James Brown, whose career was about to experience a resurgence, released The Original Disco Man. James Chance & the Contortions…
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 5)
George Crumb released Apparition for soprano and amplified piano and Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV) for amplified piano; he also revised…
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 4)
Federico Fellini was directing La Città delle donne (City of Women). Francis Ford Coppola finished directing Apocalypse Now.
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 3)
Bauhaus released “Bela Lugosi’s Dead.” Brooke Shields was starring in The Blue Lagoon.
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 2)
Alain Resnais was directing Gérard Depardieu in Mon oncle d’Amérique (My American Uncle): Andrei Tarkovsky directed Stalker.
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 1)
Paul Simon was making One Trick Pony. Art Garfunkel was starring in Nicolas Roeg’s Bad Timing.