![]() ![]() February 2 – Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious is found dead from an overdose, a day after being released on bail from Rikers Island prison.January 15 – MCA Records purchases ABC Records for a reported $20 million.According to Hathaway's record company, Atlantic, the singer had been having some psychological problems. January 13 – Singer Donny Hathaway dies after falling 15 stories from his hotel room in New York City.Highlights are aired the following evening on NBC. ![]() January 9 – The Music for UNICEF Concert in held in New York City at the United Nations, starring the Bee Gees.dance" using the hand gestures forming the letters YMCA during a broadcast with the Village People. January 6 – ABC's American Bandstand featured the debut of the " Y.M.C.A.January 4 – The Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany, known for its connections to the early days of the Beatles, reopened.During a New Year's Eve concert in Cleveland, Ohio, Bruce Springsteen is injured when a firecracker is thrown onstage from the audience.Bill Graham closes San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom following a New Year's Eve performance by the Blues Brothers and the Grateful Dead.This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.Įvents January–February ![]()
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