25/8 1979
25/8 1979 Klättrade The Knacks hit ”My Sharona” upp på förstaplatsen på den amerikanska singellistan, och stannade där i fem veckor. I Storbritannien nådde den bara upp till sjätte plats.
19/4 1980 32-year-old Brian Johnson gave up his place as singer in Geordie, to instead become singer in AC/DC. In doing so, he replaced Bon Scott who had died of acute alcohol poisoning a couple of months earlier.