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Art and culture

• July 12, 1979, disco sucks
  • The 'Disco Sucks' campaign was a white, macho reaction against gay liberation and black pride more than a musical reaction against drum machines. In England, in the same year as the 'Disco Sucks' demo in America, The Young Nationalist - a British National Party publication - told its readers: 'Disco and its melting pot pseudo-philosophy must be fought or Britain's streets will be full of black-worshipping soul boys.' [...]

Literature

• Subculture: The Meaning of Style by Dick Hebdige
• The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge by Lyotard

Film

• Alien (1979)
• Caligula (1979)
• Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
• Hardcore (1979)
• Mad Max (1979)
• Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
• The Brood (1979)
• Buffet Froid
• Head Over Heels (aka Chilly Scenes of Winter) (1979) - Joan Micklin Silver
• Being There (1979) - Hal Ashby
• Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) - Werner Herzog
• Quadrophenia (1979) - Franc Roddam
• Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) - Joe Dante, Allan Arkush

Music

• "The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow
• Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang
• 'Disco Sucks'
• Lee Perry burns the Black Ark Studios
• dancehall reggae (start)

Albums

• The Clash - London Calling
• Serge Gainsbourg - Aux Armes et Cetaera
• Risque (1979) - Chic
• Sting Like a Bee - Bumblebee Unlimited
• Y (1979) - The Pop Group
• The B-52's (1979) - B-52's

Singles

Mainstream

• Video Killed the Radio Star by Buggles
• Are Friends Electric by Tubeway Army

Dance

• "Nag Nag Nag" by Cabaret Voltaire
• "There but for the Grace of God" by Machine
• Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
• Atmosfear - Dancing In Outer Space
• Chicago - Street Player
• Risco Connection - Ain't no Stoppin' Us Now
• Dee Dee Bridgewater - Bad For Me
• First Choice - Double Cross
• Taana Gardner - When You Touch Me
• Jean Carn - Was That All It Was
• Harvey Mason - Groovin' You
• Candido - Thousand Fingerman
• Candido - Dancin' & Prancin'
• Candido - Jingo
• Inner Life - I'm Caught Up
• Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love
• Patti Labelle - Music Is My Way Of Life
• Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
• Sergio Mendes - I'll Tell You
• Eddy Grant - Walking On Sunshine
• Chantal Curtis - Get Another Love
• Martin Circus - Disco Circus
• Giorgio Moroder - I Wanna Rock You
• Positive Force - We Got The Funk
• Donna McGhee - It Ain't No Big Thing
• Salsoul Orchestra - How High
• Roy Ayers - Don't Stop The Feeling
• George Duke - I Want You For Myself
• Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up
• Skyy - First Time Around
• Loleatta Holloway - Greatest Performance Of My Life
• Billy Nichols - Give Your Body Up To The Music
• Brides of Funkenstein - Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy
• Five Special - Why Leave Us Alone
• Bruce Johnson - Pipeline
• Jackie Moore - How's Your Love Life Baby
• Double Exposure - I Got The Hots For You
• Alfredo de la Fe - Hot to Trot
• Black Ivory - Mainline
• Dinosaur 'Kiss Me Again' (1979) [Arthur Russell]
• Azymuth - Jazz Carnival
• Roy Ayers - Love Will Bring us Back Together
• Herb Alpert - Rotation
• Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You
• Ashford & Simpson - Stay Free
• Stephanie Mills - Put Your Body in it
• Chic - Good Times
• Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
• PiL - Death Disco
• Two Man Sound - Que Tal America
• Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
• Baise Moi (Kiss Me) - Pam Todd and Gold Bullion Band
• Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You

Births

Deaths

• Jean Renoir
• Eric Losfeld
• Herbert Marcuse