Survive"Gloria Gaynor
24 March
31 March
7 April
14 April"Bright Eyes"Art Garfunkel
21 April
28 April
5 May
12 May
19 May
26 May"Sunday Girl"Blondie
2 June
9 June
16 June"Ring My Bell"Anita Ward
23 June
30 June"Are 'Friends' Electric?"Tubeway Army
7 July
14 July
21 July
28 July"I Don't Like Mondays"The Boomtown Rats
4 August
11 August
18 August
25 August"We Don't Talk Anymore"Cliff Richard
1 September
8 September
15 September
22 September"Cars"Gary Numan
29 September"Message in a Bottle"The Police
6 October
13 October
20 October"Video Killed the Radio Star"The Buggles
27 October"One Day at a Time"Lena Martell
3 November
10 November
17 November"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
24 November
1 December
8 December"Walking on the Moon"The Police
15 December"Another Brick in the Wall Part II"Pink Floyd
22 December
29 December

Number one albums

DateAlbumArtistWeeks
6 JanuaryGreatest HitsShowaddywaddy2
13 January
20 JanuaryDon't Walk - BoogieVarious artists3
27 January
3 February
10 FebruaryAction ReplayVarious artists1
17 FebruaryParallel LinesBlondie4
24 February
3 March
10 March
17 MarchSpirits Having FlownBee Gees2
24 March
31 MarchBarbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2Barbra Streisand4
7 April
14 April
21 April
28 AprilThe Very Best of Leo SayerLeo Sayer3
5 May
12 May
19 MayVoulez-VousABBA4
26 May
2 June
9 June
16 JuneDiscoveryElectric Light Orchestra5
23 June
30 June
7 July
14 July
21 JulyReplicasTubeway Army1
28 JulyThe Best Disco Album in the WorldVarious artists6
4 August
11 August
18 August
25 August
1 September
8 SeptemberIn Through the Out DoorLed Zeppelin2
15 September
22 SeptemberThe Pleasure PrincipleGary Numan1
29 SeptemberOceans of FantasyBoney M1
6 OctoberThe Pleasure PrincipleGary Numan1
=13 OctoberEat to the BeatBlondie1
=13 OctoberReggatta De BlancThe Police4
20 October
27 October
3 November
10 NovemberTuskFleetwood Mac1
17 NovemberGreatest Hits Vol. 2ABBA3
24 November
1 December
8 DecemberGreatest Hits Vol.1Rod Stewart4
15 December
22 December
29 December

Year-end charts

1979 appears to be the only year since 1977 for which "full year" year-end charts do not exist. The British Market Research Bureau (BMRB), which compiled the official UK charts from 1969 to 1982, used a cut-off date for the collection of sales data sometime in early December each year, in order for the "end of year" chart to be published in the year's final issue of Music Week and to be broadcast on BBC Radio 1. However, from 1977 to 1982 BMRB produced updated charts a few months later which included the missing final weeks' sales for each year.

No updated chart appears to exist for 1979, so the tables below include only sales between 1 January and 8 December 1979. The two singles most affected by the lack of a full year chart are the records that were at number one and number two for the final three weeks of the year, "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" by Pink Floyd and "I Have a Dream" by ABBA: neither of these records appear in the end of year list for 1979.

Best-selling singles

[3]
{{Abbr|No.|NumberTitleArtistPeak
position
1 "Bright Eyes"Art|Garfunkel}}1
2 "Heart of Glass" Blondie1
3 "We Don't Talk Anymore"Cliff|Richard}}1
4 "I Don't Like Mondays"The|Boomtown Rats}}1
5 "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" Dr. Hook1
6 "I Will Survive"Gloria|Gaynor}}1
7 "Are Friends Electric" Tubeway Army1
8 "Dance Away" Roxy Music2
9 "Sunday Girl" Blondie1
10 "One Day at a Time"Lena|Martell}}1
11 "Message in a Bottle" The Police1
12 "Pop Muzik" M2
13 "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick"Ian|Dury}} and the Blockheads1
14 "Oliver's Army"Elvis|Costello}} and the Attractions2
15 "Tragedy" Bee Gees1
16 "Chiquitita" ABBA2
17 "Video Killed the Radio Star"The|Buggles}}1
18 "Cars"Gary|Numan}}1
19 "Every Day Hurts" Sad Café3
20 "Ring My Bell"Anita|Ward}}1
21 "Some Girls" Racey2
22 "Boogie Wonderland" Earth, Wind & Fire with the Emotions4
23 "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"Michael|Jackson}}3
24 "Woman in Love"The|Three Degrees}}3
25 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen2
26 "Y.M.C.A." Village People1
27 "Reunited" Peaches and Herb4
28 "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" ABBA3
29 "Lucky Number"Lene|Lovich}}3
30 "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me"The|Bellamy Brothers}}3
31 "Cool for Cats" Squeeze2
32 "Something Else"/"Friggin' in the Riggin'" Sex Pistols3
33 "Silly Games"Janet|Kay}}2
34 "Bang Bang"B. A.|Robertson}}2
35 "Dreaming" Blondie2
36 "Wanted"The|Dooleys}}3
37 "Can You Feel the Force?" The Real Thing5
38 "Knock on Wood"Amii|Stewart}}6
39 "Contact"Edwin|Starr}}6
40 "I Want Your Love" Chic4
41 "Hooray Hooray, It's a Holi-Holiday" Boney M3
42 "Theme from The Deer Hunter (Cavatina)"The|Shadows}}9
43 "Does Your Mother Know" ABBA4
44 "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"The|Jacksons}}4
45 "Since You've Been Gone" Rainbow6
46 "Up the Junction" Squeeze2
47 "Love's Gotta Hold on Me" Dollar4
48 "Still"The|Commodores}}4
49 "In the Navy" Village People2
50 "Whatever You Want" Status Quo4

Best-selling albums

[4]
{{Abbr|No.|NumberTitleArtistPeak
position
1 Parallel Lines Blondie1
2 Discovery Electric Light Orchestra1
3 The Very Best of Leo SayerLeo|Sayer}}1
4 Breakfast in America Supertramp3
5 Voulez-Vous ABBA1
6 Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2Barbra|Streisand}}1
7 Spirits Having Flown Bee Gees1
8 Greatest Hits Vol. 2 ABBA1
9 Reggatta de BlancThe|Police|The Police (band)}}1
10 Manilow Magic: The Best of Barry ManilowBarry|Manilow}}3
11 Greatest HitsRod|Stewart}}1
12 Last the Whole Night LongJames|Last}}2
13 Armed ForcesElvis|Costello}} and the Attractions2
14 Outlandos d'AmourThe|Police}}6
15 The Best Disco Album in the World Various Artists1
16 Replicas Tubeway Army1
17 I Am Earth, Wind & Fire5
18 C'est Chic Chic2
19 Dire Straits Dire Straits5
20 Manifesto Roxy Music7
21 Eat to the Beat Blondie1
22 Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the WorldsJeff|Wayne}}12{{efn|Reached number 5 in 1978}}
23 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf11{{efn|Reached number 9 in 1981}}
24 Do It YourselfIan|Dury}} and the Blockheads2
25 Tusk Fleetwood Mac1
26 Out of the Blue Electric Light Orchestra13{{efn|Reached number 4 in 1977}}
27 New Boots and Panties!!Ian|Dury}}5
28 20 Golden GreatsDiana|Ross}}2
29 Night OwlGerry|Rafferty}}9
30 Don't Walk – Boogie Various Artists1
31 Fate for BreakfastArt|Garfunkel}}2
32 The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 Earth, Wind & Fire6
33 A Rock Legend Thin Lizzy2
34 The Pleasure PrincipleGary|Numan}}1
35 Action Replay Various Artists1
36 In Through the Out Door Led Zeppelin1
37 The Great Rock and Roll Swindle Sex Pistols7
38 String of HitsThe|Shadows}}4{{efn|Reached number 1 in 1980}}
39 Live Killers Queen3
40 LodgerDavid|Bowie}}4
41 A Collection of Their 20 Greatest HitsThe|Three Degrees}}8
42 Nightflight to Venus Boney M1
43 Wings Greatest Wings5
44 Sky Sky9
45 Off the WallMichael|Jackson}}5
46 BridgesJohn|Williams|John Williams (guitarist)}}5
47 LionheartKate|Bush}}12{{efn|Reached number 6 in 1978}}
48 Blondes Have More FunRod|Stewart}}7{{efn|Reached number 3 in 1978}}
49 Bob Dylan at BudokanBob|Dylan}}4
50 Country Life Various Artists2
Notes:{{Notelist|30em}}

Classical music: new works

  • William Lloyd Webber - Missa Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae
  • Malcolm Williamson - Symphony No. 5 - Aquerò

Opera

  • Peter Maxwell Davies - The Lighthouse

Film and Incidental music

  • Richard Rodney Bennett - Yanks directed by John Schlesinger, starring Richard Gere and Vanessa Redgrave.
  • Geoffrey Burgon - Monty Python's Life of Brian.

Musical theatre

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber - Tell Me on a Sunday
  • Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (premièred on Broadway)[5]

Musical films

  • The Music Machine
  • The Who - Quadrophenia

Births

  • 20 January - Will Young, singer and winner of Pop Idol (series 1)
  • 8 March - Tom Chaplin, singer (Keane)
  • 12 March - Pete Doherty, singer and guitarist (The Libertines and Babyshambles)
  • 30 March-Simon Webbe, English singer (Blue)
  • 10 April - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, singer
  • 13 April - Tony Lundon, Irish singer (Liberty X)
  • 29 April
    • Jo O'Meara (S Club 7)
    • Matt Tong (Bloc Party)
  • 3 May - Danny Foster, English singer (Hear'Say)
  • 31 May - Sarah Class, composer
  • 8 June - Adam de la Cour, musician and composer
  • 29 June - Abz Love, English singer (5ive)
  • 5 July – Shane Filan, Irish singer (Westlife)
  • 20 July – Charlotte Hatherley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ash and Nightnurse)
  • 20 August - Jamie Cullum, jazz pianist and singer
  • 23 August - Ritchie Neville, English singer (5ive)
  • 22 November - Scott Robinson, English singer (5ive)
  • 28 November - Dane Bowers, singer (Another Level, 5th Story)
  • 3 December - Daniel Bedingfield, pop singer and songwriter
  • 15 December - Edele and Keavy Lynch, Irish singers (BWitched)

Deaths

  • 2 February - Sid Vicious, punk rocker, 21 (drug overdose)
  • 4 March - Mike Patto, rock vocalist, 36 (throat cancer)[6]
  • 24 May - Sir Ernest Bullock, organist and composer, 88
  • 16 July - Alfred Deller, countertenor, 67
  • 25 August - Stan Kenton, bandleader, 67
  • 4 September - Guy Bolton, librettist, 94
  • 6 September - Ronald Binge, composer and arranger, 69
  • 9 September - Norrie Paramor, record producer, composer, arranger, and orchestral conductor, 65
  • 27 September - Gracie Fields, actress and singer, 81
  • 13 October - Rebecca Helferich Clarke, viola player and composer, 93
  • 6 November - Hugh Ottaway, music writer, 54[7]
  • 30 November - Joyce Grenfell, actress and musical performer, 69
  • December - Terence Judd, pianist, 22 (probable suicide)[8]
  • 21 December - Nansi Richards, harpist, 91

See also

  • 1979 in British radio
  • 1979 in British television
  • 1979 in the United Kingdom
  • List of British films of 1979

References

1. ^Zachary Woolfe [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/31/arts/music/richard-rodney-bennett-british-composer-dies-at-76.html?_r=0 "Richard Rodney Bennett, British Composer, Dies at 76",] New York Times, 30 December 2012
2. ^[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/arthur-oldham-730288.html The Independent, 13 May 2003]
3. ^{{cite magazine |title=Top Singles 1979 |magazine=Music Week |publisher=Spotlight Publications |location=London, England |page=27 |date=22 December 1979}}
4. ^{{cite magazine |title=Top Albums 1979 |magazine=Music Week |publisher=Spotlight Publications |location=London, England |page=30 |date=22 December 1979}}
5. ^Hampton, Wilborn.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/28/obituaries/hugh-wheeler-award-winning-playwright.html Hugh Wheeler obituary], New York Times, July 28, 1987.
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.alexgitlin.com/patto.html |title=Patto |publisher=Alexgitlin.com |date=1979-03-03 |accessdate=2013-06-15}}
7. ^'Hugh Ottaway', The Musical Times, Vol. 121, No. 1643 (January 1980), p. 48
8. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19800125&id=BgI-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1656,4708227 The Glasgow Herald, 25 January 1980]
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