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1982 in music
See also:
1981 in music,
other events of 1982,
1983 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music'
Events
- January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida.
- January 17 - Tommy Tucker , writer of "Hi Heel Sneakers", dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning sustained while he was finishing floors in his home
- January 20 - Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off of a live bat thrown at him during a performance. Osbourne is hospitalized with rabies.
- January 21 - B.B. King donates his personal record collection, which includes nearly 7,000 rare blues records, to the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture.
- February 13 - A 300 pound gravestone from the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant is stolen from an Orange Park, Florida cemetery. Police found the gravestone 2 weeks later in a dry river bed.
- February 20 - Pat Benatar marries her guitarist, Neil Giraldo on the Hawaiian island of Maui
- March 4 - Frank Zappa's son Dweezil and daughter Moon Unit form Fred Zeppelin
- March 5 - Comedian and Blues Brother John Belushi is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles, California
- March 18 - Teddy Pendergrass is severely injured in a car accident in Philadelphia. Pendergrass' injuries result in him being paralyzed from the waist down
- March 19 - Ozzy Osbourne's lead guitarist, Randy Rhoads is killed in a freak accident in Leesburg, Florida when the plane he's riding in buzzes Osbourne's tour bus and crashes into a house. The plane's pilot and a female passenger are also killed.
- March 28 - In Los Angeles, California, David Crosby is arrested for possession of Quaaludes and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon
- March 29 - Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney release their single "Ebony and Ivory "
- March 31 - The Doobie Brothers announce that they are breaking up
- April 15 - Billy Joel is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Long Island, New York. Joel spends over a month in the hospital undergoing physical therapy for his hand.
- April - Amy Grant marries Gary Chapman
- April 26 - Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles, California. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt.
- August 17 - In Langenhagen near Hanover, Germany began the first mass production of the compact disc.
- September 7 - The musical Cats begins its 18 year run on Broadway
- November 5 - First broadcast of The Tube was shown on Channel 4 in the UK.
- The first compact discs appear in music stores.
- A benefit concert takes place in Downey, California to replace the guitars belonging to Daniel Amos which were stolen early in the year. Performers included Tom Howard , Mark Heard and Randy Stonehill.
- Janet Jackson releases first recording
- Caution and Plee Fresh begin recording; this is the birth of a distinctively Chicago sound in hip hop
- Lee Aaron's solo career begins
- Madonna's career begins
- Metallica's career begins
- Ronnie James Dio leaves Black Sabbath for solo career
- The Smiths form
- Pantera forms
- Faith No More forms
- Guadalcanal Diary forms
- Slayer forms
- Violent Femmes forms
- The Eagles break up
- Wendy O. Williams leaves the Plasmatics for a solo career
Albums released
Chronological Table of US and UK Number One Hit Singles
Other significant singles of the year
Published popular music
- Hans Abrahamsen - Nacht und Trompeten
- Mario Davidovsky - Sting Trio for violin, viola, violoncello
- Rudolf Komorous - Serenade for Strings
- Mel Powell - String Quartet
- Tōru Takemitsu - Rain Coming for chamber orchestra
- Tōru Takemitsu - Rain Spell for flute, clarinet, harp, piano and vibraphone
- Jay Ungar - Ashokan Farewell
Musical television
Births
Deaths
- January 17 - Tommy Tucker , songwriter
- January 30 - Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer
- February 17 - Thelonious Monk
- February 21 - Murray the K, disc jockey
- March 5 - John Belushi US entertainer of The Blues Brothers
- March 24 - Aileen Stanley, US singer
- April 2 - Sam Coslow, US songwriter and sometime singer
- April 9 - Jim Davidson , 79, Australian bandleader in Bowral, NSW
- May 1 - William Primrose, violist
- May 8 - Neil Bogart, 39, Owner of Casablanca Records, cancer
- May 15 - Joëlle, French singer, drug overdose
- July 9 - Wingy Manone, jazz trumpeter
- July 28 - Keith Green, gospel singer, plane crash
- September 1 - Clifford Curzon, pianist
- October 4 - Glenn Gould, pianist
- October 16 - Mario del Monaco, operatic tenor
Awards
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