Events
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January 1 – André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra plays its first concert.
- January 3 – The Cinemax television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, recorded on September 30, 1987 at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, USA, is broadcast.
- January 20 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony inducts The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Drifters, Bob Dylan and The Supremes.
- January 28 – A Tampa, Florida man files an unusual lawsuit against Mötley Crüe. Matthew John Trippe, who has a history of mental health issues and trouble with the law, claims that he was secretly hired to pose as Nikki Sixx and toured, wrote and recorded with the band for a time during 1983 and 1984.Trippe drops the lawsuit in 1993.
- February 13 – Michael Jackson purchases a ranch in Santa Ynez, California, USA. He called his new home "Neverland".
- February 16 – Billy Vera receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
- February 24 – Alice Cooper announces that he is going to run for Governor of Arizona, USA.[citation needed]
- March 12 – Record producer Jimmy Iovine presents the Special Olympics with a donation of US$5 million, which is raised with the release of the A Very Special Christmas album.[citation needed]
- March 26 – "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson from the Bad album tops the Billboard Hot 100. It's the first time in history a solo artist has had four Number One singles from the same album.
[edit]April–June
- April 19 – Former rock and roll singer Sonny Bono is inaugurated as the Mayor of Palm Springs, California, USA.
- April 25 – Rock supermanager Doc McGhee is sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty to charges of drug smuggling stemming from a 1982 seizure of nearly 40,000 pounds of marijuana entering North Carolina from Colombia.
- April 30 – The Eurovision Song Contest, held in the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion, Dublin, is won by French-Canadian singer Celine Dion, representing Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi".
- May 14 – Atlantic Records stages a concert at Madison Square Garden celebrating its Fortieth birthday with performances by many of the label's greatest acts of the past. Artists include Crosby, Stills & Nash, Iron Butterfly, Ruth Brown, Foreigner and Wilson Pickett, but the most talked-about performance is by a reunited Led Zeppelin with Jason Bonham on drums.
- May 27 – The Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 commences in East Troy, Wisconsin. Van Halen headlines with the other acts on the massive bill consisting of Metallica, Scorpions, Dokken and Kingdom Come.
- June 18 – Depeche Mode's final concert of their world tour takes place in the Rose Bowl stadium near Los Angeles with 60,000 spectators which is the significant moment in the bands career.[citation needed]
- June 27 – Motown Records is sold to MCA and an investment firm for $61 million.
[edit]July–September
- July 1 – Quartetto Cetra play their last concert.[citation needed]
- July 2 – Michael Jackson with fifth single from Bad, "Dirty Diana", he broke the record to have five consecutive charting singles from same album at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, is the first artist and only male in history to get this done.
- August 12 – Public Enemy garners publicity by staging a concert at Riker's Island prison for 250 inmates and 100 journalists.
- August 20 – Two people are crushed to death at the annual Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington, UK. during the Guns N' Roses set.[citation needed]
- August 28 – While travelling down the Ventura Freeway in southern California, USA, the motorhome carrying the Charlie Daniels band bursts into flames. Daniels and his band members escape without injury.[citation needed]
- September 6 -9 – Elton John auctions off many items from his personal collection, including memorabilia and stage-worn clothing, at Sotheby's for a total of $8.5 million. John had been known for wearing flamboyant stage costumes during the glam rock era of the 1970s, but he increasingly abandoned them in later years.
- September 10 – Billboard magazine publishes its Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for the first time.
- September 24 – James Brown faces a variety of charges after leading police on an interstate chase, after reportedly breaking into a seminar in an Augusta, Georgia building he owned an office in, waving a gun and demanding to know who had used his restrooms. Earlier in the year Brown had been arrested on drug and firearms-related charges.
[edit]October–December
- October 10 – Genesis'88 stage their first illegal Acid House Party in the UK.[citation needed]
- November – The "Guess The Eddies" contest begins, inviting people to guess the identities of the six members of the rock band The Swirling Eddies.[citation needed]
- November 7 – John Fogerty wins a self-plagiarism lawsuit with Fantasy Records. The record label had contended that Fogerty's 1985 comeback hit "The Old Man Down the Road" was too similar to his 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival song, "Run Through the Jungle".
- November 12 – U2's Rattle and Hum hits the Number One spot on the U.S. charts, the first double album to do so since Bruce Springsteen's The River in 1980.
- December 4 – Singer Roy Orbison gives his last concert in Akron, Ohio, USA, before his death from a massive heart attack.
- December 28 – A few months before the release of her new album Like A Prayer, Madonna files assault charges against her husband, Sean Penn. Though she later drops the charges, the couple separate three days later and are divorced in the following year.[citation needed]
- December 31 – The seventeenth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by Natalie Cole, Taylor Dayne, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Richard Marx, Reba McEntire and Frankie Vallie and The Four Seasons.
[edit]Also in 1988
- Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra.
- Andrew Davis begins a term as chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and is appointed musical director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, effective with the 1989 season.
- Acid house music sweeps the UK. The year would later be known as the "Second Summer of Love".[citation needed]
- Compact discs outsell vinyl records for the first time.[citation needed]
- "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" experiences a surge in popularity in the USA sparked by television commercials featuring claymation raisin figures dancing to the song. The California Raisins version of the song peaks at number 84 on Billboard's Hot 100.
- Fish leaves British neo-progressive rock group Marillion.[citation needed]
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[edit]Albums released
[edit]January – March
[edit]April – June
[edit]July – September
[edit]October – December
[edit]Release Date Unknown
[edit]Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1988.
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Collins | A Groovy Kind of Love | 1988 |  | UK 1 – Sep 1988, US BB 1 – Sep 1988, Holland 1 – Sep 1988, Switzerland 1 – Oct 1988, Poland 1 – Sep 1988, Éire 1 – Sep 1988, Norway 2 – Sep 1988, Italy 2 of 1988, Germany 3 – Jan 1989, Sweden 4 – Sep 1988, Austria 6 – Nov 1988, South Africa 11 of 1989, Australia 23 of 1988, US BB 26 of 1988, US CashBox 29 of 1988, POP 65 of 1988, Germany 103 of the 1980s, RYM 193 of 1988 |
| 2 | Bobby McFerrin | Don't Worry Be Happy | 1988 |  | US BB 1 – Aug 1988, Austria 1 – Nov 1988, Germany 1 – Jan 1989, Australia 1 for 7 weeks May 1989, Grammy in 1988, UK 2 – Sep 1988, Holland 2 – Oct 1988, Switzerland 2 – Oct 1988, Norway 5 – Oct 1988, South Africa 5 of 1989, Sweden 13 – Oct 1988, Poland 13 – Sep 1988, POP 13 of 1988, Germany 23 of the 1980s, US CashBox 28 of 1988, Scrobulate 92 of happy, RYM 94 of 1988, Italy 97 of 1989, RIAA 301 |
| 3 | Pet Shop Boys | Always On My Mind | 1988 | | UK 1 – Dec 1987 (13 weeks), Sweden 1 – Dec 1987 (8 weeks), Switzerland 1 – Jan 1988 (18 weeks), Poland 1 – Jan 1988 (20 weeks), Germany 1 – Jan 1988 (4 months), Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks – May 1988, Europe 1 for 5 weeks – Jan 1988, Germany 1 for 6 weeks – Jan 1988, Austria 2 – Feb 1988 (5 weeks), Belgium 2 – Dec 1987 (11 weeks), Holland 3 – Dec 1987 (10 weeks), Norway 3 – Jan 1988 (10 weeks), US Billboard 4 – Mar 1988 (15 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jan 1988), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1988), South Africa 11 of 1988, Switzerland 15 of 1988, KROQ 18 of 1988, RYM 33 of 1987, POP 38 of 1988, Italy 58 of 1988, US Radio 69 of 1988 (peak 4 7 weeks), Germany 136 of the 1980s (peak 1 11 weeks) |
| 4 | Belinda Carlisle | Heaven is a Place On Earth | 1988 | | UK 1 – Dec 1987, US BB 1 – Oct 1987, Sweden 1 – Jan 1988, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1988, Norway 1 – Jan 1988, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1988, Germany 4 – Jan 1988, South Africa 4 of 1988, Holland 7 – Jan 1988, Austria 10 – Mar 1988, Australia 10 of 1988, Poland 15 – Nov 1987, US BB 17 of 1987, Italy 31 of 1988, RYM 53 of 1987, POP 72 of 1987, Germany 344 of the 1980s |
| 5 | Enya | Orinoco Flow | 1988 |  | UK 1 – Oct 1988, Holland 1 – Nov 1988, Switzerland 1 – Nov 1988, Éire 1 – Oct 1988, Scrobulate 1 of new age, Poland 2 – Dec 1988, Germany 1 – Jan 1989, Sweden 1 – Nov 1988, Norway 1 – Nov 1988, Austria 1 – Dec 1988, France 1 – Oct 1988, RYM 18 of 1988, US BB 24 – Mar 1989, POP 34 of 1989, Germany 242 of the 1980s |
[edit]U.S. Best Selling Singles
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the U.S. of 1988.
| Position | Song Title | Artist | Highest Position | weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faith | George Michael | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Need You Tonight | INXS | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Got My Mind Set On You | George Harrison | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Never Gonna Give You Up | Rick Astley | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Sweet Child O' Mine | Guns N' Roses | 1 | 2 |
[edit]Top 5 selling albums of the year in the US
- George Michael – Faith
- Soundtrack – Dirty Dancing
- Def Leppard – Hysteria
- Guns N' Roses – Appetite for Destruction
- Michael Jackson – Bad
[edit]Top hits
- "1-2-3" – Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine
- "Acid Man" – Jolly Roger
- "Age Of Reason" – John Farnham
- "All Fired Up" – Pat Benatar
- "Angel of Harlem" – U2
- "Angel" – Aerosmith
- "Another Lover" – Giant Steps
- "Any Love" – Luther Vandross
- "Another Weekend" – Five Star
- "Anything For You" – Gloria Estefan
- "Atmosphere" – Joy Division (re-release)
- "Bad Medicine" – Bon Jovi
- "Bass (How Low Can You Go)" – Simon Harris
- "Bad Young Brother" – Derek B
- "Beat Dis" – Bomb The Bass
- "Behind the Wheel" – Depeche Mode (released in 1987)
- "Better Be Home Soon" – Crowded House
- "Big Fun" – Inner City
- "The Blood That Moves The Body" – a-ha
- "Blue Monday 1988" – New Order (remix)
- "Born to Be My Baby" – Bon Jovi
- "Boys (Summertime Love)" – Sabrina Salerno (released in 1987)
- "Breakfast in Bed" – UB40 featuring Chrissie Hynde
- "Bring the Noise" – Public Enemy
- "Buffalo Stance" – Neneh Cherry
- "Burn It Up" – Beatmasters featuring PP Arnold
- "Candle In The Wind" – Elton John (live)
- "Car Wash/Is It Love You're After" – Rose Royce (re-release)
- "Cars And Girls – Prefab Sprout
- "Can You Party" – Royal House
- "Catch My Fall" – Billy Idol
- "Chains of Love" – Erasure
- "Check This Out" – LA Mix
- "Circle in the Sand" – Belinda Carlisle
- "Come Into My Life" – Joyce Sims (released in 1987)
- "Copperhead Road" – Steve Earle
- "Crash" – The Primitives
- "Cross My Heart" – Eighth Wonder
- "Cult of Personality" – Living Colour
- "Desire" – U2
- "Devil Inside" – INXS
- "Dignity" – Deacon Blue
- "Dirty Diana" – Michael Jackson
- "Divine Emotions" – Narada Michael Walden
- "Doctorin the House" – Coldcut featuring Yazz and the Plastic Population
- "Doctorin' the Tardis – The Timelords
- "Domino Dancing" – Pet Shop Boys
- "Don't Believe the Hype" – Public Enemy
- "Don't Blame It on that Girl / Wap-Bam-Boogie" – Matt Bianco
- "Don't Make Me Wait/Megablast" – Bomb The Bass
- "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin
- "Dreaming" – OMD
- "Drop the Boy" – Bros
- "Endless Summer Nights" – Richard Marx
- "Everlasting" – Natalie Cole
- "Everyday Is Like Sunday" – Morrissey
- "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" – Poison
- "Everything Your Heart Desires" – Hall & Oates
- "Express Yourself" – N.W.A. (released in 1990 in the UK)
- "Fake 88" – Alexander O'Neal (remix)
- "Fast Car" – Tracy Chapman
- "Fiesta" – The Pogues
- "The Flame" – Cheap Trick
- "Fine Time" – New Order
- "First Time" – Robin Beck
- "Follow the Leader" – Eric B. & Rakim
- "Foolish Beat" – Debbie Gibson
- "Four Letter Word" – Kim Wilde
- "Forever Young" – Rod Stewart
- "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" – Billy Ocean
- "Girlfriend" – Pebbles (released in 1987)
- "Giving You the Best That I Got" – Anita Baker
- "Got My Mind Set on You" – George Harrison
- "Goodgroove" – Derek B
- "Good Life" – Inner City
- "Good Tradition" – Tanita Tikaram
- "The Great Commandment" – Camouflage
- "Hands to Heaven" – Breathe
- "Happy Ever After" – Julia Fordham
- "Heart" – Pet Shop Boys
- "Heat It Up" – Wee Papa Girl Rappers featuring Two Men & A Drum Machine
- "Heatseeker" – AC/DC
- "Heaven is a Place on Earth" – Belinda Carlisle (released in 1987)
- "Hey Manhattan!" – Prefab Sprout
- "Hey Mister Heartache" – Kim Wilde
- "Hold On to the Nights" – Richard Marx
- "Hole In My Heart" – Cyndi Lauper
- "Hot in the City" – Billy Idol
- "House Arrest (The Beat Is Law)" – Krush (released in 1987)
- "Hungry Eyes" – Eric Carmen
- "Hustle! (To the Music...)" – The Funky Worm
- "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" – Elton John
- "I Don't Want to Live Without You" – Foreigner
- "I Don't Want to Talk About It" – Everything but the Girl
- "I Gave It Up (When I Fell In Love)" – Luther Vandross
- "I Get Weak" – Belinda Carlisle
- "I Know You Got Soul" – Eric B. & Rakim
- "I Hate Myself for Loving You" – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
- "I Owe You Nothing" – Bros
- "I Need You" – BVSMP
- "I Saw Him Standing There – Tiffany
- "I Should Be So Lucky" – Kylie Minogue
- "I Want You Back" – Bananarama
- "I Want Your Love" – Transvision Vamp
- "I'll Always Love You" – Taylor Dayne
- "I'll Be There for You" – Bon Jovi
- "I'll Be With You" – T'Pau
- "I'll House You" – Richie Rich meets The Jungle Brothers
- "I'm Not Scared" – Eighth Wonder
- "I'm Real" – James Brown featuring Full Force
- "I'm Too Scared" – Steven Dante
- "Im Nin'Alu" – Ofra Haza
- "In My Dreams" – Will Downing
- "In The Air Tonight" – Phil Collins (remix)
- "Is This Love" – Whitesnake
- "It Must Have Been Love" – Magnum
- "It Takes Two" – Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
- "The Jack That House Built" – Jack 'N' Chill (released in 1987)
- "Jack To The Sound Of The Underground" – Hithouse
- "Joe le Taxi" – Vanessa Paradis (released in 1987)
- "John Skero Goes West" – John Skero
- "Johnny B. Goode" – Judas Priest
- "Jour de neige" – Elsa Lunghini
- "Just Like Paradise" – David Lee Roth
- "The King Of Rock 'N' Roll – Prefab Sprout
- "Kokomo" – The Beach Boys
- "Lead Me On" – Amy Grant
- "Left to My Own Devices" – Pet Shop Boys
- "A Little Respect" – Erasure
- "Look Away" – Chicago
- "Love Bites" – Def Leppard (released in 1987)
- "Love Changes (Everything)" – Climie Fisher (remix/released in 1987)
- "The Lover In Me- Sheena Easton
- "The Lovers" – Alexander O'Neal
- "Lucretia My Reflection" – Sisters of Mercy
- "Make It Real" – The Jets
- "Make Me Lose Control" – Eric Carmen
- "Mary's Prayer" – Danny Wilson (released in 1987)
- "Man in the Mirror" – Michael Jackson
- "Maybe (We Should Call It A Day)" – Hazel Dean
- "Mercedes Boy" – Pebbles
- "Mistletoe and Wine" – Cliff Richard
- "Monkey" – George Michael
- "Moonchild" – Fields of the Nephilim
- "Mountain Song" – Jane's Addiction
- "Mystify" – INXS (released 1989 in the UK)
- "Need You Tonight" – INXS (released in 1987)
- "Never Gonna Give You Up" – Rick Astley (released in 1987)
- "Never Knew Love Like This" – Alexander O'Neal
- "Never Tear Us Apart" – INXS
- "Never Trust a Stranger" – Kim Wilde
- "New Sensation" – INXS
- "Nothing But A Good Time" – Poison
- "Nothing Can Divide Us" – Jason Donovan
- "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" – Glenn Medeiros (United Kingdom peak)
- "Nuit de folie" – Début de Soirée
- "On the edge of a broken heart" – Vixen
- "One More Try" – George Michael
- "One" – Metallica
- "The Only Way Is Up" – Yazz and the Plastic Population
- "Orange Crush" – R.E.M. (released 1989 in the UK)
- "Orinoco Flow" – Enya
- "Pamela" – Toto
- "Paradise" – Sade
- "Paradise City" – Guns N' Roses
- "Parents Just Don't Understand" – DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
- "The Party" – Kraze
- "The Payback Mix" – James Brown
- "People Are Strange" – Echo & the Bunnymen
- "People Have the Power" – Patti Smith
- "Piano in the Dark" – Brenda Russell
- "Pink Cadillac" – Natalie Cole
- "Pour Some Sugar on Me" – Def Leppard (released in 1987)
- "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" – Mylène Farmer
- "The Promise" – When in Rome
- "Push It/Tramp" – Salt-N-Pepa
- "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" – Annie Lennox & Al Green
- "Quelque chose dans mon cœur" – Elsa Lunghini
- "Quelque part au Soleil" – Dalida
- "The Race" – Yello
- "Rag Doll" – Aerosmith
- "Real Gone Kid" – Deacon Blue
- "Revolution Baby" – Transvision Vamp
- "Rise To The Occasion (Hip Hop Mix)" – Climie Fisher (remix/released in 1987)
- "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – Mel & Kim (released December 1987)
- "Rok Da House" – The Beatmasters featuring The Cookie Crew (remix/released in 1987)
- "Roll With It" – Steve Winwood
- "Roses Are Red" – Mac Band featuring McCampbell Brothers
- "Run's House" – Run-D.M.C.
- "Saved By Love" – Amy Grant
- "I Say a Little Prayer" – Bomb The Bass
- "Seasons Change" – Exposé
- "Shaday" – Ofra Haza
- "Shake for the Sheik" – The Escape Club
- "Shake Your Thang (It's Your Thing)" – Salt-N-Pepa featuring E.U.
- "Shattered Dreams" – Johnny Hates Jazz (USA release)
- "Ship of Fools" – Erasure
- "Sidewalking" – The Jesus and Mary Chain
- "Sign Your Name" – Terence Trent D'Arby (released in 1987)
- "Simply Irresistible" – Robert Palmer
- "Smooth Criminal" – Michael Jackson
- "So Excellent / I Go! I Go!" – Kylie Mole
- "Stakker Humanoid" – Humanoid
- "Stand" – R.E.M.
- "Stand Up for Your Love Rights" – Yazz
- "Stay on These Roads" – a-ha
- "Stop!" – Erasure
- "Stop This Crazy Thing" – Coldcut featuring Junior Reid & The Ahead Of Our Time Orchestra
- "Straight Outta Compton" – N.W.A.
- "Stutter Rap ( No Sleep 'Til Bedtime )" – Morris Minor and the Majors
- "Superfly Guy" – S-Express
- "Suedehead" – Morrissey
- "Superstitious" – Europe
- "Sweet Child o' Mine" – Guns N' Roses (released in 1987)
- "Teen Age Riot" – Sonic Youth
- "Tell Me True" – Juice Newton
- "That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll" – AC/DC
- "There's More To Love" – Communards
- "Theme from S-Express" – S-Express
- "This Brutal House" – Nitro Deluxe
- "This Is Your Life" – The Blow Monkeys
- "Tired of Getting Pushed Around" – Two Men, a Drum Machine and a Trumpet
- "Tougher Than The Rest" – Bruce Springsteen
- "Together Forever" – Rick Astley
- "Touched by the Hand of God" – New Order
- "The Twist (Yo Twist)" – Fat Boys & Chubby Checker
- "Twist in My Sobriety" – Tanita Tikaram
- "Twist and Shout" – Salt-N-Pepa
- "Two Hearts" – Cliff Richard
- "Two Strong Hearts" – John Farnham
- "Un Roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason)" – Elsa Lunghini and Glenn Medeiros
- "Waiting For A Star To Fall" – Boy Meets Girl (released on December 10, 1988)
- "We Call it Acieeed!" – D Mob featuring Gary Haisman
- "Wee Rule" – Wee Papa Girl Rappers
- "Welcome to the Jungle" – Guns N' Roses (released in 1987)
- "(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me" – Alexander O'Neal
- "What You See Is What You Get" – Glen Goldsmith
- "Whats' On Your Mind (Pure Energy) – Information Society
- "What I Am" – Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (released 1989 in the UK)
- "When We Was Fab" – George Harrison
- "When Will I Be Famous" – Bros
- "When You Come" – Crowded House
- "When You Put Your Heart In It" – Kenny Rogers
- "Wild: Wild West!" – Escape Club
- "Wild World" – Maxi Priest
- "Wishing Well" – Terence Trent D'Arby (released in 1987)
- "Yé ké yé ké" – Mory Kanté
- "You Are the One" – a-ha
- "You Came" – Kim Wilde
- "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart – Eurythmics
[edit]Classical music
- Gerald Barry – Cheveux-de-frise
- Luciano Berio – Sequenza XI
- George Crumb – Zeitgeist (Tableaux Vivants) for two amplified pianos
- Peter Maxwell Davies – oboe concerto, trumpet concerto no. 1 (from the Strathclyde Concertos)
- Mario Davidovsky – Synchronisms No. 9 for violin and tape
- Joël-François Durand – Die innere Grenze for string sextet
- Lorenzo Ferrero – La cena delle beffe (incidental music)
- Michael Finnissy – Red Earth for orchestra
- Henryk Górecki – String Quartet No. 1, "Already it is Dusk"
- Stephen Hartke – Pacific Rim Overture
- Vagn Holmboe – Symphony No. 12, M. 338
- Frederik Magle - We Are Afraid (Vi er bange), cantata for choir and chamber orchestra[12]
- António Chagas Rosa – Piano Sonata
- Bogusław Schaeffer – Concerto for Piano Duet and Orchestra
- Alfred Schnittke – Piano Quartet; Symphony No. 5/ Concerto Grosso No. 4; Concerto for Piano four hands and Orchestra; Klingende Buchstaben
- Peter Sculthorpe – Kakadu
- Philip Sparke – Concerto Grosso
- Tōru Takemitsu – Tree Line for chamber orchestra
- John Tavener – The Akathist of Thanksgiving
- Takashi Yoshimatsu – Concerto for Bassoon "Unicorn Circuit"
[edit]Opera
- Philip Glass – 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
- Karlheinz Stockhausen – Montag aus Licht (La Scala, Milan, May 7)
[edit]Musical theater
- Bitter Sweet (Noël Coward) – London revival
- Chess (Tim Rice, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus) – Broadway production
- The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber) – Broadway production
- Sarafina Broadway production
[edit]Musical films
- Bird
- Bridge
- The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
- Daisy
- Dhwani
- Imagine: John Lennon
- La Bailanta
- Moonwalker
- Rattle and Hum
- Satisfaction
- Tapeheads
- Tougher Than Leather
[edit]Births
- January 14
- Jordy, French singer
- Mikalah Gordon, American Idol contestant
- January 25 – Yasmien Kurdi, Fillipina pop singer
- February 3 – Cho Kyu Hyun, Korean pop singer
- February 7 – Ai Kago, Japanese pop singer
- February 18 – Shim Chang Min, Korean pop singer
- February 20 – Rihanna, Barbadian pop singer
- February 23 – Ashley Cooper, New Zealand pop singer
- February 27 – JD Natasha, American Latin music artist
- February 28 – Milly Edwards, Australian Idol contestant
- March 2 – Nadine Samonte, German pop singer
- March 6 – Agnes Carlsson, Swedish pop singer
- March 10 – Patrick Henry Hughes, American tenor and trumpeter
- April 6 – Raymond David Henriksen, Norwegian singer
- April 24 – Natalie Zahra, Australian Idol contestant
- April 25 – Sara Paxton, American singer/actress
- April 29 – Younha, Japanese & Korean pop singer
- May 2 – Guilherme Rodrigues, Portuguese jazz musician
- May 5
- Adele, English singer
- Brooke Hogan, American pop singer
- Skye Sweetnam, Canadian pop singer
- May 13 – Casey Donovan, Australian Idol winner
- May 24 – Billy Gilman, American country singer
- June 1 – Nami Tamaki, Japanese singer
- June 6 – Neha Kakkar, Indian pop singer
- June 12 – Dave Melillo, American singer-songwriter
- June 16 – Keshia Chante, Canadian urban singer
- June 20 – May J., Japanese R&B singer
- June 22 – Miliyah Kato, Japanese R&B singer
- June 28 – Julian Waterfall Pollack, jazz pianist and composer
- June 29 – Martina Šindlerová, Slovak pop singer
- July 2 – Amali Ward, Australian Idol contestant
- July 7 – Kaci Brown, American pop/R&B singer
- July 12 – Melissa O'Neil, Canadian Idol winner
- July 25 – Sarah Geronimo, Fillipina pop singer
- August 2 – Brittany Hargest, American pop singer
- August 14 – Shahd Barmada, Arabian Idol contestant
- August 27 – Alexa Vega, American pop singer
- September 6 – Gustav Schäfer, drummer of German band Tokio Hotel
- September 16 – Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter
- September 22 – Bethany Dillon, American Christian-music artist
- September 30 – Jyongri, Japanese pop singer
- October 4 – Jessica Benson, American R&B singer
- October 11 – Knut Eirik Kokkin, Norwegian singer
- October 20 – Risa Niigaki, Japanese pop singer
- October 23 – Caleigh Peters, American pop singer
- November 10 – Chisaki Hama, Japanese singer
- November 28 – Scarlett Pomers, American singer/actress
- December 19 – Paulina Gretzky, American pop singer
- December 23 – Eri Kamei, Japanese pop singer
- December 26 – Veronika Eberle, German violinist
- December 27 – Hayley Williams, American singer (Paramore)
- December 30 – James Hall[disambiguation needed], British singer-songwriter
- December 31 – Holly Holyoake, soprano
[edit]Deaths
- January 3 – John Dopyera, stringed instrument maker, 94
- January 13 – Radamés Gnattali, Brazilian composer, 81
- January 15 – Andy Gibb, singer, 30 (myocarditis)
- January 19 – Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor
- February 9 – Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor and opera administrator
- February 14 – Frederick Loewe, composer of musicals, 86
- February 16 – Jean Carignan, fiddler, 71
- February 24 – Memphis Slim, blues musician, 72
- February 27 – Gene de Paul, pianist and composer, 68
- March 6 – Jeanne Aubert, singer and actress
- March 7 – Divine, singer and drag entertainer, 42 (heart failure)
- March 8 – Henryk Szeryng, violinist
- March 10 – William Wordsworth, Scottish composer
- March 12 - Gianna Pederzini, operatic mezzo-soprano, 88
- March 15 – Frank Perkins, American song composer
- March 20 – Gil Evans, Canadian jazz pianist, composer and bandleader
- April 3 – Kai Ewans, Danish jazz musician
- April 7 – Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer
- April 9
- Brook Benton, 56 (complications of spinal meningitis)
- David Prater, of Sam & Dave, 50 (car accident)
- April 15 – Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist, 33 (complications of AIDS)
- April 29 – James McCracken, tenor, 61
- May 1 – Claude Demetrius, songwriter
- May 10 – Ciaran Bourke, folk musician (The Dubliners), 53 (brain damage)
- May 13 – Chet Baker, jazz musician, 58 (head injuries from fall)
- May 21 – Sammy Davis, Sr., vaudeville performer
- May 22 – Dennis Day, US singer
- June 22 – Jesse Ed Davis, guitarist, 43
- June 25 – Hillel Slovak, Red Hot Chili Peppers, guitarist, 26 (speedball overdose)
- July 2 – Eddie Vinson, jazz/blues musician, 70
- July 18
- Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor
- Nico, German singer, 49 (brain haemorrhage)
- July 20 – Richard Holm, German operatic tenor
- August 8 – Félix Leclerc, folk singer
- August 9 – Giacinto Scelsi, composer
- August 14 – Roy Buchanan, American guitarist, 48 (suicide)
- August 22 - Frances James, operatic soprano, 85
- August 24
- Kenneth Leighton, English composer
- Nat Stuckey, American country singer
- August – Tenor Saw, dancehall artist, 22 (road accident)
- September 17 - Hilde Gueden, operatic soprano, 71
- September 23 – Arwel Hughes, composer and conductor
- September 26 – Lord Melody, calypso musician, 62
- October 7 – Billy Daniels, singer, 73
- October 15 – Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, British Parsi composer, music journalist and pianist
- October 18 – Sir Frederick Ashton, dancer and choreographer
- October 19 – Son House, blues musician
- October 20 – Mogens Wöldike, Danish conductor
- November 13
- Antal Doráti, conductor, 82
- Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer, 86
- November 24 – Irmgard Seefried, operatic soprano, 69
- November 26 – Antonio Estévez, composer
- November 30 – Charlie Rouse, saxophonist, 64
- December 2 – Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)
- December 6 – Roy Orbison, singer, 52 (heart attack)
- December 16 – Sylvester, R&B singer, disco performer, 41 (complications from AIDS)
- December 21 – Paul Avron Jeffreys, Cockney Rebel
- December 25 – Evgeny Golubev, Russian composer
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