1982 in music

none August 2011 1982 1982 music radio television film January 2026 This is a list of notable events in music from 1982, the year in which Michael Jackson released Thriller, which holds the title for the world's best selling album. Specific locations 1982 in British music 1982 in Japanese music 1982 in Norwegian music 1982 in Scandinavian music Specific genres 1982 in country music 1982 in heavy metal music 1982 in hip-hop music 1982 in jazz 1982 in progressive rock Events January–March January 15 – K.C. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida.|Wayne Jancik The Billboard Book of One-hit Wonders Billboard Books 1998 9780823076222 427 January 20 – Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a live bat thrown at him during a performance in Des Moines, Iowa. He thought it was rubber.Top 10 crazy music myths 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 find the gravestone two weeks later in a dry river bed. February 19 – Ozzy Osbourne is arrested after urinating on The Alamo, in San Antonio, Texas.Notorious story of Ozzy at The Alamo is mostly all wet http://www.chrisrodell.com/NewFiles/ozzythealamo.html Chris Rodell Boston Herald May 2005 28 March 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150627174934/http://www.chrisrodell.com/NewFiles/ozzythealamo.html 27 June 2015 dmy-all February 20 – Pat Benatar marries her guitarist, Neil Giraldo, on the Hawaiian island of Maui. February 24 – The 24th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Quincy Jones (who wins a total of five awards). John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy (the final album released by Lennon in his lifetime) wins Album of the Year, while Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" wins both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Sheena Easton wins Best New Artist.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BoFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HBIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7070,4394418&dq=grammy&hl=en Grammys go to music's best 25 February 1982 The Milwaukee Sentinel 1 May 2011 13 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160313050405/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BoFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HBIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7070,4394418&dq=grammy&hl=en dead February 27 – The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company gives its final performance at the Adelphi Theatre after more than 110 years. March 3 – The Mamas & the Papas begin a reunion tour with a show in the New York club The Other End with original members John Phillips and Denny Doherty, along with Mackenzie Phillips and Spanky McFarlane replacing Michelle Gilliam and Cass Elliot respectively. 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 in Los Angeles. March 18 – Teddy Pendergrass is severely injured in a car accident in Philadelphia. Pendergrass's injuries result in him being paralyzed from the chest down.https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/mar/02/teddy-pendergrass-if-you-dont-know-me-sex-drugs-and-the-tragic-life-of-the-black-elvis Rose Steve Teddy Pendergrass: sex, drugs and the tragic life of the 'Black Elvis' The Guardian March 2, 2019 July 19, 2021 March 19 – Ozzy Osbourne's lead guitarist, Randy Rhoads, is killed in a freak accident in Leesburg, Florida, when the plane in which he is riding buzzes Osbourne's tour bus and crashes into a house. The plane's pilot and a female passenger are also killed.March 19, 1982 Aircraft Incident/Accident Report;Leesburg, Florida 32748 Friday, March 19, 1982 10:00 EST http://www.aircraftone.com/aircraft/accidents/20020917X02406.asp NTSB July 31, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131005001902/http://www.aircraftone.com/aircraft/accidents/20020917X02406.asp October 5, 2013 dead March 28 – In Los Angeles, David Crosby is arrested for possession of Quaaludes and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon. April–August April 13 – David Crosby is arrested on drug charges for the second time in three weeks when Dallas police catch him preparing cocaine backstage before a show. 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.http://ultimateclassicrock.com/billy-joel-motorcycle-accident/ 35 Years Ago: Billy Joel Injures Both Hands in Motorcycle Accident Ultimate Classic Rock April 15, 2017 July 14, 2017 July 1, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170701011826/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/billy-joel-motorcycle-accident/ live April 17 – Johnny Cash hosts the US TV program Saturday Night Live, with Cash and Elton John and his classic band as the musical guests. Cash sings I Walk The Line, Folsom Prison Blues, Ring of Fire and Sunday Morning Coming Down. John sings Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) and Ball and Chain. The latter would not appear on the NBC show again until 2011. April 24 – Germany wins the 27th annual Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Harrogate Conference Centre, North Yorkshire, with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden", sung by 17-year-old Nicole. She also records the song in English as "A Little Peace", which becomes the 500th chart-topping single in the UK.Feddersen Jan Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein. Die deutsche und internationale Geschichte des Grand Prix Eurovision Hoffmann und Campe 2002 3-455-09350-7 Hamburg 188–189 de 48966334 April 26 Rod Stewart is car-jacked in Los Angeles. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but is not hurt. The car is recovered several days later. Joe Strummer goes into hiding, forcing The Clash to postpone their U.K. tour.Salewicz Chris Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer 2006 Macmillan New York 978-0-571-21178-4 76794852 https://archive.org/details/redemptionsongba00sale 303 May 14 – The first Prince's Trust charity concert is held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. With the Prince of Wales (later Charles III) in attendance, Status Quo, becomes the first contemporary band to play to British royalty. May 18 – Three weeks after disappearing, Joe Strummer and his girlfriend are found living in Paris, two days after they ran the Paris Marathon. May 21 – Queen release their tenth studio album, Hot Space, to immense critical outcry. The decision to make a dance-pop album with prominent disco influences at the height of American backlash against the latter genre renders the band a pariah in the United States, and their shift from traditional rock alienates their fans in the United Kingdom. Queen would not recover from the resulting backlash in the United Kingdom until after their Live Aid performance in 1985, while they would remain unpopular in the United States until after Freddie Mercury's death in 1991.Wilhelm Rich Queen Hit the Dance Floor on 'Hot Space' 40 Years Ago https://www.popmatters.com/queen-hot-space-atr40 PopMatters 24 May 2022 May 23 – Pink Floyd – The Wall, a film adaptation of Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall, is premiered at the Cannes Film Festival; the film's wide release would later begin on July 15. May 29 – Duran Duran's album Rio peaks at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart in its second week on the chart and will remain on the chart for almost two years.https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19319/duran-duran/ Duran Duran Official Charts June 16 – James Honeyman-Scott dies of heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance. He is 25 years old. June 19 – Amy Grant marries Gary Chapman. July – The first known fully staged performance of Jean-Philippe Rameau's tragédie lyrique Les Boréades (1763) is given by John Eliot Gardiner at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.Notes to Gardiner's recording. July 3 – ABC's debut album The Lexicon of Love enters the UK Albums Chart at number 1 and remain at the top position for four consecutive weeks.https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19344/abc/ ABC Official Charts July 4 – Ozzy Osbourne marries his manager Sharon Arden in Maui, Hawaii.Dawn Randee 5 July 2017 Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne celebrate 35th anniversary with epic throwback photos https://www.today.com/popculture/ozzy-sharon-osbourne-celebrate-35th-anniversary-epic-throwback-photos-t113457 1 November 2017 today.com July 21 – A second Prince's Trust charity concert is held at the Dominion Theatre in London. Performers include Pete Townshend, Robert Plant, Madness, Phil Collins, Joan Armatrading and Kate Bush. August 17 – In Langenhagen near Hanover, Germany begins the first mass production of the compact disc. September–December September 3–5 – The first US Festival is held over Labor Day Weekend near Devore, California. The Police, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Talking Heads and The B-52's are among the many performers. October 1 – The first compact discs appear in music stores in Japan. November 1 – The breakup of the band Blondie is announced publicly. November 5 – The first edition of The Tube is broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. Guests on the first programme include The Jam, making their last live TV appearance together.Martin Cloonan Banned: Censorship of Popular Music in Britain: 1967-1992 (Popular Cultural Studies) Arena 1996 9781857423006 151 November 6 – Tears for Fears first hit single "Mad World" peaks at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart during its 17-week chart run.https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25022/tears-for-fears/ Tears for Fears Official Charts November 21 – Joni Mitchell marries producer and bassist Larry Klein in Malibu, California.January 2026 November 25–27 – The Jamaica World Music Festival is held in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Acts over the three-day festival include Peter Tosh, Rick James, The Clash, Grateful Dead, Aretha Franklin and, in their final show before disbanding, Squeeze.https://www.setlist.fm/festival/1982/jamaican-world-music-festival-1982-5bd6f7a8.html Jamaican World Music Festival 1982 Setlists setlist.fm 2 July 2026 November 27 – The 11th OTI Festival, held at the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru, is won by the song "es Puedes contar conmigo no", written by Luis Gerardo Tovar and Carlos Moreán es, and performed by es Grupo Unicornio es no representing Venezuela. November 27 and 28 - Rita Lee and Roberto de Carvalho previews their upcoming Tour Brasil 83 with two megashows at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, which were recorded for TV Globo's year-end special O Circo.Diana Aragão 1982-10-12 2026-03-29 5 https://memoria.bn.gov.br/DocReader/DocReaderMobile.aspx?bib=030015_10&pasta=ano%20198&hf=memoria.bn.gov.br&pagfis=85994 Rita Lee num picadeiro do mais alto astral Jornal do Brasil Rio de Janeiro pt-br November 29 – Sena Jurinac appears on stage for the last time, with the Vienna State Opera. November 30 – Michael Jackson releases his sixth studio album Thriller, which would go on to be the greatest selling album of all time at 70 million units sold worldwide.Grein Paul Stars Due Out https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1982/1982-11-06-Billboard-Page-0004.pdf Billboard The Billboard Publishing Co. New York November 6, 1982 https://web.archive.org/web/20230712153534/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1982/1982-11-06-Billboard-Page-0004.pdf July 12, 2023 live Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1982 Bands disbanded See :Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1982 Albums released In the US, the RIAA stated that 2,630 albums, 2,710 cassettes and 2,285 singles were released.July 2026 January DayAlbumArtistNotes11Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?The Waitresses –15All for a SongBarbara Dickson –18Mystical AdventuresSwenson J. 1985 The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Random House/Rolling Stone USA 0-394-72643-X 163Jean-Luc Ponty –19How Could Hell Be Any Worse?Bad Religion –27MesopotamiaThe B-52'sEP29FriendsShalamar –Picture ThisHuey Lewis and the News –?Another Day/Another DollarGang of FourCompilationAnyone Can SeeIrene Cara –Breaking PointCentral Line –The David Frizzell and Shelly West AlbumDavid Frizzell and Shelly West –Flex Your HeadVarious Artists –KasimKasim Sulton –Objects of DesireMichael Franks –Oriental BeatHanoi Rocks –RepercussionThe dB's –ShadowsGordon Lightfoot –The SistersSister Sledge –Somewhere over ChinaJimmy Buffett –Southern ComfortConway Twitty –StreetheartStreetheart – White Heart White Heart -Yes It's You LadySmokey Robinson – February DayAlbumArtistNotes5Bad BrainsBad Brains –CelebrationSimple Minds Compilation10Bobbie SueThe Oak Ridge Boys –12English SettlementXTC –16Beautiful VisionVan Morrison –The Concert in Central ParkSimon & GarfunkelLive23The Blue MaskLou Reed –24Swing to the RightUtopia –25Mountain MusicAlabama –262XSNazareth –SetThompson Twins –?BaalDavid BowieSoundtrackBlack on BlackWaylon Jennings –Chase the DragonMagnum –Crumbling the Antiseptic BeautyFelt –Gamma 3Gamma –Green LightBonnie Raitt –Growing in the DarkGlass Moon –Just Another Day in ParadiseBertie Higgins –MechanixUFO –Nick the KnifeNick Lowe –One from the HeartTom Waits and Crystal GayleSoundtrackPelican WestHaircut One Hundred –Seasons of the HeartJohn Denver –Times of Our LivesJudy Collins –Weather ReportWeather Report –You Can't Hide Your Love ForeverOrange Juice – March DayAlbumArtistNotes4Wild in the StreetsCircle Jerks –5WindowsCharlie Daniels Band –8BlackoutScorpions –Hex Enduction HourThe Fall –12DiamondSpandau Ballet –The GiftThe Jam –15Shoot Out the LightsRichard and Linda Thompson –18AsiaAsia Debut19Batteries Not IncludedAfter the Fire –Five Miles OutMike Oldfield –22Alligator WomanCameo –Reel MusicThe BeatlesCompilation23Success Hasn't Spoiled Me YetRick Springfield –24The Name of This Band Is Talking HeadsTalking HeadsLiveOnly Theatre of PainChristian DeathDebut25The Blurred CrusadeThe Church Australia26The AnvilVisage –Bill WymanBill Wyman –29The Number of the BeastIron Maiden –Angst in My PantsSparks –?Always on My MindWillie Nelson –Ambient 4: On LandBrian Eno –BraniganLaura Branigan –BrillianceAtlantic Starr –The Early TapesLevel 42 Recorded in 1980Filth Hounds of HadesTank DebutFun Boy ThreeFun Boy Three –GrasshopperJJ Cale –New BritainWhitehouse –One to OneCarole King –Sonic YouthSonic YouthDebut/EPThe Tunes of Two CitiesThe Residents –V DeepThe Boomtown Rats –Walk Among UsThe Misfits Debut April DayAlbumArtistNotes1Toto IVToto https://www.newspapers.com/image/1000349556/?match=1&terms=%22toto%20iv%22 The Rocket2Cat PeopleGiorgio Moroder Soundtrack5All Four OneThe Motels –8D.E. 7thDave Edmunds –9A Flock of SeagullsA Flock of Seagulls Debuthttps://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Business-UK/1982/Record-Business-1982-04-05-S-OCR.pdf New Albums Record Business April 5, 1982 9 18 October 2025 World Radio HistoryBroadsword and the BeastJethro TullUKJump Up!Elton John –12American FoolJohn Cougar –14Straight Between the EyesRainbow –Friends in LoveDionne Warwick –15Metal on Metal Anvil –161+9+8+2Status Quo –19Diver DownVan Halen 16 April 1982 New Releases https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1982/FMQB-1982-04-16.pdf FMQB 34 22 March 2023Extraterrestrial LiveBlue Öyster CultLive 16 April 1982 New Releases https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1982/FMQB-1982-04-16.pdf FMQB 34 22 March 2023Big ScienceLaurie Anderson Debut23The Single FactorCamel https://www.camelproductions.com/CamelTimeline1982_2K_v2.html Camel official siteComplete MadnessMadnessCompilationAfter the SnowModern English –26Tug of WarPaul McCartney –Are You ReadyBucks Fizz –28Marshall CrenshawMarshall Crenshaw –?AbominogUriah Heep –Album – Generic FlipperFlipper DebutRevelationsKilling Joke –Circus AnimalsCold Chisel –Four Cuts EPDiamond HeadEPHeartbreak ExpressDolly Parton –High NotesHank Williams, Jr. –Iron FistMotörhead –JinxRory Gallagher –Maybe It's LiveRobert PalmerLive +4 studio tracksA New Chapter of DubAswad –Rhythm of YouthMen Without Hats –Time and TideSplit Enz –White EagleTangerine Dream – May DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Age to Age Amy Grant –3Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning WitchFrank Zappa –4Hot SpaceQueen https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/3001-1614-2 BPIStevie Wonder's Original MusiquariumStevie WonderCompilationPornographyThe Cure https://www.thecure.com/release/pornography/ The Cure Official Site 7Wiped OutRaven –10The Eagle Has LandedSaxonLiveThe Golden Age of WirelessThomas Dolby DebutJunkyardThe Birthday Party –RioDuran Duran –13Throwin' DownRick James –14SulkThe Associates –Combat RockThe Clash –Church of HawkwindHawkwind –Pinky BlueAltered Images –16The RecordFear Debut19One DownMaterial –20Vinyl ConfessionsKansas 7 May 1982 New Releases https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1982/FMQB-1982-05-07.pdf FMQB 40 23 March 2023Private AuditionHeart 7 May 1982 New Releases https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1982/FMQB-1982-05-07.pdf FMQB 40 24 March 202321Coney HatchConey Hatch –FabriqueFashion –24The HunterBlondie –263rd from the SunChrome –28AvalonRoxy Music –I ParalyzeCher –No Fun AloudGlenn Frey –?2x45Cabaret Voltaire –AnimationJon Anderson https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/925/mode/2up The Great Rock Discography 1995 925 9780862415419 Strong Martin Charles Canongate Press D. 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Train –Eye in the SkyThe Alan Parsons Project –Sheffield SteelJoe Cocker –12 Greatest Hits, Vol. IINeil DiamondCompilationGet It on CreditToronto –IndividualsSunnyboys –The Last of the MohicansBow Wow WowEPLet Me Rock YouPeter Criss –Now and ForeverAir Supply –The One Giveth, the Count Taketh AwayWilliam Bootsy Collins –One on OneCheap Trick –Quiet LiesJuice Newton –Special Forces38 Special –Street OperaAshford & Simpson –Sweets From a StrangerSqueeze –Time Pieces: The Best of Eric ClaptonEric ClaptonCompilationTropical GangstersKid Creole and the Coconuts –TuckerizedMarshall Tucker Band –World RadioLeo SayerStudio June DayAlbumArtistNotes1Still LifeThe Rolling StonesLive3Strait from the HeartGeorge Strait –4Three Sides LiveGenesisLive7Battle HymnsManowar –Built for SpeedStray Cats –Chicago 16Chicago –Screaming Blue MurderGirlschool –8Eye of the TigerSurvivor –14All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese EyesPete Townshend –Metal MassacreVarious Artists –15AbracadabraSteve Miller Band –KillersKiss –17NugentTed Nugent –18BeatKing Crimson –21The Lexicon of LoveABC DebutDaylight AgainCrosby, Stills & Nash –22Nothing to FearOingo Boingo –24StinkThe ReplacementsEP25Night and DayJoe Jackson https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/51049433496/in/album-72157718694243853 Bitz - Joe Jackson is back Smash Hits April 15-28, 1982 13 1 January 2026 Flickr28Before I ForgetJon Lord –?The ChangelingToyah –Good TroubleREO Speedwagon –Live It UpDavid JohansenLiveThe Love That Whirls (Diary of a Thinking Heart)Bill Nelson –No ControlEddie Money –Somewhere in the StarsRosanne Cash –Sunshine DreamThe Beach BoysCompilationUnlimitedReba McEntire – July DayAlbumArtistNotes1Screaming for VengeanceJudas Priest USJune 25, 1982 New Releases https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1982/FMQB-Album-1982-06-25.pdf FMQB 34 July 23, 20242MirageFleetwood Mac https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/4293-1472-2 BPI certificationsPictures at ElevenRobert Plant British album certifications – Robert Plant – Pictures at Eleven https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/5100-2811-2 British Phonographic Industry 28 June 2022 enBilly IdolBilly Idol Solo DebutRecord News New Musical Express 26 June 1982 38 0028-6362Imperial BedroomElvis Costello and the Attractions –9Let Me Tickle Your FancyJermaine Jackson –12The Party's OverTalk Talk Debut16The EnvoyWarren Zevon –19Donna SummerDonna Summer –20VacationThe Go-Go's –23Best Little Whorehouse in Texas SoundtrackVarious ArtistsSoundtrackEmotions in MotionBilly Squier –26Jump to ItAretha Franklin –Love and DancingThe Human LeagueRemix29So Excited!Pointer Sisters –30Fast Times at Ridgemont HighVarious ArtistsSoundtrack?Highway Song LiveBlackfootLiveJuggernautFrank Marino –The Lords of the New ChurchThe Lords of the New Church DebutLove Will Turn You AroundKenny Rogers –Psychopathia SexualisWhitehouse –Sons of BeachesAustralian Crawl – TV Party Black Flag EPUnder the Big Black SunX – August DayAlbumArtistNotes3If That's What It TakesMichael McDonald Debut11Vanity 6Vanity 6 –12Rough DiamondsBad Company US13I Can't Stand StillDon Henley –17Art of ControlPeter Frampton –20Upstairs at Eric'sYazoo https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/7922-613-2 BPIThe CageTygers of Pan Tang New Albums Music Week 19 21 August 198221AmoreAlessandra Mussolini23Hughes/ThrallHughes/Thrall –24Black TigerY&T –Chronic TownR.E.M.EP25Zipper Catches SkinAlice Cooper https://alicecooper.com/music/zipper-catches-skin AliceCooper.com - Zipper Catches SkinWhat Time Is It?The Time –27Rock in a Hard PlaceAerosmith –HeartlightNeil Diamond –?AcheYou've Got Foetus on Your Breath –Bad to the BoneGeorge Thorogood & the Destroyers –View from the GroundAmerica –FictionThe Comsat Angels –The Hottest Night of the YearAnne Murray –MetalManilla Road –Music for a New SocietyJohn Cale –Play by NumbersLittle Heroes –ShangoSantana –Talking Back to the NightSteve Winwood –A Taste of Yesterday's WineMerle Haggard and George Jones –Too-Rye-AyDexy's Midnight Runners –The Unexpected GuestDemon – September DayAlbumArtistNotes1GarlandsCocteau Twins Debut3In the Heat of the NightImagination Imagination Scandalous World Tour 83/84 Programme 1983 https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/47942378096/in/album-72157708782479348/ flickr.com 24 February 2021Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2Olivia Newton-JohnCompilation +2 new tracks6The Adventures of Johnny CashJohnny Cash –Primitive ManIcehouse –7Acting Very StrangeMike Rutherford –As OneKool & The Gang –8VoyeurKim Carnes –9SignalsRush –10CutGolden Earring –I, AssassinGary Numan –Peter GabrielPeter Gabrielaka Securityhttps://petergabriel.com/release/peter-gabriel-4/ Peter Gabriel PeterGabriel.comSilk ElectricDiana Ross –Something's Going OnFrida https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ Brit certification August 7, 2023 February 5, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210205223425/https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ dead13The DreamingKate Bush –17New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)Simple Minds –The Philip Lynott AlbumPhilip Lynott –18Under the BladeTwisted Sister –20Ghost TownPoco –MiamiThe Gun Club –21Forever, For Always, For LoveLuther Vandross –Janet JacksonJanet JacksonDebut23The Nylon CurtainBilly Joel –24Forever NowThe Psychedelic Furs 4 September 1982 News Extra https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/82/Record-Mirror-1982-09-04.pdf Record Mirror 8 19 November 2022Love over GoldDire Straits –27A Broken FrameDepeche Mode –Get CloserLinda Ronstadt –Room to LiveThe Fall –UB44UB40 –28HeartbreakerDionne Warwick –30NebraskaBruce Springsteen –?Call of the WestWall of Voodoo –Death PenaltyWitchfinder General –Dream MakerVoid –Faith / Void SplitConway Twitty –GowanLarry Gowan –High AdventureKenny Loggins –Ice Cream for CrowCaptain Beefheart –Madness, Money & MusicSheena Easton –MagicGillan –Pressin' OnBilly Preston –The Pursuit of AccidentsLevel 42 –ScandalScandalEPSong of the Bailing ManPere Ubu –Zombie BirdhouseIggy Pop – October DayAlbumArtistNotes1The NightflyDonald Fagen –3The MessageGrandmaster Flash and the Furious Five –4Restless and WildAccept –H2OHall & Oates –Winds of ChangeJefferson Starship –6Lionel RichieLionel Richie Solo Debut8The Rise & FallMadness –11Vs.Mission of Burma –14Zapp IIZapp –15Borrowed TimeDiamond Head News Record Mirror 16 October 1982 8QuartetUltravox –18In the Mood for Something RudeFoghat –22 ChaJo Jo Zep & The Falcons – The Dollar AlbumDollar –The Sky's Gone OutBauhaus 9 October 1982 News https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/82/Record-Mirror-1982-10-09.pdf Record Mirror 10 21 July 202223 All Fall DownThe Sound25Creatures of the NightKiss Ken Sharp 2022 The Monster Is Unleashed Press Conference Launch Universal Music Enterprises Santa Monica 35271999Prince –29...Famous Last Words...Supertramp https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ BPI certifications August 7, 2023 February 5, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210205223425/https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ deadChoose Your MasquesHawkwind –Get NervousPat Benatar –?All by MyselfRikk Agnew –Assault AttackThe Michael Schenker Group –BeautifulThe Reels –Coup d'ÉtatPlasmatics –Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2EaglesCompilationFriend or FoeAdam Ant –The Days of Wine and RosesThe Dream Syndicate –HeartbreakerDionne Warwick –Keep On DoingThe Roches –Kissing to Be CleverCulture Club –Last DateEmmylou HarrisLiveKim MitchellKim Mitchell –An Officer and a GentlemanVarious ArtistsSoundtrackPower of the HunterTank –Shabooh ShoobahINXS –Shuttered RoomThe Fixx –Spring Session MMissing Persons –StrawberriesThe Damned –Twin Barrels BurningWishbone Ash –Wild Things Run FastJoni Mitchell –Word of MouthToni Basil –WWIIWaylon Jennings and Willie Nelson –The Youth of TodayMusical Youth – November DayAlbumArtistNotes1Black MetalVenom –Living My LifeGrace Jones –2Long After DarkTom Petty and the Heartbreakers –It's Alright (I See Rainbows)Yoko Ono –5Hello, I Must Be Going!Phil Collins –A Kiss in the DreamhouseSiouxsie and The Banshees –Gone TroppoGeorge Harrison –8Midnight LoveMarvin Gaye –I Could Rule the World if I Could only Get the PartsThe WaitressesEPThe Singles: The First Ten YearsABBACompilationThe John Lennon CollectionJohn LennonCompilation12Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to EntertainChina CrisisDebutShowtime!The J. Geils BandLive13The Lee Aaron ProjectLee Aaron –15The Ever Popular Tortured Artist EffectTodd Rundgren –Saints & SinnersWhitesnake –17Chaka KhanChaka Khan –19Speak of the DevilOzzy OsbourneLive248th WonderThe Sugarhill Gang –26CodaLed ZeppelinRecorded 1970–'7929ThrillerMichael Jackson –?10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1Midnight Oil –Absolutely LiveRod StewartLiveComputer GamesGeorge Clinton –Dawn PatrolNight Ranger –Don't Play with FirePeabo Bryson –Going Where the Lonely GoMerle Haggard –Here Comes the NightBarry Manilow –The High and the MightyDonnie Iris –Identity CrisisSweet –Killer on the RampageEddy Grant –New DirectionsTavares –Oh, No! It's DevoDevo –Pearls IIElkie Brooks –Plastic Surgery DisastersDead Kennedys –Rip It UpOrange Juice –Rita Lee & Roberto de CarvalhoRita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho –Run for the RosesJerry Garcia – December DayAlbumArtistNotes6Three Lock BoxSammy Hagar December 3, 1982 New Releases https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1982/FMQB-Album-1982-12-03.pdf FMQB 32 24 March 202310Dig the New BreedThe JamLive13The DistanceBob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band –29TransNeil Young –30BeatitudeRic Ocasek –?Slade on StageSladeLiveOut of ReasonPel Mel –Virgin SteeleVirgin Steele –White HeatDusty Springfield –The Winning HandWillie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Brenda Lee & Dolly Parton – Release date unknown And You Thought You Were Normal – Nash the Slash Arias & Symphonies – Spoons Back from Samoa – Angry Samoans Barry Live in Britain – Barry Manilow – Live Bean-Spill – The Minutemen – EP Beasts (EP) – Sex Gang Children Before a Word is Said – Alan Gowen, Phil Miller, Richard Sinclair, Trevor Tomkins Boomerang – Shoes Breaking the Chains – Dokken – original mix Chris Rea – Chris Rea Christ – The Album – Crass Comeback – Eric Burdon The Concerts in China – Jean-Michel Jarre Deliver Us from Evil – Budgie D.M.Z. – Resurrection Band Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, Vol. 1 – Dr. John Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album – Various Artists Drumming the Beating Heart – Eyeless in Gaza D.S. al Coda – National Health Echoes of an Era – Chaka Khan Eddie Murphy – Eddie Murphy Electric Rendezvous – Al Di Meola Ella à Nice – Ella Fitzgerald Enter K – Peter Hammill Farover – Burning Spear Fast Women and Slow Horses – Dr. Feelgood The Fittest of the Fittest – Burning Spear Flieg' Vogel flieg – Hans-Joachim Roedelius Forging Ahead – Bad Manners Gap Band IV – The Gap Band Garista – Zoviet France The Getaway – Chris de Burgh Glassworks – Philip Glass Good Clean Fun – Bonnie Hayes The Great Twenty-Eight – Chuck Berry – Compilation Groovy Decay – Robyn Hitchcock Here Today – David Grisman Heartbeats and Triggers – Translator Homotopy to Marie – Nurse With Wound Hour Live – Toots & The Maytals Humans Only – Earthstar ...If I Die, I Die – Virgin Prunes In the Name of Love – Thompson Twins Inside – Ronnie Milsap Kansuigyo – Miyuki Nakajima Kenny G – Kenny G Ladies of the Eighties – A Taste of Honey Leichenschrei – SPK Levon Helm – Levon Helm Life in the Jungle – The Shadows Live at Abbey Road – The Shadows Love Over and Over – Kate and Anna McGarrigle Main Attraction – Suzi Quatro Man Parrish – Man Parrishhttps://www.allmusic.com/album/man-parrish-mw0000853693 AllMusic Man Parrish – Man Parrish Cooper Sean August 9, 2020 Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets Milo Goes to College – Descendents Mondialement vôtre – Dalida Money Talks – Trooper More Power To Ya – Petra Night Birds – Shakatak Night Nurse – Gregory Isaacs No Stranger to Danger – Payolas No Turning Back:Live – DeGarmo and Key – Live Nona – Nona Hendryx Nothing Can Stop Us – Robert Wyatt – Compilation Now Then... – Stiff Little Fingers Now You See Me...Now You Don't – Cliff Richard Objects of Desire – Michael Franks Old Friends - Roger Miller & Willie Nelson Off the Record – Neil Innes Offene Türen – Hans-Joachim Roedelius Offering – Axe On Rock – Daniel Band One Night at Budokan – Michael Schenker Group – Live One Vice at a Time – Krokus Opus X – Chilliwack The Other Woman – Ray Parker Jr. Pale Hands I Loved So Well – Eyeless in Gaza Ping Pong over the Abyss – The 77s Pleasure Victim – Berlin Poet in My Window – Nanci Griffith Por Amor – Menudo Power Play – April Wine Prairie Serenade – Riders in the Sky Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape – Bauhaus – Live Pure and Natural – T-Connection Rêveries No. 2 – Richard Clayderman Ruff Cuts EP – Twisted Sister Scatterlings – Juluka Select – Kim Wilde Sleepwalking – Gerry Rafferty Songs of the Free – Gang of Four Special Beat Service – The Beat Spécial Dalida – Dalida Speech and Music (Parole et musique) – Pierre Schaeffer Stand by Your Man (EP) – Motörhead & Wendy O. Williams Tenebrae – Simonetti-Morante-Pignatelli (Goblin) – Soundtrack Tough – Kurtis Blow Trance – Chris & Cosey Troops of Tomorrow – The Exploited Truce – Jack Bruce and Robin Trower Turn It Loud – Headpins Underwater Kites – The Modern Art Vandenberg – Vandenberg The Very Best of Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan – Rufus – Compilation Wasted Youth – Girl We Are...The League – Anti-Nowhere League Windsong – Randy Crawford Word and Music – Hank Marvin Work of Heart – Roy Harper Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1982. # Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1 Survivor Eye of the Tiger 1982 US UK 1 - Jul 1982 (27 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Jun 1982 (25 weeks), US CashBox 1 of 1982, US Radio 1 of 1982 (peak 1 18 weeks), Canada 1 - Jun 1982 (16 weeks), Norway 1 - Aug 1982 (22 weeks), Australia 1 of 1982, Eire 1 for 3 weeks - Sep 1982, Canada RPM 1 for 6 weeks - Jul 1982, Australia 1 for 6 weeks - Sep 1982, Springbok 1 - Jul 1982 (21 weeks), Spain 1 for 1 week - Sep 1982, US 2 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 1994), US BB 2 of 1982, ARC 2 of 1982 (peak 1 18 weeks), Holland 2 - Sep 1982 (11 weeks), Austria 2 - Sep 1982 (4 months), Belgium 2 - Oct 1982 (9 weeks), Canada 2 of 1982, South Africa 2 of 1982, Oscar in 1982 (film 'Rocky III') (Nominated), Golden Globe in 1982 (film 'Rocky III') (Nominated), France (SNEP) 3 - Nov 1982 (4 months), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Sep 1982), Sweden (alt) 5 - Aug 1982 (21 weeks), Switzerland 6 - Aug 1982 (31 weeks), France 7 - Jan 1983 (1 week), POP 7 of 1982, WABC NY 12 of 1982, ODK Germany 13 - Sep 1982 (30 weeks), Germany 18 - Jan 1983 (5 months), Scrobulate 20 of 80s, Billboard 50th song 21, Brazil 23 of 1982, Italy 23 of 1982, 55th Billboard 100 23 (1982), Poland 24 - Jul 1982 (4 weeks), Billboard100 24, France (InfoDisc) 32 of the 1980s (peak 3, 38 weeks, 873k sales estimated, 1982), Europe 46 of the 1980s (1982), UK Songs 2013-23 peak 65 - Feb 2013 (3 weeks), OzNet 82, Holland free40 90 of 1982, UKMIX 436, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1982 2 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts I Love Rock 'n' Roll 1982 US US Billboard 1 - Feb 1982 (20 weeks), Record World 1 - 1982, Canada 1 - Jan 1982 (16 weeks), Holland 1 - Apr 1982 (9 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - Jun 1982 (21 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 8 weeks - Mar 1982, Canada 1 of 1982, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks - Jun 1982, Australia 1 for 5 weeks - May 1982, Springbok 1 - Apr 1982 (19 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016 (1982), Poland 2 - May 1982 (8 weeks), Belgium 2 - Apr 1982 (9 weeks), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Sep 1982), US BB 3 of 1982, Switzerland 3 - Mar 1982 (11 weeks), UK 4 - Apr 1982 (10 weeks), ARC 4 of 1982 (peak 1 17 weeks), US Radio 4 of 1982 (peak 1 14 weeks), POP 4 of 1982, US CashBox 5 of 1982, Austria 5 - May 1982 (2 months), Germany 6 - Apr 1982 (4 months), ODK Germany 6 - Apr 1982 (23 weeks) (7 weeks in top 10), France (SNEP) 7 - Jul 1982 (2 months), Australia 7 of 1982, South Africa 7 of 1982, WABC NY 9 of 1982, France 10 - Mar 1982 (1 week), nuTsie 20 of 1980s, Brazil 35 of 1982, Billboard 50th song 56, 55th Billboard 100 65 (1982), Billboard100 68, KROQ 71 of 1982, France (InfoDisc) 166 of the 1990s (peak 4, 29 weeks, 900k sales estimated, 1982), RIAA 177, Acclaimed 295 (1982), Germany 348 of the 1980s (peak 6 12 weeks), TheQ 463, Rolling Stone 484, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jun 1982), Party 80 of 1999, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 3 Culture Club Do You Really Want to Hurt Me 1982 UK UK 1 - Sep 1982 (19 weeks), Canada 1 - Dec 1982 (17 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - Dec 1982 (17 weeks), Austria 1 - Jan 1983 (5 months), Switzerland 1 - Nov 1982 (14 weeks), Belgium 1 - Nov 1982 (8 weeks), Germany 1 - Jan 1983 (5 months), ODK Germany 1 - Nov 1982 (26 weeks) (7 weeks at number 1) (15 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 1 week - Oct 1982, Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Feb 1983, Australia 1 for 6 weeks - Dec 1982, Europe 1 for 5 weeks - Jan 1983, France 1 for 4 weeks - Feb 1983, Germany 1 for 7 weeks - Dec 1982, US Billboard 2 - Dec 1982 (24 weeks), Holland 2 - Oct 1982 (10 weeks), France (SNEP) 2 - Dec 1982 (4 months), Norway 2 - Dec 1982 (17 weeks), Poland 2 - Jan 1983 (8 weeks), Canada 2 of 1983, UK Gold (certified by BPI in Oct 1982), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1983), France 8 - Jan 1983 (1 week), US CashBox 10 of 1983, US BB 11 of 1983, Springbok 11 - Feb 1983 (11 weeks), KROQ 11 of 1983, Italy 13 of 1983, ARC 16 of 1983 (peak 2 16 weeks), US Radio 16 of 1983 (peak 2 12 weeks), Brazil 20 of 1983, POP 20 of 1983, Australia 22 of 1983, France (InfoDisc) 24 of the 1980s (peak 1, 25 weeks, 1,040k sales estimated, 1982), Germany 24 of the 1980s (peak 1 17 weeks), nuTsie 95 of 1980s, Acclaimed 476 (1982), UKMIX 646, RYM 93 of 1982, Guardian Pop 61 4 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder Ebony and Ivory 1982 US UK UK 1 - Apr 1982 (10 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Apr 1982 (19 weeks), Canada 1 - Apr 1982 (14 weeks), Norway 1 - Apr 1982 (18 weeks), Belgium 1 - Apr 1982 (10 weeks), Germany 1 - May 1982 (5 months), ODK Germany 1 - May 1982 (22 weeks) (5 weeks at number 1) (13 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 3 weeks - Apr 1982, Canada RPM 1 for 5 weeks - May 1982, Germany 1 for 5 weeks - Jun 1982, Spain 1 for 1 week - Jun 1982, Sweden (alt) 2 - Apr 1982 (21 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Apr 1982 (12 weeks), Grammy in 1982 (Nominated), Holland 3 - Apr 1982 (9 weeks), Austria 3 - May 1982 (5 months), Canada 3 of 1982, Springbok 3 - May 1982 (13 weeks), US BB 4 of 1982, US CashBox 4 of 1982, Poland 4 - May 1982 (7 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1982), UK Gold (certified by BPI in May 1982), WABC NY 5 of 1982, France (SNEP) 5 - Jun 1982 (2 months), ARC 7 of 1982 (peak 1 16 weeks), US Radio 7 of 1982 (peak 1 12 weeks), Italy 9 of 1982, Switzerland 10 of 1982, Brazil 12 of 1982, Australia 20 of 1982, Germany 49 of the 1980s (peak 1 16 weeks), Billboard 50th song 59, 55th Billboard 100 69 (1982), Billboard100 73, Holland free40 100 of 1982, France (InfoDisc) 149 of the 1980s (peak 5, 26 weeks, 377k sales estimated, 1982), RYM 156 of 1982 5 The Human League Don't You Want Me 1981 UK UK 1 - Dec 1981 (13 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Mar 1982 (28 weeks), Norway 1 - Feb 1982 (14 weeks), Belgium 1 - Jan 1982 (9 weeks), Eire 1 for 1 week - Dec 1981, Canada RPM 1 for 1 week - May 1982, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks - May 1982, Canada 2 - Feb 1982 (16 weeks), France 2 - Jan 1982 (3 weeks), Springbok 2 - Mar 1982 (13 weeks), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Jan 1982), Sweden (alt) 3 - Feb 1982 (14 weeks), Switzerland 4 - Mar 1982 (6 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jul 1982), Holland 5 - Jan 1982 (8 weeks), ODK Germany 5 - Feb 1982 (19 weeks) (4 weeks in top 10), UK sales 5 of the 1980s (1,430 k in 1981), KROQ 5 of 1982, US BB 6 of 1982, US CashBox 6 of 1982, ARC 6 of 1982 (peak 1 20 weeks), Germany 6 - Feb 1982 (3 months), Canada 8 of 1982, US Radio 9 of 1982 (peak 1 15 weeks), nuTsie 9 of 1980s, France (SNEP) 15 - May 1982 (1 month), South Africa 16 of 1982, UK Songs 2013-23 peak 19 - Mar 2014 (1 week), Holland free40 25 of 1982, POP 28 of 1982, Italy 33 of 1982, Scrobulate 34 of 80s, Brazil 45 of 1982, Virgin 46, 93 in 2FM list, Japan (Tokyo) 100 - Dec 1995 (1 week), Acclaimed 175 (1981), UKMIX 654, OzNet 741, RYM 18 of 1981, Guardian Pop 58, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 Chronological table of US and UK and Japan number one hit singles UK number one singles and artist(weeks at number one)U.S. number one singles and artist(weeks at number one)"Don't You Want Me" – The Human League (3 weeks in 1981 + 2 weeks in 1982) "Land of Make Believe" – Bucks Fizz (2) "Oh Julie" – Shakin' Stevens (1) "The Model" – 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) 500th UK No. 1 single "House of Fun" – Madness (2) "Goody Two Shoes" – Adam Ant (2) "I've Never Been to Me" – Charlene (1) "Happy Talk" – Captain Sensible (2) "Come on Eileen" – Dexys 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" – Renée and 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" – The J. Geils Band (6) "I Love Rock 'N Roll" – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (7) "Titles" – Vangelis (1) "Ebony And Ivory" – Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder (7) "Don't You Want Me" – The 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 Japanese Oricon number one singles and artist  (weeks at number one) List of Oricon number-one singles of 1982 "Sailor Fuku to Kikanjū (song) Sailor Fuku to Kikanjū ja セーラー服と機関銃 (曲)" – Hiroko Yakushimaru (2 weeks 1981 + 3 weeks 1982) "Jōnetsu Neppū Serenade ja 情熱☆熱風☽せれなーで" – Masahiko Kondō (2) "Akai Sweet Pea ja 赤いスイートピー" – Seiko Matsuda (3) "Kokoro no Iro ja 心の色" – Masatoshi Nakamura (5) "Ikenai Rouge Magic ja い・け・な・いルージュマジック" – Kiyoshiro Imawano & Ryuichi Sakamoto (1) "Furarete Banzai ja ふられてBANZAI" – Masahiko Kondō (4) "Nagisa no Balcony ja 渚のバルコニー" – Seiko Matsuda (1) "Harajuku Kiss ja 原宿キッス" – Toshihiko Tahara (3) "Madonna-tachi no Lullaby ja 聖母たちのララバイ" – Hiromi Iwasaki (4) "Hyakuman Dollar Baby ja $百萬BABY" – Johnny (Yokohama Ginbae singer) Johnny ja Johnny (1) "Highteen Boogie ja ハイティーン・ブギ (曲)" – Masahiko Kondō (5) "Komugi Iro no Mermaid ja 小麦色のマーメイド" – Seiko Matsuda (1) "Kurayami wo Buttobase" (暗闇をぶっとばせ) – Daisuke Shima (1) "Matsu wa" – Aming (6) "Horeta ze! Kanpai ja ホレたぜ!乾杯" – Masahiko Kondō (2) "Yūwaku Suresure ja 誘惑スレスレ" – Toshihiko Tahara (2) "Nobara no Etude ja 野ばらのエチュード" – Seiko Matsuda (3) "Second Love" – Akina Nakamori (3) "3 Nenme no Uwaki ja 3年目の浮気" – Hiroshi & Kibo (2 weeks 1982 + 2 weeks 1983) Top 40 Chart hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s) "Africa" Rose Laurens October 1982 n/a n/a/ 1 (Austria) 2 (Norway, Switzerland) – 3 (Germany) "Africa" Toto June 1982 1 3 1 (Canada, United States) See chart performance entry "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" Kid Creole & the Coconuts September 1982 n/a 2 2 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Back on the Chain Gang" The Pretenders September 1982 5 17 5 (United States) 4 (U.S. Mainstream Rock) – 5 (Canada) – 11 (Australia) – 14 (New Zealand) "Blue Eyes" Elton John March 1982 12 8 4 (Australia) See chart performance entry "Body Language" Queen April 1982 11 25 3 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Break It to Me Gently" Juice Newton August 1982 11 n/a 11 (United States) n/a "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" David Bowie March 1982 67 26 countries) n/a "Crimson and Clover" Joan Jett & The Blackhearts April 1982 7 60 4 (Canada) n/a*"The Day Before You Came" – ABBA "Dirty Laundry" Don Henley October 1982 3 n/a 3 (United States) n/a "Do Ya Wanna Funk" Sylvester July 1982 n/a 32 4 (Norway) n/a "Do You Believe in Love" Huey Lewis and the News January 1982 7 9 3 (Iceland) n/a*"Don't Leave Me Now" – Supertramp "Don't Stop Believin'" Journey October 1981 9 62 9 (United States) n/a "Down Under" Men at Work October 1981 1 1 countries) n/a "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" Elton John March 1982 13 51 8 (Canada) n/a "Forget Me Nots" Patrice Rushen April 1982 23 8 8 (United Kingdom) n/a "Freeze-Frame" The J. Geils Band February 1982 4 27 2 (Canada) n/a "Girls on Film" Duran Duran July 1981 n/a 5 1 (Portugal) n/a "Glittering Prize" Simple Minds August 1982 n/a 16 9 (Australia) n/a "Great Southern Land" Icehouse August 1982 n/a n/a 5 (Australia) n/a "Gypsy" Fleetwood Mac September 1982 12 46 12 (United States) n/a "Harden My Heart" Quarterflash September 1981 3 49 3 (United States) n/a "Head over Heels" ABBA February 1982 n/a 25 1 (France) n/a "Heart Attack" Olivia Newton-John August 1982 3 46 2 (Canada) n/a "Heartbreaker" Dionne Warwick September 1982 10 2 countries) n/a "Heartlight" Neil Diamond August 1982 5 47 5 (United States) n/a "Heat of the Moment" Asia April 1982 4 46 2 (Canada) n/a "Here Is the News/Ticket to the Moon" Electric Light Orchestra December 1981 n/a 24 24 (United Kingdom) n/a "Hot in the City" Billy Idol May 1982 23 58 4 (New Zealand) n/a "Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran May 1982 3 5 1 (Canada) n/a "Hurts So Good" John Cougar April 1982 2 n/a 1 (Canada) n/a "I Can Make You Feel Good" Shalamar February 1982 n/a 7 7 (United Kingdom) n/a "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Joan Jett and the Blackhearts January 1982 1 4 countries) n/a "I Ran (So Far Away)" A Flock of Seagulls March 1982 9 43 1 (Australia) n/a "I Want Candy" Bow Wow Wow May 1982 62 9 7 (Australia) n/a "If You Can't Stand the Heat" Bucks Fizz November 1982 n/a 10 10 (United Kingdom) n/a "It's Raining Again" Supertramp October 1982 11 26 1 (Canada) n/a "It's Raining Men" The Weather Girls September 1982 46 2 2 (United Kingdom) n/a "Jack and Diane" John Cougar July 1982 1 n/a countries) n/a "Landslide" Olivia Newton-John April 1982 52 18 18 (United Kingdom) n/a "Let's Get It Up" AC/DC December 1981 44 13 9 (Germany) n/a "Living on the Ceiling" Blancmange October 1982 n/a 7 7 (United Kingdom) n/a "Love Come Down" Evelyn "Champagne" King July 1982 17 7 7 (United Kingdom) n/a "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" Donna Summer July 1982 10 18 4 (Norway) n/a "Love My Way" The Psychedelic Furs July 1982 44 42 41 (New Zealand) n/a "Love Will Turn You Around" Kenny Rogers June 1982 13 n/a 13 (United States) n/a "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me" Juice Newton May 1982 7 n/a 2 (Canada) n/a "Maid of Orleans" Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark January 1982 n/a 4 countries) n/a "Make a Move on Me" Olivia Newton-John January 1982 5 43 4 (Canada) n/a "Man on the Corner" Genesis March 1982 40 42 40 (United States) n/a "Memory" Barbra Streisand January 1982 52 n/a 52 (United States) n/a "Mexican Radio" Wall of Voodoo September 1982 58 n/a 18 (Canada) n/a "Mickey" Toni Basil January 1982 1 2 countries) n/a "Mirror Man" The Human League November 1982 30 2 2 (United Kingdom) n/a "Mirror Mirror" Diana Ross January 1982 8 n/a 8 (United States) n/a "Muscles" Diana Ross September 1982 10 15 1 (Sweden) n/a "Never Give Up on a Good Thing" George Benson January 1982 n/a 14 14 (United Kingdom) n/a "New World Man" Rush August 1982 21 42 1 (Canada) n/a "Nobody" Sylvia June 1982 15 n/a 5 (Canada) n/a "Pretty Woman" Van Halen January 1982 12 61 1 (Canada) n/a "Only the Lonely" The Motels March 1982 9 n/a 9 (United States) n/a "Only Time Will Tell" Asia July 1982 17 54 17 (United States) n/a "Planet Rock" Afrika Bambaataa April 1982 48 n/a 48 (United States) n/a "Pressure" Billy Joel September 1982 20 n/a 9 (Canada) n/a "Promised You a Miracle" Simple Minds April 1982 n/a 13 10 (Australia) n/a "Rio" Duran Duran November 1982 14 9 9 (United Kingdom) n/a "Rock the Casbah" The Clash June 1982 8 30 8 (United States) n/a "Run to the Hills" Iron Maiden February 1982 n/a 7 7 (United Kingdom) n/a "Save a Prayer" Duran Duran August 1982 16 2 2 (United Kingdom) n/a "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" Soft Cell January 1982 n/a 3 3 (United Kingdom) n/a "Senses Working Overtime" XTC January 1982 n/a 10 10 (United Kingdom) n/a "Should I Stay or Should I Go" The Clash May 1982 45 17 17 (United Kingdom) n/a "Shy Boy" Bananarama July 1982 83 4 4 (United Kingdom) n/a "Since You're Gone" The Cars January 1982 41 37 37 (United Kingdom) n/a "Situation" Yazoo July 1982 73 n/a 61 (Canada) n/a "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" Split Enz May 1982 n/a "State of Independence" Donna Summer August 1982 41 14 1 (Netherlands) n/a "Steppin' Out" Joe Jackson August 1982 6 6 5 (Canada) n/a "That Girl" Stevie Wonder January 1982 4 39 4 (United States) n/a "The Message" Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five July 1982 62 8 8 (United Kingdom) n/a "The Number of the Beast" Iron Maiden April 1982 n/a 18 18 (United Kingdom) n/a "The One Thing" INXS July 1982 30 n/a 14 (Australia) n/a "The Safety Dance" Men Without Hats November 1982 3 6 3 (United States) n/a "Theme from Harry's Game" Clannad October 1982 n/a 5 5 (United Kingdom) n/a "Theme from Hill Street Blues" Mike Post and Larry Carlton August 1981 10 25 10 (United States) n/a "There It Is" Shalamar May 1982 n/a 5 5 (United Kingdom) n/a "Time (Clock of the Heart)" Culture Club November 1982 2 3 3 (United Kingdom) n/a "Thru These Walls" Phil Collins October 1982 56 56 56 (United Kingdom) n/a "Twilight Zone (Golden Earring song)" Golden Earring August 1982 10 n/a 1 (Netherlands) n/a "Under Pressure" Queen and David Bowie October 1981 29 1 countries) n/a "Vacation" The Go-Go's June 1982 8 n/a 8 (United States) n/a "View from a Bridge" Kim Wilde April 1982 n/a 16 2 (s) n/a "Waiting for a Girl Like You" Foreigner October 1981 2 8 2 (United States) n/a "What About Me" Moving Pictures January 1982 29 n/a 1 (Australia) n/a "White Wedding" Billy Idol October 1982 36 6 5 (New Zealand) n/a "Why" Carly Simon July 1982 74 10 10 (United Kingdom) n/a "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" A Flock of Seagulls November 1982 26 10 10 (United Kingdom) n/a "Yesterday's Songs" Neil Diamond November 1981 11 n/a 11 (United States) n/a "You and I" Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle October 1982 7 n/a 7 (United States) n/a "You Can Do Magic" America July 1982 8 59 8 (United States) n/a "You Can't Hurry Love" Phil Collins November 1982 10 1 countries) n/a "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" Melissa Manchester May 1982 5 n/a 4 (Australia) n/a "Young Guns (Go for It)" Wham! October 1982 n/a 3 3 (United Kingdom) n/a "Young Turks" Rod Stewart October 1981 5 11 2 (Canada) n/a Number One hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Date reached number one Weeks at number one Country(s) "Abracadabra" Steve Miller Band September 1982 September 1982 2 weeks 10 countries "Billie Jean" Michael Jackson January 1983 April 1983 7 weeks 12 countries "Centerfold" The J. Geils Band February 1982 March 1982 6 weeks United States, Australia, Canada "Come On Eileen" Dexys Midnight Runners July 1982 April 1983 4 weeks 8 countries "Da Da Da" Trio April 1982 September 1982 5 weeks 4 countries "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" Culture Club October 1982 December 1982 3 weeks 12 countries "Don't You Want Me" The Human League December 1981 July 1982 3 weeks 8 countries "Ebony and Ivory" Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder April 1982 July 1982 7 weeks 13 countries "Eye in the Sky" The Alan Parsons Project August 1982 October 1982 3 weeks Canada, Spain "Eye of the Tiger" Survivor July 1982 September 1982 6 weeks 14 countries "Gloria" Laura Branigan June 1982 February 1983 7 weeks Australia, Canada "Goody Two Shoes" Adam Ant June 1982 July 1982 2 weeks United Kingdom, Australia "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Chicago September 1982 September 1982 2 weeks 5 countries "House of Fun" Madness May 1982 June 1982 2 weeks United Kingdom "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Joan Jett & the Blackhearts March 1982 May 1982 7 weeks 6 countries "I Ran (So Far Away)" A Flock of Seagulls March 1982 August 1982 2 weeks Australia "I've Never Been to Me" Charlene June 1982 July 1982 4 weeks United Kingdom, Australia "Jack & Diane" John Mellencamp October 1982 October 1982 4 weeks United States "Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)" Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark January 1982 April 1982 4 weeks 4 countries "Maneater" Hall & Oates December 1982 January 1983 4 weeks United States, Canada, Spain "Oh Julie" Shakin' Stevens January 1982 February 1982 1 week 8 countries "Pass the Dutchie" Musical Youth September 1982 November 1982 3 weeks 9 countries "Physical" Olivia Newton-John November 1981 February 1982 10 weeks 8 countries "Tainted Love" Soft Cell September 1981 July 1982 2 weeks 6 countries "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Tight Fit March 1982 April 1982 3 weeks 4 countries "The Other Woman" Ray Parker Jr. March 1982 June 1982 1 week Australia "Trouble" Lindsey Buckingham February 1982 March 1982 3 weeks Australia "Up Where We Belong" Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes July 1982 November 1982 3 weeks 4 countries "What About Me" Moving Pictures March 1982 May 1982 6 weeks Australia "Who Can It Be Now?" Men at Work July 1981 October 1982August 1981 in Australia 2 weeks United States, Australia, Israel "Words" F. R. David August 1982 December 1982 6 weeks 14 countries Other Chart hit singles 30em "3×3" (EP) – Genesis "All Quiet on the Western Front" – Elton John "Almost with You" – The Church (# 21 Australia) "Another Sleepless Night" – Anne Murray (# 44 US) "Being Boiled" – Human League "Best Years of Our Lives" – Modern Romance "Body + Soul" – Jo Kennedy (#5 Australia) "Caught Up in You" – 38 Special (#9 Canada, #10 US) "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" – Modern Romance "Confidences sur la Fréquence" – Dalida "Countdown" – Rush "Dancing in the Street" – Van Halen "Danza" – Dalida "Džuli" (English language version "Julie") – Daniel PopovićVuletić Dean Ivan Raykoff Robert Deam Tobin A Song for Europe: Popular Music and Politics in the Eurovision Song Contest https://books.google.com/books?id=Eq7nilnv93cC&pg=PA92 Ashgate Publishing 2007 83–98 2009-12-05 Burlington, Vermont 978-0-7546-5879-5 "Enough Is Enough" – April Wine "Everybody" – Madonna "Fantastic Day" – Haircut One Hundred (#9 UK) "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" – Elkie Brooks "Forever Now" – Cold Chisel "Ghosts" – Japan "Goin' Down" – Greg Guidry "Hand to Hold On To" – John Cougar "Heart of the Night" – Juice Newton "Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do" – Huey Lewis and the News "I Love It Loud" – Kiss "I Melt with You" – Modern English "I Will Always Love You" – Dolly Parton "Iron Fist" – Motörhead "Irmão De Côr" – Catui "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" – Deniece Williams "Jambo Bwana" – Them Mushrooms "Jouez Bouzouki" – Dalida "Never Say Never" – Romeo Void "New World Man" – Rush "Nova Heart" – Spoons "Personally" – Karla Bonoff "Right Before Your Eyes" – America "Roll Me Away" – Bob Seger "She's Got a Way" – Billy Joel "Sole Survivor" – Asia "Solid Rock" – Goanna "Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye" – Anne Murray "Southern Cross" – Crosby, Stills, and Nash "Spread a Little Happiness" – Sting "Sweet Dreams" (1981) – Air Supply "Tony" – Dalida "US Forces" – Midnight Oil "Valley Girl" – Frank Zappa "When the Tigers Broke Free" – Pink Floyd "Without You (Not Another Lonely Night)" – Franke and the Knockouts "Yellow Pearl" – Phil Lynott "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" – The Gap Band "You Got Lucky" – Tom Petty "You Need a Friend" – Sunnyboys Notable singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s)"A Celebration" U2 March 1982 15 (Irish Singles Chart) – 47 (UK Singles Chart)"Don't Change" INXS October 1982 14 (Australia) – 17 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock) – 80 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)"Everywhere That I'm Not" b/w "Current Events" Translator October 1982 n/a"Glittering Prize" Simple Minds August 1982 See chart performance entry"Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran May 1982 See chart performance entry"Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)" Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark January 1982 See chart performance entry"The Message" Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five July 1982 See chart performance entry"Mexican Radio" Wall of Voodoo September 1982 18 (Canada) – 21 (New Zealand) – 33 (Australia) – 64 (UK Singles Chart) – 58 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)"Never Say Never" Romeo Void November 1982 27 (US Billboard Mainstream Rock)"Nova Heart" Spoons May 1982 40 (Canada)"The One Thing" INXS July 1982 See chart performance entry"Promised You a Miracle" Simple Minds April 1982 See chart performance entry"Senses Working Overtime" XTC January 1982 See chart performance entry"Six Months in a Leaky Boat" Split Enz May 1982 See chart performance entry"Solid Rock" Goanna September 1982 2 (Australia) – 61 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)"Tatibitati" Rita Lee November 1981 51 (France)"US Forces" Midnight Oil November 1982 20 (Australia)"Valley Girl" Frank and Moon Unit Zappa June 1982 12 (U.S. Billboard Top Tracks) – 18 (Canada) – 32 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100) Published popular music How Do You Keep the Music Playing? w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Michel LeGrand. From the film Best Friends. "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 Classical music Hans Abrahamsen – Nacht und Trompeten George Crumb Pastoral Drone for organ Trio for Strings Mario Davidovsky – String Trio for violin, viola, violoncello Ross Edwards – Piano Concerto in A Morton Feldman Three Voices For John Cage, for violin and piano Lorenzo Ferrero Thema 44 (ad honorem J. Haydn) My Blues Respiri Soleils Daron Hagen – Echo's Songs Rudolf Komorous – Serenade for Strings György Ligeti – Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano Mel Powell – String Quartet Poul Ruders Manhattan Abstraction for orchestra Greeting Concertino Piano Sonata No. 2 Robert Simpson – String Quartet no. 9, 32 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Haydn Tōru Takemitsu Rain Coming for chamber orchestra Rain Spell for flute, clarinet, harp, piano and vibraphone Jay Ungar – Ashokan FarewellMichael Allen Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra: pt. 1. The teaching of music. A pedagogical model for beginning string class instruction : revisited https://books.google.com/books?id=I24JAQAAMAAJ 2001 GIA Publications 978-1-57999-277-4 222 Ballet See List of 1982 ballet premieres Opera Thea Musgrave – An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Stephen Paulus – The Postman Always Rings Twice Peter Sculthorpe – Quiros Jazz 1982 in jazz Musical theater Andy Capp (Alan Price) – London production opened at the Aldwych Theatre on September 28 and ran for 99 performances Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber) – Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 7 and ran for 7485 performances, the longest run in the history of Broadway to date Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) – Broadway production opened at the Royale Theatre on January 27 and ran for 747 performances Little Shop of Horrors – off-Broadway production opened at the Orpheum Theatre on July 27 and ran for 2209 performances Nine – Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on May 9 and ran for 729 performances Pirates Of Penzance – London revival Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (Saul Chaplin, Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer) – Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on July 8 and ran for 5 performances Song and Dance (Andrew Lloyd Webber) – London production opened at the Palace Theatre on April 7 and ran for 781 performances Musical films Alice Annie The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Disco Dancer Grease 2 (released June 11), starring Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer (in her feature film debut)https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200805-grease-2-the-flop-that-became-a-surprise-hit Grease 2: The flop that became a surprise hit BBC August 10, 2020 June 28, 2025 One from the Heart Parsifalhttp://www.filmportal.de/film/parsifal_6e78007c8cc84c759cef1a3411656bf1 filmportal.de Parsifal 1 January 2014 de Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu Pink Floyd – The Wall Starstruck Une chambre en ville Victor/Victoria Yes, Giorgio Musical 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https://web.archive.org/web/20160322083437/https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/joanna_caroline_newsom_born_1982_15501579 live Joanna Caroline Newsom was born on January 18, 1982 in Nevada County, California January 19 – Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress January 23 Statik Selektah, American DJ and record producer Oceana, German singer and songwriter January 24 – Daveed Diggs, American rapper, actor and singer (clipping.)http://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/309617-daveed-daniele-diggs Daveed Diggs Theatre Credits and Profile January 25 Noemi, Italian singer Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer January 28 – Ryan Sheridan, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist January 29 – Adam Lambert, American singer, songwriter, stage actor, American Idol 8 finalist (Queen + Adam Lambert)https://www.allmusic.com/artist/adam-lambert-mn0001532591/biography Adam Lambert Biography Andrew Leahey AllMusic October 26, 2015 March 9, 2014 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Ha Seok-jin, South Korean actor March 8 – Marjorie Estiano, Brazilian actress and singer-songwriter March 13 – Darbuka Siva, Indian percussionist and composer March 14 – Kate Maberly, English actress, director, writer, producer and musician March 17 – Herman Sikumbang, Indonesian guitarist (d. 2018) March 19 – Hana Kobayashi, Venezuelan singer of Japanese descent. March 20 – Emma O'Driscoll, Irish singer and television presenterhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm1146997/bio Biography for Emma O'Driscoll IMDb 16 November 2008 March 21 Jocie Kok, Chinese-Singaporean singer Santino Fontana, American actor and singer March 22 Pete Bennett, English rock singer (Daddy Fantastic) and television personality (Big Brother 2006) Chris Wallace, American musician and singer March 24 - Nivea (singer), American R&B singer April 3 – Cobie Smulders, Canadian singer and actress April 7 – Kelli Young, English pop singer (Liberty X) April 8 – Keegan DeWitt, American singer-songwriter and actor (Wild Cub) April 10 – Nadia Meikher, Ukrainian singer-songwriter April 12 Easton Corbin, American country music singer Deen, Bosnian singer April 13 Janice Vidal, Hong Kong singer and actress Jill Vidal, Hong Kong singer and actress Ty Dolla Sign, American singer, songwriter and rapper Nellie McKay, English–American singer, songwriter and activistVanAirsdale S.T. 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Movie Star? http://movieline.com/2012/04/17/nellie-mckay-the-musician-the-myth-the-movie-star Movieline April 17, 2012 September 6, 2016 April 17 – Lee Joon-gi, South Korean actor, singer, dancer and model April 18 – Marie-Élaine Thibert, Canadian singer April 21 – Lynn Hilary, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Celtic Woman and Anúna) April 24 – Kelly Clarkson, American singer, songwriter, actress and author, first American Idol winner April 26 Nadja Benaissa, German pop singer Jon Lee, English singer (S Club 7) April 28 – Nikko Smith, American singer April 30 Lloyd Banks, African American/Puerto Rican rapperhttp://www.askmen.com/celebs/men/entertainment_150/165_lloyd_banks.html Lloyd Banks Biography AskMen.com July 28, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100824061413/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/men/entertainment_150/165_lloyd_banks.html August 24, 2010 Drew Seeley, Canadian actor, singer-songwriter and dancer Kirsten Dunst, American actress, model and singer Cleo Higgins, English singer, songwriter and dancer (Cleopatra) May 1 – Anya Lahiri, English actress, model, singer and fitness instructor (Precious) May 4 – Vera Schmidt, Hungarian singer-songwriter May 10 – Boom, South Korean rapper May 11 – Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and musician (d. 2013) May 14 – Dan Nigro, American songwriter and producer (As Tall As Lions) May 15 Layal Abboud, Lebanese singer Jessica Sutta, American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress and choreographer (The Pussycat Dolls) May 16 Billy Crawford, Filipino-American singer Dimitri Vegas, Belgian DJ, producer and half of Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike May 23 Tristan Prettyman, American singer-songwriter, musician and Foxy Model Malene Mortensen, Danish singer May 27 – Louis Bell, American musician, record producer and mixer May 31 – Casey James, American singer June 2 – Jewel Staite, Canadian actress and singer June 3 – Dihan Slabbert, South African singer-songwriter and producer June 4 – Jin Au-Yeung, Chinese-American rapper June 5 – Scott Speer, American filmmaker, music video director, television director and novelist. June 7 – Amy Nuttall, British actress and opera singer June 13 – Jessica Caban, American fashion model, actress, musician and muse of Bruno Mars June 14 Freddie Gibbs, American rapper (Freddie Gibbs & Madlib) Lang Lang, Chinese concert pianistKerry Brown Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography Volume 4 https://books.google.com/books?id=GbvBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA235 1 May 2015 Berkshire Publishing Group 978-1-61472-900-6 235 June 15 – Haley Scarnato, American singer and American Idol finalist June 17 – Arthur Darvill, English actor and musician (Doctor Who) June 19 - Jessica Betts, American singer and actress June 21 – Jussie Smollett, American singer, actor, activist, director and photographer June 21 - Rob Mills, Australian actor, singer, songwriter and television host June 23 Candice Alley, Australian singer-songwriter ("Falling", Colorblind) Martin Rolinski, Swedish singer Jo Eun-byul, South Korean singer and actress (Luv) June 25 Lola Ponce, Argentinian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress Rain, South Korean singer, songwriter, dancer, actor and record producer July 2 – Ilya Gringolts, Russian violinist and educator July 5 – Dave Haywood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lady Antebellum) July 6 – Tay Zonday, American musician and voice actor July 7 Cassidy, American hip-hop recording artist and rapper Julien Doré, French singer-songwriter, musician and actor July 10 – Alex Arrowsmith, American rock musician July 12 Mahalia Barnes, Australian singer-songwriter and manager, (Jimmy Barnes, Reece Mastin) Walter Perez, American actor and musician July 15 – Carl Espen, Norwegian singer and songwriter July 17 – Natasha Hamilton, English pop singer-songwriter(Atomic Kitten) July 18 Ryan Cabrera, American singer-songwriter and musician (Ashlee Simpson, Lisa Origliasso, Riley Keough, Audrina Patridge) Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress, singer, film producer and philanthropist July 19 – Christopher Bear, American drummer (Grizzly Bear) July 23 Claudette Ortiz, American soul singer Ricky Reed, American artist, music producer, singer, songwriter and founder July 26 – Alex Scally, American multi-instrumentalist and songwriter (Beach House) July 27 – Westside Gunn, American rapper July 27 – Rebecca Zadig, Swedish singer July 30 – Rebecca Stephens, English singer (The Pipettes) August 1 – Orelsan, French rapper August 4 – Quindon Tarver, American singer (d. 2021) August 6 – Spice, Jamaican dancehall singer and songwriter August 7 – Abbie Cornish, Australian actress and rapper under the pseudonym "Dusk" August 8 – Raef, Egyptian-American singer and songwriter August 10 – Vincent Rodriguez III, American actor, singer and dancer August 13 Gil Ofarim, German singer, songwriter and actor Tamara Jaber, Australian singer (Scandal'us) Kalenna Harper, American singer-songwriter August 16 – Ummet Ozcan, Dutch-Turkish DJ and producer August 19 Willy Denzey, French singer Erika Christensen, American actress and singerhttps://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/erika-christensen/bio/149547/ https://web.archive.org/web/20080514223354/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/erika-christensen/bio/149547 dead May 14, 2008 Erika Christensen TV Guide September 6, 2015 August 22 – Boys Noize, German EDM DJ and producer August 27 – Duke Dumont, British record producer, songwriter, musician and DJ August 28 – LeAnn Rimes, American singer, songwriter, actress and authorMartin Charles Strong Brendon Griffin Lights, Camera, Sound Tracks https://books.google.com/books?id=aSYKAQAAMAAJ 2008 Canongate 978-1-84767-003-8 76 August 29 – Mayana Moura, Brilizian singer, actress and model September 3 Andrew McMahon, American musician Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model September 4 - Drapht. 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September 20 – Ian Kirkpatrick (record producer), American songwriter and record producer (worked with Dua Lipa, Selena Gomez, Britney Spears) September 22 – Billie Piper, British singer and actresshttp://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/billie-piper/bio/192300 https://web.archive.org/web/20090214033712/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/billie-piper/bio/192300 dead February 14, 2009 Billie Piper: Biography TV Guide 19 July 2013 September 27 Anna Camp, American actress-singer (Pitch Perfect) Jon McLaughlin, American pop rock singer-songwriter, producer and pianist Lil Wayne, American rapper September 28 – St. Vincent (musician), American singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist and guitar designer September 29 – Stephen "tWitch" Boss, American hip hip dancer, DJ, actor and entertainer September 30 – Kieran Culkin, American actor October 1 – Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish pop singer October 6 – MC Lars, American rapper October 7 – Lockett Pundt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deerhunter) October 15 – Paulini, Fijian-born Australian singer, songwriter and actress October 16 – Kim Ah-joong, South Korean actress, model, and singer October 19 – Hiromi Hayakawa, Japanese-born Mexican actress and singer (d. 2017) October 25 – Eman Lam, Hong Kong singer October 27 Keri Hilson, American singer Jessy Matador, Congolese-French singer Joana Zimmer, German singer October 28 Mai Kuraki, Japanese singer Park Hyun-bin, South Korean singer October 30 - Chimène Badi, French singer November 3 - Raquel del Rosario, Spanish singer and was the lead vocalist of the band El Sueño de Morfeo (Morpheus' Dream). November 6 – Sowelu, Japanese singer November 11 – Heo Jung-min, South Korean actor and singer (M.C the Max) November 12 – Anne Hathaway, American actress, musical star and singerAnne Hathaway https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anne-Hathaway-American-actress Britannica.com 5 November 2025 November 13 Michael Copon, American actor model and singer Kumi Koda, Japanese singer November 14 – Joy Williams (singer), American singer-songwriter24 Kerry Maffeo Opening Acts: Get to Know Joy Williams http://ht.salemweb.net/ccm/ccmmagazine/pdf/200110.pdf CCM Magazine December 12, 2015 October 1, 2001 https://web.archive.org/web/20120510232314/http://ht.salemweb.net/ccm/ccmmagazine/pdf/200110.pdf May 10, 2012 November 15 – Jenifer (singer), French singer and actress November 18 Aoife O'Donovan, Irish-American singer and songwriter Neha Bhasin, Indian singer (Viva) November 21 – Ryan Starr, American singer November 22 Charlene Choi, Hong Kong singer and actress (Twins) Steve Angello, Greek Swedish DJ, music producer and November 23 – Leah Jenner, American musician November 30 - Ms. Rachel, American educator, YouTuber, activist, and singer-songwriter. December 1 – Riz Ahmed, British actor, rapper, and activist((Editors of Chase's)) 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=PA580 24 September 2019 Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-64143-316-7 580 December 3 – Jaycee Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer December 5 – Keri Hilson, American singer, songwriter and actress December 6 – Ulysses Owens, American jazz drummer and percussionist December 7 – Chrispa, Greek singer and actress December 8 Chrisette Michele, American R&B singer-songwriter Nicki Minaj, American rapper and singerhttp://www.biography.com/people/nicki-minaj-579574 Nicki Minaj Biography: Rapper (1982–) Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks) April 22, 2013 Serena Ryder, Canadian musician December 13 – Anthony Callea, Australian singer-songwriter, stage actor and activist December 14 – Anthony Way, British singer and actor December 16 Frankie Ballard, American country music singer-songwriter Mei Finegold, Israeli singer Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter Cherise Roberts, English singer and songwriter (Big Brovaz) December 20 David Cook, American singer Jason Zhang, Chinese pop singer December 23 Beatriz Luengo, Spanish singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and entrepreneur Toru Kitajima, Japanese singer (Ling Tosite Sigure) December 24 Masaki Aiba, Japanese singer Robert Carmine, vocalist (Rooney) December 27 – Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist (Týr) Deaths January – Sudhin Dasgupta, music director, lyricist, and singer, 52 January 16 – Harald Agersnap, Danish classical musician, 92https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Harald_Agersnap Harald Agersnap Hans Riis-Vestergaard Dansk Biografisk Leksikon 14 November 2011 29 June 2025 January 19 – Elis Regina, Brazilian singer, 36 (drug/alcohol overdose)Colin Larkin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Morricone, Ennio – Rich Kids https://books.google.com/books?id=NQ0KAQAAMAAJ 2006 MUZE 978-0-19-531373-4 837 January 22 – Tommy Tucker, singer=songwriter, 48 (carbon tetrachloride poisoning)Robert Higginbotham, Singer Of Blues and Jazz, Dead at 48 https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/25/nyregion/robert-higginbotham-singer-of-blues-and-jazz-dead-at-48.html Robert Higginbotham, a blues and jazz singer who performed under the name Tommy Tucker, died Friday at College Hospital in Newark. Mr. Higginbotham, who lived in East Orange, N.J., was 48 years old. ... A native of Springfield, Ohio, he had lived in East Orange for 17 years. He was a licensed real-estate broker and had been an amateur prize fighter as a young man. The New York Times January 25, 1982 August 20, 2012 January 28 – Bert Etta Davis, American alto saxophonist, 5822 September 2022 Howard Rye Davis, Bert Etta [Davis, Birdie; Lady Bird] Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J549800 January 30 Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer, 91 Lightnin' Hopkins, blues singer, 69 February 4 – Alex Harvey, rock singer and guitarist, 46The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music Colin Larkin Virgin Books 1997 First 0-7535-0149-X 226 February 16 – Luis Pacheco de Céspedes, Peruvian composer, violinist, and conductor, 862001 J. Carlos Estenssoro Pacheco de Céspedes, Luis Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45183 February 17 – Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist, 64Wilson John S. John S. Wilson (music critic) https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/18/obituaries/thelonious-monk-created-wry-jazz-melodies-and-new-harmonies.html Thelonious Monk, Created Wry Jazz Melodies And New Harmonies The New York Times February 18, 1982 February 18 – Nathaniel Shilkret, composer and musician, 92 February 20 – Sholom Katz, American Jewish cantorMcAllister Elisabeth 1982-02-25 Sholom Katz, Noted Cantor, Rabbi, Dies en-US Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1982/02/25/sholom-katz-noted-cantor-rabbi-dies/9e5baafa-6010-4d0e-a061-fb202bc5c7e4/ 2022-04-22 0190-8286 February 21 – Murray the K, disc jockey, 60 February 25 – Chao Yuen Ren, composer, 89 March 5 – John Belushi, entertainer of The Blues Brothers fame, 33 (drug overdose) March 7 – Chuck Thompson, American jazz drummer, 5522 February 2023 Thompson, Chuck [Charles Edmund] Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J448300 March 19 – Randy Rhoads, guitarist, 25 (plane crash) March 24 – Aileen Stanley, singer, 84 or 85 March 26 – Ferdinando Garimberti, violin maker, 88 March 27 – Bob Ysaguirre, Belizean-born American jazz double bass and tuba player, 852003 Ysaguirre, Bob [Robert; Clarence (Fitzroy)] Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J494900 Howard Rye March 29 – Carl Orff, German composer, famous for the choral work Carmina Burana, 86 March 31 – Georgios Poniridis, Greek composer and violinist, 90Ο ΣΥΝΘΕΤΗΣ ΠΟΥ ΕΦΥΓΕ Τα Νέα April 2, 1982 2 April 2 Yedidya Admon, Israeli composer and singer, 872001 Admon-Gorokhov, Yedidya Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42182 Natan Shahar Sam Coslow, songwriter and singer, 79 April 7 – Koço Uçi, Albanian composer and conductor, 592001 Uçi, Koço Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.41138 George Leotsakos April 8 – Branko Grković, Bosnian-Herzegovinian composer, arranger, music editor, music critic, pianist, music educator, and writer on music, 6225 May 2016 Grković, Branko Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.28521 Ivan Čavlović April 30 – Lester Bangs, American music journalist, 33 (overdose) The Life and Work of Lester Bangs The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/apr/12/artsfeatures.music April 12, 2002 July 31, 2014 Nick Kent May 1 – William Primrose, violist, 77 May 5 – Cal Tjader, Latin jazz musician, 56 (heart attack)https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/06/obituaries/cal-tjader-jazz-vibraphonist.html Cal Tjader, Jazz Vibraphonist Associated Press The New York Times 1982-05-06 May 6 – Pinocchio James, 54, American jazz and R&B singer, 542001 James, Pinocchio [Cornelius, Jr] Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J222200 Barry Kernfeld Barry Kernfeld May 8 – Neil Bogart, owner of Casablanca Records, 39 (cancer) May 12 – Humphrey Searle, composer, 66Watson Derek 6 January 2011 23 September 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Searle, Humphrey Oxford University Press Oxford 10.1093/ref:odnb/31668 978-0-19-861412-8 subscription https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-31668 May 13 Sal Pace, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, 75https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-dispatch-salvatore-pace/190442329/ Salvatore Pace The Reporter Dispatch May 15, 1982 7 Renzo Rossellini, film composer, 74 May 14 – Jean Derbès, French composer, pianist, and music critic, 452001 Derbès, Jean Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47360 Jean-Rémy Berthoud May 15 – Joëlle Mogensen, French singer, 29 (drug overdose) May 16 – Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Portuguese composer and singer, 40 May 18 – Lajos Kiss, Hungarian ethnomusicologist, music educator, academic administrator, conductor, editor, and folk-song collector, 822001 Kiss, Lajos Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.15070 Bálint Sárosi Sárosi May 26 – Nanny Larsén-Todsen, operatic soprano, 97Aliki Andris-Michalaros The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to the World of Opera Simon and Schuster 1987 9780671617325 185 May 30 – Leon René, songwriter, 80 June 15 – Art Pepper, jazz saxophonist, 56 (brain hemorrhage)https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rhythm-ning-Tradition-Innovation-Traditions/dp/0306809877 Rhythm-a-ning: Jazz Tradition And Innovation Gary Giddins Amazon.co.uk September 16, 2025 June 16 – James Honeyman-Scott, guitarist, 25 (heart failure from cocaine use) July 8 – Aino Seep, Estonian singer and actress, 57 July 9 – Wingy Manone, jazz trumpeter, 82 July 10 – Maria Jeritza, operatic soprano, 96 July 15 – Bill Justis, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer, 55 (cancer) July 15 – Lionel Daunais, Canadian baritone and composer, 80 July 22 – Sonny Stitt, jazz saxophonist, 58 July 28 – Keith Green, gospel singer, 28 (plane crash) July 28 – Nick Lucas Jazz Guitarist, Musician, 84 August 13 – Joe Tex, Southern soul singer, 49 August 25 – Anna German, Polish singer, 46https://hopetv.org/news/article/go/2013-05-27/going-where-the-people-are/ Going Where The People Are Fowler-Kline Fylvia 2013-05-27 Hope Channel 2020-09-25 April 19, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210419223451/https://www.hopetv.org/news/article/go/2013-05-27/going-where-the-people-are/ dead September 1 – Clifford Curzon, pianist, 75 September 12 Franz Grothe, German composer, arranger, songwriter, conductor, and pianist, 73Operetta: A Sourcebook II Robert Ignatius Letellier 2015 Cambridge Scholars Publishing 9781443885089 766 Franz Grothe Federico Moreno Torroba, composer, 91http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/bio23892.htm Moreno Torroba's biography (Naxos) 2008-03-22 2008-12-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20081202032420/http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/bio23892.htm dead September 14 – Christian Ferras, French violinist, 49 (suicide) September 17 – Manos Loïzos, Greek composer, 44 September 23 – Jimmy Wakely, American Country-Western singer and actor, 68Krampert Peter The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica 2016 Mel Bay Publications 9781619115774 179 https://books.google.com/books?id=YRsxDwAAQBAJ&q=%22James+Clarence+Wakely%22&pg=PA179 25 December 2017 en September 29 – A. L. Lloyd, folk song collector, 74 October 4 – Glenn Gould, pianist, 50 (stroke) October 16 Jakov Gotovac, composer and conductor, 87 Mario del Monaco, operatic tenor, 67 October 21 – Radka Toneff, Norwegian jazz singer, 30 October 29 – William Lloyd Webber, British organist and composer, 68 November 16 – Al Haig, jazz pianist, 58 December 2 – David Blue, folk singer, 41 December 8 – Marty Robbins, country singer, 57 December 19 – Andy Anderson, African-American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader,https://64parishes.org/entry/andy-anderson Andy Anderson Holly Hobbs 64 PARISHES August 10, 2023 77Andrew Anderson in the U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2020 December 10 – Roy Webb, film composer, 94Frank N. Magill Magill's Cinema Annual 1983 https://books.google.com/books?id=LXAsctC3wasC December 1983 Gale / Cengage Learning 978-0-89356-402-5 554 Awards Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1982 Country Music Association Awards 1982 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1982 Charts List of No. 1 Hits Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1982 See also 1982 in music (UK) Record labels established in 1982 List of years in music References Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year