At the end of the seventies music was perched on the edge of the great fragmentation that would take hold in the eighties and especially the nineties – punk, funk, disco, pop all rubbed shoulders along with the first stirrings of hip-hop. It’s also the year Sony‘s Walkman would hit the market, revolutionizing the way people would enjoy and consume music with it’s portability and the rise of mixtape culture. This playlist of some of my favorite songs from 1979 captures a little bit of the essence of a great year for music. So hit play, kick back by the pool, at work with your headphones on, or even while operating heavy machinery, and enjoy!