1986 in music |
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Events
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January 23 - The first induction into
the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck
Berry,
James Brown,
Ray Charles,
Fats Domino,
Everly Brothers,
Buddy Holly,
Jerry Lee Lewis and
Elvis Presley)
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February 11 -
Culture Club lead singer
Boy George appears on an episode of
The A-Team
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February 14 -
Frank Zappa appears on an episode of the
popular television series
Miami Vice. Zappa portrays a crime
boss named "Mr. Frankie".
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February 21 - The
Dead Kennedys play their last concert at
UC Davis in Davis, California.
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February 22 - In honor of the 20th
anniversary of
The Monkees premiering on
television,
MTV broadcasts "Pleasant Valley Sunday,"
a 22-hour marathon of Monkees episodes.
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March 27 -
Sammy Hagar performs his first concert
as the lead singer of
Van Halen
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April 12 -
The Go-Go's
Belinda Carlisle marries actor
Morgan Mason
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May 2 - Country music superstar
Dolly Parton opens her
Dollywood
theme park in
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
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May 5 - In
New York,
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Chairman
Ahmet Ertegun announces that
Cleveland, Ohio has been chosen as the
city where the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will
be built
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Alice Cooper returns to the mainstream
after a two year hiatus. The Nightmare
Returns Tour goes on to become one of the
best selling tours of 1986.
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May 10 -
Tommy Lee of
Mötley Crüe marries actress
Heather Locklear.
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May 19 -
Peter Gabriel releases
So, his first album in over 4 years.
The album reached number 2 on the charts and
sold more than 3 million copies in the U.S.
So contains the chart-topping songs
Sledgehammer (#1), Big Time
(top 10), and In Your Eyes (top 40).
The
music video for Sledgehammer won
9
MTV Video Music Awards, more than any
video in history, and was ranked the #1
video of all time by
Rolling Stone magazine. This album also
marks Peter Gabriel's introduction into the
mainstream of
world music artists such as
Youssou N'dour (who lent his vocals on
In Your Eyes). It is interesting to
note that
Genesis released their hit album
Invisible Touch in
1986, with
Phil Collins on vocals.
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May 21 -
Harrison Birtwistle's
opera
The Mask of Orpheus is premiered in
London
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May 30 -
The Monkees begin a highly successful
tour of American stadiums on their 20th
Anniversary Reunion Tour
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June 2 -
June 13 -
U2,
Sting,
Joan Baez,
Jackson Browne,
Lou Reed,
Peter Gabriel, the
Neville Brothers, and
Bryan Adams stage the
A Conspiracy of Hope Tour in the US on
behalf of
Amnesty International, playing five
cities on the tour. The final show at
New Jersey's Giants Stadium is televised
live, and the above-mentioned performers are
joined by
Joni Mitchell,
Howard Jones,
Yoko Ono,
Third World, and
Carlos Santana, as well as the other
members of
The Police.
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June 27 -
Black Flag play their last concert, in
Detroit, Michigan.
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August 28 -
Tina Turner receives a star on the
Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
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October 20 -
Duran Duran begin their career as a
three piece with the release of the "Notorious"
single
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Jello Biafra/Dead
Kennedys taken to court by the
PMRC for content in their album
Frankenchrist; Biafra wins
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Cacophony forms
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The Escape Club signs a contract to EMI
Records
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Public Enemy signs a contract to Def Jam
Records
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Black Flag breaks up
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Madness breaks up
- Wham! featuring
George Michael breaks up
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White Zombie begin performing
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Poison begins their recording career
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Dick Dale mounts a comeback effort
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Pixies forms.
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Sweet Children forms
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Bolt Thrower forms
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Skid Row forms
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The Vaselines forms
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Wet Wet Wet form
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Slayer releases
Reign in Blood, their breakthrough
album, and the one that set the stage for
many extreme metal bands to come.
- A (then) unknown
Country singer, by the name of
Garth Brooks marries his first wife,
Sandy.
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Ernesto Bonino loses his voice after a
surgical intervention
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Metallica releases their highly
influential album,
Master of Puppets, considered by
many in the metal community to be the best
metal album of all time
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Megadeth releases one of their most
influential and popular albums,
Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?.
- John Farnham releases
Whispering Jack which contains the singles
You're The Voice + Pressure Down
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Albums released
- 10 Kola Nuts -
Mory Kante
- 36.5 C -
Miyuki Nakajima
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5150 -
Van Halen
- A Date With Elvis
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The Cramps
- ABBA Live -
ABBA
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Alive & Screamin' -
Krokus
- American Girls
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American Girls
- Another View -
The Velvet Underground
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Atomizer -
Big Black
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August -
Eric Clapton
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Back in the High Life -
Steve Winwood
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Balance of Power -
Electric Light Orchestra
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Belinda - Belinda Carlisle
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Better Than Heaven -
Stacey Q
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Black Celebration -
Depeche Mode
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Bring On the Night -
Sting
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Camper Van Beethoven -
Camper Van Beethoven
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Cendres de Lune -
Mylene Farmer
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Change of Address -
Krokus
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Chicago 18 -
Chicago
- Christ Knows -
Toll
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Classics Live! -
Aerosmith
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Club Ninja -
Blue Öyster Cult
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Constrictor -
Alice Cooper
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Control -
Janet Jackson
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Crowded House -
Crowded House
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Dancing Undercover -
Ratt
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Dangerous Games -
Alcatrazz
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David Foster -
David Foster
- Dreaming In
Sequence -
Chrome
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Eat 'Em and Smile -
David Lee Roth
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Emerson, Lake & Powell -
Emerson, Lake & Powell
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Finyl Vinyl -
Rainbow
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Flaunt It -
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
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From Luxury to Heartache -
Culture Club
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Game Over -
Nuclear Assault
- Gift -
The Sisterhood
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Graceland -
Paul Simon
- Guitars,
Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. -
Dwight Yoakam
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Guitar Town -
Steve Earle
- High Priest Of
Love EP -
Zodiac Mindwarp
- Highlights of a
Dangerous Life -
The Johnnys
- Home Of The Brave
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Laurie Anderson
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Horse Rotorvator -
Coil
- Hwgr Grawth-Og
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Datblygu
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I Against I -
Bad Brains
- In America EP
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Britny Fox
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Inside the Electric Circus -
W.A.S.P.
- Inside -
Matthew Sweet
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Intermission -
Dio
- Into The Light
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Chris de Burgh
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Invisible Touch -
Genesis
- Isyu! -
Ebiet G. Ade
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Keys to Imagination -
Yanni
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Kicking Against the Pricks -
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- King of America
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Elvis Costello
- Le Mystere des
Voix Bulgares -
Le Mystčre des Voix Bulgares
- Le Visage de
l'Amour -
Dalida
- Le sixičme jour
- Dalida
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Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
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The Go-Betweens
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Licensed to Ill -
The Beastie Boys
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Lifes Rich Pageant -
R.E.M.
- Lightning Strikes
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Loudness
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Like a Rock -
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
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Little Miss Dangerous -
Ted Nugent
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Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide -
Guns N' Roses
- Live 1975-1985
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Bruce Springsteen
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Lives in the Balance -
Jackson Browne
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Look What the Cat Dragged In -
Poison
- Lyle Lovett -
Lyle Lovett
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Master of Puppets -
Metallica
- Master of The
Metal - Messiah Prophet
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Mean Business -
The Firm
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Mechanical Resonance -
Tesla
- Menace to Society
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Lizzy Borden
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Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse -
Skinny Puppy
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Mind's Eye -
Vinnie Moore
- Nasty, Nasty -
Black 'N Blue
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Night Songs -
Cinderella
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No. 10, Upping St. -
Big Audio Dynamite
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No Guru, No Method, No Teacher -
Van Morrison
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Not of This Earth -
Joe Satriani
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Notorious -
Duran Duran
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November-Coming-Fire -
Samhain
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Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt -
Die Flippers
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Orgasmatron -
Motörhead
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Paint Your Wagon -
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
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Parade -
Prince and the Revolution
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Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? -
Megadeth
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Permanent Sleep -
Lowlife
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Pleasure to Kill -
Kreator
- Portfolio -
The Michael Schenker Group
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Psychocandy -
The Jesus and Mary Chain
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QR III -
Quiet Riot
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Rage for Order -
Queensr˙che
- Rapture -
Anita Baker
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Raised On Radio -
Journey
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Raising Hell -
Run DMC
- Rat in the Kitchen
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UB40
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Reign in Blood -
Slayer
- Reivax Au Bongo
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Hector Zazou
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Rendez-Vous -
Jean Michel Jarre
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Russian Roulette -
Accept
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Scoundrel Days -
a-ha
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Seventh Star -
Black Sabbath
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Sex Mad -
NoMeansNo
- Shot in the Dark
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Great White
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Silk And Steel -
Five Star
- Skylarking -
XTC
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Slippery When Wet -
Bon Jovi
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So -
Peter Gabriel
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Solitude/Solitaire -
Peter Cetera
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Somewhere in Time -
Iron Maiden
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Sound Of Confusion -
Spaceman 3
- Stand Tall -
Killer Dwarfs
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Staring at the Sea: the Singles -
The Cure
- Storms of Life
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Randy Travis
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Strange Land -
Box of Frogs
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Strong Persuader -
Robert Cray
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Synthetic Socks -
Ween
- The Best Of Dalida
- Dalida
- The Bridge -
Billy Joel
- The Collection
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Amy Grant
- The Divine
Punishment -
Diamanda Galįs
- Tacky Souvenirs of
Pre-Revolutionary America -
Culturcide
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The Final Countdown -
Europe
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The Final Frontier -
Keel
- The Good Earth
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The Feelies
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The Queen Is Dead -
The Smiths
- The Rainmakers
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The Rainmakers
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The Seer -
Big Country
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The Ultimate Sin -
Ozzy Osbourne
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The Way It Is -
Bruce Hornsby & the Range
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The Yellow and Black Attack -
Stryper
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Then and Now... the Best of The Monkees
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The Monkees
- They Don't Make
Them Like They Used To -
Kenny Rogers
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They Might Be Giants -
They Might Be Giants
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Third Stage -
Boston
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Thrill of a Lifetime -
King Kobra
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To Hell With the Devil -
Stryper
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Tom Cochrane & Red Rider -
Tom Cochrane &
Red Rider
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Tones -
Eric Johnson
- Trick or Treat
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Fastway
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Trilogy -
Yngwie Malmsteen
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True as Steel -
Warlock
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True Blue -
Madonna
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True Colors -
Cyndi Lauper
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True Confessions -
Bananarama
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True Stories -
Talking Heads
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Truthdare Doubledare -
Bronski Beat
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Turbo -
Judas Priest
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Utter Madness -
Madness
- Velvet & Steel
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Dion DiMucci
- Vinnie Vincent
Invasion -
Vinnie Vincent Invasion
- Want Some -
Rough Cutt
- Weird Love -
The Scientists
- What Do You Know
Deutschland? -
KMFDM
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When In Rome Do As The Vandals -
The Vandals
- Whispering Jack
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John Farnham
- White Tiger -
White Tiger
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Who Made Who -
AC/DC
- Wonderland -
Erasure
- Yemenite Songs
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Ofra Haza
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Your Funeral, My Trial - Nick Cave
and the Bad Seeds
- Zebra/3.V|3.V
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Zebra
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New Trails -
Riders in the Sky
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Births
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January 26 -
Matt Heafy, singer, and guitarist
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February 2 -
Blaine Larsen, US country singer
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February 19 -
Maria Mena, singer
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February 21 -
Charlotte Church, singer
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March 3 -
Stacie Orrico, singer
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March 15 -
Adrianne Leon, actress and singer
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March 22 -
Amy Studt, singer, songwriter and
musician
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May 30 -
Claudia Beni, singer
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June 28 -
Kellie Pickler, American singer
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September 12 -
Emmy Rossum, actress and singer
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November 5 -
BoA, singer
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Deaths
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January 4 -
Phil Lynott, rock musician
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January 8 -
Pierre Fournier, cellist
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February 2 -
Francisco Mignone, composer
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February 14 -
Edmund Rubbra, composer
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March 4
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March 11 -
Sonny Terry, blues musician
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March 21 -
Raymond Burke, jazz clarinetist
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March 22 -
Mark Dinning, US singer
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March 30 -
James Cagney, US actor, singer and
dancer
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March 31 -
O'Kelly Isley,
the Isley Brothers
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April 3 -
Peter Pears, opera singer and partner of
Benjamin Britten
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April 13 -
Dorothy Ashby, jazz harpist and composer
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June 3 -
Anna Neagle, actress and singer
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June 13 -
Benny Goodman, bandleader
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June 16 -
Maurice Duruflé, composer
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June 17 -
Kate Smith, singer
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July 3 -
Rudy Vallee
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September 27 -
Cliff Burton,
Metallica, tour bus accident
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September 28 -
Robert Helpmann, dancer
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October 16 -
Arthur Grumiaux, violinist
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November 1 -
Sippie Wallace, blues singer
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November 3 -
Eddie Davis, saxophonist
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November 18 -
Lajos Bardos, composer and conductor
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November 22 -
Scatman Crothers, singer, dancer and
musician
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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. |
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Country Music Association Awards |
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Charts |
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