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Contents 1 Events 2 Bands formed 3 Bands disbanded 4 Biggest hit singles 5 Chronological Table of US and UK Number One Hit Singles 6 US top 40 hits of 1982 (Billboard hot 100) 7 UK top 40 hits of 1982 8 Published popular music 9 Classical music 10 Opera 11 Musical theater 12 Musical films 13 Musical television 14 Births 15 Deaths 16 Awards 16.1 Grammy Awards 16.2 Country Music Association Awards 16.3 Eurovision Song Contest 17 Charts 17.1 List of No. 1 Hits

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 a live bat thrown at him during a performance.
• 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 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", which will remain at #1 for 7 weeks
• 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 26 – Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles, California. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt.
• May 26 – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Aberdeen, Scotland.
• June 19 - Amy Grant marries Gary Chapman.
• August 17 – In Langenhagen near Hanover, Germany began the first mass production of the compact disc.
• August 28 - Eric Burdon getting arrested after a show at the Rockpalast in Cologne
• September 7 – The musical Cats begins its 18 year run on Broadway
• September 22 – The Who begin their only formally-announced "farewell" tour in Washington, D.C.
• November 5 – First broadcast of The Tube was shown on Channel 4 in the UK.
• November – Most successful group of the 1970s Abba release their final two singles "Under Attack" followed by the re-release of 1977's "Thank You For The Music". But a split is never officially announced.
• December 1 – Thriller is released by superstar Michael Jackson and goes on to be greatest selling album of all time, with 104 million units sold worldwide
• The first compact discs appear in music stores in Asia.
• 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.
• Madonna's recording career begins when she signs on to Warner Bros. Records and both Sire Records
• Janet Jackson releases first recording
• Caution and Plee Fresh begin recording; this is the birth of a distinctively Chicago sound in hip hop music
• Lee Aaron's solo career begins
• Ronnie James Dio leaves Black Sabbath for solo career
• Wendy O. Williams leaves the Plasmatics for a solo career

Bands formed

• Cinderella
• Culture Club
• The Smiths
• Seona Dancing
• Eight Seconds
• Faith No More
• Napalm Death
• Armored Saint
• Skinny Puppy
• Nitzer Ebb
• Alien Sex Fiend
• The Pogues
• D.I.
• Soda Stereo
• a-Ha
• Beat Happening
• Big Black
• The Celibate Rifles
• Del Amitri
• Everything But The Girl
• James
• Kajagoogoo
• Public Enemy
• Flesh for Lulu
• Ratt
• Swans
• Suicidal Tendencies
• The Toasters
• They Might Be Giants
• X Japan
• Tankard

Bands disbanded

• ABBA (retired)
• Adam and the Ants
• Bad Company (they reform in 1986)
• Blondie (they reform in 1997)
• The Doobie Brothers (they reform in 1988)
• Eagles (they reform in 1994)
• Hotel
• The Jam
• The Only Ones
• Average White Band (they reform in 1989)
• The Teardrop Explodes
• Japan
• The Skids
• The Wild Swans (they reform in 1985)

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		UK 1 – Jul 1982, US BB 1 – Jun 1982, US CashBox 1 of 1982, Canada 1 – Jun 1982, Norway 1 – Aug 1982, Australia 1 of 1982, Éire 1 – Sep 1982, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Aug 1983, Holland 2 – Sep 1982, Austria 2 – Sep 1982, South Africa 2 of 1982, Sweden (alt) 5 – Aug 1982, Switzerland 6 – Aug 1982, US BB 7 of 1982, France 7 – Jan 1983, POP 7 of 1982, Germany 18 – Jan 1983, Scrobulate 20 of 80s, Italy 23 of 1982, Poland 24 – Jul 1982, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1982, Europe 46 of the 1980s, OzNet 82
2	Men at Work	Down Under	1982		UK 1 – Jan 1983, US BB 1 – Nov 1982, Canada 1 – Sep 1982, Switzerland 1 – Jun 1982, Poland 1 – Jan 1983, Éire 1 – Jan 1983, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Feb 1982, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Nov 1982, Holland 2 – Mar 1982, Norway 2 – Feb 1983, France 4 – Aug 1982, Sweden (alt) 6 – Feb 1983, US CashBox 8 of 1983, South Africa 8 of 1982, OzNet 8, Germany 10 – Mar 1983, POP 16 of 1983, US BB 21 of 1983, Australia 24 of 1982, Europe 36 of the 1980s, KROQ 70 of 1982, Scrobulate 83 of 80s, RYM 96 of 1981
3	Joan Jett & The Blackhearts	I Love Rock 'n' Roll	1982		US BB 1 – Feb 1982, Canada 1 – Jan 1982, Holland 1 – Apr 1982, Sweden (alt) 1 – Jun 1982, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Jun 1982, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1983, Poland 2 – May 1982, Switzerland 3 – Mar 1982, UK 4 – Apr 1982, POP 4 of 1982, US CashBox 5 of 1982, Austria 5 – May 1982, Germany 6 – Apr 1982, Australia 7 of 1982, South Africa 7 of 1982, US BB 8 of 1982, France 10 – Mar 1982, KROQ 71 of 1982, Party 80 of 1999, RIAA 177, Acclaimed 295, Germany 348 of the 1980s, TheQ 463, Rolling Stone 484
4	Dexys Midnight Runners	Come On Eileen	1982		UK 1 – Jul 1982, US BB 1 – Feb 1983, Canada 1 – Nov 1982, Switzerland 1 – Nov 1982, Éire 1 – Aug 1982, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Nov 1982, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1983, POP 2 of 1983, Holland 4 – Aug 1982, US BB 5 of 1983, France 5 – Jan 1983, Germany 5 – Jan 1983, Austria 9 – Nov 1982, RYM 11 of 1982, US CashBox 12 of 1983, Australia 12 of 1982, Scrobulate 15 of 80s, Party 36 of 2007, Virgin 85, OzNet 117, Germany 244 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 1040
5	The Human League	Don't You Want Me	1982		UK 1 – Dec 1981, US BB 1 – Apr 1982, Norway 1 – Feb 1982, Éire 1 – Dec 1981, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks May 1982, Canada 2 – Feb 1982, France 2 – Jan 1982, Sweden (alt) 3 – Feb 1982, Switzerland 4 – Mar 1982, Holland 5 – Jan 1982, KROQ 5 of 1982, US CashBox 6 of 1982, Germany 6 – Feb 1982, South Africa 16 of 1982, RYM 18 of 1981, US BB 21 of 1982, POP 28 of 1982, Italy 33 of 1982, Scrobulate 34 of 80s, Virgin 46, 93 in 2FM list, Acclaimed 175, OzNet 741

Chronological Table of US and UK Number One Hit Singles

UK Number One Singles and Artist (Weeks at Number One)

US 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) "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" – Renee & 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

US top 40 hits of 1982 (Billboard hot 100) Physical – Olivia Newton-John Eye of the Tiger – Survivor I Love Rock and Roll – Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Ebony and Ivory – Paul McCartney/Stevie Wonder Centerfold – The J. Geils Band Don't You Want Me – The Human League Jack and Diane – John Cougar Hurts So Good – John Cougar Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band Hard to Say I'm Sorry – Chicago Tainted Love – Soft Cell Chariots of Fire – Vangelis Harden My Heart – Quarterflash Rosanna – Toto I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) – Hall & Oates 867-5309/Jenny – Tommy Tutone Key Largo – Bertie Higgins You Should Hear – Melissa Manchester Waiting for a Girl Like You – Foreigner Don't Talk to Strangers – Rick Springfield The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) – Juice Newton Always on My Mind – Willie Nelson Shake It Up – The Cars Let It Whip – The Dazz Band We Got the Beat – The Go-Go's The Other Woman – Ray Parker, Jr. Turn Your Love Around – George Benson Sweet Dreams – Air Supply Only the Lonely – The Motels Who Can It Be Now? – Men at Work Hold Me – Fleetwood Mac Eye in the Sky – Alan Parsons Project Let's Groove – Earth, Wind & Fire Open Arms – Journey Leader of the Band – Dan Fogelberg Leather and Lace – Stevie Nicks/Don Henley Even the Nights Are Better – Air Supply I've Never Been to Me – Charlene '65 Love Affair – Paul Davis Heat of the Moment – Asia

UK top 40 hits of 1982 Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners Fame - Irene Cara Eye of the Tiger - Survivor The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Tight Fit Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth I Don't Wanna Dance - Eddy Grant Seven Tears - Goombay Dance Band Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney with Stevie Wonder A Town Called Malice / Precious - The Jam Golden Brown - The Stranglers Mad World - Tears for Fears Mickey - Toni Basil Love Plus One - Haircut 100 The Model / Computer love - Kraftwerk Oh Julie - Shakin' Stevens Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant Heartbreaker - Dionne Warwick Only You - Yazoo Don't Go - Yazoo Walkin' On Sunshine - Rockers Revenge feat Donnie Calvin Zoom! -Fat Larry's Band Save Your Love - Renee and Renato I Won't Let You Down - Ph.D. Just an Illusion - Imagination Starmaker - The Kids from "Fame" Hard to Say I'm Sorry - Chicago Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band House of Fun - Madness Centerfold - The J. Geils Band The Look of Love - ABC The Land of Make Believe - Bucks Fizz Maid of Orleans - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Young Guns (Go for It) - Wham! Ain't No Pleasing You - Chas & Dave Save a Prayer - Duran Duran T'Aint What You Do - Fun Boy Three with Bananarama A Little Peace - Nicole Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran My Camera Never Lies - Bucks Fizz

Published popular music

• "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
• George Crumb – Trio for Strings
• Mario Davidovsky – Sting Trio for violin, viola, violoncello
• Ross Edwards – Piano Concerto in A
• Daron Hagen – Echo's Songs
• Rudolf Komorous – Serenade for Strings
• Mel Powell – String Quartet
• Robert Simpson – String Quartet no. 9, 32 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Haydn
• Tōru Takemitsu – Rain Coming for chamber orchestra
• Tōru Takemitsu – Rain Spell for flute, clarinet, harp, piano and vibraphone
• Jay Ungar – Ashokan Farewell

Opera

• Nicolas Flagello – The Judgment of St Francis
• Stephen Paulus – The Postman Always Rings Twice

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
• 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

• Annie
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Grease 2
• HMS Pinafore
• Iolanthe
• The Mikado
• Patience
• Pink Floyd The Wall
• Pirates of Penzance
• Ruddigore
• The Sorcerer
• Victor/Victoria
• The Yeomen Of The Guard

Musical television

• Live at Austin City Limits
• Sweeney Todd
• Liquid Sky

Births

• January 18 – Quinn Allman, guitarist (The Used)
• March 20 – Nick Wheeler, The All-American Rejects
• April 26 – Jon Lee, S Club 7
• May 18 – Eric West
• June 14 - Lang Lang, pianist
• July 7 – Cassidy, rapper
• August 28 – LeAnn Rimes, singer
• September 22 – Billie Piper, singer and actress
• October 18 – Ne-Yo, R&B singer
• December 23 - Beatriz Luengo
• December 24 – Robert Carmine, Rooney

Deaths

• January 17 – Tommy Tucker, songwriter
• January 30 – Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer
• February 17 – Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist
• February 21 – Murray the K, disc jockey
• March 5 – John Belushi, entertainer of The Blues Brothers fame Cocaine Overdose
• March 19 – Randy Rhoads, guitarst Plane Crash
• March 24 – Aileen Stanley, singer
• march 29 – Carl Orff, German composer, famous for the choral work Carmina Burana
• April 2 – Sam Coslow, songwriter and sometime singer
• May 1 – William Primrose, violist
• May 8 – Neil Bogart, 39, Owner of Casablanca Records, cancer
• May 15 – Joëlle, French singer, drug overdose
• May 16 – Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Portuguese composer and singer (b. 1942)
• June 15 – Art Pepper, 56, jazz saxophonist
• July 9 – Wingy Manone, jazz trumpeter
• July 28 – Keith Green, gospel singer, plane crash
• September 1 – Clifford Curzon, pianist
• September 17 – Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (b. 1937)
• October 4 – Glenn Gould, pianist
• October 16
  • Jakov Gotovac, composer and conductor
  • Mario del Monaco, operatic tenor
• October 29 – William Lloyd Webber, British organist and composer (b. 1914)
• November 16 – Al Haig, jazz pianist

Awards

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 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

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