Deaths
- 2 February - Sid Vicious, punk rocker, 21 (drug overdose)
- 24 May - Sir Ernest Bullock, organist and composer, 88
- 16 July - Alfred Deller, countertenor, 67
- 25 August - Stan Kenton, bandleader, 67
- 6 September
- Ronald Binge, composer and arranger, 69
- Guy Bolton, librettist, 94
- 9 September - Norrie Paramor, record producer, composer, arranger, and orchestral conductor, 65
- 27 September - Gracie Fields, actress and singer, 81
- 13 October - Rebecca Helferich Clarke, viola player and composer, 93
- 30 November - Joyce Grenfell, actress and musical performer, 69
- 21 December - Nansi Richards, harpist, 91
Read more about this topic: 1979 In British Music
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