1978 must have been one of the most significant years well at least in a pop culture way, the amount of classic movies that were released that year and classic songs is just phenomenal.
Lets start with some of the songs.
Wuthering Heights
Written by an 18 year old Kate Bush taken from the album which was partially produced by Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour.
It was Kate Bush’s first single and reached Number 1 in January 1978 and stayed there for 4 weeks. It was the first song composed and written by a woman to reach number one in the UK.
The Gibb Brothers
I deliberately did not say the Bee Gees because in 1978 the Bee Gees and their younger sibling Andy Gibb all had several songs in the charts.
The Bee Gees had several hits from the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever and Barry Gibb’s ‘Grease; sung by Frankie Valli also topped the charts.
Where Andy Gibb had success with songs like “Shadow Dancing” and “An Everlasting Love”
Dreadlock Holiday
A reggae song by 10CC. Although they had been around for a while and did have other hits like ‘The Wallstreet shuffle’ and ‘ Rubber Bullets’ this British Rock band did get their biggest hit in 1978 with a Reggae Tune.
But the list of massive hits goes on with artists like Michael Jackson,Eric Clapton,Kansas,The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and the Wings and ABBA.I could go on forever, therefore swiftly moving to movies
Grease
The most successful musical ever and although I am not a great musical fan, Grease did something to my psyche, I absolutely love the movie. I am not going to say too much about it, I will leave the music to the talking. This is my favourite song of Grease, it might surprise you that is not one of the countless hits.
Finishing up with one of the best movies ever made
The Deer Hunter
Co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian American steelworkers whose lives are changed forever after they fought in the Vietnam War. The same Michael Cimino would cause the demise of United Artists less then 2 years later.
But the Deer Hunter is still in my Top 5 of all tine favourite movies.
By the way 1978 was also the year of 3 popes
Pope Paul VI dies at age of 80.
John Paul I Becomes Pope from August 26th , 1978 and dies just 33 days later on September 28, 1978
Cardinal Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II
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