1986 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1986.

1986 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
  • List of albums released
List of years in music (table)

Specific locations[]

Specific genres[]

Events[]

  • January 30 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, holds its first induction ceremony with many rock pioneers attending.[1]
  • February 25
  • March 8 - For almost a year, Houston's debut album top the charts and remained for 7 weeks and another on May 17.
  • May 3 – The 31st Eurovision Song Contest, held in Bergen, Norway, is won by Belgium with the song "J'aime la vie", performed by Sandra Kim. At 13 years old, Kim is the youngest-ever Eurovision winner.
  • May 28 – The Monkees held a press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City to announce officially that they will embark on a 100-plus city tour. The tour became one of the biggest grossing tours of the year.[2]
  • June 10 – Bob Geldof is awarded an honorary UK knighthood in recognition of his work in organizing Live Aid and other concerts that raised millions of dollars for the starving people of Africa.[3]
  • June 15
    • The final show of the A Conspiracy of Hope benefit concert - organized by Amnesty International - took place at the Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The show was headlined by U2, Sting, and Bryan Adams, and also features Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Joan Baez, and The Neville Brothers.
    • Also, The Police would perform one last time on stage during the show before disbanding that same year.
  • June 30 – Madonna releases her "True Blue" album, which tops the charts in over 28 countries & becomes the best selling album of 1986.[4]
  • August 9 – Queen performed his final concert of the Magic Tour at Knebworth Park, which would be the last performance of the band with singer Freddie Mercury and bassist John Deacon. Later Mercury would be diagnosed with AIDS in 1987, passing away in 1991, and Deacon would retire from the band in 1997.
  • September 27 – A tour bus carrying the heavy metal band Metallica crashes in Sweden, killing their influential bassist, Cliff Burton.[5]
  • October – Popular music magazine Q is launched in the United Kingdom.
  • November 17–18 – Billy Eckstine makes his final recordings, later released on his album Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter.[6]
  • December 12 – The Smiths play Brixton Academy, the last gig before their dissolution.[7]
  • Approximate date – Axé (music) originates in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

Bands formed[]

  • See Musical groups established in 1986

Bands disbanded[]

  • See Musical groups disestablished in 1986

Albums released[]

January–March[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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Y 		1 Atomizer Big Black -
New Trails Riders in the Sky -
2 Different Light The Bangles US
13 Premonition Peter Frampton -
18 Made to Be Broken Soul Asylum -
21 The Eyeball Show (Live In Japan) The Residents & Snakefinger
27 Album Public Image Ltd. -
Does Humor Belong in Music? Frank Zappa Live
28 Seventh Star Black Sabbath -
? The Best of 10 Years – 32 Superhits Boney M. UK
Gap Band 8 The Gap Band -
Heyday The Church -
Tuff Enuff The Fabulous Thunderbirds -
Walking Through Fire April Wine -
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Y 		1 War Games Grave Digger -
3 Mean Business The Firm -
4 Control Janet Jackson -
10 Live in New York City John Lennon Live 1972
13 Clairvoyance Screaming Trees Debut
Precious Moments Jermaine Jackson -
17 Balance of Power Electric Light Orchestra Germany
Fatal Portrait King Diamond -
18 Lives in the Balance Jackson Browne -
21 King of America Elvis Costello -
22 The Ultimate Sin Ozzy Osbourne -
Cinema Nazareth -
28 Pretty In Pink Various Artists Soundtrack
Greed Swans -
? Marilyn Martin Marilyn Martin -
Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire Samhain -
M
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H 		1 Gut Level Music Altar Boys -
3 Master of Puppets Metallica -
5 Guitar Town Steve Earle -
11 Headed for the Future Neil Diamond -
12 Twitch Ministry -
14 Rrröööaaarrr Voivod -
17 Black Celebration Depeche Mode -
19 Who's Got the 10½? Black Flag -
20 Rapture Anita Baker -
24 5150 Van Halen -
Dirty Work The Rolling Stones -
Please Pet Shop Boys -
27 Innocent Eyes Graham Nash -
30 From Luxury to Heartache Culture Club -
31 Parade Prince and the Revolution -
? 9½ Weeks Various Artists Soundtrack
Big World Joe Jackson Live
Born Sandy Devotional The Triffids -
Candy Apple Grey Hüsker Dü -
Finyl Vinyl Rainbow Live + B-Side
Flaunt It Sigue Sigue Sputnik -
Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express The Go-Betweens -
Little Miss Dangerous Ted Nugent -
Monster Walks the Winter Lake David Thomas
& The Wooden Birds		 -
The Pack Is Back Raven -
Shot in the Dark Great White -

April–June[]

Date Album Artist Notes
A
P
R
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L 		1 Book of Love Book of Love Debut album
New Kids on the Block New Kids on the Block -
The Way It Is Bruce Hornsby & the Range -
7 Absolute Beginners Various Artists Soundtrack
Animal Magic The Blow Monkeys -
9 The Other Side of Life The Moody Blues -
14 In Visible Silence Art of Noise -
Turbo Judas Priest -
Victorialand Cocteau Twins -
15 Love Zone Billy Ocean -
18 Rembrandt Pussyhorse Butthole Surfers -
21 Russian Roulette Accept -
Tinderbox Siouxsie and the Banshees -
28 Winner in You Patti LaBelle -
30 The Final Frontier Keel -
? Big & Beautiful Fat Boys -
Cendres de Lune Mylène Farmer -
Classics Live I and II Aerosmith Live
Cocker Joe Cocker -
Like a Rock Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band -
Pleasure to Kill Kreator -
Rendez-Vous Jean Michel Jarre -
Ship of Fools Tuxedomoon -
Strength in Numbers 38 Special -
M
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Y 		3 Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire Bonnie Tyler -
5 Poolside Nu Shooz -
6 Standing on a Beach The Cure Compilation
7 Tom Cochrane & Red Rider Red Rider -
12 Sleight of Hand Joan Armatrading -
13 Top Gun Various Artists Soundtrack
19 Animal Boy The Ramones -
So Peter Gabriel -
23 Look What the Cat Dragged In Poison Debut
Who Made Who AC/DC Soundtrack
26 Emerson, Lake & Powell Emerson, Lake & Powell -
Home of the Brave Laurie Anderson Soundtrack
The Final Countdown Europe –
27 Raised on Radio Journey -
Raising Hell Run-D.M.C. -
31 The Final Wham! -
? Evol Sonic Youth -
Live In Brussels 02/1986 Blaine L. Reininger Live
Melvins Melvins EP
Mistrial Lou Reed -
Moonlight Shadows The Shadows -
Obsessed by Cruelty Sodom Debut album
Truthdare Doubledare Bronski Beat -
J
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E 		1 Into the Light Chris de Burgh -
2 A Kind of Magic Queen -
Wonderland Erasure -
3 Belinda Belinda Carlisle -
5 Afternoons in Utopia Alphaville -
6 Storms of Life Randy Travis -
Invisible Touch Genesis -
9 Night Songs Cinderella Debut
10 Epicus Doomicus Metallicus Candlemass -
11 The Thin Red Line Glass Tiger -
13 Criminal Tango Manfred Mann's Earth Band -
14 Destiny Chaka Khan -
15 If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish SNFU -
16 Change of Address Krokus -
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths -
21 Frantic Romantic Jermaine Stewart -
23 Bambini Forever Righeira -
Every Beat of My Heart Rod Stewart -
Solitude/Solitaire Peter Cetera -
24 Time's Incinerator Soul Asylum -
30 The Divine Punishment Diamanda Galás -
Fight for the Rock Savatage -
Revenge Eurythmics -
True Blue Madonna -
The Twelve Inch Mixes Spandau Ballet Compilation
? As Close as You Think Kevin Ayers -
Back in the High Life Steve Winwood -
Bend Sinister The Fall -
Crowded House Crowded House -
Daring Adventures Richard Thompson -
Emerald City Teena Marie -
Gift The Sisterhood -
Home and Abroad The Style Council Live
Intermission Dio Live
Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death Felt -

July–September[]

Date Album Artist Notes
J
U
L
Y 		1 Music from the Edge of Heaven Wham! US
6 QR III Quiet Riot -
7 Eat 'Em and Smile David Lee Roth -
Made in U.S.A. The Beach Boys Compilation
Oh, My God! Doug E. Fresh Debut
9 The Bridge Billy Joel -
14 Knocked Out Loaded Bob Dylan -
Rage for Order Queensrÿche -
The Seer Big Country -
15 Through the Barricades Spandau Ballet -
22 The Collection Amy Grant Compilation
Word Up! Cameo -
25 The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are 2 Live Crew -
Lightning Strikes Loudness -
28 Landing on Water Neil Young -
Lifes Rich Pageant R.E.M. -
Rat in the Kitchen UB40 -
? 54–40 54-40 -
Bring on the Night Sting Live
Color in Your Life Missing Persons -
East of Midnight Gordon Lightfoot -
GTR GTR -
Montana Cafe Hank Williams, Jr. -
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher Van Morrison -
Should the World Fail to Fall Apart Peter Murphy (musician) -
Sound of Confusion Spacemen 3 -
Sub Pop 100 Various Artists Compilation
Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees The Monkees Compilation + 3 new recordings
True Confessions Bananarama -
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T 		2 Vinnie Vincent Invasion Vinnie Vincent Invasion -
5 Dancing on the Ceiling Lionel Richie -
9 Dancing Undercover Ratt -
Orgasmatron Motörhead -
11 Now That's What I Call Music 7 Various Artists -
13 Feel My Power MC Hammer -
18 ABBA Live ABBA Live
Kicking Against the Pricks Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
Silk & Steel Five Star -
Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi -
True as Steel Warlock -
19 Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. Dwight Yoakam -
25 Graceland Paul Simon -
Press to Play Paul McCartney -
26 In the Army Now Status Quo -
? Camper Van Beethoven Camper Van Beethoven -
Fahrenheit Toto -
High Priest of Love Zodiac Mindwarp EP
In the Pines The Triffids -
Nasty Nasty Black 'N Blue -
Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine Daryl Hall -
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R 		1 Reivax au Bongo Hector Zazou -
2 Emotional Jeffrey Osborne -
5 Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse Skinny Puppy -
8 Bouncing off the Satellites The B-52's -
11 The Sport of Kings Triumph -
13 Gone to Earth David Sylvian -
15 Blood & Chocolate Elvis Costello and the Attractions -
Express Love and Rockets -
This Side of Paradise Ric Ocasek -
True Colors Cyndi Lauper -
True Stories Talking Heads -
19 Give Me the Reason Luther Vandross -
Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? Megadeth -
20 Fore! Huey Lewis and the News -
Filigree & Shadow This Mortal Coil -
22 Constrictor Alice Cooper -
23 Break Every Rule Tina Turner -
Third Stage Boston -
26 Vigilante Magnum -
29 Brotherhood New Order -
Chicago 18 Chicago -
The Pacific Age Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark -
Somewhere in Time Iron Maiden -
? The Age of Quarrel Cro-Mags -
Another View The Velvet Underground Outtakes compilation
Blind Before I Stop Meat Loaf -
Crash The Human League -
Dangerous Games Alcatrazz -
Duotones Kenny G -
Fields of Fire Corey Hart -
Forever Breathes the Lonely Word Felt -
Inside the Electric Circus W.A.S.P. -
Menace to Society Lizzy Borden -
Talking with the Taxman About Poetry Billy Bragg -
Back to the Street Petra -

October–December[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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R 		1 Eye of the Zombie John Fogerty -
2 Whites Off Earth Now!! Cowboy Junkies Debut album
6 The Dark Metal Church -
Scoundrel Days A-ha -
7 Reign in Blood Slayer -
United Commodores -
13 Count Three & Pray Berlin -
Rock the Nations Saxon -
14 Mosaic Wang Chung -
17 Better Than Heaven Stacy Q -
Dreamtime The Stranglers -
20 Liverpool Frankie Goes To Hollywood -
Whiplash Smile Billy Idol -
Whispering Jack John Farnham Australia
21 Polka Party! "Weird Al" Yankovic -
Stars & Hank Forever! The Residents
23 Blah-Blah-Blah Iggy Pop -
24 Radio Musicola Nik Kershaw -
To Hell with the Devil Stryper -
25 Back in Black Whodini -
One to One Howard Jones -
27 Aretha Aretha Franklin -
Skylarking XTC -
31 Beyond the Gates Possessed -
Pearls of Passion Roxette Canada, Sweden Only Release
? Alive and Screamin' Krokus Live
Can't Hold Back Eddie Money -
Fame and Fortune Bad Company -
Greetings from Timbuk3 Timbuk3 -
London 0 Hull 4 The Housemartins -
No. 10, Upping St. Big Audio Dynamite -
Repossessed Kris Kristofferson -
Shake You Down Gregory Abbott -
N
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E
M
B
E
R 		1 Medusa Clan of Xymox -
3 Another Step Kim Wilde -
Christmas with The Jets The Jets Christmas
Forever Kool & the Gang -
Leather Jackets Elton John -
Menlove Ave. John Lennon -
Your Funeral... My Trial Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
4 Get Close The Pretenders -
They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants -
Trilogy Yngwie Malmsteen -
5 Raw, Uncut and X-Rated Too Short -
9 Stand Tall Killer Dwarfs -
10 Live/1975–85 Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Live Box Set
Morbid Visions Sepultura -
The Whole Story Kate Bush Compilation
11 Heartbeat Don Johnson
15 Jazz from Hell Frank Zappa -
Licensed to Ill Beastie Boys -
Live Alive Stevie Ray Vaughan Live
17 Darkness Descends Dark Angel -
Infected The The -
Think Visual The Kinks -
Saint of the Pit Diamanda Galás -
20 Holy Money Swans -
21 Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know Dead or Alive -
Notorious Duran Duran -
24 August Eric Clapton -
Now That's What I Call Music 8 Various Artists -
Utter Madness Madness Compilation
? The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs Boney M. Compilation/Remix
Famous Blue Raincoat Jennifer Warnes Canada
3.V Zebra -
Between Two Fires Paul Young -
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns Killing Joke -
Chronicle, Vol. 2 Creedence Clearwater Revival -
Deep in the Heart of Nowhere Bob Geldof -
The Doctor Cheap Trick -
Hot Together Pointer Sisters -
I Against I Bad Brains -
No More the Fool Elkie Brooks -
Power Kansas -
Strange Charm Gary Numan -
Strong Persuader Robert Cray -
Trick or Treat Fastway Soundtrack
D
E
C
E
M
B
E
R 		1 Live Magic Queen Live
5 Anything The Damned -
8 Hot, Cool & Vicious Salt-N-Pepa -
Mechanical Resonance Tesla -
9 Good Music Joan Jett and the Blackhearts -
16 Electric Café Kraftwerk -
Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide Guns N' Roses Live EP
? Chris Isaak Chris Isaak -
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Venom Live
What Do You Know, Deutschland? KMFDM -

Release date unknown[]

Biggest hit singles[]

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1986.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart entries
1 Falco "Rock Me Amadeus" 1985 Austria UK 1 – Mar 1986, US BB 1 – Feb 1986, Canada 1 – Dec 1985, Sweden 1 – Aug 1985, Sweden (alt) 1 – Sep 1985, Austria 1 – May 1985, Germany 1 – Jun 1985, Republic of Ireland 1 – Apr 1986, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1986, France 2 – Nov 1985, Switzerland 2 – Jun 1985, Netherlands 3 – May 1986, South Africa 3 of 1986, Norway 6 – Apr 1986, Italy 18 of 1985, US CashBox 19 of 1986, Poland 24 – Jun 1985, POP 29 of 1986, US BB 30 of 1986, Germany 50 of the 1980s, RYM 63 of 1985, Scrobulate 65 of 80s, KROQ 74 of 1986
2 Madonna "Papa Don't Preach" 1986 United States UK 1 – Jun 1986, US BB 1 – Jul 1986, Sweden 1 – Aug 1986, Norway 1 – Jul 1986, Italy 1 of 1986, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jun 1986, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Mar 1987, Netherlands 2 – Jun 1986, Switzerland 2 – Jul 1986, Poland 2 – Aug 1986, Germany 2 – Jul 1986, Austria 4 – Aug 1986, Australia 9 of 1986, US CashBox 18 of 1986, US BB 19 of 1986, POP 35 of 1986, 37 in 2FM list, RYM 43 of 1986, Germany 215 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 761
3 Berlin "Take My Breath Away" 1986 United States UK 1 – Oct 1986, US BB 1 – Jul 1986, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1986, Sweden 1 – Sep 1986, Republic of Ireland 1 – Oct 1986, Oscar in 1986, Switzerland 2 – Oct 1986, Germany 3 – Sep 1986, Austria 4 – Nov 1986, Norway 4 – Oct 1986, Poland 4 – Nov 1986, Australia 6 of 1986, POP 7 of 1986, US BB 13 of 1992, RYM 16 of 1986, US CashBox 21 of 1986, Italy 37 of 1986, TOTP 37, Scrobulate 80 of 80s, OzNet 251, Germany 310 of the 1980s
4 Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls" 1985 United Kingdom UK 1 – Nov 1985, US BB 1 – Mar 1986, Norway 1 – Jan 1986, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1986, US CashBox 2 of 1986, Switzerland 2 – Jan 1986, Netherlands 3 – Jan 1986, Sweden 3 – Jan 1986, Germany 3 – Jan 1986, Austria 5 – Feb 1986, France 7 – Oct 1985, KROQ 11 of 1984, Poland 14 – Jan 1986, RYM 15 of 1985, US BB 16 of 1986, South Africa 18 of 1986, Scrobulate 32 of 80s, POP 43 of 1986, Germany 232 of the 1980s, WXPN 478, OzNet 694, Acclaimed 890

Notable hits[]

  • "Absolute Beginners" – David Bowie
  • "Addicted To Love" (1985) – Robert Palmer
  • "All Cried Out" – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
  • "All I Ask of You" – Cliff Richard and Sarah Brightman
  • "All I Need Is a Miracle" (1985) – Mike + The Mechanics
  • "All the Things She Said" (1985) – Simple Minds
  • "Amanda" (recorded 1981) – Boston
  • "Baby Love" – Regina Richards
  • "Bad Boy" – Miami Sound Machine
  • "Be Good to Yourself" – Journey
  • "Best of Both Worlds" – Van Halen
  • "Brand New Lover" – Dead or Alive
  • "Breakout" – Swing Out Sister (charted in 1987 in U.S.)
  • "Bigmouth Strikes Again" – The Smiths
  • "Big Time" – Peter Gabriel (also charted in the U.S. in 1987)
  • "Bizarre Love Triangle" – New Order
  • "Brother Louie" – Modern Talking
  • "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" – Juice Newton and Eddie Rabbitt
  • "Burning Heart" – Survivor
  • "Calling America" – Electric Light Orchestra
  • "Can't Wait Another Minute" – Five Star
  • "Candy" – Cameo
  • "Capitaine abandonné" – Gold
  • "The Captain of Her Heart" – Double (released in 1985)
  • "Chain Reaction" – Diana Ross
  • "Cheap Love" – Juice Newton
  • "Coming Around Again" – Carly Simon (released in UK in 1987)
  • "Conga" – Miami Sound Machine
  • "Crush on You" – The Jets
  • "Cry to Heaven" – Elton John
  • "Dancing on the Ceiling" – Lionel Richie
  • "Danger Zone" – Kenny Loggins
  • "(I Just) Died In Your Arms" – Cutting Crew (charted in 1987 in the U.S.)
  • "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" – Glass Tiger
  • "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" – The Police
  • "Dreams" – Van Halen
  • "The Edge of Heaven" – Wham!
  • "En Rouge et Noir" – Jeanne Mas
  • "Ève lève-toi" – Julie Pietri
  • "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" – Wang Chung
  • "Flash" – Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
  • "Friends and Lovers" – Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson
    • also recorded as "Both to Each Other" by country music artists Juice Newton and Eddie Rabbitt
  • "French Kissin' In The USA" – Debbie Harry
  • "Girl Can't Help It" – Journey
  • "Glory of Love" – Peter Cetera
  • "Go Home" – Stevie Wonder
  • "Greatest Love of All" – Whitney Houston
  • "Harlem Shuffle" – The Rolling Stones
  • "Heartbeat" – Don Johnson
  • "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" – Alice Cooper
  • "Higher Love" – Steve Winwood
  • "Hip to Be Square" – Huey Lewis and the News
  • "Holding Back the Years" (1985) – Simply Red (originally released in 1985)
  • "Human" – Human League
  • "I Can't Wait" – Nu Shooz
  • "I Want to Wake Up with You" – Boris Gardiner
  • "If I Say Yes" – Five Star
  • "If She Knew What She Wants" – Bangles
  • "If You Leave" – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
  • "In the Army Now" – Status Quo
  • "Invisible Touch" – Genesis
  • "In Too Deep" – Genesis (charted in 1987 in the U.S.)
  • "Jody" – Jermaine Stewart
  • "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – Aretha Franklin
  • "A Kind of Magic" – Queen
  • "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" — The Georgia Satellites
  • "" – Jermaine Stewart
  • "Kiss" – Prince and the Revolution
  • "Kyrie" – Mr. Mister
  • "La puerta de Alcalá" – Ana Belén and Víctor Manuel
  • "The Lady in Red" – Chris de Burgh (charted in 1987 in the U.S.)
  • "La Isla Bonita" – Madonna
  • "Land of Confusion" – Genesis
  • "Le Sixième Jour" – Dalida
  • "Leave Me Alone" – Michael Jackson
  • "Les Bêtises" – Sabine Paturel
  • "Les Démons de minuit" – Images
  • "Lessons in Love" – Level 42
  • "Libertine" – Mylène Farmer
  • "Live to Tell" – Madonna
  • "Living In America" – James Brown
  • "Living Doll" – Cliff Richard and The Young Ones featuring Hank B. Marvin
  • "Livin' On a Prayer" – Bon Jovi (also in 1987)
  • "Locked In" – Judas Priest
  • "Love Touch" – Rod Stewart
  • "Love Walks In" – Van Halen
  • "Mad About You" – Belinda Carlisle
  • "Manic Monday" – The Bangles
  • "Master of Puppets" – Metallica
  • "A Matter of Trust" – Billy Joel
  • "Misfit" – Curiosity Killed the Cat
  • "Modern Woman" – Billy Joel
  • "Mountains" – Prince
  • "Move Away" – Culture Club
  • "My Hometown" (1984) – Bruce Springsteen
  • "Nasty" – Janet Jackson
  • "Never as Good as the First Time" – Sade
  • "The Next Time I Fall" – Peter Cetera and Amy Grant
  • "Nikita" – Elton John
  • "No One Is to Blame" (originally recorded in 1985) – Howard Jones
  • "No Promises" – Icehouse
  • "Nobody's Fool" – Cinderella
  • "Notorious" – Duran Duran
  • "Now and Forever (You and Me)" – Anne Murray
  • "Old Flame" – Juice Newton
  • "On My Own" – Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald
  • "Open Your Heart" – Madonna
  • "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" – Pet Shop Boys
  • "Ouragan" – Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
  • "Overjoyed" – Stevie Wonder
  • "Papa Don't Preach" – Madonna
  • "Peace Sells" – Megadeth
  • "Point of No Return" – Nu Shooz
  • "Pressure Down" – John Farnham
  • "Pretty in Pink" – The Psychedelic Furs
  • "Private Number" – The Jets
  • "A Question of Lust" – Depeche Mode
  • "A Question of Time" – Depeche Mode
  • "¿A quién le importa?" – Alaska
  • "Raining Blood" – Slayer
  • "Rain or Shine" – Five Star
  • "Rock Me Amadeus" – Falco
  • "Rough Boy" (1985) – ZZ Top
  • "The Rumour" – Jeanette Jurado and George Michael
  • "Rumors" – Timex Social Club
  • "Ruthless People" – Mick Jagger
  • "Sara" (1985) – Starship
  • "Say You Really Want Me" – Kim Wilde (North American issue)
  • "Schoolgirl" – Kim Wilde
  • "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" – Mel and Kim
  • "Silent Running" (1985) – Mike + The Mechanics
  • "Skin Trade" (song) – Duran Duran
  • "Sledgehammer" – Peter Gabriel
  • "Slice of Heaven" – Dave Dobbyn
  • "Slow Rivers" – Cliff Richard and Elton John
  • "Small Town" (1985) – John Cougar Mellencamp
  • "So Far, So Good" – Sheena Easton
  • "Something About You" (1985) – Level 42
  • "Sometimes" – Erasure
  • "Somewhere" – Barbra Streisand
  • "Stripped" – Depeche Mode
  • "Stuck with You" – Huey Lewis and the News
  • "Suburbia" – Pet Shop Boys
  • "Sweet Freedom" – Michael McDonald
  • "Sweet Love" - Anita Baker
  • "The Sweetest Taboo" (1985) – Sade
  • "System Addict" – Five Star
  • "Take Me Home Tonight" – Eddie Money
  • "Take My Breath Away" – Berlin
  • "Taken In" – Mike + The Mechanics
  • "That Was Then, This Is Now" – The Monkees
  • "Tender Love" – Force MD's
  • "That's What Friends Are For" – Dionne Warwick (duets with Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder)
  • "The Final Countdown" – Europe
  • "The Rain" – Oran "Juice" Jones
  • "The Themes from 'EastEnders' and 'Howards Way'" – The Shadows
  • "Teenage Frankenstein" – Alice Cooper
  • "(There's Gonna Be) A Showdown" – The Johnnys
  • "These Dreams" (1985) – Heart
  • "Throw Your Arms Around Me" – Hunters & Collectors
  • "Throwing It All Away" – Genesis
  • "Thorn in My Side" – Eurythmics
  • "Turbo Lover" – Judas Priest
  • "True Blue"- Madonna
  • "True Colors" – Cyndi Lauper
  • "Twist and Shout" – The Beatles
  • "Two People" – Tina Turner
  • "Two of Hearts" – Stacey Q
  • "Typical Male" – Tina Turner
  • "Venus" – Bananarama
  • "Voyage, voyage" – Desireless
  • "Walk Like an Egyptian" – The Bangles (also in 1987)
  • "Walk This Way" – Run DMC featuring Aerosmith
  • "War" – Bruce Springsteen
  • "Wasted Years" – Iron Maiden
  • "The Way It Is" – Bruce Hornsby and the Range
  • "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" – Jermaine Stewart
  • "We're Ready" (recorded 1981) – Boston
  • "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" – Metallica
  • "What Have You Done for Me Lately" – Janet Jackson
  • "What You Need" – INXS
  • "When You Gonna" – Rick Astley
  • "When I Think of You" – Janet Jackson
  • "" – El DeBarge
  • "Who Made Who" – AC/DC
  • "Why Can't This Be Love" – Van Halen
  • "Word Up!"- Cameo
  • "Words Get in the Way" – Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
  • "You Can Call Me Al" – Paul Simon
  • "You Give Love a Bad Name" – Bon Jovi
  • "You Got It All" – The Jets (also in 1987)
  • "You Keep Me Hangin' On" – Kim Wilde (charted in the U.S. in 1987)
  • "Your Love" – The Outfield
  • "Your Wildest Dreams" – The Moody Blues
  • "You're the Voice" – John Farnham (#1 in Australia, South Africa, and Quebec; not released in Europe until 1987, released in USA in 1990)

Published popular music[]

  • "All I Ask of You" w.m. Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • "Crush On You"     w.m. Jerry Knight & Aaron Zigman
  • "I Used To Be An Animal, But I'm Alright Now" w.m. Eric Burdon
  • "The Lady in Red"     w.m. Chris de Burgh
  • "True Colors" Cyndi Lauper
  • Montego Bay Amazulu – a minor hit in the U.S. in September.

Classical music[]

  • Malcolm Arnold – Symphony No. 9
  • Pascal Bentoiu – Symphony No. 7 ("Volume"), Op.29
  • Elliott Carter – String Quartet No.4
  • George Crumb – An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) for amplified flute and percussion (three players).
  • George Crumb – Federico's Little Songs for Children for soprano, flute/piccolo/alto flute/bass flute, and harp
  • Mario Davidovsky – Salvos for flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, violin and cello
  • Jacob Druckman – Reflections on the Nature of Water, for solo marimba
  • Ludovico Einaudi – Movimento
  • Peter Eötvös – Chinese Opera
  • Morton Feldman
    • For Christian Wolff, for flute and piano/celesta
    • For Stefan Wolpe, for choir and 2 vibraphones
  • Lorenzo Ferrero
    • La fuga di Foscolo
    • Anemia (film score)
    • Passacaglia, for flute, clarinet, and string quartet
    • Intermezzo "Portella della Ginestra"
    • Ninna-nanna
  • Karel Goeyvaerts –
    • De Heilige Stad (The Holy City), for chamber orchestra
    • De Zeven Segels (The Seven Seals), for string quartet
  • Martun Israelyan
    • Violin Concerto
    • Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano
  • Wojciech Kilar – Orawa, a symphonic poem for a string orchestra
  • György Kurtág – Three Ancient Inscriptions, for voice and piano
  • Alvin Lucier – Hommage to James Tenney, for double bass and pure wave oscillator
  • Witold Lutoslawski – Chain 3 for orchestra
  • Per Nørgård
    • Viola Concerto No. 1 Remembering Child
    • Najader (The Naiads)
  • Krzysztof Penderecki – The Song of Cherubin
  • Paul Schoenfield – Café Music for Piano Trio

Opera[]

  • Harrison Birtwistle's opera The Mask of Orpheus is premiered in London, UK on May 21
  • Rudolf Brucci – Gilgamesh
  • Lorenzo Ferrero's opera Salvatore Giuliano is premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma on January 25
  • Lee Hoiby – The Tempest
  • Gian-Carlo Menotti – Goya
  • Michael Nyman – The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

Jazz[]

Main article: 1986 in jazz

Musical theater[]

  • La Cage aux Folles – London production
  • Charlie Girl – London revival
  • Chess – London production
  • Me and My Girl – Broadway revival
  • The Phantom Of The Opera – London production
  • Time (musical) – London production
  • Sweet Charity – Broadway revival

Musical films[]

Musical television[]

Music festivals[]

  • Inaugural Festival International de Louisiane

Births[]

  • January 1
    • Lee Sung-min, South Korean singer and actor
    • Karol Conká, Brazilian rapper and songwriter
  • January 2 – Trombone Shorty, American trumpet and trombone player
  • January 3 – Lloyd Polite, American singer (N-Toon)
  • January 5 – Teppei Koike, Japanese singer and actor
  • January 6 – Alex Turner, English singer and guitarist (Arctic Monkeys)
  • January 7 – Megan Washington, Australian musician and singer-songwriter
  • January 11 – Mithoon, Indian film score composer and singer
  • January 17 – Chloe Rose Lattanzi, American singer and actress
  • January 20
    • Victoria Asher, American keyboard player
    • Kevin Parker, Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
  • January 22 – Ella Edmondson, British musician
  • January 24 – Raviv Ullman, Israeli-American actor and musician.
  • January 26 – Katie Waissel, English singer-songwriter
  • January 26
    • Hero, Korean singer (TVXQ)
    • Matt Heafy, singer and guitarist (Trivium)
  • January 28 – Michael Paynter, Australian singer-songwriter and musician (the Veronicas, Delta Goodrem)
  • February 2 – Blaine Larsen, American country singer
  • February 6 – U-Know, Korean singer (TVXQ)
  • February 14 – Tiffany Thornton, American actress
  • February 15 – Amber Riley, American actress, stage performer, singer and author
  • February 19 – Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
  • February 21 – Charlotte Church, Welsh singer-songwriter, activist and actress
  • February 23 – Skylar Grey, American singer-songwriter
  • February 25 – Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer
  • February 26
    • Crystal Kay, Japanese singer-songwriter, radio host and actress
    • Juliet Simms, American singer-songwriter and model (front woman of Automatic Loveletter)
    • Oscar Holter, a Swedish record producer and songwriter based in the United States (Taylor Swift, Charli XCX, Hailee Steinfeld, The Weeknd)
  • March 3 – Stacie Orrico, American singer-songwriter and occasional actress
  • March 6
    • Ginny Blackmore, New Zealand singer-songwriter
    • Maya Postepski, Canadian musician and producer
  • March 9
    • Brittany Snow, American actress, producer and singer
    • Young Fyre, American record producer (Britney Spears, Tech N9ne, Jaden Smith)
  • March 12 – Danny Jones, British musician, singer and guitarist (McFLY)
  • March 13 – Rose Elinor Dougall, English singer-songwriter and musician (Mark Ronson, The Pipettes)
  • March 14 – Este Arielle Haim, American multi-instrumentalist and singer (member of sisterhood and Los Angeles pop rock band Hiam Haim)
  • March 15
    • Adrianne Leon, American actress and singer
    • Natalie Prass, American singer-songwriter
  • March 17 – Andrew Goldstein, American singer-songwriter and record producer
  • March 18 – Lykke Li, Swedish singer-songwriter and model
  • March 20
    • Dean Geyer, South African–Australian singer-songwriter and actor
    • Oscar Görres, Swedish songwriter, record producer and musician
    • Ruby Rose, Australian model, DJ, recording artist, actress, television presenter, MTV VJ
  • March 22 – Amy Studt, English singer-songwriter and musician
  • March 26
    • Jonny Craig, Canadian singer-songwriter
    • Jonathan Groff, American singer and actor
  • March 28 – Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter, activist and pianist
  • April 2
    • Mykki Blanco, American rapper, performance artist, poet and activist
    • Lee DeWyze, American singer-songwriter
  • April 4 – Eunhyuk, Korean singer (Super Junior)
  • April 8
    • Bridget Kelly, American singer-songwriter
    • Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress and singer
  • April 28 – Jenna Ushkowitz, South Korean-born American actress, singer and podcast host
  • April 30 – Dianna Agron, American actress, singer and dancer
  • May 12 – Emily VanCamp, Canadian French actress, dancer and martial artist
  • May 13 – Alexander Rybak, Norwegian singer
  • May 14
    • Alyosha, Ukrainian singer
    • Joseph Attieh, Lebanese singer
    • Amy Shark, Australian indie singer-songwriter and producer
  • May 16 – Charlie Fink, British songwriter, producer and filmmaker
  • May 17 – Hannah Lux Davis, American music video director
  • May 21
  • May 30 – Claudia Beni, Croatian pop singer
  • May 31 – Sopho Khalvashi, Georgian musician
  • June 5 – Gin Wigmore, New Zealand singer-songwriter
  • June 10 – Tinchy Stryder, English rapper and producer
  • June 13 – DJ Snake, French DJ and record producer
  • June 17 – Lingua Ignota, born Kristin Hayter, American classically trained neoclassical industrial multi-instrumentalist and activist against abuse
  • June 24 – Solange Knowles, American singer-songwriter, activist, model and actress (Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams)
  • June 25 – Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer
  • June 27 – Drake Bell, American actor/singer/musician
  • June 28 – Kellie Pickler, American Idol singer
  • June 29 – Austin Drage, British actor and singer
  • July 2 – Lindsay Lohan, American actress, musician, singer-songwriter, documentary-maker, businesswoman and model (Samantha Ronson, Hilary Duff, Aliana Lohan)
  • July 5 – Adam Young, American singer-songwriter and producer (Owl City, Sky Sailing)
  • July 17 – Jason Aalon Butler, American musician (Letlive, Fever 333, Pressure Cracks), married to Gin Wigmore
  • July 21 – Rebecca Ferguson, British singer-songwriter
  • July 28 – Alexandra Richards, American DJ
  • August 1 – Marissa Paternoster, American artist, singer and guitarist (Screaming Females)
  • August 19 – Christina Perri, American singer/songwriter, musician and artist
  • August 23 – Neil Cicierega, American singer/songwriter, musician (Lemon Demon)
  • August 26
  • August 28 – Florence Welch, English musician, singer-songwriter, music producer, author, poet and performer (Florence and the Machine)
  • August 29 – Lea Michele, American singer, actress
  • September 10 – Ashley Monroe, American country music singer-songwriter (Pistol Annies)
  • September 12 – Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer
  • September 15 – George Watsky, American hip hop artist, author and poet (Anna Akana)
  • September 19 – Ilya Salmanzadeh, Swedish music producer
  • September 21 – Lindsey Stirling, American violinist, dancer, youtuber, record producer and performance artist
  • September 27 – Alison Wonderland, Australian electronic dance music DJ, producer and singer
  • October 1 – Jurnee Smollett-Bell, American actress and singer
  • October 6 – Meg Myers, American singer-songwriter
  • October 24 – Drake, Canadian rapper
  • October 29 – Nataly Dawn, American musician
  • November 3 – Jasmine Trias, Filipino-American singer-entertainer
  • November 5 – BoA, South Korean singer
  • November 7 – Toro y Moi, American singer-songwriter, record producer and graphic designer
  • November 8 – Nikola Rachelle, British recording artist and songwriter
  • November 11 – Jon Batiste, American jazz musician
  • November 14 - Yuna (singer), Malaysian singer-songwriter.
  • November 15 – Jerry Roush, American singer-songwriter (Of Mice & Men, Sky Eats Airplane, Glass Cloud)
  • November 20 – Oliver Sykes, English heavy metal vocalist (Bring Me the Horizon)
  • November 21 – Colleen Ballinger, American comedian, actress, singer and YouTube personality
  • November 25 – Katie Cassidy, American actress, singer, voice actress
  • December 8 – Kate Voegele, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • December 15 – Xiah, Korean singer (TVXQ)
  • December 20 – Anoop Desai, American singer-songwriter
  • December 30
    • Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter
    • Caity Lotz, American singer, dancer, actor, martial artist

Deaths[]

  • January 4 – Phil Lynott, bassist/singer and co-founder of Thin Lizzy, 36 (heart failure & pneumonia)
  • January 6 – Joe Farrell, jazz saxophonist, 48 (bone cancer)
  • January 8 – Pierre Fournier, cellist, 79
  • February 2 – Francisco Mignone, composer, 88
  • February 14 – Edmund Rubbra, composer, 84
  • February 15 – Galliano Masini, operatic tenor, 90
  • March 4
    • Richard Manuel (The Band), 42 (suicide)
    • Howard Greenfield, songwriter, 49 (AIDS)
  • March 11 – Sonny Terry, blues musician, 74
  • March 21 – Raymond Burke, jazz clarinetist, 81
  • March 22 – Mark Dinning, US singer, 52 (heart attack)
  • March 30 – James Cagney, US actor, singer and dancer, 86
  • March 31 – O'Kelly Isley of the Isley Brothers, 48 (heart attack)
  • April 1 – Donald Grobe, operatic tenor, 56
  • April 3 – Peter Pears, opera singer and partner of Benjamin Britten, 75
  • April 6 – Boris Gutnikov, violinist, 54
  • April 8 – Yukiko Okada, singer, 18 (suicide)
  • April 13 – Dorothy Ashby, jazz harpist and composer, 53 (cancer)
  • April 19
    • Dag Wirén, composer, 80
    • Estelle Yancey, blues singer, 90
  • June 3 – Anna Neagle, actress, singer and dancer, 81
  • June 13 – Benny Goodman, bandleader, 77
  • June 14 – Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist, 67
  • June 16 – Maurice Duruflé, composer, 84
  • June 17 – Kate Smith, singer, 79
  • June 29 – Dusolina Giannini, operatic soprano, 83
  • July 3 – Rudy Vallee, singer, 84
  • July 18 – Don Wilkerson, saxophonist
  • July 31 – Teddy Wilson, jazz pianist, 73
  • September 27 – Cliff Burton (Metallica), 24 (tour bus accident)
  • September 28 – Robert Helpmann, dancer and choreographer, 77
  • October 16 – Arthur Grumiaux, violinist, 65
  • October 22 – Thorgeir Stubø, Norwegian jazz guitarist, 42
  • October 29 – Abel Meeropol ('Lewis Allan'), American lyricist, 83
  • November 1 – Sippie Wallace, blues singer, 88
  • November 3 – Eddie Davis, saxophonist, 64
  • November 6 – Elisabeth Grümmer, operatic soprano, 75
  • November 7 – Tracy Pew, bass guitarist, 28 (brain hemorrhage)
  • November 13 – Rudolf Schock, operatic tenor, 71
  • November 18 – Lajos Bárdos, composer and conductor, 87
  • November 22 – Scatman Crothers, singer, dancer and musician, 76
  • December 1 – Horace Heidt, pianist and bandleader, 85
  • December 10 – Kate Wolf, folk singer and songwriter, 44 (leukemia)
  • December 30 – Charles Magnante, accordionist, composer, arranger, author, and educator, 81

Awards[]

  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened; the following artists were the first inductees: Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and record producer Sam Phillips.
  • Grammy Awards of 1986
  • Eurovision Song Contest 1986
  • 28th Japan Record Awards

Charts[]

List of no. 1 hits[]

  • Hot 100 no. 1 hits of 1986 – U.S.

See also[]

  • Record labels established in 1986

References[]

  1. ^ "1986 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony".
  2. ^ "1986 20th Anniversary Reunion Tour". Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  3. ^ "Queen Knights Bob Geldof, but Don't Call Him Sir Bob". Associated Press. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  4. ^ Emery, Mark. "1986 flashback: Remembering the year of the Mets' last title, from Reagan to Ruxpin". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "Metallica History Part 2". Metallica. Archived from the original on August 3, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2006.
  6. ^ Cary Ginell (August 1, 2013). Mr. B: The Music and Life of Billy Eckstine. Hal Leonard. ISBN 978-1-4803-6679-4.
  7. ^ Greene, Andy. "Flashback: The Smiths Play Their Last-Ever Gig". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
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