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1977 in music
The Ramones' Rocket to Russia helps break in punk rock in the US; art-punk bands like Television (Marquee Moon), Richard Hell & the Voidoids (Blank Generation), UFO (Lights Out) and Talking Heads (Talking Heads: 77) also emerge
The soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever (largely by The Bee Gees) is the dominant album of the year and helps cement disco as the most popular genre; Chic also releases a pivotal disco album, Risque
Pop and prog rock bands like Chicago (Chicago XI), Electric Light Orchestra (Out of the Blue), Kansas (Point of Know Return), and Steely Dan (Aja) release important and popular albums
Hip hop DJ Grandwizard Theodore invents scratching
Suicide's Suicide influentially mixes electronic music, rockabilly and punk rock

1978 in music
Important releases cement the sound of heavy metal and begin to move it towards the mainstream; this includes albums from Blue Öyster Cult (Some Enchanted Evening), Van Halen (Van Halen), Ace Frehley (Ace Frehley).
Brian Eno produces No New York, which cements the avant-garde sound of No Wave and includes material from bands like Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, DNA, Mars and Chance & the Contortions
The Germs' "Forming" is the first single of California's punk rock scene

Other albums released
Darkness on the Edge of Town (Bruce Springsteen)
Bullet (The Misfits)
Infinity (Journey)
Road to Ruin (The Ramones)
More Songs About Buildings and Food (Talking Heads)
Get the Knack (The Knack)
One Nation Under a Groove (Funkadelic)
Don't Look Back (Boston)

Other events
Formed	The Go-Gos, The Knack, Beastie Boys, Pretenders, Social Distortion
Disbanded	War
Awards	Tonys, Grammies

1979 in music
The Sugarhill Gang releases what is commonly considered the first successful hip hop single, "Rappers Delight"
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers' Bustin' Loose is released; this is the first go go record.
Talking Heads' Fear of Music creates a fusion of New Wave and funk called techno-funk
Casper's "Groovy Ghost Show" is the first recorded hip hop from Chicago, while Jocko Henderson's "Rhythm Talk" is the first recorded hip hop from Philadelphia
The B-52's innovate a fusion of New Wave and dance music to great popular acclaim
Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead" marks the beginning of Gothic rock

Other albums released
Aja (Steely Dan)
Damn the Torpedoes (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
Off the Wall (Michael Jackson)
Parallel Lines (Blondie)
Live at Budokan (Cheap Trick)
Risque (Chic)
Bad Girls (Donna Summer)
California Uber Alles (Dead Kennedys)
Highway to Hell (AC/DC)
Einstein on the Beach (Philip Glass)

Other events
Formed	Mötley Crüe, Fishbone, Bad Religion, Bad Brains
Disbanded
Awards	Tonys, Grammies

This article is part of the
Music of the United States series