Category Archive: 1979

SPIRITS HAVE FLOWN

Spirits Having Flown Released 5 February 1979 Recorded March – November 1978 at Criteria Studios, Miami Genre Disco, soul, pop Length 45:53 Label RSO, Reprise (remastered) Producer Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson Spirits Having Flown is the fifteenth album released by the Bee Gees. It was the group’s first album after their collaboration on …

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WAD’RIN’ STAR

Wand’rin’ Star A-side “Wand’rin’ Star” B-side “I Talk to the Trees” (Clint Eastwood) Released 1970 Format 7″ Genre Rock Label Paramount Songwriter(s) Alan J. Lerner (lyrics) Frederick Loewe (music) Producer(s) Tom Mack “Wand’rin’ Star” was a number one single in the UK and Ireland for Lee Marvin for three weeks in March 1970. It was …

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CHRISTOPHER CROSS (album)

Christopher Cross (album) Released December 1979 Recorded 1979 Studio Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, California); Pecan Street Studios (Austin, Texas) Genre Pop rock soft rock Length 38:32 Label Warner Bros. Producer Michael Omartian Christopher Cross is the self-titled debut album by Christopher Cross, released in December 1979. Recorded in mid-1979, the album was one …

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COOL FOR CATS (song)

Cool for Cats (song) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Released 9 March 1979 (UK) Format 7″ and 12″ vinyl Recorded 1978 Genre New wave Length 3:39 (album version) 3:10 (single version) Label A&M Songwriter(s) Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook Producer(s) John Wood & Squeeze “Cool for Cats” was the second single released from Squeeze’s Cool …

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ROCK N’ ROLL NIGHTS (album)

Rock n’ Roll Nights From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Released March 1979 Recorded 1978-1979, Mushroom Studios, Vancouver, Canada Genre Rock, soft rock Length 36:50 Label Mercury Producer BTO, Jim Vallance Rock n’ Roll Nights is the eighth studio album by Canadian rock band BTO, released in 1979. This album was one of three BTO albums …

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THE BOYS LIGHT UP

The Boys Light Up From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Released April, 1980 Recorded August, 1979 – February, 1980 Genre Pop/Rock Length 38:25 Label EMI Producer David Briggs The Boys Light Up is the debut album from Australian pub rock band Australian Crawl which was released in 1980 and contains the title track, “The Boys Light …

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COMPUTER GAMES (song)

Computer Games (song) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Released 1979 (Australia/NZ) Recorded 1979 Length 3:53 (Graffiti Crimes version) 4:01 (Where Do They Go? version) Label CBS Writer(s) Murray Burns, Steve Gilpin, B Stanton Producer(s) Peter Dawkins “Computer Games” is a single by New Zealand group Mi-Sex, released in 1979 in Australia and New Zealand and …

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NIGHT OWL (album)

Night Owl (album) Released June 1979 Recorded 1978–1979; Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Lansdowne Recording Studios Genre Folk rock Length 54:42 Night Owl is a 1979 album by Gerry Rafferty. It was released a year after Rafferty’s Platinum-selling album City to City. While not quite performing as well as its predecessor, Night Owl still managed enough …

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ROCK “N” ROLL JUVENILE

Rock ‘n’ Roll Juvenile Rock ‘n’ Roll Juvenile is a 1979 album by Cliff Richard. It featured his biggest-ever single, “We Don’t Talk Anymore”, which was a UK No. 1 hit (his first since 1968’s “Congratulations” and his only one of the 1970s) and the No. 4 hit “Carrie”. Recording sessions for the album began …

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BROKEN ENGLISH (song)

English (song) – 1979 “Broken English” is a song recorded by English singer Marianne Faithfull for her seventh studio album Broken English (1979). It was released as the second single from the album on 25 January 1980 by Island Records. Written by Faithfull, Barry Reynolds, Joe Mavety, Steve York and Terry Stannard, the song’s lyrical …

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