[SamAdams76]

I remember watching music awards show back in 1979. It was a different era. The music artists were respectful and seemed honored to receive their awards. I think Steve Martin might have been the host. Steve Martin was coming off his "King Tut" fame so he was probably a good choice to host the show.

I remember some of the acts. You had Supertramp for "Breakfast In America." Fleetwood Mac for "Tusk". John Stewart for "Bombs Away Dream Babies." The Knack got an award for Best New Artist. Donna Summer, Bee Gees, The Cars, Anita Ward, Sister Sledge, Eagles, and Blondie were other acts that got awards.

Those were halcyon days for the music business. You could turn on Top 40 radio and hear a lot of good pop songs.

[1Old Pro]

Totally agree, 50’s, especially the 60’s, very much the 70’s was quite the time for musicians and there wee so many good bands back then, literally hundreds.

[MplsSteve]

Well put.

As a teen in the late 70’s and early 80’s, I identify with so much of that music.

Musically, it was a great time.

A few weeks ago, a local radio station was doing a Kasey Kasem American Top 40 show from May of 1982.

It was great. Totally memory lane. Yep, some of it was a bit dated (for example, Pac-Man Fever) but most of it was great.

[markoman]

I think the Grammys started to go downhill when the Starland Vocal Band beat out Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for best new artist in the mid-seventies. :(

Marko