The Manhattan Transfer wins two Grammys for "Birdland" 1981

Manhattan Transfer's performance of Birdland received two Grammy Awards at the 23rd annual ceremony held February 25, 1981.  Janis Siegel won the award for Best Arrangement of Voices.  Manhattan Transfer won for Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental. 

John Williams also took home two awards for his composition for The Empire Strikes Back: Best Instrumental Composition and Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special. 

Pat Benatar won her first Grammy for her album Crimes of Passion.  She received the Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female.

Ella Fitzgerald won her 10th Grammy that evening.  Her album A Perfect Match won for Best Jazz Performance, Female. 

Donna Summer releases "Bad Girls" 1979

Goddess of Disco, Donna Summer released her seventh studio album Bad Girls April 25, 1979.  It became her best-selling and most critically acclaimed album of her career.  It topped the Billboard 200 for six non-consecutive weeks, and the Billboard R&B albums for three weeks. 

Two singles, Hot Stuff and Bad Girls, both reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.  Dim All the Lights reached #2.

Hot Stuff won a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female at the 22nd Grammy Awards in February 1980.

The album was nominated for Album of the Year (losing to Billy Joel's 52nd Street), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Femal R&B Vocal Performance.  Dim All the Lights was nominated for Best Disco Recording.

It has sold over 4 million albums world-wide.