List of years in music (Table) … 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 •    1975 • 1976 • 1977 – 1978 – 1979 • 1980 • 1981 •    1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 … Related time period or subjects … 1975 • 1976 • 1977 – 1978 – 1979 • 1980 • 1981 … … 1940s • 1950s • 1960s – 1970s – 1980s • 1990s • 2000s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Electric Light Orchestra in 1978 Events January to May - The Bee Gees dominate the singles and album charts as Saturday Night Fever becomes a cultural phenomenon. At one point, the album was selling 1 million copies per week. January 14 - The Sex Pistols played their final show (until a 1996 reunion) at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom. January 25 - Electric Light Orchestra kick off their famous "Out of the Blue" world tour in Honolulu, Hawaii. April 22 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. Also that night, The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live. The duo of Jake & Elwood Blues (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) are introduced by Paul Shaffer (as Don Kirshner) and perform "Hey Bartender". In the Eurovision Song Contest in Paris, France, victory goes to Israel's entry "A-Ba-Ni-Bi", performed by Izhar Cohen & The Alphabeta. May 6 - The Knack is formed (first album released in 1979). May 13 - Barry Gibb becomes the 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 Cramps play a free concert for patients at the Napa State Mental Hospital. June 2 - Bruce Springsteen releases Darkness on the Edge of Town. 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 - 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; Blondie releases the album Parallel Lines. 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 Eagles' "Hotel California" was nominated for a Grammy award. Uli Jon Roth leaves the Scorpions and is replaced by Matthias Jabs until December. 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. Michael Schenker leaves UFO to join Scorpions. Brian Robertson leaves Thin Lizzy and is replaced by Gary Moore. Mozambique holds its first National Dance Festival, involving half a million people. Bands formed See Category:Musical groups established in 1978 Bands disbanded Be-Bop Deluxe Brewer & Shipley Colosseum II Henry Cow Os Mutantes (reform in 2006) The Rezillos (reform in 2001) Sex Pistols (reform in 1996, 2002 and 2007) Television (reform in 1992) Van der Graaf Generator (reform in 2005) The Walker Brothers Nite City Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 18 Excitable Boy Warren Zevon - 19 Pastiche The Manhattan Transfer - 20 City to City Gerry Rafferty - Infinity Journey - White Music XTC - - Attention Shoppers! Starz - Level Headed Sweet - Open Fire Ronnie Montrose - Waylon & Willie Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson - Weekend in L.A. George Benson Live White Hot Angel - February Day Album Artist Notes 6 Earth Jefferson Starship - 10 It Begins Again Dusty Springfield - Stained Class Judas Priest - Van Halen Van Halen - 17 The Kick Inside Kate Bush - 18 Tell Us the Truth Sham 69 - 24 Watch Manfred Mann's Earth Band - 25 Casino Al Di Meola - - Animal Games London - Double Live Gonzo! Ted Nugent Live Easter Island Kris Kristofferson - Street Action Bachman–Turner Overdrive - Street Hassle Lou Reed - What Do You Want from Live The Tubes Live March Day Album Artist Notes 3 Easter Patti Smith Group - Zappa in New York Frank Zappa Live 10 Another Music in a Different Kitchen Buzzcocks - Northwinds David Coverdale - 16 You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish REO Speedwagon - 17 This Year's Model Elvis Costello and the Attractions - 23 Kaya Bob Marley & The Wailers - 31 London Town Paul McCartney & Wings - - Jesus of Cool Nick Lowe - Squeeze Squeeze - Waiting for Columbus Little Feat Live What If Dixie Dregs - April Day Album Artist Notes 7 ...And Then There Were Three... Genesis - For You Prince - 9 Long Live Rock 'n' Roll Rainbow - 10 Heavy Horses Jethro Tull - 16 The Last Waltz The Band Soundtrack 20 Come Get It! Rick James - 21 Bad Boy Ringo Starr - - Adventure Television - Boys in the Trees Carly Simon - Cats Under the Stars Jerry Garcia Band - Double Platinum Kiss Remix Hermit of Mink Hollow Todd Rundgren - A Live Record Camel Live Magazine Heart Re-issue with re-recordings The Only Ones The Only Ones - Rainbow Takeaway Kevin Ayers - Real Life Magazine - Shadow Dancing Andy Gibb - May Day Album Artist Notes 2 You're Gonna Get It! Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - 5 Stranger in Town Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - 12 Black and White The Stranglers - 16 But Seriously Folks Joe Walsh - 19 Misfits the Kinks - 25 David Gilmour David Gilmour - Powerage AC/DC - - Eternally Yours The Saints - Heaven Tonight Cheap Trick - Love Me Again Rita Coolidge - The Man-Machine Kraftwerk - Natural High Commodores - Please Don't Touch Steve Hackett - Stone Blue Foghat - June Day Album Artist Notes 2 Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen - Live and Dangerous Thin Lizzy Live 3 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel second album 6 The Cars The Cars - 9 Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds Jeff Wayne - Octave The Moody Blues - Some Girls The Rolling Stones - 15 Street Legal Bob Dylan - 19 Thick as Thieves Trooper - 20 Double Vision Foreigner - - Face to Face The Angels - Obsession UFO - Nested Laura Nyro - Pyramid The Alan Parsons Project - Snakebite EP Whitesnake EP A Tonic for the Troops The Boomtown Rats - July Day Album Artist Notes 12 Nightwatch Kenny Loggins - 21 More Songs About Buildings and Food Talking Heads - 23 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Various Artists Soundtrack - All Night Long Sammy Hagar Live Can't Stand the Rezillos The Rezillos - Fame Grace Jones - Heartbreaker Dolly Parton - Hobo with a Grin Steve Harley - Lights from the Valley Chilliwack - Love or Something Like It Kenny Rogers - Midstream Debby Boone - Nightflight to Venus Boney M - Who Do Ya Love KC and the Sunshine Band - August Day Album Artist Notes 2 Don't Look Back Boston - 11 C'est Chic Chic - 18 Who Are You The Who - 28 Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Devo - 31 Live and More Donna Summer Live - National Lampoon's Animal House Various Artists Soundtrack Chairs Missing Wire - Is It Still Good To Ya Ashford & Simpson - Kingdom of Madness Magnum - Luxury You Can Afford Joe Cocker - Rose Royce III: Strikes Again! Rose Royce - Sir Army Suit Klaatu - Well Kept Secret Juice Newton - With Luv' Luv' - September Day Album Artist Notes 8 Pieces of Eight Styx - Stage David Bowie Live Systems of Romance Ultravox - 15 Studio Tan Frank Zappa - Wet Dream Rick Wright - 18 Ace Frehley Ace Frehley - Along the Red Ledge Hall & Oates - Gene Simmons Gene Simmons - Paul Stanley Paul Stanley - Peter Criss Peter Criss - 20 Tormato Yes - 22 Breathless Camel - Bursting Out Jethro Tull Live Love Bites Buzzcocks - Road to Ruin Ramones - 28 Never Say Die! Black Sabbath - 29 Giant for a Day Gentle Giant - - Bloody Tourists 10cc - Blue Valentine Tom Waits - The Bride Stripped Bare Bryan Ferry - Dog and Butterfly Heart - Fallen Angel Uriah Heep - Gillan Gillan - Leo Sayer Leo Sayer - Living in the USA Linda Ronstadt - Molly Hatchet Molly Hatchet - One Nation Under a Groove Funkadelic - Parallel Lines Blondie - Some Enchanted Evening Blue Öyster Cult Live Time Passages Al Stewart - Wavelength Van Morrison - Weekend Warriors Ted Nugent - X Klaus Schulze - October Day Album Artist Notes 2 Comes a Time Neil Young - Hot Streets Chicago - 7 Dire Straits Dire Straits - 13 Christmas Portrait The Carpenters Christmas 52nd Street Billy Joel - If You Want Blood You've Got It AC/DC Live 15 Toto Toto - 16 A Single Man Elton John - 29 Hemispheres Rush - - Coliseum Rock Starz - Killing Machine Judas Priest - Live! Bootleg Aerosmith Live The Man Barry White - Music For Films Brian Eno - Nervous Breakdown Black Flag EP New Dimensions The Three Degrees - Not Available The Residents - Photo-Finish Rory Gallagher - Prehistoric Sounds The Saints - Private Practice Dr. Feelgood - Trouble Whitesnake - Two for the Show Kansas Live 25 Years On Hawkwind as Hawklords November Day Album Artist Notes 2 Outlandos d'Amour The Police - 3 All Mod Cons The Jam - 10 Babylon by Bus Bob Marley & The Wailers Live Give 'Em Enough Rope The Clash - Jazz Queen - 13 Lionheart Kate Bush - The Scream Siouxsie and the Banshees - 14 Tubeway Army Tubeway Army - 15 Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Barbra Streisand Compilation Shakedown Street Grateful Dead - 24 Blondes Have More Fun Rod Stewart - Incantations Mike Oldfield - 27 Love Tracks Gloria Gaynor - 28 Briefcase Full of Blues The Blues Brothers - - Dub Housing Pere Ubu - From the Inside Alice Cooper - The Gambler Kenny Rogers - Germ Free Adolescents X-Ray Spex - Greatest Hits 1974-78 Steve Miller Band Compilation Midnight Oil Midnight Oil - Move It On Over George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Rose Tattoo Rose Tattoo - Sanctuary The J. Geils Band - December Day Album Artist Notes 1 Minute by Minute The Doobie Brothers - 3 Back to Earth Cat Stevens - 8 First Issue Public Image Ltd - 15 Here, My Dear Marvin Gaye - 17 Destiny The Jacksons - - The Best of Top of the Pops '78 Top of the Poppers Compilation D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle - Equinoxe Jean Michel Jarre - First Glance April Wine - Motor Booty Affair Parliament - Natural Act Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge - After the Heat - Eno Moebius Roedelius Africa Must Be Free by 1983 - Hugh Mundell Alive on Arrival - Steve Forbert At the Third Stroke - Russ Ballard At Yankee Stadium - NRBQ Best Dressed Chicken in Town - Dr. Alimantado The Best of Bette - Bette Midler Bloodbrothers - The Dictators Bootsy? Player of the Year - Bootsy's Rubber Band Bring It Back Alive - Outlaws Cecil Taylor Unit - Cecil Taylor Central Heating - Heatwave Cha Cha - Herman Brood - Live Chaka - Chaka Khan (debut) Champagne Jam - Atlanta Rhythm Section Cheryl Ladd - Cheryl Ladd Cheryl Lynn - Cheryl Lynn (debut) Chuck Berry Live in Concert - Chuck Berry (live) Cidade do Salvador - Gilberto Gil Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson - The Timekeepers - Count Basie and Oscar Peterson The Cream - John Lee Hooker Departure from the Northern Wasteland - Michael Hoenig DMZ - DMZ Dream - Captain & Tennille Dream Dancing - Ella Fitzgerald Dream of a Child - Burton Cummings Durch Die Wüste - Hans-Joachim Roedelius Everybody's Dancin' - Kool & the Gang Every Time Two Fools Collide - Kenny Rogers & Dottie West The Feeding of the 5000 - Crass Finzi: Cello Concerto, Clarinet Concerto - Yo-Yo Ma (Debut) Flamin' Groovies Now! - The Flamin' Groovies Floating Anarchy Live 1977 - Gong From Rats to Riches - Good Rats Funk or Walk - The Brides of Funkenstein Generation X - Generation X Génération 78 / Voilà pourquoi je chante / Ça me fait rêver - Dalida Get It Out'cha System - Millie Jackson Girl Most Likely - Claudja Barry Golden Country Origins - Bill Haley (pre-Comets recordings) Grease - Original Soundtrack Grab It for a Second - Golden Earring Greatest Hits - Captain & Tennille Greatest Hits - Barry Manilow Guaranteed - Ronnie Drew Handsworth Revolution - Steel Pulse Heat in the Street - Pat Travers Honky Tonk Masquerade - Joe Ely How Long Has This Been Going On? - Sarah Vaughan I'm Ready - Muddy Waters Janis Ian - Janis Ian Lanquidity - Sun Ra Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2 - Ivor Cutler Live at Last - Steeleye Span Live in London - Helen Reddy Live in the Black Forest - Cecil Taylor The London Concert - Oscar Peterson Mama Let Him Play - Jerry Doucette Marcus' Children - Burning Spear Meanwhile Back in Paris - Streetheart The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu Modra Rijeka - Indexi Music for 18 Musicians - Steve Reich Mutiny Up My Sleeve - Max Webster Night Rider - Count Basie and Oscar Peterson Nina Hagen Band - Nina Hagen Band No New York - Various Artists No Smoke Without Fire - Wishbone Ash Now! - Flamin' Groovies Of Queues and Cures - National Health Out of Reach - Can Painkiller - Krokus The Paris Concert - Oscar Peterson Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group Playin' to Win - Outlaws Pleasure Principle - Parlet Pleasure Train - Teri Desario Power in the Darkness - Tom Robinson Band Raydio - Raydio Return of the Wanderer - Dion DiMucci Rose Royce III: Strikes Again! - Rose Royce The Rutles - The Rutles - Soundtrack Saga - Saga Salterbarty Tales - Earthstar See Forever Eyes - Prism Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) - Captain Beefheart Shpritsz - Herman Brood So Alone - Johnny Thunders Solar Music - Live - Grobschnitt Songbird - Barbra Streisand Stardust - Willie Nelson Street Player - Rufus Struck Down - Yesterday and Today Thank God It's Friday (soundtrack) - Various Artists That's Life - Sham 69 Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star 3 Phasis - Cecil Taylor Together Again: For the First Time - Mel Tormé, Buddy Rich Tokyo Tapes - Scorpions (live) Totally Hot - Olivia Newton-John 2Hot - Peaches & Herb Variations - Andrew Lloyd Webber Viva - La Düsseldorf Von Gestern bis Heute - Die Flippers Way of the Sun - Jade Warrior Well Kept Secret - Juice Newton We'll Sing in the Sunshine - Helen Reddy Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? - Chris Rea When I Dream - Crystal Gayle Who's happy now? - Connie Francis Yessir, That's My Baby - Count Basie and Oscar Peterson You Light Up My Life - Johnny Mathis Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1978. # Artist Title Year Country Chart entries 1 Bee Gees Stayin' Alive 1978 US BB 1 - Dec 1977, Canada 1 - Jan 1978, Holland 1 - Feb 1978, France 1 - Feb 1978, Italy 1 of 1978, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Jan 1979, US CashBox 2 of 1978, Austria 2 - Apr 1978, Switzerland 2 - Mar 1978, Germany 2 - Mar 1978, Scrobulate 2 of disco, Sweden (alt) 3 - Mar 1978, UK 4 - Feb 1978, Norway 4 - Mar 1978, Australia 4 of 1978, South Africa 4 of 1978, US BB 8 of 1978, POP 8 of 1978, AFI 9, OzNet 9, Party 13 of 2007, RYM 34 of 1977, Europe 36 of the 1970s, 80 in 2FM list, RIAA 94, Acclaimed 98, Germany 100 of the 1970s, Rolling Stone 189 2 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John You're the One That I Want 1978 / UK 1 - May 1978, US BB 1 - Apr 1978, Canada 1 - Apr 1978, Holland 1 - May 1978, Sweden (alt) 1 - Jul 1978, Switzerland 1 - Jul 1978, Norway 1 - Jul 1978, Australia 1 of 1978, Germany 1 - Jun 1978, Éire 1 - Jun 1978, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Apr 1979, Austria 2 - Jul 1978, France 5 - May 1978, US CashBox 9 of 1978, Italy 12 of 1978, POP 15 of 1978, US BB 17 of 1978, Germany 17 of the 1970s, South Africa 17 of 1978, TOTP 20, Poland 26 - Jul 1998, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1978, Europe 72 of the 1970s, RYM 153 of 1978 3 The Village People Y.M.C.A. 1978 UK 1 - Nov 1978, Holland 1 - Dec 1978, Sweden (alt) 1 - Dec 1978, Austria 1 - Jan 1979, Switzerland 1 - Dec 1978, Germany 1 - Jan 1979, Éire 1 - Jan 1979, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Oct 1979, POP 1 of 1979, US BB 2 - Nov 1978, Canada 2 - Dec 1978, Norway 2 - Jan 1979, US BB 3 of 1979, France 3 - Dec 1978, Party 03 of 1999, US CashBox 4 of 1979, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1978, Australia 15 of 1979, Germany 23 of the 1970s, Scrobulate 38 of disco, Europe 86 of the 1970s, RIAA 86, RYM 95 of 1978, Acclaimed 1662 4 Boney M Rivers of Babylon 1978 / / UK 1 - Apr 1978, Holland 1 - Apr 1978, Sweden (alt) 1 - May 1978, France 1 - May 1978, Austria 1 - May 1978, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1978, Norway 1 - May 1978, Germany 1 - Apr 1978, Éire 1 - May 1978, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Apr 1979, South Africa 1 of 1978, Australia 3 of 1978, Germany 3 of the 1970s, TOTP 8, US BB 30 - Jul 1978, Italy 36 of 1978, RYM 77 of 1978, Global 100 (5 M sold) - 1978, OzNet 867 5 Bee Gees Night Fever 1978 UK 1 - Apr 1978, US BB 1 - Feb 1978, US CashBox 1 of 1978, Canada 1 - Feb 1978, France 1 - Apr 1978, Éire 1 - Apr 1978, Norway 2 - May 1978, Germany 2 - May 1978, Holland 3 - Apr 1978, Switzerland 3 - May 1978, Austria 4 - Jun 1978, Sweden (alt) 5 - May 1978, US BB 10 of 1978, POP 11 of 1978, South Africa 12 of 1978, Italy 29 of 1978, Scrobulate 39 of 70s, RYM 59 of 1978, Party 77 of 1999, Germany 94 of the 1970s, Europe 96 of the 1970s, OzNet 894, Acclaimed 2046 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 - The 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) "Uptown Top Ranking" - Althea & 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 and 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" - The Boomtown Rats (2) "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" - Rod Stewart (1) "Mary's Boy Child"/"Oh My Lord" - Boney M (4) Other significant singles "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" - Izhar Cohen & The Alphabeta "Airport" - The Motors "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" - Van Halen "Alive Again" - Chicago "All the Nice Boys and Girls in the World" - Riff Regan "Alternative Ulster" - Stiff Little Fingers "Ambition" - Subway Sect "An Ideal For Living" - Joy Division "Another Girl, Another Planet" - The Only Ones "Another Night On The Road" - Sherbet "Are You Old Enough" - Dragon "Baby Hold On" - Eddie Money "Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty "Because the Night" - Patti Smith Group "Best Of Both Worlds" - Robert Palmer "Blame It On The Boogie" - Jackson 5 "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" - Styx "Bluer Than Blue" - Michael Johnson "Brown Girl in the Ring" - Boney M "Ça me fait rêver" - Dalida & Bruno Guillain "Ça plane pour moi" - Plastic Bertrand "Can We Still Be Friends" - Todd Rundgren "Can't Smile Without You" - Barry Manilow "Can't Take the Hurt Anymore" - Cliff Richard "Chameleon Army" - Pink Lady "Charles (EP)" - The Skids "Clash City Rockers" - The Clash "Coming Home" - Marshall Hain "Copacabana (At The Copa)" - Barry Manilow "Damaged Goods (EP)" - Gang Of Four "Dancing In The City" - Marshall Hain "David Watts" - The Jam "Davy's On The Road Again" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Deep in the Motherlode" - Genesis "Déjà Vu" - Dionne Warwick "Denis" - Blondie "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" - The Shadows "Don't Look Back" - Boston "(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 "Ego" - Elton John "Eve Of The War" - Jeff Wayne "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" - Buzzcocks "Everybody Dance" - Chic "An Everlasting Love" - Andy Gibb "Every Kinda People" - Robert Palmer "FM (No Static At All)" - Steely Dan "Feels So Good" - Chuck Mangione "5-7-0-5" - City Boy "Flash Light" -Parliament "Floral Dance" - Terry Wogan "Follow You, Follow Me" - Genesis "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" - Chris Rea "Fool's Overture" - Supertramp "Forever Autumn" - Justin Hayward "The Gambler" - Kenny Rogers "Génération 78" - Dalida & Bruno Guillain "Germ Free Adolescents" - X-Ray Spex "Give Me Everything" - Magazine "Goodnight Tonight" - Paul McCartney and Wings "Got to Get You into My Life" - Earth Wind and Fire "Hammer Horror" - Kate Bush "Hanging On The Telephone" - Blondie "Heartless" - Heart "Here You Come Again" - Dolly Parton "Hey Deanie" - Shaun Cassidy "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" - Ian Dury & The Blockheads "Hold The Line" - Toto "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 "Hot Legs/I Was Only Joking" - Rod Stewart "How Much I Feel" - Ambrosia "How You Gonna See Me Now" - Alice Cooper "Human Fly" - The Cramps "I Don't Mind" - Buzzcocks "(I Don't Wanna Go To) Chelsea" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions "I Just Wanna Stop" - Gino Vannelli "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" - Alicia Bridges "Identity" - X-Ray Spex "If The Kids Are United" - Sham 69 "I'm Every Woman" - Chaka Khan "Instant Replay" - Dan Hartman " Is This Love" - Bob Marley & The Wailers "I've Had Enough" - Wings "Isn't It Time" - The Babys "It's a Heartache" - Bonnie Tyler "Jilted John" - Jilted John "Jocko Homo" - Devo "Just The Way You Are" - Billy Joel "Khe Sanh" - Cold Chisel "Le Lambeth Walk" - Dalida "Last Dance" - Donna Summer "Lay Down Sally" - Eric Clapton "Life's Been Good" - Joe Walsh "Light Up Your Love" - Ronney Abramson "A Little Lovin' (Keeps the Doctor Away)" - The Raes "A Little More Love" - Olivia Newton-John "Love de Luxe" - The Shadows "Love Is Like Oxygen" - Sweet "Love Will Find A Way" - Pablo Cruise "Love You More" - Buzzcocks "Magnet And Steel" - Walter Egan "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" - Kate Bush "Many Rivers To Cross" - Jimmy Cliff "Many Too Many" - Genesis "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" - Ace Frehley "Nice N' Sleazy" - The Stranglers "Nobody's Scared" - Subway Sect "No Time To Be 21" - The Adverts "Oh Carol" - Smokie "One Nation Under A Groove" - Funkadelic "Only You Can Rock Me" - UFO "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" - Meat Loaf "Part-Time Love" - Elton John "Please Remember Me" - Cliff Richard "Promises" - Buzzcocks "Promises" - Eric Clapton "Prove It All Night" - Bruce Springsteen " Public Image" - Public Image Limited " Pump It Up" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions "Radio Radio" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions "Raining in My Heart" - Leo Sayer "Rasputin" - Boney M "Ready Steady Go" - Generation X "Ready To Take a Chance Again" - Barry Manilow "Reminiscing" - Little River Band "Renegade" - Styx "Right Down the Line" - Gerry Rafferty "Rivers of Babylon" - Boney M "Rising Free (EP)" - Tom Robinson Band "Rock Lobster" - The B-52's "Roxanne" - The Police "Runaway" - Jefferson Starship "Runnin' With The Devil - Van Halen "Shame" - Evelyn King "She Believes In Me" - Kenny Rogers "Shot By Both Sides" - Magazine "Sign Of The Times" - Bryan Ferry "Sing for the Day" - Styx "Sometimes When We Touch" - Dan Hill "Songbird" - Barbra Streisand "Song for Guy - Elton John "Southpaw" - Pink Lady "Stay" - Jackson Browne "Still In Love With You" - Dragon "Still The Same" - Bob Seger "Straight On" - Heart "Stuff Like That" - Quincy Jones "Suburban Boy" - Dave Warner's From The Suburbs "Substitute" - Clout "Sultans of Swing" - Dire Straits "Summer Nights" - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John "Summer Night City" - ABBA "Surfin Bird" - The Cramps "Suspect Device" - Stiff Little Fingers "Sweet, Sweet Smile" - The Carpenters "Sweet Talkin' Woman" - Electric Light Orchestra "Take a Chance on Me" - ABBA "Take Me I'm Yours" - Squeeze "Take Me to the River" - Talking Heads "Talking In Your Sleep" - Crystal Gayle "Teenage Kicks" - The Undertones "Thank God It's Friday" - Love & Kisses "The Day The World Turned Day-Glo" - X-Ray Spex "There's No Way Out of Here" - David Gilmour "Thunder Island" - Jay Ferguson "Time Passages" - Al Stewart "Too Good To Be True" - Tom Robinson Band "Too Much Heaven" - Bee Gees "Top Of The Pops" - The Rezillos "Tommy Gun" - The Clash "Toumei Ningen" - Pink Lady "Trojan Horse" - Luv' "Turn to Stone" - Electric Light Orchestra "Two out of Three Ain't Bad" - Meat Loaf "Uganda Stomp" - The Battered Wives "United/Zyklon B Zombie" - Throbbing Gristle "Up Against The Wall" - Tom Robinson Band "Use ta Be My Girl" - O'Jays "Voilà pourquoi je chante" - Dalida "Walking In The Rain" - Cheetah "Werewolves of London" - Warren Zevon "What a Waste" - Ian Dury & The Blockheads "What Do I Get?" - Buzzcocks "Whenever I Call You Friend" - Kenny Loggins "Where's Bill Grundy Now?" - Television Personalities "Where Were You?" - The Mekons "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" - The Clash "Who Are You" - The Who "Wide Open (EP)" - The Skids "Wild West Hero" - Electric Light Orchestra "Wonderful Tonight" - Eric Clapton "Wuthering Heights" - Kate Bush "Y.M.C.A." - The Village People "Yes, He Lives!" - Cliff Richard "You Belong To Me" - Carly Simon "You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" - Rod Stewart "You're the Greatest Lover" - Luv' "You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth" - Meat Loaf 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 Classical music Malcolm Arnold - Symphony No. 8 Jacob Druckman - Viola concerto Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky - Requiem pour une marée noire Iannis Xenakis - Mycènes Alpha Opera Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives Lorenzo Ferrero - Rimbaud, ou le fils du soleil 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) Ballet Lorenzo Ferrero - Invito a nozze 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 Musical films The Buddy Holly Story Grease Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Thank God It's Friday The Wiz Births January 3 - Kimberley Locke, American singer January 5 – Karnail Pitts, American rapper (d. 1999) January 9 - A. J. McLean, American singer (Backstreet Boys) January 12 Kris Roe, American rock guitarist and singer (The Ataris) Jeremy Camp, American Christian guitarist and singer January 20 – Sid Wilson, American rock turntablist (Slipknot, DJ Starscream) January 31 – Ibolya Oláh, Hungarian singer February 1 - Jeff Conrad (Phantom Planet) February 14 - Ryan Griffiths, guitarist (The Vines) February 22 - Jenny Frost, British singer (Atomic Kitten) February 24 – John Nolan, American rock lead singer (Straylight Run) February 28 – Jeanne Cherhal, French singer-songwriter March 10 – Benjamin Burnley, American musician March 12 – Claudio Sanchez, American singer/songwriter (Coheed & Cambria) March 21 – Kevin Federline, American musician March 31 – Tony Yayo, American rapper April 7 – Duncan James, English singer April 9 - Rachel Stevens, British singer (S Club 7) April 11 – Thomas Thacker, Canadian singer April 12 – Guy Berryman, Scottish rock bass player (Coldplay) April 21 Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer (Nightwish) Branden Steineckert (The Used, Rancid) April 22 – Jason Stollsteimer, American lead singer and guitarist (The Von Bondies) May 1 - Matt Lovato (Mest) May 3 – Paul Banks, American rock vocalist (Interpol) May 21 – Adam Gontier, Canadian-born rock musician (Three Days Grace) May 23 – Scott Raynor, American rock musician (Blink-182) May 29 - Adam Rickitt, British actor, singer and model May 30 - Kianna Alarid (Tilly and the Wall) June 6 – Carl Barât, English rock singer and guitarist (The Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things) June 9 - Matthew Bellamy (Muse) June 13 – Jason Michael Carroll, American country musician June 19 - Mía Maestro, singer June 29 - Sam Farrar (Phantom Planet) June 27 - Lolly, English singer August 1 – Dhani Harrison, English musician and son of George Harrison of The Beatles August 7 – Jamey Jasta, American rock singer (Hatebreed) August 15 – Tim Foreman, American rock bassist (Switchfoot) August 23 - Julian Casablancas (The Strokes) August 24 - Darren Robinson (Phantom Planet) August 27 - Mase, rapper August 28 Max Collins (Eve 6) Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY) September 6 – Cisco Adler, American musician September 9 – Johnny Shentall, English singer September 11 – Ben Lee, Australian singer September 20 Patrizio Buanne, Italian singer Sarit Hadad, Israeli pop singer September 30 - Steve Klein (New Found Glory) October 2 - Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer October 3 – Jake Shears, American singer October 9 - Nicky Byrne, Irish singer (Westlife) October 14 - Usher, American singer and actor October 20 Kira, German singer Neil Martin, Irish singer-songwriter R'sonist, Jamaican Hip Hop Producer October 27 - Vanessa-Mae, British violinist November 9 - Sisqó, American singer November 10 - Eve, American rapper November 13 – Nikolai Fraiture, American rock bassist (The Strokes) November 16 - Carolina Parra (Cansei de Ser Sexy) November 18 - Andris Nelsons, Latvian conductor November 22 - Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) November 25 – Shiina Ringo, Japanese singer and musician November 30 - Clay Aiken, American singer December 1 - Brad Delson (Linkin Park) December 2 Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) Nelly Furtado, Canadian/Portuguese singer, songwriter, record producer, instrumentalist Christopher Wolstenholme (Muse) December 15 - Ned Brower (Rooney) December 23 - Esthero, singer-songwriter December 24 – Tonedeff, American rapper December 29 LaToya London, American singer Steve Kemp, British musician (Hard-Fi) Deaths January 3 - Jack Oakie, actor in many musical films of the 1940s January 23 Terry Kath, Chicago guitarist and vocalist Vic Ames, Ames Brothers January 31 - Greg Herbert, Blood, Sweat & Tears saxophonist March 4 - Joe Marsala March 11 - Claude François, singer-songwriter (electrocuted) March 18 - Peggy Wood, actress and singer April 3 - Ray Noble, composer and bandleader April 21 - Sandy Denny, folk singer (Fairport Convention) (cerebral haemorrhage) May 1 - Aram Khachaturian, composer May 5 - Ján Móry, Slovak composer May 26 - Tamara Karsavina, ballerina July 14 - Maria Grinberg, pianist August 14 - Joe Venuti, US jazz violinist August 24 - Louis Prima, jazz musician September 7 - Keith Moon, drummer for The Who September 24 - Ruth Etting, US "torch" singer October 6 - Johnny O'Keefe, Australian Singer October 9 - Jacques Brel, singer-songwriter October 12 - Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of Sid Vicious October 23 - Maybelle Carter née Addington, US country singer and musician, member of the Carter Family November 12 - Howard Swanson, composer November 18 - Lennie Tristano, jazz pianist December 27 - Chris Bell, singer-songwriter External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Music in 1978 Pop Culture Madness 1978 Pop Music Chart