1980 in music explained

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1980.__TOC__

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Events

January–March

January 1
- Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
January 5 – Donna Summer's third double album in a 14-month period, , released on 15 October 1979, reaches the top spot on the Billboard Albums charts.
January 7 – At the age of 44, songwriter Larry Williams is found dead in his Los Angeles, California, home of a gunshot wound to the head. Investigators are never able to determine whether his death was a murder or suicide.
January 13 – The Beach Boys, Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Starship perform at a benefit concert at Oakland Coliseum for the people of Kampuchea.
January 14 – Rush release Permanent Waves, which eventually becomes the band's fifth platinum album.
January 16 – Paul McCartney is arrested in Tokyo for possession of a half pound of marijuana. The remaining part of McCartney's and Wings' tour was subsequently canceled.
January 19 – The first UK Indie Chart is published in Record Week, with Spizzenergi's "Where's Captain Kirk" topping the singles chart, and Adam and the Ants' Dirk Wears White Sox topping the album chart.^[1]
January 25 – Paul McCartney is released from jail in Japan and ejected from the country by Japanese authorities.
February 7 – Pink Floyd's The Wall Tour opens at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
February 19 – Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, dies in London. Although common folklore cites pulmonary aspiration of vomit as the cause of his death, the official cause is listed as "Acute alcohol poisoning" and "Death by Misadventure".
February 27 – The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Kenny Rogers. Billy Joel's 52nd Street wins Album of the Year, while the Doobie Brothers' "What a Fool Believes" wins both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Rickie Lee Jones wins Best New Artist.
February 29 – Buddy Holly's trademark glasses and the Big Bopper's wristwatch are "rediscovered" in old police files by the Mason City, Iowa, sheriff (both were killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, along with singer Ritchie Valens).
March 3 – Sotheby's auction house in London auctions off a Rivera Hotel, Las Vegas, napkin signed by Elvis Presley for £500. Other items auctioned included four American dollar bills autographed by the Beatles, for £220 and a collection of personal letters belonging to the Rolling Stones, also for £220.
March 8–16 – Tbilisi Rock Festival (1980): the first state-sanctioned rock music festival in the Soviet Union.
March 14 – Record producer Quincy Jones receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
March 19 – Elvis Presley's autopsy was subpoenaed during the trial of Dr. George Nichopoulous, who would later be found guilty of over-prescribing drugs to Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and other clients.
March 20 – Radio Caroline shuts down in the UK after radio ship Mi Amigo sinks in a storm.

April–June

April 1 – Brian Johnson is made the new lead singer of AC/DC replacing the late Bon Scott.
April 5 – R.E.M. lead vocalist Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, drummer Bill Berry and bassist Mike Mills played their first show.^[2]
April 13 – The musical Grease closes its run of 3,388 performances, making it the longest running show on Broadway up until that time.
- - April 14 A member of the New Jersey State assembly introduces a resolution to make Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" the official state song.
- Iron Maiden release their self-titled debut album.
April 17 – As the "official guests of State", Bob Marley and the Wailers perform at Zimbabwe's Independence festival. Marley calls the event the "greatest honor of my life."
April 19
- Johnny Logan wins the 25th Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland, with the song "What's Another Year".
- R.E.M. performs their first performance under the name R.E.M.^[3]
April 25 – Black Sabbath release Heaven and Hell, their first album to feature Ronnie James Dio on vocals.
April 30 – The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London.
May 4 – America's Top 10, the television version of radio's American Top 40 and hosted by Casey Kasem, debuts this week in syndication.
May 18 – Ian Curtis, vocalist of pioneering post-punk group Joy Division, hangs himself, one day before Joy Division are scheduled to begin their first U.S. tour.
June 25
- Rock and Roll pioneer Bill Haley performs for the last time during a tour of South Africa. After this tour, his health deteriorates and he dies in February 1981. July 1980 marks the 25th anniversary of Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" reaching No. 1 on the American singles charts.
- The Sony Walkman goes on sale in the United States.
- Kiss plays its first show with new drummer Eric Carr at the New York Palladium.
June 27 – John Lydon and Keith Levene of Public Image Ltd make an appearance on The Tomorrow Show with host Tom Snyder. In a famously uncomfortable interview, Lydon gives curt and vague responses to most of Snyder's questions.

July–September

July 11 – Ultravox release their fourth studio album, Vienna. Their first album with new lead singer Midge Ure following the departures of frontman John Foxx and guitarist Robin Simon, Vienna marks a radical shift in Ultravox's direction and image, transforming the former post-punk band into a more sophisticatedly-oriented new wave/synthpop group. Despite this stylistic shift alienating fans and critics who were more favorable towards the Foxx-led incarnation of the band, Vienna would go on to become Ultravox's most successful studio album to date.
July 18 – The documentary and concert film No Nukes opens in New York.
July 25 – Over five months after the death of lead singer Bon Scott, AC/DC release Back in Black, their first album with replacement singer Brian Johnson, who would remain with the band until 2016. The album's success would lead it to become the second-highest-selling album of all time and the highest-selling studio album by any band to date.
July 29 – Over two months after the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis, the surviving members of Joy Division regroup as New Order and debut anonymously live at Manchester's Beach Club; the group would adopt the moniker "New Order" the following year.
July 31 – The Eagles end their tour with a contentious show. They would not play together again until 1994.
August 4 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin the recording of the Double Fantasy album.
- - August 16 The first Monsters of Rock heavy metal festival is held at Donington Park in England. Rainbow headlines, and Judas Priest, Scorpions, April Wine, Saxon, Riot and Touch also perform.
- Several bands lose members in one day; bass player Jah Wobble leaves Public Image, Ltd.; keyboard player Jools Holland leaves Squeeze; and drummers Bill Ward and Cozy Powell leave Black Sabbath and Rainbow respectively.
August 19 – Fans at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto stage a riot after Alice Cooper cancels because of illness.
August 23 – The Heatwave festival near Toronto features The B-52's, Talking Heads, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello and many others.
August 26 – Pete Comita replaces Tom Petersson in Cheap Trick.
August 31 – Karen Carpenter marries Thomas Burris. "Because We Are in Love" is played at their wedding.
September 13
- Solid Gold, a new music television series, premieres in syndication.
- Elton John plays a free concert for 400,000 people in New York's Central Park. He performs the encore in a Donald Duck costume.
- Gary Numan earns his third consecutive number 1 on the UK Albums Chart in less than fourteen months as Telekon enters the chart at number 1.^[4]
September 25 – John Bonham, drummer of Led Zeppelin, is found dead by bandmate John Paul Jones.

October–December

October 9 – A riot breaks out at a Black Sabbath concert in Milwaukee after bassist Geezer Butler is hit in the head by a bottle and the band quits the stage.
October 26 – Paul Kantner of Jefferson Starship is rushed to hospital following a cerebral hemorrhage. He soon recovers without surgery, defying medical odds.
October – Iron Maiden replaces guitarist Dennis Stratton with Urchin guitarist Adrian Smith.
- - November 21 Iron Maiden play their first gig with new guitarist Adrian Smith in Uxbridge, London, England.
December 4 – Led Zeppelin disbands following the death of drummer John Bonham.
December 5 – Duran Duran signs with EMI after finalizing its lineup and touring as a support act for Hazel O'Connor.^[5]
December 7 – Darby Crash, leader of L.A. punk band the Germs, dies of a heroin overdose in a suicide pact.
December 8 – John Lennon is shot to death outside his apartment building in New York City. Lennon's single, "(Just Like) Starting Over", subsequently becomes a number one hit in many countries, including the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.
December 14 – Over 100,000 mourners attend a public vigil for John Lennon in Central Park, New York.
December 31 – The ninth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by The Charlie Daniels Band, Billy Preston, Syreeta, Chuck Berry and Barry Manilow.

Also in 1980

The Roland Corporation releases the Roland TR-808 drum machine, which became a cornerstone of the emerging electronic, dance, and hip hop genres. The machine went on to become one of the most influential instruments in popular music, comparable to the Fender Stratocaster's influence on rock.^[6] ^[7]
Record labels established in 1980
Record labels disestablished in 1980
The single "Groovy Ghost Show" by Casper is one of the first recorded hip hop songs from Chicago.
British comedy group The Hee Bee Gee Bees release "Meaningless Songs (in Very High Voices)", a parody of a Bee Gees' disco-style single. Though not a hit in the UK, it is a huge success elsewhere, especially in South Africa, and helps to encourage the Gibb brothers to diversify stylistically.
Phil Collins signs a contract with Atlantic Records to distribute his solo records in the US and in Europe outside the UK (on WEA label).

Bands formed

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Bands disbanded

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Albums released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	The Romantics
8	Union Jacks
10	The Age of Plastic		Australia; UK release on 4 February
11	Pretenders	The Pretenders
14	Permanent Waves
18	Just Testing
18	Metamatic
21	True Colours		New Zealand
28	Love Stinks
28	Terminal Jive
30	Air Pocket
?	God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners
	No Place to Run
	Malice in Wonderland		^[8]
	Is This Real?
	The Return of the Durutti Column
	Sheer Greed
	Short Stories
	Sit Down and Talk to Me
	Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits

February

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	End of the Century
5	Boys Don't Cry		Compilation
7	Sugarhill Gang
12	Bryan Adams
14	Bebe le Strange
14	Lady T
15	Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
	...But the Little Girls Understand
	Earth & Sky
	Get Happy!!
	Metal for Muthas	Various Artists
	Protect The Innocent
	Too Much Pressure		^[9]
22	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
22	Sheep Farming in Barnet		Expanded reissue of 1979 EP
25	Against the Wind
25	Warm Thoughts
27	Remorse Code
29	Departure		^[10]
?	After Dark
	Argybargy
	Colossal Youth
	Conquest
	Mad Love
	Martin Rev
	Soldier
	Supercharged
	Survivor
	That's What You Get Babe
	Willie Nile

March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
3	Lost in Love		Australia
7	Coal Miner's Daughter	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	Nobody's Heroes
	The Psychedelic Furs
10	Hot Spikes	Myofist	- As Fist^[11]
12	Glass Houses
14	On Through the Night		Debut
14	Released
17	Let's Get Serious
18	Dreams
21	For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?
24	Keepin' the Summer Alive
24	Rarities	The Beatles	US Compilation
26	Naughty
	One Eighty
	Women and Children First
	Welcome To The Club
28	Duke
28	Look Hear?
31	Animal Magnetism
?	Progressions of Power
	Half-Mute
	Sequel
	Feel the Heat
	Frantic City
	Let the Music Do the Talking
	Sacred Songs
	Suddenly
	Reaching For Tomorrow
	Somebody's Waiting

April

Day	Album	Notes
3	Wheels of Steel
	The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits	Compilation
	The Barbara Dickson Album
4	Light Up the Night
11	British Steel	^[12]
11	Snakes and Ladders
14	Iron Maiden
14	Dolly, Dolly, Dolly
16	Just One Night	Live
18	Heaven and Hell	^[13]
	Seventeen Seconds
	Solo in Soho
	Sky 2
	Holiday '80	EP
	Power
21	Empty Glass
21	Hypnotised
24	Cameosis
28	Flush the Fashion
28	Go to Heaven
30	Roses in the Snow
?	The Golden Years	EP^[14]
	Los Angeles
	The Boys Light Up
	Crazy Rhythms
	Give 'Em Hell
	Growing Up in Public
	Lookin' for Trouble
	Marauder	Live
	Middle Man
	Ska 'n' B
	Tommy Tutone
	Waters Edge

May

Day	Album	Notes
1	Tangram
5	Totale's Turns
9	Bass Culture
9	Warm Leatherette
16	McCartney II
16	Freedom of Choice
20	Unmasked
22	Diana
23	Ready an' Willing	^[15]
	Flesh and Blood
	21 at 33
	Travelogue
	The Up Escalator
	I Just Can't Stop It
28	Tight Shoes
30	Peter Gabriel	Third Album^[16]
?	Can't Stop the Music	Soundtrack
	The Correct Use of Soap
	Bad Reputation	Self-titled album released in 1980. Re-released as Bad Reputation in Jan 1981
	New Clear Days
	Music Man
	Quicksand Shoes
	Songs the Lord Taught Us
	Space Race
	Sportscar

	The Tale of the Tape
	Three Mantras
	Young and Restless
	Woman Love

June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	Found All the Parts		EP
	I'm a Rebel
	Romance Dance
4	East
4	One for the Road		Live
6	The Blue Meaning
10	Uprising
16	Come Upstairs
20	The Blues Brothers	Various Artists	Soundtrack
20	Rise Up		Brazil
23	Emotional Rescue
23	Saved
24	Hold Out
25	Huey Lewis and the News
27	Xanadu		Soundtrack
30	Demolition
	The Game
	Metal Rendez-vous
	Real People
?	Live at Last		Live 1973
	Danger Zone
	Cultösaurus Erectus
	Underwater Moonlight
	The Art of Walking
	Chipmunk Punk
	Breaking Silence	James Freud and the Radio Stars
	Dark Room
	"The Dugites"
	Heroes
	Defector
	Endangered Species
	I've Got Something to Say
	Scream Dream
	Tomcattin'
	Urban Cowboy Soundtrack	Various Artists	Soundtrack

July

Day	Album	Notes
1	John Anderson
4		Compilation
4	There & Back
11	Vienna
	Head On
	Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
15	Back on the Streets
16	Garden of Love
18	Closer
	Crocodiles
	Full Moon
	Honeysuckle Rose	Soundtrack
	Live Seventy Nine
	No Night So Long
21	Chicago XIV
25	Back in Black
25	TP
28	Zapp
29	Voices
?	Wild Cat	^[17]
	Espresso Bongo
	Hot on the One	Live
	Playing for Keeps
	Sinsemilla
	The Voice of America
	Seeds of Change

August

Day	Album	Notes
1	The Affectionate Punch
	Kaleidoscope
	Special Things
4	What's the Word
5	Crimes of Passion
8	Glory Road	^[18]
8	Give Me the Night
12	One-Trick Pony
13	S.O.S.
14	Give Love at Christmas	Christmas
15	Alibi
	Hats Off Step Lively
	Panorama
18	No More Dirty Deals
20	24 Carrots
21	Black Rose
22	Drama
22	Living in a Fantasy
27	Wild Planet
29	A
29	Signing Off
?	Common One
	Doc at the Radar Station
	Gamma 2
	Jealous Again	EP
	Loverboy
	The Michael Schenker Group
	Neutronica
	Off the Coast of Me
	Reach for the Sky
	Stand Up and Fight
	The Swing of Delight
	Toy Love

September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Change of Address
	I'm No Hero
	Audio-Visions
	Especially for You		^[19]
2	Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
5	Telekon
5	Waiting for a Miracle
8	Never for Ever
	I Am What I Am
	Out of Control
	Times Square	Various Artists	Soundtrack
9	Heartattack and Vine
12	Blizzard of Ozz		UK
	Black Sea
	Empires and Dance
	Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
15	Nothin' Matters and What If It Did
17	Oingo Boingo		EP
17	One Step Closer
19	The Absolute Game
	White Spirit
	More Specials
23	Greatest Hits		Compilation
23	Guilty
24	Deface the Music
26	Paris		Live
	Absolutely
	Clues
	Triumph
29	Celebrate!
	Hotter than July
	Kurtis Blow
30	Aretha
?	Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits
	Audio-Visions
	Beatin' the Odds
	Kenny Loggins Alive		Live
	Mr. Hands
	Rev Up		as The Revillos
	Shadows and Light		Live

October

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Group Sex
3	Zenyatta Mondatta	The Police
3	Lightning to the Nations		Debut
6	Feel Me
8	Dirty Mind	Prince
8	Remain in Light	Talking Heads
10	Chance	Manfred Mann's Earth Band
	Chinatown	Thin Lizzy
	Beat Crazy		^[20]
	Icehouse	Icehouse	as Flowers
	Kilimanjaro
13	INXS	INXS	Debut
	Avoid Freud
	Grace and Danger
14	Faces	Earth, Wind & Fire
15	Solid Pleasure		Debut
17	Making Movies	Dire Straits
	The River	Bruce Springsteen
	Levitation	Hawkwind
	Just Supposin'
	Love Zombies
20	Boy	U2
20	The Wanderer	Donna Summer
22	Rockabilly Blues
24	Stage Struck		Live
	Organisation	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
	All Shook Up	Cheap Trick
27	Drugstore Dancer	Streetheart
31	Ace of Spades
	QE2
	Dig It	Klaus Schulze
?	Killing Joke		Debut
	Black Market Clash		10" mini LP/US & Canada
	Stagefright
	Borderline
	Commercial Album
	A-Z
	The Concert		Live 1970
	Explorer Suite
	More George Thorogood and the Destroyers
	The Numbers
	On the Edge
	Seconds of Pleasure
	The Skill
	The Witch of Berkeley		Live
	Yellow EP		EP
	Greener Postures	Snakefinger

November

Day	Album	Notes
3	In the Flat Field	Debut
	The Black Album
	Live...in the Heart of the City	Live
	Super Trouper
	Hawks & Doves
	Slade Smashes!	Compilation
7	Gentlemen Take Polaroids
	The Turn of a Friendly Card
	Song of Seven
	Strong Arm of the Law	^[21]
	Eagles Live	Live
	Divine Madness	Live
	Kings of the Wild Frontier
10	Visage
10	The Jazz Singer	Soundtrack
11	Greatest Hits	Compilation
12	Ultra Wave
14	Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers	EP
17	Double Fantasy
17	Grotesque
19	Barry
21	Foolish Behaviour
	Gaucho
	Hi Infidelity
24	Yesshows	Live
	9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
	Bird Noises	EP
26	Autoamerican
28	Laughter
	Sound Affects
	Toyah!	Live
?	Alphabravocharliedeltaechofoxtrotgolf
	The Birthday Party
	Five Great Gift Ideas from The Reels	EP
	Jeopardy
	Loonee Tunes!
	Stone Jam
	This Is My Dream
	Taking Liberties	Compilation

December

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
5	Live		Live
	Made in America		Live
	The Paris Collection
	Trombipulation
8	Flash Gordon		Soundtrack
8	Replay
10	Dream, After Dream		Soundtrack
12	Sandinista!
26	Stand in the Fire		Live
29	Arc of a Diver		^[22]
?	Angel Witch		Debut
	The Decline of Western Civilization	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	I've Always Wanted to Do This
	Love Uprising
	National Breakout
	Shades of Blue

Release date unknown

80/81 – Pat Metheny
100 M.P.H. – Vardis
1980 – Gil Scott Heron
Acnalbasac Noom – Slapp Happy
Acting My Age - Graduate
Alone Together – Clare Fischer
Another String of Hits – The Shadows
Army Life – The Exploited
Authority Stealing – Fela Kuti
Autumn – George Winston
Baby's Got a Gun – The Only Ones
The Beginning – Midnight Star
Between a Hard Place and the Ground – Mike Bloomfield
Blue Angel – Blue Angel
The Brains – The Brains
Breaking Glass – Hazel O'Connor – Soundtrack
Brother Ray is at it Again – Ray Charles
Bunny Wailer Sings the Wailers – Bunny Wailer
Butcher Baby (EP) – Plasmatics
Camellia III and Camellia IV – Ebiet G. Ade
Carnaval – Spyro Gyra
Caught You – Steel Pulse
Cognac & Bologna – Doug and the Slugs
Colours (Resurrection Band album) – Resurrection Band
Crash and Burn – Pat Travers Band
Chas Jankel – Chaz Jankel
A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970 to 1980 – REO Speedwagon – Compilation
Dome 1 – Dome
Drastic Measures – 7 Seconds – cassette
Dub Disco – Bunny Wailer
Eje Nlogba – King Sunny Ade
Empire Strikes Back Soundtrack – John Williams – Soundtrack
Exploited Barmy Army – The Exploited
The First, the Best and the Last – Sham 69
Framed – Asleep at the Wheel
Gap Band III – The Gap Band
The Game – Sham 69
Getting a Head – Bob Ostertag
- Gideon – Kenny Rogers Glass House Rock – Greg Kihn
Good News – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Gravity – Fred Frith
Greatest Hits – Rita Coolidge
Gyrate – Pylon
Hail H.I.M. – Burning Spear
Hanx – Stiff Little Fingers
Happy Woman Blues – Lucinda Williams
- Heathen Earth – Throbbing Gristle Hideaway – David Sanborn
Hold On – Carolyne Mas
Humans – Bruce Cockburn
I Believe – The Buzzcocks
Ikite Itemo Iidesuka – Miyuki Nakajima
Immer nur träumen – Die Flippers
In Concert, Zürich October 28, 1979 – Chick Corea and Gary Burton
Inside Job – Dion DiMucci
Inside My Brain – Angry Samoans
The Inside Story – Robben Ford
- Invasion – Manilla Road Iron Curtain Innocence – Bobb Trimble
It's What's Inside That Counts – Critical Mass
Jack Rabbit! – Doug Dillard
Jane from Occupied Europe – Swell Maps
Jazziz – John Serry, Jr.
The Jealous Kind – Delbert McClinton
Joy and Pain – Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
Just Like That – Toots & the Maytals
Kano – Kano
Keeping Our Love Warm – Captain & Tennille
Little Stevie Orbit – Steve Forbert
...Live... – Klaus Schulze – Live
Live at Last – Good Rats
Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 – Oscar Peterson
Live in der Balver Höhle – Piirpauke
Live in Vienna – Cluster & Farnbauer
Living Dub Vol. 2 – Burning Spear
LKJ in Dub – Linton Kwesi Johnson
The Long Riders – Ry Cooder
Looking at Bird – Archie Shepp
The Lord Will Make a Way – Al Green

Lose It Tonight – Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Love Crimes – Harlequin
Love in Exile – Eddy Grant
Love Lives Forever – Minnie Riperton
Maestra Vida: Primera Parte – Ruben Blades
Make a Little Magic – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Me Myself I – Joan Armatrading
Mekons – The Mekons
Memento z banalnym tryptykiem – SBB
Michael Franks with Crossfire Live – Michael Franks
Merzbild Schwet – Nurse With Wound
Ming – David Murray Octet
Monster – Herbie Hancock
Music of Many Colors – Fela Kuti with Roy Ayers
A Musical Affair – Ashford and Simpson
My Babe – Roy Buchanan
Never Alone – Amy Grant
New Hope for the Wretched – Plasmatics
Night Passage – Weather Report
Now We May Begin – Randy Crawford
Nurds – The Roches
Official Secrets Act – M
One Bad Habit – Michael Franks
Operation Radication – Yellowman
Ori Mi Ja Fun Mi – King Sunny Ade
Paranoid Time (EP) – Minutemen
Paul Davis – Paul Davis
Penguin Eggs – Nic Jones
People – James Brown
Permanent Wave – John Hartford, The Dillards
The Personal Touch – Oscar Peterson
Play – Magazine
Play Me or Trade Me – Parlet
Popo – Art Pepper and Shorty Rogers
- Pucker Up – Lipps Inc. Quintet '80 – David Grisman
Rastakraut Pasta – Moebius & Plank
Real Eyes – Gil Scott Heron
Red Exposure – Chrome
Reflections – Chet Atkins
Répression – Trust
Roky Erickson and the Aliens – Roky Erickson and the Aliens
Running for My Life – Judy Collins
Sails of Silver – Steeleye Span
San Antonio Blues – Willie Nelson with Ray Price
Selbstportrait – Vol. II – Hans-Joachim Roedelius
Selbstportrait Vol. III "Reise durch Arcadien" – Hans-Joachim Roedelius
Snap Crackle and Bop – John Cooper Clarke
Sneak Me In – Lucifer's Friend
Social Studies – Carla Bley
- Snockgrass – Michael Hurley Something Better Change – D.O.A.
Soul Syndrome – James Brown
Spellbound – Dennis Brown
Storm Windows – John Prine
Strange Boutique – The Monochrome Set
Sweat Band – Sweat Band
Take It Easy Baby – Buckwheat Zydeco
Tears and Laughter – Johnny Mathis
Tennis – Chris Rea
This Ain't Hollywood – DeGarmo and Key
This Time – Al Jarreau
To the Quiet Men from a Tiny Girl – Nurse With Wound
Touch – Touch
– Frank Sinatra
Truth Decay – T-Bone Burnett
Two – GQ
Two Bit Monsters – John Hiatt
Two Miles from Heaven – Mott the Hoople – Compilation
- Universal Juveniles – Max Webster The Unknown Soldier – Roy Harper
Up-Front – The Fleshtones
Wall of Voodoo – Wall of Voodoo
We Are...Every One of Us – Sweet Honey in the Rock
When Two Worlds Collide – Jerry Lee Lewis
Who's Been Talking – The Robert Cray Band
You and Me at Home – John Hartford
Your Cassette Pet – Bow Wow Wow
Zydeco Gris Gris – BeauSoleil

Awards

BBC Young Musician of the Year

Nicholas Daniel, oboist

Boy Edgar Award

Rein de Graaff

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positionsin the charts of 1980.

#	Year	Chart entries
1	1980	UK 1 – Dec 1979, US BB 1 – Feb 1980, Canada 1 – Jan 1980, Sweden (alt) 1 – Feb 1980, France 1 – Feb 1980, Austria 1 – Feb 1980, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1980, Norway 1 – Jan 1980, Germany 1 – Jan 1980, Republic of Ireland 1 – Dec 1979, Poland 1 of all time, US CashBox 3 of 1980, Netherlands 3 – Dec 1979, Australia 4 of 1980, KROQ 6 of 1980, POP 7 of 1980, South Africa 8 of 1980, Germany 9 of the 1980s, Europe 11 of the 1970s, Italy 12 of 1980, US BB 15 of 1980, RYM 18 of 1979, TheQ 28, Virgin 39, Belgium 50 of all time, Scrobulate 51 of live, RIAA 296, Rolling Stone 375, Acclaimed 392, OzNet 594
2	1980	UK 1 – Oct 1980, US BB 1 – Sep 1980, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1980, Sweden (alt) 1 – Oct 1980, Austria 1 – Dec 1980, Switzerland 1 – Oct 1980, Norway 1 – Nov 1980, Germany 1 – Jan 1981, Republic of Ireland 1 – Oct 1980, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Sep 1981, South Africa 2 of 1980, Italy 3 of 1981, France 7 – Oct 1980, US CashBox 9 of 1980, Australia 21 of 1980, Germany 36 of the 1980s, RYM 157 of 1980
3	1980	UK 1 – Nov 1980, US BB 1 – Nov 1980, Canada 1 – Nov 1980, Switzerland 1 – Dec 1980, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Dec 1981, Austria 2 – Feb 1981, Norway 2 – Dec 1980, Sweden (alt) 3 – Nov 1980, Germany 6 – Jan 1981, France 9 – Nov 1980, US BB 12 of 1980, Australia 18 of 1981, Italy 29 of 1981, RYM 32 of 1980, POP 49 of 1980, US CashBox 57 of 1980, Germany 298 of the 1980s, OzNet 683, Acclaimed 1637
4	1980	US BB 1 – Apr 1980, Netherlands 1 – Apr 1980, Austria 1 – Jul 1980, Switzerland 1 – May 1980, Norway 1 – Jul 1980, Germany 1 – Jun 1980, UK 2 – May 1980, Sweden (alt) 2 – Jun 1980, US BB 4 of 1980, POP 5 of 1980, Scrobulate 7 of disco, Australia 9 of 1980, US CashBox 10 of 1980, Germany 14 of the 1980s, Italy 30 of 1980, RYM 73 of 1979, Acclaimed 520
5	1980	US BB 1 – Aug 1980, Sweden (alt) 1 – Aug 1980, France 1 – Aug 1980, Switzerland 1 – Aug 1980, Norway 1 – Aug 1980, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks Oct 1980, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Aug 1981, UK 2 – Jul 1980, Netherlands 2 – Jul 1980, Austria 2 – Oct 1980, US CashBox 4 of 1980, Germany 4 – Sep 1980, Canada 8 – Sep 1980, Italy 8 of 1980, South Africa 11 of 1980, Australia 15 of 1980, POP 22 of 1980, US BB 30 of 1980, Scrobulate 42 of disco, RYM 83 of 1980, Germany 87 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 1364

US and UK and Japan #1 hit singles

(in chronological order)

US #1 singles and artist	(weeks at #1)
"Please Don't Go" – KC and the Sunshine Band	(1)
"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" – Rupert Holmes	(2 weeks in 1979 + 1 week in 1980)
"Rock with You" – Michael Jackson	(4)
"Do That to Me One More Time" – Captain & Tennille	(1)
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" – Queen	(4)
"Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" – Pink Floyd	(4)
"Call Me" – Blondie	(6)
"Funkytown" – Lipps Inc	(4)
"Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)" – Paul McCartney	(3)
"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" – Billy Joel	(2)
"Magic" – Olivia Newton-John	(4)
"Sailing" – Christopher Cross	(1)
"Upside Down" – Diana Ross	(4)
"Another One Bites the Dust" – Queen	(3)
"Woman in Love" – Barbra Streisand	(3)
"Lady" – Kenny Rogers	(6)
"(Just Like) Starting Over" – John Lennon	(1 week in 1980 + 2 weeks in 1981)

UK #1 singles and artist	(weeks at #1)
"Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" – Pink Floyd	(3 weeks in 1979 + 2 weeks in 1980)
"Brass in Pocket" – The Pretenders	(2)
"The Special AKA Live!" – The Specials	(2)
"Coward of the County" – Kenny Rogers	(2)
"Atomic" – Blondie	(2)
"Together We Are Beautiful" – Fern Kinney	(1)
"Going Underground/The Dreams Of Children" – The Jam	(3)
"Working My Way Back to You" – Detroit Spinners	(2)
"Call Me" – Blondie	(1)
"Geno" – Dexys Midnight Runners	(2)
"What's Another Year" – Johnny Logan	(2)
"Suicide Is Painless" (Theme From MAS*H) – The Mash	(3)
"Crying" – Don McLean	(3)
"Xanadu" – Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra	(2)
"Use It Up and Wear It Out" – Odyssey	(2)
"The Winner Takes It All" – ABBA	(2)
"Ashes To Ashes" – David Bowie	(2)
"Start!" – The Jam	(1)
"Feels Like I'm in Love" – Kelly Marie	(2)
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" – The Police	(4), best selling single of the year
"Woman in Love" – Barbra Streisand	(3)
"The Tide Is High" – Blondie	(2)
"Super Trouper" – ABBA	(3)
"(Just Like) Starting Over" – John Lennon	(1)
"There's No One Quite Like Grandma" – St Winifred's School Choir	(1 week in 1980 + 1 week in 1981)

Japanese Oricon #1 singles and artist	(weeks at #1)
"Ihojin" – Saki Kubota	(4 weeks in 1979 + 3 weeks in 1980)
"" – Crystal King	(6)
"" –	(6)
"" – Chanels	(7)
"" –	(10)
"" – Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi	(6)
"" – Toshihiko Tahara	(2)
"" – Seiko Matsuda	(5)
"I'm In the Mood for Dancing" (Japanese title:) – The Nolans	(3)
"" – Mayumi Itsuwa	(3)
"" – Masahiko Kondō	(2 weeks in 1980 + 3 weeks in 1981)

Top 40 Chart hit singles

Song title	Artist(s)	Release date(s)	US	UK	Highest chart position	Other Chart Performance(s)
"(Just Like) Starting Over"			November 1980	1	1		See chart performance entry
"A Forest"			March 1980	n/a	31	20 (Belgium)	26 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 100]) - 38 (New Zealand) - 47 (U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs)
"Against The Wind"			April 1980	5	n/a	5 (US)	6 (Canada) - 8 (U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks) - 30 (Belgium) - 92 (Australia)
"Ah! Leah!"			October 1980	29	n/a	6 (Canada)	19 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock) - 22 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 34 (Australia)
"All Out Of Love"			February 1980	2	11	2 (Canada, US)	See chart performance entry
"An American Dream"			January 1980	13	n/a	3 (Canada, Netherlands [Dutch Top 40])	See chart entry performance
"Amigo"			September 1980	n/a	9	9 (UK, New Zealand)	See chart performance entry
"Amoureux solitaires"			October 1980	n/a	n/a	1 (Italy)	3 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 4 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 6 (Austria) - 11 (West Germany) - 14 (Belgium)
"Another One Bites the Dust"			August 1980	1	7	1 (Canada, Israel, Spain, United States)	See chart performance entry
"Antmusic"			November 1980	n/a	2	1 (Australia)	See chart performance entry
"Army Dreamers"			September 1980	n/a	16	2 (Israel)	14 (Ireland) - 25 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 36 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40])
"Ashes To Ashes"			August 1980	n/a	1	1 (UK)	See chart performance entry
"Babooshka"			June 1980	n/a	5	2 (Australia)	See chart performance entry
"Back Together Again"			May 1980	56	3	3 (UK)	6 (U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs) - 8 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles)
"Baggy Trousers"			September 1980	n/a	3	3 (UK, New Zealand)	See chart entry performance
"Banana Republic"			November 1980	n/a	3	3 (Germany, Ireland, Norway, UK)	See chart entry performance
"Bankrobber"			August 1980	n/a	12	12 (United Kingdom)	14 (Ireland, New Zealand)
"Biggest Part of Me"			March 1980	3	n/a	3 (US)	1 (Radio & Records) - 3 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 18 (Canadian RPM Top Singles) - 30 (New Zealand) - 35 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles)
"Boulevard"			June 1980	19	n/a	4 (Canada)	13 (U.S. Billboard Cash Box Top 100)
"Brass in Pocket"			January 1980	14	1	1 (Ireland, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom)	See chart performance entry 1979 overlap
"Breakdown Dead Ahead"			March 1980	15	n/a	8 (Canada)	12 (U.S. Cahs Box Top 100) - 65 (Australia)
"Breaking the Law"			May 1980	n/a	12	12 (United Kingdom)	19 (Ireland)
"Can't Help Myself"			June 1980	n/a	n/a	10 (Australia)	29 (New Zealand) - 50 (U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs)
"Can't Stop the Music"			April 1980	n/a	11	1 (Australia, South Africa)	See chart performance entry
"Coming Up"			April 1980	1	2	1 (Canada, United States)	2 (Australia, New Zealand) - 2 (U.S. Cashbox Top 100) - 48 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary)
"Cruisin'"	Smokey Robinson		April 1980	4	n/a	1 (New Zealand)	1 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 4 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 34 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 66 (Canada) - 70 (Australia)
"Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time"			July 1980	4	4	4 (UK)	5 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles)
"Desire"			January 1980	4	n/a	4	See chart performance entry
"Don't Ask Me Why"			July 1980	19	n/a	4 (Canada)	See chart performance entry
"Don't Do Me Like That"			January 1980	10	n/a	3 (Canada)	7 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 17 (New Zealand)
"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer"			March 1980	4	n/a	1 (Canada)	See chart performance entry
"Dreamin'"			September 1980	10	8	1 (Denmark)	See chart performance entry
"Drivin' My Life Away"			June 1980	5	n/a	5 (United States)	See chart performance entry
"Duncan"			November 1980	n/a	n/a	1 (Australia)	7 (New Zealand)
"Echo Beach"			February 1980	n/a	10	5 (Canada)	6 (Australia) - 11 (Ireland)
"Emotional Rescue"			June 1980	3	9	1 (Canada)	See chart performance entry
"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"			May 1980	18	5	1 (France)	See chart performance entry
"Fame"			May 1980	4	1		See chart performance entry
"Fashion"			October 1980	70	5	5 (United Kingdom)	See chart performance entry
"Fire Lake"			January 1980	6	n/a	3 (Canada)	See chart performance entry
"Funkytown"			March 1980	1	2
"Games Without Frontiers"			February 1980	48	4	3 (Ireland)	7 (Canada) - 44 (Australia) - 60 (U.S. Cashbox Top 100)
			August 1980	104	32	16 (New Zealand)	24 (Australia) - 28 (U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks) - 92 (Canada)
"Geno"			March 1980	n/a	1	1 (United Kingdom)	2 (Ireland) - 44 (Australia)
"Give Me the Night"			June 1980	4	7	3 (France)	See chart performance entry
"Going Underground"/"Dreams of Children"			March 1980	n/a	1	1 (United Kingdom)	18 (Sweden) - 28 (New Zealand) - 50 (Australia)
"He's So Shy"			July 1980	3	n/a	1 (New Zealand)	See chart performance entry
"Hey!"		1980	n/a	31	1 (Spain)	24 (Ireland) - 56 (Australia)
"Him"			January 1980	6	31	4 (Canada)	See chart performance entry
"Hit Me with Your Best Shot"			September 1980	9	n/a	9 (United States)	7 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 10 (Canada) - 33 (Australia)
"Hungry Heart"			October 1980	5	44	5 (Canada, United States)	See chart performance entry
"Hurt So Bad"			March 1980	8	n/a	8 (United States)	17 (Canada) - 25 (U.S. Billboard Adult contemporary) - 37 (Canadian RPM charts) - 43 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40])
"I Can't Tell You Why"			February 1980	8	n/a	5 (Canada)	2 (Canada Adult Contemporary) - 3 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 11 (New Zealand) - 49 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])
""			August 1980	102	6	6 (United Kingdom)	16 (Ireland)
"I Got You"			January 1980	53	12	1 (Australia, Israel, New Zealand)	13 (Canada) - 19 (Ireland) - 50 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100)
"I Hope I Never"			May 1980	n/a	n/a	18 (Australia)	30 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 33 (New Zealand)
"I Made It Through the Rain"			November 1980	10	37	10 (United States)	4 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 18 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 20 (Ireland)
"I Pledge My Love"			January 1980	19	n/a	1 (New Zealand)	23 (Canada) - 25 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 33 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 37 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles)
"I Wanna Be Your Lover"			January 1980	11	41	3 (New Zealand)	1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 2 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs)
"I Want To Be Straight"	Ian Dury & The Blockheads		August 1980	n/a	22	18 (Australia)	n/a
"Il jouait du piano debout"		1980	n/a	n/a	2 (France)	22 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 26 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])
"It's Hard to Be Humble"	Mac Davis		March 1980	43	27	3 (New Zealand)	4 (Canada RPM Country) - 9 (Australia) - 10 (U.S. Billboard Country) - 14 (Canada) - 35 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100)
"Johnny and Mary"			September 1980	n/a	44	1 (Spain)	See chart performance entry
"Killer on the Loose"			September 1980	n/a	10	5 (Ireland)	n/a
"King" / "Food for Thought"			February 1980	n/a	4	1 (New Zealand)	10 (Ireland) - 36 (Australia) - 46 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])
"Let My Love Open The Door"			June 1980	9	46	5 (Canada)	11 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 82 (Australia)
"Let's Get Serious"			March 1980	9	n/a	9 (United States)	1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 2 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play) - 24 (Australia)
"Little Jeannie"			May 1980	3	33	1 (Canada)	See chart performance entry
"Longer"			January 1980	2	59	2 (United States)	See chart performance entry
"Looking for Clues"			November 1980	105	33	3 (Germany)	See chart performance entry
"Lost In Love"			January 1980	3	n/a	3 (New Zealand, United States)	1 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) - 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 2 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 4 (Canada RPM Top Singles) - 10 (France) - 13 (Australia)
"Love Will Tear Us Apart"			June 1980	n/a	13	1 (New Zealand)	1 (UK Indie Singles Chart) - 26 (Australia) - 42 (U.S. Billboard Disco Top 100)
"Master Blaster (Jammin')"			September 1980	5	2		See chart performance entry
"Misunderstanding"			May 1980	14	42	1 (Canada)	14 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 32 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary)
"More Love"			June 1980	10	n/a	10 (United States)	6 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 7 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) - 9 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 13 (Canada) - 46 (Australia)
"More Than I Can Say"			October 1980	2	2	1 (Australia)	1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 2 (Ireland, South Africa) - 3 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 5 (New Zealand) - 7 (Canada)
"Me Myself I"			June 1980	n/a	21	13 (Ireland)	13 (South Africa) - 14 (New Zealand) - 24 (Australia) - 38 (Netherlands [Single Top 100)]
"My Perfect Cousin"			March 1980	n/a	9	9 (United Kingdom)	9 (Ireland)
"Never Knew Love Like This Before"			August 1980	6	4	1 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40])	See chart performance entry
"Off the Wall"			February 1980	10	7	4 (Norway)	See chart performance entry
"On and On and On"			September 1980	90	n/a	7 (France)	1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs) - 1 (Australia) - 9 (Australia) - 24 (Japan)
"On the Radio"			January 1980	5	32	2 (Canada)
"One Step Ahead"			November 1980	n/a	n/a	5 (Australia)	17 (Canada) - 104 (U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles)
"People"			March 1980	n/a	n/a	3 (New Zealand)	6 (Australia)
"Pilot of the Airwaves"			February 1980	13	66	3 (Canada)	See chart performance entry
"Private Idaho"			October 1980	74	n/a	11 (Australia)	5 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play) - 78 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100)
"Real Love"			August 1980	5	n/a	5 (United States)	7 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 10 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 12 (Canada) - 15 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) - 53 (Australia)
"Rat Race"			May 1980	n/a	5	17 (Ireland)	89 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs)
"Refugee"			January 1980	15	n/a	2 (Canada)	3 (New Zealand) - 11 (U.S. Cash Top Box 100) - 23 (Belgium) - 24 (Australia) - 24 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40])
"Ride Like The Wind"			February 1980	2	69	2 (United Kingdom)	3 (Canada) - 24 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 31 (New Zealand)
"Running Free"			February 1980	n/a	34	34 (United Kingdom)	35 (New Zealand)
"Santa Maria"			June 1980	n/a	n/a	1 (Germany, Netherlands)	n/a
"Sara"			January 1980	7	37	7 (United States)	See chart performance entry
"Sexy Eyes"			January 1980	5	4	1 (New Zealand)	See chart performance entry
"Shaddap You Face"			October 1980	53	1		See chart performance entry
"She's Out of My Life"			April 1980	10	3	3 (United Kingdom)	See chart performance entry
"Shining Star"			February 1980	5	45	2 (New Zealand)	See chart performance entry
"So Long"			March 1980	n/a	72	5 (Portugal)	12 (Netherlands) - 14 (Belgium) - 15 (Australia)
"The Spirit of Radio"			February 1980	51	13	13 (United Kingdom)	22 (Canada)
"Steal Away"			April 1980	6	n/a	6 (United States)	2 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) - 5 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 14 (Canada) - 24 (Australia) - 85 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles)
"Stomp!"			February 1980	7	6	1 (New Zealand)	See chart performance entry
"Stop the Cavalry"			December 1980	n/a	3	1 (Austria, France)	See chart performance entry
"Take Your Time (Do It Right)"			March 1980	3	51	3 (New Zealand)	See chart performance entry
"Talk of the Town"			April 1980	n/a	8	8 (United Kingdom)	14 (Ireland) - 24 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 55 (Australia)
"This Is It"			January 1980	11	n/a	9 (Canada)	8 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 9 (Canada) - 16 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) - 17 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 19 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 26 (Netherlands [Dutch top 40]) - 35 (New Zealand) - 85 (Australia)
"Tired of Toein' the Line"			May 1980	8	58	1 (Australia)	3 (New Zealand, South Africa) - 4 (Canada) - 6 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 9 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) - 39 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary)
"Total Control"			March 1980	n/a	n/a	7 (Australia)	9 (US Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100) - 11 (New Zealand) - 19 (France)
"Too Hot"			January 1980	5	23	5 (United States)	3 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 5 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs) - 7 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 11 (U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks) - 18 (Canada)
"Touch and Go"			August 1980	37	n/a	16 (Canada)	38 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Singles) - 42 (New Zealand) - 62 (Australia)
"Turn It On Again"			March 1980	58	8	8 (Italy, United Kingdom)	12 (Ireland) - 32 (France) - 38 (Netherlands) - 49 (Canada) - 55 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100)
"Turning Japanese"			January 1980	36	3	1 (Australia)	See chart performance entry
"Upside Down"			June 1980	1	2		See chart performance entry
"The Wanderer"			September 1980	3	48	3 (Canada)	See chart performance entry
"We Are Glass"			May 1980	n/a	5	5 (United Kingdom, Israel)	9 (Ireland) - 15 (Australia) - 42 (New Zealand)
"We Can Get Together"			September 1980	62	n/a	16 (Australia)	36 (New Zealand)
"What I Like About You"			January 1980	49	n/a	2 (Australia)	8 (Netherlands) - 11 (Belgium) - 53 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100)
"With You I'm Born Again"			January 1980	4	2	2 (United Kingdom)	See chart performance entry
"Woman in Love"			August 1980	1	1		See chart performance entry
"Xanadu"			June 1980	8	1		See chart performance entry
"You May Be Right"			March 1980	7	n/a	6 (Canada)	14 (South Africa) - 23 (New Zealand) - 28 (Australia) - 48 (U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks) - 60 (Japan)
"You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties"			March 1980	n/a	16	3 (New Zealand)	21 (Australia)

Other Chart hit singles

Notable singles

Song title	Other Chart Performance(s)
"A Forest"	March 1980	20 (Belgium) - 26 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 100]) - 31 (UK Singles Chart) - 38 (New Zealand) - 47 (U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs)
"Another Nail in My Heart"	January 1980	10 (Irish Singles Chart) - 17 (UK Singles Chart) - 56 (Canada)
"C·30 C·60 C·90 Go" b/w "Sun Sea and Piracy"	July 1980	34 (UK Singles Chart)
"Freedom of Choice"	May 1980	8 (US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs) - 71 (Australia) - 103 (US Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100)
"The Breaks"	June 1980	4 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 9 (U.S. Billboard Dance chart) - 87 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)
"The Friend Catcher"	September 1980	21 (UK Indie Charts)
"Holiday in Cambodia"	September 1980	2 (UK Indie Charts)
"I Will Follow"	October 1980	20 (U.S. Billboard Top Tracks) - 34 (New Zealand) - 71 (Australia) Note: This single charted in 1981.
"Kill the Poor"	October 1980	1 (UK Indie Chart) - 49 (UK Singles Chart)
"Love Will Tear Us Apart"	June 1980	1 (New Zealand) - 1 (UK Indie Singles Chart) - 13 (UK Singles Chart) - 26 (Australia) - 42 (U.S. Billboard Disco Top 100)
"Rescue"	May 1980	62 (UK Singles Chart)
"Sister Europe"	February 1980	47 (New Zealand) - 100 (Australia)
"Wardance"	February 1980	50 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs)

Other notable singles

Classical music

George Crumb – A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979, for piano
Mario Davidovsky
- Consorts, for symphonic band
- String Quartet No. 4
Peter Maxwell Davies
- Farewell to Stromness (interlude from The Yellow Cake Review), for piano, Op. 89, No. 1
- Symphony No. 2, Op. 91
- A Welcome to Orkney, for ensemble, Op. 90
- The Yellow Cake Revue, for singer or reciter and piano, Op. 88
- Yesnaby Ground (interlude from The Yellow Cake Review), for piano, Op. 89, No. 2
Sofia Gubaidulina – Offertorium («Жертвоприношение»), concerto for violin and orchestra
Helmut Lachenmann – Ein Kinderspiel, seven little pieces for piano
Trygve Madsen – Sonata for Tuba and Piano
Arvo Pärt – De profundis, for accompanied chorus; first performance 1981
Krzysztof Penderecki – Symphony No. 2: "Christmas"'
Simeon ten Holt
- Natalon in E for piano
- Bi-Ba-Bo for vocal quartet

Opera

Peter Maxwell Davies – Cinderella (children's opera)
Lorenzo Ferrero – Marilyn
Margaret Garwood – Rappacini's Daughter
Philip Glass – Satyagraha
Kirke Mechem – Tartuffe
William Mathias – The Servants (libretto by Iris Murdoch)
Karlheinz Stockhausen – Donnerstag aus Licht
Mieczysław Weinberg – The Portrait

Jazz

See main article: 1980 in jazz.

Musical theater

Barnum – Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on April 30 and ran for 854 performances
Brigadoon (Lerner & Loewe) – Broadway revival opened at the Majestic Theatre on October 16 and ran for 133 performances
Camelot (Lerner & Loewe) – Broadway revival opened at the New York State Theater on July 8 and ran for 56 performances
Colette – London production opened at the Comedy Theatre on September 24 and ran for 47 performances
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine – Broadway production opened at the John Golden Theatre on April 2 and transferred to the Royale Theatre on June 17 for a total run of 588 performances
Forty-Second Street – Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on August 25, transferred to the Majestic Theatre on March 30, 1981, and transferred to the St. James Theatre on April 7, 1987, for a total run of 3486 performances
The Life and Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby – London production opened at the Aldwych Theatre on June 5
On The Twentieth Century – London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on March 19 and ran for 165 performances
Sweeney Todd (Stephen Sondheim) – London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on July 2 and ran for 157 performances
The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg London production opened at the Phoenix Theatre on April 10
West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) – Broadway revival opened at the Minskoff Theatre on February 14 and ran for 333 performances

Musical films

Births

January 14 – Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor, model, and singer
January 15 - Sam Oh, South Korean television host
January 16 – Lin-Manuel Miranda, American playwright, singer, songwriter, rapper and composer
January 17 – Zooey Deschanel, American actress and singer-songwriter.
January 18 – Estelle, British singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actress
January 21 – Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer
- - January 28 Nick Carter, American singer, actor and musician (Backstreet Boys)
- Brian Fallon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  - January 30 Wilmer Valderrama, American actor, singer, producer and television personality (Demi Lovato, Mandy Moore)
- Josh Kelley, American musician
- Mikey, South Korean rapper (Turbo)
February 3 – Sarah Lewitinn, American record producer and journalist
February 5 – Tiwa Savage, Nigerian singer
February 7 – William Tell, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the piano rock band Something Corporate.
February 13 - Lee Sang-woo, South Korean actor
February 15 – Conor Oberst, American singer-songwriter (Bright Eyes)
February 17 – Vahe Tilbian, Ethiopian singer
February 18
- Cezar, Romanian opera singer and pianist
- Regina Spektor, Russian-American singer-songwriter^[23]
  - February 22 Shamari Fears, American singer-songwriter and actress (Blaque)
- Kang Sung-hoon, South Korean singer
February 27 – Cyrus Bolooki, (New Found Glory)
February 26 – Alex Fong Lik-Sun, Hong Kong singer and actor
February 28 - Choi Sung-hee, South Korean singer (S.E.S.)
- - March 2 Vince Walker, American rock singer (Suburban Legends)
- Rebel Wilson, Australian actress, writer, comedienne, singer and producer
March 8 – Charli Robinson, Australian actress, singer and dancer
March 13 – Flavia Cacace, Italian dancer
Kim Nam-gil, South Korean actor
March 18 - Chantelle Barry, Australian actress and singer (Bardot)
March 19 – Agnes Pihlava, Finnish pop singer
March 20 – Mikk Murdvee, violinist and conductor
Ock Joo-hyun, South Korean singer (Fin.K.L)
March 21 – Deryck Whibley, Canadian musician and producer (Sum 41) (Avril Lavigne)
Lee Jin, South Korean singer (Fin.K.L)
March 22 – Shannon Bex, American singer, reality show personality, professional dancer (Danity Kane. Dumblonde)
March 27 – Tai Orathai, Luk Thung singer
March 28 – Rasmus Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter and record producer
March 29 - Andy Scott-Lee, Welsh singer (3SL) brother of Lisa Scott-Lee
Kim Tae-hee, South Korean actress
March 30 – Yalin, Turkish pop singer and songwriter
March 31
- Trenyce, American singer
- Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese singer
April 4 - Gong Hyo-jin, South Korean actress
April 5 - Lee Jae-won, South Korean rapper (H.O.T., jtL)
April 9 - Lee Yo-won, South Korean actress
April 10 – Bryce Soderberg, Canadian musician (Lifehouse)
April 12 – Brian McFadden, Irish (Was part of Westlife)
April 14 – Win Butler, American/Canadian musician
April 15 – Patrick Carney, American musician and producer (The Black Keys) (Michelle Branch)
April 16 – Jake Andrews, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
April 21 - Rai Thistlethwayte, Australian Thirsty Merc, Sun Rai, Jazz, Rock Musician (Worked with Delta Goodrem)
April 24 – Danny Gokey, American Idol season 8 finalist
April 26 – Channing Tatum, American dancer, performer and actor (Jessie J, Jenna Dewan)
April 29 – Kian Egan (Westlife)
May 3 – Souleye (hip hop artist), American rapper and hip hop artist (Bassnectar, BLVD, Alanis Morissette)
May 5
- Maia Hirasawa, Swedish pop singer
- Hank Green, American singer, songwriter, educator, blogger, science communicator, entrepreneur and author.
May 6 – Taebin, Korean hip-hop artist (1TYM)
May 7 - Kim Nam-soon, South Korean archer
May 8 - Michelle McManus, English columnist, television presenter and singer
May 10 - Madeleine Sami, New Zealand actress, comedian, movie producer and musician.
May 12 – Romina Arena, Italian-American singer-songwriter
May 16 – Harmony Samuels, English record producer, composer and songwriter.
May 17 – Ariën van Weesenbeek, Dutch drummer, screamer, keyboardist, percussion (Epica, MaYaN)
- - May 21 Gotye, Australian multi-instrumental musician and singer-songwriter (Kimbra)
- Anika Moa, New Zealand recording artist, activist and television presenter
May 24 – Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actress
- - May 28 Mark Feehily (Westlife)
- Lindi Ortega, Canadian country singer-songwriter
May 31 – Andy Hurley, American drummer (Fall Out Boy and The Damned Things)
June 2 – Orish Grinstead, American R&B singer (died 2008)
June 5 – Brandi Shearer, American singer-songwriter
June 6 – Peter Mosely, American bass player (Yellowcard and Inspection 12)
June 7 – Henkka Seppälä, Finnish bassist (Children of Bodom)
July 8 - Yang Tae-young, South Korean gymnastics
June 13 – Sarah Connor, German singer
June 16 – Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
June 17 – Kimeru, Japanese singer
June 18 – Colin Munroe, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
June 20 – Tony Lovato (Mest)
- - June 23 Jessica Taylor, English singer, television personality, and dancer (Liberty X)
- Theresa Wayman, also known by the stage name TT, is an American musician, singer-songwriter and occasional actress, best known as guitarist and vocalist of the indie rock band Warpaint.
June 26 – Jason Schwartzman (Phantom Planet)
June 27 – Jennifer Goodridge, American keyboard player (Your Enemies Friends)
June 29 – Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano
July 2 – Ciara Sotto, Filipina singer and actress
July 3 – Kid Sister, American rapper
- - July 5 Pauly D, American DJ (Britney Spears)
- Mads Tolling, Danish-American violinist and composer (Turtle Island Quartet)
July 10 – Jessica Simpson, American singer-songwriter, designer and actress
July 11 – Jenny Hval, Norwegian singer-songwriter, record producer and musician.
- - July 13 Corey Clark, American singer
- Emile Haynie, American record producer (Lana Del Rey, Bruno Mars, Dua Lipa, Florence Welch)
July 15 – JW-Jones, Canadian blues artist
July 17 – Kaya (Japanese musician), Japanese visual kei musician, EDM artist
July 18 – Kristen Bell, American actress, vocal actress and singer
July 19 – Michelle Heaton, English pop singer, actress, television personality and personal trainer. (Liberty X)
- - July 20 Dado Dolabella, Brazilian actor and singer
- Mike Kennerty (The All-American Rejects)
July 21 – Really Doe, American rapper
- - July 22 Kate Ryan, Belgian singer-songwriter
- Tablo, South Korean-Canadian rapper, songwriter, record producer, and author
July 23 – Michelle Williams, Gospel singer-songwriter (Destiny's Child)
July 25 = Diam's, French rapper and singer of Greek Cypriot origin.
July 5 – Rebeka Dremelj, Slovenian singer
July 26 – Dave Baksh (Sum 41)
July 28
- Stephen Christian, American Christian rock singer (Anberlin)
- Noel Sullivan, Welsh singer (Hear'Say) and actor
July 30 – Diam's, French rapper
August 9 - Rob Knox, Anerucan producer and singer songwriter
August 12
- Matt Thiessen, Canadian singer/guitarist
- Jade Villalon, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (Sweetbox)
August 16
- Vanessa Carlton, American singer-songwriter, musician
- Øystein Moen, Norwegian pianist and composer (Puma and Jaga Jazzist)
- Bob Hardy, English bassist (Franz Ferdinand)
August 17 – Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer and musician
August 19
- Houcine Camara, French singer
- Darius Danesh, Scottish singer-songwriter & actor
- Jun Jin, South Korean singer (Shinhwa)
August 20 - Mayra Veronica, American singer, model, actress and television personality
August 26 – Macaulay Culkin, American actor, author, painter, podcaster, musician and president of Bunnyears
August 29
- Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
- Richa Sharma, playback singer
August 30 – Alicia Warrington, American drummer (Lillix)
August 31 – Joe Budden, American rapper
September 5 – Kevin Simm, English singer (Liberty X)
September 6 – Kerry Katona, English singer, author, model (Atomic Kitten)
September 11 – Mikey Way, bassist of My Chemical Romance
September 13 – Teppei Teranishi (Thrice)
September 14 – Ayọ, Nigerian-German singer-songwriter and actress
September 15 - Jolin Tsai, a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress.
September 19 – Tegan and Sara Quin (Tegan And Sara), Canadian singer-songwriters, musicians, multi-instrumentalists
September 21 - Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
September 24 – Homeboy Sandman, American rapper
September 25 – T.I., American rapper
- - September 29 Dallas Green (musician), Canadian singer/songwriter
- Zachary Levi, American actor, singer and comedian
October 3 – Danny O'Donoghue, Irish singer
October 5 – Paul Thomas (Good Charlotte)
October 8 – Nick Cannon, American actor and rapper
October 10 – Sherine, Egyptian singer
October 11 – Colleen Lee, Hong Kong classical pianist
October 12 – Soledad Pastorutti, Argentine folklore singer and The Voice coach
October 13 – Ashanti, American singer-songwriter, actress, dancer
October 15 – Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer-songwriter
October 18 – Josh Gracin, American singer
October 23 - Yoo Soo-young, South Korean singer (S.E.S.)
October 24
- Kaushiki Chakraborty, Indian classical vocalist
- Monica, American singer, songwriter, producer and actress
October 27 – Tanel Padar, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist
October 31 – Isabella Summers, English musician, songwriter, producer, remixer, DJ (Florence and the Machine).
November 3 – Dan Marsala, American musician
November 4 – George Huff, American singer
November 5 – Essaï Altounian, French-Armenian actor, singer-songwriter, keyboardist and music producer
November 7 – Karthik, playback singer
November 10 – Calvin Chen, Taiwanese pop singer
- - November 12 Shaun Cooper, American bass player
- Ryan Gosling, American actor, musician and singer (contributed music to: Dead Man's Bone, La La Land, Barbie (film))
November 14 – Matt Brann, Canadian drummer
November 15 – Ace Young, American singer and reality show finalist
November 16 - Lee Eun-ju, South Korean actress
November 17 – Isaac Hanson (Hanson)
November 18 – Dustin Kensrue (Thrice)
November 26 – Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer
November 28 – Lisa Middelhauve, German singer (Xandria)
November 29 – Janina Gavankar, American musician and actress
December 1 – Roger Peterson, Aruban-Dutch singer-songwriter
December 3 – Jenna Dewan, American dancer, performer, business woman, choreographer, producer, actor and television host
December 5 – Ibrahim Maalouf, trumpeter
December 6 – Kei Yasuda, Japanese singer
December 7 - Choi Jung-in, South Korean singer
December 8 – Kate Voegele, American singer-songwriter and actress
December 9 – Simon Helberg, American actor, comedian, singer and pianist
December 10
- Sarah Chang, American classical violinist
- Chris Gaynor (The All-American Rejects)
December 14 – Tata Young, Thai-American singer and actress
December 16 – Axle Whitehead, Australian singer, musician, TV host and actor
December 18 – Christina Aguilera, American R&B-Soul singer-songwriter
December 19 – Verbal Jint, South Korean musician, rapper and record producer
December 20 – Yangwei Linghua, Chinese singer, member of Phoenix Legend
December 24 – Tomas Kalnoky, American musician (Streetlight Manifesto)
December 25 – Park Ji-young, South Korean singer, dancer and actress, former leader of After School
December 26 - Jo Jung-seok, South Korean actor

Deaths

January 1 – Adolph Deutsch (82), American composer
January 2 – J. Mayo Williams (85), African American blues music producer
January 3 – Amos Milburn (52), African American R&B singer and pianist
January 6
- Poley McClintock, jazz musician
- Georgeanna Tillman (36), pop and R&B singer
January 7 – Larry Williams (44), singer, songwriter and pianist
January 13 – Andre Kostelanetz (78), Russian-born conductor and arranger
January 21 – Elvira de Hidalgo (88), coloratura soprano and singing teacher
January 29
- Jimmy Durante (86), pianist & entertainer
- Edward Lewis (79), founder of Decca Records
January 30 – Professor Longhair (61), pianist
February 17 – Jerry Fielding (57), American conductor and music director (heart failure)
- - February 18 Muriel Brunskill (80), British contralto
- Gale Robbins (58), American singer and actress (lung cancer)
February 19 – Bon Scott (33), lead singer of AC/DC (acute alcohol poisoning)
February 28 – Dinorá de Carvalho (75), Brazilian pianist, conductor and composer
March 5 – Winifred Wagner (82), daughter-in-law of Richard Wagner, close friend of Adolf Hitler (born 1897)
March 14 – Anna Jantar (29), Polish singer (air crash)
March 18 – Jessica Dragonette (80), American singer
March 23 – Jacob Miller (27), reggae artist
March 25 – Walter Susskind (66), Czech conductor^[24]
March 26
- John Poulos (32), the Buckinghams, drug overdose
- Ted Shapiro (80), songwriter & pianist
March 28 – Dick Haymes, (63), Argentinian-born US singer and actor
March 29 – Mantovani (74), Italian-born British orchestra leader and composer
April 4 – Red Sovine (62), American country & folk singer & songwriter
April 20 – Katherine Kennicott Davis (87), American composer
April 22 – Jane Froman (72), American singer and actress^[25]
April 28 – Tommy Caldwell (30), bassist of Marshall Tucker Band (car accident)
May 4 – Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson (60), pianist (heart attack)^[26]
May 18 – Ian Curtis (23), lead singer of Joy Division (suicide)
May 30 – Carl Radle (37), rock bassist
June 11 – Bolesław Woytowicz (80), Polish pianist and composer
June 16 – Bob Nolan (72), country singer and songwriter
June 20 – Allan Pettersson (68), Swedish composer
June 21 – Bert Kaempfert (56), German composer, bandleader and arranger (stroke)
June 27 – Barney Bigard (74), jazz clarinetist
June 28 – José Iturbi (84), pianist^[27]
July 5 – A. J. Potter (72), Irish composer
July 9 – Vinicius de Moraes (66), Brazilian lyricist and composer
July 14 – Malcolm Owen (26), Lead singer The Ruts (overdose)
July 15 – Ben Selvin (82), "The Dean of Recorded Music"
July 23 – Keith Godchaux (32), keyboardist with Grateful Dead (car accident)
July 25 – Vladimir Vysotsky (42), Russian singer-songwriter, poet, actor (heart failure)
July 31 – Mohammed Rafi (55), Indian singer (heart attack)^[28]
August 5 - George Scott III (26), American No Wave bassist for Contortions and John Cale, heroin overdose
August 11 – Jacques Singer (70), conductor
August 17 – Harold Adamson (73), lyricist
August 18 – John Sebastian (66), harmonica virtuoso
August 20 – Joe Dassin (41), singer (heart attack)^[29]
August 22 – Cosmé McMoon (79), pianist and composer
August 26 – Miliza Korjus (71), Estonian-Polish opera singer
September 2 – Marcel Ciampi (89), French pianist and teacher
September 7 – Arvella Gray (74), blues and folk singer and guitarist
September 12 – Lillian Randolph (81), actress and singer
September 15 – Bill Evans (51), jazz pianist
September 16 – Ludmila Červinková (72), operatic soprano
September 17 – Waldemar Seidel (87), Australian pianist
September 18 – Walter Midgley (67), English operatic tenor
September 25 – John Bonham (32), drummer (Led Zeppelin) (pulmonary aspiration)
September 30 – Horace Finch (74), pianist and organist
October 3 – Jerzy Żurawlew (93), pianist, conductor, teacher, and founder of the International Chopin Piano Competition.
October 25 – Virgil Fox (68), organist (cancer)
October 27 – Steve Peregrin Took (31), bongo player for Tyrannosaurus Rex later a solo artist/frontman (asphyxiation)
November 15 – Bill Lee (64), American actor and playback singer
December 7 – Darby Crash (22), singer of the (Germs) (suicide)
December 8 – John Lennon (40), singer, guitarist and songwriter (The Beatles) (murdered)
December 24 – Siggie Nordstrom (87), American model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer (The Nordstrom Sisters)
December 29 – Tim Hardin (39), singer-songwriter (heroin overdose)
December 31 – Robert Pete Williams (66), blues singer and guitarist

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