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This is a summary of 1979 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. 1979 saw the beginning of a few trends in British music. Electropop reached number one in both the singles and albums charts in the form of Gary Numan and Tubeway Army, and synthesiser bands began to gather momentum which would come to dominate music in the early 1980s. The first rap hit in the UK came from the Sugar Hill Gang. The 2 Tone movement also emerged with early work from bands like The Specials and Madness. Disco music was still the most popular music of the year, although showed signs of dying out in later months. 1979 remains the biggest-selling year ever for physical format singles sales in the UK. ==Events== *23 February - Dire Straits begin their first American tour, in Boston. *27 March - Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd, ex-wife of Clapton's friend George Harrison. *31 March - In the Eurovision Song Contest, UK representatives Black Lace finish 7th. *2 April - Kate Bush begins her first and, to date, her only live tour. *6 April - Rod Stewart marries Alana Hamilton. *1 May - Elton John becomes the first overseas pop music artist to perform in Israel. *2 May - The Who perform their first concert following the death of drummer Keith Moon. The band performed with new drummer Kenney Jones. *11 August - Led Zeppelin play their last ever British concert at Knebworth in Hertfordshire. *21 August - Cliff Richard achieves his tenth UK No.1 and the first for over 11 years. *August - Brotherhood of Man members Martin Lee and Sandra Stevens marry. *26 November - Bill Haley & His Comets perform at the Drury Lane Theatre in London in a command performance for The Queen. This was Haley's final recorded performance of "Rock Around the Clock". *''date unknown'' * *The Welsh Philharmonia becomes the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera. * *Richard Rodney Bennett becomes a resident of New York City.〔Zachary Woolfe ("Richard Rodney Bennett, British Composer, Dies at 76", ) ''New York Times'', 30 December 2012〕 * *Arthur Oldham founds the Concertgebouw Orchestra Chorus in Amsterdam.〔http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/arthur-oldham-730288.html The Independent, 13 May 2003]〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1979 in British music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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