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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.
Contents 1 Events 2 Bands formed 3 Bands disbanded 4 Bands reformed 5 Albums released 5.1 January 5.2 February 5.3 March 5.4 April 5.5 May 5.6 June 5.7 July 5.8 August 5.9 September 5.10 October 5.11 November 5.12 December 6 Unknown release date 6.1 Biggest hit singles 6.2 Significant hits 6.2.1 Christmas songs 6.3 Published popular music 6.4 Classical music 6.5 Opera 6.6 Musical theater 6.7 Musical films 6.8 Births 6.9 Deaths 6.10 Awards 6.10.1 Grammy Awards 6.10.2 Country Music Association Awards 6.10.3 Eurovision Song Contest 6.11 Charts 6.11.1 List of No. 1 Hits 6.11.2 List of No. 1 Albums 6.12 See also // Events January 21 - "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40. January 27 - Michael Jackson's scalp is burned during the filming of a Pepsi commercial and he is admitted to hospital. Around this time, Jackson also releases the title track from his Thriller album as the LP's final single. February 14 Elton John marries studio engineer Renate Blauel Joe Perry and Brad Whitford attend an Aerosmith concert and re-join the band, which embarks on a reunion tour "Back In The Saddle" later in the year. February 16 - Jerry Lee Lewis surrenders to federal authorities on charges of income tax evasion. Lewis is later acquitted. February 28 - Recovering from the scalp burns sustained a month earlier, Michael Jackson wins eight Grammy Awards out of twelve nominations, breaking the record for the most Grammys won in a single year. He wins seven for the critically acclaimed album Thriller and the other for a song featured in the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. March 1 - Sting plays his last concerts with The Police at the end of the Synchronicity tour; the band takes a "pause" after the tour and only play a few special events together after this, until 2007, when they would organize a reunion tour. March - Alice Cooper, who has not toured for his last two albums, parts ways with his longtime label Warner Bros. and goes on hiatus from the music industry. Cooper begins mulling over plans for a comeback, which he would carry out in 1986. April 1 - In Los Angeles, California, Marvin Gaye is shot and killed during an argument with his father. May 1 - Mick Fleetwood, of Fleetwood Mac, files for bankruptcy in the United States. May 2 - Lionel Richie's hit "Hello" becomes Motown's first ever UK million selling single. May 5 The Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde marries Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr. **In Luxembourg, the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 is won by the Swedish entry, "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley", performed by the Herreys. June 8 - Billy Joel performs at Wembley Arena; the concert is later broadcast on BBC Television in two parts. June 16 - Frankie Goes to Hollywood begin a nine-week stay at the top of the UK singles chart with "Two Tribes". June 18 - At the climax of a Judas Priest concert at Madison Square Garden, fans begin ripping out the cushions from the seats and throwing them on stage. Judas Priest pay damages through insurance and are banned from MSG for life over the incident. July 1 - During his performance at the first ever Cornerstone Festival in Grayslake, Illinois, Steve Taylor jumps off the stage, breaking his ankle. Taylor hops back on stage and finishes his show. The next few shows on Taylor's tour were performed from a wheel chair. July 10 - The last original member of Menudo, Ricky Meléndez, leaves the group and is replaced by Ricky Martin. Meanwhile, Menudomania reaches Asia in 1984. July 14 - Eddie Van Halen makes a special guest appearance at a concert by The Jacksons in Dallas, Texas, playing the guitar solo for "Beat It" live. August 9 - Iron Maiden kicks off the World Slavery Tour in Warsaw, Poland, with shows in Hungary and Yugoslavia soon to follow. This marks the first time a Western band has ever brought a full concert production behind the Iron Curtain. August 25 - Kathleen Battle makes her solo recital debut at the Salzburg Festival. August 27 - British band Depeche Mode releases their 4th album Some Great Reward. The first single People Are People is the first big Depeche Mode hit in the USA. August 31 - Canadian music video channel MuchMusic debuts. The first video played is Rush's "The Enemy Within". September 2 - Van Halen concludes its 1984 world tour with a show in Nuremberg, Germany as part of the Monsters of Rock festival tour. This would be the band's last concert with David Lee Roth as lead singer until 2007. September 7 - Janet Jackson elopes with fellow singer James DeBarge. The marriage would be annulled in 1985. September 11 - Country singer Barbara Mandrell suffers serious injuries in a head-on automobile collision on a Tennessee highway. She will make a comeback after spending over a year rehabilitating. September 14 - The first annual MTV Video Music Awards are held in New York City. Herbie Hancock wins the most awards with five, and The Cars take the highest prize of Video Of The Year for "You Might Think". Much attention is garnered by Madonna's controversial performance of her hit single "Like a Virgin" in which she rolls around on the stage, revealing lacy stockings and garters, and grinds her crotch against her veil. September 21 - The first compact disc manufacturing plant in North America opens in Terre Haute, Indiana. CDs have previously had to be imported from Japan. Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. is designated as the first CD ever made in the United States. October 27 - Turner Broadcasting System launches Cable Music Channel, a music video channel intended to compete directly with MTV. The first video played is "I Love L.A." by Randy Newman. The channel would only last 34 days. November 20 - Michael Jackson receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame directly in front of Mann's Chinese Theater. Jackson leaves after only three minutes at the request of security, as the crush of 5,000 onlookers becomes a safety concern. November 25 - The Band Aid single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" is recorded at SARM Studios in Notting Hill, London, by a gathering of performers that includes Paul Young, Simon Le Bon, Bono, Phil Collins, Paul Weller, Sting, Boy George and Tony Hadley. November 28 - The Bring Me Sunshine charity concert at the London Palladium, in memory of Eric Morecambe, includes musical performances by Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Des O'Connor and Ernie Wise. December 1 - Frankie Goes to Hollywood become the first act to take their first three singles to the UK #1 position since Gerry & The Pacemakers in 1963, when "The Power of Love" tops the chart. December 3 - Bob Geldof and Band Aid release the single "Do They Know It's Christmas", which becomes the fastest- selling single of all time in the UK. December 8 - Mötley Crüe member Vince Neil is involved in a serious car accident. He is drunk at the time, and Razzle (Nicholas Dingley) of Hanoi Rocks is killed in the accident. December 9 - The Jacksons conclude their Victory Tour with the last of six concerts at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The tour, which consisted of 55 shows over five months, has reportedly grossed $75 million, a new industry record. December - Tipper Gore forms the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) in response to the "filth" she hears on her daughter's Prince album Purple Rain. December 31 - Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen loses his left arm in a car wreck. UK singles sales this year are the second highest ever, after 1978. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1984 Bands disbanded See Musical groups disestablished in 1984 Bands reformed Deep Purple* Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 9 1984 Van Halen - 12 Defenders of the Faith Judas Priest - 16 Points on the Curve Wang Chung - 17 Learning to Crawl The Pretenders - 21 Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Debut Disillusion (Japanese version) Loudness - 27 Milk and Honey John Lennon & Yoko Ono - - Christine McVie Christine McVie - Crusader Saxon - Fistful of Metal Anthrax - Flex-Able Steve Vai - The Great Pretender Dolly Parton - Lady of the Stars Donovan - Roll On Alabama - Slide It In Whitesnake UK February Day Album Artist Notes 6 Sparkle in the Rain Simple Minds - 7 Ammonia Avenue The Alan Parsons Project - 11 N.E.W.S. Golden Earring - 13 Into the Gap Thompson Twins - 14 Footloose soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack Mister Heartbreak Laurie Anderson - 20 The Smiths The Smiths - 24 Metal Queen Lee Aaron - Wings of Tomorrow Europe - 27 Dead Can Dance Dead Can Dance - The Works Queen - 28 "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D "Weird Al" Yankovic - - 99 Luftballons Nena - Animal Grace April Wine - Declaration The Alarm - The Flat Earth Thomas Dolby - Hail to England Manowar - It's My Life Talk Talk - Keep Moving Madness - Mystery Walk M + M - Parting Should Be Painless Roger Daltrey - Penetrator Ted Nugent - Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell - Windows and Walls Dan Fogelberg - March Day Album Artist Notes 5 About Face David Gilmour - 5 Rising Force Yngwie Malmsteen - 8 Just a Little Love Reba McEntire - 12 Alchemy: Dire Straits Live Dire Straits Live Fugazi Marillion - 13 Heartbeat City The Cars - 14 Body & Soul Joe Jackson - 16 Talk Show The Go-Go's - 17 Human's Lib Howard Jones 22 The Dungeons Are Calling Savatage EP 27 Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C. - Three of a Perfect Pair King Crimson - - Against All Odds soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack Burning the Witches Warlock - Café Bleu The Style Council - Deià...Vu Kevin Ayers - First Two 7"s on a 12" Minor Threat Compilation Great White Great White - Hard to Hold Rick Springfield Soundtrack Heavy Metal Breakdown Grave Digger - Love at First Sting Scorpions - My War Black Flag - Now That's What I Call Music II Various Artists Compilation Out of the Cellar Ratt - Psalm 9 Trouble - Rhyme & Reason Missing Persons - Through the Fire Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve - April Day Album Artist Notes 9 Reckoning R.E.M. - 12 Grace Under Pressure Rush - 19 Lament Ultravox - 30 The Top The Cure - Junk Culture Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking Roger Waters - - Bananarama Bananarama - Caught in the Act Styx Live New Sensations Lou Reed - Self Control Laura Branigan - Street Talk Steve Perry - Spinal Tap Spinal Tap Soundtrack May Day Album Artist Notes 5 In the Sign of Evil Sodom EP 7 Hysteria The Human League - 8 Legend: Best of Bob Marley & the Wailers Bob Marley & The Wailers Compilation Ocean Rain Echo & the Bunnymen - 14 Chicago 17 Chicago - 15 Couldn't Stand the Weather Stevie Ray Vaughan - Farewell My Summer Love Michael Jackson Compilation 25 Parade Spandau Ballet - 29 Private Dancer Tina Turner - Vices Kick Axe - - The Box The Box - Breaking Curfew Red Rider - From the Promised Land Play Dead - Give 'Em The Axe Lizzy Borden EP In the Long Grass The Boomtown Rats - Live Sentence Alcatrazz Live Major Moves Hank Williams, Jr. - Mange Tout Blancmange - Man on the Line Chris de Burgh - Mirror Moves The Psychedelic Furs - Stealing Fire Bruce Cockburn - The Swing INXS - Ten Thousand Lightyears Boney M. - June Day Album Artist Notes 4 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen - 8 Hyæna Siouxsie and the Banshees - 9 Touch Dance Eurythmics Remix EP 18 Camouflage Rod Stewart - From Her to Eternity Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Goodbye Cruel World Elvis Costello and the Attractions - The Steels The Steels - 19 The Allnighter Glenn Frey - 24 Morbid Tales Celtic Frost - 25 Discovery Mike Oldfield - Purple Rain Prince and The Revolution Soundtrack - Akimbo Alogo Kim Mitchell - Breaking Hearts Elton John - Ghostbusters Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack The Glamorous Life Sheila E. - Honeymoon Suite Honeymoon Suite - In the Studio The Specials - Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit Nick Lowe - A Pagan Place The Waterboys - Rock Will Never Die Michael Schenker Group Live Stay Hungry Twisted Sister - July Day Album Artist Notes 1 Disillusion (English version) Loudness - 2 Ice Cream Castle The Time - The Last in Line Dio - Rewind (1971-1984) The Rolling Stones Compilation 5 Signs of Life Billy Squier - 6 Victory The Jacksons - 7 Brilliant Trees David Sylvian - Condition Critical Quiet Riot - Icon Icon - 9 This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get Public Image Ltd. - 10 The Yellow and Black Attack Stryper - 27 Ride the Lightning Metallica - 28 Diamond Life Sade UK - All Fired Up Fastway - All Over the Place The Bangles - City of New Orleans Willie Nelson - Double Nickels on the Dime Minutemen - King of the Dead Cirith Ungol - Now That's What I Call Music 3 Various Artists Compilation The Warrior Scandal - Walkin' the Razor's Edge Helix - Zen Arcade Hüsker Dü - August Day Album Artist Notes 4 Haunting the Chapel Slayer EP 10 The Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers Debut War and Pain Voivod - 17 W.A.S.P. W.A.S.P. Debut 23 Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger Frank Zappa - 25 Eyes of Innocence Miami Sound Machine - Evolución Menudo - 27 Some Great Reward Depeche Mode - - The Best of Kansas Kansas Compilation The Blitz Krokus - Gates to Purgatory Running Wild - Dreamtime The Cult - L.A. Is My Lady Frank Sinatra - Phantoms The Fixx - VOA Sammy Hagar - The Woman in Red Various Artists Soundtrack September Day Album Artist Notes 3 Powerslave Iron Maiden - Sentence of Death Destruction EP 4 Cats Without Claws Donna Summer - 7 Don't Break the Oath Mercyful Fate - Under Wraps Jethro Tull - The Warning Queensrÿche - 13 Animalize Kiss - Tooth and Nail Dokken - 15 No Remorse Motörhead Compilation + 4 new tracks 17 All the Rage General Public - 21 Perspective America - 24 Tonight David Bowie - 27 Forever Young Alphaville - - Bachman-Turner Overdrive Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Bewitched Andy Summers & Robert Fripp - Desert Moon Dennis DeYoung - The Catch Nazareth - Don't Stop Jeffrey Osborne - Family Man Black Flag - The Magazine Rickie Lee Jones - Night on Bröcken Fates Warning - Reflections Rick James Compilation Sign of the Hammer Manowar - Spring Hill Fair The Go-Betweens - Swept Away Diana Ross - Till We Have Faces Steve Hackett - Vital Signs Survivor - What About Me? Kenny Rogers - October Day Album Artist Notes 1 Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Feel for You Chaka Khan - Red Sails in the Sunset Midnight Oil - The Unforgettable Fire U2 - 2 Bathory Bathory - Let It Be The Replacements - 4 Emotion Barbra Streisand - 8 The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall The Fall - 9 Shout Devo - 12 Big Bam Boom Hall & Oates - 13 Too Tough to Die Ramones - 15 '74 Jailbreak AC/DC EP recorded 1974-76 Stop Making Sense Talking Heads Soundtrack Valotte Julian Lennon - 18 Them or Us Frank Zappa - 22 Give My Regards to Broad Street Paul McCartney Soundtrack 23 Make It Big Wham! - 24 How Do You Do Miyuki Nakajima - 26 Berserker Gary Numan - 29 Perfect Strangers Deep Purple - Welcome to the Pleasuredome Frankie Goes to Hollywood - - The Age of Consent Bronski Beat - Bad Attitude Meat Loaf - Dream Street Janet Jackson - Geffery Morgan UB40 - Girls with Guns Tommy Shaw - I Feel for You Chaka Khan - Italian X Rays Steve Miller Band - March of the Saint Armored Saint - Music from Songwriter Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson Soundtrack The Plan Tubeway Army - A Private Heaven Sheena Easton - Rattlesnakes Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Sign In Please Autograph - Steeltown Big Country - True Colours Level 42 - Waking Up with the House on Fire Culture Club - We Want Moore Gary Moore Live Why Not Me The Judds - November Day Album Artist Notes 4 This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic Hawkwind Live 5 Alf Alison Moyet - 10 The Riddle Nik Kershaw - Thunder Seven Triumph - Who's Last The Who Live 12 Arena Duran Duran Live Hatful of Hollow The Smiths Compilation Like a Virgin Madonna - The Honeydrippers: Volume One Robert Plant EP 13 Reckless Bryan Adams - 19 Building the Perfect Beast Don Henley - Word of Mouth The Kinks - 21 Francesco Zappa Frank Zappa - 22 See Ya 'Round Split Enz - 24 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) Eurythmics Soundtrack 26 The Killing Fields Mike Oldfield Soundtrack - Aural Sculpture The Stranglers - Isolation Toto - Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs Boney M. Compilation Lay Down the Law Keel - Lush Life Linda Ronstadt - Now That's What I Call Music 4 Various Artists Compilation Treasure Cocteau Twins - Tropico Pat Benatar - 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe Barry Manilow - Wheels Are Turnin' REO Speedwagon - - Zoolook Jean Michel Jarre - December Day Album Artist Notes 3 Real Live Bob Dylan Live 9 Agent Provocateur Foreigner - 14 Soda Stereo Soda Stereo - 21 Thing-Fish Frank Zappa - - Beverly Hills Cop Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack Fantastic Boney M. Boney M. - Live '84 Black Flag Live Remission Skinny Puppy - Slip It In Black Flag - Unknown release date All Those Wasted Years - Hanoi Rocks The Art of Defense - Nona Hendryx Back and Forth - Skinny Puppy Begegnungen - Eno Moebius Roedelius Plank Box of Frogs - Box of Frogs Can't Wait All Night - Juice Newton Centipede - Rebbie Jackson Cinema - Elaine Paige Climate of Hunter - Scott Walker Country Boy - Ricky Skaggs Dali - Dalida A Dancing Foot and a Praying Knee Don't Belong on the Same Leg - Scattered Order Dancin' on the Edge - Lita Ford E2-E4 - Manuel Göttsching Eden - Everything But the Girl Fans - Malcolm McLaren Fried - Julian Cope Gone Fishin' - Flipper Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts The Grapes of Wrath - The Grapes of Wrath Greatest Hits - Juice Newton Guardian Angel - The Shadows Heart Don't Lie - LaToya Jackson Hits out of Hell - Meat Loaf Horizen - Jade Warrior How Will the Wolf Survive? - Los Lobos I Often Dream of Trains - Robyn Hitchcock Into Battle - Brocas Helm In Rock We Trust - Y&T Inside the Fire - Rita Coolidge Intellectuals Are The Shoeshine Boys Of The Ruling Elite - Killdozer It's All in the Game - Merle Haggard The Las Vegas Story - The Gun Club John Parr - John Parr (debut) Legend - Clannad (soundtrack) Lights Out - Peter Wolf (debut) Live at the Inferno - Raven Love Life - Berlin March of the Saint - Armored Saint Mast Nazren -Ecstatic Glances Live in London, 1984 - Ghulam Ali Meat Puppets II - Meat Puppets Moving - The Raincoats Nave Maria - Tom Zé Neil's Heavy Concept Album - Nigel Planer 1984 - Ebiet G. Ade No Brakes - John Waite No Kinda Dancer - Robert Earl Keen No Tellin' Lies - Zebra Opium - KMFDM (debut) Optimystique - Yanni Overkill (EP) - Overkill The Politics of Time - Minutemen Primitive - Neil Diamond Projects in the Jungle - Pantera Read My Lips - Fee Waybill Riders in the Sky, Live - Riders in the Sky Rita Mitsouko - Rita Mitsouko The Rock Connection - Cliff Richard Rock Will Never Die - Michael Schenker Group Seasons - Dion DiMucci See You in Hell - Grim Reaper (debut) Sonic Death - Sonic Youth The Splendour of Fear - Felt Starchild - Teena Marie Straight Ahead - Amy Grant The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories - Felt Suddenly - Billy Ocean Team Goon - D.I. (EP) Teases & Dares - Kim Wilde Tocsin - Xmal Deutschland Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! - Toyah Two Steps From The Move - Hanoi Rocks Vengeance - New Model Army Youth Anthems for the New Order - Reagan Youth Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man - Guadalcanal Diary Walpurgis Night - Stormwitch When In Rome Do As The Vandals - The Vandals Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? - Art of Noise Wired to the Moon - Chris Rea Without a Song - Willie Nelson Work Resumed on the Tower - News from Babel World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd - The J. Geils Band (final album) Biggest hit singlesThe following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1984.
# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1 Stevie Wonder I Just Called to Say I Love You 1984 UK 1 - September 1984, US BB 1 - September 1984, Canada 1 - September 1984, Holland 1 - August 1984, Sweden 1 - September 1984, Sweden (alt) 1 - August 1984, Austria 1 - October 1984, Switzerland 1 - September 1984, Norway 1 - September 1984, Poland 1 - January 1984, Italy 1 of 1984, Germany 1 - September 1984, Éire 1 - September 1984, New Zealand 1 for 9 weeks October 1984, Australia 1 for 8 weeks June 1985, Oscar in 1984, Australia 6 of 1984, US CashBox 9 of 1984, US BB 18 of 1984, POP 26 of 1984, Germany 52 of the 1980s, Scrobulate 100 of r & b 2 Elmo and Patsy Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer 1984 UK 1 - December 1984, Canada 1 - December 1984, Holland 1 - December 1984, Sweden 1 - December 1984, Sweden (alt) 1 - December 1984, Austria 1 - January 1985, Switzerland 1 - December 1984, Norway 1 - January 1985, Éire 1 - December 1984, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks January 1985, Australia 1 for 4 weeks September 1985, Germany 2 - January 1985, Scrobulate 6 of Christmas, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1984, Poland 8 - December 1984, US BB 13 - January 1985, Australia 19 of 1985, Italy 19 of 1985, RYM 24 of 1984, KROQ 25 of 1984, US CashBox 73 of 1985, Europe 78 of the 1980s, OzNet 301, Germany 325 of the 1980s 3 Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 1984 UK 1 - May 1984, US BB 1 - October 1984, Canada 1 - October 1984, Holland 1 - June 1984, Sweden (alt) 1 - June 1984, Norway 1 - June 1984, Éire 1 - June 1984, Australia 1 for 5 weeks March 1985, Switzerland 2 - June 1984, Germany 2 - June 1984, Australia 5 of 1984, US BB 6 of 1984, Austria 6 - July 1984, POP 7 of 1984, US CashBox 19 of 1984, KROQ 20 of 1984, Poland 23 - June 1984, Europe 84 of the 1980s, OzNet 146, RYM 195 of 1984, Germany 230 of the 1980s 4 Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Want To Have Fun 1984 Norway 1 - March 1984, Éire 1 - February 1984, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks May 1984, Australia 1 for 2 weeks December 1984, UK 2 - January 1984, US BB 2 - January 1984, US BB 2 of 1984, Canada 2 - February 1984, POP 2 of 1984, Holland 3 - February 1984, Austria 3 - May 1984, Sweden (alt) 5 - March 1984, Switzerland 6 - April 1984, Germany 6 - March 1984, France 8 - December 1983, Australia 9 of 1984, US CashBox 16 of 1984, Italy 16 of 1984, Party 35 of 2007, RYM 63 of 1983, KROQ 65 of 1984, RIAA 122, Germany 388 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 391 5 Frankie Goes to Hollywood Relax 1984 UK 1 - November 1983, Switzerland 1 - February 1984, Germany 1 - February 1984, TOTP 1, KROQ 1 of 1984, France 2 - November 1983, Norway 2 - February 1984, Sweden (alt) 4 - March 1984, Austria 4 - March 1984, Holland 5 - January 1984, Canada 7 - April 1984, US BB 10 - February 1985, US BB 11 of 1985, Italy 11 of 1984, Australia 16 of 1984, POP 16 of 1985, Poland 18 - February 1984, RYM 21 of 1983, Virgin 31, Scrobulate 45 of 80s, Germany 72 of the 1980s, Europe 94 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 270, OzNet 574 Significant hits "A Little Love" - Juice Newton "Agadoo" - Black Lace "Against All Odds" - Phil Collins "All Cried Out" - Alison Moyet "All Through the Night" - Cyndi Lauper "An Innocent Man" - Billy Joel "Automatic" - The Pointer Sisters "Baby You're Dynamite"/"Ocean Deep" - Cliff Richard (released in 1983) "Back for more" - Ratt "Be My Number Two" - Joe Jackson "Better Be Good To Me" - Tina Turner "Big City Nights" - The Scorpions "Big In Japan" - Alphaville "Borderline" - Madonna "Born In The U.S.A." - Bruce Springsteen "Blue Jean" - David Bowie "Breakdance" - Irene Cara "Breakin'... There's No Stoppin' Us" - Ollie & Jerry "Break My Stride" - Matthew Wilder "Careless Whisper" - Wham! "Catch My Fall" - Billy Idol "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run)" - Billy Ocean "Centipede" - Rebbie Jackson "Cherry Oh Baby" - UB40 "Cover Me" - Bruce Springsteen "Crazy" - Kenny Rogers "Cruel Summer" - Bananarama "Cry and Be Free" - Marilyn "Dance Hall Days" - Wang Chung "Dance Me Up" - Gary Glitter "Dancing in the Dark" - Bruce Springsteen "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" - Ultravox "Distant Early Warning" - Rush "Dr. Beat" - Miami Sound Machine "Doctor! Doctor!" - Thompson Twins "Don't Blame It On Love" - Shakatak "Don't Tell Me" - Blancmange "Down On The Street" - Shakatak "Drive" - The Cars "Easy Lover" - Phillip Bailey duet with Phil Collins "Eyes Without a Face" - Billy Idol "Femme libérée" - Cookie Dingler "Flame Trees" - Cold Chisel "Flesh For Fantasy" - Billy Idol "Footloose" - Kenny Loggins "For Whom the Bell Tolls" - Metallica "Forest Fire" - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions "Forever Young" - Alphaville "Freedom" - Wham! "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper "Ghostbusters" - Ray Parker, Jr. "God Bless the USA" - Lee Greenwood "Half A Boy Half A Man" - Nick Lowe "Hammer to Fall" - Queen "Heart From The Start" - Classix Nouveaux "Heaven's On Fire" - Kiss "Hello" - Lionel Richie "Here Comes the Rain Again" - Eurythmics "High on Emotion" - Chris De Burgh "Heaven (Must Be There)" - Eurogliders #1 (a) "Hold Me Now" - Thompson Twins "Hold On To Love" - Gary Moore "Hot Water" - Level 42 "House of Salome" - Kim Wilde "Human Touch" - Rick Springfield "I Feel for You"" - Chaka Khan "I Just Called To Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder "I Scare Myself" - Thomas Dolby "I Wanna Rock" - Twisted Sister "I Want A New Drug" Huey Lewis and the News "I Want to Break Free" - Queen "I Want To Know What Love Is" - Foreigner "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" - Nik Kershaw "Infatuation" - Rod Stewart "Invisible" - Alison Moyet "If This Is It" - Huey Lewis and the News "Illegal Alien" - Genesis "I'll Wait" - Van Halen "It's A Hard Life" - Queen "It's a Miracle" - Culture Club "Joanna" - Kool & the Gang "Jokerman" - Bob Dylan "Jump" - Van Halen "Jump (For My love)" - The Pointer Sisters "Kalimba De Luna" - Dalida "Karma Chameleon" - Culture Club "L'Innamorata" - Dalida "Let's Go Crazy" - Prince and the Revolution "Let's Hear It for the Boy" - Deniece Williams "Like a Virgin" -Madonna "Lights Out" - Peter Wolf "Locomotion" - OMD "Love Somebody" - Rick Springfield "Lovergirl - Teena Marie "Lucky Star" - Madonna "Madam Butterfly" - Malcolm McLaren "Magic" - The Cars "Master and Servant" - Depeche Mode "Message To My Girl" - Neil Finn and Split Enz "Michael Caine" - Madness "Missing You" - John Waite "Missing You" - Diana Ross "Miss Me Blind"- Culture Club "Mistake No. 3" - Culture Club "My Ever Changing Moods" - The Style Council "No Mercy" - The Stranglers "No More Lonely Nights" - Paul McCartney "Oh Sherrie" - Steve Perry "One Love/People Get Ready" - Bob Marley & The Wailers "One Night In Bangkok" - Murray Head "On a Night Like This" - The Shadows "Original Sin" - INXS "Out Of Touch" - Hall & Oates "Panama" - Van Halen "Pearl In The Shell" - Howard Jones "Pearly Dewdrops' Drops" - Cocteau Twins "Penny Lover" - Lionel Richie "People Are People" - Depeche Mode "Perfect Skin" - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions "Pour te dire je t'aime" - Dalida "Pretty in Pink" - The Psychedelic Furs "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" - U2 "Purple Rain" - Prince and the Revolution "Radio Ga Ga" - Queen "Rattlesnakes" - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions "Read 'Em and Weep" - Barry Manilow "Rebel Yell" - Billy Idol "Relax" - Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Robert De Niro's Waiting..." - Bananarama "Rock You Like a Hurricane" - The Scorpions "Round and Round" - Ratt "Run Runaway" - Slade "Runaway" - Bon Jovi "Run To You" - Bryan Adams "Running with the Night" - Lionel Richie "Saturday Night" - Cold Chisel "Self Control" - Laura Branigan "Seven Seas" - Echo & the Bunnymen "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)" - Eurythmics "She Bop" - Cyndi Lauper "She Was Hot" - The Rolling Stones "Shooting From the Heart" - Cliff Richard "Shout" - Tears for Fears "Shout To The Top" - The Style Council "Silver" - Echo & the Bunnymen "Sister Christian" - Night Ranger "Skin Deep" - Stranglers "Soul Kind Of Feeling" - Dynamic Hepnotics "Smalltown Boy" - Bronski Beat "Smooth Operator" - Sade "So Tired" - Ozzy Osbourne "Soleil" - Dalida "Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell "Some Guys Have All The Luck" - Rod Stewart "Sounds Like A Melody" - Alphaville "Standing In The Shadows" - Whitesnake "Strut" - Sheena Easton "Stuck on You" - Lionel Richie "Sugar Walls"- Sheena Easton "Sunglasses at Night" - Corey Hart "Taking It All Too Hard" - Genesis "That's All" - Genesis (released in 1983) "The Ghost in You" - The Psychedelic Furs "The Killing Moon" - Echo & the Bunnymen "The Heart of Rock and Roll" - Huey Lewis and the News "The Longest Time" - Billy Joel "The Lucky One" - Laura Branigan "The More You Live The More You Love" - A Flock of Seagulls "The Never Ending Story" - Limahl "The Power of Love" - Frankie Goes to Hollywood "The Reflex" - Duran Duran "The Riddle" - Nik Kershaw "The Second Time" - Kim Wilde The Touch" - Kim Wilde "The War Song" - Culture Club "The Wild Boys" - Duran Duran "Thieves Like Us - New Order "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" - The Pretenders "Thriller" - Michael Jackson "Ti Amo" - Laura Branigan "Time After Time" - Cyndi Lauper "Tinseltown In The Rain" - The Blue Nile "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" - Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson "To France" - Mike Oldfield "Together In Electric Dreams" - Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder "Torture" - The Jacksons "TV Dinners" - ZZ Top "Twist of Fate" - Olivia Newton-John "Two Tribes" - Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Up On The Catwalk" - Simple Minds "Very Personal" - Ian Dury "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" - Wham! "We Belong" - Pat Benatar "We Rock" - Dio "We're Not Gonna Take It" - Twisted Sister "What About Me?" - Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes and James Ingram "What Difference Does It Make" - The Smiths "What's Love Got to Do with It" - Tina Turner "When Am I Gonna Make a Living" - Sade "When Doves Cry" - Prince "When Love Breaks Down" - Prefab Sprout "Where the Rose Is Sown" - Big Country "Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)" - Icicle Works "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" - Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five (released in 1983) "William It Was Really Nothing" - The Smiths "Wood Beez" - Scritti Politti "Wouldn't It Be Good" - Nik Kershaw "You Don't Love Me" - Marilyn "You Might Think" - The Cars "You Think You're a Man" - Divine "You're the Best Thing" - The Style Council "Young at Heart" - The Bluebells "Your Love Is King" - Sade Christmas songs "Do They Know It's Christmas" – Band Aid "Last Christmas" – Wham! "Thank God It's Christmas" – Queen "Another Rock N' Roll Christmas" – Gary Glitter Published popular music "After All These Years" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander from the musical The Rink "The Cosby Show theme song" m. Stu Gardner and Bill Cosby "Cover Me" w.m. Bruce Springsteen "Every Time I Turn Around" w.m. Judy Hart Angelo & Gary Portnoy, theme from the TV series Punky Brewster "Friends" m. John Leffler, theme from the TV series Kate and Allie "Ghostbusters" w.m. Ray Parker, Jr. "Hallelujah" w.m. Leonard Cohen "I Just Called to Say I Love You" w.m. Stevie Wonder "Let's Go Crazy" w.m. Prince and the Revolution "Like a Virgin" w.m. Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly "Lights Out" w.m. Peter Wolf & Don Covay "Missing You" w.m. John Waite, Chaz Sanford & Mark Leonard "Murder, She Wrote theme song" m. John Addison "No More Lonely Nights" w.m. Paul McCartney "Rock You Like a Hurricane" w.m. Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine & Herman Rarebell "Time After Time" w.m. Cyndi Lauper & Rob Hyman "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" w. Hal David m. Albert Hammond "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" w.m. George Michael "What's Love Got To Do With It?" w.m. Terry Britten & Graham Lyle "When Doves Cry" w.m. Prince Classical music Samuel Adler - Sonata for viola and piano Elliott Carter Canon for 4, Homage to William, for flute, bass clarinet, violin, and cello Esprit rude/esprit doux, for flute and clarinet Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi, for violin Brian Cherney - Into the Distant Stillness George Crumb A Haunted Landscape for orchestra The Sleeper for soprano and piano Mario Davidovsky - Divertimento for cello and orchestra Ludovico Einaudi - Altissimo Lorenzo Ferrero - Ombres for orchestra and live electronics Frans Geysen A + B = A/B, for keyboard instrument Kataloog in grijs 1, for marimba Late spiegels, for flute, oboe, piano and double bass Omtrent a-b-c, for recorder quintet Tonen-Trappenhuisje voor Hanne, for keyboard instrument Twee orgels, for two organs Karel Goeyvaerts Aquarius-Tango, for piano Zum Wassermann, for chamber orchestra De Zang van Aquarius, for 8 bass clarinets Daron Hagen - A Walt Whitman Requiem John Harbison - String Quartet no. 1 Robin Holloway - Concerto for Viola Mauricio Kagel – Der Eid des Hippokrates, for piano 3 hands Ian McDougall - Concerto for Clarinet Elizabeth Maconchy - String Quartet no. 13, Quartetto Corto Ingram Marshall - Voces Resonae Henri Pousseur Chronique canine, for 2 pianos Cortège des belles ténébreuses au jardin boréal, for cor anglais, viola, horn, tuba, and 2 percussionists L'étoile des langues, for narrators and 4 singers Litanie du cristal des fleurs, for piano left hand Litanie du miel matinal, for high melody instrument Les noces d'Icare et de Mnémosyne, for variable forces Patchwork des tribus américaines, for wind orchestra Sixième vue sur les jardins interdits, for string trio Sonate des maîtres viennois (‘Dicté par … no.4’), for piano Tango de Jeanne-la-Sibylle, for piano left hand Steve Reich - The Desert Music Tōru Takemitsu - riverrun for piano and orchestra Robert Ward - Saxophone Concerto Malcolm Williamson A Pilgrim Liturgy - for soloists, mixed choir & orchestra Cortège for a Warrior for orchestra Hymna Titu for piano solo Symphony No. 7 Opera Harrison Birtwistle - The Mask of Orpheus Philip Glass - Akhnaten Philip Glass - the CIVIL warS (Rome section) Krzysztof Penderecki - The Black Mask Peter Schickele - The Abduction of Figaro, attributed to P. D. Q. Bach. Karlheinz Stockhausen – Samstag aus Licht Musical theater Starlight Express - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe Forty-Second Street London production The Rink Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on February 9 and ran for 233 performances Sunday in the Park with George (Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway production opened at the Booth Theatre on May 2 and ran for 604 performances. Musical films Breakin' The Cotton Club Footloose Hard to Hold The Muppets Take Manhattan Purple Rain This Is Spinal Tap Births January 17 – Calvin Harris, Scottish electronic musician January 18 Kristy Lee Cook, American Idol finalist Benji Schwimmer, Winner of So You Think You Can Dance 2006 January 20 – Toni Gonzaga, Filipina actress and singer January 24 – Witold Kiełtyka, Polish musician (d. 2007) January 30 – Kid Cudi, American rapper February 9 – Han Geng, Chinese singer in Korea (Super Junior) February 15 – Dorota Rabczewska, Polish singer and model February 25 - Lovefoxxx (Cansei de Ser Sexy) March 18 - Vonzell Solomon, US singer March 20 – Christy Carlson Romano, American actress and singer March 25 – Katharine McPhee, American Idol finalist March 26 – Stéphanie Lapointe, Canadian singer April 6 – Max Bemis, American musician (Say Anything) April 10 - Mandy Moore, singer April 22 – Amelle Berrabah, British singer (Sugababes) April 24 - Tyson Ritter (The All-American Rejects) April 27 - Patrick Stump, singer May 1 – Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese singer (NEWS) and actor May 2 - Rose Falcon, singer-songwriter May 3 – Cheryl Burke, dancer May 5 – Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist May 25 Marion Raven, Norwegian singer-songwriter (M2M) Nikolai Pokotylo, Russian singer June 4 – Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer June 17 – John Gallagher, Jr., American actor, singer and dancer June 23 – Duffy, Welsh singer-songwriter June 29 - Han Ji-hye, Korean actress/singer June 30 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer July 4 Gina Glocksen, American Idol finalist Stix Izza, American musician July 5 - Elisabeth Schwarz, operatic soprano July 7 – Marie-Mai, Canadian singer July 9 – Jacob Hoggard,Canadian singer/lead singer of Hedley July 12 – Gareth Gates, English singer July 17 – Asami Kimura, Japanese singer July 21 – Blake Lewis, American Idol runner- up July 24 Dhani Lennevald (A*Teens) Tyler Kyte, Canadian actor/singer July 25 - Dong-Hyek Lim, pianist July 26 - Alex Parks, singer-songwriter August 3 – Carah Faye Charnow, American singer for the band Shiny Toy Guns August 5 - Taylor Locke (Rooney) August 21 Alizée, singer Melissa Schuman, singer (Dream) August 24 – Yesung, Korean singer (Super Junior) August 31 - Will Martin, crossover singer September - Wu Di, pianist September 1 – Joe Trohman, American musician September 5 – Trey Hill, Grammy-nominated musician September 16 Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer Katie Melua, Georgian singer and musician September 22 – Theresa Fu, Hong Kong singer and actress September 23 - Louis Stephens (Rooney) September 26 – Keisha Buchanan, singer (Sugababes) September 27 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian rock singer and musician September 28 – Melody Thornton, American singer (Pussycat Dolls) October 3 - Ashlee Simpson, singer October 4 - Lena Katina, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.) October 10 - Stephanie Cheng, singer October 12 - Matthew Dewey, Australian composer October 16 - Shayne Ward, singer and winner of reality TV show The X Factor October 25 Sara Lumholdt (A*Teens) Katy Perry, singer October 27 - Kelly Osbourne, singer November 9 Delta Goodrem, Australian singer and actress Se7en, South Korean singer November 12 – Sandara Park, member of South Korean girl group 2NE1 and former actress November 14 - Luiz Filipe Coelho, violinist November 18 – Johnny Christ, American bassist (Avenged Sevenfold) November 21 - Willy Mason, singer-songwriter November 24 – Wolf Hudson, actor, director and street dancer November 28 – Trey Songz, American singer December 15 – Joshua Third, guitarist (The Horrors) December 17 – Asuka Fukuda, Japanese singer December 20 – David Tavaré, Spanish singer December 22 – Jonas Erik Altberg, Swedish singer December 25 – The Veronicas, Lisa and Jess Origliasso, Australian singers Deaths January 21 - Jackie Wilson, singer, 49 (pneumonia) January 23 - Samuel Gardner, violinist and composer, 92 January 30 - Luke Kelly, member of The Dubliners, 43 (brain tumour) February 15 - Ethel Merman, singer and actress, 76 March 9 - Imogen Holst, conductor and composer, 76 April 1 - Marvin Gaye, singer/songwriter, 44 (gunshot) April 6 Jimmy Kennedy, Irish-born British songwriter, 81 Hryhory Kytasty, composer, 77 April 23 - Juan Tizol, trombonist and composer, 84 April 26 - Count Basie, jazz musician, 79 May 1 - Gordon Jenkins, US conductor, songwriter and pianist, 73 May 29 - Sanford Gold, jazz pianist, 72 June - Mohamed Mooge Liibaan, singer and instrumentalist June 8 - Gordon Jacob, composer, 88 June 15 - Meredith Willson, US songwriter, 82 June 28 - Mischa Spoliansky, Russian born composer and conductor July 19 - Madeleine Sibille, operatic soprano, 89 July 29 - Lorenz Fehenberger, operatic tenor, 71 July 31 - Paul Le Flem, composer, 103 August 4 - Babe Russin, saxophonist, 73 August 5 - Tuts Washington, R&B pianist, 67 August 12 - Margaret Sutherland, composer, 86 August 30 - Emil Newman, conductor and composer, 73 September 3 Dora Labbette, operatic soprano, 86 Arthur Schwartz, composer and film producer, 83 August 31 - Carlo Zecchi, pianist, music teacher and conductor, 81 September 6 - Ernest Tubb, country & western musician, 70 September 10 Herman Sherman, jazz saxophonist and bandleader, 61 Trummy Young, swing trombonist, 72 September 15 - Charles Lynch, Irish concert pianist September 20 - Steve Goodman, singer/songwriter best known for "City of New Orleans", 36 (leukaemia) October - Lina Bruna Rasa, operatic soprano, 67 October 4 - Carl von Garaguly, violinist and conductor October 16 - Jiří Jelínek, jazz trumpeter, singer and artist, 62 October 20 - Budd Johnson, jazz musician, 73 October 26 - John Woods Duke, composer, 85 November 16 - Leonard Rose, cellist, 66 November 20 - Alexander Moyzes, Slovak composer, 78 December 9 - Razzle (Nicholas Dingley), drummer of Hanoi Rocks, 24 (car accident) December 13 - Max Schönherr, conductor and composer, 81 December 15 - Jan Peerce, operatic tenor, 80 December 21 - José Luis Rodríguez Vélez, Panamanian composer, orchestra director, saxophonist, clarinetist and guitarist, 69 Awards Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1984 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1984 Charts List of No. 1 Hits List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1984 (U.S.) Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1984 List of number-one singles from the 1980s (UK) List of No. 1 Albums List of number-one albums of 1984 (U.S.) See also 1984 in heavy metal music 1984 in country music 1984 in British music Record labels established in 1984 Timeline of musical events 1984
