The Jacksons ( previously The Jackson 5 ) did many disco songs from 1975 to 1980, including " Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground )" ( 1978 ), " Blame it on the Boogie " ( 1978 ), and " Can You Feel It " ( 1980 )— all sung by Michael Jackson, whose 1979 solo album, Off the Wall, included several disco hits, including the album's title song, " Rock with You ", " Workin ' Day and Night ", and his second chart-topping solo hit in the disco genre, " Don't Stop ' til You Get Enough ".

Some disco songs incorporated sounds produced with synthesizers and drum machines, and some compositions were entirely electronic ; examples include Giorgio Moroder's late 1970s productions such as Donna Summer's hit single " I Feel Love " from 1977, Cerrone's Supernature ( 1977 ), Yellow Magic Orchestra's synth-disco-pop productions from their self-titled album ( 1978 ), Solid State Survivor ( 1979 ), and several early 1980s disco-pop productions by the Hi-NRG group Lime.

*" Madness ", a song by Prince Buster from the 1963 album I Feel the Spirit, covered by Madness on the 1979 album One Step Beyond ...

In 1979, she had two Top 5 hits, " I Can't Feel You Anymore " and " I've Got a Picture Of Us on My Mind ", each from separate albums.

He also discovered disco pioneer Sylvester, and " Two Tons O ' Fun " ( aka The Weather Girls ), producing Sylvester's hit singles " Dance ( Disco Heat )" and " You Make Me Feel ( Mighty Real )" in 1978 as well as his album Stars in 1979.

Rudy got to take full lead on at least a few songs, notably the 1976 funk track, " You Still Feel the Need " from the band's Harvest for the World as well as the brothers ' 1979 disco hit, " It's a Disco Night ( Rock Don't Stop )".

" I Feel for You " is a song written by Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album.

This was followed by two more crossover efforts — The Captain's Journey ( 1978 ) and Feel The Night ( 1979 ).

Several months before the release of Breakin < nowiki >'</ nowiki >, Adolfo " Shabba Doo " Quiñones, Michael " Boogaloo Shrimp " Chambers, Bruno Pop N ' Taco ' Falcon, Timothy Solomon and Ana ' Lollipop ' Sanchez were all prominently featured in the music video for Chaka Khan's remake of the 1979 Prince song " I Feel for You ".

A previously heavily bootlegged live version from 1979 of Donna Summer's disco hit " I Feel Love " was included as a b-side.

Another example is a 1979 recording by Ray Stevens titled " I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow " where the song's intro is reminiscent of Manilow's hit, " I Write the Songs " and the vocal performance, melody, and name-dropping of Manilow song titles is a pastiche of Barry Manilow.

The Merton Parkas ' most notable track was " You Need Wheels ", which reached # 40 in the UK Singles Chart in the summer of 1979.

" Over the next five years Solomon recorded a string of straight gospel albums, beginning with Lord, I Need A Miracle Right Now ( 1979 ), his first ever gospel album.

In 1978 he had a hit with " Be Your Own Best Friend " on the country charts, and in 1979 he had his last Hot 100 hit ( to date ) with the novelty " I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow ," which he released from the album The Feeling's Not Right Again.

" I Need a Lover " was the first single to be released on August 27, 1979.

* _________, " Why Women Need The Goddess ", in Womanspirit Rising, Harper & Row, 1979, p. 273.

* 1979: "( We Need More ) Loving Time "-R & B # 81

* I Don't Need To Tell Her / Pills / Just Thirteen / Countdown ( 1979: Beggars Banquet, BACK 3 ) double-7 " pack

In 1980, a speculative and widely-argued paper entitled " Feeling and Thinking: Preferences Need No Inferences ," invited in honor of his receipt of the 1979 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association, made the argument that affective and cognitive systems are largely independent, and that affect is more powerful and comes first.

She too would go on to star in All You Need Is Cash, as the mother of Leggy Mountbatten and Ron Nasty's wife, Chastity ; as well as appearing in several roles in Monty Python's Life of Brian ( 1979 ), including Mrs Bignose (" Don't pick your nose!

He performed with the Domenic Troiano Band in the late 1970s and scored his biggest hit with the 1979 Disco-themed " We All Need Love ".

Shola Ama ( born Mathurin Campbell, 18 March 1979 ) is an English R & B singer, who scored her biggest hit in 1997 with a cover of Turley Richards ' " You Might Need Somebody ".

Both the F-14 Tomcat and AIM-54 Phoenix missile continue in the service of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, although the operational abilities of these aircraft and the missiles are questionable, since the US refused to supply spare parts and maintenance after the 1979 revolution ; except for a brief period during the Iran-Contra Affair.

He appeared as an opening act for The Clash in their 1979 US tour ; in Legends of Guitar ( filmed live in Spain, 1991 ) with B. B.

Progressive rock group Pink Floyd, when creating their rock opera The Wall, used disco-style components in their song, " Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 " ( 1979 )— which became the group's only # 1 hit single ( in both the US and UK ).

Following the fall of the Shah of Iran and the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1979 – 1980, the West became concerned with ensuring the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, and the US received permission for a $ 400 million expansion of the military facilities on Diego Garcia consisting of two parallel runways, expansive parking aprons for heavy bombers, 20 new anchorages in the lagoon, a deep water pier, port facilities for the largest naval vessels in the US or British fleet, aircraft hangars, maintenance buildings and an air terminal, a fuel storage area, and billeting and messing facilities for thousands of sailors and support personnel.

* 1979: I Have a Right ( Polydor )-US Pop # 58, US R & B # 56

* Herman Brood & His Wild Romance ( 1979, Shpritsz re-release for US market, contains an edited version of Saturday Night )

His open endorsement of terrorism led to the Reagan administration declaring Libya a " state sponsor of terrorism " on 29 December 1979, and eventually culminated in the 1986 US Bombing of Libya.

US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, known for his hardline policies on the Soviet Union, initiated in 1979 a campaign supporting mujaheddin in Pakistan and Afghanistan, which was run by Pakistani security services with financial support from the Central Intelligence Agency and Britain's MI6.

The console was test marketed in Fresno, California, in 1979 with a total of four games available, and was released nationwide in 1980 with a price tag of US $ 299 and a pack-in game: Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack.

The US Guano Islands Act claim was formally ceded by the Treaty of Tarawa between the U. S. and Kiribati, signed in 1979 and ratified in 1983.

In 1979, Fayed bought The Ritz hotel in Paris, France for US $ 30 million.

* 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.

* 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: in response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.

* 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.

* 1979 – Iran hostage crisis begins: a group of Iranians, mostly students, invades the US embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages ( 53 of whom are American ).

* 1979 – The Department of Education Organization Act is signed into law creating the US Department of Education and US Department of Health and Human Services.

Panama City was enriched by the past century of American influences in terms of additions to the country's Latin culture, economics ( the US was involved in development of roads, schools and medical care ), and international trade by the nearby Panama Canal, once was under US jurisdiction: the Canal Zone territory from 1903 to 1979.

* 1979 – The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U. S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.

In 1979 Edward Teller contributed to a Hoover Institution publication where he claimed that the US would be facing an emboldened USSR due to their work on civil defense.

The original Walkman was marketed in 1979 as the Walkman in Japan and, from 1980, the Soundabout in many other countries including the US, Freestyle in Sweden and the Stowaway in the UK.

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