1992 in music
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992.
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Events
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January
- January 11
- Nirvana's Nevermind album goes to #1 in the US Billboard 200 chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the Grunge movement of the 1990s.[1]
- Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the United Nations cultural boycott.[2]
- January 16 - Mick Jagger attends the Hollywood premiere of his new movie, Freejack, at Mann's Chinese Theatre.[citation needed]
February
- February 18 - Vince Neil leaves Mötley Crüe, after 11 years as the band's lead singer, to spend more time on his career as a racing car driver.[3]
- February 24
- Nirvana's Kurt Cobain marries Hole's Courtney Love.[citation needed]
- The U.S. Postal Service unveils two potential designs for its proposed Elvis Presley postage stamp for fans to vote on. One design is of a young, 1950s Elvis, and the other is of a much older, 1970s Elvis. The young Elvis wins the vote, and the stamp is issued the following January.[citation needed]
March
- March 10 - Prince wins the lifetime achievement award during the Soul Train Awards.[citation needed]
- March 14 - Farm Aid Five takes place in Irving, Texas, USA, hosted by Willie Nelson. Artists performing at the event include John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Paul Simon. Approximately 40,000 people attend the event.[citation needed]
- March 24 - A Chicago, Illinois, USA judge approves cash rebates of up to US$3 to anyone proving they bought Milli-Vanilli recordings prior to when the lip synching scandal began on November 27, 1990.[citation needed]
April
- April 1 - Billy Idol, on trial for punching a woman in the face, pleads no contest. Idol is fined and ordered to make public service announcements against alcohol and drug abuse.[citation needed]
- April 24 - David Bowie marries fashion model Iman.[citation needed]
- April 30 - In Los Angeles, California, USA, Madonna's bustier is stolen from a display in Frederick's of Hollywood. A US$1,000 reward is offered for its return.[citation needed]
May
- The first Europäisches Jugendchorfestival,(EJCF) (European Festival of Youth Choirs) was held in Basel, Switzerland. It was a great success and it was decided to make it a triennial event.
- May 7 - John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers left the band prior to the publication of the Rolling Stone magazine cover featuring them and had to be digitally edited out of the photo.[4] Frusciante returned to the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998.[citation needed]
June
- "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses enters the world record when it becomes the longest single, at 8 minutes, 57 seconds, to reach the US Top 20. The single's video has a budget of over US$1 million, becoming the costliest at the time.[citation needed]
July
- The Budafest Summer Opera and Ballet Festival is launched in Budapest, Hungary.[citation needed]
- July 4 - Mark Heard suffers a heart attack while performing at the Cornerstone Festival in Illinois, USA. Heard went to hospital immediately after finishing his set and was released two weeks later.[citation needed]
August
- Rozalla becomes the first artist from Zimbabwe to chart on the US Billboard magazine chart.[citation needed]
- Former Beatle, George Harrison, tells Billboard magazine that he recently discovered that he was born on February 24, and not February 25 as he had thought for most of his life.[citation needed]
- Haitian military authorities ban the playing of RAM's single "Fèy"; first performed at the Port-au-Prince Carnival in February, the song was widely interpreted as an anthem of support for exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.[citation needed]
- August 27 - John Lennon's original handwritten lyrics to "A Day in the Life" are auctioned and sold for US$87,000.[citation needed]
October
- October 3 - Sinéad O'Connor stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of the Pope on the US television show, Saturday Night Live.[citation needed]
- October 31 and November 7 - "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men posted its 12th and 13th consecutive weeks at #1 in the US charts, ending a 36-year record previously held by Elvis Presley. Boyz II Men's record was broken on March 6 1993 by Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You".[citation needed]
November
- November 9 Australian-born singer Kylie Minogue ended her working relationship with UK songwriters and record producers Stock Aitken Waterman and the record label PWL.
- November 15 - Megan Jasper of Sub Pop creates the grunge speak hoax, tricking The New York Times into printing an article on a supposed slang used in the grunge scene in Seattle, USA.[citation needed]
Bands formed
- The Apples in Stereo
- Ash
- Bang Chamber 8 (later to become Bloodhound Gang
- Blink-182
- blackmail
- Blind Melon
- Brainiac
- Bush
- Crawlspace (Sevendust)
- The Crüxshadows
- East 17
- Edguy
- Elastica
- Innocent Criminals (Silverchair)
- Less Than Jake
- Machine Head
- Malice Mizer
- Jamiroquai
- Millencolin
- MxPx
- Nada Surf
- P.O.D.
- Pooka
- Red Edge (later to become Savage Garden)
- Reel Big Fish
- Seven Mary Three
- Social Deviantz
- Stone Sour
- Insane Clown Posse
- Sunny Day Real Estate
- Tragic Love Company (later to become Stereophonics)
- Treble Charger
- The Inbreds
- The Waifs
- Thrush Hermit
- Treble Charger
- Weezer
Bands disbanded
- ABC
- The Alarm
- Dark Angel
- Echo & the Bunnymen (reformed 1997)
- EPMD
- Europe (reformed 1999 and 2003)
- Exodus
- The Feelies
- Hanoi Rocks
- Happy Mondays
- Bruce Hornsby & The Range
- J.J. Fad
- Luv' (reformed 1993 and 2005)
- Noiseworks
- The Nymphs
- Outlaw Posse
- Psychedelic Furs
- Ratt
- Slade
- The Sugarcubes
- Talking Heads
Bands Reformed
Albums released
| Contents: | Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December |
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January
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Rush soundtrack | Eric Clapton | - |
| At the Ryman | Emmylou Harris | Live | |
| 17 | Kerplunk | Green Day | - |
| 27 | Pleasure Death | Therapy? | EP |
| ? | Rancid | Rancid | EP |
February
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Hormoaning | Nirvana | EP; Australia and Japan only |
| 7 | More Noise and Other Disturbances | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | - |
| 10 | Generation Terrorists | Manic Street Preachers | - |
| 11 | Saturday Morning with Riders | Riders in the Sky | - |
| 12 | Selected Ambient Works 85-92 | Aphex Twin | - |
| A Picture of Nectar | Phish | - | |
| 18 | Hormonally Yours | Shakespear's Sister | - |
| Wayne's World soundtrack | Various Artists | - | |
| 20 | Gotthard | Gotthard | - |
| 24 | Divine Madness | Madness | - |
| 25 | Little Earthquakes | Tori Amos | US |
| Vulgar Display of Power | Pantera | - | |
| Ooooooohhh.... On the TLC Tip | TLC | - | |
| F.U. Don't Take It Personal | Fu-Schnickens | - | |
| 28 | Onobox | Yoko Ono | Box Set |
March
April
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | The Singer | Diamanda Galás | - |
| Dead Serious | Das EFX | - | |
| 14 | Bricks Are Heavy | L7 | - |
| This Is My Life | Carly Simon | - | |
| Off the Deep End | "Weird Al" Yankovic | - | |
| Greatest Hits | ZZ Top | Greatest Hits | |
| 20 | Slanted and Enchanted | Pavement | - |
| 21 | Check Your Head | Beastie Boys | - |
| Wish | The Cure | - | |
| Tongues and Tails | Sophie B. Hawkins | Debut | |
| The End Complete | Obituary | - | |
| Hotwired | The Soup Dragons | - | |
| 28 | Diva | Annie Lennox | - |
May
June
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | MTV Unplugged | Mariah Carey | Live EP |
| It's a Shame about Ray | The Lemonheads | - | |
| 8 | Angel Dust | Faith No More | - |
| The Crimson Idol | W.A.S.P. | - | |
| 9 | Change Everything | Del Amitri | - |
| Legion | Deicide | - | |
| Mecca and the Soul Brother | Pete Rock & CL Smooth | - | |
| 16 | Khaled | Khaled | - |
| Beat the Boots II | Frank Zappa | Live Box Set | |
| 22 | Dehumanizer | Black Sabbath | UK |
| 23 | Tools of the Trade | Carcass | - |
| The One | Elton John | - | |
| Utopia Banished | Napalm Death | - | |
| 27 | Black Moon | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | - |
| 28 | Last Rights | Skinny Puppy | - |
| 29 | Somewhere Far Beyond | Blind Guardian | - |
| F.N.G. | Suicidal Tendencies | Compilation | |
| 30 | Soft Bomb | The Chills | - |
| Dry | PJ Harvey | - | |
| Blues for the Red Sun | Kyuss | - | |
| Come On Come On | Mary Chapin Carpenter | - | |
| The Art of Rebellion | Suicidal Tendencies | - |
July
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Images and Words | Dream Theater | - |
| 10 | You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 | Frank Zappa | 2 discs; Live |
| 14 | Countdown to Extinction | Megadeth | - |
| Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs | Ministry | - | |
| 21 | House of Pain | House of Pain | - |
| 27 | Peppermint | Sloan | EP |
| Your Arsenal | Morrissey | - | |
| 28 | Gordon | Barenaked Ladies | - |
| What's the 411? | Mary J. Blige | - | |
| Promised Land | Promised Land | - | |
| ? | California Brainstorm | Hawkwind' | Live |
August
September
October
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smeared | Sloan | Canada |
| Fully Completely | The Tragically Hip | Canada | |
| 6 | Play Me Backwards | Joan Baez | - |
| Home for Christmas | Amy Grant | - | |
| The Road Behind | GWAR | EP | |
| Automatic for the People | R.E.M. | - | |
| Just Look Around | Sick of It All | - | |
| Grave Dancers Union | Soul Asylum | - | |
| 10 | Liar | The Jesus Lizard | - |
| 13 | Piece of Cake | Mudhoney | - |
| Love Symbol | Prince | - | |
| 16 | Stamina Daddy | Buju Banton | Debut |
| Iginition | The Offspring | - | |
| 18 | Carnival of Carnage | Insane Clown Posse | - |
| 19 | Jehovahkill | Julian Cope | UK; released in US Dec. 8 |
| Main Offender | Keith Richards | - | |
| 20 | Breathless | Kenny G | - |
| Erotica | Madonna | - | |
| King of Hearts | Roy Orbison | - | |
| 23 | You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 | Frank Zappa | 2 discs; Live |
| 27 | Live | AC/DC | Live |
| Homebrew | Neneh Cherry | - | |
| It's About Time | SWV | - | |
| 30 | The Great Deceiver | King Crimson | Live Box Set rec. 1973-'74 |
November
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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| 2 | Madstock! | Madness | Live |
| God's Great Banana Skin | Chris Rea | UK | |
| Nurse | Therapy? | - | |
| 3 | Keep the Faith | Bon Jovi | - |
| Good as I Been to You | Bob Dylan | - | |
| Are You Normal? | Ned's Atomic Dustbin | - | |
| Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | - | |
| The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills | Positive K | - | |
| 8 | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Whitney Houston et al. | - |
| 9 | The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts | Genesis | Live |
| 10 | Urban Discipline | Biohazard | - |
| The Complete Collection and Then Some... | Barry Manilow | Compilation | |
| 11 | Back in Denim | Denim | - |
| Love Deluxe | Sade | UK | |
| 15 | Pure Guava | Ween | - |
| 17 | The Predator | Ice Cube | - |
| 19 | I've Suffered a Head Injury | The Verve Pipe | EP |
| 24 | The Future | Leonard Cohen | - |
| Pop! - the First 20 Hits | Erasure | Greatest Hits | |
| Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde | The Pharcyde | - | |
| Shine On | Pink Floyd | Box Set | |
| Homebelly Groove...Live | Spin Doctors | Live | |
| ? | Free at Last | dc Talk | - |
| Now That's What I Call Music! 23 | Various Artists | Compilation |
December
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Fixed (EP) | Nine Inch Nails | Remix EP |
| 14 | Incesticide | Nirvana | Rarities and unreleased material |
| 15 | The Chronic | Dr. Dre | - |
| ? | Alejandro Fernández | Alejandro Fernández | Debut |
Release Date Unknown
- Live at Rhino Records - Angry Samoans
- The Arrogant Worms - The Arrogant Worms
- Still Life with Guitar - Kevin Ayers
- Fat Sound - Bad Manners
- The IVth Crusade - Bolt Thrower
- Burning Hell - Brainbombs
- Bucketheadland - Buckethead
- Rite - Julian Cope
- Thunder Perfect Mind - Current 93
- Light Speed Collision - Def Fx
- Nocturnal Omissions - Dreams So Real
- Accelerator - The Future Sound of London
- Second Time Around - Ghost
- Patio - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
- Pleasure and Pain - Ben Harper and Tom Freund
- Electric Tepee - Hawkwind
- Kirya - Ofra Haza
- Out of the Blue - Donnie Iris
- In Search of Manny - Luscious Jackson
- The Wayward Bus - The Magnetic Fields
- '92 Tour EP - Motörhead
- Thunder Perfect Mind - Nurse with Wound
- Plea for Peace - Operation Ivy
- Phunk Junkeez - Phunk Junkeez (debut)
- On a Wing and a Prayer - Gerry Rafferty
- The End of Silence - Rollins Band
- Kampungan - Slank
- Twilight Time - Stratovarius
- 40 Oz. to Freedom - Sublime
- …Meanwhile - 10cc
- There and Back Again - Vertical Horizon (debut)
- Lik My Trakter - The Waltons
- Now That's What I Call Music! 21 - Various Artists
Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1992.[5]
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
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| 1 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You | 1992 |  |
UK 1 - Nov 1992, US BB 1 of 1992, Holland 1 - Nov 1992, Sweden 1 - Nov 1992, Switzerland 1 - Dec 1992, Norway 1 - Dec 1992, Poland 1 - Nov 1992, Germany 1 - Jan 1993, Éire 1 - Dec 1992, Australia 1 for 10 weeks Mar 1993, Grammy in 1993, Austria 2 - Dec 1992, Australia 2 of 1993, US CashBox 5 of 1993, Japan 5 of all time (international songs), Italy 7 of 1992, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1992, POP 10 of 1992, Europe 19 of the 1990s, TOTP 19, AFI 65, Germany 67 of the 1990s, Scrobulate 90 of ballad, RIAA 108, RYM 172 of 1992, Party 280 of 1999, Acclaimed 802 |
| 2 | Nirvana | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 1992 | |
New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Feb 1992, Sweden 2 - Jan 1992, Norway 2 - Jan 1992, Poland 2 - Jan 1992, Germany 2 - Jan 1992, Holland 3 - Nov 1991, RYM 3 of 1991, Acclaimed 4, US BB 5 of 1992, Scrobulate 5 of rock, US BB 6 of 1992, Switzerland 6 - Feb 1992, Europe 6 of the 1990s, POP 6 of 1992, UK 7 - Nov 1991, Belgium 7 of all time, 7 in 2FM list, Rolling Stone 9, France 10 - Dec 1991, Austria 11 - Feb 1992, Virgin 16, Poland 23 of all time, US CashBox 27 of 1992, Italy 29 of 1992, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1991, WXPN 53, RIAA 80, Germany 152 of the 1990s, TheQ 321, OzNet 900 |
| 3 | Boyz II Men | End of the Road | 1992 | |
UK 1 - Sep 1992, US BB 1 of 1992, US CashBox 1 of 1992, Holland 1 - Oct 1992, Éire 1 - Nov 1992, New Zealand 1 for 7 weeks Oct 1992, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1993, US BB 3 of 1992, Sweden 3 - Oct 1992, Norway 3 - Nov 1992, POP 3 of 1992, Poland 6 - Sep 1992, Switzerland 7 - Oct 1992, Germany 7 - Jan 1993, Australia 21 of 1992, Austria 29 - Nov 1992, Scrobulate 89 of rnb, Germany 337 of the 1990s |
| 4 | Snap! | Rhythm is a Dancer | 1992 |  |
UK 1 - Jul 1992, Holland 1 - Apr 1992, Austria 1 - May 1992, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1992, Italy 1 of 1992, Germany 1 - Apr 1992, Éire 1 - Aug 1992, France 3 - Apr 1992, Sweden 4 - May 1992, Norway 4 - Jun 1992, US BB 5 of 1993, Germany 6 of the 1990s, US CashBox 12 of 1993, Australia 12 of 1992, US BB 17 of 1992, POP 17 of 1993, Scrobulate 65 of 90s, RYM 96 of 1992 |
| 5 | Mr Big | To Be With You | 1992 | |
US BB 1 of 1992, Holland 1 - Mar 1992, Sweden 1 - Feb 1992, Switzerland 1 - Mar 1992, Norway 1 - Mar 1992, Germany 1 - Mar 1992, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1992, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Aug 1992, Austria 2 - Apr 1992, UK 3 - Mar 1992, Poland 5 - Jan 1992, Australia 7 of 1992, US CashBox 9 of 1992, POP 25 of 1992, Germany 47 of the 1990s, OzNet 386 |
Top hits on record
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- "All 4 Love" - Color Me Badd
- "All I Want" - Toad the Wet Sprocket
- "All That She Wants" - Ace Of Base
- "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg - TLC
- "Atesle Barut" - Sertab Erener
- "Baby-Baby-Baby - TLC
- "Be My Baby" - Vanessa Paradis
- "Come as You Are" - Nirvana
- "Connected" - Stereo MCs
- "Digging In The Dirt" - Peter Gabriel
- "Dur dur d'être bébé" - Jordy
- "Dixie-Narco (EP)" - Primal Scream
- "Drive" - R.E.M.
- "El Visa" - Cheb Hasni
- "End Of The Road" - Boyz II Men
- "Erotica" - Madonna
- "Even Better Than The Real Thing" - U2
- "Even Flow" - Pearl Jam
- "Forever Love" - Color Me Badd
- "Free Your Mind" - En Vogue
- "Friday I'm In Love" - The Cure
- "God Gave Rock And Roll To You II" - Kiss
- "Heaven Sent" - INXS
- "House of Love" - East 17
- "I Adore Mi Amore" - Color Me Badd
- "I Can't Dance" - Genesis
- "I Love Your Smile" - Shanice
- "In Bloom" - Nirvana
- "I'll Be There" - Mariah Carey
- "I Palindrome I" - They Might Be Giants
- "It's Only Natural" - Crowded House
- "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston
- "It Was a Good Day" - Ice Cube
- "Jeremy" - Pearl Jam
- "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" - Spin Doctors
- "Jump" - Kris Kross
- "Jump Around" - House of Pain
- "Just Another Day" - Jon Secada
- "Keep the Faith" - Bon Jovi
- "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Guns N' Roses
- "Layla" - Eric Clapton
- "Let's Get Rocked" - Def Leppard
- "Lithium" - Nirvana
- "Life is a Highway" - Tom Cochrane
- "Man on the Moon" - R.E.M.
- "Motorcycle Emptiness" - Manic Street Preachers
- "Mrs. Robinson" - Lemonheads
- "My Lovin' (Never Gonna Get It)" - En Vogue
- "No Ordinary Love" - Sade
- "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" - Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg
- "Nothing Else Matters" - Metallica
- "November Rain" - Guns N' Roses
- "One" - U2
- "Passin' Me By" - The Pharcyde
- "Real Love" - Mary J. Blige
- "Remedy" - The Black Crowes
- "Remember The Time" - Michael Jackson
- "Runaway Train" - Soul Asylum
- "Save the Best for Last" - Vanessa L. Williams
- "Sliver" - Nirvana
- "Slow Motion" - Color Me Badd
- "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
- "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" - Patty Smyth and Don Henley
- "Song of Ocarina" - Jean-Philippe Audin and Diego Modena
- "Stay" - Shakespears Sister
- "Step It Up" - Stereo MCs
- "Supermodel (You Better Work)" - RuPaul
- "Sweet Lullaby" - Deep Forest
- "Tears in Heaven" - Eric Clapton
- "Green Jellÿ" - Green Jellÿ
- "Thinkin' Back" - Color Me Badd
- "This Used to Be My Playground" - Madonna
- "To Be With You" - Mr. Big
- "Two Princes" - Spin Doctors
- "Under the Bridge" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Walking on Broken Glass" - Annie Lennox
- "Wheel Of Fortune" - Ace Of Base
- "Weather With You" - Crowded House
- "What About Your Friends - TLC
- "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" - U2
- "Why" - Annie Lennox
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1992
Classical music
- Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Arctic Landscape for Military Band
- Milton Babbitt
- Septet, but Equal
- Counterparts for brass quintet[6]
- Leonardo Balada
- Symphony No. 4 Lausanne
- Celebracio for orchestra
- Mario Davidovsky - Synchronisms No. 10 for guitar and electronic sounds
- Percy Grainger - Bridal Lullaby transcribed for orchestra by John Pickard
- Vagn Holmboe - Svaerm for string quartet (partially arranged from earlier violin duos)
- Elena Kats-Chernin - Clocks
- Chan Ka Nin - Saxophone Quartet
- Andreas Kunstein
- String Quartet No. 1
- 10 Epigrams for toy piano
- William Mathias - Flute Concerto
- Krzysztof Penderecki - Symphony No. 5 Korean
- Alwynne Pritchard - Glimpsed Most Clearly From The Corner Of Your Eye (for seven cellos)
- Joan Tower - Violin Concerto
- Malcolm Williamson - Requiem for a Tribe Brother
- Iannis Xenakis - La Déesse Athéna (Oresteïa III) (1992), for baritone solo and mixed ensemble of 11 instruments
Opera
Musical theater
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The following musicals opened in 1992.
- Crazy for You - (Broadway production)
- Falsettoes - (Broadway production)
- Guys and Dolls - (Broadway revival)
- Jelly's Last Jam - Broadway production
- The Most Happy Fella - Broadway revival
Musical films
The following musical films were released in 1992.
- Aladdin - animated feature
Births
- August 18 - Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love
- June 30 - Lynx and Lamb Gaede
- November 23 - Miley Cyrus, also known as Hannah Montana
Deaths
- January 15 - Dee Murray, bassist for Elton John (cancer)
- January 27 - Allan Jones, singer and actor
- February 21 - Jane Pickens Langley Hoving of the Pickens Sisters
- March 4 - Mary Osborne, 70, jazz guitarist (liver cancer)
- March 27 - Harald Sæverud, composer
- April 4 - Arthur Russell, cellist
- April 20 - Johnny Shines, guitarist
- April 25 - Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese singer
- April 27 - Olivier Messiaen, composer
- May 7 - Tiny Timbrell, guitarist
- May 17 - Lawrence Welk, accordion player and bandleader
- June 18 - Peter Allen, Australian Songwriter AIDS
- June 20 - Sir Charles Groves, conductor
- July 4 - Ástor Piazzolla, tango musician and composer
- July 25 - Alfred Drake, US singer and actor
- July 26 - Mary Wells, singer
- August 12 - John Cage, U.S. composer
- August - Mark Heard, U.S. singer
- August 5 - Jeff Porcaro, drummer, Toto
- September 19 - Sir Geraint Evans, opera singer
- October 5 - Eddie Kendricks, singer
- October 25 - Roger Miller, singer
- November 14 - Teddy Riley, New Orleans jazz trumpeter
- November 21 - Severino Gazzelloni, flautist
- November 27 - Daniel Santos, singer and composer
- November 29 - Paul Ryan, singer
- December 21 - Philip Farkas, horn player