World Events
- UNICEF International Year Of The Child
- Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power in Iran, prompting the Iran hostage crisis
- Philips publicly demonstrate the Compact Disc
- Airey Neave and Lord Louis Mountbatten assassinated by IRA
- Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman Prime Minister
- Pope John Paul II becomes the first Pope to visit a Communist country
- Sony Walkman goes on sale in Japan
- Saddam Hussein comes to power in Iraq
- Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
Events In Rock
- Ozzy Osbourne fired as lead singer of Black Sabbath: replaced by Ronnie James Dio
- Led Zeppelin play their last British concerts (until 2007) at Knebworth
- Elton John performs in Russia. Later in the year, he collapses on stage in California, but refuses to stop the show
- Stevie Wonder and Ry Cooder record albums using digital technology
- The Who perform first concert after death of Keith Moon: a stampede for seats at an Ohio concert kills 11 fans
- Joe Perry leaves Aerosmith after an argument with band members
- Deaths of Lowell George (Little Feat) , John Glascock (Jethro Tull) and Sid Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols)
- INXS perform in public and U2 enter the recording studio
Major Rock Releases
- UFO: 'Strangers In The Night'
- Scorpions: 'Lovedrive'
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band: 'Angel Station'
- Motörhead: 'Overkill'
- Supertramp: 'Breakfast In America'
- Wings: 'Back To The Egg'
- Ry Cooder: 'Bop Till You Drop'
- Led Zeppelin: 'In Through The Out Door'
- Whitesnake: 'Lovehunter'
- Fleetwood Mac: 'Tusk'
- Pink Floyd: 'The Wall'
- Motorhead: 'Bomber'
- Roxy Music: 'Manifesto'
- Gillan: 'Mr Universe'
- Saxon: 'Saxon'
- Samson: 'Survivors'
- Rainbow: 'Down to Earth'
- Thin Lizzy: 'Black Rose - A Rock Legend'
- AC/DC: 'Highway to Hell'
- Cheap Trick: 'At Budokan'
- Foreigner:'Head Games'
- Toto: 'Hydra'
- Eagles: 'The Long Run'
- David Bowie: 'Lodger'
- Tubeway Army: 'Replicas'
- The Clash : London Calling
- Gary Numan: 'The Pleasure Principle'
- Magnum: 'Magnum II'
- Judie Tzuke: 'Welcome To The Cruise'
- Accept:'Accept'
- Electric Light Orchestra: 'Discovery'
- Pat Benatar: 'In the Heat of the Night'
- Jethro Tull: 'Stormwatch'
- Mike Oldfield: 'Exposed'
- Mike Oldfield: 'Platinum'
- Survivor: 'Survivor'
- The Cars: 'Candy-O'
- Molly Hatchet: 'Flirtin' With Disaster'
List Of FRS Dates
January |
February |
March |
April |
| 05 January 1979 12 January 1979 19 January 1979 26 January 1979 |
02 February 1979 09 February 1979 16 February 1979 23 February 1979 |
02 March 1979 09 March 1979 16 March 1979 23 March 1979 30 March 1979 |
06 April 1979 13 April 1979 20 April 1979 27 April 1979 |
May |
June |
July |
August |
| 04 May 1979 11 May 1979 18 May 1979 25 May 1979 |
01 June 1979 08 June 1979 15 June 1979 22 June 1979 29 June 1979 |
06 July 1979 13 July 1979 20 July 1979 27 July 1979 |
03 August 1979 10 August 1979 17 August 1979 24 August 1979 31 August 1979 |
September |
October |
November |
December |
| 07 September 1979 14 September 1979 21 September 1979 28 September 1979 |
05 October 1979 12 October 1979 19 October 1979 26 October 1979 |
02 November 1979 09 November 1979 16 November 1979 23 November 1979 30 November 1979 |
07 December 1979 14 December 1979 21 December 1979 28 December 1979 |