1979-1-19

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Frank Zappa

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1979
1/1 Mon
"During a New Year's Eve concert in Cleveland, Ohio, Bruce Springsteen is injured when a fire-cracker is thrown onstage from the audience."
1/4 Thu
"The Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany, best known for its connections to the early days of the Beatles, reopens."
1/6 Sat
"ABC's American Bandstand featured the debut of the ""Y.M.C.A. dance"" using the hand gestures forming the letters YMCA during a broadcast with the Village People."
1/9 Tue
"The Music for UNICEF Concert in held in New York City at the United Nations, starring The Bee Gees. Highlights are aired the following evening on NBC."
1/13 Sat
"Singer Donny Hathaway dies after falling 15 stories from his hotel room in New York City. According to Hathaway's record company, Atlantic, the singer had been having some psychological problems."
1/15 Mon
MCA Records purchases ABC Records for a reported $20 million.
2/2 Fri
"Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious is found dead from an overdose, a day after being released on bail from Rikers Island prison."
2/7 Wed
"The Clash kick off their first concert on their first American tour at the Berkeley Community Theatre outside San Francisco, California. Bo Diddley opens the show and the Clash open their set with the song ""I'm So Bored with the U.S.A.""."
2/7 Wed
"Stephen Stills becomes the first major rock artist to record digitally, laying down four songs at The Record Plant in Los Angeles."
2/10 Sat
"Rod Stewart's ""Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"" hits #1 on the Billboard magazine charts, and stays there for 4 weeks."
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