1978 in music

Events

October 13rd: Creation with Beaubourg of IRCAM (Research institute and of acoustic coordination/music), by the type-setter Pierre Boulez.
November 29th: Dalida triumph with the Carnegie Hall with New York with the song Lambeth Walk .

On hot ashes of the Punk-rock'n'roll leaves the first albums the major groups of New-Wave like Police, The Stranglers, Joy Division, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Cure, Bauhaus etc
To France first albums of the new scene rock'n'roll: Dogs, Metal Urbain, Stinky Toys, Marie and the Boys, Jewel, Starshooter, etc
Claudio Abbado becomes chief of the London Symphony Orchestra (1978-1986).

Principal albums of the year

French-speaking people

October 16th: Exit of the Disc " Starmania or the passion of Johnny Rockfort according to the Gospels télévisés" , signed Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon.
Any alive body connected on the sector being called to be moved - Hubert-Felix Thiéfaine

English-speaking

Powerage - AC/DC
Yew You Want Blood (You' ve Got It) (Live) - AC/DC
One Nation Under has Groove - Funkadelic
Never Say Die! - Black Sabbath
Parallel Lines - Bleached
Don' T Look Back - Boston
Training course - David Bowie
Running one Empty - Jackson Browne
The Kick Inside - Kate Bush
This Year' S Model - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Backless - Eric Clapton
Give 'EM Enough Rope - The Clash
The Feeding off the 5000 - Crass
To say Straits - To say Straits
Out off the Blue - E.L.O
Soundtrack - Grease
52nd Street - Billy Joel
has Individual Man - Elton John
Infinity - Journey
Stained Class - Judas Priest
Point off Know Return - Kansas
Double platinum - KIS
The Man Machine ( Die Mensch Maschine ) - Kraftwerk
Kaya - Bob Marley & the Wailers
Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet
Easter - The Patti Smith Group
Outlandos d' Amour - The Organizes
Jazz - Queen
Radios Appear - Radio Birdman, version oversea
Long Live Rock “Roll - Rainbow
Road to Ruin - The Clean
Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
Play Gaelic - Runrig
Hemispheres - Rush
Soundtrack - Saturday Night Fever/Bee Gees
Taken by Force - Scorpions
Tokyo Tapes - Scorpions
More Songs About Buildings and Food - Talking Heads
Louse - Louse
Obsession - U.F.O
Van Halen - Van Halen
Excitable Servant boy - Warren Zevon
No Smoke Without Fire - Wishbone Ash (RU #43)
Destiny - The Jacksons
Who are you - The Who

Tormato - Yes

Successes of the year in France

Vogue of the Disco music.
Funny of life - Gilles Marchal
Ca plane for me - Plastic Bertrand
Alexandria, Alexandra - Claude François
By singing - Michel Sardou
It does not return this evening - Eddy Mitchell
You' Re the one that I want - John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
It' S.A. heartache - Bonnie Tyler
Saturday night fever (B.O.F.) - Bee Gees
How deep is your coils - Bee Gees
Rasputin - Boney M
Copacabana - Barry Manilow
Y.M.C.A. - Village People
the Singer - Daniel Balavoine
ones against the others - Fabienne Thibeault (extracted from Starmania)

Births

December 25th: Paula Seling, singer: with Baia Pond Romania,
June 9th: Matthew Bellamy, singer and guitarist of MUSE,
December 2nd: Christopher Wolstenholme, bass player of this same group.

Principal deaths

March 11th: Claude François, French singer, 39 years.
August 2nd: Carlos Chávez, Mexican type-setter.
October 9th: Jacques Brel, French-speaking Belgian singer.
September 7th: Keith Moon, beater of the British group The Who.

Rewards

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Grammy Awards (the United States)

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Brit Awards (Great Britain)

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Price Juno (Canada)

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