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Donna Summer becomes the first female artist of the modern rock era to have the number one single ... born 1978), American Hawaiian singer-songwriter, ...
Of all female rock singers, she appears the most emancipated: A small girl leading an all-man group in which she herself plays bass guitar. The image is of a tomboy, lank-haired, tight-bottomed and (twice) tattooed; a rocker, a brooder, a loner, a knife-carrier; a hell-cat, a wild cat, a storm child, refugee from the frightened city of Detroit.
The week of November 11, 1978, Summer became the first female artist of the modern rock era to have the No. 1 single on the Hot 100 [19] and album on the Billboard 200 charts, simultaneously. [20] The song "Heaven Knows", which featured Brooklyn Dreams singer Joe "Bean" Esposito; reached No. 4 on the Hot 100 and became another Gold single.
Kate Bush made her UK top 10 debut in 1978 with her first single release, "Wuthering Heights", which spent four weeks at number-one. Bush also became the first female artist to have an entirely self-penned number-one hit in the UK.
In 1978, at the age of 19, she topped the UK singles chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a fully self-written song. [1] [2] Her debut studio album, The Kick Inside (1978), peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart.
"Wuthering Heights" has spent 14 weeks in the UK singles chart and spent 4 weeks at No. 1 in March 1978. [2] This made Bush the first female artist to achieve a number-one single with an entirely self-written song. [3] It also reached the top of the charts in Australia, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, and Portugal.
Nicolette Larson (July 17, 1952 – December 16, 1997) was an American singer. She is perhaps best known for her work in the late 1970s with Neil Young and her 1978 hit single of Young's "Lotta Love", which hit No. 1 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart [1] and No. 8 on the pop singles chart. [2]
11 March – Kate Bush became the first female solo artist to reach number one in the UK charts with a self-written song, "Wuthering Heights". 30 April – The Clash , Tom Robinson Band , Steel Pulse , X-Ray Spex , the Ruts , Misty in Roots and Generation X all play live in Victoria Park , Hackney at the Anti-Nazi League / Rock Against Racism ...