1985 in music

none June 2019 1985 1985 music radio television film This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1985. Specific locations 1985 in British music 1985 in Japanese music 1985 in Norwegian music 1985 in Scandinavian music Specific genres 1985 in country music 1985 in heavy metal music 1985 in hip-hop music 1985 in jazz 1985 in progressive rock Events January–March January 1 – The newest music video channel, VH-1, begins broadcasting on American cable. It is aimed at an older demographic than its sister station, MTV. The first video played is Marvin Gaye's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner".Mitchell E. Shapiro Cable Television Prime Time Programming, 1990–2010 https://books.google.com/books?id=A3UwxekfBf4C&pg=PA217 10 January 2014 McFarland 978-0-7864-9258-9 217 January 11 One of the biggest music festivals in the world begins in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rock in Rio had an audience of 1.5 million people, and featured Iron Maiden, Nina Hagen, The B52's, Go Go's, Queen, Rod Stewart, James Taylor and AC/DC, along with Brazilian artists such as Gilberto Gil, Elba Ramalho, Barão Vermelho and Paralamas do Sucesso.Dave DiMartino Music in the 20th Century (3 Vol Set) https://books.google.com/books?id=sB4GDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA536 15 April 2016 Routledge 978-1-317-46430-3 536 Willie Dixon sues Led Zeppelin over the song "Whole Lotta Love", on the grounds that it contains too many similarities to his own song "You Need Love". The lawsuit is settled out of court.December 2012 January 28 – Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, 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, Huey Lewis, Tina Turner, Sheila E., Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Kim Carnes, Dionne Warwick, Waylon Jennings, Bob Geldof and Stevie Wonder, record the song "We Are the World", written by Jackson and Ritchie. February – Just months after the compact disc release of his sixteenth and most recent studio album, Tonight, and nearly two years after the initial CD release of its predecessor, Let's Dance, RCA Records reissues David Bowie's previous fourteen studio albums plus four greatest hits albums on the format. Consequently, Bowie becomes the first major artist to have his entire catalog converted to CD. February 14 Whitney Houston releases her debut album. February 22 The "One Night with Blue Note" concert, celebrating the relaunch of Blue Note Records and featuring over 30 jazz greats, is held at The Town Hall in New York. Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette, McCoy Tyner and Grover Washington, Jr. are just a few of the performers. February 26 – The 27th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by John Denver. Lionel Richie's Can't Slow Down wins Album of the Year, while Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It" wins both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Cyndi Lauper wins Best New Artist. March 9 – Tears for Fears album Songs from the Big Chair debuts at number two on the UK Albums Chart. Enjoying massive sales, it spends 29 consecutive weeks on the top 10 and remain on the chart for another 50 weeks until September 1986.https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25022/tears-for-fears/ Tears for Fears Official Charts March 27 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation bans Stevie Wonder's music in response to Wonder dedicating the Oscar he had won the night before to Nelson Mandela.https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E4DD1438F934A15750C0A963948260 Stevie Wonder Music Banned in South Africa Associated Press March 27, 1985 The New York Times July 15, 2008 March 28 – A wax likeness of Michael Jackson is unveiled at Madame Tussaud's in London, UK.http://www.mj-in-the-early-80s.com/1985.htm Michael Jackson, 1985 2005 Michael Jackson in the Early 1980s July 15, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080613235221/http://www.mj-in-the-early-80s.com/1985.htm June 13, 2008 dead April–June April 1 – After months of squabbling, David Lee Roth leaves Van Halen to begin a solo career.http://www.geocities.com/dan_halen27/history/roth_era.html Chronology n.d. Dan Halen July 15, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20091024114004/http://geocities.com/dan_halen27/history/roth_era.html October 24, 2009 dead April 7 – Wham! becomes the first Western pop group to perform in China when they play a concert in Beijing's Workers Stadium during an historic 10-day visit. April 10 – Madonna begins her very first tour, The Virgin Tour (named after her Like a Virgin album) in Seattle, Washington, USA.http://www.ultimatemadonna.com/the_virgin_tour/ The Virgin Tour Madonnatribe n.d. July 15, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080714062616/http://www.ultimatemadonna.com/the_virgin_tour/ July 14, 2008 dead April 20 – Tears for Fears single "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" becomes their highest-charting single in the UK as it reach number two on the singles chart, held off the top position for two consecutive weeks by "We are the World".https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19850421/7501/ Official Singles Chart Top 100 21 April 1985 – 27 April 1985 Official Charts May – Russian singer Valery Leontiev starts his 10-date tour "Alone with all" and it becomes an instant hit. Queues for tickets blocked the traffic on a few central streets of Leningrad.May 2025 May 4 – With "La det swinge" by Bobbysocks!, Norway scores its first win at the Eurovision Song Contest, in Gothenburg, Sweden. May 13 – Dire Straits release their fifth studio album, Brothers in Arms. The album becomes highly successful in part because of its unusually high sound quality, the result of it being recorded entirely digitally as opposed to with standard analog magnetic tape. The album additionally serves as a killer app for the compact disc format, becoming the first album to sell more copies on CD than on phonograph record, and goes on to become the highest selling album of the 1980s in the UK. June 11 – Madonna ends The Virgin Tour at Madison Square Garden in New York, USA. July–September July 13 – The Live Aid concert takes place in Wembley Stadium, London, UK, and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, USA. The headlining acts at the latter venue included a Led Zeppelin reunion, the first since their 1980 disbandment.http://www.herald.co.uk/local_info/live_aid.html#prog Live Aid Programme mdh 1995 July 15, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080607124201/http://www.herald.co.uk/local_info/live_aid.html June 7, 2008 live The former venue, however, becomes the more notable of the two over the years, in part due to the high acclaim of Queen's performance of "Radio Ga Ga", which serves as the band's comeback in the United Kingdom (Queen would still remain a pariah in the United States in the wake of Hot Space until after Freddie Mercury's death six years later). With a little help from the British Concorde jet, singer Phil Collins manages to perform at both venues. This would be the last time Duran Duran would perform together with the original line up until they reunited to record their 2004 album Astronaut. On this day they would also have the number 1 song on the US Billboard charts with their James Bond theme to the film A View to a Kill. September 6 – Michael Jackson purchases the publishing rights for most of the Beatles' music for $47 million, much to the dismay of Paul McCartney, against whom he is bidding.http://www.mjcafe.net/the%20legend%20speeches%20&%20faq/b4.htm When did Michael buy the Beatles' songs? 2008 July 15, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080601020857/http://www.mjcafe.net/the%20legend%20speeches%20%26%20faq/b4.htm June 1, 2008 dead September 19 – The Parents Music Resource Center's (P.M.R.C.) United States Senate hearing on rock censorship begin in Washington, D.C. Heavy metal singer Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, rock star Frank Zappa and country singer John Denver testify against the P.M.R.C. September 21 – The 14th OTI Festival, held at the Teatro Lope de Vega in Seville, Spain, is won by the song "es El fandango aquí no", written by Marcial Alejandro es, and performed by Eugenia León representing Mexico. September 22 The Farm Aid concert is held in Champaign, Illinois, USA. Massimo Bogianckino, general manager of the Paris Opera and former head of both the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and La Scala, is elected mayor of Florence.Peter Nichols, "Opera Head to be Mayor of Florence", The Times issue 62252 (September 25, 1985): 8H. October–December October 26 – "Saving All My Love for You" by Whitney Houston tops the Billboard Hot 100. It was her first of seven consecutive number-one singles through 1988. 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.BBC – Radio 1Xtra – Black History – 1985 https://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/blackhistory/years/1985 2021-08-22 BBC Radio 1Xtra en-GB December 23 – Two young fans of Judas Priest in Sparks, Nevada shoot themselves, one fatally, after listening to the band's records. A lawsuit is brought against the group in 1986 claiming that they were compelled by backwards subliminal messages hidden in their music. December 31 – The fourteenth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special is aired on ABC television, with appearances by Four Tops, The Judds, Barry Manilow, The Motels, Tears for Fears and The Temptations. Also in 1985 Several hundreds of thousands of US dollars in publishing royalties are released to the surviving members, and families of the deceased members, of the British music group, Badfinger.Matovina, Dan Dan Matovina Without You: The Tragic Story of "Badfinger" https://books.google.com/books?id=eAURGSMNfTUC Frances Glover Books 2000 978-0-9657122-2-4 414 Metal Edge magazine is launched. Roger Waters announces his intention to leave Pink Floyd; describing the band as "a spent force creatively", he would spend the next two years in a legal battle with his now-former bandmates over the rights to the "Pink Floyd" name and other associated assets. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1985 Bands disbanded See Musical groups disestablished in 1985 Albums released January DayAlbumArtistNotes10 Silvertone Chris Isaak -14 New Day Rising Hüsker Dü -15 Centerfield John Fogerty - Nightshift Commodores -21 King of Rock Run-D.M.C. - Real Love Dolly Parton - Thunder in the East Loudness Japan24 Finder of Lost Loves Dionne Warwick -25 Maverick George Thorogood and the Destroyers -28 Crazy from the Heat David Lee Roth Covers EP29 Stella Yello -? 40-Hour Week Alabama - Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin Hawkwind Live 1973 Night Rocker David Hasselhoff - One Clear Moment Linda Thompson - Strange Animal Gowan - Tales of the New West The Beat Farmers - Warming Up to the Ice Age John Hiatt - February DayAlbumArtistNotes2 VU The Velvet Underground -4 Secret Secrets Joan Armatrading -11 Meat Is Murder The Smiths - The Firm The Firm Debut12 Vision Quest Various Artists Soundtrack14 Only Four You Mary Jane Girls - Rhythm of the Night DeBarge - Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Debut15Vulture Culture Alan Parsons Project -18 No Jacket Required Phil Collins -19 The Breakfast Club Various Artists Soundtrack25 The Ballad of Sally Rose Emmylou Harris - Songs from the Big Chair Tears for Fears - Night Time Killing Joke -26 Disturbing the Peace Alcatrazz -28 Ready to Strike King Kobra Debut? 2WO Strange Advance - Air Supply Air Supply - Armed and Dangerous Anthrax EP Beyond Appearances Santana - Heads and Hearts The Sound - Love Bomb The Tubes - Tough All Over John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band - March DayAlbumArtistNotes4 Aikea-Guinea Cocteau Twins EP Metal Heart Accept - She's the Boss Mick Jagger US Release Feb. 19, 19858 Mars Needs Guitars! Hoodoo Gurus - The Night I Fell in Love Luther Vandross -11 Behind the Sun Eric Clapton - Dream into Action Howard Jones - First and Last and Always The Sisters of Mercy -15 Everybody's Crazy Michael Bolton -18 Birdy Peter Gabriel Soundtrack21 Up on the Sun Meat Puppets -22 Katrina and the Waves Katrina and the Waves - Scream for Help John Paul Jones Soundtrack25 The Power Station The Power Station Debut The Secret of Association Paul Young -26 Southern Accents Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Right to Rock Keel -27 7800° Fahrenheit Bon Jovi - Tao Rick Springfield -29 Bad Moon Rising Sonic Youth - Rogues Gallery Slade -? Equator Uriah Heep - Lost & Found Jason & the Scorchers - Vox Humana Kenny Loggins - April DayAlbumArtistNotes1 We Are the World USA for Africa and Various Artists -3 Some People Belouis Some Debut5 Strawberry Switchblade Strawberry Switchblade Debut8 Hell Awaits Slayer -15 As the Band Turns Atlantic Starr - Horror Epics The Exploited - Lone Justice Lone Justice Debut Love Not Money Everything but the Girl -20 Voices Carry 'Til Tuesday Debut22 Around the World in a Day Prince and the Revolution - Backwaxed Anvil Compilation23 Two Hearts Men at Work -25 Bonded by Blood Exodus Debut28 Rock Me Tonight Freddie Jackson Debut29 Be Yourself Tonight Eurythmics - Mr. Bad Guy Freddie Mercury - Flaunt the Imperfection China Crisis -? Across a Crowded Room Richard Thompson - Go West Go West Debut Nature of the Beast Maureen Steele Debut Only the Strong Thor - The Ups and Downs Stephen Duffy Debut May DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega Debut3 Youthquake Dead or Alive -6 Nervous Night The Hooters -13 Brother Where You Bound Supertramp - Low-Life New Order - On a Storyteller's Night Magnum -14 Loose Nut Black Flag -15 Dangerous Natalie Cole - I Don't Want to Grow Up Descendents - Soldiers Under Command Stryper - Unguarded Amy Grant -17 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits -20 7 Wishes Night Ranger - Power of the Night Savatage - Shaken 'n' Stirred Robert Plant - What Does Anything Mean? Basically The Chameleons - Wide Awake in America U2 EP21 Glow Rick James - The Confessor Joe Walsh -25 Watching You, Watching Me Bill Withers -27 The Return...... Bathory -29 Barking at Airplanes Kim Carnes - Hellbound Warlock -30 Fear No Evil Grim Reaper US? Do You Wanna Get Away Shannon - Gravity Kenny G - Le Parc Tangerine Dream - More Places Forever David Thomas - Music for "The Knee Plays" David Byrne Soundtrack Space Ritual Hawkwind Live 1972 Theodore and Friends The Adventures - June DayAlbumArtistNotes1 The Fat Boys Are Back The Fat Boys - Hunting High and Low a-ha -3 Boys and Girls Bryan Ferry - The Firstborn Is Dead Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -6 Long Way to Heaven Helix -8 Our Favourite Shop The Style Council titled Internationalists in US10 Another Place Hiroshima - Cupid & Psyche 85 Scritti Politti - Empire Burlesque Bob Dylan - Fables of the Reconstruction R.E.M. - Little Creatures Talking Heads - The Beach Boys The Beach Boys -12 Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! Megadeth Debut13 Invasion of Your Privacy Ratt -14Boy in the Box Corey Hart -15 Alternating Currents Spyro Gyra -17 Crush Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Misplaced Childhood Marillion - Single Life Cameo - The Dream of the Blue Turtles Sting Solo Debut18 Dare to Be Stupid "Weird Al" Yankovic -20 Welcome to the Real World Mr. Mister - World Wide Live Scorpions Live Album21 Despite Straight Lines Marilyn - Heart Heart First album for Capitol Theatre of Pain Mötley Crüe -22 Steve McQueen Prefab Sprout -24Open Fire Y&T -27 Call of the Wild Lee Aaron -? B-Movie Matinee Nile Rodgers - Big Lizard in My Backyard The Dead Milkmen - Rites of Spring Rites of Spring - Telephone Free Landslide Victory Camper Van Beethoven - Spoiled Girl Carly Simon - July DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Clan of Xymox Clan of Xymox - Extractions Dif Juz - Fly on the Wall AC/DC - Greatest Hits Volume I & II Billy Joel Compilation Return to Waterloo Ray Davies -3 Patti Patti LaBelle -8 Back to the Future Various Artists Soundtrack Flash Jeff Beck -9 Who's Zoomin' Who? Aretha Franklin -12 Camera Obscura Nico + the Faction - Love You to Pieces Lizzy Borden -15 Phantasmagoria The Damned -22 Luxury of Life Five Star - Standing on the Edge Cheap Trick -26 Hybrid Michael Brook with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois - Mask of Smiles John Waite -29 Profiles Nick Mason and Rick Fenn -30 No Lookin' Back Michael McDonald -? Ain't Love Grand! X - Contact Pointer Sisters - Hold Me Laura Branigan - In Concert America Live Salad Days Minor Threat EP St. Elmo's Fire Various Artists Soundtrack The Fire Still Burns Russ Ballard - August DayAlbumArtistNotes2 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam -4 World Class World Class Wreckin' Cru -5 Now That's What I Call Music 5 Various Artists Compilation Rum Sodomy & the Lash The Pogues -8 Midnite Dynamite Kix -12 Old Ways Neil Young - Running Wild Girlschool - Sacred Heart Dio -16 Freaky Styley Red Hot Chili Peppers -19 Marching Out Yngwie Malmsteen - Scarecrow John Cougar Mellencamp - The Family The Family -26 Romance 1600 Sheila E. - Geisha Geisha Debut29 Alibi Vandenberg -30 The Head on the Door The Cure -? Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti Squeeze - Lovin' Every Minute of It Loverboy - Primitive Love Miami Sound Machine - Screamin' 'n' Bleedin' Angel Witch - The Rose of England Nick Lowe - World Service Spear of Destiny - September DayAlbumArtistNotes2 Baggariddim UB40 - Innocence Is No Excuse Saxon - Run for Cover Gary Moore -4 Living in the Background Baltimora -9 A Cappella Todd Rundgren - You're Under Arrest Miles Davis -10 Knee Deep in the Hoopla Starship -13 In Square Circle Stevie Wonder - Don't Stand Me Down Dexys Midnight Runners -16 Alabama Christmas Alabama Christmas Asylum Kiss - Hounds of Love Kate Bush - The Dream Academy The Dream Academy - The Fury Gary Numan - This Is the Sea The Waterboys -17 Here's to Future Days Thompson Twins - Ready for the World Ready for the World -18 Tim The Replacements -20 Ignite the Seven Cannons Felt -23 In Mysterious Ways John Foxx - The Wishing Chair 10,000 Maniacs - This Nation's Saving Grace The Fall -24 Eaten Alive Diana Ross -29 Snake Boy Killdozer -30 Crazy Peoples Right to Speak Kaja - The Heart of the Matter Kenny Rogers - Mad Not Mad Madness - Rain Dogs Tom Waits - Soul to Soul Stevie Ray Vaughan - To Live and Die in L.A. Wang Chung Soundtrack? Flip Your Wig Hüsker Dü - How Could It Be Eddie Murphy - Pokkeherrie The Ex - The Process of Weeding Out Black Flag EP The Small Price of a Bicycle The Icicle Works - Under a Raging Moon Roger Daltrey - October DayAlbumArtistNotes4 How to Be a ... Zillionaire! ABC - Giants EP The Bolshoi -7 The Gift Midge Ure solo debut11 Believe You Me Blancmange - Picture Book Simply Red - Power Windows Rush Canada Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven Love and Rockets -14 Listen Like Thieves INXS - Live After Death Iron Maiden Live The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord Cabaret Voltaire - The Jets The Jets - The Singles 81→85 Depeche Mode Compilation15 Blue Double - Falco 3 Falco - Feel the Fire Overkill Debut16 Seven Churches Possessed Debut17 The Blasting Concept Vol. 2 Various Artists -18 Love The Cult - World Machine Level 42 -21 Mike + The Mechanics Mike + the Mechanics Debut Once Upon a Time Simple Minds -22 Twitch Aldo Nova -24 Don't Stop Rappin' Too Short LP, Debut Krush Groove Various Artists Soundtrack25 Animosity Corrosion of Conformity Debut Greatest Hits The Cars Compilation Sun City Artists United Against Apartheid - The Last Command W.A.S.P. -28 Afterburner ZZ Top - Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo - Slave to the Rhythm Grace Jones - What a Life! Divinyls -30 Spreading the Disease Anthrax -? America Kurtis Blow - Love An Adventure Pseudo Echo - Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis Butthole Surfers UK; EP Dog Eat Dog Joni Mitchell - Endless Pain Kreator - Eye Dance Boney M. - Frankenchrist Dead Kennedys - High Priority Cherrelle - I Am the Night Pantera - In My Head Black Flag - Jane Wiedlin Jane Wiedlin - Me and the Boys Charlie Daniels - Movin' Jennifer Rush - Original Masters Jethro Tull Compilation Soul Kiss Olivia Newton-John - That's Why I'm Here James Taylor - The Spectre Within Fates Warning - To Mega Therion Celtic Frost - November DayAlbumArtistNotes1 This Is Big Audio Dynamite Big Audio Dynamite -4 Cut the Crap The Clash - Delirious Nomad Armored Saint - Every Turn of the World Christopher Cross - Down for the Count Y&T - Hawkwind Anthology Hawkwind Compilation Ice on Fire Elton John - Misdemeanor UFO - Promise Sade UK Riptide Robert Palmer - The Singles Collection Spandau Ballet Compilation The Broadway Album Barbra Streisand -7 9012Live: The Solos Yes US/Live Biograph Bob Dylan Box Set8 All for Love New Edition -11 Astra Asia - Bitter Sweet King - Catching Up with Depeche Mode Depeche Mode US; Compilation Songs to Learn & Sing Echo & the Bunnymen Compilation The Chronicle of the Black Sword Hawkwind - White City: A Novel Pete Townshend -12 Play Deep The Outfield -13 Seven the Hard Way Pat Benatar - Folksinger Phranc -15 Tiny Dynamine Cocteau Twins EP18 3 Ships Jon Anderson - Crackers: The Christmas Party Album Slade - Psychocandy The Jesus and Mary Chain - Radio LL Cool J - Rock a Little Stevie Nicks - So Red the Rose Arcadia - Starpeace Yoko Ono - Walls of Jericho Helloween -21 Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention Frank Zappa -22 Come Out and Play Twisted Sister - Easy Pieces Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Under Lock and Key Dokken -25 Friends Dionne Warwick - Now That's What I Call Music 6 Various Artists Compilation26 Pack Up the Plantation: Live! Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Live Species Deceases Midnight Oil EP29 Ancient Artifacts D.I. Debut Echoes in a Shallow Bay Cocteau Twins EP30 We Care a Lot Faith No More -? Carnivore Carnivore Debut Come On Down Green River Debut EP Double Trouble Live Molly Hatchet Live Heyday The Church - Night of the Crime Icon - Old Rottenhat Robert Wyatt - Raging Violence Hirax - The Wrestling Album World Wrestling Federation Soundtrack Who's Missing The Who Compilation December DayAlbumArtistNotes9 Club Ninja Blue Öyster Cult - Fine Young Cannibals Fine Young Cannibals - The Long Play Sandra -31 A Classic Case London Symphony Orchestra music of Jethro Tull? Stereotomy The Alan Parsons Project - 10 from 6 Bad Company Compilation 3-Way Tie (For Last) Minutemen - Friends Dionne Warwick - Geek! My Bloody Valentine EP Island Life Grace Jones Compilation Release date unknown ...Undone – The Lucy Show 7 Day Weekend – The Comsat Angels A View to a Kill: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – John Barry Alan Merrill – Alan Merrill Another World – The Roches Back in the DHSS – Half Man Half Biscuit Beat Happening – Beat Happening Beat the System – Petra Begegnungen II – Eno Moebius Roedelius Plank Behaviour – Saga Better Off Dead: Original A&M Soundcrack – Various Artists Between Heaven 'n Hell – Resurrection Band Bites – Skinny Puppy Bo Diddley & Co. – Live – Bo Diddley Boy Meets Girl - Boy Meets Girl Branded and Exiled – Running Wild Change No Change – Elliot Easton Christmas Time – Chris Stamey City Slicker - James Young Cock Robin – Cock Robin Color of Success – Morris Day Commander Sozo and the Charge of the Light Brigade – DeGarmo and Key Company of Justice – Play Dead Copacabana: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album – Barry Manilow Cuori agitati – Eros Ramazzotti A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse – Giorno Poetry Systems Dinosaur – Dinosaur Jr. Do You – Sheena Easton Downtown – Marshall Crenshaw Every Turn of the World – Christopher Cross False Accusations – The Robert Cray Band Fear and Whiskey – Mekons Feargal Sharkey – Feargal Sharkey (solo debut) Flame – Real Life For the Working Class Man – Jimmy Barnes Forever Running – B-Movie Futile Combat – Skeletal Family Gas Food Lodging – Green on Red The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Various Artists Have Yourself Committed – Bryan Duncan Here's the World for Ya - Paul Hyde and the Payolas Hero – Clarence Clemons The History Mix Volume 1 – Godley & Creme Hotline – White Heart Immigrant – Gene Loves Jezebel In the House – Images in Vogue Into the Fire Live – Play Dead Just Like Real Life – Prodigal Kingdom in the Streets – Dion DiMucci Life – Gladys Knight & the Pips Little Baggariddim EP – UB40 Live in Carré – The Dubliners Looking at You – Chaz Jankel Love Beyond Reason – Randy Stonehill Love Hurts – Elaine Paige Machine Age Voodoo – SPK Manilow – Barry Manilow Mayhem – Toyah (compilation) Mental Notes – Bad Manners Menudo - Menudo Minx – Toyah Willcox (solo debut) Mistral gagnant – Renaud Mud Will Be Flung Tonight – Bette Midler My Toot Toot - Jean Knight Mystery – RAH Band No Muss...No Fuss – Donnie Iris Now – The Christmas Album – Various Artists Off the Board – Ludichrist Oil & Gold – Shriekback Old Flame – Juice Newton Old Land – Cluster & Brian Eno On the Fritz – Steve Taylor One for the Road – April Wine Once in a Very Blue Moon – Nanci Griffith Our Garden Needs Its Flowers – Jess Sah Bi and Peter One Partners, Brothers and Friends – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Paul Hardcastle - Paul Hardcastle Promesas – José José Racer-X – Big Black Rescue You – Joe Lynn Turner Resistance – Burning Spear Rhythm Romance – The Romantics Roger Miller - Roger Miller Romance – David Cassidy Say You Love Me – Jennifer Holliday A Secret Wish – Propaganda A Sense of Wonder – Van Morrison Shamrock Diaries – Chris Rea Skin Dive – Michael Franks So Many Rivers – Bobby Womack Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends – George Clinton Stages – Triumph Stay Hard – Raven Steady Nerves – Graham Parker and The Shot Stop! - The Chesterfield Kings Syirin Farthat – Elvy Sukaesih Talk about the Weather – Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Through a Window – Patrick Sky Thursday Afternoon – Brian Eno The UB40 File – UB40 U.T.F.O. – UTFO Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland – Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland What If - Tommy Shaw Walking Through Fire - April Wine Whatever Happened to Jugula? – Roy Harper Without Love – Black N' Blue Wonderful – Circle Jerks Zaman – Ebiet G. Ade Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest in the charts of 1985.http://tsort.info/music/yr1985.htm Songs from the Year 1985 Hawtin Steve 2007 Steve Hawtin/TsorT April 13, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080403002755/http://tsort.info/music/yr1985.htm April 3, 2008 live # Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1 USA for Africa "We Are the World" 1985 US UK 1 - Apr 1985 (10 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Mar 1985 (18 weeks), US CashBox 1 of 1985, Canada 1 - Apr 1985 (8 weeks), Holland 1 - Mar 1985 (16 weeks), Sweden 1 - Mar 1985 (7 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - Apr 1985 (22 weeks), Brazil 1 of 1985, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1985 (26 weeks), Norway 1 - Mar 1985 (17 weeks), Poland 1 - Mar 1983 (17 weeks), Belgium 1 - Mar 1985 (18 weeks), Australia 1 of 1985, Italy 1 of 1985, Italy 1 for 11 weeks - Apr 1985, Eire 1 for 4 weeks - Apr 1985, Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - May 1985, New Zealand 1 for 7 weeks - Apr 1985, Australia 1 for 9 weeks - Apr 1985, Springbok 1 - May 1985 (23 weeks), Europe 1 for 9 weeks - Apr 1985, Grammy in 1985, US 4 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Apr 1985), Austria 2 - Apr 1985 (5 months), Germany 2 - Apr 1985 (3 months), ODK Germany 2 - Apr 1985 (21 weeks) (7 weeks in top 10), MTV Video of the year 1985 (Nominated), Switzerland 4 of 1985, US Radio 6 of 1985 (peak 1 9 weeks), South Africa 8 of 1985, ARC 13 of 1985 (peak 1 12 weeks), US BB 20 of 1985, Canada 23 of 1985, nuTsie 37 of 1980s, POP 71 of 1985, DMDB 86 (1985), RIAA 121, France (InfoDisc) 131 of the 1980s (peak 1, 25 weeks, 965k sales estimated, 1985), Germany 263 of the 1980s (peak 2 10 weeks), OzNet 418, Acclaimed 1371 (1985), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Apr 1985), Global 4 (20 M sold) - 1985 2 a-ha "Take On Me" 1984 Norway US Billboard 1 - Jul 1985 (26 weeks), Canada 1 - Aug 1985 (11 weeks), Holland 1 - Oct 1985 (12 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - Oct 1985 (11 weeks), France 1 - May 1985 (3 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Nov 1985 (14 weeks), Norway 1 - Nov 1984 (29 weeks), Poland 1 - Dec 1985 (24 weeks), Belgium 1 - Nov 1985 (14 weeks), Italy 1 for 4 weeks - Jan 1986, Germany 1 - Jan 1986 (4 months), ODK Germany 1 - Oct 1985 (21 weeks) (5 weeks at number 1) (12 weeks in top 10), Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Nov 1985, Europe 1 for 9 weeks - Nov 1985, Germany 1 for 5 weeks - Nov 1985, Scrobulate 1 of 80s, UK 2 - Sep 1985 (19 weeks), MTV Video of the year 1986 (Nominated), Sweden 4 - Aug 1985 (6 weeks), Austria 4 - Dec 1985 (3 months), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Nov 1985), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1985), Italy 7 of 1986, Springbok 7 - Dec 1985 (12 weeks), KROQ 7 of 1985, US BB 10 of 1985, Australia 12 of 1985, US CashBox 15 of 1985, Brazil 18 of 1985, ARC 20 of 1985 (peak 1 14 weeks), Europe 20 of the 1980s (1985), US Radio 21 of 1985 (peak 1 10 weeks), Canada 29 of 1985, POP 31 of 1985, Vinyl Surrender 71 (1985), Germany 81 of the 1980s (peak 1 13 weeks), UK Songs 2013-23 peak 85 - Nov 2023 (1 week), nuTsie 93 of 1980s, France (InfoDisc) 235 of the 1980s (peak 2, 29 weeks, 736k sales estimated, 1985), UKMIX 514, OzNet 795, Acclaimed 2396 (1985), RYM 8 of 1984, NY Daily Love list 66, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1985, Party 133 of 2007 3 Foreigner "I Want to Know What Love Is" 1984 UK US UK 1 - Dec 1984 (17 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Dec 1984 (20 weeks), Canada 1 - Dec 1984 (18 weeks), Sweden 1 - Dec 1984 (9 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - Dec 1984 (19 weeks), Norway 1 - Jan 1985 (16 weeks), Poland 1 - Mar 1983 (22 weeks), Eire 1 for 2 weeks - Jan 1985, Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Feb 1985, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks - Feb 1985, Australia 1 for 5 weeks - Feb 1985, Switzerland 2 - Jan 1985 (17 weeks), Springbok 2 - Feb 1985 (17 weeks), ARC 3 of 1985 (peak 1 16 weeks), ODK Germany 3 - Dec 1984 (22 weeks) (8 weeks in top 10), Canada 3 of 1985, US BB 4 of 1985, US Radio 4 of 1985 (peak 1 11 weeks), Germany 4 - Jan 1985 (4 months), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Mar 1985), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jan 1985), Australia 5 of 1985, Holland 6 - Dec 1984 (15 weeks), Austria 7 - Feb 1985 (4 months), Belgium 7 - Dec 1984 (14 weeks), US CashBox 8 of 1985, Brazil 12 of 1985, Switzerland 12 of 1985, South Africa 12 of 1985, POP 17 of 1985, Europe 38 of the 1980s (1984), Holland free40 74 of 1985, OzNet 180, Germany 255 of the 1980s (peak 3 12 weeks), Rolling Stone 476, Acclaimed 659 (1984), UKMIX 876, RYM 186 of 1984 4 Tears for Fears "Shout" 1984 UK US BB 1 – Jun 1985, Canada 1 – Feb 1985, Netherlands 1 – Jan 1985, Switzerland 1 – Feb 1985, Germany 1 – Jan 1985, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks Mar 1985, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Nov 1985, France 3 – Dec 1984, Poland 3 – Mar 1985, UK 4 – Dec 1984, Sweden 5 – Dec 1984, Norway 5 – Mar 1985, KROQ 5 of 1985, Austria 6 – Mar 1985, US CashBox 13 of 1985, Australia 14 of 1985, Sweden (alt) 16 – Feb 1985, South Africa 16 of 1985, Italy 20 of 1985, RYM 27 of 1984, Scrobulate 36 of 80s, Germany 104 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 974 5 Lionel Richie "Say You, Say Me" 1985 US US Billboard 1 - Nov 1985 (19 weeks), Canada 1 - Nov 1985 (11 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Dec 1985 (16 weeks), Norway 1 - Nov 1985 (15 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 4 weeks - Dec 1985, Springbok 1 - Nov 1985 (26 weeks), South Africa 1 of 1986, Oscar in 1985 (film ' '), Golden Globe in 1985 (film 'White Nights'), US BB 2 of 1986, Holland 2 - Nov 1985 (13 weeks), Sweden 2 - Nov 1985 (6 weeks), Belgium 2 - Nov 1985 (15 weeks), US Radio 3 of 1985 (peak 1 11 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jan 1986), Sweden (alt) 6 - Nov 1985 (5 weeks), Austria 6 - Jan 1986 (4 months), Poland 7 - Nov 1985 (6 weeks), UK 8 - Nov 1985 (13 weeks), Switzerland 8 of 1986, ARC 9 of 1985 (peak 1 14 weeks), ODK Germany 12 - Dec 1985 (19 weeks), Germany 14 - Jan 1986 (3 months), Brazil 15 of 1986, US CashBox 23 of 1986, Italy 28 of 1986, POP 33 of 1985, Canada 40 of 1986, Billboard 50th song 74, 55th Billboard 100 84 (1985), Billboard100 89 Top 41 Chart hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s) "19" Paul Hardcastle April 1985 15 1 (12 countries) See chart performance entry "Alive and Kicking" Simple Minds September 1985 3 7 1 (Italy) See chart performance entry "All I Need" Jack Wagner January 1985 2 n/a 2 (United States) 1 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) – 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) – 2 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) – 3 (Canada) – 93 (Australia) "And We Danced" The Hooters August 1985 21 n/a 6 (Australia) 9 (New Zealand) – 72 (West Germany) "Angel" Madonna April 1985 5 5 1 (Australia) See chart performance entry Other chart hit singles 30em "A View to a Kill" – Duran Duran "Better Be Good To Me" (1984) – Tina Turner "Body & Soul" – Mai Tai "Body Rock" (1984) – Maria Vidal "Born in the U.S.A." (1984) – Bruce Springsteen (released in 1984) "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" – The Smiths "The Boys of Summer" (1984) – Don Henley "Broken Wings" – Mr. Mister "Brothers in Arms" – Dire Straits "Borderline" (1983) – Madonna (UK release) "Call Me" – Go West "Cannonball" – Supertramp "Can't Fight This Feeling" (1984) – REO Speedwagon "Careless Whisper" (1984) – Wham! "Centerfield" – John Fogerty "C'était mon ami" – Dalida "Chain Reaction" – Diana Ross "Change Your Mind" – Sharpe & Numan "Cheri, Cheri Lady" – Modern Talking "Cherish" – Kool & the Gang "Close to Me" – The Cure "Cloudbusting" – Kate Bush "Color My Love" – Fun Fun (Released in 1984) "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" – David Grant and Jaki Graham "Crazy for You" – Madonna "Dancing in the Street" – David Bowie and Mick Jagger "Devuélveme a mi chica" – Hombres G "Dirty Old Town" – The Pogues "Don't Come Around Here No More" – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Don't You (Forget About Me)" – Simple Minds "Dress You Up" – Madonna "Duel" – Propaganda "Eaten Alive" – Diana Ross "E=MC²" – Big Audio Dynamite "Election Day" – Arcadia "Éthiopie" – Chanteurs sans Frontières "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (1984) – Tears for Fears "Everything She Wants" (1984) – Wham! "Everytime You Go Away" – Paul Young "Faron Young" – Prefab Sprout "Find A Way" – Amy Grant "Fortress Around Your Heart" – Sting "Frankie" – Sister Sledge "Freak A Ristic" – Atlantic Starr "Freaks Come Out at Night" (1984) – Whodini "Fresh" (1984) – Kool & the Gang "Freeway of Love" – Aretha Franklin "Gambler" – Madonna "Get It On" – The Power Station "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme" – Narada Michael Walden and Patti Austin "Glory Days" (1984) – Bruce Springsteen "Goodbye Is Forever" – Arcadia "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" – Cyndi Lauper "(Gotta Be) Wrong Way To Love" – Dynamic Hepnotics "Head Over Heels" (1984) – Tears for Fears "Heart User" – Cliff Richard "The Heat Is On" – Glenn Frey "Heaven" – Bryan Adams "History" – Mai Tai "Hold Me" – Menudo "Holding Back The Years" – Simply Red (charted in 1986 in the U.S.) "Home Sweet Home" – Mötley Crüe "Hounds of Love" – Kate Bush "How Soon Is Now?" – The Smiths (originally released in 1984 as a B-side) "How Will I Know" – Whitney Houston "Hurt" – Juice Newton "I Don't Think I'm Ready for You" – Anne Murray "I Miss You" – Klymaxx "I Want to Know What Love Is" (1984) – Foreigner "I Was Born to Love You" – Freddie Mercury "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" – Peabo Bryson "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – Sting "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" – Sandra "I'm On Fire" (1984) – Bruce Springsteen "In Between Days" – The Cure "In My House" – Mary Jane Girls "In The Heat Of The Night" – Sandra "Innocent" – Alexander O'Neal "Into the Groove" – Madonna "Invincible" – Pat Benatar "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" – Eurythmics "Je te donne" – Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michael Jones "Johnny Come Home" – Fine Young Cannibals "Johnny, Johnny" – Jeanne Mas "Just Like Honey" – The Jesus and Mary Chain "Kayleigh" – Marillion "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" – INXS "Lay Your Hands on Me" – Thompson Twins "Le temps d'aimer" – Dalida "Le Vénitien de Levallois" – Dalida "Lean on Me (ah-li-ayo)" – Red Box "Let's Go Crazy/Take Me With U" – Prince and the Revolution (released in 1984) "Listen Like Thieves" – INXS "Life in a Northern Town" – The Dream Academy "Live Is Life" – Opus "Living on My Own" – Freddie Mercury "Love Like Blood" – Killing Joke "Lovergirl" – Teena Marie "Lover Why" – Century "Loverboy" – Billy Ocean "Lovin' Every Minute of It" – Loverboy "Madhouse" – Anthrax "Manhattan Project" – Rush "Marcia baila" – Rita Mitsouko "Material Girl" – Madonna "Miami Vice Theme" – Jan Hammer "Merry Christmas Everyone" – Shakin' Stevens "Method of Modern Love" – Hall & Oates (released in 1984) "Money Changes Everything" – Cyndi Lauper "Money for Nothing" – Dire Straits "Mothers Talk" – Tears For Fears (released in 1984) "Move Closer" – Phyllis Nelson "Mystic Rhythms" – Rush "Neutron Dance" – The Pointer Sisters (released in 1984) "Never" – Heart "Never Surrender" – Corey Hart "A New England" – Kirsty MacColl "Ni tú ni nadie" – Alaska y Dinarama "Nightshift" – The Commodores "Nikita" – Elton John "Obsession" – Animotion "Oh Sheila" – Ready for the World "The Old Man Down The Road" – John Fogerty "One More Night" – Phil Collins "One Night in Bangkok" – Murray Head "One Of The Living" – Tina Turner "One Vision" – Queen "Only the Young" (recorded 1983) – Journey "Out Of Mind Out Of Sight" – Models "Part-Time Lover" – Stevie Wonder "Party All the Time" – Eddie Murphy "Point of No Return" – Exposé "The Power of Love" – Huey Lewis and the News "The Power of Love (You Are My Lady)" – Air Supply "Private Dancer" – Tina Turner "Rage to Love" – Kim Wilde "Raspberry Beret" – Prince and the Revolution "Reviens-moi" – Dalida "Running Up that Hill" – Kate Bush "Russians" – Sting "Samurai" – Michael Cretu "Saving All My Love for You" – Whitney Houston "Say I'm Your Number One" – Princess "Say You, Say Me" – Lionel Richie "Secret Lovers" – Atlantic Starr "See the Day" – Dee C. Lee "Separate Lives" – Phil Collins with Marilyn Martin "Shake the Disease" – Depeche Mode "Shout" – Tears for Fears "So Far Away" – Dire Straits "So In Love" – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" (1984) – Judas Priest "Some Like It Hot" – The Power Station "Somebody" (1984) – Bryan Adams "Something About You" – Level 42 (charted in 1986 in the U.S.) "Square Rooms" – Al Corley "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" – John Parr "Suddenly" – Billy Ocean "Summer of '69" (1984) – Bryan Adams "The Sun Always Shines on TV" – a-ha "The Super Bowl Shuffle" – 1985 Chicago Bears "Sussudio" – Phil Collins "Take On Me" (1985 version) – a-ha "Tarzan Boy" – Baltimora "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" – The Smiths "That's What Friends Are For" – Dionne Warwick (duets with Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder) (#1 in Australia, UK, PQ) "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" – Eurythmics feat. Stevie Wonder "Things Can Only Get Better" – Howard Jones "This Is England" – The Clash "This Time" – INXS "Time Don't Run Out on Me" – Anne Murray "Too Late For Goodbyes" – Julian Lennon "Venezia" – Hombres G "Walk of Life" – Dire Straits "Walls Come Tumbling Down" – The Style Council "We Are the World" – USA for Africa "We Built This City" – Starship "We Belong" – Pat Benatar (released in 1984) "We Close Our Eyes" – Go West "We Don't Need Another Hero" – Tina Turner "West End Girls" (second release) – Pet Shop Boys "What You Need" – INXS "Who's Zoomin' Who?" – Aretha Franklin "The Whole Of The Moon" – The Waterboys "Working Class Man" – Jimmy Barnes "Would I Lie To You?" – Eurythmics "Wrap Her Up" – Elton John "You Belong to the City" – Glenn Frey "You Give Good Love" – Whitney Houston "You Make Me Want to Make You Mine" – Juice Newton "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" – Dead or Alive "Your Personal Touch" – Evelyn "Champagne" King "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" – Modern Talking "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" – Billy Joel "You're the Inspiration" – Chicago (released in 1984) Notable singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s) "Love Like Blood" Killing Joke September 1985 See chart performance entry "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" The Smiths September 1985 15 (Ireland) – 23 (UK Singles Chart) "You Don't Miss Your Water" The Triffids August 1985 n/a" King of Rock" Run-DMC January 1985 8 (US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles) – 14 (US Billboard Hot Black Singles) – 40 (US Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles) – 80 (UK Singles Charts)"Makes No Sense at All" Hüsker Dü August 1985 2 (UK Indie Chart)"Oh Yeah" Yello July 1985 8 (Australia) – 36 (US Billboard Dance Club Songs) – 47 (Germany) – 51 (US Billboard Hot 100 Charts)"Vicious Games" Yello February 1985 5 (Switzerland) – 8 (US Billboard Dance Club Singles) – 15 (Germany) – 60 (Australia) Other Notable singles 30em "Man Overboard" – Do-Re-Mi "Yummer Yummer Man" – Danielle Dax Classical music John Adams The Chairman Dances Harmonielehre Kalevi Aho Oboe Sonata Solo II, for piano Pierre Boulez Dialogue de l'ombre double for clarinet and electronics Memoriale (... explosante fixe... Originel) for flute and ensemble Mario Davidovsky – Capriccio for two pianos Peter Maxwell Davies – An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise James Dillon – Windows and Canopies, small orchestra (20 players) Henri Dutilleux – L'arbre des Songes (violin concerto) Roland Dyens – Tango en Skaï, for guitar Morton Feldman Coptic Light, for orchestra For Bunita Marcus, for piano Violin and String Quartet Piano and String Quartet Brian Ferneyhough – Etudes Transcendantales for soprano and chamber ensemble Lorenzo Ferrero Canzoni d'amore (song cycle) Empty Stage My Rock Beat Furrer – String Quartet No. 1 Karel Goeyvaerts Pas à pas, for solo piano Les Voix de Verseau, for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano Henryk Górecki O Domina Nostra, Op. 55, soprano and organ Five Marian Songs, Op. 54, chorus a cappella Gérard Grisey – Les espaces acoustiques – VI – Epilogue, for 4 solo horns and large orchestra Jacques Hétu – Missa pro trecentisimo anno Hans Werner Henze – Selbst- und Zwiegespräche Heinz Holliger – Präludium, Arioso and Passacaglia, for two guitars Nicholas Jackson – Organ Sonata Tristan Keuris String Quartet No. 2 Variations for Strings Aria for flute and piano György Ligeti – Études pour piano, Book 1, six etudes Andrew Lloyd Webber – Requiem Witold Lutosławski – Chain 2 for violin and orchestra Tristan Murail – Time and Again, for orchestra Arvo Pärt – Stabat Mater for 3 voices and string trio Einojuhani Rautavaara – Symphony No. 5 Monologue with Angels John Rutter – Requiem Giacinto Scelsi – String Quartet No. 5 Alfred Schnittke Concerto for mixed chorus Concerto Grosso No. 3 for two violins, harpsichord, celesta, piano and 14 strings String Trio Concerto for viola and orchestra Salvatore Sciarrino Allegoria della notte, symphonic work Canzona di ringraziamento Lo spazio inverso Isabel Soveral – Fragmentos Karlheinz Stockhausen – Ave, for basset horn and alto flute Tōru Takemitsu – Dream/Window, for orchestra Joan Tower – Piano Concerto Manfred Trojahn Requiem Symphony No. 3 Erkki-Sven Tüür – String Quartet "In memoriam Urmas Kibuspuu" Robert Ward – Raleigh Divertimento Opera Dominick Argento – Casanova's Homecoming Lorenzo Ferrero Mare nostro Night Philip Glass and Robert Moran – The Juniper Tree Hans Werner Henze – The English Cat (first English language production) Dorothy Rudd Moore – Frederick Douglass Salvatore Sciarrino – La perfezione di uno spirito sottile Ballet Lorenzo Ferrero Lotus Eaters The Miracle Jazz 1985 in jazz Musical theater Big River – Broadway production opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre and ran for 1005 performances Dames at Sea – off Broadway revival The King and I (Rodgers & Hammerstein) – Broadway revival Leader of the Pack – Broadway production opened at the Ambassador Theatre and ran for 120 performances Me and My Girl (Noel Gay) – London revival Les Misérables – London production opened in October and has been continuously running since, becoming the longest running musical in West End history.Simonson Robert "One Day More": A History of Les Misérables https://www.playbill.com/article/one-day-more-a-history-of-les-miserables-com-216309 Playbill 23 March 2014 23 March 2014 5 July 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200705160959/https://www.playbill.com/article/one-day-more-a-history-of-les-miserables-com-216309 5 July 2020 The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre and ran for 108 performances Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Saul Chaplin, Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer) – London production Singin' in the Rain – Broadway production (based on 1952 film of the same name) Song and Dance – Broadway production opened at the Royale Theatre and ran for 474 performances Musical films A Chorus Line Alag AlagAgnihotri Ram Awatar Artistes and their films of modern Hindi cinema: cultural and sociopolitical impact on society, 1931–1991 https://books.google.com/books?id=jv5kAAAAMAAJ 1992 Commonwealth Publishers 978-81-7169-183-8 92 Donga Hum Dono Kathodu Kathoram Krush Groove Nanáhttp://www.jarochos.net/jportal/cine-mexicano/nana-irma-serrano-190054/ Portal del Cine Mexicano: Naná 2012-10-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20120127075512/http://www.jarochos.net/jportal/cine-mexicano/nana-irma-serrano-190054/ 2012-01-27 dead Rappin' That's Dancing! Births January 2 – Luis Beza, American trumpet player (Suburban Legends) January 3 – Justin Paul, American singer, composer and lyricist (Pasek and Paul ) January 6 – Amalie Bruun, Danish multi instrumentalist, singer and actress. January 8 – Rachael Lampa, American contemporary Christian singer, songwriter and record producer. January 16 – Gintaras Janusevicius, Lithuanian classical pianist January 18 – Simone Simons, Dutch symphonic metal singer/songwriter January 19 – Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer, actress, model and dancer (Morning Musume) January 22 – Orianthi, Australian musician, singer and songwriter January 23 – Donnie Klang, American R&B singer January 24 Frankie J. Galasso, American singer and actor (Dream Street) Josie Gibson, English television personality January 28 András Kállay-Saunders, Hungarian-born American recording artist, songwriter and record producer J. Cole, German-American hip-hop recording artist and record producerFitzgerald, Trent http://popcrush.com/j-cole-celebrates-27th-birthday/ J. Cole Celebrates His 27th Birthday In New York City PopCrush January 27, 2012 March 5, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120304195840/http://popcrush.com/j-cole-celebrates-27th-birthday/ March 4, 2012 live January 29 Mikey Hachey, American bass player Giovanna Fletcher, British author, stage actress, singer, and internet personality (wife of Tom Fletcher of Mcfly, sister in law of Carrie Hope Fletcher) January 31 – Kalomira, American-Greek singer February 1 – Shellback (record producer), Swedish record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist February 5 – Lindsey Cardinale, American singer February 8 – Jeremy Davis, American bass player and songwriter (Paramore) February 11 – William Beckett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Academy Is...) February 14 – Havana Brown, Australian DJ, recording artist, record producer and dancer February 14 – Lee Hae-ri, South Korean singer (Davichi) February 17 – Anne Curtis, Filipina actress, recording artist, entertainer, sister of Jasmine Curtis-Smith, and married to Erwan Heussaff, brother of Solenn Heussaff February 19 – Haylie Duff, American actress, singer-songwriter, television host, writer and fashion designer (sister of Hilary Duff) February 20 – Yulia Volkova, Russian singer, (t.A.T.u.) February 21 – Emelie Norenberg, Swedish singer (Play) February 26 – Miki Fujimoto, Japanese singer, actress, dancer and model (Morning Musume) February 27 – Seo Hyun-jin, South Korean actress and singer (Milk) February 27 – Heléne Yorke, Canadian-American actress, writer, singer, and dancer. February 28 – Fefe Dobson, Canadian songwriter March 4 – Scott Michael Foster, American actor and singer (Crazy Ex Girlfriend) March 8 – Ewa Sonnet, Polish model and singerhttp://www.fakt.pl/Sonnet-Ewa,alejagwiazd,778.html Profil gwiazdy: Ewa Sonnet Fakt.pl Ringier Axel Springer Polska 17 August 2012 pl dead https://archive.today/20120729193642/http://www.fakt.pl/Sonnet-Ewa,alejagwiazd,778.html 29 July 2012 March 12 – Stromae, Belgian musician, rapper, singer and songwriter March 17 – Anne Ross, German singer March 18 – Theodora Richards, American model daughter of Keith Richards and Patti Hansen March 18 – Marvin Humes, English singer (JLS) March 24 – Amanda, French-Swedish pop singer March 25 – Carmen Rasmusen, Canadian-American singer March 26 – Kim Jung-mo, South Korean musician (TRAX) March 29 Mirusia Louwerse, Dutch-Australian lyric soprano Emil Nava, British music video director April 3 – Leona Lewis, British singer, songwriter, actress, model and activist.Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA207 24 September 2019 Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-64143-316-7 207 April 7 – Saad Lamjarred, Moroccan singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, record producer and actor April 9 Tim Bendzko, German singer-songwriter Tomohisa Yamashita, Japanese singer and actor Senidah, Slovenian singer-songwriter April 10 – Incredible Polo (Paul Malburet), French musician and game developer (Incredibox) April 12 Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume) Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer-songwriter (Serebro) April 18 – Elena Temnikova, Russian singer and television personality (Serebro) April 20 – Jadyn Douglas, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and actress April 21 – Jessica Clark, English model and actress April 24 – Courtnee Draper, American actress and singer April 25 – Morgan Evans, Australian country music singer and songwriter (Kelsea Ballerini) May 2 – Lily Allen, English singer-songwriterMartin Howden Lily Allen – Living Dangerously https://books.google.com/books?id=qzitDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT5 4 August 2008 John Blake 978-1-78418-478-0 5 May 3 Louis Cato, American drummer, bassist, guitarist, singer, and composer Greg Raposo, American singer and actor (Dream Street) May 4 Jidenna, Nigerian-American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer Jme, British grime MC, songwriter, record producer and DJ Anthony Fedorov, American singer May 7 – J Balvin, Colombian reggaeton singerhttps://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/arts/music/j-balvin-energia-interview.html J Balvin Is a Man With a Mission: Making Reggaeton Global Coscarelli Joe July 5, 2016 The New York Times March 30, 2018 May 10 – Ashley Poole, American singer (Dream) May 11 – Matt Giraud, American singer-songwriter and pianist May 17 – Derek Hough, American Latin and ballroom dancer, choreographer, actor and singerhttp://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/derek-hough-290607 Derek Hough TV Guide January 13, 2015 February 29, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160229144631/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/derek-hough/290607 dead May 18 – Francesca Battistelli, American singer-songwriter May 21 Kano, British rapper, songwriter Mutya Buena, English R&B singer (Sugababes) May 22 – Vangie Tang, Hong Kong singer May 25 – Kim Isak, American-South Korean singer and actress (Isak N Jiyeon) May 28 Colbie Caillat, American singer/songwriter/musician Carey Mulligan, English actress and singer J. R. Writer, American rapper (The Diplomats) May 30 Clarence Clarity, English singer, songwriter, producer, and musician Katie Stelmanis, Canadian musician and producer Miriam Cani, Albanian singer June 4 – Alicja Janosz, Polish singer June 7 – Charlie Simpson, English singer, songwriter and musician (Busted) June 9 – Benj Pasek, American singer-songwriter and composer (Pasek and Paul) June 9 – Jon Nørgaard, Danish singer June 11 – Chris Trousdale, American singer, dancer and actor (Dream Street) (died 2020) June 12 – Phil Lam, Canadian-born Hong Kong singer-songwriter June 13 – Raz-B, American singer, rapper and actor (B2K) June 15 – Nadine Coyle, Irish pop singer-songwriter, actress and model (Girls Aloud) June 17 – Andrea Demirović, Montenegrin pop singer June 18 – Jimmie Allen, American singer June 20 Caroline Polachek, American musician, singer-songwriter, activist and record producer known as the vocalist for Chairlift Julian Corrie, English keyboardist and singer (Franz Ferdinand) June 21 Kris Allen, American singer Lana Del Rey, American singer-songwriter, director, model, poet and activistHiatt Brian Lana Del Rey – The Saddest, Baddest Diva in Rock Rolling Stone July 18, 2014 1212 44 June 22 – Scott MacIntyre, American singer-songwriter and pianist June 23 – Kavka Shishido, Japanese drummer and vocalist June 24 – Aste, Finnish rapper June 30 K.Flay, born Kristine Flaherty, American singer-songwriter and rapper Hugh Sheridan, Australian actor, singer, musician, activist and television presenter July 2 Ashley Tisdale, American singer, actress, producer, songwriter and YouTuber (High School Musical, Phineas and Ferb, Vanessa Hudgens) Zach Dawes, American musician, producer, engineer, and technician (Frequently works with: Lana Del Rey, Sharon Van Etten) Sindy Auvity, French singer July 4 Mariana Rios, Brazilian actress and singer Lartiste, Moroccan-French singer and rapper July 5 – Alle Farben, German DJ and producer July 6 Diamond Rings, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (Matters) D. Woods, American singer, dancer and actress (Danity Kane) Andrea Myrander, Swedish pop singer (Basic Element) July 9 – Lee Hee-ah, South Korean handicapped pianistDecember 2024 July 10 – Emily King, American singer-songwriter July 11 – Tobias Jesso Jr., Canadian musician July 12 – Luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer July 13 – Trell Kimmons, American sprinter July 15 – Nathaniel Willemse, South African-born Australian singer and songwriter July 17 Tom Fletcher British singer/songwriter/musician (member of McFLY, brother of Carrie Hope Fletcher)Graham Betts Complete UK Hit Albums, 1956–2005 https://books.google.com/books?id=ewdCAQAAIAAJ 2005 Collins 978-0-00-720532-5 250 Taylor Goldsmith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, (lead singer and chief songwriter of the American folk rock band Dawes) (Married and worked with Mandy Moore) July 18 Hopsin, American rapper, producer and actor Christine Milton, Danish actress, singer and songwriter July 19 – Amy Pearson, English singer-songwriter July 20 – Solenn Heussaff, Filipina singer, entertainer, and sister-in-law of Anne Curtis July 24 – Grace Petrie, English folk singer-songwriter and guitarist July 31 Alissa White-Gluz, Canadian singer-songwriter (The Agonist, Arch Enemy) Allie X, Canadian singer-songwriter Goldie Boutilier, Singer, songwriter, DJ, and model August 1 – Dina, Norwegian singer August 2 – Britt Nicole, American vocalist, songwriter and recording artist. August 3 Holly Blake-Arnstein, American singer (Dream) Brent Kutzle, American musician (OneRepublic) August 4 Crystal Bowersox, American singer Kina Grannis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and YouTuber August 5 – Annalisa, Italian singer-songwriter and musician August 6 – Amy Kuney, known professionally as AMES, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician August 9 – Anna Kendrick, American actress/singer August 11 – Asher Roth, American Rapper August 11 – J-Boog, American boy band (B2K) August 13 – Lacey Brown, American singer-songwriter August 15 Nipsey Hussle, American rapper, singer and businessman (d. 2019) Emily Kinney, American actress, singer, and songwriterhttp://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/emily-kinney-521291/bio/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150416004232/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/emily-kinney/bio/521291/ dead April 16, 2015 Emily Kinney Biography TV Guide CBS Interactive June 5, 2015 August 16 Cristin Milioti, American actress, singer and musicianKaufman, Joanne (May 3, 2012). "A Cultural Conversation With Cristin Milioti: There Once Was a Girl", The Wall Street Journal, p. D4. Taylor Goldsmith, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (Member of band Dawes, Husband and musical collaborator of Mandy Moore) Arden Cho, American actress, singer and model August 19 – David A. Gregory, American actor and writer August 25 – Andien, Indonesian jazz singer August 27 – Hannah Peel, Northern Ireland composer August 29 – Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Greek trombonist (Canadian Brass) August 31 – Sarah Jones, English musician and drummer September 1 – Camile Velasco, Filipino-American singer September 4 – Sukrit Wisetkaew, Thai actor and singer September 17 – Jon Walker, American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer (Panic! at the Disco) September 18 – Megan Joy, American singer September 23 – Diana Ortiz, American singer (Dream) September 23 – Maki Goto, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume) September 24 – Paige Miles, American singer September 26 – M. Pokora, French pop, crunk, R&B singer and musician (Christina Millian) September 28 – Alina Ibragimova, Russian British violinist September 28 – Shindong, South Korean rapper (Super Junior) October 1 – Porcelain Black, American industrial indie pop singer-songwriter October 2 – Vogue Williams, Irish DJ, radio host, model and dancer October 4 – Shontelle, Barbadian singer and songwriter October 5 – Nicola Roberts, English recording artist, fashion designer and songwriter October 8 Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter and dancerBruno Mars – Emily Herbert Herbert Emily 2014 9781783230501 Omnibus Press Elliphant, Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper October 10 – Marina Diamandis, Welsh singer/songwriter October 18 – Andrew Garcia, American singer October 22 – Zac Hanson, American singer-songwriter (Hanson) October 23 Miguel, American singer-songwriter, producer Lachlan Gillespie, Australian singer, musician, and actor October 25 Ciara, American singer, actress and dancer Ayahi Takagaki, Japanese voice actress and singer Vlad Topalov, Russian singer and dancer October 26 – Soko, French singer-songwriter, musician and actress. October 28 Anthony Fantano, American online music critic and YouTuber (Cal Chuchesta) Tina Guo, Chinese-American cellist and erhuist Nomcebo Zikode, South African singer and songwriter October 29 – Ximena Sariñana, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress November 4 – Vanessa Struhler, German singer-songwriter November 5 – Kate DeAraugo, Australian singer-songwriter, Australian Idol 3 winner November 8 – Jack Osbourne, British media personality son of Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne November 11 Jessica Sierra, American singer Sanne Karlsson, Swedish singer (Play) November 14 – Louise Burns, Canadian rock singer and songwriter (Lillix) November 15 – Nick Fradiani, American singer November 19 – Ricki-Lee Coulter, New Zealand-born Australian singer-songwriter, Australian Idol contestant November 21 Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer, songwriter and musician Ruelle, American EDM pop singer/songwriter November 22 – Austin Brown, American producer, singer, songwriter and musician November 23 – Troy Ave, American rapper November 26 Lil' Fizz, American boy band (B2K) Revalina S. Temat, Indonesian actress November 28 – Magdi Rúzsa, Hungarian singer November 30 – Hikari Mitsushima, Japanese actress, singer and model (Folder 5) December 1 – Janelle Monae, American recording artist, record producer, singer-songwriter, model, actor, businesswomen and activist December 3 – Amanda Seyfried, American singer, musical star, actor December 6 – Dulce María, Mexican singer December 10 Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/raven-symon%C3%A9/bio/284654 Raven-Symoné TV Guide October 6, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141015224620/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/raven-symon%C3%A9/bio/284654 October 15, 2014 dead Grace Chatto, English musician and singer, member of Clean Bandit December 12 – Erika Van Pelt, American singer December 17 – Jeremy McKinnon, American singer, record producer and songwriter (A Day to Remember) December 22 – Kae Tempest, English poet, spoken-word artist, rapper and playwright December 23 Arcángel, American rapper, singer and songwriter Dev Hynes, British singer, songwriter, composer, producer and author December 23 – Harry Judd, British pop drummer (McFly) December 29 – Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist Deaths January 3 – Lucien Cailliet, clarinetist, conductor, arranger and composer, 87 January 4 – Lovro von Matačić, Croatian conductor, 85 January 10 – Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer, 78 January 25 – Paul Smith, American film and television composer, 78 January 30 – Ivar Haglund, folk singer and restaurateur, 79 (heart attack) February 7 – Matt Monro, English singer, 54 (liver cancer) February 11 – Heinz Eric Roemheld, American composer, 83 February 12 – Leslie Sarony, English singer, comedian and songwriter, 87 February 18 Willy Alberti, Dutch singer, 58 (liver cancer) Gábor Darvas, composer and musicologist, 74 February 22 – Delores Marie "D'Marie" Warren, founding member of Alton McClain & Destiny, 32 (car crash) Efrem Zimbalist, violinist, 94 February 28 – David Byron, vocalist of Uriah Heep, 38 (alcohol-related) March 1 – Eugene List, American classical pianist, 66 March 15 – Alan A. Freeman, English record producer, 64General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 15; Page: 284. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line].1985-03-20 Obituary for ALAN ALBERT FREEMAN.-On https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-obituary-for-alan-al/173750190/ 2025-06-03 The Daily Telegraph 36 March 16 – Roger Sessions, American composer, 88 March 23 – Zoot Sims, jazz saxophonist, 59 March 31 – Jeanine Deckers, known as The Singing Nun, 51 (suicide) May 2 Bridget D'Oyly Carte, opera impresario, 77 Leonard Falcone, baritone/euphonium virtuosos and director of bands at Michigan State, 86 May 8 – Karl Marx, composer and conductor, 87 May 12 – Rodolfo Arizaga, Argentinian composer May 19 – Hilding Rosenberg, composer, 92https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=6900 Hilding C Rosenberg SBL 8 June 2025 July 23 – Kay Kyser, US bandleader, 80 July 30 – Peter Knight, conductor, arranger and composer, 68 August 11 – Nick Ceroli, jazz drummer, 45 August 12 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer, 43 (plane crash) August 13 – Jimmy Stokley (Exile), American singer, 41 August 24 – Paul Creston, American composer, 78 September 6 – Little Brother Montgomery, jazz and blues pianist and singer, 79 Bob Eagle Eric S. LeBlanc 2013 Blues: A Regional Experience Praeger Santa Barbara, California 106–107 978-0313344237 September 8 – Frederick May, Irish composer, 74 September 11 – William Alwyn, English composer, 79 September 13 – Winifred Cecil, American operatic soprano, 782002 Cecil, Winifred Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O009914 Philip L. Miller September 18 – Ed Lewis, jazz trumpeter, 76 September 19 – Rockdrigo González, folk & rock singer-songwriter, 34 (1985 Mexico City earthquake) October 6 Lola Gjoka, Albanian pianist, 75 Nelson Riddle, American conductor, composer and arranger, 64 October 11 – Tex Williams, American country singer, 68 October 12 – Ricky Wilson, American guitarist (The B-52's), 32 (AIDS Related) October 14 – Emil Gilels, Soviet pianist, 68 October 18 – Stefan Askenase, Polish-born Belgian pianist, 94 October 20 – Boris Lisanevich, dancer, 80 October 22 – Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian operatic soprano, 91 November 15 – Seán Ryan, Irish fiddler and whistler November 18 – Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due, Norwegian violinist and music teacher, 66 November 24 – Big Joe Turner, blues singer, 74 December 12 – Ian Stewart (The Rolling Stones), 42 (heart attack)http://www.out-take.co.uk/ot/ray_connelly.php Stu Ray Connelly 2003 Out-Take Limited July 15, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080222190116/http://www.out-take.co.uk/ot/ray_connelly.php February 22, 2008 dead December 22 – D. Boon, lead singer of Minutemen, 27 (car accident) December 30 – Bob Pearson, pianist and singer (Bob and Alf Pearson), 78 December 31 – Ricky Nelson, singer, former teen idol, 45 (plane crash)http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/ricky-nelson Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Ricky Nelson 1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame July 15, 2008 Awards Eurovision Song Contest 1985 27th Annual Grammy Awards 1985 Country Music Association Awards 27th Japan Record Awards Charts List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1985 1985 in British music#Charts List of Oricon number-one singles of 1985 US Top 100 Hits of 1985 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1985 See also Record labels established in 1985 References Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year