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Contents
1 Events
2 Bands formed
3 Bands disbanded
4 Albums released
4.1 January
4.2 February
4.3 March
4.4 April
4.5 May
4.6 June
4.7 July
4.8 August
4.9 September
4.10 October
4.11 November
4.12 December
5 Biggest hit singles
6 Chronological Table of US and UK Number One Hit Singles
7 US top 40 hits of 1982 (Billboard hot 100)
8 UK top 40 hits of 1982
9 Other significant singles of the year
10 Published popular music
11 Classical music
12 Opera
13 Musical theater
14 Musical films
15 Musical television
16 Births
17 Deaths
18 Awards
18.1 Grammy Awards
18.2 Country Music Association Awards
18.3 Eurovision Song Contest
19 Charts
19.1 List of No. 1 Hits
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1982 in music (UK) Record labels established in 1982 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 22 – 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 in Des Moines, Iowa. He thought it was rubber. 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 February 27 - the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company gave its final performance at the Adelphi Theatre after more than 110 years. 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's 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 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 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 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 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. April 26 – Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles, California. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt. The car is covered several days later. May 26 – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Aberdeen, Scotland. June 19 - Amy Grant marries Gary Chapman. July 4 - Ozzy Osbourne marries his manager Sharon Arden in Maui, Hawaii. August 7 - Ozzy Osbourne shaves his head completely bald just before a concert in New Orleans, Louisiana. August 17 – In Langenhagen near Hanover, Germany began the first mass production of the compact disc. August 31 - Ronnie James Dio plays his final show with Black Sabbath (until 1992). 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. October 1 - The first compact discs appear in music stores in Japan. November 5 – The first edition of The Tube is broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. November 29 - Sena Jurinac appears on stage for the last time, with the Vienna State Opera. November 30 – Thriller is released by superstar Michael Jackson and goes on to be greatest selling album of all time, with 104 million units sold worldwide. December 3 - The most successful group of the 1970s, Abba, release their final original single "Under Attack". A split is never officially announced. 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 to both Warner Bros. Records and Sire Records. Wendy O. Williams leaves the Plasmatics for a solo career. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1982 Bands disbanded See Musical groups disestablished in 1982 Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 11 Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful The Waitresses - 15 All for a Song Barbara Dickson - 18 Mystical Adventures Jean-Luc Ponty - 27 Mesopotamia The B-52's EP 29 Friends Shalamar - Picture This Huey Lewis and the News - Another Day/Another Dollar Gang of Four Compilation Anyone Can See Irene Cara - 8th Wonder The Sugarhill Gang - Flex Your Head Various Artists - The David Frizzell and Shelly West Album David Frizzell and Shelly West - Kasim Kasim Sulton - Objects of Desire Michael Franks - Oriental Beat Hanoi Rocks - Shadows Gordon Lightfoot - The Sisters Sister Sledge - Somewhere over China Jimmy Buffett - Southern Comfort Conway Twitty - Streetheart Streetheart - Truce Jack Bruce and Robin Trower - Wasted Youth Girl - Yes It's You Lady Smokey Robinson - February Day Album Artist Notes 12 English Settlement XTC - 15 Death Wish II Jimmy Page Soundtrack 16 The Concert in Central Park Simon & Garfunkel Live - Beautiful Vision Van Morrison - Black on Black Waylon Jennings - The Blue Mask Lou Reed - Bobbie Sue The Oak Ridge Boys - Chase the Dragon Magnum - Gamma 3 Gamma - Green Light Bonnie Raitt - Growing in the Dark Glass Moon - Just Another Day in Paradise Bertie Higgins - Mechanix UFO - Mountain Music Alabama - Nick the Knife Nick Lowe - Seasons of the Heart John Denver - Set Thompson Twins - Times of Our Lives Judy Collins - Weather Report Weather Report - March Day Album Artist Notes 5 Windows Charlie Daniels Band - 8 Hex Enduction Hour The Fall - 12 The Gift The Jam - 15 Asia Asia - Shoot Out the Lights Richard and Linda Thompson - 22 Reel Music The Beatles Compilation 24 The Name of This Band is Talking Heads Talking Heads Live 25 The Blurred Crusade The Church - 29 The Number of the Beast Iron Maiden - - Always on My Mind Willie Nelson - The Anvil Visage - Blackout Scorpions - Branigan Laura Branigan - Brilliance Atlantic Starr - Diamond Spandau Ballet - Filth Hounds of Hades Tank - Fun Boy Three Fun Boy Three - The Golden Age of Wireless Thomas Dolby - New Britain Whitehouse - One to One Carole King - Sonic Youth Sonic Youth - Strategy, The Early Tapes (July/August 1980) Level 42 - Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet Rick Springfield - The Tunes of Two Cities The Residents - Walk Among Us The Misfits - April Day Album Artist Notes 5 All Four One The Motels - 8 Toto IV Toto - 9 Broadsword and the Beast Jethro Tull UK Jump Up! Elton John - 12 American Fool John Cougar - 14 Diver Down Van Halen - 17 Iron Fist Motörhead - 19 Big Science Laurie Anderson - 23 Complete Madness Madness Compilation 26 Are You Ready Bucks Fizz - 28 Marshall Crenshaw Marshall Crenshaw - Tug of War Paul McCartney - - Abominog Uriah Heep - Angst in My Pants Sparks - Circus Animals Cold Chisel - Extraterrestrial Live Blue Öyster Cult Live A Flock of Seagulls A Flock of Seagulls - Four Cuts EP Diamond Head EP Heartbreak Express Dolly Parton - High Notes Hank Williams, Jr. - Ladies of the Eighties A Taste of Honey - Maybe It's Live Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer Live +4 studio tracks 1+9+8+2 Status Quo - Straight Between the Eyes Rainbow - The Other Woman Ray Parker, Jr. - Time and Tide Split Enz - White Eagle Tangerine Dream - Bill Wyman Bill Wyman - May Day Album Artist Notes 2 Jinx Rory Gallagher - 3 After the Snow Modern English - Pornography The Cure - 4 Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium Stevie Wonder Compilation 6 The Single Factor Camel - 7 Wiped Out Raven - 10 Junkyard" The Birthday Party - Rio" Duran Duran - 13 Throwin' Down Rick James - 14 Combat Rock The Clash - The Eagle Has Landed" Saxon Live 28 I Paralyze Cher - No Fun Aloud Glenn Frey - - All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes Pete Townshend - Avalon Roxy Music - Church of Hawkwind Hawkwind - Death in the Nursery Legend - 12 Greatest Hits, Vol. II Neil Diamond Compilation Get It on Credit Toronto - Hot Space Queen - Now and Forever Air Supply - The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away William Bootsy Collins - One on One Cheap Trick - Private Audition Heart - Quiet Lies Juice Newton - The Record Fear - Special Forces 38 Special - Street Opera Ashford & Simpson - Sweets From a Stranger Squeeze - Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton Eric Clapton Compilation Tuckerized Marshall Tucker Band - Tropical Gangsters Kid Creole and the Coconuts - Vinyl Confessions Kansas - World Radio Leo Sayer - June Day Album Artist Notes 1 Still Life (American Concert 1981) The Rolling Stones Live Three Sides Live Genesis Live 3 Strait from the Heart George Strait - 5 The Hunter Blondie - 7 Built for Speed Stray Cats - Chicago 16 Chicago - 8 Eye of the Tiger Survivor - 14 Metal Massacre Various Artists - 15 Abracadabra Steve Miller Band - 18 Beat King Crimson - 21 Daylight Again Crosby, Stills & Nash - 22 Nothing to Fear Oingo Boingo - 23 Mirage Fleetwood Mac - 24 Stink The Replacements EP 25 Let Me Rock You Peter Criss - The Lexicon of Love ABC - 28 Before I Forget Jon Lord - Pictures at Eleven Robert Plant - - Eye in the Sky The Alan Parsons Project - Good Trouble REO Speedwagon - In the Name of Love Thompson Twins - Night and Day Joe Jackson - No Control Eddie Money - Nugent Ted Nugent - Screaming Blue Murder Girlschool - Sheffield Steel Joe Cocker - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch Frank Zappa - Somewhere in the Stars Roseanne Cash - 2XS Nazareth - Unlimited Reba McEntire - July Day Album Artist Notes 2 Imperial Bedroom Elvis Costello and the Attractions - 15 View from the Ground America - 16 The Envoy Warren Zevon - 19 Donna Summer Donna Summer - 23 Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack Emotions in Motion Billy Squier - 26 Love and Dancing The Human League Remix - Billy Idol Billy Idol - Coney Hatch Coney Hatch - Highway Song Live Blackfoot Live Juggernaut Frank Marino - Jump to It Aretha Franklin - Love Will Turn You Around Kenny Rogers - The Party's Over Talk Talk - Psychopathia Sexualis Whitehouse - Revelations Killing Joke - Screaming for Vengeance Judas Priest - So Excited! Pointer Sisters - Under the Big Black Sun X - Vacation The Go-Go's - August Day Album Artist Notes 9 I Can't Stand Still Don Henley - 11 Vanity 6 Vanity 6 - 23 Upstairs at Eric's Yazoo - 24 Chronic Town R.E.M. EP 25 What Time Is It? The Time - Zipper Catches Skin Alice Cooper - 30 Hughes/Thrall Hughes/Thrall - Voyeur Kim Carnes - - Art of Control Peter Frampton - Bad to the Bone George Thorogood & the Destroyers - Battle Hymns Manowar - The Cage Tygers of Pan Tang - Fast Times at Ridgemont High Various Artists Soundtrack The Hottest Night of the Year Anne Murray - If That's What It Takes Michael McDonald - Metal Manilla Road - Music for a New Society John Cale - Rock in a Hard Place Aerosmith - Rough Diamonds Bad Company - Shango Santana - Talking Back to the Night Steve Winwood - A Taste of Yesterday's Wine Merle Haggard and George Jones - Too-Rye-Ay Dexy's Midnight Runners - The Unexpected Guest Demon - V Deep The Boomtown Rats - September Day Album Artist Notes 4 It's Hard The Who - 6 Primitive Man Icehouse - 7 As One Kool & The Gang - 8 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel aka Security 9 Signals Rush - 13 The Dreaming Kate Bush - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) Simple Minds - 17 The Philip Lynott Album Philip Lynott - 18 Under the Blade Twisted Sister - 20 Love over Gold Dire Straits - 21 Janet Jackson Janet Jackson - Forever, For Always, For Love Luther Vandross - 23 The Nylon Curtain Billy Joel - 25 Forever Now The Psychedelic Furs - 27 A Broken Frame Depeche Mode - Room to Live The Fall - - Acting Very Strange Mike Rutherford - The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash - Dream Maker Conway Twitty - Garlands Cocteau Twins - Get Closer Linda Ronstadt - Gowan Larry Gowan - Heartlight Neil Diamond - High Adventure Kenny Loggins - I, Assassin Gary Numan - Ice Cream for Crow Captain Beefheart - In the Heat of the Night Imagination - Madness, Money & Music Sheena Easton - Magic Gillan - Nebraska Bruce Springsteen - Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Olivia Newton-John Compilation +2 new tracks Pressin' On Billy Preston - The Pursuit of Accidents Level 42 - Scandal Scandal EP Silk Electric Diana Ross - Something's Going On Frida - UB44 UB40 - Death Penalty Witchfinder General - October Day Album Artist Notes 4 H2O Hall & Oates - Winds of Change Jefferson Starship - 6 Lionel Richie Lionel Richie - 8 Borrowed Time Diamond Head - The Rise & Fall Madness - 13 Creatures of the Night Kiss - 14 Zapp II Zapp - 15 Quartet Ultravox - 27 1999 Prince - 29 Get Nervous Pat Benatar - - Absolutely Live Rod Stewart Live Black Pearl Pat Travers - Choose Your Masques Hawkwind - Coup d'Etat Plasmatics - Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Eagles Compilation ...Famous Last Words... Supertramp - Friend or Foe Adam Ant - Heartbreaker Dionne Warwick - In the Mood for Something Rude Foghat - Keep On Doing The Roches - Kissing to Be Clever Culture Club - Last Date Emmylou Harris Live Midnight Love Marvin Gaye - Kim Mitchell Kim Mitchell - The Nightfly Donald Fagen - An Officer and a Gentleman Various Artists Soundtrack Power of the Hunter Tank - Radio Romance Eddie Rabbitt - Restless and Wild Accept - Shabooh Shoobah INXS - The Sky's Gone Out Bauhaus - Spring Session M Missing Persons - Strawberries The Damned - Twin Barrels Burning Wishbone Ash - Wild Things Run Fast Joni Mitchell - Word of Mouth Toni Basil - WWII Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson - The Youth of Today Musical Youth - November Day Album Artist Notes 1 Hello, I Must Be Going! Phil Collins - 2 Long After Dark Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - 5 A Kiss in the Dreamhouse Siouxsie and The Banshees - Gone Troppo George Harrison - 7 Living My Life Grace Jones - 8 I Could Rule the World if I Could only Get the Parts The Waitresses EP The Singles: The First Ten Years ABBA Compilation 12 Showtime! The J. Geils Band Live 13 The Lee Aaron Project Lee Aaron - 17 Chaka Khan Chaka Khan - 19 Coda Led Zeppelin Recorded 1970-'79 27 Speak of the Devil Ozzy Osbourne Live 30 Three Lock Box Sammy Hagar - Thriller Michael Jackson - Violent Femmes Violent Femmes - - Before the Storm Samson - Computer Games George Clinton - Dawn Patrol Night Ranger - Don't Play with Fire Peabo Bryson - Going Where the Lonely Go Merle Haggard - Here Comes the Night Barry Manilow - The High and the Mighty Donnie Iris - Identity Crisis Sweet - It's Alright (I See Rainbows) Yoko Ono - The John Lennon Collection John Lennon Compilation Killer on the Rampage Eddy Grant - New Directions Tavares - Oh, No! It's Devo Devo - Pearls II Elkie Brooks - Plastic Surgery Disasters Dead Kennedys - Run for the Roses Jerry Garcia - Saints & Sinners Whitesnake - December Day Album Artist Notes 10 Dig the New Breed The Jam Live 29 Trans Neil Young - - The Distance Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Virgin Steele Virgin Steele - White Heat Dusty Springfield - The Winning Hand Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Brenda Lee & Dolly Parton - Age to Age - Amy Grant Album - Generic Flipper - Flipper Ambient 4: On Land - Brian Eno And You Thought You Were Normal - Nash the Slash Assault Attack - The Michael Schenker Group Back from Samoa - Angry Samoans Bad Brains - Bad Brains Barry Live in Britain - Barry Manilow - Live Bean-Spill - The Minutemen - EP Beasts (EP) - Sex Gang Children Before a Word is Said - Gowen, Miller, Sinclair, Tomkins Black Metal - Venom Black Tiger - Y&T Boomerang - Shoes Breaking the Chains - Dokken - original mix Call of the West - Wall of Voodoo The Changeling - Toyah Chris Rea - Chris Rea Christ - The Album - Crass Comeback - Eric Burdon The Concerts in China - Jean-Michel Jarre Cut - Golden Earring Deliver Us from Evil - Budgie Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album - Various Artists D.S. al Coda - National Health Echoes of an Era - Chaka Khan Eddie Murphy - Eddie Murphy Electric Rendezvous - Al Di Meola Enter K - Peter Hammill Fast Women and Slow Horses - Dr. Feelgood Five Miles Out - Mike Oldfield Flieg' Vogel flieg' - Hans-Joachim Roedelius Forging Ahead - Bad Manners Gap Band IV - The Gap Band Garista - :$OVIET:FRANCE: The Getaway - Chris de Burgh Ghost Town - Poco Glassworks - Philip Glass Good Clean Fun - Bonnie Hayes Groovy Decay - Robyn Hitchcock The Great Twenty-Eight - Chuck Berry - Compilation Homotopy to Marie - Nurse With Wound Hour Live - Toots & The Maytals How Could Hell Be Any Worse? - Bad Religion Humans Only – Earthstar ...If I Die, I Die – Virgin Prunes Kansuigyo – Miyuki Nakajima Kenny G – Kenny G Leichenschrei – SPK Life in the Jungle - The Shadows Live at Abbey Road - The Shadows Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets Metal on Metal – Anvil Miami – The Gun Club Milo Goes to College – Descendents Mondialement vôtre – Dalida Naked - Sex Gang Children Night Birds - Shakatak Night Nurse - Gregory Isaacs No Stranger to Danger – Payolas 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 Offene Türen – Hans-Joachim Roedelius Offering – Axe One Night at Budokan - Michael Schenker Group - Live One Vice at a Time – Krokus Only Theatre of Pain – Christian Death (debut) Opus X – Chilliwack Pelican West - Haircut 100 Por Amor - Menudo Pleasure Victim - Berlin Power Play – April Wine Prairie Serenade – Riders in the Sky Pure and Natural - T-Connection Richard Clayderman - Richard Clayderman Ruff Cuts EP – Twisted Sister Select - Kim Wilde Sleepwalking – Gerry Rafferty Songs of the Free – Gang of Four Speech and Music (Parole et musique) - Pierre Schaeffer Spécial Dalida – Dalida Stand by Your Man (EP) – Motörhead & Wendy O. Williams 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - Midnight Oil Tenebrae – Simonetti-Morante-Pignatelli (Goblin) - Soundtrack Tough – Kurtis Blow Trance – Chris & Cosey Troops of Tomorrow – The Exploited Turn It Loud - Headpins TV Party (EP) – Black Flag 2x45 – Cabaret Voltaire Underwater Kites – The Modern Art The Very Best of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan – Rufus - Compilation Vandenberg – Vandenberg Vs – Mission of Burma Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour – Toyah - Live We Are...The League - Anti-Nowhere League White Heat – Dusty Springfield Wild in the Streets – Circle Jerks Windsong - Randy Crawford Word and Music - Hank Marvin Biggest hit singlesThe 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 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) 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
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 – The 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 Walking 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 See You - Depeche Mode Other significant singles of the year "867-5309/Jenny" – Tommy Tutone "Theme From Harry's Game" – Clannad "'65 Love Affair" – Paul Davis "Africa" - Rose Laurens "Ain't No Pleasing You" – Chas & Dave "Annie I'm Not Your Daddy" - Kid Creole & the Coconuts "Another Sleepless Night" – Anne Murray "Any Day Now" – Ronnie Milsap "Bad to the Bone" – George Thorogood & The Destroyers "Being Boiled" – Human League "Blue Eyes" – Elton John "Body + Soul" – Jo Kennedy "Body Language" – Queen "The Boiler" – Rhoda with The Special AKA "Break It To Me Gently" – Juice Newton "Burning Up" – Madonna "Child Come Away" - Kim Wilde "Confidences sur la Fréquence" – Dalida "Crimson and Clover" – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts "Dancing in the street" - Van Halen "The Day Before You Came" – ABBA "Danza" – Dalida "Don't Go" – Yazoo "Don't Talk to Strangers" – Rick Springfield "Do You Believe in Love" – Huey Lewis & The News "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" – Culture Club "Don't Stop Believin' – Journey "Don't Talk" - Hank Marvin "Easier Said Than Done" – Shakatak "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" – Elton John "European Son" – Japan "Eye In The Sky" – The Alan Parsons Project "Eye of the Tiger" – Survivor "Everybody" – Madonna "Fantastic Day" – Haircut 100 "Flying high again" – Ozzy Osbourne "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" – Elkie Brooks "Forever Now" – Cold Chisel "Forget Me Nots" – Patrice Rushen "Freeze Frame" – J. Geils Band "Ghosts" – Japan "Girls On Film" – Duran Duran "Gloria" – Laura Branigan "Golden Brown" – The Stranglers "Great Southern Land" – Icehouse "Gypsy" – Fleetwood Mac "Hand to hold on to" - John Cougar "Harden My Heart" – Quarterflash "Head over Heels" – ABBA "Heart Attack" – Olivia Newton-John "Heart of the Night" – Juice Newton "Heartbreaker" – Dionne Warwick "Heartlight" – Neil Diamond "Here Is The News/Ticket To The Moon" – Electric Light Orchestra "Hey Little Girl" – Icehouse "Hold Me" – Fleetwood Mac "Hope You Love me Like You Say You do" – Huey Lewis & The News "Hungry Like The Wolf" – Duran Duran "Hurts So Good" – John Cougar "I Can Make You Feel Good" – Shalamar "I Know What Boys Like" – The Waitresses "I Ran (So Far Away)" – A Flock of Seagulls "I Will Always Love You" – Dolly Parton "I Will Love You (Everytime We Are Gone)" - The Fureys "Iron Fist" – Motörhead "If You Can't Stand the Heat" - Bucks Fizz "It's Raining Again" – Supertramp "Jack and Diane" – John Cougar "Jouez Bouzouki" – Dalida "Just An Illusion" – Imagination "Landslide" – Olivia Newton-John "Let's Get It Up" – AC/DC "Listen" – Stiff Little Fingers "Little Town - Cliff Richard "Living On The Ceiling" – Blancmange "Love Is In Control (Finger On the Trigger)" – Donna Summer "Love My Way" – The Psychedelic Furs "Love Plus One" – Haircut 100 "Love Will Turn You Around" – Kenny Rogers "Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me" – Juice Newton "Maid Of Orleans" – OMD "Make a Move On Me" – Olivia Newton-John "Man on the Corner" - Genesis "Memory" – Barbra Streisand "Mexican Radio" – Wall of Voodoo "The Message" – Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five "Mirror Man" – Human League "Mirror Mirror" – Diana Ross "Muscles" – Diana Ross "Never Give Up On A Good Thing" – George Benson "Never Say Never" – Romeo Void "New World Man" – Rush "Nobody" – Sylvia "The Number of the Beast" – Iron Maiden "Old Town" – Phil Lynott "One Perfect Day" – Little Heroes "Only the Lonely" – The Motels "The Only Way Out" - Cliff Richard "Only You" – Yazoo "Open Arms" – Journey "Party Fears Two" – The Associates "Personally" – Karla Bonoff "Planet Rock" – Afrika Bambaataa "Pressure" – Billy Joel "Pretty Woman" Van Halen "Restless" – Gillan "Rio" – Duran Duran "Rock the Casbah" – The Clash "Roll Me Away" – Bob Seger "Run To The Hills" – Iron Maiden "Save A Prayer" – Duran Duran "Say Hello Wave Goodbye" – Soft Cell "Senses Working Overtime" – XTC "She's Got a Way" – Billy Joel "Should I Stay or Should I Go" – The Clash "Shy Boy" – Bananarama "Since You're Gone" – The Cars "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" – Split Enz "Solid Rock" – Goanna "Southern Cross" – Crosby, Stills, and Nash "Spread A Little Happiness" – Sting "State Of Independence" – Donna Summer "Steppin' Out" – Joe Jackson "Still They Ride" – Journey "Sube A Mi Motora" – Menudo "T' Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It" – Fun Boy Three and Bananarama "That Girl" – Stevie Wonder "Theme From Hill Street Blues" – Mike Post and Larry Carlton "Theme from 'Missing'" - The Shadows "3x3" (EP) – Genesis "Thru These Walls" - Phil Collins "Time (Clock of the Heart)" – Culture Club "Tony" – Dalida "Treat Me Nice" - The Shadows "Trouble" – Lindsey Buckingham "The Trouble With Me is You" - Hank Marvin "Vacation" – The Go-Go's "Valley Girl" – Frank Zappa "View from a Bridge" - Kim Wilde "Waiting for a Girl Like You" – Foreigner "What About Me" – Moving Pictures "When the Tigers Broke Free" - Pink Floyd "Where Do We Go From Here" - Cliff Richard "White Boy" – Culture Club "When The War Is Over" – Cold Chisel "Why" – Carly Simon "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" by A Flock of Seagulls "Work That Body" – Diana Ross "Workin' For a Livin' "- Huey Lewis & The News "Yellow Pearl" – Phil Lynott "You and I" – Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle "You Can't Hurry Love" – Phil Collins "You Don't Want Me Anymore" – Steel Breeze "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" – Melissa Manchester "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" – Judas Priest "Young Guns (Go For It)" – Wham! "Young Turks" – Rod Stewart 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 George Crumb – Trio for Strings Mario Davidovsky – Sting Trio for violin, viola, violoncello Ross Edwards – Piano Concerto in A Lorenzo Ferrero Thema 44 (ad honorem J. Haydn) My Blues My Rag Respiri Soleils 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 Peter Sculthorpe - Quiros 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 Ruddigore The Sorcerer Starstruck Victor/Victoria The Yeomen Of The Guard Musical television Live at Austin City Limits Sweeney Todd Liquid Sky Births January 14 - Caleb Followill, singer (Kings of Leon) January 18 – Quinn Allman, guitarist (The Used) January 29 - Adam Lambert, singer, stage actor, American Idol 8 finalist March 20 – Nick Wheeler (The All-American Rejects) April 24 - Kelly Clarkson, first American Idol winner April 26 – Jon Lee (S Club 7) June 14 - Lang Lang, pianist July 7 – Cassidy, rapper August 28 – LeAnn Rimes, singer September 9 – Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer September 22 – Billie Piper, singer and actress October 18 – Ne-Yo, R&B singer December 23 - Beatriz Luengo, singer, dancer and actress December 24 – Robert Carmine, vocalist (Rooney) Deaths January 16 - Harald Agersnap, Danish classical musician (b. 1889) January 17 – Tommy Tucker, songwriter (b. 1933) (carbon tetrachloride poisoning) January 19 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945) January 30 – Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer (b. 1890) February 17 – Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist (b. 1917) February 18 – Nathaniel Shilkret, composer and musician (b. 1889) February 21 – Murray the K, disc jockey (b. 1922) February 25 - Chao Yuen Ren, composer (b. 1892) March 5 – John Belushi, entertainer of The Blues Brothers fame (b. 1949) (cocaine overdose) March 19 – Randy Rhoads, guitarist (b. 1956) (plane crash) March 24 – Aileen Stanley, singer (b. 1897) March 26 - Ferdinando Garimberti, violin maker (b. 1894) March 29 – Carl Orff, German composer, famous for the choral work Carmina Burana (b. 1895) April 2 – Sam Coslow, songwriter and singer (b. 1902) May 1 – William Primrose, violist (b. 1904) May 8 – Neil Bogart, owner of Casablanca Records (b. 1943) (cancer) May 12 - Humphrey Searle, composer (b. 1915) May 13 - Renzo Rossellini, film composer (b. 1908) May 15 – Joëlle Mogensen, French singer (b. 1953) (drug overdose) May 16 – Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Portuguese composer and singer (b. 1942) May 30 - Leon René, songwriter (b. 1902) June 15 – Art Pepper, jazz saxophonist (b. 1925) (brain haemorrhage) July 9 – Wingy Manone, jazz trumpeter July 28 – Keith Green, gospel singer (b. 1953) (plane crash) September 1 – Clifford Curzon, pianist (b. 1907) September 12 - Federico Moreno Torroba, composer (b. 1891) September 14 - Christian Ferras, violinist (b. 1933) (suicide) September 17 – Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (b. 1937) October 4 – Glenn Gould, pianist (b. 1932) (stroke) October 16 Jakov Gotovac, composer and conductor (b. 1895) Mario del Monaco, operatic tenor (b. 1915) October 29 – William Lloyd Webber, British organist and composer (b. 1914) November 16 – Al Haig, jazz pianist (b. 1924) December 10 - Roy Webb, film composer (b. 1888) 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
