1982 in music
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- list of 'years in music'
[edit] Events
- January 15 – K.C. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida.
- January 17 – Tommy Tucker, writer of "Hi Heel Sneakers", dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning sustained while he was finishing floors in his home
- January 20 – Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a live bat thrown at him during a performance.
- January 21 – B.B. King donates his personal record collection, which includes nearly 7,000 rare blues records, to the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture.
- February 13 – A 300 pound (136 kg) gravestone from the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant is stolen from an Orange Park, Florida cemetery. Police found the gravestone 2 weeks later in a dry river bed.
- February 20 – Pat Benatar marries her guitarist, Neil Giraldo on the Hawaiian island of Maui
- March 4 – Frank Zappa's son Dweezil and daughter Moon Unit form Fred Zeppelin
- March 5 – Comedian and Blues Brother John Belushi is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles, California
- March 18 – Teddy Pendergrass is severely injured in a car accident in Philadelphia. Pendergrass' injuries result in him being paralyzed from the waist down
- March 19 – Ozzy Osbourne's lead guitarist, Randy Rhoads is killed in a freak accident in Leesburg, Florida when the plane he's riding in buzzes Osbourne's tour bus and crashes into a house. The plane's pilot and a female passenger are also killed.
- March 28 – In Los Angeles, California, David Crosby is arrested for possession of Quaaludes and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon
- March 29 – Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney release their single "Ebony and Ivory", which will remain at #1 for 7 weeks
- March 31 – The Doobie Brothers announce that they are breaking up
- April 15 – Billy Joel is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Long Island, New York. Joel spends over a month in the hospital undergoing physical therapy for his hand.
- April – Amy Grant marries Gary Chapman
- April 26 – Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles, California. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt.
- May 26 – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Aberdeen, Scotland.
- August 17 – In Langenhagen near Hanover, Germany began the first mass production of the compact disc.
- September 7 – The musical Cats begins its 18 year run on Broadway
- September 22 – The Who begin their only formally-announced "farewell" tour in Washington, D.C.
- November 5 – First broadcast of The Tube was shown on Channel 4 in the UK.
- November – Most successful group of the 70s Abba release their final single "Under Attack". But a split is never officially announced.
- December 1 – Thriller is released by superstar Michael Jackson and goes on to be greatest selling album of all time, with 104 million units sold worldwide
- The first compact discs appear in music stores in Asia.
- A benefit concert takes place in Downey, California to replace the guitars belonging to Daniel Amos which were stolen early in the year. Performers included Tom Howard, Mark Heard and Randy Stonehill.
- Madonna signs on to Warner Bros. Records and both Sire Records
- Janet Jackson releases first recording
- Caution and Plee Fresh begin recording; this is the birth of a distinctively Chicago sound in hip hop music
- Lee Aaron's solo career begins
- Ronnie James Dio leaves Black Sabbath for solo career
- Wendy O. Williams leaves the Plasmatics for a solo career
[edit] Bands formed
- Cinderella
- Culture Club
- The Smiths
- Seona Dancing
- Eight Seconds
- Faith No More
- Napalm Death
- Armored Saint
- Skinny Puppy
- Nitzer Ebb
- Alien Sex Fiend
- The Pogues
- D.I.
- Soda Stereo
- a-Ha
- Beat Happening
- Big Black
- The Celibate Rifles
- Del Amitri
- Everything But The Girl
- James
- Kajagoogoo
- Public Enemy
- Flesh for Lulu
- Ratt
- Swans
- Suicidal Tendencies
- The Toasters
- They Might Be Giants
- X Japan
[edit] Bands disbanded
- ABBA
- Adam And The Ants
- Bad Company (they reform in 1986)
- Blondie (they reform in 1997)
- The Doobie Brothers (they reform in 1988)
- The Eagles (they reform in 1994)
- Hotel
- The Jam
- The Only Ones
- The Average White Band (they reform in 1989)
- The Teardrop Explodes
- Japan
- The Skids
[edit] Albums released
- Thriller – Michael Jackson (greatest selling album of all time)
- 2x45 – Cabaret Voltaire
- A Broken Frame – Depeche Mode
- A Kiss In The Dreamhouse – Siouxsie And The Banshees
- Age To Age – Amy Grant
- Album – Generic Flipper – Flipper
- All Four One – The Motels
- Ambient 4: On Land – Brian Eno
- American Fool – John Cougar Mellencamp
- Another Day/Another Dollar – Gang of Four
- The Anvil – Visage
- Are You Ready – Bucks Fizz
- Asia – Asia
- Avalon – Roxy Music
- Bad Brains – Bad Brains
- Bean Spill – The Minutemen
- Beat – King Crimson
- Beautiful Vision – Van Morrison
- Before a Word is Said – Gowen, Miller, Sinclair, Tomkins
- Big Science – Laurie Anderson
- Black Metal – Venom
- Black Tiger – Y&T
- Blackout – Scorpions
- The Blue Mask – Lou Reed
- Bobbie Sue – The Oak Ridge Boys
- Branigan – Laura Branigan
- The Broadsword and the Beast – Jethro Tull
- Business as Usual – Men at Work
- Chicago 16 – Chicago
- Christ – The Album – Crass
- Chronic Town EP – R.E.M.
- Circus Animals – Cold Chisel
- Coda – Led Zeppelin
- Combat Rock – The Clash
- Complete Madness – Madness (greatest hits)
- Computer Games – George Clinton
- Creatures of the Night – Kiss
- Damaged – Black Flag
- Dawn Patrol – Night Ranger
- Death Wish II – Jimmy Page
- The Distance – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
- Diver Down – Van Halen
- Donna Summer – Donna Summer
- The Dreaming – Kate Bush
- D.S. al Coda – National Health
- The Early Tapes/Strategy – Level 42
- Eddie Murphy – Eddie Murphy (Debut)
- English Settlement – XTC
- Enter K – Peter Hammill
- Entrave et Etouffement – Entrave et Etouffement
- Everything Falls Apart – Hüsker Dü
- "…Famous Last Words…" – Supertramp
- Fast Women & Slow Horses – Dr. Feelgood
- Five Miles Out – Mike Oldfield
- Flieg' Vogel flieg' – Hans-Joachim Roedelius
- Forever Now – The Psychedelic Furs
- Friend or Foe – Adam Ant
- Gap Band IV – The Gap Band
- Garista – :$OVIET:FRANCE:
- Garlands – Cocteau Twins
- Get Nervous – Pat Benatar
- The Gift – The Jam
- Groovy Decay – Robyn Hitchcock
- H2O – Daryl Hall & John Oates
- Hello, I Must Be Going! – Phil Collins
- Hérésie – Virgin Prunes
- Hex Enduction Hour – The Fall
- The High and the Mighty – Donnie Iris
- Homotopy to Marie – Nurse With Wound
- Hot Space – Queen
- Hour Live – Toots & the Maytals
- How Could Hell Be Any Worse? – Bad Religion (debut full-length)
- Humans Only – Earthstar
- The Hunter – Blondie (final studio album until early 1999)
- I Paralyze – Cher
- If I Die, I Die – Virgin Prunes
- Imperial Bedroom – Elvis Costello & the Attractions
- In My Eyes – Minor Threat
- Iron Fist – Motörhead
- It's Alright (I See Rainbows) – Yoko Ono
- It's Hard – The Who
- Junkyard – The Birthday Party (final album)
- Kansuigyo – Miyuki Nakajima
- Keep On Doing – The Roches
- Kissing to Be Clever – Culture Club
- La Folie – The Stranglers
- Langkah Berikutnya (and then Tokoh-Tokoh) – Ebiet G. Ade
- Le Disque d'Or du Mundial '82 – Dalida (compilation)
- The Lee Aaron Project – Lee Aaron
- Leichenschrei – SPK
- Lexicon of Love – ABC
- Live Evil – Black Sabbath
- Living My Life – Grace Jones
- Love over Gold – Dire Straits
- Love Will Turn You Around – Kenny Rogers
- Madonna – Madonna (her debut album is based only on Warner Bros. Music
- Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets (debut)
- Mesopotamia – The B-52's
- Metal on Metal – Anvil
- Miami – The Gun Club
- Midnight Love – Marvin Gaye
- Milo Goes to College – The Descendents
- Mirage – Fleetwood Mac
- Mommy's Little Monster – Social Distortion
- Mondialement Vôtre – Dalida
- Minor Threat – Minor Threat
- Music for a New Society – John Cale
- Naked – Sex Gang Children
- Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen
- New Britain – Whitehouse
- Night and Day – Joe Jackson
- The Nightfly – Donald Fagen
- 1+9+8+2 – Status Quo
- Nona – Nona Hendryx
- Nothing Can Stop Us – Robert Wyatt
- Nothing to Fear – Oingo Boingo
- Now and Forever – Air Supply
- Now Then ... – Stiff Little Fingers
- Nugent – Ted Nugent
- The Number of the Beast – Iron Maiden
- Nylon Curtain – Billy Joel
- Offene Türen – Hans-Joachim Roedelius
- Oh No!, It's Devo – Devo
- On Land – Brian Eno
- One To One – Carole King
- The One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away-William Bootsy Collins
- One Vice At A Time – Krokus
- Only Theatre of Pain – Christian Death (debut)
- Oriental Beat – Hanoi Rocks
- Original Musiquarium – Greatest Hits – Stevie Wonder
- The Party's Over – Talk Talk
- Peter Gabriel also known as Security – Peter Gabriel
- Pictures at Eleven – Robert Plant (former Led Zeppelin Vocalist's solo debut)
- Picture This – Huey Lewis and The News
- Pornography – The Cure
- Power Play – April Wine
- Prairie Serenade – Riders in the Sky
- Private Audition – Heart
- Psychopathia Sexualis – Whitehouse
- The Pursuit of Accidents – Level 42
- The Record – Fear
- Revelations – Killing Joke
- Rio – Duran Duran
- The Rise & Fall – Madness
- Rock in a Hard Place – Aerosmith
- Room To Live – The Fall
- Rough Diamonds – Bad Company
- Ruff Cuts EP – Twisted Sister
- Saints & Sinners – Whitesnake
- Screaming for Vengeance – Judas Priest
- Send Me A Lullaby – The Go-Betweens
- Shabooh Shoobah – Inxs
- Shoot out the Lights – Richard and Linda Thompson
- Signals – Rush
- Silk Electric – Diana Ross
- The Singles: The First Ten Years – ABBA
- The Sky's Gone Out – Bauhaus
- Somewhere in Afrika – Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- Songs of the Free – Gang of Four
- Sonic Youth – Sonic Youth
- Speak of the Devil – Ozzy Osbourne (Live)
- Spécial Dalida – Dalida
- Spirit Of Place – Goanna
- Stink – The Replacements
- Straight Between the Eyes – Rainbow
- Sweets From a Stranger – Squeeze
- Tenebrae – Simonetti-Morante-Pignatelli (Goblin)
- There For No One To See – Grand Prix
- The Golden Age of Wireless – Thomas Dolby
- Three Lock Box – Sammy Hagar
- Time and Tide – Split Enz
- Timepieces: Best of Eric Clapton – Eric Clapton (Best of 1969-1979)
- Too Fast for Love – Mötley Crüe (debut re-release)
- Too-Rye-Ay – Dexys Midnight Runners
- Toto IV – Toto
- Tough – Kurtis Blow
- Trance – Chris and Cosey
- Troops Of Tomorrow – The Exploited
- Tug of War – Paul McCartney
- The Tunes of Two Cities – The Residents
- Under the Big Black Sun – X
- Under The Blade – Twisted Sister (debut album)
- 1999 – Prince
- Underwater Kites – The Modern Art (debut)
- (untitled) – an untitled album by :$OVIET:FRANCE:
- Upstairs at Eric's – Yazoo
- Vs – Mission of Burma
- Wasted Youth – Girl
- What Time Is It? – The Time
- White Eagle – Tangerine Dream
- Zapp II – Zapp
- Zipper Catches Skin – Alice Cooper
[edit] Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1982.
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
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| 1 | Survivor | Eye of the Tiger | 1982 |  |
UK 1 – Jul 1982, US BB 1 – Jun 1982, US CashBox 1 of 1982, Canada 1 – Jun 1982, Norway 1 – Aug 1982, Australia 1 of 1982, Éire 1 – Sep 1982, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Aug 1983, Holland 2 – Sep 1982, Austria 2 – Sep 1982, South Africa 2 of 1982, Sweden (alt) 5 – Aug 1982, Switzerland 6 – Aug 1982, US BB 7 of 1982, France 7 – Jan 1983, POP 7 of 1982, Germany 18 – Jan 1983, Scrobulate 20 of 80s, Italy 23 of 1982, Poland 24 – Jul 1982, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1982, Europe 46 of the 1980s, OzNet 82 |
| 2 | Men at Work | Down Under | 1982 |  |
UK 1 – Jan 1983, US BB 1 – Nov 1982, Canada 1 – Sep 1982, Switzerland 1 – Jun 1982, Poland 1 – Jan 1983, Éire 1 – Jan 1983, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Feb 1982, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Nov 1982, Holland 2 – Mar 1982, Norway 2 – Feb 1983, France 4 – Aug 1982, Sweden (alt) 6 – Feb 1983, US CashBox 8 of 1983, South Africa 8 of 1982, OzNet 8, Germany 10 – Mar 1983, POP 16 of 1983, US BB 21 of 1983, Australia 24 of 1982, Europe 36 of the 1980s, KROQ 70 of 1982, Scrobulate 83 of 80s, RYM 96 of 1981 |
| 3 | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | I Love Rock 'n' Roll | 1982 | |
US BB 1 – Feb 1982, Canada 1 – Jan 1982, Holland 1 – Apr 1982, Sweden (alt) 1 – Jun 1982, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Jun 1982, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1983, Poland 2 – May 1982, Switzerland 3 – Mar 1982, UK 4 – Apr 1982, POP 4 of 1982, US CashBox 5 of 1982, Austria 5 – May 1982, Germany 6 – Apr 1982, Australia 7 of 1982, South Africa 7 of 1982, US BB 8 of 1982, France 10 – Mar 1982, KROQ 71 of 1982, Party 80 of 1999, RIAA 177, Acclaimed 295, Germany 348 of the 1980s, TheQ 463, Rolling Stone 484 |
| 4 | Dexys Midnight Runners | Come On Eileen | 1982 |  |
UK 1 – Jul 1982, US BB 1 – Feb 1983, Canada 1 – Nov 1982, Switzerland 1 – Nov 1982, Éire 1 – Aug 1982, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Nov 1982, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1983, POP 2 of 1983, Holland 4 – Aug 1982, US BB 5 of 1983, France 5 – Jan 1983, Germany 5 – Jan 1983, Austria 9 – Nov 1982, RYM 11 of 1982, US CashBox 12 of 1983, Australia 12 of 1982, Scrobulate 15 of 80s, Party 36 of 2007, Virgin 85, OzNet 117, Germany 244 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 1040 |
| 5 | The Human League | Don't You Want Me | 1982 | |
UK 1 – Dec 1981, US BB 1 – Apr 1982, Norway 1 – Feb 1982, Éire 1 – Dec 1981, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks May 1982, Canada 2 – Feb 1982, France 2 – Jan 1982, Sweden (alt) 3 – Feb 1982, Switzerland 4 – Mar 1982, Holland 5 – Jan 1982, KROQ 5 of 1982, US CashBox 6 of 1982, Germany 6 – Feb 1982, South Africa 16 of 1982, RYM 18 of 1981, US BB 21 of 1982, POP 28 of 1982, Italy 33 of 1982, Scrobulate 34 of 80s, Virgin 46, 93 in 2FM list, Acclaimed 175, OzNet 741 |
[edit] Chronological Table of US and UK Number One Hit Singles
| UK Number One Singles and Artist (Weeks at Number One) |
US Number One Singles and Artist (Weeks at Number One) |
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[edit] Other significant singles of the year
- "867-5309/Jenny" – Tommy Tutone
- "Theme From Harry's Game" – Clannad
- "'65 Love Affair" – Paul Davis
- "Ain't No Pleasing You" – Chas & Dave
- "Another Sleepless Night" – Anne Murray
- "Any Day Now" – Ronnie Milsap
- "Bad to the Bone" – George Thorogood & The Destroyers
- "Being Boiled" – Human League
- "Blue Eyes" – Elton John
- "Body + Soul" – Jo Kennedy
- "Body Language" – Queen
- "Burning Up" – Madonna
- "The Boiler" – Rhoda with The Special AKA
- "Confidences sur la Fréquence" – Dalida
- "Crimson and Clover" – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
- "The Day Before You Came" – ABBA
- "Danza" – Dalida
- "Don't Go" – Yazoo
- "Don't Talk To Strangers" – Rick Springfield
- "Do You Believe in Love" – Huey Lewis & The News
- "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" – Culture Club
- "Don't Stop Believin' – Journey
- "Easier Said Than Done" – Shakatak
- "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" – Elton John
- "European Son" – Japan
- "Eye In The Sky" – The Alan Parsons Project
- "Eye of the Tiger" – Survivor
- "Everybody" – Madonna
- "Fantastic Day" – Haircut 100
- "Flying high again" – Ozzy Osbourne
- "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" – Elkie Brooks
- "Forever Now" – Cold Chisel
- "Forget Me Nots" – Patrice Rushen
- "Freeze Frame" – J. Geils Band
- "Ghosts" – Japan
- "Girls On Film" – Duran Duran
- "Gloria" – Laura Branigan
- "Golden Brown" – The Stranglers
- "Great Southern Land" – Icehouse
- "Gypsy" – Fleetwood Mac
- "Hand to hold on to" - John Cougar
- "Harden My Heart" – Quarterflash
- "Head Over Heels" – ABBA
- "Heart Attack" – Olivia Newton-John
- "Heartbreaker" – Dionne Warwick
- "Heartlight" – Neil Diamond
- "Here Is The News/Ticket To The Moon" – Electric Light Orchestra
- "Hey Little Girl" – Icehouse
- "Hold Me" – Fleetwood Mac
- "Hope You Love me Like You Say You do" – Huey Lewis & The News
- "Hungry Like The Wolf" – Duran Duran
- "Hurts So Good" – John Cougar
- "I Can Make You Feel Good" – Shalamar
- "I Know What Boys Like" – The Waitresses
- "I Ran (So Far Away)" – A Flock of Seagulls
- "I Will Always Love You" – Dolly Parton
- "Iron Fist" – Motörhead
- "It's Raining Again" – Supertramp
- "Jack and Diane" – John Cougar
- "Jouez Bouzouki" – Dalida
- "Just An Illusion" – Imagination
- "Kids in America" – Kim Wilde
- "Landslide" – Olivia Newton-John
- "Let's Get It Up" – AC/DC
- "Listen" – Stiff Little Fingers
- "Living On The Ceiling" – Blancmange
- "Love Is In Control (Finger On the Trigger)" – Donna Summer
- "Love My Way" – The Psychedelic Furs
- "Love Plus One" – Haircut 100
- "Love Will Turn You Around" – Kenny Rogers
- "Maid Of Orleans" – OMD
- "Make a Move On Me" – Olivia Newton-John
- "Memory" – Barbra Streisand
- "Mexican Radio" – Wall of Voodoo
- "The Message" – Grandmaster Flash
- "Mirror Man" – Human League
- "Mirror Mirror" – Diana Ross
- "Muscles" – Diana Ross
- "Never Give Up On A Good Thing" – George Benson
- "Never Say Never" – Romeo Void
- "New World Man" – Rush
- "Nobody" – Sylvia
- "The Number of the Beast" – Iron Maiden
- "Old Town" – Phil Lynott
- "One Perfect Day" – Little Heroes
- "Only the Lonely" – The Motels
- "Only You" – Yazoo
- "Open Arms" – Journey
- "Party Fears Two" – The Associates
- "Personally" – Karla Bonoff
- "Planet Rock" – Afrika Bambaataa
- "Pressure" – Billy Joel
- "Pretty Woman" Van Halen
- "Restless" – Gillan
- "Rio" – Duran Duran
- "Rock the Casbah" – The Clash
- "Roll Me Away" – Bob Seger
- "Run To The Hills" – Iron Maiden
- "Save A Prayer" – Duran Duran
- "Say Hello Wave Goodbye" – Soft Cell
- "Senses Working Overtime" – XTC
- "She's Got a Way" – Billy Joel
- "Should I Stay or Should I Go" – The Clash
- "Shy Boy" – Bananarama
- "Since You're Gone" – The Cars
- "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" – Split Enz
- "Solid Rock" – Goanna
- "Southern Cross" – Crosby, Stills, and Nash
- "Spread A Little Happiness" – Sting
- "State Of Independence" – Donna Summer
- "Steppin' Out" – Joe Jackson
- "Still They Ride" – Journey
- "Sube A Mi Motora" – Menudo
- "T' Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It" – Fun Boy Three and Bananarama
- "That Girl" – Stevie Wonder
- "Theme From Hill Street Blues" – Mike Post and Larry Carlton
- "3x3 (EP) – Genesis
- "Time (Clock of the Heart)" – Culture Club
- "Tony" – Dalida
- "Trouble" – Lindsey Buckingham
- "Vacation" – The Go-Go's
- "Valley Girl" – Frank Zappa
- "Waiting For A Girl Like You" – Foreigner
- "What About Me" – Moving Pictures
- "White Boy" – Culture Club
- "When The War Is Over" – Cold Chisel
- "Why" – Carly Simon
- "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" by A Flock of Seagulls
- "Work That Body" – Diana Ross
- "Workin' For a Livin' "- Huey Lewis & The News
- "Yellow Pearl" – Phil Lynott
- "You and I" – Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle
- "You Can't Hurry Love" – Phil Collins
- "You Don't Want Me Anymore" – Steel Breeze
- "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" – Melissa Manchester
- "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" – Judas Priest
- "Young Guns (Go For It)" – Wham!
- "Young Turks" – Rod Stewart
[edit] Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 Hits of 1982
- Physical – Olivia Newton-John
- Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
- I Love Rock and Roll – Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
- Ebony and Ivory – Paul McCartney/Stevie Wonder
- Centerfold – J. Geils Band
- Don't You Want Me – The Human League
- Jack and Diane – John Cougar
- Hurts So Good – John Cougar
- Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band
- Hard to Say I'm Sorry – Chicago
- Tainted Love – Soft Cell
- Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
- Harden My Heart – Quarterflash
- Rosanna – Toto
- I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) – Hall & Oates
- 867-5309/Jenny – Tommy Tutone
- Key Largo – Bertie Higgins
- You Should Hear How She Talks About You – Melissa Manchester
- Waiting for a Girl Like You – Foreigner
- Don't Talk to Strangers – Rick Springfield
- The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) – Juice Newton
- Always on My Mind – Willie Nelson
- Shake It Up – The Cars
- Let It Whip – The Dazz Band
- We Got the Beat – The Go-Go's
- The Other Woman – Ray Parker Jr.
- Turn Your Love Around – George Benson
- Sweet Dreams – Air Supply
- Only the Lonely – The Motels
- Who Can It Be Now? – Men at Work
- Hold Me – Fleetwood Mac
- Eye in the Sky – Alan Parsons Project
- Let's Groove – Earth, Wind & Fire
- Open Arms – Journey
- Leader of the Band – Dan Fogelberg
- Leather and Lace – Stevie Nicks/Don Henley
- Even the Nights Are Better – Air Supply
- I've Never Been to Me – Charlene
- '65 Love Affair – Paul Davis
- Heat of the Moment – Asia
[edit] Published popular music
- "Key Largo" w.m. Sonny Limbo & Bertie Higgins
- "Let's Go to the Movies" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the film version of the musical Annie
- "Sandy (Dumb Dog)" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the film version of the musical Annie
- "Sign!" w. Martin Charnin w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the film version of the musical Annie
- "St. Elsewhere theme song" m. Dave Grusin
- "Up Where We Belong" w. Will Jennings m. Buffy Sainte-Marie & Jack Nitzsche
- "We Got Annie" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the film version of the musical Annie
- "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" w.m. Judy Hart Angelo & Gary Portnoy, theme from the TV series Cheers
- "Without Us" w. Tom Scott m. Jeff Barry, theme from the TV series Family Ties
[edit] Classical music
- Hans Abrahamsen – Nacht und Trompeten
- George Crumb – Pastoral Drone for organ
- George Crumb – Trio for Strings
- Mario Davidovsky – Sting Trio for violin, viola, violoncello
- Ross Edwards – Piano Concerto in A
- Daron Hagen – Echo's Songs
- Rudolf Komorous – Serenade for Strings
- Mel Powell – String Quartet
- Robert Simpson – String Quartet no. 9, 32 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Haydn
- Tōru Takemitsu – Rain Coming for chamber orchestra
- Tōru Takemitsu – Rain Spell for flute, clarinet, harp, piano and vibraphone
- Jay Ungar – Ashokan Farewell
[edit] Opera
- Nicolas Flagello – The Judgment of St Francis
- Stephen Paulus – The Postman Always Rings Twice
[edit] Musical theater
- Andy Capp (Alan Price) – London production opened at the Aldwych Theatre on September 28 and ran for 99 performances
- Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber) – Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 7 and ran for 7485 performances
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) – Broadway production opened at the Royale Theatre on January 27 and ran for 747 performances
- Little Shop of Horrors off-Broadway production opened at the Orpheum Theatre on July 27 and ran for 2209 performances
- Nine Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on May 9 and ran for 729 performances
- Pirates Of Penzance London revival
- Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (Saul Chaplin, Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer) – Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on July 8 and ran for 5 performances
- Song and Dance (Andrew Lloyd Webber) – London production opened at the Palace Theatre on April 7 and ran for 781 performances
[edit] Musical films
- Annie
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Grease 2
- HMS Pinafore
- Iolanthe
- The Mikado
- Patience
- Pink Floyd The Wall
- Pirates of Penzance
- Ruddigore
- The Sorcerer
- Victor/Victoria
- The Yeomen Of The Guard
[edit] Musical television
[edit] Births
- January 18 – Quinn Allman, Guitarist with American band, The Used
- March 20 – Nick Wheeler, The All-American Rejects
- May 18 – Eric West
- July 7 – Cassidy
- August 28 – LeAnn Rimes
- September 22 – Billie Piper
- December 24 – Robert Carmine, Rooney
[edit] Deaths
- January 17 – Tommy Tucker, songwriter
- January 30 – Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer
- February 17 – Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist
- February 21 – Murray the K, disc jockey
- March 5 – John Belushi, entertainer of The Blues Brothers fame
- March 19 – Randy Rhoads, guitarst
- March 24 – Aileen Stanley, singer
- March 29 – Carl Orff, German composer, famous for the choral work Carmina Burana
- April 2 – Sam Coslow, songwriter and sometime singer
- April 9 – Jim Davidson, 79, Australian bandleader in Bowral, NSW
- May 1 – William Primrose, violist
- May 8 – Neil Bogart, 39, Owner of Casablanca Records, cancer
- May 15 – Joëlle, French singer, drug overdose
- May 16 – Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Portuguese composer and singer (b. 1942)
- June 13 – Poompuang Duangchan, 31, Thai singer and actress, SLE disease
- June 15 – Art Pepper, 56, jazz saxophonist
- July 9 – Wingy Manone, jazz trumpeter
- July 28 – Keith Green, gospel singer, plane crash
- September 1 – Clifford Curzon, pianist
- September 17 – Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (b. 1937)
- October 4 – Glenn Gould, pianist
- October 16
- Jakov Gotovac, composer and conductor
- Mario del Monaco, operatic tenor
- October 29 – William Lloyd Webber, British organist and composer (b. 1914)
- November 16 – Al Haig, jazz pianist
