1984 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.

Specific locations[]

Specific genres[]

Events[]

January–March[]

  • In January 1984, Iain Williams & the 1984 Project recorded the dance track "Love Is Suicide"[1] at Trident Studios in Soho, London. The track features Hans Zimmer on Fairlight CM and Alan Murphy on guitar.
  • January 11 – BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read announces on air that he will not play the single "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood because of its suggestive lyrics. The BBC places a total ban on the record at about the same time.
  • January 17 – The SING BLUE SILVER tour continues on to Japan and North America as Duran Duran becomes the first act to utilize live video cameras and screens in their show. They break every existing merchandise record during this tour.
  • January 21 – "Relax" reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite the BBC ban; it will spend a total of 42 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 album Thriller 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 at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards, breaking the record for the most Grammys won in a single year. He wins seven for the album Thriller (including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "Beat It") and one for his work on the audiobook for the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
    • Hosted by John Denver, this year's Grammys ceremony receives the highest ratings in the awarding body's history, a record currently unmatched. Along with the awards received by Michael Jackson, The Police's "Every Breath You Take" wins Song of the Year, while Culture Club win Best New Artist.
  • February 29 – German industrial band KMFDM is founded, and holds its first performance at the Grand Palais in Paris, France.
  • 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.
    • 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–June[]

  • April 1
    • New York rock and roll magazine Trouser Press folds after a decade, publishing its 96th and final issue.
    • In Los Angeles, 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
  • 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 Madison Square Garden for life over the incident.
  • June 25 – Prince releases his sixth album Purple Rain; the album sells over 20 million copies and gives Prince two US number one singles with "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy".

July–September[]

  • 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.
    • Selena y los Dinos release their first album Mis Primeras Grabaciones.
  • August 4 – The album Purple Rain by Prince reached number one on the US Billboard Top 200 album charts. It will spent 24 consecutive weeks at the spot.
  • 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 10 – Red Hot Chili Peppers release their debut album The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
  • August 25 – Kathleen Battle makes her solo recital debut at the Salzburg Festival.
  • August 31 – Canadian music video channel MuchMusic begins broadcasting. 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 expensively imported from Japan or West Germany. Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. is designated as the first CD ever made in the United States.

October–December[]

  • October 1 – The Canadian music video series Video Hits premieres on CBC Television.
  • October 23 – A report on the Ethiopian famine by BBC journalist Michael Buerk is broadcast in the UK and receives an unprecedented public response. Among those watching is Bob Geldof, who is inspired to release a charity record to raise money to help with famine relief.
  • October 26 – 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 4 – Kick-off of Prince's Purple Rain Tour in Detroit. The highest-grossing tour of 1984/85.
  • November 5 – Bryan Adams releases his breakout album called Reckless, spawning multiple hit singles, achieving diamond certification in Canada and topping the charts in the United States.
  • 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 – Tipper Gore forms the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) in response to the "filth" she hears on her daughter's copy of Prince's Purple Rain.
  • 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.
    • Cyndi Lauper, with the fourth single from her 1983 debut She's So Unusual, "All Through the Night", becomes the first woman in the 26-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have four singles from one album in the top five.[2]
  • December 9 – The Jacksons conclude their Victory Tour with the last of six concerts at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. At the end of their final show, lead singer Michael Jackson surprises not only his fans, but also his band members with the announcement that he would be permanently leaving the Jacksons, stating that this would be the last time that they all performed together. The tour, which consisted of 55 shows over five months, has reportedly grossed $75 million, a new industry record. As for the Jacksons, they would release one more album in 1989 before splitting up, occasionally regrouping in the years afterward for reunion performances with and without Michael.
  • December 11 – While on tour, Bucks Fizz's tour bus crashes. All members of the group are injured and member Mike Nolan suffers brain damage after falling into a coma.
  • December 13 – George Harrison makes a rare public appearance, joining Deep Purple on stage in Sydney, Australia for their encore rendition of "Lucille".
  • December 31
    • Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen loses his left arm in a car wreck.
    • The thirteenth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by Jermaine Jackson, Ronnie Milsap, Night Ranger, Scandal, John Waite and Barry Manilow.
    • 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[]

January–March[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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Y 		4 Defenders of the Faith Judas Priest -
7 Learning to Crawl The Pretenders -
9 1984 Van Halen -
16 Points on the Curve Wang Chung -
She's Strange Cameo -
19 Oblivion Utopia -
21 Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Debut
Disillusion Loudness Japanese version
27 Christine McVie Christine McVie -
Milk and Honey John Lennon & Yoko Ono -
28 All the Rage General Public
30 Software Grace Slick -
Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell -
31 Footloose soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack
? Fistful of Metal Anthrax -
Flex-Able Steve Vai -
Just a Little Love Reba McEntire -
Lady of the Stars Donovan -
Live Europe '83 Joan Baez UK
Mother's Spiritual Laura Nyro -
Penetrator Ted Nugent -
Roll On Alabama -
Slide It In Whitesnake UK
Tour de Force 38 Special -
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Y 		6 Sparkle in the Rain Simple Minds -
14 Mister Heartbreak Laurie Anderson -
17 Budapest Live Manfred Mann's Earth Band Live
Into the Gap Thompson Twins -
20 Keep Moving Madness -
The Smiths The Smiths -
24 Metal Queen Lee Aaron -
Wings of Tomorrow Europe -
27 Dead Can Dance Dead Can Dance -
Human Racing Nik Kershaw -
Ricochet Days Modern English -
The Works Queen -
28 "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D "Weird Al" Yankovic -
? Animal Grace April Wine -
Declaration The Alarm -
The Flat Earth Thomas Dolby -
The Great Pretender Dolly Parton -
Hail to England Manowar -
It's My Life Talk Talk -
Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast Van Morrison Live
Mystery Walk M + M -
Parting Should Be Painless Roger Daltrey -
Rhyme & Reason Missing Persons -
Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! Toyah Compilation
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H 		2 This Is Spinal Tap Spinal Tap soundtrack
5 Rising Force Yngwie Malmsteen -
9 Human's Lib Howard Jones -
Stoneage Romeos Hoodoo Gurus -
10 Psalm 9 Trouble -
12 Fugazi Marillion -
Love Life Berlin -
13 Heartbeat City The Cars -
14 Body and Soul Joe Jackson -
16 Alchemy: Dire Straits Live Dire Straits Live
Café Bleu The Style Council -
22 The Dungeons Are Calling Savatage EP
Talk Show The Go-Go's -
23 The Icicle Works The Icicle Works -
26 Now That's What I Call Music II Various Artists Compilation
27 About Face David Gilmour -
Love at First Sting Scorpions -
Out of the Cellar Ratt -
Run–D.M.C. Run-D.M.C. -
Three of a Perfect Pair King Crimson -
? Against All Odds soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack
All Those Wasted Years Hanoi Rocks Live
Burning the Witches Warlock -
Deià...Vu Kevin Ayers -
Great White Great White -
Meltdown (Steve Taylor album) Steve Taylor -
Minor Threat Minor Threat Compilation
My War Black Flag -
N.E.W.S. Golden Earring -
Texas Fever Orange Juice -

April–June[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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L 		1 Primitive Neil Diamond -
4 Vengeance New Model Army -
6 Lament Ultravox -
8 99 Luftballons Nena -
9 Reckoning R.E.M. -
12 Grace Under Pressure Rush -
16 At War with Satan Venom -
Crusader Saxon -
21 History, Mystery & Prophesy Lee "Scratch" Perry -
30 Junk Culture Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark -
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking Roger Waters -
The Top The Cure -
? Bananarama Bananarama -
Caught in the Act Styx Live
Jermaine Jackson Jermaine Jackson -
Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply Slade -
New Sensations Lou Reed -
Self Control Laura Branigan -
Street Talk Steve Perry -
This Is Spinal Tap Spinal Tap Soundtrack
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Y 		4 Ocean Rain Echo & the Bunnymen -
8 Hysteria The Human League -
Legend Bob Marley & The Wailers Compilation
10 Stay Hungry Twisted Sister -
12 Slades Greats Slade Compilation
14 Chicago 17 Chicago -
Hallowed Ground Violent Femmes -
15 Couldn't Stand the Weather Stevie Ray Vaughan -
Farewell My Summer Love Michael Jackson Compilation
Vices Kick Axe -
23 All Over the Place The Bangles -
29 Fat Boys The Fat Boys -
Private Dancer Tina Turner -
30 Nuclear Furniture Jefferson Starship -
? The Box The Box -
Breaking Curfew Red Rider -
Civilized Man Joe Cocker -
Eden Everything but the Girl -
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 -
Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit Nick Lowe -
Russ Ballard Russ Ballard -
Russians and Americans Al Stewart -
Stealing Fire Bruce Cockburn -
The Swing INXS -
Ten Thousand Lightyears Boney M. -
Touch Dance Eurythmics Remix EP
Through the Fire Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve (HSAS) -
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E 		4 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen -
The Glamorous Life Sheila E. -
8 Hyæna Siouxsie and the Banshees -
15 No Brakes John Waite -
18 Breaking Hearts Elton John -
Camouflage Rod Stewart -
From Her to Eternity Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
Goodbye Cruel World Elvis Costello and the Attractions -
Mask Roger Glover -
19 The Allnighter Glenn Frey -
Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? Art of Noise
23 In the Studio The Specials -
25 Discovery Mike Oldfield -
Parade Spandau Ballet -
Purple Rain Prince and The Revolution Soundtrack
26 Sidewalk Icehouse -
? A Pagan Place The Waterboys -
Rock Will Never Die Michael Schenker Group Live

July–September[]

Date Album Artist Notes
J
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Y 		1 Disillusion Loudness English version
2 The Last in Line Dio -
Rewind (1971–1984) The Rolling Stones Compilation
3 Go Insane Lindsey Buckingham -
6 New Edition New Edition -
This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get Public Image Ltd. -
Victory The Jacksons -
7 Brilliant Trees David Sylvian -
Condition Critical Quiet Riot -
Icon Icon -
9 Ice Cream Castle The Time -
16 Diamond Life Sade UK
21 The Yellow and Black Attack Stryper -
23 Hard to Hold Rick Springfield -
VOA Sammy Hagar -
27 Ride the Lightning Metallica -
Projects in the Jungle Pantera -
30 Right By You Stephen Stills -
? All Fired Up Fastway -
City of New Orleans Willie Nelson -
Double Nickels on the Dime Minutemen -
In Rock We Trust Y&T -
King of the Dead Cirith Ungol -
Now That's What I Call Music 3 Various Artists Compilation
Signs of Life Billy Squier -
Walkin' the Razor's Edge Helix -
Zen Arcade Hüsker Dü -
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T 		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
21 Mirror Moves The Psychedelic Furs -
Warrior Scandal -
23 Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger Frank Zappa -
25 Eyes of Innocence Miami Sound Machine -
Evolución Menudo -
27 Soda Stereo Soda Stereo -
Some Great Reward Depeche Mode -
28 The Woman in Red (soundtrack) Various Artists Soundtrack
? The Best of Kansas Kansas Compilation
The Blitz Krokus -
L.A. Is My Lady Frank Sinatra -
Phantoms The Fixx -
The Story of a Young Heart A Flock of Seagulls -
Two Steps from the Move Hanoi Rocks -
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R 		3 Powerslave Iron Maiden -
Sentence of Death Destruction EP
7 Don't Break the Oath Mercyful Fate -
Under Wraps Jethro Tull -
The Warning Queensrÿche -
10 Dreamtime The Cult -
12 Like This The dB's -
Suddenly Billy Ocean -
13 Animalize Kiss -
Swept Away Diana Ross -
Tooth and Nail Dokken -
15 No Remorse Motörhead Compilation + 4 new tracks
21 Perspective America -
24 Tonight David Bowie -
27 Forever Young Alphaville -
? Bachman–Turner Overdrive Bachman–Turner Overdrive -
Bewitched Andy Summers & Robert Fripp -
The Catch Nazareth -
Cats Without Claws Donna Summer -
How Men Are Heaven 17 -
Desert Moon Dennis DeYoung -
Don't Stop Jeffrey Osborne -
Family Man Black Flag -
The Magazine Rickie Lee Jones -
Night on Bröcken Fates Warning -
No Tellin' Lies Zebra -
Reflections Rick James Compilation
Riddles in the Sand Jimmy Buffett -
Riff Raff Dave Edmunds -
Spring Hill Fair The Go-Betweens -
Swept Away Diana Ross -
The Plan Tubeway Army -
Till We Have Faces Steve Hackett -
Vital Signs Survivor -
What About Me? Kenny Rogers -

October–December[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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R 		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 -
Too Tough to Die Ramones -
The Unforgettable Fire U2 -
2 Bathory Bathory -
Let It Be The Replacements -
8 The Wonderful and Frightening World Of... The Fall -
9 Emotion Barbra Streisand -
March of the Saint Armored Saint -
Shout Devo -
12 Big Bam Boom Hall & Oates -
Rattlesnakes Lloyd Cole and the Commotions -
15 '74 Jailbreak AC/DC EP recorded 1974–76
The Big Express XTC -
Sign of the Hammer Manowar -
Stop Making Sense Talking Heads Soundtrack
The Age of Consent Bronski Beat -
Valotte Julian Lennon -
16 Geffery Morgan UB40 -
17 Escape Whodini -
18 Them or Us Frank Zappa -
19 Steeltown Big Country -
20 Heavy Metal Breakdown Grave Digger -
22 Give My Regards to Broad Street Paul McCartney Soundtrack
23 Make It Big Wham! -
24 Hajimemashite Miyuki Nakajima -
25 Waking Up with the House on Fire Culture Club -
29 Perfect Strangers Deep Purple -
Welcome to the Pleasuredome Frankie Goes to Hollywood -
? At the Feet of the Moon The Parachute Club -
Bad Attitude Meat Loaf -
Chinese Wall Philip Bailey -
Dream Street Janet Jackson -
Girls with Guns Tommy Shaw -
Italian X Rays Steve Miller Band -
Music from Songwriter Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson Soundtrack
A Private Heaven Sheena Easton -
Sign In Please Autograph -
True Colours Level 42 -
We Want Moore Gary Moore Live
Why Not Me The Judds -
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R 		1 Treasure Cocteau Twins -
4 This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic Hawkwind Live
5 Alf Alison Moyet -
Reckless Bryan Adams -
Wheels Are Turnin' REO Speedwagon -
9 Berserker Gary Numan -
10 The Riddle Nik Kershaw -
Thunder Seven Triumph -
Who's Last The Who Live
11 So-Lo Oingo Boingo -
12 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) Eurythmics Soundtrack
Arena Duran Duran Live
Hatful of Hollow The Smiths Compilation
The Honeydrippers: Volume One Robert Plant EP
Like a Virgin Madonna -
Teases & Dares Kim Wilde -
15 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe Barry Manilow -
Emergency Kool & the Gang -
17 Aural Sculpture The Stranglers -
19 Building the Perfect Beast Don Henley -
Word of Mouth The Kinks -
21 Francesco Zappa Frank Zappa -
22 See Ya 'Round Split Enz -
29 Real Live Bob Dylan Live
30 Rough Cutt Rough Cutt -
? Brewing Up with Billy Bragg Billy Bragg -
The Deed Is Done Molly Hatchet -
Hits 1 Various Artists Compilation
Isolation Toto -
Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs Boney M. Compilation
Lay Down the Law Keel -
Lush Life Linda Ronstadt -
Morbid Tales Celtic Frost -
Now That's What I Call Music 4 Various Artists Compilation
The Orange Juice Orange Juice Final album
Planetary Invasion Midnight Star -
Tropico Pat Benatar -
Two Minute Warning The Angels -
Zoolook Jean Michel Jarre -
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R 		3 The Killing Fields Mike Oldfield Soundtrack
7 Agent Provocateur Foreigner -
In the Eye of the Storm Roger Hodgson -
12 Deep Breakfast Ray Lynch -
21 Thing-Fish Frank Zappa -
26 Gates to Purgatory Running Wild -
? Beverly Hills Cop Various Artists Soundtrack
Fantastic Boney M. Boney M. Compilation
Honour & Blood Tank -
Live '84 Black Flag Live
Remission Skinny Puppy EP
Slip It In Black Flag -
Something Heavy Going Down Golden Earring Live
Vulture Culture The Alan Parsons Project -

Release date unknown[]

Biggest hit singles[]

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1984.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart entries
1 George Michael Careless Whisper 1984 United Kingdom UK 1 – Aug 1984 (21 weeks), US Billboard 1 – Dec 1984 (20 weeks), US Radio 1 of 1985 (peak 1 12 weeks), Canada 1 – Dec 1984 (12 weeks), Netherlands 1 – Aug 1984 (14 weeks), Switzerland 1 – Sep 1984 (17 weeks), Poland 1 – Mar 1983 (44 weeks), Republic of Ireland 1 for 3 weeks – Aug 1984, Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks – Jan 1985, Australia 1 for 4 weeks – Sep 1984, Springbok 1 – Nov 1984 (21 weeks), ARC 2 of 1985 (peak 1 16 weeks), Sweden (alt) 2 – Sep 1984 (21 weeks), France 2 – Aug 1984 (3 weeks), Austria 2 – Nov 1984 (4 weeks), Norway 2 – Aug 1984 (16 weeks), Belgium 2 – Sep 1984 (12 weeks), Italy 2 of 1984
2 Stevie Wonder I Just Called to Say I Love You 1984 United States UK 1 – September 1984, US BB 1 – September 1984, Canada 1 – September 1984, Netherlands 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, Republic of Ireland 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
3 Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 1984 United Kingdom UK 1 – May 1984, US BB 1 – October 1984, Canada 1 – October 1984, Netherlands 1 – June 1984, Sweden (alt) 1 – June 1984, Norway 1 – June 1984, Republic of Ireland 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 1983 United States Norway 1 – March 1984, Republic of Ireland 1 – February 1984, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks May 1984, Australia 1 for 2 weeks December 1983, UK 2 – January 1984, US BB 2 – January 1984, US BB 2 of 1984, Canada 2 – February 1984, POP 2 of 1984, Netherlands 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 1983 United Kingdom 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, Netherlands 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[]

  • "2 Minutes to Midnight" – Iron Maiden
  • "Aces High" – Iron Maiden
  • "Agadoo" – Black Lace
  • "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" – Phil Collins
  • "All Cried Out" – Alison Moyet
  • "All Join Hands" – Slade
  • "All Through the Night" (1983) – Cyndi Lauper
  • "An Innocent Man" (1983) – Billy Joel
  • "Automatic" – Jermaine Stewart
  • "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
  • "Body Electric" – Rush
  • "Borderline" (1983) – 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" (1983) – Billy Idol
  • "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" – Billy Ocean
  • "Centipede" – Rebbie Jackson
  • "Cherry Oh Baby" – UB40
  • "Cool It Now" – New Edition
  • "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
  • "Desert Moon" – Dennis DeYoung
  • "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
  • "Eighties" – Killing Joke
  • "Eye to Eye" – Jermaine Stewart
  • "Eyes Without a Face" (1983) – Billy Idol
  • "Fade to Black" – Metallica
  • "Femme libérée" – Cookie Dingler
  • "Flame Trees" – Cold Chisel
  • "Flesh for Fantasy" (1983) – 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" (1983) – Cyndi Lauper
  • "The Ghost in You" – The Psychedelic Furs
  • "Ghostbusters" – Ray Parker, Jr.
  • "God Bless the USA" – Lee Greenwood
  • "Had a Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)" – Roger Hodgson
  • "Half A Boy Half A Man" – Nick Lowe
  • "Hammer to Fall" – Queen
  • "Heart from the Start" – Classix Nouveaux
  • "Heaven's on Fire" – Kiss
  • "Hello" (1983) – Lionel Richie
  • "Here Comes the Rain Again" – Eurythmics
  • "High on Emotion" – Chris De Burgh
  • "Highly Strung" – Spandau Ballet
  • "The Heart of Rock and Roll" (1983) – Huey Lewis and the News
  • "Heaven" – Bryan Adams (charted in 1985 in the U.S.)
  • "Heaven (Must Be There)" – Eurogliders
  • "Hold Me Now" – Thompson Twins
  • "Hold on to Love" – Gary Moore
  • "Hot Water" – Level 42
  • "House of Salome" – Kim Wilde
  • "Human Touch" – Rick Springfield (released in 1983)
  • "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" (1983) – 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
  • "If This Is It" (1983) – Huey Lewis and the News
  • "Illegal Alien" (1983) – Genesis
  • "I'll Fly for You" – Spandau Ballet
  • "I'll Wait" – Van Halen
  • "In Jeopardy" – Roger Hodgson
  • "In Neon" – Elton John
  • "Infatuation" – Rod Stewart
  • "Invisible" – Alison Moyet
  • "It's a Hard Life" – Queen
  • "It's a Miracle (Culture Club song)" – Culture Club
  • "It's My Life" – Talk Talk
  • "Joanna" – Kool & the Gang
  • "Jokerman" – Bob Dylan
  • "Jump" – Van Halen
  • "Jump (For My Love)" – The Pointer Sisters
  • "Jungle Love" – The Time
  • "Just Another Woman in Love" – Anne Murray
  • "Kalimba De Luna" – Dalida
  • "Karma Chameleon" – Culture Club
  • "Keeping the Faith" (1983) – Billy Joel
  • "The Killing Moon" – Echo & the Bunnymen
  • "L'Innamorata" – Dalida
  • "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" (1983) – Billy Joel
  • "Legs" (1983) – ZZ Top
  • "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
  • "A Little Love" – Juice Newton
  • "Locomotion" – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
  • "The Longest Time" (1983) – Billy Joel
  • "Love Somebody" – Rick Springfield
  • "Lovergirl" – Teena Marie
  • "The Lucky One" – Laura Branigan
  • "Lucky Star" (1983) – Madonna
  • "Madam Butterfly" – Malcolm McLaren
  • "Magic" – The Cars
  • "Master and Servant" – Depeche Mode
  • "Message to My Girl" – Split Enz
  • "Michael Caine" – Madness
  • "Middle of the Road" – The Pretenders
  • "Missing You" – John Waite
  • "Missing You" – Diana Ross
  • "Miss Me Blind"- Culture Club
  • "Mistake No. 3" – Culture Club
  • "The More You Live, the More You Love" – A Flock of Seagulls
  • "Mr. Telephone Man" – New Edition
  • "My Ever Changing Moods" – The Style Council
  • "My Oh My" – Slade
  • "The NeverEnding Story" – Limahl
  • "New Moon on Monday" – Duran Duran
  • "No Mercy" – The Stranglers
  • "No More Lonely Nights" – Paul McCartney
  • "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" – Anne Murray and Dave Loggins
  • "Obsession" – Animotion
  • "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
  • "Only When You Leave" – Spandau Ballet
  • "Original Sin" – INXS
  • "Out of Touch" – Hall & Oates
  • "Panama" – Van Halen
  • "Passengers" – Elton John
  • "Pearl In The Shell" – Howard Jones
  • "Pearly Dewdrops' Drops" – Cocteau Twins
  • "Penny Lover" (1983) – Lionel Richie
  • "People Are People" – Depeche Mode
  • "Perfect Skin" – Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
  • "Pour te dire je t'aime" – Dalida
  • "The Power of Love" – Frankie Goes to Hollywood
  • "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
  • "Red Sector A" – Rush
  • "Rebel Yell" (1983) – Billy Idol
  • "The Reflex" – Duran Duran
  • "Relax" – Frankie Goes to Hollywood
  • "The Riddle" – Nik Kershaw
  • "Robert De Niro's Waiting..." – Bananarama
  • "Rock You Like a Hurricane" – The Scorpions
  • "Round and Round" – Spandau Ballet
  • "Round and Round" – Ratt
  • "Run Runaway" – Slade
  • "Runaway" – Bon Jovi
  • "Run to You" – Bryan Adams
  • "Running with the Night" (1983) – Lionel Richie
  • "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" – Elton John
  • "Saturday Night" – Cold Chisel
  • "The Second Time" – Kim Wilde
  • "Self Control" – Laura Branigan
  • "Seven Seas" – Echo & the Bunnymen
  • "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)" – Eurythmics
  • "She Bop" (1983) – 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. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" – R.E.M.
  • "So Tired" – Ozzy Osbourne
  • "Soleil" – Dalida
  • "Somebody's Watching Me" – Rockwell featuring Michael Jackson
  • "Some Guys Have All the Luck" – Rod Stewart
  • "Sounds Like a Melody" – Alphaville
  • "Special Girl" – America
  • "State of the Nation" – Industry
  • "Standing in the Shadow" – Whitesnake
  • "Stranger in Town" – Toto
  • "Strut" – Sheena Easton
  • "Stuck on You" – Lionel Richie
  • "Sugar Walls" – Sheena Easton
  • "Summer of 69" – Bryan Adams
  • "Sunglasses at Night" – Corey Hart
  • "Take On Me" (1984 European version) – a-ha
  • "Taking It All Too Hard" (1983) – Genesis
  • "That's All" – Genesis (released in 1983)
  • "That's Not the Way (It's S'posed to Be)" – Anne Murray
  • "The Touch" – Kim Wilde
  • "Thieves Like Us" – New Order
  • "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" – The Pretenders
  • "Thriller" (1982) – Michael Jackson
  • "Ti Amo" – Laura Branigan
  • "Time After Time" (1983) – 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
  • "Too Young to Fall in Love" (1983) – Mötley Crüe
  • "Torture" – The Jacksons
  • "TV Dinners" (1983) – 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!
  • "Wanted Man" – Ratt
  • "The War Song" – Culture Club
  • "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 Going to Make a Living" – Sade
  • "When Doves Cry" – Prince
  • "When Love Breaks Down" – Prefab Sprout
  • When the Lady Smiles" – Golden Earring
  • "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)
  • "Who Wears These Shoes?" – Elton John
  • "The Wild Boys" – Duran Duran
  • "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 Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" – Dead or Alive
  • "You Think You're a Man" – Divine
  • "You Were Made for Me" – Irene Cara
  • "You're the Best Thing" – The Style Council
  • "Young at Heart" – The Bluebells
  • "Your Love Is King" – Sade

Christmas songs[]

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
  • Peter Maxwell Davies – Symphony No. 3
  • Ludovico Einaudi – Altissimo
  • Lorenzo Ferrero
    • My Blues
    • 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 (14 musicians)
    • 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
  • Wojciech Kilar – Angelus, cantata for soprano, mixed choir and symphony orchestra
  • 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
  • Wolfgang Rihm
    • Vorgefühle for orchestra
    • Schattenstück for orchestra
    • Fusées for orchestra
    • Blaubuch: String Quartet No. 6
  • John Serry Sr. – Elegy for Organ
  • 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

Ballet[]

See List of 1984 ballet premieres

Opera[]

  • Philip Glass
    • Akhnaten
    • the CIVIL warS (Rome section)
  • Luigi Nono – Prometeo
  • Krzysztof Penderecki – The Black Mask
  • Peter Schickele – The Abduction of Figaro, attributed to P. D. Q. Bach.
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Samstag aus Licht (produced by La Scala, Milan)

Jazz[]

Main article: 1984 in jazz

Musical theater[]

  • Starlight Express – Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe - London production opened and ran for 7.409 performances
  • 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[]

Births[]

  • January 2 – Jocelyn Oxlade, English-Filipino singer-songwriter and model (Kitty Girls)
  • January 9 – Drew Brown, American pop rock musician (OneRepublic)
  • January 17 –
    • Calvin Harris, Scottish electronic musician, DJ, producer (Taylor Swift, Rita Ora, Dua Lipa)
    • Sharaya J, Hawaiian-born American female rapper and choreographer.
  • January 18
    • Kristy Lee Cook, American Idol finalist
    • Benji Schwimmer, Winner of So You Think You Can Dance 2006
  • January 20
January 20: Toni Gonzaga
    • Toni Gonzaga, Filipina actress and singer
    • Bonnie McKee, American singer-songwriter
  • January 24 – Witold Kiełtyka, Polish musician (died 2007)
  • January 26 – Wu Qian, pianist
  • January 27 – Davetta Sherwood, American actress and singer
  • January 29 – Diana Rouvas, Australian singer-songwriter and The Voice Australia contestant, later winner
  • January 30 – Kid Cudi, American rapper
February 9:Han Geng
  • February 9 – Han Geng, Chinese singer in Korea (Super Junior)
  • February 11 – Aubrey O'Day, American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress (Danity Kane, Dumblonde)
  • February 12 – Jamie Scott, English singer-songwriter
  • February 14 – Víkingur Ólafsson, Icelandic pianist
  • February 15 – Dorota Rabczewska, Polish singer and model
  • February 18 – Daniel Cohen, Israeli conductor, music director and violinist
  • February 20 – Audra Mae, American singer-songwriter
  • February 23 – Grieves, American hip hop artist
  • February 25 – Lovefoxxx (Cansei de Ser Sexy)
  • February 26 – Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter
  • March 3 – Tim Maddren, New Zealand entertainer (Hi-5)
  • March 9 – Priscilla Ahn, American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
  • March 18 – Vonzell Solomon, US singer
  • March 20 – Christy Carlson Romano, American actress and singer
  • March 24 – Evan Felker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • March 25 – Katharine McPhee, American Idol finalist, American singer and actress
  • March 26 – Stéphanie Lapointe, Canadian singer
  • March 31 – Jack Antonoff, American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. (Taylor Swift, Lorde, Fun., Bleachers, Lana Del Rey)
  • April 3 – Chrissie Fit, American actress and singer
  • April 6 – Max Bemis, American musician (Say Anything)
  • April 7 – Belly (rapper), Palestinian-Jordanian-Canadian[1] rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer.
April 10: Mandy Moore
  • April 10 – Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter, actress and musician
  • April 14 – Adán Sánchez, American-Mexican musician (d. 2004)
  • April 22 – Amelle Berrabah, British singer (Sugababes)
  • April 24 – Tyson Ritter American singer/songwriter of (The All-American Rejects)
  • April 27 – Patrick Stump, American singer, songwriter and musician (Fall Out Boy)
  • May 1 – Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese singer (NEWS) and actor
  • May 2
    • Rose Falcon, American singer-songwriter
    • James Brooks (electronic musician), Canadian-American EDM artist
  • May 3 – Cheryl Burke, American dancer, model and TV host.
  • May 4 – Little Boots, British, singer, Musician, DJ, record producer, songwriter
  • May 5 – Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist
  • May 10 – Pe'er Tasi, Israeli singer
  • May 11 – Gerald Clayton, Dutch-American pianist and composer (The Clayton Brothers)
  • May 14 – Olly Murs, English, singer-songwriter, television presenter and X Factor competitor
  • May 15 – Mr Probz, Dutch singer, musician and actor (Robin Schulz)
  • May 17 – Passenger, English singer-songwriter
  • May 25
  • May 27 – Rachel Parris, British comedien, musician and singer
  • May 29 – Ina Wroldsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter
  • June 4 – Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer
  • June 17 – John Gallagher, Jr., American actor, singer and dancer
  • June 23 – Duffy, Welsh singer-songwriter
  • June 29
  • June 30 – Fantasia Barrino, American singer
  • July 1 – Jason Reeves (songwriter), American singer-songwriter and musician
  • July 4
    • Gina Glocksen, American Idol finalist
    • , American musician
  • July 5 – Elisabeth Schwarz, Austrian operatic soprano.
  • July 7 – Marie-Mai, Canadian singer
  • July 9 – Jacob Hoggard, Canadian singer/lead singer of Hedley
  • July 12
    • Gareth Gates, English singer
    • Jack Conte, American musician
  • July 15 – Vice Cooler, American singer-songwriter (Hawnay Troof and XBXRX)
  • 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, English singer-songwriter
  • July 30 – Gina Rodriguez, American actress, rapper, dancer, model, writer, producer and director.
  • August 3 – Carah Faye Charnow, American singer for the band Shiny Toy Guns
  • August 5
    • Helene Fischer, Soviet-born German singer[3]
    • Taylor Locke (Rooney)
  • August 21
    • Alizée, French singer, dancer and voice actress.
    • Melissa Schuman, singer (Dream)
  • August 24 – Yesung, Korean singer (Super Junior)
  • August 31 – Will Martin, New Zealand-born classical crossover singer
  • September – Di Wu, Chinese-American pianist
  • September 1 – Joe Trohman, American musician
  • September 10 – How To Dress Well, Tom Krell, American singer-songwriter
  • September 16
    • Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer
    • Katie Melua, Georgian-British singer, songwriter and musician
  • September 18 – Jimmy Napes, English songwriter and record producer
  • September 22 – Theresa Fu, Hong Kong singer and actress
  • September 23 – Louie Stephens, American rock keyboardist (Rooney)
  • September 26 – Keisha Buchanan, English singer-songwriter (Sugababes)
  • September 27 – Avril Lavigne, Canadian rock singer-songwriter, voice actress and musician
  • September 28 – Melody Thornton, American singer-songwriter, dancer and television personality (Pussycat Dolls)
  • October 3 – Ashlee Simpson, American singer-songwriter, actress
  • October 4 – Lena Katina, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
  • October 8 – Emily Williams, New Zealand singer, songwriter and actress
  • October 10 – Stephanie Cheng, Cantopop Hong Kong singer
  • October 12 – Matthew Dewey, Australian composer
  • October 15 – Jessie Ware, English singer and songwriter
  • October 16 – Shayne Ward, English singer and winner of reality TV show The X Factor
  • October 25
    • Sara Lumholdt (A*Teens)
    • Katy Perry, American singer/songwriter, advocate
  • October 27 – Kelly Osbourne, American singer
  • October 29 – Chris Baio, American musician (Vampire Weekend)
  • November 2 – Anastasia Karpova, Russian singer
  • November 6 – Patina Miller, American actress and singer
  • November 9
    • Delta Goodrem, Australian singer-songwriter, writer, musician, philanthropist and actress
    • Se7en, South Korean singer
November 12: Sandara Park
  • November 12 – Sandara Park, member of South Korean girl group 2NE1, previously actress
  • November 14 – Luiz Filipe Coelho, violinist
  • November 18 – Johnny Christ, American heavy metal rock bassist (Avenged Sevenfold)
  • November 21
    • Lindsey Haun, American actress and singer
    • Willy Mason, American singer-songwriter
  • November 22 – Scarlett Johansson, American singer and actress
  • November 28 – Trey Songz, American singer
  • December 12 – Gabrielle Ruiz, American actress, Broadway performer and musician (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
  • December 15 – Joshua Hayward, English rock guitarist (The Horrors)
  • December 17 – Asuka Fukuda, Japanese singer
  • December 18 – Julia Holter, American singer, songwriter, record producer, composer and artist
  • December 20 – David Tavaré, Spanish singer
  • December 22 – Jonas Altberg, Swedish singer, record producer and DJ
  • December 23 – Alison Sudol, American singer-songwriter, actress and writer
  • December 25 – The Veronicas (Lisa and Jess Origliasso) Australian singer-songwriters, activists, musicians and advocates
  • December 30
    • Andra Day, American singer and songwriter
    • Dalia Stasevska, Ukrainian-born Finnish conductor
  • Unknown – DY, Canadian rapper

Deaths[]

  • January 1 – Alexis Korner, blues musician, 55 (lung cancer)
  • January 18 – Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek composer, 69
  • 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 1 – Ada "Bricktop" Smith, singer and dancer, 89
  • February 15
    • Avon Long, American actor and singer, 73
    • 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 20 – Mabel Mercer, cabaret singer, 84
  • April 23 – Juan Tizol, trombonist and composer, 84
  • April 26 – Count Basie, jazz musician, 79
  • April 27 – Z.Z. Hill, blues singer, 48
  • 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 4 – Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter, 34
  • July 14
    • Bill Stapleton, jazz trumpeter, 49 (alcohol-related)
    • Philippé Wynne, R&B singer, 43
  • July 19 – Madeleine Sibille, operatic soprano, 89
  • July 25 – Big Mama Thornton, R&B singer, 57
  • 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
  • August 31 – Carlo Zecchi, pianist, music teacher and conductor, 81
  • September 3
    • Dora Labbette, operatic soprano, 86
    • Arthur Schwartz, composer and film producer, 83
  • 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, 77
  • September 20 – Steve Goodman, singer/songwriter best known for "City of New Orleans", 36 (leukaemia)
  • October 3
  • October 4 – Carl von Garaguly, violinist and conductor
  • October 12 – Jesús María Sanromá, pianist, 81
  • 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 8 – Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, violinist and composer, 81
  • November 16 – Leonard Rose, cellist, 66
  • November 20 – Alexander Moyzes, Slovak composer, 78
  • December 7 – Jon B. Higgins, American Carnatic musician, 45 (road accident)
  • December 9
    • Ivor Moreton, British pianist, singer and composer, 76
    • Razzle (Nicholas Dingley), drummer of Hanoi Rocks, 24 (car accident)
  • December 10 – Charlie Teagarden, jazz trumpeter, 71
  • 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
  • December 25 – Ron Tabak, lead singer of Prism, 31

Awards[]

Grammy Awards[]

  • Grammy Awards of 1984

Country Music Association Awards[]

Eurovision Song Contest[]

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Love Is – Iain Williams & the 1984 Project (ft. vocals by Lelo)". Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  2. ^ Week of December 8, 1984: Cyndi Lauper makes history on the chart
  3. ^ "Хелена Фишер: "Я родилась в Сибири" /Helene Fischer: "I was born in Siberia"" (in Russian). TopNews24.ru (Poslednie Novosti). February 25, 2009. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
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