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Events
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January 21 - "Relax"
by
Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number
one in the UK singles chart: it spends a
total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.
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January 27 -
Michael Jackson's scalp is burnt during
the filming of a
Pepsi commercial and he remains calm.
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February - After a successful recovery
from the scalp burns, Michael is nominated
for twelve Grammy awards and wins eight,
breaking the record for the most Grammy
Awards won in a single year. He wins seven
for the critically acclaimed album
Thriller and the other for
a song featured in the movie
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
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February 14 -
Elton John marries studio engineer
Renate Blauel.
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February 16 -
Jerry Lee Lewis surrenders to federal
authorities on charges of income tax
evasion. Lewis is later acquitted.
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February 29 -
KMFDM's first live performance.
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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.
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Alice Cooper leaves the music industry,
after touring continuously for over ten
years. He would return in 1986.
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April 1 - In
Los Angeles, California,
Marvin Gaye is shot and killed during an
argument with his father.
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May 1
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May 2 -
Lionel Richie's hit "Hello" becomes
Motown's first ever UK million selling
single.
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May 5 -
The Pretenders singer
Chrissie Hynde marries
Simple Minds singer
Jim Kerr.
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June 16-August
11 -
Frankie Goes to Hollywood spend nine
weeks at the top of the UK singles chart
with "Two Tribes".
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July 1 - During his performance at the
first ever
Cornerstone Festival in
Grayslake, Illinois,
Steve Taylor falls from the stage,
breaking his ankle. Taylor hopped back on
stage and finished his show. The next few
shows on Taylor's tour were performed from a
wheel chair.
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August 31 -
Canadian
music video channel
MuchMusic debuts. The first video played
is
Rush's "The Enemy Within".
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September 14 - The first annual
MTV Video Music Awards are held in
New York City.
- At the VMAs,
Madonna causes controversy during
her performance of her hit single "Like
a Virgin" when she rolls around on
the stage, revealing lacy stockings and
garters, and grinds her crotch against
her veil.
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October 1 -
The Jesus and Mary Chain release their
first single, "Upside Down".
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October 19 -
A-Ha's career begins with the release of
the "Take On Me" single in the UK.
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December 1 -
Frankie Goes to Hollywood become the
first act to take their first three singles
to the UK #1 position since
Gerry and the Pacemakers in
1963, when "The Power of Love" tops the
chart.
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December 3 -
Bob Geldof and
Band Aid release the single "Do They
Know It's Christmas".
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December 8 -
Mötley Crüe member
Vince Neil is involved in a serious car
accident. He was drunk at the time, and
Razzle (Nicholas Dingley) of
Hanoi Rocks was killed in the accident.
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December 31 -
Def Leppard's drummer
Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car
wreck. He was in the hospital until the next
year (1985).
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Mantronix forms.
- Menudo and
Menudomania reach
Asia.
Ricky Martin substitutes
Ricky Melendez in the group.
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Soundgarden forms.
- UK singles sales this
year are the second highest ever, after
1978.
Styx breaks up
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Births
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February 25 -
Lovefoxxx,
Cansei de Ser Sexy
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March 18 -
Vonzell Solomon, US singer
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March 20 -
Winta
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August 5 -
Taylor Locke,
Rooney
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April 10 -
Mandy Moore
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April 24 -
Tyson Ritter,
The All-American Rejects
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June 29 -
Han Ji-hye, Korean actress/singer
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June 30 -
Fantasia Barrino, American singer
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July 24 -
Dhani Lennevald, of the
A-Teens
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July 26 -
Alex Parks, singer
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August 21
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September 16 -
Katie Melua,
Georgian singer and musician
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September 23 -
Louis Stephens,
Rooney
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October 3 -
Ashlee Simpson, singer
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October 4 -
Elena Katina, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
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October 10 -
Stephanie Cheng, singer
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October 12 -
Matthew Dewey, Australian Composer
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October 25 -
Sara Helena Lumholdt, youngest of
A-Teens
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October 27 -
Kelly Osbourne, singer
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November 9 -
Delta Goodrem, Australian singer and
actress
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November 21 -
Willy Mason
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