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ROCK MUSIC
TIMELINE
1978
- The Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack is #1 in the US from January through June, becoming the best selling soundtrack album ever.
- The Sex Pistols break up following a final concert at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom.
- Disco and Punk Rock make 1978 the biggest year ever for singles sold in the UK.
- The fifties musical film Grease leads to a #1 US and UK single for co-stars Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta.
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