1979 v hudbe

• Disko hudba upadá kvôli tzv. Disco Demolition Night. Rockoví dížeji usporiadali v Chicagu protest voči disco hudbe.
• Bola vydaná prvá hip-hopová pieseň. Jej názov je Rapper’s Delight (The Sugarhill Gang).

• 5. január – Kathleen Edwards, spevák
• 10. január – Kris Kross
• 16. január – Aaliyah Haughton
• 20. január – Rob Bourdon, Linkin Park, Will Young
• 11. február – Brandy Norwood
• 21. február – Jennifer Love Hewitt
• 8. marec – Tom Chaplin, britský spevák (Keane)
• 11. marec – Benji Madden,Joel Madden Good Charlotte
• 14. marec – Jacques Brautbar, Phantom Planet
• 30. marec – Norah Jones, americká speváčka a skladateľka
• 20. august – Jamie Cullum
• 3. september – Jason McCaslin, Sum 41

• 5. január – Charles Mingus
• 13. január – Donny Hathaway, spevák
• 14. január – Marjorie Lawrence, sopranista
• 2. február – Sid Vicious, punkrocker
• 22. marec – Walter Legge, hudobný producent
• 10. apríl – Nino Rota, skladateľ
• 29. apríl – Julia A. Perry, skladateľ a dirigent
• 3. júl – Louis Durey, skladateľ

• Voulez-Vous – ABBA
• Highway to Hell – AC/DC
• Winter Songs – Art Bears
• Injoy – Bar Kays
• In the Heat of the Night – Pat Benatar
• Lodger – David Bowie
• The Original Disco Man – James Brown
• The Cars – The Cars
• London Calling – The Clash
• Candy – Con Funk Shun
• Three Imaginary Boys – The Cure
• Communiqué – Dire Straits
• Bob Dylan at Budokan – Bob Dylan
• Slow Train Coming – Bob Dylan
• The Long Run – The Eagles
• Tusk – Fleetwood Mac
• Uncle Jam Wants You – Funkadelic
• Off the Wall – Michael Jackson
• Bustin' out of L Seven – Rick James
• 52nd Street – Billy Joel
• Unknown Pleasures – Joy Division
• Unleashed in the East – Judas Priest
• Low Budget – The Kinks
• Dynasty – KISS
• In the Nick of Time – Nicolette Larson
• In Through the Out Door – Led Zeppelin
• One Step Beyond – Madness
• Live Rust – Neil Young and Crazy Horse
• Rust Never Sleeps – Neil Young and Crazy Horse
• Platinum – Mike Oldfield
• Laminar Flow – Roy Orbison
• Back to the Egg – Paul McCartney and Wings
• The Wall – Pink Floyd
• Reggatta de Blanc – The Police
• Live Killers – Queen
• Night Owl – Gerry Rafferty
• Down to Earth – Rainbow
• The Bells – Lou Reed
• We are Family – Sister Sledge
• Dancin' and Lovin' – Spinners
• The Raven – The Stranglers
• Wet – Barbra Streisand
• Bad Girls – Donna Summer
• On the Radio – Donna Summer
• Breakfast in America – Supertramp
• Fear of Music – Talking Heads
• Madam Butterfly – Tavares
• Damn the Torpedoes – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Van Halen II – Van Halen
• Degüello - ZZ Top
• Joe's Garage Act 1 – Frank Zappa
• Sheik Yerbouti – Frank Zappa
• Sleep Dirt – Frank Zappa
• Music Box – Evelyn Kingová

• Good Times – Chic
• Knee Deep – Funkadelic
• Driver's Seat – Sniff'n' the Tears
• Hot Summer Night – Night
• Lotta Love – Nicolette Larson
• Spooky – Atlanta Rythm Section
• What You Won't Do for Love – Bobby Caldwell
• When You're in Love With A Beautiful Woman – Dr.Hook
• Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney

(týždne na #1 miestě)

• "Le Freak" – Chic (2 týždne v roku 1978 + 4 týždne v roku 1979)
• "Too Much Heaven" – Bee Gees (2)
• "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" – Rod Stewart (4)
• "I Will Survive" – Gloria Gaynor (3)
• "Tragedy" – Bee Gees (2)
• "What a Fool Believes" – The Doobie Brothers (1)
• "Knock on Wood" – Amii Stewart (1)
• "Heart of Glass" – Blondie (1)
• "Reunited" – Peaches & Herb (4)
• "Hot Stuff" – Donna Summer (3)
• "Love You Inside Out" – Bee Gees (1)
• "Ring My Bell" – Anita Ward (2)
• "Bad Girls" – Donna Summer (5)
• "Good Times" – Chic (1)
• "My Sharona" – The Knack (6)
• "Sad Eyes" – Robert John (1)
• "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" – Michael Jackson (1)
• "Rise" – Herb Alpert (2)
• "Pop Muzik" – M (1)
• "Heartache Tonight" – The Eagles (1)
• "Still" – Commodores (1)
• "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" – Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer (2)
• "Babe" – Styx (2)
• "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" – Rupert Holmes (2 týždne v roku 1979 + 1 týždeň in 1980)

(týždne na #1 miestě)

• "Y.M.C.A." – Village People (3) najpredávanejší singel roku
• "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" – Ian Dury & The Blockheads (1)
• "Heart of Glass" – Blondie (4)
• "Tragedy" – Bee Gees (2)
• "I Will Survive" – Gloria Gaynor (4)
• "Bright Eyes" – Art Garfunkel (6)
• "Sunday Girl" – Blondie (3)
• "Ring My Bell" – Anita Ward (2)
• Are 'Friends' Electric?- Tubeway Army (4)
• "I Don't Like Mondays" – The Boomtown Rats (4)
• "We Don't Talk Anymore" – Cliff Richard (4)
• Cars – Gary Numan (1)
• "Message in a Bottle" – The Police (3)
• "Video Killed the Radio Star" – The Buggles (1)
• "One Day At A Time" – Lena Martell (3)
• "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" – Dr. Hook (3)
• "Walking on the Moon" – The Police (1)
• "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" – Pink Floyd (3 týždne v roku 1979 + 2 týždne v roku 1980)

w. = texty, m. = melódie

• "Don't Cry Out Loud" w. Carole Bayer Sager m. Peter Allen
• "The Facts of Life" w.m. Alan Thicke, Gloria Loring, and Al Burton, zo seriálu The Facts of Life
• "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love" w.m. Carole Bayer Sager & Peter Allen
• "Knots Landing theme" m. Jerrold Immel
• "New York State of Mind" w.m. Billy Joel
• "The Rainbow Connection" w.m. Kenny Ascher & Paul Williams, zo filmu The Muppet Movie
• Sultans of Swing w.m. Mark Knopfler

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