1979-9-16

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Rory Gallagher

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1979
8/18 Sat
Nick Lowe and Carlene Carter are married at Carter's Los Angeles home.
8/25 Sat
"My Sharona by The Knack hits #1 on the Billboard charts. This is the first time in over a year that a song hits #1 that is not either a disco song or a ballad, signalling the potential resurgence of rock."
9/1 Sat
"INXS perform in public for the first time, at the Oceanview Hotel in Umina, New South Wales."
9/2 Sun
U2 enters the studio for the first time to record a locally released single.
9/13 Thu
"ABBA begins ABBA: The Tour in Edmonton, Alberta, leading off a month of dates in North America."
9/16 Sun
"The single ""Rapper's Delight"" by The Sugarhill Gang is released. Its success marks the commercial emergence of hip hop music."
9/17 Mon
"Ontario Court of Appeals rejects a government appeal against the previous year's sentencing of Keith Richards, which allowed him to avoid jail time for his 1977 arrest in Toronto for heroin possession."
9/19 Wed
"-23 Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) stages a series of five No Nukes concerts at Madison Square Garden. Jackson Browne, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Petty, James Taylor and Carly Simon are amon
9/22 Sat
"The NewMusic, a Canadian weekly music and culture program, makes its d_but on Citytv."
9/27 Thu
"Elton John collapses on stage at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles County, California while performing ""Better Off Dead"". He refuses to stop the show and resumes playing fifteen minutes later."
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