1979-10-5

I'm the Man

Joe Jackson

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1979
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."
10/10 Wed
Joe Perry officially leaves Aerosmith.
11/16 Fri
Infinity Records is shut down and absorbed into parent company MCA.
11/26 Mon
"Bill Haley & His Comets perform at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, in a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II. This was Haley's final recorded performance of ""Rock Around the Clock""."
12/3 Mon
"In Cincinnati, Ohio, a stampede for seats at Riverfront Coliseum during a Who concert kills 11 fans (band members were not made aware of the deaths until after the show)."
12/26 Wed
"-29 The Concerts for the People of Kampuchea are held over four nights at the Hammersmith Odeon in London to raise funds for victims of war in Cambodia. Queen, The Who, The Clash, Wings, Elvis Costello and members of Led Zeppelin all take part."
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