80s Music
Grammys awarded in 1980
Record of the Year: "What a Fool Believes,"
Doobie Brothers
Album of the Year: 52nd Street, Billy Joel
(Columbia)
Song of the Year: "What a Fool Believes,"
Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald,
songwriters
John Lennon of the Beatles shot dead in
New York City.
Ted Turner launches CNN, the first all-news
network.
Mark Morris establishes the Mark Morris
Dance Group in New York and is widely
received as the most promising
modern-dance choreographer of his
generation.