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Events
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January 28 - Various artists, including
Ray Charles,
Bob Dylan,
Michael Jackson,
Billy Joel,
Cyndi Lauper,
Steve Perry,
Kenny Loggins,
Willie Nelson,
Lionel Richie,
Smokey Robinson,
Kenny Rogers,
Diana Ross,
Paul Simon,
Bruce Springsteen,
Tina Turner and
Stevie Wonder, record the song "We Are
The World".
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February 21 -
Whitney Houston releases her first
album.
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March 3 - A
wax likeness of
Michael Jackson is unveiled at
London's
Madame Tussaud's wax museum.
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March 26 -
South African radio stations ban
Stevie Wonder's music in response to
Wonder dedicating the
Oscar he had won the night before to
Nelson Mandela.
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April 1 - After months of talks,
David Lee Roth leaves
Van Halen to begin a solo career.
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April 10 -
Madonna goes on her very first tour,
dubbed after her
Like A Virgin album,
The Virgin Tour in
Seattle,
Washington.
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June 11 -
Madonna ends
The Virgin Tour at
Madison Square Garden in
New York.
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July 13 -
Live Aid concert in
Wembley and
Philadelphia. Headlining act at the
latter venue included a
Led Zeppelin reunion, the first since
their
1980 disbandment.
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August 1 -
Michael Jackson purchases the publishing
rights for most of
the Beatles' music for
US$47 million, much to the dismay of
Paul McCartney,
George Harrison, and
Ringo Starr.
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August 16 - On her 27th birthday,
Madonna marries actor
Sean Penn. They will divorce in
1989.
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September 19 - the
P.M.R.C's infamous "senate hearing on
rock censorship" was held on this day in
Washington D.C. Heavy metal singer Dee
Snider of
Twisted Sister, rock star
Frank Zappa and country singer
John Denver testified against the
P.M.R.C.
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September 22 -
Farm Aid concert in
Champaign, Illinois.
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December 5 - The first fully digital
reggae single,
Wayne Smith's "(Under Me)
Sleng Teng", is recorded at
Prince Jammy's studio; it is the
beginning of
ragga style reggae.
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Eric B. & Rakim meet and begin making
music together
- The former
Beatles producer
George Martin works with country music
legend
Kenny Rogers on the album 'The Heart of
the Matter'.
- Several hundreds of
thousands of U.S. dollars in publishing
royalties are released to the surviving
members of
Badfinger and families of the deceased.
Two band members,
Pete Ham and Tom Evans, previously
committed suicide due to financial problems.
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Phranc solo career starts
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones form
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Private Domain form
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Widespread Panic form
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Stabbing Westward form
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The Feelies reunites
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The Modern Art releasee their debut
single
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The Police disband
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The Specials disband
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Men at Work disbands
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Quarterflash disband
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Minutemen disband
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Orange Juice disband
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Chic disband
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Dr. Hook disband
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Devo disband (they reform in 1987, and
disband again in 1990)
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The J. Geils Band disband
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Guns N' Roses form
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Births
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February 20 -
Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
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May 10 -
Asley Poole, singer
Dream (Group)
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May 22 -
Vangie Tang, singer
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June 15 -
Nadine Walsh,
Girls Aloud
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August 1 -
Dina, singer
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August 3 -
Holly Arnstein, Singer
Dream (Group)
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September 23 -
Diana Ortiz, Singer
Dream (Group)
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October 15 -
Nicola Roberts,
Girls Aloud
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October 22 -
Zachary Hanson,
Hanson
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December 10 -
Raven-Symoné, actress and singer
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Deaths
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January 9 -
Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and
composer
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February 11 -
Heinz Eric Roemheld
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February 11 -
Ulysses Simpson Kay
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February 12 -
Leslie Sarony, English singer, comedian
and songwriter
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February 18 -
Gábor Darvas, composer and musicologist
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February 22 -
Efrem Zimbalist, violinist
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February 28 -
David Byron,
Uriah Heep
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March 31 -
Jeanine Deckers, known as
The Singing Nun and had a hit record, "Dominique"
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May 19 -
Hilding Rosenberg, composer
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July 23 -
Kay Kyser, US bandleader
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September 6 -
Little Brother Montgomery
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September 11 -
William Alwyn, English composer
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October 6 -
Nelson Riddle, US conductor, composer
and arranger
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October 11 -
Tex Williams, US country singer
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October 14 -
Emil Gilels, pianist
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October 21 -
Ricky Wilson, founding member of
The B-52's
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December 12 -
Ian Stewart,
The Rolling Stones, cerebrovascular
accident
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December 22 -
D. Boon, lead singer of
Minutemen
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December 31 -
Ricky Nelson, singer, former
teen idol
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