Sharona Loves September 1979!
A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in September 1979 was 'My Sharona' by The Knack.
September 1 – The U.S. Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn, when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km.
September 1 – Doris Kenyon, actress, dies. (b. 1897)
September 1 - New Jersey decriminalizes private consensual homosexual acts.
September 3 - Harry Hay, John Burnside, Don Kilhefner and Mitchell L. Walker hold the 'Spiritual Conference for Radical Fairies' gathering in Benson, Arizona, with over 75 men in attendance. The success of the event leads the men to form Radical Faeries.
September 7 - ESPN launches and becomes the first cable TV channel to be 24-hours a day. SportsCenter debuts.
September 7 - Patrick movie premieres.
September 8 - Fred and Barney Meet the Thing debuts on NBC.
September 9 - Jason of Star Command tv series debuts on CBS. Out of the Blue tv series debuts on ABC.
September 9 - The 31st Primetime Emmy Awards were held. Taxi (ABC) won best comedy series. Lou Grant (CBS) won best drama series. Carroll O'Connor (All in the Family) won best comedy actor, Ruth Gordon (Taxi) won best comedy actress, Ron Leibman (Kaz) won best drama actor and Mariette Hartley (Incredible Hulk) won best drama actress.
September 12 – Hurricane Frederic makes landfall on Alabama's gulf coast. The hurricane killed 5 and caused $1.77 billion in damage.
September 12 - On the two-hour season four premiere of Charlie's Angels on ABC, Shelley Hack is introduced as new angel Tiffany Welles, replacing Sabrina Duncan played by Kate Jackson.
September 13 - Benson debuts on ABC.
September 14 - Love and Bullets movie premieres.
September 15 - Working Stiffs debuts on CBS.
September 16 - A New Kind of Family debuts on ABC.
September 16 – The Sugarhill Gang release Rapper's Delight, the first rap single to become a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
September 17 - Three's a Crowd debuts in syndication.
September 18 - The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo debuts on NBC.
September 19 - The Last Resort and Struck by Lightning tv series debut on CBS.
September 19 - The Onion Field and Yanks movies premiere.
September 20 - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century debuts on NBC.
September 21 - Eischied tv series debuts on NBC.
September 21 - Mr. Mike's Mondo Video movie premieres.
September 22 - Casper and the Angels, A Man Called Sloane, The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, The New Shmoo and The Super Globetrotters debut on NBC. Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo and Spider-Woman debut on ABC.
September 23 - The Associates debuts on ABC. Archie Bunker's Place debuts on CBS.
September 23 – The largest anti-nuclear demonstration to date is held in New York City, when almost 200,000 people attend.
September 24 – Carl Laemmle Jr., film studio executive, dies. (b. 1908)
September 25 - California Fever and Trapper John, M.D. debut on CBS.
September 26 - John Cromwell, film director and actor, dies. (b. 1887)
September 28 - The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie; A Man, a Woman, and a Bank; Time After Time and Wise Blood movies premiere.
September 29 – Rudy Lavik, sports coach and administrator, dies. (b. 1892)
September 29 Big Shamus, Little Shamus and Paris debut on CBS.
Archie comic for September:
1979 Ford Fairmont:
Ginny Sweet Shop playset (released 1979):
Mello Yello was a new product introduced in 1979:
Playboy playmate of the month, Vicki McCarty, and Playgirl man for September, Brett Austin:
Albums released in September (album / artist):
Cut / The Slits
Ladies' Night / Kool and the Gang
La Diva / Aretha Franklin
Join Hands / Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Pleasure Principle / Gary Numan
Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile / Cliff Richard
Head Games / Foreigner
Stormwatch / Jethro Tull
Top Priority / Rory Gallagher
Joe's Garage Act I / Frank Zappa
Boogie Motel / Foghat
Dream Police / Cheap Trick
Uncle Jam Wants You / Funkadelic
The Long Run / Eagles
One Voice / Barry Manilow
Recent Songs / Leonard Cohen
Legends of the Lost and Found / Harry Chapin
Nielsen top shows for the week ending September 23rd: 1 Eight Is Enough ABC; 2 Charlie's Angels ABC; 3 60 Minutes CBS; 4 “Coming Home” NBC; 5 “The Outlaw Josey Wales” NBC; 6 CHiPs NBC; 7 Three's Company ABC; 8 Little House on the Prairie NBC; 9 Alice CBS; 10 The Jeffersons CBS; 11 M*A*S*H CBS; 13 Taxi ABC; 14 Happy Days ABC; 15 Benson ABC.
Cheryl Prewitt from Mississippi is crowned Miss America:
September 7 - ESPN launches and becomes the first cable TV channel to be 24-hours a day. SportsCenter debuts.
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September 8 - Fred and Barney Meet the Thing debuts on NBC.
September 9 - Jason of Star Command tv series debuts on CBS. Out of the Blue tv series debuts on ABC.
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September 12 – Hurricane Frederic makes landfall on Alabama's gulf coast. The hurricane killed 5 and caused $1.77 billion in damage.
September 12 - On the two-hour season four premiere of Charlie's Angels on ABC, Shelley Hack is introduced as new angel Tiffany Welles, replacing Sabrina Duncan played by Kate Jackson.
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September 14 - Love and Bullets movie premieres.
September 15 - Working Stiffs debuts on CBS.
September 16 - A New Kind of Family debuts on ABC.
September 16 – The Sugarhill Gang release Rapper's Delight, the first rap single to become a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
September 17 - Three's a Crowd debuts in syndication.
September 18 - The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo debuts on NBC.
September 19 - The Last Resort and Struck by Lightning tv series debut on CBS.
September 19 - The Onion Field and Yanks movies premiere.
September 20 - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century debuts on NBC.
September 21 - Eischied tv series debuts on NBC.
September 21 - Mr. Mike's Mondo Video movie premieres.
September 22 - Casper and the Angels, A Man Called Sloane, The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, The New Shmoo and The Super Globetrotters debut on NBC. Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo and Spider-Woman debut on ABC.
September 23 - The Associates debuts on ABC. Archie Bunker's Place debuts on CBS.
September 23 – The largest anti-nuclear demonstration to date is held in New York City, when almost 200,000 people attend.
September 24 – Carl Laemmle Jr., film studio executive, dies. (b. 1908)
September 25 - California Fever and Trapper John, M.D. debut on CBS.
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September 28 - The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie; A Man, a Woman, and a Bank; Time After Time and Wise Blood movies premiere.
September 29 – Rudy Lavik, sports coach and administrator, dies. (b. 1892)
September 29 Big Shamus, Little Shamus and Paris debut on CBS.
Archie comic for September:
1979 Ford Fairmont:
Ginny Sweet Shop playset (released 1979):
Mello Yello was a new product introduced in 1979:
Montgomery Ward Fall and Winter catalog:
Playboy playmate of the month, Vicki McCarty, and Playgirl man for September, Brett Austin:
Albums released in September (album / artist):
Cut / The Slits
Ladies' Night / Kool and the Gang
La Diva / Aretha Franklin
Join Hands / Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Pleasure Principle / Gary Numan
Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile / Cliff Richard
Head Games / Foreigner
Stormwatch / Jethro Tull
Top Priority / Rory Gallagher
Joe's Garage Act I / Frank Zappa
Boogie Motel / Foghat
Dream Police / Cheap Trick
Uncle Jam Wants You / Funkadelic
The Long Run / Eagles
One Voice / Barry Manilow
Recent Songs / Leonard Cohen
Legends of the Lost and Found / Harry Chapin
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'The Last Enchantment' by Mary Stewart is at the top of the New York Times Best Seller list.
Cheryl Prewitt from Mississippi is crowned Miss America:
Esquire magazine for September:
Famous Monsters magazine for September:
Garfield comic strip from September 1979:
Famous Monsters magazine for September:
Alfred Hitchcock's magazine for September:
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