Pink Floyd release "The Wall"
November 30, 1979The double concept album included "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" and became one of the best-selling albums of all time.
The double concept album included "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" and became one of the best-selling albums of all time.
Widely credited as the song that introduced hip-hop to a mainstream audience, becoming one of the first commercially successful rap singles.
Produced by Quincy Jones, this was Jackson's solo breakthrough album, several years before "Thriller."
The band's second studio album included "Message in a Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon."
The disco-influenced single from "Parallel Lines" topped the Billboard Hot 100, cementing Blondie's crossover from punk/new wave into the mainstream.
The disco anthem reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and later won the first-ever Grammy Award for Best Disco Recording.
The double album showcased Summer's range beyond pure disco, spawning the hit singles "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls."
The power-pop single became a #1 hit and one of the defining songs of the year.
The band's eighth and final studio album before drummer John Bonham's death the following year.
Dylan's first album following his conversion to born-again Christianity, featuring the Grammy-winning "Gotta Serve Somebody."
A promotional event at Chicago's Comiskey Park, in which crates of disco records were blown up between games of a baseball doubleheader, became a flashpoint symbol of the backlash against disco.