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The Knack release their first album, "Get The Knack" (produced by Mike Chapman), and see their debut single, "My Sharona" spend six weeks at #1.

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WLUP disc jockey Steve Dahl's Disco Demolition Night takes place at Chicago's Comiskey Park between games of a doubleheader between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox. Dahl blows up a pile of disco records in centerfield and, in doing so, causes damage to the playing field. Thousands of fans storm the field, starting fires of their own and causing a min-riot leading to the cancellation of the second game.

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Stevie Wonder's "Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants" is the first notable pop album to be digitally recorded. Despite being mostly instrumental and featuring no actual hit singles, the album peaked at #4 on the Billboard Albums chart.

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In February, the Clash play their first U.S. concert date in Berkeley, CA. Opening the show is Bo Diddley.

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In May, the Who perform their first concert after the death of original drummer Keith Moon.

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Kiss release "Dynasty", which goes Top 10 on the strength of the disco-tinged single "I Was Made For Loving You" (#11).

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After a near-fatal car accident the year before, Peter Frampton returns with the album" Where I Should Be", which peaks at #19 and features the Top 20 single "I Can't Stand It no More".

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After selling briskly as a Japanese import, Cheap Trick's "At Budokan" is released stateside, selling over a million copies and featuring the Top 10 hit single, "I Want You To Want Me".

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Pat Benatar's debut album, "In The Heat Of The Night" (produced by Mike Chapman), is released in September and hits the Top 20 on the strength of the Top 40 singles "Heartbreaker" and "we Live For Love", as well as her cover of John Cougar's "I Need A Lover".