1978 in music
Events
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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 .
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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
Successes of the year in France
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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
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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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