1982 in music

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Years in music:	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years:	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

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[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. Osbourne is hospitalized with rabies.
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.
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.
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.
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
The Smiths form
Seona Dancing forms
Pantera forms
Faith No More forms
Slayer forms
Violent Femmes forms
D.I. forms
Blondie disbands
The Eagles break up
Wendy O. Williams leaves the Plasmatics for a solo career
Skinny Puppy forms

[edit] Albums released

1999 - Prince
A Kiss In The Dreamhouse - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Age To Age - Amy Grant
Alice - The Sisters of Mercy
American Fool - John Cougar Mellencamp
Another Day/Another Dollar - Gang of Four
The Anvil - Visage
Asia - Asia
Avalon - Roxy Music
Bad Brains - Bad Brains
Bean Spill - The Minutemen
Beat - King Crimson
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
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
Forever Now - The Psychedelic Furs
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
Hot Space - Queen
Hour Live - Toots & the Maytals
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? - Bad Religion (debut full-length)
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
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
Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets (debut)
Mesopotamia - The B-52's
Metal on Metal - Anvil
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
Night and Day - Joe Jackson
The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
Nona - Nona Hendryx
Now and Forever - Air Supply
Now Then... - Stiff Little Fingers
Nugent - Ted Nugent
The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
Nylon Curtain - Billy Joel
Oh No!, It's Devo - Devo
On Land - Brian Eno
One To One - Carole King
One Vice At A Time - Krokus
Only Theatre Of Pain - Christian Death (debut)
Oriental Beat - Hanoi Rocks
Original Musiquarium - Greatest Hits - Stevie Wonder
Peter Gabriel also known as Security - Peter Gabriel
Pictures at Eleven - Robert Plant (former Led Zeppelin Vocalist's solo debut)
Pornography - The Cure
Prairie Serenade - Riders in the Sky
Private Audition - Heart
The Record - Fear
Revelations - Killing Joke
Rio - Duran Duran
The Rise & Fall - Madness
Rock in A Hard Place - Aerosmith
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
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
There For No One To See - Grand Prix
Three Lock Box - Sammy Hagar
Thriller - Michael Jackson
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
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)
Underwater Kites - The Modern Art (debut)
Upstairs at Eric's - Yazoo
Vs - Mission of Burma
Wasted Youth - Girl
White Eagle – Tangerine Dream
Zipper Catches Skin - Alice Cooper

[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)
"Don't You Want Me" - Human League (3 weeks in 1981 + 2 weeks in 1982) "The Land of Make Believe" - Bucks Fizz (2) "Oh Julie" - Shakin' Stevens (1) "The Model/Computer Love" - Kraftwerk (1) "Town Called Malice" - The Jam (3) "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - Tight Fit (3) "Seven Tears" - Goombay Dance Band (3) "My Camera Never Lies" - Bucks Fizz (1) "Ebony And Ivory" - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder (3) "A Little Peace" - Nicole (2) "House of Fun" - Madness (2) "Goody Two Shoes" - Adam Ant (2) "I've Never Been To Me" - Charlene (1) "Happy Talk" - Captain Sensible (2) "Fame" - Irene Cara (3) "Come On Eileen" - Dexy's Midnight Runners (4) best selling single of the year "Eye Of The Tiger" - Survivor (4) "Pass The Dutchie" - Musical Youth (3) "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" - Culture Club (3) "I Don't Wanna Dance" - Eddy Grant (3) "Beat Surrender" - The Jam (2) "Save Your Love" - Renee & Renato (2 weeks in 1982 + 2 weeks in 1983)	"Physical" - Olivia Newton-John (6 weeks in 1981 + 4 weeks in 1982) best selling single of the year "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" - Daryl Hall & John Oates (1) "Centerfold" - J. Geils Band (6) "I Love Rock 'N Roll" - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (7) "Chariots of Fire Theme" - Vangelis (1) "Ebony And Ivory" - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder (7) "Don't You Want Me" - Human League (3) "Eye Of The Tiger" - Survivor (6) "Abracadabra" - Steve Miller Band (2) "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" - Chicago (2) "Jack And Diane" - John Cougar (4) "Who Can It Be Now?" - Men at Work (1) "Up Where We Belong" - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes (3) "Truly" - Lionel Richie (2) "Mickey" - Toni Basil (1) "Maneater" - Daryl Hall & John Oates (2 weeks in 1982 + 2 weeks in 1983) Or see: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1982

UK Number One Singles and Artist
(Weeks at Number One)

US Number One Singles and Artist
(Weeks at Number One)

"Don't You Want Me" - Human League (3 weeks in 1981 + 2 weeks in 1982)
"The Land of Make Believe" - Bucks Fizz (2)
"Oh Julie" - Shakin' Stevens (1)
"The Model/Computer Love" - Kraftwerk (1)
"Town Called Malice" - The Jam (3)
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - Tight Fit (3)
"Seven Tears" - Goombay Dance Band (3)
"My Camera Never Lies" - Bucks Fizz (1)
"Ebony And Ivory" - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder (3)
"A Little Peace" - Nicole (2)
"House of Fun" - Madness (2)
"Goody Two Shoes" - Adam Ant (2)
"I've Never Been To Me" - Charlene (1)
"Happy Talk" - Captain Sensible (2)
"Fame" - Irene Cara (3)
"Come On Eileen" - Dexy's Midnight Runners (4) best selling single of the year
"Eye Of The Tiger" - Survivor (4)
"Pass The Dutchie" - Musical Youth (3)
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" - Culture Club (3)
"I Don't Wanna Dance" - Eddy Grant (3)
"Beat Surrender" - The Jam (2)
"Save Your Love" - Renee & Renato (2 weeks in 1982 + 2 weeks in 1983)

"Physical" - Olivia Newton-John (6 weeks in 1981 + 4 weeks in 1982) best selling single of the year
"I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" - Daryl Hall & John Oates (1)
"Centerfold" - J. Geils Band (6)
"I Love Rock 'N Roll" - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (7)
"Chariots of Fire Theme" - Vangelis (1)
"Ebony And Ivory" - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder (7)
"Don't You Want Me" - Human League (3)
"Eye Of The Tiger" - Survivor (6)
"Abracadabra" - Steve Miller Band (2)
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry" - Chicago (2)
"Jack And Diane" - John Cougar (4)
"Who Can It Be Now?" - Men at Work (1)
"Up Where We Belong" - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes (3)
"Truly" - Lionel Richie (2)
"Mickey" - Toni Basil (1)
"Maneater" - Daryl Hall & John Oates (2 weeks in 1982 + 2 weeks in 1983)
Or see: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1982

[edit] Other significant singles of the year

"Theme From Harry's Game" - Clannad
"'65 Love Affair" - Paul Davis
"Ain't No Pleasing You" - Chas and Dave
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" - Christopher Cross
"Being Boiled" - Human League
"Blue Eyes" - Elton John
"Body + Soul" - Jo Kennedy
"Body Language" - Queen
"The Boiler" - Rhoda with The Special AKA
"Confidences sur la Fréquence" - Dalida
"The Day Before You Came" - ABBA
"Danza" - Dalida
"Don't Go" - Yazoo
"Don't Talk To Strangers" - Rick Springfield
"Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" - Culture Club
"Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
"Easier Said Than Done" - Shakatak
"European Son" - Japan
"Eye In The Sky" - The Alan Parsons Project
"Fantastic Day" - Haircut 100
"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" - Elkie Brooks
"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
"Harden My Heart" - Quarterflash
"Head Over Heels" - ABBA
"Heart Attack" - Olivia Newton-John
"Here Is The News/Ticket To The Moon" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Hey Little Girl" - Icehouse
"Hold Me" - Fleetwood Mac
"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
"Iron Fist" - Motörhead
"It's Raining Again" - Supertramp
"Jouez Bouzouki" - Dalida
"Just An Illusion" - Imagination
"Landslide" - Olivia Newton-John
"Let's Get It Up" - AC/DC
"Listen" - Stiff Little Fingers
"Living On The Ceiling" - Blancmange
"Love My Way" - The Psychedelic Furs
"Love Plus One" - Haircut 100
"Maid Of Orleans" - OMD
"The Message" - Grandmaster Flash
"Mirror Man" - Human League
"Mirror Mirror" - Diana Ross
"Never Give Up On A Good Thing" - George Benson
"New World Man" - Rush
"The Number of the Beast" - Iron Maiden
"Old Town" - Phil Lynott
"One Perfect Day" - Little Heroes
"Only You" - Yazoo
"Open Arms" - Journey
"Our House" - Madness
"Our Lips Are Sealed" - The Go-Go's
"Party Fears Two" - The Associates
"Planet Rock" - Afrika Bambaataa
"Pressure" - Billy Joel
"Restless" - Gillan
"Rio" - Duran Duran
"Run To The Hills" - Iron Maiden
"Save A Prayer" - Duran Duran
"Say Hello Wave Goodbye" - Soft Cell
"Senses Working Overtime" - XTC
"Shy Boy" - Bananarama
"Since You're Gone" - The Cars
"Six Months In A Leaky Boat" - Split Enz
"Solid Rock" - Goanna
"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
"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
"We Got the Beat" - The Go-Go's
"What About Me" - Moving Pictures
"White Boy" - Culture Club
"When The War Is Over" - Cold Chisel
"Why" - Carly Simon
"Yellow Pearl" - Phil Lynott
"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] 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