The Time Machine pays a visit to 1979 this time. New artists were emerging, like the Pretenders, Joe Jackson and the B-52s. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released Damn the Torpedoes; it was his first to hit the top 10. English artists like the Clash and Elvis Costello had banner years. It was the year of rap's first big hit by the Sugar Hill Gang. And the hot gift was the Sony Walkman. It's all 1979, our year on this episode of Time Machine Tuesday.

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