The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. (November 2009) List of years in music (Table) … 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 •    1977 • 1978 • 1979 – 1980 – 1981 • 1982 • 1983 •    1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 … Related time period or subjects … 1977 • 1978 • 1979 – 1980 – 1981 • 1982 • 1983 … … 1950s • 1960s • 1970s – 1980s – 1990s • 2000s • 2010s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Punk rocker Siouxsie Sioux in 1980. Events January 1 Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II. The Zorros audition drummer Greg Pedley. 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 16 - Paul McCartney is arrested in Tokyo for possession of a half pound of marijuana. The remaining part of McCartney's tour has to be canceled. January 25 - Paul McCartney is released from a Japanese jail and ejected from the country by Japanese authorities. February 8 - David Bowie and his wife of nearly 10 years, Angie, file for divorce. Bowie gets custody of their 9-year-old son, Zowie February 14 - Lou Reed marries Sylvia Morales in New York City's Greenwich Village 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 29 - Buddy Holly's trademark glasses and the Big Bopper's wristwatch are "rediscovered" in old police files by the Mason City, Iowa, sheriff. Holly and the Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, along with singer Ritchie Valens. March 1 - Patti Smith marries former MC5 member Fred "Sonic" Smith 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 pounds and a collection of personal letters belonging to the Rolling Stones, also for 220 pounds March 8-March 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 is subpoenaed during the trial of Dr. George Nichopoulous, who would later be found guilty of overprescribing drugs to Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and other clients. April 13 - The Broadway musical Grease closes its run of 3,388 performances, making it the longest running show on Broadway up until that time. April 14 - A member of the New Jersey State assembly introduces a resolution to make Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" the official state song. 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". 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. May 18 - Ian Curtis, vocalist of pioneering post-punk group Joy Division, hangs himself in his Macclesfield home. His death comes just days before Joy Division are scheduled to begin their first U.S. tour. June - Rock and Roll pioneer Bill Haley performs for the last time during a tour of South Africa. After this tour, his health deteriorates and he dies in February 1981. July 1980 marks the 25th anniversary of Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" reaching No. 1 on the American singles charts. July 25 - AC/DC release Back in Black which later becomes the highest selling album by any band to date. August 23 – The Heatwave festival near Toronto features The B-52's, Talking Heads, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello and many others. August 31 - Karen Carpenter marries Thomas Burris. "Because We Are in Love" is played at their wedding. September 20 - Ozzy Osbourne's breakthrough debut album Blizzard of Ozz is released in the UK. September 25 - John Bonham, drummer of Led Zeppelin, is found dead by bandmate John Paul Jones. November 21 - The Eagles' Don Henley is arrested when cocaine, Quaaludes, and marijuana are found in his hotel room after a 16-year-old prostitute has drug-related seizures. Henley is also subsequently charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. December - Duran Duran signs with EMI after finalizing its lineup and touring as a support act for Hazel O'Connor. December 4 - Led Zeppelin disbands following the death of drummer John Bonham. December 7 - Darby Crash, leader of seminal L.A. punk band The Germs dies of a heroin overdose in a suicide pact. December 8 - John Lennon is shot dead outside his apartment building in New York City. His single, "(Just Like) Starting Over", subsequently becomes a number one hit in many countries, including the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Other events 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. The Hee Bee Gee Bees release a cutting parody of a Bee Gees' disco-style single. Though not a hit in the UK, it is a huge success elsewhere, especially in South Africa, and helps to encourage the Gibb brothers to diversify stylistically. 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). Bands formed

See Category:Musical groups established in 1980 Bands disbanded This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Bachman–Turner Overdrive (reform periodically over the years) Boys Next Door disband and become The Birthday Party The Buggles (Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes join Yes) The Eagles (reform in 1994) The Germs (reform in 2005 with actor Shane West as their singer) George Clinton dissolves Parliament-Funkadelic Gentle Giant Horslips Joy Division (reform as New Order without Ian Curtis, as Curtis had hanged himself earlier that year.) Led Zeppelin Seals & Crofts Strawbs (reform in 1983) The Teen Idles The Tourists (reform as Eurythmics) UK Wings (unofficial) Wire (reform in 1985) Albums released See also: :Category:1980 albums Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 1 Permanent Waves Rush - 4 The Romantics The Romantics - 17 Metamatic John Foxx - 19 Pretenders The Pretenders - 21 True Colours Split Enz - 28 Love Stinks The J. Geils Band - - Adventures in Utopia Utopia - Malice in Wonderland Nazareth - Metal Rendez-vous Krokus - No Place to Run UFO - Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits Aksak Maboul - Sit Down and Talk to Me Lou Rawls - Survivor Survivor - Union Jacks The Babys - February Day Album Artist Notes 1 Sheer Greed Girl - 4 The Age of Plastic The Buggles - End of the Century The Ramones - 5 Boys Don't Cry The Cure - 7 Soldier Iggy Pop - 14 Bebe Le Strange Heart - 15 Earth & Sky Graham Nash - Get Happy!! Elvis Costello - The Rose Bette Midler Soundtrack to 1979 film 22 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Sheep Farming in Barnet Toyah expanded re-issue of 1979 EP 23 Too Much Pressure The Selector - 25 Against the Wind Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Warm Thoughts Smokey Robinson - 27 Remorse Code Desperate Bicycles - - After Dark Andy Gibb - Argybargy Squeeze - Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School Warren Zevon - Bryan Adams Bryan Adams - Colossal Youth Young Marble Giants - Conquest Uriah Heep - Don't Fight It Red Rider - Mad Love Linda Ronstadt - Metal for Muthas Various Artists - The Psychedelic Furs The Psychedelic Furs - The Return of the Durutti Column The Durutti Column - That's What You Get Babe Kevin Ayers - Willie Nile Willie Nile - March Day Album Artist Notes 7 Nobody's Heroes Stiff Little Fingers - 14 On Through the Night Def Leppard - 17 Let's Get Serious Jermaine Jackson - 18 Dreams Grace Slick - 23 Departure Journey - 24 Rarities The Beatles Compilation 25 Progressions of Power Triumph - 26 Women and Children First Van Halen - 28 Duke Genesis - Look Hear? 10cc - 29 Glass Houses Billy Joel - - Coal Miner's Daughter Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack Crash and Burn Pat Travers Band - Frantic City Teenage Head - Gideon Kenny Rogers - Invasion Manilla Road - Let the Music Do the Talking The Joe Perry Project - Sacred Songs Darryl Hall - Suicide Suicide - April Day Album Artist Notes 4 Wheels of Steel Saxon - 14 Iron Maiden Iron Maiden - 18 Seventeen Seconds The Cure - 21 Empty Glass Pete Townshend - 24 Cameosis Cameo - 28 Flush the Fashion Alice Cooper - Go to Heaven Grateful Dead - - Animal Magnetism Scorpions - British Steel Judas Priest - Crazy Rhythms The Feelies - Give 'Em Hell Witchfynde - Growing Up in Public Lou Reed - Heaven and Hell Black Sabbath - Holiday '80 The Human League EP Just One Night Eric Clapton Live Los Angeles X - Marauder Magnum Live Metal for Muthas Volume II: Cut Loud Various Artists - Middle Man Boz Scaggs - Tale of the Tape Billy Squier - May Day Album Artist Notes 3 The Golden Years Motörhead EP 5 Totale's Turns (It's Now or Never) The Fall - 9 Bass Culture Linton Kwesi Johnson - 13 Avoid Freud Rough Trade - 21 at 33 Elton John - 16 I Just Can't Stop It The Beat - McCartney II Paul McCartney - 20 Unmasked Kiss - 22 diana Diana Ross - 23 The Up Escalator Graham Parker - 30 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel third album - Danger Zone Sammy Hagar - Fame Various Artists Soundtrack The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits Boney M. Compilation Music Man Waylon Jennings - Quicksand Shoes Streetheart - Ready an' Willing Whitesnake - Roses in the Snow Emmylou Harris - Scream Dream Ted Nugent - Tangram Tangerine Dream - Three Mantras Cabaret Voltaire - Travelogue The Human League - Woman Love Burton Cummings - June Day Album Artist Notes 4 East Cold Chisel - 4 One for the Road The Kinks - 6 The Blue Meaning Toyah - 10 Uprising Bob Marley & The Wailers - 14 Cultösaurus Erectus Blue Öyster Cult - 16 Come Upstairs Carly Simon - 20 The Blues Brothers: Music From the Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack Emotional Rescue The Rolling Stones - Rise Up Peter Frampton Brazil 23 Saved Bob Dylan - 24 Hold Out Jackson Browne - 25 Huey Lewis and the News Huey Lewis and the News - 28 Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys - 30 The Game Queen - Real People Chic - - The Art of Walking Pere Ubu - Defector Steve Hackett - Demolition Girlschool - Endangered Species Klaatu - Flesh and Blood Roxy Music - Found All the Parts Cheap Trick EP Head On Samson - Heathen Earth Throbbing Gristle - I'm a Rebel Accept - I've Got Something to Say David Allan Coe - Live at Last Black Sabbath Live 1973 New Clear Days The Vapors - Romance Dance Kim Carnes - There and Back Jeff Beck - Tight Shoes Foghat - Tomcattin' Blackfoot - Urban Cowboy Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack Xanadu Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra Soundtrack July Day Album Artist Notes 3 Triumph The Jacksons - 5 Freedom of Choice Devo - 11 Vienna Ultravox - 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 - 21 Chicago XIV Chicago - 25 Back in Black AC/DC - TP Teddy Pendergrass - 28 Zapp Zapp - 29 Voices Darryl Hall & John Oates - - Chipmunk Punk The Chipmunks - Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple Deep Purple Compilation Hot on the One James Brown Live John Anderson John Anderson - Playing for Keeps Eddie Money - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels Dexys Midnight Runners - Sinsemilla Black Uhuru - August Day Album Artist Notes 6 Crimes of Passion Pat Benatar - 15 Alibi America - Panorama The Cars - 22 Drama Yes - 23 Wild Cat Tygers of Pan Tang - 27 Wild Planet The B-52's - 29 A Jethro Tull - Signing Off UB40 - - The Affectionate Punch Associates - Common One Van Morrison - Doc at the Radar Station Captain Beefheart - Give Me the Night George Benson - Jealous Again Black Flag EP Kaleidoscope Siouxsie & the Banshees - Killing Joke Killing Joke - Lightning to the Nations Diamond Head - Living in a Fantasy Leo Sayer - The Michael Schenker Group Michael Schenker Group - Neutronica Donovan - One-Trick Pony Paul Simon - Special Things The Pointer Sisters - Stand Up and Fight Quartz - The Swing of Delight Carlos Santana - September Day Album Artist Notes 1 Empires and Dance Simple Minds - 5 Telekon Gary Numan - Waiting for a Miracle Comsat Angels - 8 Never for Ever Kate Bush - 12 Black Sea XTC - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) David Bowie - 16 Nothin' Matters and What If It Did John Cougar - 17 One Step Closer The Doobie Brothers - Solo in Soho Phil Lynott - 19 White Spirit White Spirit - 29 Hotter than July Stevie Wonder - Kurtis Blow Kurtis Blow - - The Absolute Game Skids - Absolutely Madness - Arc of a Diver Steve Winwood - Audio-Visions Kansas - Beatin' the Odds Molly Hatchet - Blizzard of Ozz Ozzy Osbourne - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Dead Kennedys - Guilty Barbra Streisand - Heartattack and Vine Tom Waits - I'm No Hero Cliff Richard - Out of Control Peter Criss - Paris Supertramp - Pucker Up Lipps Inc. - Rev Up The Rezillos as The Revillos Shadows and Light Joni Mitchell - October Day Album Artist Notes 3 Zenyattà Mondatta The Police - 8 Dirty Mind Prince - Remain in Light Talking Heads - 10 Chance Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Chinatown Thin Lizzy - 13 INXS INXS - The River Bruce Springsteen - 14 Faces Earth, Wind & Fire - 17 Making Movies Dire Straits - 20 Boy U2 - The Wanderer Donna Summer - 24 Organisation Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - 27 All Shook Up Cheap Trick - Drugstore Dancer Streetheart - Levitation Hawkwind - 31 Dig It Klaus Schulze - - Beat Crazy Joe Jackson - The Black Album The Damned - Black Market Clash The Clash - Commercial Album The Residents - Deface the Music Utopia - Explorer Suite New England - Glory Road Gillan - Grace and Danger John Martyn - Greatest Hits Aerosmith Compilation Greatest Hits Kenny Rogers Compilation In the Flat Field Bauhaus - Just Supposin' Status Quo - Kilamanjaro The Teardrop Explodes - More George Thorogood and the Destroyers George Thorogood and the Destroyers - More Specials The Specials - Rockabilly Blues Johnny Cash - Seconds of Pleasure Rockpile - Universal Juveniles Max Webster - The Witch of Berkeley A II Z Live November Day Album Artist Notes 2 Stage Struck Rory Gallagher Live 3 Hawks & Doves Neil Young - Super Trouper ABBA - 7 Divine Madness Bette Midler Live Eagles Live Eagles Live 8 Ace of Spades Motörhead - 10 The Jazz Singer Neil Diamond Soundtrack 17 Double Fantasy John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Grotesque (After the Gramme) The Fall - 19 Barry Barry Manilow - 21 Foolish Behaviour Rod Stewart - Gaucho Steely Dan - Hi Infidelity REO Speedwagon - 22 Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Motörhead EP 28 Sound Affects The Jam - Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! Toyah Live - Angel Witch Angel Witch - Autoamerican Blondie - The Birthday Party The Birthday Party as The Boys Next Door Gentlemen Take Polaroids Japan - Live...in the Heart of the City Whitesnake Live Memories Barbra Streisand Compilation +3 new songs Mr. Hands Herbie Hancock - Solid Pleasure Yello - Stage Fright Witchfynde - Strong Arm of the Law Saxon - Taking Liberties Elvis Costello Compilation The Turn of a Friendly Card The Alan Parsons Project - Turn the Hell On Fist - December Day Album Artist Notes 2 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs Dolly Parton - 8 Flash Gordon Queen Soundtrack Live Fleetwood Mac Live 10 Dream, After Dream Journey Soundtrack 12 Sandanista! The Clash - 19 Yesshows Yes Live 26 Stand in the Fire Warren Zevon Live - The Best of Top of the Pops '80 Top of the Poppers - The Concert Creedence Clearwater Revival Live 1970 The Decline of Western Civilization Various Artists Soundtrack Fire Wind Electric Sun - Made in America The Blues Brothers Live National Breakout The Romantics - Shades of Blue Lou Rawls - Trombipulation Parliament - A-Z - Colin Newman Acnalbasac Noom - Slapp Happy Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits - Andy Gibb Another String of Hits - The Shadows Army Life - The Exploited Authority Stealing - Fela Kuti Autumn - George Winston Baby's Got a Gun - The Only Ones The Barbara Dickson Album - Barbara Dickson The Beginning - Midnight Star Between a Hard Place and the Ground - Mike Bloomfield Bird Noises - Midnight Oil Blue Angel - Blue Angel Borderline - Ry Cooder 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 Carnaval - Spyro Gyra Caught You - Steel Pulse Change of Address - The Shadows Clues - Robert Palmer The Correct Use of Soap - Magazine A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970 to 1980 - REO Speedwagon - Compilation Dome 1 - Dome Drastic Measures - 7 Seconds - cassette Dub Disco - Bunny Wailer East - Cold Chisel 80/81 - Pat Metheny 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 Frost and Fire - Cirith Ungol Gamma 2 - Gamma Gap Band III - The Gap Band The Game - Sham 69 Give Me the Night - George Benson Glass House Rock - Greg Kihn God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners - Robert Fripp Good News - Sweet Honey in the Rock Gravity - Fred Frith Greatest Hits - Rita Coolidge Group Sex - Circle Jerks Gyrate - Pylon Habibi Ana - Samir Al-Ajani Hail H.I.M. - Burning Spear Half Mute - Tuxedomoon Hanx - Stiff Little Fingers Happy Woman Blues - Lucinda Williams Hideaway - David Sanborn Hold On - Carolyne Mas Humans - Bruce Cockburn Hypnotised - The Undertones I Am What I Am - George Jones 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 In The Flat Fields - Bauhaus Inside Job - Dion DiMucci Inside My Brain - Angry Samoans The Inside Story - Robben Ford Iron Curtain Innocence - Bobb Trimble Is This Real? - Wipers It's What's Inside That Counts - Critical Mass Jack Rabbit! - Doug Dillard Jane from Occupied Europe - Swell Maps Jazziz- John Serry, Jr. The Jealous Kind - Delbert McClinton Jeopardy - The Sound Joan Jett - Joan Jett Joy and Pain - Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Just Like That - Toots & the Maytals Just Testing - Wishbone Ash Kano - Kano Kings of the Wild Frontier - Adam and the Ants Keeping Our Love Warm - Captain & Tennille Lady T - Teena Marie Ladies Man - April Wine - Live EP Laughter - Ian Dury and the Blockheads 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 Live Seventy Nine - Hawkwind Living Dub - Burning Spear LKJ in Dub - Linton Kwesi Johnson The Long Riders - Ry Cooder Lookin' For Trouble - Toronto Looking at Bird - Archie Shepp Loonee Tunes! - Bad Manners The Lord Will Make a Way - Al Green Love Crimes - Harlequin Love in Exile - Eddy Grant Love Lives Forever - Minnie Riperton Love Uprising - Tavares Love Zombies - The Monochrome Set Loverboy - Loverboy Maestra Vida: Primera Parte - Ruben Blades Me Myself I - Joan Armatrading Mekons - The Mekons Memento z banalnym tryptykiem - SBB 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 Naughty - Chaka Khan Never Alone - Amy Grant New Hope for the Wretched - Plasmatics Night Passage - Weather Report 1980 - Gil Scott Heron Now We May Begin - Randy Crawford Nurds - The Roches Off the Coast of Me - Kid Creole and the Coconuts Official Secrets Act - M On the Edge - The Babys One Bad Habit - Michael Franks 100 M.P.H. - Vardis Operation Radication - Yellowman Ori Mi Ja Fun Mi - King Sunny Ade Paranoid Time (EP) - Minutemen Party 'Til You're Broke - Rufus Paul Davis - Paul Davis Penguin Eggs - Nic Jones People - James Brown The Personal Touch - Oscar Peterson Play - Magazine Play Me or Trade Me - Parlet Rastakraut Pasta - Moebius & Plank Real Eyes - Gil Scott Heron Red Exposure - Chrome Reflections - Chet Atkins Répression - Trust Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway - Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway 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 Short Stories - Jon & Vangelis Silent Knight - Saga Ska 'n' B - Bad Manners Sky II - Sky Snakes and Ladders - Gerry Rafferty Something Better Change - D.O.A. Snap Crackle and Bop - John Cooper Clarke Sneak Me In - Lucifer's Friend Snockgrass - Michael Hurley Social Studies - Carla Bley Something Better Change - D.O.A. Songs the Lord Taught Us - The Cramps S.O.S. - The S.O.S. Band Soul Syndrome - James Brown Spellbound - Dennis Brown Sportscar - Judy Tzuke Stone Jam - Slave Storm Windows - John Prine Strange Boutique - The Monochrome Set Sunrise in Different Dimensions - Sun Ra Supercharged - Tavares Sweat Band - Sweat Band Take It Easy Baby - Buckwheat Zydeco Tears and Laughter - Johnny Mathis Tennis - Chris Rea 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 Bit Monsters - John Hiatt Two Miles from Heaven - Mott the Hoople - Compilation Ultra Wave - Bootsy Collins Up-Front - The Fleshtones The Voice of America - Cabaret Voltaire Wanna Be A Star - Chilliwack Warm Leatherette - Grace Jones Waters Edge - Sweet We Are...Every One of Us - Sweet Honey in the Rock What's the Word - The Fabulous Thunderbirds When Two Worlds Collide - Jerry Lee Lewis Who's Been Talking - The Robert Cray Band Untitled ("Yellow EP") - Gang of Four Young And Restless - Prism Your Cassette Pet - Bow Wow Wow Zydeco Gris Gris - Beausoleil Awards BBC Young Musician of the Year: Nicholas Daniel, oboist Boy Edgar Award: Rein de Graaff Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest 1980 Grammy Awards of 1980 Harriet Cohen International Music Award Charts List of number 1 hits Hot 100 number-one hits of 1980 (USA) 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) 1980 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, Éire 1 - Dec 1979, Poland 1 of all time, US CashBox 3 of 1980, Holland 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 Diana Ross Upside Down 1980 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, Holland 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 3 Barbra Streisand Woman in Love 1980 UK 1 - Oct 1980, US BB 1 - Sep 1980, Holland 1 - Sep 1980, Sweden (alt) 1 - Oct 1980, Austria 1 - Dec 1980, Switzerland 1 - Oct 1980, Norway 1 - Nov 1980, Germany 1 - Jan 1981, Éire 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 4 Lipps Inc Funkytown 1980 US BB 1 - Apr 1980, Holland 1 - Apr 1980, Austria 1 - Jul 1980, Switzerland 1 - May 1980, Norway 1 - Jul 1980, Germany 1 - Jun 1980, UK 2 - May 1980, Sweden (alt) 2 - Jun 1980, US BB 4 of 1980, POP 5 of 1980, Scrobulate 7 of disco, Australia 9 of 1980, US CashBox 10 of 1980, Germany 14 of the 1980s, Italy 30 of 1980, RYM 73 of 1979, Acclaimed 520 5 John Lennon (Just Like) Starting Over 1980 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 US and UK #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/The 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) Other significant singles See also: :Category:1980 singles "9:30 May 2" - The Minutemen "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" - U2 "Aap Jaisa Koi" - Nazia Hassan "A Day Without Me" - U2 "A Forest" - The Cure "Ace of Spades" - Motörhead "Against the Wind" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "Ah! Leah!" - Donnie Iris "Alabama Getaway" - Grateful Dead "All I Do" - Stevie Wonder "All Night Long" - Joe Walsh "All Night Long" - Rainbow "All Out of Love" - Air Supply "All Over the World" - Electric Light Orchestra "All The Way From America" - Joan Armatrading "Amsterdam" -Maggie MacNeal "And the Beat Goes On" - The Whispers "And the Cradle Will Rock..." - Van Halen "Another Day" - U2 "Another Nail in My Heart" - Squeeze "Antmusic" - Adam and the Ants "Any Way You Want It" - Journey "Army Dreamers" - Kate Bush "Atmosphere/She's Lost Control" - Joy Division "Atomic" - Blondie "Babe" - Styx "Babooshka" - Kate Bush "Babylon Sisters" - Steely Dan "Back in Black" - AC/DC "Back Together Again" - Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway "Baggy Trousers" - Madness "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" - John Lennon "Behind the Groove" - Teena Marie "Better Love Next Time" - Dr. Hook "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "The Biggest Part of Me" - Ambrosia "Biko" - Peter Gabriel "Blackman Redemption" - Bob Marley & the Wailers "The Boat Family" - The Roches "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" - Talking Heads "Boulevard" - Jackson Browne "Breakdown Dead Ahead" - Boz Scaggs "Breathing" - Kate Bush "Broken English" - Marianne Faithfull "Buffalo Soldier" - Bob Marley & The Wailers, recorded in 1980, but unreleased until 1983, after Bob Marley's death in 1981. "Butcher Baby/Tight Black Pants" - Plasmatics "By The Author of Psycho" - The Couch (proto-Drum and bass) "The Call Up" - The Clash "Can You Feel It" - The Jacksons "Canary in a Coalmine" - The Police "Can't Help Myself" - Flowers "Captain Kennedy" - Neil Young "Career Opportunities" - The Clash "Cars" - Gary Numan "Carrie" - Cliff Richard "Celebration" - Kool & the Gang "Chant Down Babylon" - Bob Marley & The Wailers "Chemical Warfare" - Dead Kennedys "Chinatown" - Thin Lizzy "Cities" - Talking Heads "City Hobgoblins" - The Fall "Clampdown" - The Clash "Cleanup Time" - John Lennon "Clones (We're All)" - Alice Cooper "Clubland" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions "Columbus" - Burning Spear "Come Back" - The J. Geils Band "Come to Me" - France Joli "Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd (released in 1979) "Coming Up" - Paul McCartney "Cool Change" - Little River Band "Could I Have This Dance" - Anne Murray "Could You Be Loved" - Bob Marley & The Wailers "Coward Of The County" - Kenny Rogers "Crazy Train" - Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Oz "Christine" - Siouxsie and the Banshees "Crosseyed and Painless" - Talking Heads "Cruisin'" - Smokey Robinson "Cry Blood Africans" - Burning Spear "Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time" - The Spinners "Dance (Pt. 1)" - The Rolling Stones "Dance Stance" - Dexys Midnight Runners "Dancing With Myself" - Generation X "Decades" - Joy Division "December Will Be Magic Again" - Kate Bush "Déjà Vu" - Dionne Warwick "Desire" - Andy Gibb "Disco Apocalypse" - Jackson Browne "Do Nothing" - The Specials "Do You Dream In Colour?" - Bill Nelson "Do You Love What You Feel" - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" - Ramones "Dog Eat Dog" - Adam and the Ants "Don't Ask Me Why" - Billy Joel "Don't Bring Me Down" - Electric Light Orchestra "Don't Do Me Like That" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Don't Ease Me In" - Grateful Dead "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" - Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes "Don't Leave Me Now" - Pink Floyd "Don't Let Go" - Isaac Hayes "Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love)" - The Isley Brothers "Don't Stand So Close to Me" - The Police "Downtown" - Tom Waits "Dream About Fun" - Mark White "Dreamin" - Cliff Richard "Drive All Night" - Bruce Springsteen "Driven To Tears" - The Police "Drivin' My Life Away" - Eddie Rabbit "Duchess" - Genesis "Echo Beach" - Martha and the Muffins "Eighth Day" - Hazel O'Connor "The Electric Co." - U2 "Embarrassment" - Madness "Emotional Rescue" - The Rolling Stones "Enjoy Yourself" - The Specials "Enola Gay" - OMD "Equinoxe (Part V)" - The Shadows "The Eternal" - Joy Division "Every Time You Go Away" - Hall & Oates "Every Woman in the World to Me" - Air Supply "Everybody Wants Some!!" - Van Halen "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" - The Korgis "Expresso Love" - Dire Straits "Fade To Grey" - Visage "Fame" - Irene Cara "Fanmail" - The Dickies "Fantastic Voyage" - Lakeside "Fascist Architecture" - Bruce Cockburn "Fashion" - David Bowie "Fire Lake" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "Fool For Your Loving" - Whitesnake "Forever Loving Jah" - Bob Marley and the Wailers "Freedom of Choice" - Devo "Games People Play" - The Alan Parsons Project "Games Without Frontiers" - Peter Gabriel "Gates of Steel" - Devo "Generals and Majors" - XTC "Geno" - Dexys Midnight Runners "Gigantor" - The Dickies "Gimme Some Lovin'" - The Blues Brothers "Girl U Want" - Devo "Give It All You Got" - Chuck Mangione "Give Me Back My Man" - The B-52's "Give Me the Night" - George Benson "Going Underground/The Dreams of Children" - The Jam "The Great Curve" - Talking Heads "Grim Traveller" - Bruce Cockburn "Guerilla Betrayed" - Bruce Cockburn "Guilty" - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb "The Guns of Brixton" - The Clash "Happy Birthday" - Stevie Wonder "Happy House" - Siouxie and the Banshees "The Hardest Part" - Blondie "Head Games" - Foreigner "Heart Hotels" - Dan Fogelberg "Heart of Glass" - The Shadows "Heartbreaker" - Pat Benatar "He's So Shy" - The Pointer Sisters "Hey Nineteen" - Steely Dan "High Fidelity" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions "Him" - Rupert Holmes "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" - Pat Benatar "Hold on Hold Out" - Jackson Browne "Hold on to My Love" - Jimmy Ruffin "Holiday in Cambodia" - Dead Kennedys "Horizontal Bop" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "Hot Rod Hearts" - Robbie Dupree "How Do I Make You" - Linda Ronstadt "How Does It Feel To Be Back" - Hall & Oates "How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'" - The Fall "Hungry Heart" - Bruce Springsteen "Hurt So Bad" - Linda Ronstadt "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" - Elvis Costello "I Can't Tell You Why" - Eagles "I Die: You Die" - Gary Numan "I Don't Remember" - Peter Gabriel "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" - Frank Zappa "I Got You" - Split Enz "I Know" - Bob Marley "I Owe You One" - Shalamar "I Shoulda Loved Ya" - Narada Michael Walden "I'm a Rocker" - Bruce Springsteen "I'm Alright" - Kenny Loggins "I'm Coming Out" - Diana Ross "I'm Ready" - Kano "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" - Anne Murray "I Made It Through the Rain" - Barry Manilow "I Never Knew Love Like This Before" - Stephanie Mills "I Pledge My Love" - Peaches & Herb "I Wanna Be Sedated" - Ramones "I Wanna Be Your Lover" - Prince "I Want To Be Straight" - Ian Dury and the Blockheads "I Zimbra" - Talking Heads "Imitation of Christ" - The Psychedelic Furs "In America" - Charlie Daniels Band "In Every Dream Home (a Nightmare)" - Joe Jackson "In My Heart" - Freeway "In The Beginning There Was Rhythm" - The Slits "Independence Day" - Bruce Springsteen "India" - The Psychedelic Furs "Inside of You" - Ray, Goodman & Brown "International Jet Set" - The Specials "Into the Heart / Out of Control" - U2 "Isolation" - Joy Division "Ita" - Cold Chisel "It's Different For Girls" - Joe Jackson "It's My Turn" - Diana Ross "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" - Billy Joel "Ivan Meets G.I. Joe" - The Clash "Jane" - Jefferson Starship (released in 1979) "Jersey Girl" - Tom Waits "Jesse" - Carly Simon "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline" - X "JoJo" - Boz Scaggs "Jump Niyahbinghi" - Bob Marley & The Wailers "Just Can't Wait" - The J. Geils Band "(Just Like) Starting Over" - John Lennon "Keep Away" - Lou Reed "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" - Loverboy "Kill the Poor" - Dead Kennedys "Killer on the Loose" - Thin Lizzy "Kings of the Wild Frontier" - Adam and the Ants "Kiss Me In the Rain" - Barbra Streisand "Kiss on My List" - Hall & Oates "Komakino" - Joy Division "Landlord" - Gladys Knight & the Pips "The Last of the New Wave Riders" - Utopia "Late in the Evening" - Paul Simon "Let Me Go" - The Rolling Stones "Let Me Love You Tonight" - Pure Prairie League "Let My Love Open The Door" - Pete Townshend "Let's Go Round Again" - Average White Band "Lip Up Fatty" - Bad Manners "Listening Wind" - Talking Heads "Little Jeannie" - Elton John "Living After Midnight" - Judas Priest "Living Through Another Cuba" - XTC "The Long Run" - Eagles "Longer" - Dan Fogelberg "London Calling" - The Clash "Look What You've Done to Me" - Boz Scaggs "Lookin' for Love" - Johnny Lee "Los Angeles" - X "Lost in Art" - Pere Ubu "Lost in Love" - Air Supply "Lost in the Supermarket" - The Clash "Love at First Night" - Kim Hart "Love Canal" - Flipper "Love on the Rocks" - Neil Diamond "Love Stinks" - The J. Geils Band "Love the World Away" - Kenny Rogers "Love TKO" - Teddy Pendergrass "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' " - Journey "The Magnificent Seven" - The Clash "Man Gave Names to All the Animals" - Bob Dylan "Man in a Suitcase" - The Police "Man Next Door" - The Slits "Master Blaster (Jammin)" - Stevie Wonder "Me Myself I" - Joan Armatrading "Meltdown With the Ramones" (EP) - Ramones "Mirror in the Bathroom" - The English Beat "Misunderstanding" - Genesis "Money" - Flying Lizards "Money Changes Everything" - The Brains "Monkey Suit/Squirm" (live) - Plasmatics "More Love" - Kim Carnes "More Than I Can Say" - Leo Sayer "Mozart 40" - The Shadows "Mr. Jones" - The Psychedelic Furs "My Baby" - Cold Chisel "My Old Piano" - Diana Ross "My Perfect Cousin" - The Undertones "Nausea" - X "Need Your Loving Tonight" - Queen "New Amsterdam" - Elvis Costello "Nie mehr allein sein" - Tony Holiday "No One Driving" - John Foxx "No Self Control" - Peter Gabriel "Non so che darei" - Alan Sorrenti "The Ocean" - U2 "Off the Wall" - Michael Jackson "Oh Yeah (On The Radio)" - Roxy Music "The Old Homestead" - Neil Young "Old Pervert" - The Soft Boys "On the Radio" - Donna Summer "On the Road Again" - Willie Nelson "Once in a Lifetime" - Talking Heads "One Fine Day" - Carole King "One in a Million You" - Larry Graham "Out in the Street" - Bruce Springsteen "Over You" - Roxy Music "Paranoid Time" - The Minutemen "Party Out of Bounds" - The B-52's "People Who Died" - The Jim Carroll Band "Pilot of the Airwaves" - Charlie Dore "Play The Game" - Queen "Poison Ivy" - The Lambrettas "Police and Thieves" - Junior Murvin "Police on my Back" - The Clash "The Pop Group" - The Slits "Pop Muzik" - M "Private Idaho" - The B-52's "Private Life" - Grace Jones "Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)" - Squeeze "The Puppet – Echo & the Bunnymen "Putta Block" - The Fall "Quiche Lorraine" - The B-52's "Rastaman Live Up!" - Bob Marley "Rat Race" - The Specials "Real Love" - The Doobie Brothers "Real Situation" - Bob Marley "Rebel Waltz" - The Clash "Redemption Song" - Bob Marley & The Wailers "Refugee" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Requiem" - Killing Joke "Rescue" - Echo & the Bunnymen "Respectable Street" - XTC "Ride Like The Wind" - Christopher Cross "Riders in the Sky - The Shadows "Rise" - Herb Alpert "Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" - AC/DC "Rock Lobster" - The B-52's "Rocket From a Bottle" - XTC "Romeo and Juliet" - Dire Straits "Romeo's Tune" - Steve Forbert "The Rose" - Bette Midler "Run Like Hell" - Pink Floyd (released in 1979) "Sara" - Fleetwood Mac "Save Me" - Queen "Saved" - Bob Dylan "The Second Time Around" - Shalamar "September Morn" - Neil Diamond "Set Me Free" - Utopia "Seven Bridges Road" - Eagles "Sexy Eyes" - Dr. Hook "Shadows in the Rain" - The Police "She's Out of My Life" - Michael Jackson "She's So Cold" - The Rolling Stones "Shining Star" - The Manhattans "Simon Templar/Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps" - Splodgenessabounds "Singing In The 80s" - The Monitors "Sister Europe" - The Psychedelic Furs "Six Pack (EP)" - The Police "Skateaway" - Dire Straits "Sleeping With the Television On" - Billy Joel "So Lonely" - The Police "Sock It To 'em J.B." - The Specials "Solid Rock" - Bob Dylan "Sometimes a Fantasy" - Billy Joel "Spacer" - Sheila & B. Devotion "Spanish Bombs" - The Clash "The Special AKA Live EP" - The Specials "Special Brew" - Bad Manners "Special Lady" - Ray, Goodman & Brown "The Spirit of Radio" - Rush "Staring at the Rude Boys" - The Ruts "Start" - The Jam "State of the Heart" - Mondo Rock "Stayin' Power" - Neil Young "Steal Away" - Robbie Dupree "Stereotype" - The Specials "Stiff Necked Fools" - Bob Marley & The Wailers "Stomp" - The Brothers Johnson "Stop the Cavalry" - Jona Lewie "Stop Your Sobbing" - The Pretenders "Stories For Boys" - U2 "Strangers on a Train" - The Sports "Strobe Light" - The B-52's "Suddenly" - Cliff Richard and Olivia Newton-John "Super Trouper" - ABBA "Take This Town" - XTC "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" - The S.O.S. Band "Talk of the Town" - The Pretenders "Tattooed Love Boys" - The Pretenders "Teach the Gifted Children" - Lou Reed "Tears of a Clown" - The English Beat "Tell It Like It Is" - Heart "Ten Feet Tall" - XTC "Three Little Birds" - Bob Marley & The Wailers "That Girl Could Sing" - Jackson Browne "Theater" - Katja Ebstein "The Tide Is High" - Blondie "Theme from New York, New York" - Frank Sinatra "Think About Me" - Fleetwood Mac "This Feminine Position" - The Roches "This Is It" - Kenny Loggins "Time Out of Mind" - Steely Dan "Tired of Toein' the Line" - Rocky Burnette "To Cut a Long Story Short" - Spandau Ballet "Tom Sawyer" - Rush "Too Hot" - Kool and the Gang "Totally Wired" - The Fall "Touch" - U2 "Touch and Go" - The Cars "Touch Too Much (Live)" - AC/DC "Train in Vain" - The Clash (released in 1979) "Treat Me Right" - Pat Benatar "Tunnel of Love" - Dire Straits "Turn It on Again" - Genesis "Turn Me Loose" - Loverboy "Turning Japanese" - The Vapors "Twilight" - U2 "Twilight Café" - Susan Fassbender "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" - The Manhattan Transfer "The Wanderer" - Donna Summer "Voices Inside My Head" - The Police "Wait For Me" - Hall & Oates "Wait Til Your Boat Goes Down" - XTC "Wardance" - Killing Joke "Washington Bullets" - The Clash "Watching the Wheels" - John Lennon "Watching You" - Slave "We Are Glass" - Gary Numan "We Don't Talk Anymore" - Cliff Richard "Wedding Cake Island" - Midnight Oil "Wednesday Week" - The Undertones "When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best of What's Still Around" - The Police "Whip It" - Devo "Why Me?" - Styx "With You I'm Born Again" - Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright "Woman" - John Lennon "Working My Way Back to You" - The Spinners "Wrong 'Em Boyo" - The Clash "Yes, I'm Ready" - Teri DeSario with KC "You Better Run" - Pat Benatar "You May Be Right" - Billy Joel "You Shook Me All Night Long" - AC/DC "You'll Accomp'ny Me" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "You'll Always Find Me In the Kitchen at Parties" - Jona Lewie "Young Miles in the Basement" - Pere Ubu "Your Phones Off the Hook, But You're Not" - X "You're Gonna Get What's Coming" - Bonnie Raitt "You're Lying" - Linx "You're Only Lonely" - J. D. Souther "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" - Hall & Oates "The Zoo" - The Scorpions Published popular music "Come Follow the Band" w. Michael Stewart m. Cy Coleman from the musical Barnum "Desire" w.m. Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb "Do Right" w.m. Paul Davis "Fame"     w. Dean Pitchford m. Michael Gore "He's So Shy" w. Cynthia Weil m. Tom Snow "Memory" w. T. S. Eliot & Trevor Nunn m. Andrew Lloyd Webber from the musical Cats "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" w.m. Sharon Vaughan "Never Knew Love Like This Before" w.m. James Mtume & Reginald Lucas "Nine to Five" w.m. Dolly Parton from the film Nine to Five "No Night So Long" w. Will Jennings m. Richard Kerr "The Winner Takes It All"     w.m. Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus Classical music George Crumb - A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979 for piano Mario Davidovsky - Consorts for symphonic band Mario Davidovsky - String Quartet No. 4 Lorenzo Ferrero Nebbia di latte for flutes and live electronics Variazioni sulla notte for guitar Trygve Madsen - Sonata for Tuba and Piano Krzysztof Penderecki - Symphony No. 2 - "Christmas" Opera See also: :Category:1980 operas Philip Glass - Satyagraha Kirke Mechem - Tartuffe William Mathias - The Servants (libretto by Iris Murdoch) David Warrack - Drummer 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 Theatre 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 perofrmances 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 Jazz Singer One Trick Pony Popeye Xanadu Births January 14 – Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor, model, and singer January 21 – Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer January 28 - Nick Carter (The Backstreet Boys) February 15 - Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) February 18 - Regina Spektor, singer-songwriter February 27 - Cyrus Bolooki, New Found Glory February 26 – Alex Fong Lik-Sun, Hong Kong singer and actor March 2 – Vince Walker, American rock singer (Suburban Legends) March 13 – Flavia Cacace, dancer March 19 – Agnes Pihlava, Finnish pop singer March 20 - Mikk Murdvee, violinist and conductor March 21 - Deryck Whibley (Sum 41) March 30 – Yalin, Turkish pop singer and songwriter March 31 - Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese singer April 10 – Bryce Soderberg, Canadian musician (Lifehouse) April 12 - Brian McFadden, vocalist (Westlife) April 14 – Win Butler, American/Canadian musician April 24 - Danny Gokey, American Idol season 8 finalist April 29 - Kian Egan (Westlife) May 5 – Maia Hirasawa, Swedish pop singer May 6 – Taebin, Korean hip-hop artist (1TYM) May 28 - Mark Feehily (Westlife) June 2 – Orish Grinstead, American R&B singer (d. 2008) June 7 – Henkka Seppälä, Finnish bassist (Children of Bodom) June 13 – Sarah Connor, German singer June 16 – Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer June 17 – Kimeru, Japanese singer June 20 - Tony Lovato (Mest) June 21 - Brandon Flowers (The Killers) lead singer. June 26 - Jason Schwartzman (Phantom Planet) June 29 – Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano July 10 - Jessica Simpson, singer and actress July 15 – JW-Jones, Canadian blues artist July 20 - Mike Kennerty (The All-American Rejects) July 22 – Kate Ryan, Belgian singer July 23 - Michelle Williams, singer (Destiny's Child) July 26 - Dave Baksh (Sum 41) July 28 – Stephen Christian, American Christian rock singer (Anberlin) July 30 – Diam's, French rapper August 12 – Matt Thiessen, Canadian singer/guitarist August 16 – Vanessa Carlton, American singer August 19 Houcine Camara, French singer Darius Danesh, Scottish singer-songwriter & actor September 6 - Kerry Katona, singer (Atomic Kitten) September 11 - Mikey Way (My Chemical Romance) September 13 - Teppei Teranishi (Thrice) September 19 Tegan Quin (Tegan And Sara) Sara Quin (Tegan And Sara) September 25 – T.I., American rapper September 29 – Dallas Green (musician), Canadian singer/songwriter October 5 - Paul Thomas (Good Charlotte) October 8 – Nick Cannon, American actor and rapper October 10 – Sherine, Egyptian singer October 12 - Soledad Pastorutti, folklore singer October 13 – Ashanti, singer October 24 - Monica, R&B singer November 3 – Dan Marsala, American musician November 10 – Calvin Chen, Taiwanese pop singer November 15 – Ace Young, American singer and reality show finalist November 17 - Isaac Hanson (Hanson) November 18 - Dustin Kensrue (Thrice) November 26 – Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer November 28 – Lisa Middelhauve, German singer (Xandria) December 5 – Ibrahim Maalouf, trumpeter December 6 – Kei Yasuda, Japanese singer December 9 – Simon Helberg, American actor and comedian December 10 Sarah Chang, violinist Chris Gaynor (The All-American Rejects) December 18 - Christina Aguilera, singer and actress December 24 – Tomas Kalnoky, American musician (Streetlight Manifesto) Deaths January 1 – Adolph Deutsch (82), American composer January 6 - Poley McClintock, jazz musician January 7 - Larry Williams (44), singer, songwriter and pianist January 13 – Andre Kostelanetz (78), Russian-born conductor and arranger January 29 - Jimmy Durante (86), pianist & entertainer January 30 - Professor Longhair (61), pianist February 17 – Jerry Fielding (57), American conductor and music director (heart failure) February 18 – Gale Robbins (58), American singer and actress (lung cancer) February 19 - Bon Scott (33), lead singer of AC/DC (alcohol poisoning) March 5 – Winifred Wagner (82), daughter-in-law of Richard Wagner, close friend of Adolf Hitler (b. 1897) March 14 – Anna Jantar (29), Polish singer (air crash) March 18 – Jessica Dragonette (80), American singer March 25 – Walter Susskind (76), Czech conductor March 26 Jon Paulus (32), the Buckinghams, drug overdose Ted Shapiro (80), songwriter & pianist March 28 - Dick Haymes, (63), Argentinian-born US singer and actor March 29 - Mantovani (74), Italian-born British orchestra leader and composer April 4 – Red Sovine (61), American country & folk singer & songwriter April 20 – Katherine Kennicott Davis (87), American composer (b. 1892) April 28 - Tommy Caldwell (30), bassist of Marshall Tucker Band (car accident) May 18 - Ian Curtis (23), lead singer of Joy Division (suicide) June 16 - Bob Nolan (72), country singer and songwriter June 20 - Allan Pettersson (70), Swedish composer June 21 - Bert Kaempfert (56), German composer, bandleader and arranger (stroke) June 27 - Barney Bigard (74), jazz clarinetist June 28 - Jose Iturbi (84), pianist July 5 - A. J. Potter (72), Irish composer 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) August 17 - Harold Adamson (73), lyricist August 20 - Joe Dassin (41), singer (heart attack) August 26 – Miliza Korjus (71), Estonian-Polish opera singer September 12 - Lillian Randolph (81), actress and singer September 15 - Bill Evans (51), jazz pianist September 25 - John Bonham (32), drummer (Led Zeppelin) (alcohol poisoning) October 25 – Virgil Fox (68), organist (cancer) October 27 - Steve Peregrin Took (31), bongo player for Tyrannosaurus Rex, choking December 7 - Darby Crash (22)(The Germs) (suicide) December 8 - John Lennon (40), singer, guitarist and songwriter (The Beatles) (gunshot) 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) Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Music in 1980