1982 in British music

none January 2020 1982 1982 British music This is a summary of 1982 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. Events 20 January – Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a bat thrown at him during a performance, mistaking it for a toy.Top 10 crazy music myths 3 March – The Barbican Arts Centre in London is opened by the Queen. 21 March – The Musical House that Max Built, a documentary about Peter Maxwell Davies, is broadcast by London Weekend Television, presented by Melvyn Bragg. 26 April – Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles, California. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt. 10 May – Topper Headon is sacked from the Clash for his ongoing addiction to heroin, just a few days prior to the release of the band's Combat Rock album. He is replaced by original Clash drummer Terry Chimes. 15 May – "A Little Peace" becomes the 500th UK number-one single. 26 May – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Aberdeen, Scotland. 22 August – The first performance of Image, Reflection, Shadow, by Peter Maxwell Davies takes place at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland. 28 August – Eric Burdon is arrested for cocaine possession after a show at the Rockpalast in Cologne.https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/09/02/Foreign-News-Briefs/8108399787200/ Foreign News Briefs UPI 6 October 2020 11 September – The first concert is held at the new St David's Hall, Cardiff. The official opening is not until five months later. 14 September – Thea Musgrave's radio opera An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge premieres on BBC Radio 3. 22 September – The Who begin their only formally announced "farewell" tour in Washington, D.C. 2 October – The first performance of Imogen Holst‘s String Quintet takes place at the Cricklade Festival by the Endellion String Quartet with Steven Isserlis on cello. It is this work that Holst herself said made her “a real composer”. 30 October – Paul Weller shocks fans, and his bandmates, by announcing that the Jam are to disband, just prior to a short UK tour. "Beat Surrender" would be the band's final single, and became their fourth and final UK number one. 5 November – First broadcast of The Tube on Channel 4. 11 December – The Jam give their final performance together, at Brighton Conference Centre, just before their split. Charts Number-one singles Week Ending DateSongArtist(s)Sales 2 January"Don't You Want Me"The Human League 9 January 106,000 16 January"The Land of Make Believe"Bucks Fizz 73,000 23 January 102,000 30 January"Oh Julie"Shakin' Stevens 74,000 6 February"The Model"/"Computer Love"Kraftwerk 108,000 13 February"Town Called Malice"/"Precious"The Jam 123,000 20 February 178,000 27 February 106,000 6 March"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"Tight Fit 148,000 13 March 106,000 20 March 94,000 27 March"Seven Tears"Goombay Dance Band 119,000 3 April 106,000 10 April 87,000 17 April"My Camera Never Lies"Bucks Fizz 79,000 24 April"Ebony and Ivory"Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder 92,000 1 May 144,000 8 May 103,000 15 May"A Little Peace"Nicole 87,000 22 May 101,000 29 May"House of Fun"Madness 92,000 5 June 88,000 12 June"Goody Two Shoes"Adam Ant 73,000 19 June 74,000 26 June"I've Never Been to Me"Charlene 62,000 3 July"Happy Talk"Captain Sensible 77,000 10 July 92,000 17 July"Fame"Irene Cara 98,000 24 July 167,000 31 July 189,000 7 August"Come on Eileen"Dexys Midnight Runners and the Emerald Expresshttps://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-50-best-selling-songs-of-1982__32665/ The Official Top 50 best-selling songs of 1982 Official Charts 165,000 14 August 174,000 21 August 145,000 28 August 113,000 4 September"Eye of the Tiger"Survivor 137,000 11 September 104,000 18 September 101,000 25 September 82,000 2 October"Pass the Dutchie"Musical Youth 120,000 9 October 224,000 16 October 143,000 23 October"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?"Culture Club 135,000 30 October 132,000 6 November 98,000 13 November"I Don't Wanna Dance"Eddy Grant 111,000 20 November 149,000 27 November 101,000 4 December"Beat Surrender" The Jam 95,000 11 December 99,000 18 December"Save Your Love" Renée and Renato 81,000 25 December 125,256 "The Model"/"Computer Love" was the first single by a German artist to top the chart since its establishment 29 years earlier. By the end of 1982, there had been two further number ones by German artists, "Seven Tears" and "A Little Peace". Number-one albums Issue DateSongArtist(s) 2 JanuaryThe VisitorsABBA 9 JanuaryDareThe Human League 16 January 23 January 30 JanuaryLove SongsBarbra Streisand 6 February 13 February 20 February 27 February 6 March 13 March 20 MarchThe GiftThe Jam 27 MarchLove SongsBarbra Streisand 3 April 10 AprilThe Number of the Beast Iron Maiden 17 April 24 April1+9+8+2Status Quo 1 MayBarry Live In BritainBarry Manilow 8 MayTug of WarPaul McCartney 15 May 22 MayComplete Madness Madness 29 May 5 JuneAvalonRoxy Music 12 JuneComplete Madness Madness 19 JuneAvalonRoxy Music 26 June 3 JulyThe Lexicon of LoveABC 10 July 17 July 24 JulyFameSoundtrack 31 July 7 AugustThe Kids from "Fame"The Kids from "Fame" 14 August 21 August 28 August 4 September 11 September 18 September 25 September 2 OctoberLove Over GoldDire Straits 9 October 16 October 23 October 30 OctoberThe Kids from "Fame"The Kids from "Fame" 6 November 13 November 20 November 27 NovemberThe Singles: The First Ten Years ABBA 4 DecemberThe John Lennon Collection John Lennon 11 December 18 December 25 December Year-end charts The tables below include sales between 1 January and 31 December 1982: the year-end charts reproduced in the issue of Music Week dated 26 December 1982 and played on Radio 1 on 2 January 1983 only include sales figures up until 11 December 1982. Best-selling singles Dafydd Rees Barry Lazell Alan Jones The Top 100 UK Singles Chart File Volume 2 Virgin Books London, England 80–81 1983 0-907080-73-1 No. Number Title Artist Peakposition 1 "Come On Eileen" Dexys Midnight Runners & the Emerald Express 1 2 "Fame" Irene Cara 1 3 "Eye of the Tiger" Survivor 1 4 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Tight Fit 1 5 "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" Culture Club 1 6 "Pass the Dutchie" Musical Youth 1 7 "I Don't Wanna Dance" Eddy Grant 1 8 "Seven Tears" Goombay Dance Band 1 9 "Ebony and Ivory" Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder 1 10 "Town Called Malice"/"Precious" The Jam 1 11 "Golden Brown" The Stranglers 2 12 "Mad World" Tears for Fears 3 13 "Mickey" Toni Basil 2 14 "Love Plus One" Haircut One Hundred 3 15 "The Model"/"Computer Love" Kraftwerk 1 16 "Oh Julie" Shakin' Stevens 1 17 "Goody Two Shoes" Adam Ant 1 18 "Heartbreaker" Dionne Warwick 2 19 "Only You" Yazoo 2 20 "Don't Go" 3 21 "Walking on Sunshine" Rockers Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin 4 22 "Zoom" Fat Larry's Band 2 23 "Save Your Love" Renée and Renato 1 24 "I Won't Let You Down" PhD 3 25 "Just an Illusion" Imagination 2 26 "Starmaker" The Kids from "Fame" 3 27 "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Chicago 4 28 "Abracadabra" Steve Miller Band 2 29 "The Look of Love" ABC 4 30 "Centerfold" The J. Geils Band 3 31 "House of Fun" Madness 1 32 "The Land of Make Believe" Bucks Fizz 1 33 "Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)" Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 4 34 "Young Guns (Go for It)" Wham! 3 35 "Ain't No Pleasing You" Chas & Dave 2 36 "Save a Prayer" Duran Duran 2 37 "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" Fun Boy Three with Bananarama 4 38 "A Little Peace" Nicole 1 39 "Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran 5 40 "My Camera Never Lies" Bucks Fizz 1 41 "It Started with a Kiss" Hot Chocolate 5 42 "Fantasy Island" Tight Fit 5 43 "Dead Ringer for Love" Meat Loaf 5 44 "Inside Out" Odyssey 3 45 "Torch" Soft Cell 2 46 "This Time (We'll Get It Right)"/"We'll Fly the Flag" England World Cup Squad 2 47 "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" Soft Cell 3 48 "I've Never Been to Me" Charlene 1 49 "Mirror Man" The Human League 2 50 "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag" Pigbag 3 Best-selling albums Rees; Lazell; Jones (1983). "The Top 100 UK Albums". pp. 82–83. No. Number Title Artist Peakposition 1 Love Songs Barbra Streisand 1 2 The Kids from "Fame" The Kids from "Fame" 1 3 Complete Madness Madness 1 4 The Lexicon of Love ABC 1 5 Rio Duran Duran 2 6 Love Over Gold Dire Straits 1 7 Pelican West Haircut One Hundred 2 8 Dare The Human League 1 9 Avalon Roxy Music 1 10 The John Lennon Collection John Lennon 1 11 Too Rye Ay Dexys Midnight Runners 2 12 Pearls Elkie Brooks 2 13 All for a Song Barbara Dickson 3 14 Upstairs at Eric's Yazoo 2 15 Tropical Gangsters Kid Creole and the Coconuts 3 16 The Gift The Jam 1 17 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf 12Reached number 9 in 1981 18 Tug of War Paul McCartney 1 19 The Number of the Beast Iron Maiden 1 20 Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Soft Cell 5 21 Friends Shalamar 11 22 Chariots of Fire Vangelis 6 23 Architecture & Morality Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 3 24 Love and Dancing League Unlimited Orchestra 3 25 The Singles: The First Ten Years ABBA 1 26 Barry Live in Britain Barry Manilow 1 27 Greatest Hits Queen 2Reached number 1 in 1981 28 Fame Original Soundtrack 1 29 4 Foreigner 5 30 The Kids from "Fame" Again The Kids from "Fame" 2 31 Night Birds Shakatak 4 32 Love Songs The Commodores 5 33 Tin Drum Japan 13 34 Action Trax Various Artists 2 35 Asia Asia 11 36 Heartbreaker Dionne Warwick 3 37 Still Life The Rolling Stones 4 38 Reflections Various Artists 4 39 Give Me Your Heart Tonight Shakin' Stevens 3 40 Dead Ringer Meat Loaf 7Reached number 1 in 1981 41 Kissing to Be Clever Culture Club 5 42 Three Sides Live Genesis 2 43 The Concert in Central Park Simon & Garfunkel 6 44 Mirage Fleetwood Mac 5 45 Begin the Beguine Julio Iglesias 5 46 1+9+8+2 Status Quo 1 47 From the Makers of... 4 48 Chart Beat/Chart Heat Various Artists 2 49 Pearls II Elkie Brooks 5 50 In the Heat of the Night Imagination 7 Notes: Classical music New works Malcolm Arnold – Trumpet Concerto David Bedford – The Juniper Tree, for soprano, recorder and harpsichord Richard Rodney Bennett After Syrinx, for oboe and piano Anniversaries, for ensemble Freda's Fandango, for ensemble Summer Music, for flute and piano Lennox Berkeley Mazurka for piano Sonnet for high voice and piano Michael Berkeley The Crocodile and Father William, for girls choir Easter, anthem for choir, organ and brass Gregorian Variations for orchestra Guitar Sonata in one movement Nocturne for flute, harp, violin, viola and cello Piano Trio Romance of the Rose, for orchestra David Blake Change is Going to Come, for mezzo, baritone, chorus and four players String Quartet No. 3 Edward Cowie Choral Symphony (Symphonies of Rain, Sea and Speed) (1981-2) Harp Concerto Kate Kelly's Roadshow, music theatre Kelly Ballet Symphony No 2, Australian Gordon Crosse A Wake, for flute, clarinet, cello and piano Rhymes and Reasons, Trio for clarinet, cello and piano Peter Maxwell Davies Image, Reflection, Shadow, for ensemble Organ Sonata Pole Star March for brass quintet or band Sea Eagle, for horn Sinfonia Concertante for chamber orchestra Songs of Hoy, masque for children's voices Peter Dickinson – The Unicorns, for soprano and brass band Brian Ferneyhough – Carceri d'Invenzione for chamber orchestra Michael Finnissy Aijal, for flute, oboe and percussion Anninnia, for soprano and piano Banumbirr, for ensemble Dilok, for oboe and piano Gerhana, for solo percussion Mississippi Hornpipe, for violin and piano Tya, for ensemble Warara, for tenor, flute, clarinet and two percussion Iain Hamilton Love is Life's Spring, for soprano and piano St Mark's Passion, for soli and chorus Robin Holloway Anthem, for unaccompanied voices Concertino No. 4 Showpiece, for fourteen players From Hills and Valleys, for brass band (1981-2) Men Marching for brass band (1981-2) Serenata Notturna, for four horns and small orchestra Suite for saxophone Women in War, review for four female soloists and piano Gordon Jacob – Flute concerto No. 2, for flute and strings Wilfred Josephs High Spirits, orchestral overture Percussion Concerto, for percussion and brass Two Flute Studies Viola Concerto Kenneth Leighton – Fantasy Octet Hommage to Percy Grainger John McCabe Concerto for Orchestra Desert III: Landscape, for violin, cello and piano Lamentation Rag, for piano String Quartet No. 4 Elizabeth Maconchy My Dark Heart, song cycle for soprano and ensemble William Mathias Antiphonies, for organ Lux Aeterna, for soli, chorus, organ and orchestra Salvator Mundi, for female choir, piano duet, percussion and strings Nicholas Maw Night Thoughts, for solo flute Spring Music, for orchestra String Quartet No. 2 Thea Musgrave – Fanfare for brass quintet Paul Patterson – Sinfonia for strings John Tavener Doxa, for chorus The Lamb, for unaccompanied chorus Lord's Prayer, for chorus Mandoodles, for a young pianist Towards the Son: Ritual Procession for chamber orchestra Michael Tippett – The Mask of Time, oratorio William Walton Passacaglia, for solo cello Prologo e Fantasia, for orchestra Hugh Wood – Symphony Opera Lennox Berkeley – Faldon Park Gavin Bryars – Medea Alexander Goehr – Behold the Sun Wilfred Josephs – The Montgolfier's Famous Flying Club, operetta for schools Film and Incidental music Michael Nyman – The Draughtsman's Contract directed by Peter Greenaway. Musical theatre Anthony Burgess – Blooms of Dublin Geoffrey Burgon – Orpheus Music awards BRIT Awards The 1982 BRIT Awards winners were: Best British producer: Martin Rushent Best classical recording: Gustav Mahler's – "Symphony No. 10" Best selling album: Adam and the Ants – "Kings of the Wild Frontier" British breakthrough act: The Human League British female solo artist: Randy Crawford British group: The Police British male solo artist: Cliff Richard Outstanding contribution: John Lennon Births 11 January – Ashley Taylor Dawson, singer (allSTARS*) 16 January – Preston, singer 20 January – Chris Park, singer (Phixx) 10 March – Jonathan Ansell, tenor (G4) 6 March – Sinead Shepard, Irish singer (Six) 11 March – Kyle Anderson, Northern Irish singer (Six) 23 March – Emma O'Driscoll, Irish singer (Six) and TV presenter 7 April – Kelli Young, singer (Liberty X) 26 April – Jon Lee, singer (S Club 7) 30 April – Cleo Higgins, singer (Cleopatra) 7 June – Amy Nuttall, actress and opera singer 18 June – Haydon Eshun, singer (Ultimate Kaos) 20 June – Example, singer-songwriter, musician and rapper 30 June – Ashley Walters, rapper and actor 17 July – Natasha Hamilton, singer (Atomic Kitten) 22 September – Billie Piper, singer and actress 4 October – YolanDa Brown, jazz saxophonist 14 December – Anthony Way, chorister 29 December – Cherise Roberts, singer (Big Brovaz, Booty Luv) date unknown – Charlotte Bray, composer Deaths 6 January – Katherine Bacon, concert pianist, 85 12 January Hervey Alan, operatic bass and voice teacher, 71 Dorothy Howell, pianist and composer, 83 18 January – Alec Robertson, music critic, 89 30 January – Stanley Holloway, actor, singer and monologist, 91Midwinter, Eric. "Holloway, Stanley Augustus (1890–1982)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, online edition, January 2011, accessed 21 April 2011 4 February – Alex Harvey, rock singer and entertainer, 46 (heart attack)Nick Talevski The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries https://books.google.com/books?id=beMTAQAAIAAJ 1999 Omnibus 978-0-7119-7548-4 176 20 March – Roy Fox, American-born dance bandleader, 80 1 May – William Primrose, violist, 77The Annual Obituary https://books.google.com/books?id=ekoYAAAAIAAJ 1982 St. Martin's 978-0-312-03877-9 206 6 May – Rosamond Harding, music scholar, 84 12 May – Humphrey Searle, composer, 66David Mason Greene Constance Green Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA1439 1985 Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd. 978-0-385-14278-6 1439 24 May – Richard Hall, composer, 78 16 June – James Honeyman-Scott, guitarist of The Pretenders, 25 (heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance)"INTERVIEW / Ol' blue eyes is back", The Independent, 1 May 1994. Accessed 11 March 2014 25 June – Alex Welsh, jazz musician, 52Ian Carr Digby Fairweather Brian Priestley Chris Parker Jazz: The Rough Guide https://books.google.com/books?id=sZMQAQAAMAAJ 1995 Rough Guides 978-1-85828-137-7 684 29 June – Pipe Major Donald MacLeod, bagpipe musician and composer, 65 4 July – Maurice Blower, composer, 88 1 September – Clifford Curzon, classical pianist, 75 29 September – A. L. Lloyd, folk song collector, 74Colin Larkin The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music https://books.google.com/books?id=kGkZAQAAIAAJ 2002 Virgin Books 978-1-85227-937-0 256 6 October – Philip Green, film and TV composer and conductor, 71 8 October – Erik Routley, hymn writer and composer, 64 16 October – Rory McEwen, artist and musician, 50 29 October – William Lloyd Webber, organist and composer, 68Maggie Humphreys Robert Evans Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland https://books.google.com/books?id=WSLUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA212 1 January 1997 A&C Black 978-0-7201-2330-2 212 1 November Dorothy Gow, composer, 89 Leighton Lucas, composer, 79 13 November – Chesney Allen, entertainer, 88http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=64585&back= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography OUP 13 October 2013 16 November – Arthur Askey, entertainer, 82Film Review https://books.google.com/books?id=0g4nAQAAIAAJ 1983 etc. 978-0-491-03012-0 113 5 December – Caryl Brahms, musician and writer, 80Sherrin, Ned. "Abrahams, Doris Caroline [Caryl Brahms] (1901–1982)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 24 September 2011 19 December – Lawrance Collingwood, conductor, composer and record producer, 95 date unknown – Bob Roberts, folk singer, 74/75 See also 1982 in British radio 1982 in British television 1982 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1982 References External links BBC Radio 1's Chart Show The Official Charts Company British music Category:British music by year