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This is a list of notable events in music from 1982, a year in which Madonna made her debut and Michael Jackson released Thriller, which holds the title for the world's best selling album.

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Events[]

January–March[]

• January 15 – K.C. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida.
• 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.^[1]
• 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.
• January 22 – Tommy Tucker, writer of "Hi Heel Sneakers", dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning sustained while finishing floors in his home.
• 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 find the gravestone 2 weeks later in a dry river bed.
• February 19 – Ozzy Osbourne is arrested after urinating on The Alamo, in San Antonio, Texas.
• February 20 – Pat Benatar marries her guitarist, Neil Giraldo, on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
• February 24 – The 24th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Quincy Jones (who wins a total of five awards). John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy (the final album released by Lennon in his lifetime) wins Album of the Year, while Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" wins both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Sheena Easton wins Best New Artist.
• February 27 – The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company gives its final performance at the Adelphi Theatre after more than 110 years.
• March 3 – The Mamas & the Papas begin a reunion tour with a show in the New York club The Other End with original members John Phillips and Denny Doherty, along with Mackenzie Phillips and Spanky McFarlane replacing Michelle Gilliam and Mama Cass respectively.
• 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 in Los Angeles.
• March 18 – Teddy Pendergrass is severely injured in a car accident in Philadelphia. Pendergrass's injuries result in him being paralyzed from the chest 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 22 – Iron Maiden release The Number of the Beast, the critically acclaimed yet controversial album often hailed as Iron Maiden's greatest.^{[citation needed]} This was Iron Maiden's first album to feature singer Bruce Dickinson and their first to hit number one in the UK charts.
• March 28 – In Los Angeles, David Crosby is arrested for possession of Quaaludes and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon.

April–August[]

• April 13 – David Crosby is arrested on drug charges for the second time in three weeks when Dallas police catch him preparing cocaine backstage before a show.
• 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 17 – Johnny Cash hosts Saturday Night Live with Cash and Elton John and his classic band as the musical guests. Cash sings I Walk The Line, Folsom Prison Blues, Ring of Fire and Sunday Morning Coming Down. John sings Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) and Ball and Chain. The latter would not appear on the NBC show again until 2011.
• 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. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but is not hurt. The car is recovered several days later.
  • Joe Strummer vanishes, forcing The Clash to postpone their U.K. tour.
• April 30 – Influential rock journalist Lester Bangs dies in his New York apartment of an apparent accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
• May 10- The Clash Drummer Topper Headon is fired from the band when his heroin addiction became too prevalent.
• May 14 – The first Prince's Trust charity concert is held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. With The Prince of Wales in attendance, Status Quo, becomes the first contemporary band to play to British royalty.
• May 18 – Three weeks after disappearing, Joe Strummer and his girlfriend are found living in Paris, two days after they ran the Paris Marathon.
• May 21 – Queen release their tenth studio album, Hot Space, to immense critical outcry. The decision to make a dance-pop album with prominent disco influences at the height of American backlash against the latter genre renders the band a pariah in the United States, and their shift from traditional rock alienates their fans in the United Kingdom. Queen would not recover from the resulting backlash in the United Kingdom until after their Live Aid performance in 1985, while they would remain unpopular in the United States until after Freddie Mercury's death in 1991.
• May 23 – Pink Floyd – The Wall, a film adaptation of Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall, premieres at the Cannes Film Festival; the film's wide release would later begin on July 15.
• May 26 – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Aberdeen, Scotland.
• June 11 – Grease 2, starring Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer (in her feature film debut), is released.
• June 16 – James Honeyman-Scott dies of heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance. He was 25 years old.
• June 19 – Amy Grant marries Gary Chapman.
• July 4 – Ozzy Osbourne marries his manager Sharon Arden in Maui, Hawaii.
• July 21 – A second Prince's Trust charity concert is held at the Dominion Theatre in London. Performers include Pete Townshend, Robert Plant, Madness, Phil Collins, Joan Armatrading and Kate Bush.
• August 17 – In Langenhagen near Hanover, Germany began the first mass production of the compact disc.
• August 18 – Four streets in Liverpool are named after each of The Beatles.
• August 31 – Ronnie James Dio plays his final show with Black Sabbath (until 1992).

September–December[]

• September 3–5 – The first US Festival is held over Labor Day Weekend near Devore, California. The Police, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Talking Heads and The B-52's are among the many performers.
• 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.
• October 1 – The Nightfly by Donald Fagen is released. The record has since been critically acclaimed,^{[citation needed]} and was nominated for 7 Grammys.
• October 6 – Madonna's debut single, "Everybody", is released on Sire Records.
• November 1 – The breakup of the band Blondie is announced publicly.
• November 5 – The first edition of The Tube is broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. Guests on the first programme include The Jam, making their last live TV appearance together.
• November 21 – Joni Mitchell marries producer and bassist Larry Klein in Malibu.
• November 25–27 – The Jamaica World Music Festival is held in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Acts over the three-day festival include Peter Tosh, Rick James, The Clash, Grateful Dead, Aretha Franklin and, in their final show before disbanding, Squeeze.
• November 29 – Sena Jurinac appears on stage for the last time, with the Vienna State Opera.
• November 30 – Michael Jackson releases his sixth studio album Thriller, which would go on to be the greatest selling album of all time at 70 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.
• December 31 – The eleventh annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by The Go-Go's, Hall & Oates, Ronnie Milsap, Barry Manilow and Jermaine Jackson.

Also in 1982[]

• December – Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr is fired and replaced by Nicko McBrain formerly of the French band Trust.

Bands formed[]

• See Musical groups established in 1982

Bands disbanded[]

• See Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1982

Albums released[]

In the US, the RIAA stated that 2,630 albums, 2,710 cassettes and 2,285 singles were released.

January–March[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J A N U A R Y	9	Breaking Point	Central Line	–
	11	Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?	The Waitresses	–
	15	All for a Song	Barbara Dickson	–
	18	Mystical Adventures	Jean-Luc Ponty	–
	19	How Could Hell Be Any Worse?	Bad Religion	–
	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
		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	–
		Repercussion	The dB's	–
		Shadows	Gordon Lightfoot	–
		The Sisters	Sister Sledge	–
		Somewhere over China	Jimmy Buffett	–
		Southern Comfort	Conway Twitty	–
		Streetheart	Streetheart	–
		Yes It's You Lady	Smokey Robinson	–
		Anyone Can See	Irene Cara	–
F E B R U A R Y	12	English Settlement	XTC	–
	13	Baal	David Bowie	Soundtrack
	16	The Concert in Central Park	Simon & Garfunkel	Live
	23	The Blue Mask	Lou Reed	–
	24	Swing to the Right	Utopia	–
	26	Set	Thompson Twins	–
	?	2XS	Nazareth	–
		Beautiful Vision	Van Morrison	–
		Black on Black	Waylon Jennings	–
		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	–
		One from the Heart	Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle	Soundtrack
		Pelican West	Haircut One Hundred	–
		Seasons of the Heart	John Denver	–
		Times of Our Lives	Judy Collins	–
		Weather Report	Weather Report	–
		You Can't Hide Your Love Forever	Orange Juice
M A R C H	4	Diamond	Spandau Ballet	–
	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	–
	19	Batteries Not Included	After the Fire	–
		Five Miles Out	Mike Oldfield	–
	20	Rhythm of Youth	Men Without Hats	–
	22	Alligator Woman	Cameo	–
		Reel Music	The Beatles	Compilation
		The Number of the Beast	Iron Maiden	–
	23	Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet	Rick Springfield	–
	24	The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads	Talking Heads	Live
	25	The Blurred Crusade	The Church	–
	29	Angst in My Pants	Sparks	–
	?	Always on My Mind	Willie Nelson	–
		The Anvil	Visage	–
		Blackout	Scorpions	–
		Branigan	Laura Branigan	–
		Brilliance	Atlantic Starr	–
		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	EP
		The Early Tapes	Level 42	–
		The Tunes of Two Cities	The Residents	–
		Bill Wyman	Bill Wyman	–
		Walk Among Us	The Misfits	–

April–June[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
A P R I L	5	All Four One	The Motels	–
	8	D.E. 7th	Dave Edmunds	–
		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	–
		Friends in Love	Dionne Warwick	–
	16	1+9+8+2	Status Quo	–
	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	–
			Atkins	–
		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	Robert Palmer	Live +4 studio tracks
		The Slide Area	Ry Cooder	–
		Straight Between the Eyes	Rainbow	–
		The Other Woman	Ray Parker, Jr.	–
		Time and Tide	Split Enz	–
		White Eagle	Tangerine Dream	–
M A Y	2	Jinx	Rory Gallagher	–
	3	After the Snow	Modern English	–
		Pornography	The Cure	–
		Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch	Frank Zappa	–
	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
		Church of Hawkwind	Hawkwind	–
	21	Hot Space	Queen	–
	22	Sheffield Steel	Joe Cocker	–
	24	The Hunter	Blondie	–
	26	3rd from the Sun	Chrome	–
	28	I Paralyze	Cher	–
		No Fun Aloud	Glenn Frey	–
	?	Avalon	Roxy Music	–
		D. Train	D. Train	–
		Death in the Nursery	Legend	–
		12 Greatest Hits, Vol. II	Neil Diamond	Compilation
		Get It on Credit	Toronto	–
		The Last of the Mohicans	Bow Wow Wow	EP
		Let Me Rock You	Peter Criss	–
		Now and Forever	Air Supply	–
		The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away	William Bootsy Collins	–
		One on One	Cheap Trick	–
		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	Studio	–
J U N E	1	Still Life	The Rolling Stones	Live
		Three Sides Live	Genesis	Live
	3	Strait from the Heart	George Strait	–
	5	Private Audition	Heart	–
	7	Battle Hymns	Manowar	–
		Built for Speed	Stray Cats	–
		Chicago 16	Chicago	–
		Screaming Blue Murder	Girlschool	–
	8	Eye of the Tiger	Survivor	–
	14	All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes	Pete Townshend	–
		Metal Massacre	Various Artists	–
	15	Abracadabra	Steve Miller Band	–
		Killers	Kiss	–
	18	Beat	King Crimson	–
		Mirage	Fleetwood Mac	–
	21	Daylight Again	Crosby, Stills & Nash	–
	22	Nothing to Fear	Oingo Boingo	–
	24	Stink	The Replacements	EP
	25	The Lexicon of Love	ABC	–
	28	Before I Forget	Jon Lord	–
		Pictures at Eleven	Robert Plant	–
	?	Animation	Jon Anderson	–
		Eye in the Sky	The Alan Parsons Project	–
		Good Trouble	REO Speedwagon	–
		Live It Up	David Johansen	Live
		Night and Day	Joe Jackson	–
		No Control	Eddie Money	–
		Nugent	Ted Nugent	–
		Somewhere in the Stars	Rosanne Cash	–
		Sunshine Dream	The Beach Boys	Compilation
		Unlimited	Reba McEntire	–

July–September[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J U L Y	2	Imperial Bedroom	Elvis Costello and the Attractions	–
	15	View from the Ground	America	–
	16	The Envoy	Warren Zevon	–
	17	Screaming for Vengeance	Judas Priest	–
	19	Donna Summer	Donna Summer	–
	23	Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Soundtrack	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Emotions in Motion	Billy Squier	–
	26	Jump to It	Aretha Franklin	–
		Love and Dancing	The Human League	Remix
	30	Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	?	Billy Idol	Billy Idol	–
		Coney Hatch	Coney Hatch	–
		Highway Song Live	Blackfoot	Live
		Juggernaut	Frank Marino	–
		Let Me Tickle Your Fancy	Jermaine Jackson	–
		Love Will Turn You Around	Kenny Rogers	–
		The Party's Over	Talk Talk	–
		Psychopathia Sexualis	Whitehouse	–
		Revelations	Killing Joke	–
		So Excited!	Pointer Sisters	–
		Under the Big Black Sun	X	–
A U G U S T	3	Art of Control	Peter Frampton	–
	9	I Can't Stand Still	Don Henley	–
	11	Vanity 6	Vanity 6	–
		Vacation	The Go-Go's	–
	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	–
	27	Heartlight	Neil Diamond	–
	30	Hughes/Thrall	Hughes/Thrall	–
		Voyeur	Kim Carnes	–
	?	Bad to the Bone	George Thorogood & the Destroyers	–
		The Cage	Tygers of Pan Tang	–
		Cut	Golden Earring	–
		Fiction	The Comsat Angels	–
		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	–
S E P T E M B E R	1	Garlands	Cocteau Twins	–
	4	It's Hard	The Who	–
	6	Primitive Man	Icehouse	–
		Something's Going On	Frida	–
	7	As One	Kool & The Gang	–
	8	Peter Gabriel	Peter Gabriel	aka Security
	9	Signals	Rush	–
	10	I, Assassin	Gary Numan	–
		Silk Electric	Diana Ross	–
	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	–
		In the Heat of the Night	Imagination	–
	27	A Broken Frame	Depeche Mode	–
		Room to Live	The Fall	–
	28	Heartbreaker	Dionne Warwick	–
	30	Nebraska	Bruce Springsteen	–
	?	Acting Very Strange	Mike Rutherford	–
		The Adventures of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	–
		Death Penalty	Witchfinder General	–
		Dream Maker	Conway Twitty	–
		Get Closer	Linda Ronstadt	–
		Gowan	Larry Gowan	–
		High Adventure	Kenny Loggins	–
		Ice Cream for Crow	Captain Beefheart	–
		Madness, Money & Music	Sheena Easton	–
		Magic	Gillan	–
		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
		UB44	UB40	–
		Zombie Birdhouse	Iggy Pop	–

October–December[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
O C T O B E R	1	The Nightfly	Donald Fagen	–
	2	Restless and Wild	Accept	–
	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	–
	18	In the Mood for Something Rude	Foghat	–
	22	The Dollar Album	Dollar	–
	23	All Fall Down (The Sound album)	The Sound (band)
	27	1999	Prince	–
	29	Choose Your Masques	Hawkwind	–
		Get Nervous	Pat Benatar	–
	?	All by Myself	Rikk Agnew	–
		Assault Attack	The Michael Schenker Group	–
		Black Pearl	Pat Travers	–
		Coup d'État	Plasmatics	–
		Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2	Eagles	Compilation
		...Famous Last Words...	Supertramp	–
		Friend or Foe	Adam Ant	–
		Heartbreaker	Dionne Warwick	–
		Keep On Doing	The Roches	–
		Kissing to Be Clever	Culture Club	–
		Last Date	Emmylou Harris	Live
		Midnight Love	Marvin Gaye	–
		Kim Mitchell	Kim Mitchell	–
		An Officer and a Gentleman	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Power of the Hunter	Tank	–
		Radio Romance	Eddie Rabbitt	–
		Shabooh Shoobah	INXS	–
		Shuttered Room	The Fixx	–
		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	–
N O V E M B E R	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	–
	6	Absolutely Live	Rod Stewart	Live
	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
		The John Lennon Collection	John Lennon	Compilation
	11	So-Lo	Danny Elfman	–
	12	Showtime!	The J. Geils Band	Live
	13	The Lee Aaron Project	Lee Aaron	–
	15	The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect	Todd Rundgren	–
	17	Chaka Khan	Chaka Khan	–
	19	Coda	Led Zeppelin	Recorded 1970–'79
	24	8th Wonder	The Sugarhill Gang	–
	27	Speak of the Devil/Talk of the Devil (UK)	Ozzy Osbourne	Live
	30	Three Lock Box	Sammy Hagar	–
		Thriller	Michael Jackson	–
	?	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	–
		Killer on the Rampage	Eddy Grant	–
		New Directions	Tavares	–
		Oh, No! It's Devo	Devo	–
		Pearls II	Elkie Brooks	–
		Plastic Surgery Disasters	Dead Kennedys	–
		Rip It Up	Orange Juice	-
		Run for the Roses	Jerry Garcia	–
		Saints & Sinners	Whitesnake	–
D E C E M B E R	10	Dig the New Breed	The Jam	Live
	11	Slade on Stage	Slade	Live
	29	Trans	Neil Young	–
	30	Beatitude	Ric Ocasek	–
	?	The Distance	Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band	–
		Live Evil	Black Sabbath	Live
		Virgin Steele	Virgin Steele	–
		White Heat	Dusty Springfield	–
		The Winning Hand	Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Brenda Lee & Dolly Parton	–

Release date unknown[]

Biggest hit singles[]

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1982.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Survivor	Eye of the Tiger	1982		UK 1 – Jul 1982, US BB 1 – Jun 1982, US CashBox 1 of 1982, Canada 1 – Jun 1982, Norway 1 – Aug 1982, Australia 1 of 1982, Kazakhstan 1 – Jul 1982, Ireland 1 – Sep 1982, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Aug 1983, Netherlands 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, Ireland 1 – Jan 1983, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Feb 1982, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Nov 1982, Netherlands 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, Netherlands 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, Ireland 1 – Aug 1982, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Nov 1982, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1983, POP 2 of 1983, Netherlands 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	Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder	Ebony and Ivory	1982		UK 1 – Apr 1982 (10 weeks), US Billboard 1 – Apr 1982 (19 weeks), Canada 1 – Apr 1982 (14 weeks), Norway 1 – Apr 1982 (18 weeks), Belgium 1 – Apr 1982 (10 weeks), Germany 1 – May 1982 (5 months), Republic of Ireland 1 for 3 weeks – Apr 1982, Canada RPM 1 for 5 weeks – May 1982, Germany 1 for 5 weeks – Jun 1982, Spain 1 for 1 week – Jun 1982, Sweden (alt) 2 – Apr 1982 (21 weeks), Switzerland 2 – Apr 1982 (12 weeks), Grammy in 1982 (Nominated), Netherlands 3 – Apr 1982 (9 weeks), Austria 3 – May 1982 (5 weeks), Springbok 3 – May 1982 (13 weeks), US CashBox 4 of 1982, Poland 4 – May 1982 (7 weeks)

Chronological table of US and UK number one hit singles[]

UK number one singles and artist (weeks at number one)

U.S. 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

Other significant singles[]

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
  • Trio for Strings
• Mario Davidovsky – String Trio for violin, viola, violoncello
• Ross Edwards – Piano Concerto in A
• Morton Feldman
  • Three Voices
  • For John Cage, for violin and piano
• Lorenzo Ferrero
  • Thema 44 (ad honorem J. Haydn)
  • My Blues
  • Respiri
  • Soleils
• Daron Hagen – Echo's Songs
• Rudolf Komorous – Serenade for Strings
• György Ligeti – Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano
• Mel Powell – String Quartet
• Poul Ruders
  • Manhattan Abstraction for orchestra
  • Greeting Concertino
  • Piano Sonata No. 2
• Robert Simpson – String Quartet no. 9, 32 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Haydn
• Tōru Takemitsu
  • Rain Coming for chamber orchestra
  • Rain Spell for flute, clarinet, harp, piano and vibraphone
• Jay Ungar – Ashokan Farewell^[4]

Ballet[]

See List of 1982 ballet premieres

Opera[]

• Stephen Paulus – The Postman Always Rings Twice
• Peter Sculthorpe – Quiros

Jazz[]

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, the longest run in the history of Broadway
• 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[]

• Alice
• Annie
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Disco Dancer
• Grease 2
• One from the Heart
• Parsifal
• Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu
• Pink Floyd – The Wall
• Starstruck
• Une chambre en ville
• Victor Victoria
• Yes, Giorgio

Musical television[]

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

Births[]

• January 3 – Chisu, Finnish singer-songwriter^[5]
• January 6 – Morgan Lander, Canadian musician (Kittie)
• January 9 – Isaac Delahaye, Belgian guitarist and composer
• January 10 – Ana Layevska, Ukrainian–born, Mexican singer and actress
• January 11 – Ashley Taylor Dawson, English actor and singer (allSTARS*)
• January 12 – Nicole Morier, American singer-songwriter and producer
• January 14 – Caleb Followill, American musician (Kings of Leon)
• January 15 – Ari Pulkkinen, Finnish pianist and composer
• January 17 – Alex Varkatzas, Greek-American metalcore lead vocalist (Atreyu)
• January 18
  • Quinn Allman, guitarist (The Used)
  • Joanna Newsom, American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and actress^[6]
• January 19 – Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress
• January 21 – , Portuguese conductor
• January 23 – Statik Selektah, American DJ and record producer
• January 24 – Daveed Diggs, American rapper, actor and singer
• January 25
  • Noemi, Italian singer
  • Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer
• January 28 – Ryan Sheridan, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• January 29 – Adam Lambert, American singer, songwriter, stage actor, American Idol 8 finalist (Queen + Adam Lambert)
• January 31
  • Elena Paparizou, Greek-Swedish singer
  • Yukimi Nagano, Swedish singer and songwriter (Little Dragon)
• February 1 – Kim Jong-wook, South Korean singer
• February 3 – Jessica Harp, American singer and guitarist (The Wreckers)
• February 4 – Kimberly Wyatt, American singer, dancer (The Pussycat Dolls)
• February 7 – Delia Matache, Romanian singer
• February 9 – Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer
• February 10 – Darren McMullen, British-Australian The Voice TV host, actor, music critic and music journalist
• February 16 – Lupe Fiasco, American rapper
• February 17 – Daniel Merriweather, British R&B musician
• February 17 – February 18 – Nervo (DJs), Australian twin sister DJs
• February 18 – Juelz Santana, American rapper from Harlem, New York and member of The Diplomats
• February 22 – Danja, American record producer and songwriter (Britney Spears, Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake, Joe Jonas)
• February 25 – Bert McCracken, lead singer of American rock band The Used
• February 26 – Nate Ruess, American singer-songwriter
• March 2 – Jessica Biel, American actress, model, voice actress, producer and singer
• March 4 – Amanda Shires, American singer-songwriter and violin player.
• March 13 – Darbuka Siva, Indian percussionist and composer
• March 14 – Kate Maberly, English actress, director, writer, producer and musician
• March 17 – Herman Sikumbang, Indonesian guitarist (d. 2018)
• March 19 – Hana Kobayashi, Venezuelan singer of Japanese descent.
• March 20 – Nick Wheeler, rock guitarist (The All-American Rejects)
• March 21
  • Jocie Kok, Chinese-Singaporean singer
  • Santino Fontana, American actor and singer
• March 22
  • Pete Bennett, English rock singer (Daddy Fantastic) and television personality (Big Brother 2006)
  • Chris Wallace, American musician and singer
• April 3 – Cobie Smulders, Canadian singer and actress
• April 7 – Kelli Young, English pop singer (Liberty X)
• April 8 – Keegan DeWitt, American singer-songwriter and actor (Wild Cub)
• April 10 – Nadia Meikher, Ukrainian singer-songwriter
• April 12 – Easton Corbin, American country music singer
• April 13 – Nellie McKay, American singer^[7]
• April 18 – Marie-Élaine Thibert, Canadian singer
• April 21 – Lynn Hilary, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Celtic Woman and Anúna)
• April 24 – Kelly Clarkson, American singer, songwriter, actress and author, first American Idol winner
• April 26
  • Nadja Benaissa, German pop singer
  • Jon Lee, English singer (S Club 7)
• April 30
  • Lloyd Banks, African American/Puerto Rican rapper^[8]
  • Drew Seeley, Canadian actor, singer-songwriter and dancer
• May 4 – Vera Schmidt, Hungarian singer-songwriter
• May 11 – Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and musician (d. 2013)
• May 14 – Dan Nigro, American songwriter and producer (As Tall As Lions)
• May 15
  • Layal Abboud, Lebanese singer
  • Jessica Sutta, American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress and choreographer (The Pussycat Dolls)
• May 16
  • Billy Crawford, Filipino-American singer
  • Dimitri Vegas, Belgian DJ, producer and half of Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
• May 23 – Tristan Prettyman, American singer-songwriter, musician and Foxy Model
• May 27 – Louis Bell, American musician, record producer and mixer
• June 2 – Jewel Staite, Canadian actress and singer
• June 3 – Dihan Slabbert, South African singer-songwriter and producer
• June 4 – Jin Au-Yeung, Chinese-American rapper
• June 5 – Scott Speer, American filmmaker, music video director, television director and novelist.
• June 7 – Amy Nuttall, British actress and opera singer
• June 13 – Jessica Caban, American fashion model, actress, musician and muse of Bruno Mars
• June 14 – Lang Lang, Chinese concert pianist^[9]
• June 17 – Arthur Darvill, English actor and musician (Doctor Who)
• June 21 – Jussie Smollett, American singer, actor, activist, director and photographer
• June 23 – Candice Alley, Australian singer-songwriter ("Falling", Colorblind)
• June 25 – Lola Ponce, Argentinian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress
• July 5 – Dave Haywood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lady Antebellum)
• July 6 – Tay Zonday, American musician and voice actor
• July 7
  • Cassidy, American hip hop recording artist and rapper
  • Julien Doré, French singer-songwriter, musician and actor
• July 10 – Alex Arrowsmith, American rock musician
• July 12
  • Mahalia Barnes, Australian singer-songwriter and manager, (Jimmy Barnes, Reece Mastin)
  • Walter Perez, American actor and musician
• July 14 – Dmitry Chaplin, Russian So You Think You Can Dance finalist
• July 15
  • Carl Espen, Norwegian singer and songwriter
  • Haley Scarnato, American singer and American Idol finalist
• July 17 – Natasha Hamilton, English pop singer-songwriter(Atomic Kitten)
• July 18
  • Ryan Cabrera, American singer-songwriter and musician (Ashlee Simpson, Lisa Origliasso, Riley Keough, Audrina Patridge)
  • Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress, singer, film producer and philanthropist
• July 19 – Christopher Bear, American drummer (Grizzly Bear)
• July 23 – Claudette Ortiz, American soul singer
• July 30 – Rebecca Stephens, English singer (The Pipettes)
• August 1 – Orelsan, French rapper
• August 6 – Spice, Jamaican dancehall singer and songwriter
• August 7 – Abbie Cornish, Australian actress and rapper under the pseudonym "Dusk"
• August 8 – Raef, Egyptian-American singer and songwriter
• August 10 – Vincent Rodriguez III, American actor, singer and dancer
• August 16 – Ummet Ozcan, Dutch-Turkish DJ and producer
• August 19
  • Willy Denzey, French singer
  • Erika Christensen, American actress and singer^[10]
• August 22 – Boys Noize, German EDM DJ and producer
• August 27 – Duke Dumont, British record producer, songwriter, musician and DJ
• August 28 – LeAnn Rimes, American singer, songwriter, actress and author^[11]
• September 3
  • Andrew McMahon, American musician
  • Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model
• September 5 – Cyndi Wang, Taiwanese singer and actress
• September 7 – Race Wong, Hong Kong singer/actress (2R)
• September 9 – Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer
• September 14 – Wes Carr, Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Australian Idol 8)
• September 17 – Wade Robson, American choreographer, songwriter and dancer (Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake)
• September 22 – Billie Piper, British singer and actress^[12]
• September 27
  • Anna Camp, American actress-singer (Pitch Perfect)
  • Jon McLaughlin, American pop rock singer-songwriter, producer and pianist
  • Lil Wayne, American rapper
• September 28 – St. Vincent (musician), American singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist and guitar designer
• September 29 – Stephen "tWitch" Boss, American hip hip dancer, DJ, actor and entertainer
• October 1 – Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish pop singer
• October 6 – MC Lars, American rapper
• October 7 – Lockett Pundt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deerhunter)
• October 15 – Paulini, Fijian-born Australian singer, songwriter and actress
• October 18 – Ne-Yo, American R&B singer
• October 19 – Hiromi Hayakawa, Japanese-born Mexican actress and singer (d. 2017)
• October 25 – Eman Lam, Hong Kong singer
• October 27
  • Keri Hilson, American singer
  • Jessy Matador, Congolese-French singer
• October 28 – Mai Kuraki, Japanese singer
• November 6 – Sowelu, Japanese singer
• November 12 – Anne Hathaway, American actress, musical star and singer
• November 13
  • Michael Copon, American actor model and singer
  • Kumi Koda, Japanese singer
• November 14 – Joy Williams (singer), American singer-songwriter^[13]
• November 15 – Jenifer (singer), French singer and actress
• November 18 – Aoife O'Donovan, Irish-American singer and songwriter^[14]
• November 22
  • Charlene Choi, Hong Kong singer and actress
  • Steve Angello, Greek Swedish DJ, music producer and
• November 23 – Leah Jenner, American musician
• December 1 – Riz Ahmed, British actor, rapper, and activist^[15]
• December 3 – Jaycee Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
• December 5 – Keri Hilson, American singer, songwriter and actress
• December 7 – Chrispa, Greek singer and actress
• December 8
  • Chrisette Michele, American R&B singer-songwriter
  • Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-born American rapper, singer, songwriter, model and actress^[16]
  • Serena Ryder, Canadian musician
• December 13 – Anthony Callea, Australian singer
• December 14 – Anthony Way, British singer and actor
• December 16
  • Frankie Ballard, American country music singer-songwriter
  • Mei Finegold, Israeli singer
  • Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
• December 20
  • David Cook, American singer
  • Jason Zhang, Chinese pop singer
• December 23 – Beatriz Luengo, Spanish singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and entrepreneur
• December 24
  • Masaki Aiba, Japanese singer
  • Robert Carmine, vocalist (Rooney)
• December 27 – Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist (Týr)
• Undated
  • Guanqun Yu, Chinese operatic soprano
  • Mai Khôi, Vietnamese singer and political dissident
  • Caroline Shaw, American composer, violinist and singer

Deaths[]

• January – Sudhin Dasgupta, music director, lyricist, and singer, 52
• January 16 – Harald Agersnap, Danish classical musician, 92
• January 17 – Tommy Tucker, songwriter, 48 (carbon tetrachloride poisoning)
• January 19 – Elis Regina, Brazilian singer, 36 (drug/alcohol overdost)^[17]
• January 30
  • Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer, 91
  • Lightnin' Hopkins, blues singer, 69
• February 4 – Alex Harvey, rock singer and guitarist, 46
• February 17 – Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist, 64
• February 18 – Nathaniel Shilkret, composer and musician, 92
• February 21 – Murray the K, disc jockey, 60
• February 25 – Chao Yuen Ren, composer, 89
• March 5 – John Belushi, entertainer of The Blues Brothers fame, 33 (drug overdose)
• March 19 – Randy Rhoads, guitarist, 25 (plane crash)
• March 24 – Aileen Stanley, singer, 84 or 85
• March 26 – Ferdinando Garimberti, violin maker, 88
• March 29 – Carl Orff, German composer, famous for the choral work Carmina Burana, 86
• April 2 – Sam Coslow, songwriter and singer, 79
• April 30 – Lester Bangs, American music journalist, 33^[18]
• May 1 – William Primrose, violist, 77
• May 5 – Cal Tjader, Latin jazz musician, 56
• May 8 – Neil Bogart, owner of Casablanca Records, 39 (cancer)
• May 12 – Humphrey Searle, composer, 66
• May 13 – Renzo Rossellini, film composer, 74
• May 15 – Joëlle Mogensen, French singer, 29 (drug overdose)
• May 16 – Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Portuguese composer and singer, 40
• May 26 – Nanny Larsén-Todsen, operatic soprano, 97
• May 30 – Leon René, songwriter, 80
• June 15 – Art Pepper, jazz saxophonist, 56 (brain hemorrhage)
• June 16 – James Honeyman-Scott, guitarist, 25 (heart failure from cocaine use)
• July 8 – Aino Seep, Estonian singer and actress, 57
• July 9 – Wingy Manone, jazz trumpeter, 82
• July 10 – Maria Jeritza, operatic soprano, 96
• July 15 – Bill Justis, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer, 55 (cancer)
• July 15 – Lionel Daunais, Canadian baritone and composer, 80
• July 22 – Sonny Stitt, jazz saxophonist, 58
• July 28 – Keith Green, gospel singer, 28 (plane crash)
• August 13 – Joe Tex, Southern soul singer, 49
• August 25 – Anna German, Polish singer, 46^[19]
• September 1 – Clifford Curzon, pianist, 75
• September 12 – Federico Moreno Torroba, composer, 91
• September 14 – Christian Ferras, French violinist, 49 (suicide)
• September 17 – Manos Loïzos, Greek composer, 44
• September 23 – Jimmy Wakely, American Country-Western singer and actor, 68^[20]
• September 29 – A. L. Lloyd, folk song collector, 74
• October 4 – Glenn Gould, pianist, 50 (stroke)
• October 16
  • Jakov Gotovac, composer and conductor, 87
  • Mario del Monaco, operatic tenor, 67
• October 21 – Radka Toneff, Norwegian jazz singer, 30
• October 29 – William Lloyd Webber, British organist and composer, 68
• November 16 – Al Haig, jazz pianist, 58
• December 2 – David Blue, folk singer, 41
• December 8 – Marty Robbins, country singer, 57
• December 10 – Roy Webb, film composer, 94^[21]

Awards[]

Grammy Awards[]

• Grammy Awards of 1982

Country Music Association Awards[]

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Eurovision Song Contest[]

• Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Charts[]

List of No. 1 Hits[]

• Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1982

See also[]

• 1982 in music (UK)
• Record labels established in 1982
• List of 'years in music'

References[]