1985 in music

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Years in music:	1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years:	1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

See also:

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hits
4 Classical music
5 Opera
6 Musical theater
7 Musical films
8 Births
9 Deaths
10 Awards
11 Charts
- 11.1 List of No. 1 Hits
- 11.2 KROQ

[edit] Events

January 28 - Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, Kenny Loggins, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner and Stevie Wonder, record the song "We Are The World".
February 21 - Whitney Houston releases her first album.
March 3 - A wax likeness of Michael Jackson is unveiled at London's Madame Tussaud's wax museum.
March 26 - South African radio stations ban Stevie Wonder's music in response to Wonder dedicating the Oscar he had won the night before to Nelson Mandela.
April 1 - David Lee Roth "Officially" leaves Van Halen to begin a solo career. Although...Both sides (Roth & the rest of Van Halen) had been talking about it since 1985 began.
April 10 - Madonna goes on her very first tour, dubbed after her Like A Virgin album, The Virgin Tour in Seattle, Washington.
June 11 - Madonna ends The Virgin Tour at Madison Square Garden in New York.
July 13 - Live Aid concert in Wembley and Philadelphia. Headlining act at the latter venue included a Led Zeppelin reunion, the first since their 1980 disbandment.
August 1 - Michael Jackson purchases the publishing rights for most of the Beatles' music for US$47 million, much to the dismay of Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
August 16 - On her 27th birthday, Madonna marries actor Sean Penn. They will divorce in 1989.
September 19 - the P.M.R.C's infamous "senate hearing on rock censorship" was held on this day in Washington D.C. Heavy metal singer Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, rock star Frank Zappa and country singer John Denver testified against the P.M.R.C.
September 22 - Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois.
December 5 - The first fully digital reggae single, Wayne Smith's "(Under Me) Sleng Teng", is recorded at Prince Jammy's studio; it is the beginning of ragga style reggae.
Eric B. & Rakim meet and begin making music together
The former Beatles producer George Martin works with Country music legend Kenny Rogers on the album 'The Heart of the Matter'.
Several hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars in publishing royalties are released to the surviving members of Badfinger and families of the deceased. Two band members, Pete Ham and Tom Evans, previously committed suicide due to financial problems.
Phranc solo career starts
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones form
Private Domain form
Widespread Panic form
Stabbing Westward form
The Feelies reunites
The Modern Art releasee their debut single
The Police disband
The Specials disband
Men at Work disbands
Quarterflash disband
Minutemen disband
Orange Juice disband
Chic disband
Dr. Hook disband
Devo disband (they reform in 1987, and disband again in 1990)
The J. Geils Band disband
Guns N' Roses form