1980 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1980.

Events

January–March

  • January 1
  • Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
  • The Zorros audition drummer Greg Pedley.
  • January 7 – At the age of 44, songwriter Larry Williams is found dead in his Los Angeles, California home of a gunshot wound to the head. Investigators are never able to determine whether his death was a murder or suicide.
  • January 13The Beach Boys, Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Starship perform at a benefit concert at Oakland Coliseum for the people of Kampuchea.
  • January 14Rush release Permanent Waves, which eventually becomes the band's fifth platinum album.
  • January 16Paul McCartney is arrested in Tokyo for possession of a half pound of marijuana. The remaining part of McCartney's and Wings' tour was then canceled.
  • January 19 – The first UK Indie Chart is published in Record Week, with Spizzenergi's "Where's Captain Kirk" topping the singles chart, and Adam and the Ants' Dirk Wears White Sox topping the album chart.
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Trinity Cross

    by: Nana Mizuki

    the prologue snatches away everything along with the
    scenery before us as the pure white feathers falls now
    flying away without even hearing the last words into
    this uncertain sky with nowhere to go
    the special color that blocks my heart, sometimes a
    shadow, sometimes a dream, and sometimes love
    when the shard of memories become important, they
    change into small courage
    and overlap in the silhouette
    if the prayers will become an unseen wind and reach the
    nape of your neck
    I feel that I can overcome the pain and lies and the
    regret left behind so
    believe, the many radiance that appears when you close
    your eyes
    the proof of eternity is this Trinity Cross
    even if there's no song that will echo forever, this
    feeling will never fade
    the pain I carried without knowing it, sometimes
    darkness, sometimes rain, and sometimes love
    the important feeling
    that was similar to the warmth notifying me that every
    scene is wonderful now
    with a strong force that can be called as an oath I
    felt that 'I want to protect you'
    I feel that I can cope with the sins and punishment and
    the regret from sadness so
    believe, even if the sudden wind makes you uneasy
    the proof of eternity is this Trinity Cross
    I wonder why? I feel far from time to time. although
    I'm very close.
    feeling painful by wanting to convey more words than
    to an endless tomorrow
    the pure white feathers fall now and become the veil
    that covers the two of us
    I feel that I will never get lost again in the morning
    and night and the regret of reminiscence
    believe, the many radiance that appears when you close
    your eyes




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