Information about 1984 In Music

Events

• 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.
• January 27 - Michael Jackson's scalp is burnt during the filming of a Pepsi commercial and he remains calm. Around this time, Jackson also releases the final single from his monsterous Thriller album "Thriller". The music video is considered to be the greatest ever created.
• 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.
• February 14 - Elton John marries studio engineer Renate Blauel.
• February 16 - Jerry Lee Lewis surrenders to federal authorities on charges of income tax evasion. Lewis is later acquitted.
• February 29 - KMFDM's first live performance.
• 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 leaves the music industry, after touring continuously for over ten years. He would return in 1986.
• April 1 - In Los Angeles, California, 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.
• Tipper Gore forms the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) in response to the "filth" she hears on her daughter's Prince album Purple Rain.
• May 2 - Lionel Richie's hit "Hello" becomes Motown's first ever UK million selling single.
• May 5 - The Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde marries Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr.
• June 16-August 11 - Frankie Goes to Hollywood spend nine weeks at the top of the UK singles chart with "Two Tribes".
• July 1 - During his performance at the first ever Cornerstone Festival in Grayslake, Illinois, Steve Taylor jumps off 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.
• August 31 - Canadian music video channel MuchMusic debuts. The first video played is Rush's "The Enemy Within".
• 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.
• October 1 - The Jesus and Mary Chain release their first single, "Upside Down".
• October 19 - A-Ha's career begins with the release of the "Take On Me" single in the UK.
• 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.
• December 3 - Bob Geldof and Band Aid release the single "Do They Know It's Christmas".
• 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.
• 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).
• Mantronix forms.
• Menudo and Menudomania reach Asia. Ricky Martin substitutes Ricky Melendez in the group.
• Soundgarden forms.
• UK singles sales this year are the second highest ever, after 1978.
• Styx breaks up.

Bands formed

• Big Audio Dynamite
• The Black Crowes
• Celtic Frost
• The Cult
• Fine Young Cannibals
• Glass Tiger
• Green River
• Hothouse Flowers
• The Offspring
• Soundgarden
• KMFDM
• Sepultura

Bands disbanded

• Altered Images
• Any Trouble
• Crass
• Earth, Wind & Fire
• Foghat
• Gang of Four
• King Crimson (they reunite in 1994)
• Mission of Burma
• Naked Eyes
• Orange Juice
• The Raincoats
• Poco
• Rainbow (they reunite in 1993)
• Soft Cell
• Status Quo (they reunite the following year for Live Aid and stay together)
• The Stray Cats (they reunite in 1986, then periodically over the years)
• Styx (they reunite in 1995)
• Tommy Tutone

Bands reformed

• Deep Purple

Albums released

• '74 Jailbreak EP - AC/DC
• Balls to the Wall - Accept
• Reckless - Bryan Adams
• 1984 - Ebiet G. Ade
• Live Sentence - Alcatrazz
• Mast Nazren -Ecstatic Glances Live in London, 1984 - Ghulam Ali
• Forever Young - Alphaville
• Fistful of Metal - Anthrax (debut)
• March of the Saint - Armored Saint (debut album)
• Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? - Art of Noise
• Deia...Vu - Kevin Ayers
• Bananarama - Bananarama
• All Over the Place - The Bangles
• Tropico - Pat Benatar
• Steeltown - Big Country
• Black N' Blue - Black N' Blue
• Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi
• Rita Mitsouko - Rita Mitsouko
• Tonight - David Bowie
• Box of Frogs - Box of Frogs
• Self Control - Laura Branigan
• Heartbeat City - The Cars
• Chicago 17 - Chicago
• Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
• Dreamtime - Death Cult (Band name was later changed to The Cult)
• Waking Up with the House on Fire - Culture Club
• The Top - The Cure
• Team Goon - D.I. (EP)
• Dali - Dalida
• Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
• First Strike - Def Leppard
• High 'N' Dry - Def Leppard (re-Release)
• Some Great Reward - Depeche Mode
• Desert Moon - Dennis DeYoung
• Ich kann den Anderen in deinen Augen sehn - Die Flippers
• The Last in Line - Dio
• Seasons - Dion DiMucci
• Tooth and Nail - Dokken
• The Flat Earth - Thomas Dolby
• Lady of the Stars - Donovan
• Arena (live album) - Duran Duran
• Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen
• Begegnungen - Eno Moebius Roedelius Plank
• Wings of Tomorrow - Europe
• Eden - Everything But The Girl
• The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall - The Fall
• All Fired Up - Fastway
• The Splendour of Fear - Felt
• The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories - Felt
• Gone Fishin' - Flipper
• Dancing on the Edge - Lita Ford
• Agent Provocateur - Foreigner
• Welcome to the Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• About Face - David Gilmour
• Spring Hill Fair - The Go-Betweens
• Talk Show - The Go-Go's
• Straight Ahead - Amy Grant
• Great White (band) - Great White (band)
• See You In Hell - Grim Reaper
• Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man - Guadalcanal Diary (debut)
• The Las Vegas Story - The Gun Club
• Big Bam Boom - Hall & Oates
• VOA - Sammy Hagar
• All Those Wasted Years - Hanoi Rocks (live album)
• Two Steps From The Move - Hanoi Rocks
• Walkin' The Razor's Edge - Helix
• The Art of Defense - Nona Hendryx
• Building the Perfect Beast - Don Henley
• I Often Dream of Trains - Robyn Hitchcock
• Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü
• Icon - Icon (debut album)
• Powerslave - Iron Maiden
• Horizen - Jade Warrior
• Dream Street (album) - Janet Jackson
• Body & Soul - Joe Jackson
• Heart Don't Lie - LaToya Jackson
• Centipede - Rebbie Jackson
• Victory - Jacksons
• Under Wraps - Jethro Tull
• Breaking Hearts - Elton John
• Defenders of the Faith - Judas Priest
• Lay Down the Law - Keel (debut album)
• No Kinda Dancer - Robert Earl Keen
• Intellectuals Are The Shoeshine Boys Of The Ruling Elite - Killdozer
• Animalize - Kiss
• The Blitz - Krokus
• She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper
• Give Em' The Axe EP - Lizzy Borden
• How Will the Wolf Survive? - Los Lobos
• Keep Moving - Madness
• Like a Virgin - Madonna
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen/Rising Force - Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force (debut)
• Legend: Best of Bob Marley & the Wailers - Bob Marley & the Wailers
• Give My Regards to Broad Street - Paul McCartney
• Meat Puppets II - Meat Puppets
• Revolution - Menudo
• Ride the Lightning - Metallica
• Out of Step - Minor Threat
• Double Nickels on the Dime - The Minutemen
• No Remorse - Motörhead
• Hajimemashite (How Do You Do) - Miyuki Nakajima
• From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• Penetrator - Ted Nugent
• Suddenly - Billy Ocean
• Street Talk - Steve Perry
• - Robert Plant
• From the Promised Land - Play Dead
• From the Promised Land (remix) - Play Dead
• Learning to Crawl - The Pretenders
• Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution
• The Works (Queen album) - Queen
• The Warning - Queensrÿche (first full length album release)
• Condition Critical - Quiet Riot
• Moving - The Raincoats
• Out of the Cellar - Ratt
• Volume 1 - Reagan Youth
• Breaking Curfew - Red Rider
• Reckoning - R.E.M.
• Let It Be - The Replacements
• What About Me? - Kenny Rogers
• Grace Under Pressure - Rush
• A Dancing Foot and a Praying Knee Don't Belong on the Same Leg - Scattered Order
• Love at First Sting - Scorpions
• The Glamorous Life - Sheila E.
• L.A. Is My Lady - Frank Sinatra
• Hyaena - Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Burning Oil - Skeletal Family
• Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths
• The Smiths - The Smiths
• Sonic Death - Sonic Youth
• Hard To Hold - Rick Springfield
• Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
• Haunting the Chapel EP - Slayer
• Aural Sculpture - The Stranglers
• The Yellow and Black Attack EP - Stryper
• Caught In The Act - Styx
• Cats Without Claws - Donna Summer
• Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
• Soul Mining - The The
• Into The Gap - Thompson Twins
• Isolation - Toto
• Private Dancer - Tina Turner (her breakthrough solo album)
• Thunder Seven - Triumph
• Stay Hungry - Twisted Sister
• The Unforgettable Fire - U2
• MCMLXXXIV - Van Halen
• When In Rome Do As The Vandals - The Vandals
• Beverly Hills Cop (soundtrack) - Various Artists
• Couldn't Stand the Weather - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
• The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking - Roger Waters
• No Brakes - John Waite
• Climate of Hunter - Scott Walker
• Burning The Witches - Warlock (debut album)
• W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P. (debut album)
• Pagan Place - The Waterboys
• Read My Lips - Fee Waybill
• Lights Out - Peter Wolf
• The Woman in Red - (cinematic soundtrack by Stevie Wonder)
• "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D - "Weird Al" Yankovic
• ''Optimystique - Yanni
• Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. - Dwight Yoakam (debut)
• In Rock We Trust - Y&T
• Nave Maria - Tom Zé
• No Tellin' Lies - Zebra
• ''Riders in the Sky, Live - Riders in the Sky
• ''Vengeance - The Independent Story - New Model Army

Biggest hit singles

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Stevie Wonder	I Just Called to Say I Love You	1984		UK 1 - Aug 1984, US BB 1 - Sep 1984, US BB 18 of 1984, US CashBox 9 of 1984, Canada 1 - Sep 1984, Holland 1 - Aug 1984, Sweden 1 - Sep 1984, Sweden (alt) 1 - Aug 1984, Austria 1 - Oct 1984, Switzerland 1 - Sep 1984, Norway 1 - Sep 1984, Australia 6 of 1984, Germany 52 of the 1980s, Germany 1 - Sep 1984, Éire 1 - Sep 1984, New Zealand 1 for 9 weeks Oct 1984, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Jun 1985, Oscar in 1984, POP 26 of 1984, Scrobulate 100 of r & b
2	Band Aid	Do They Know It's Christmas?	1984		UK 1 - Dec 1984, US BB 13 - Jan 1985, US CashBox 73 of 1985, Canada 1 - Dec 1984, Holland 1 - Dec 1984, Sweden 1 - Dec 1984, Sweden (alt) 1 - Dec 1984, Austria 1 - Jan 1985, Switzerland 1 - Dec 1984, Norway 1 - Jan 1985, Australia 19 of 1985, Germany 325 of the 1980s, Germany 2 - Jan 1985, Éire 1 - Dec 1984, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Jan 1985, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Sep 1985, Europe 78 of the 1980s, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1984, RYM 24 of 1984, Scrobulate 6 of Christmas, KROQ 25 of 1984, OzNet 301
3	Wham!	Wake Me Up Before You Go Go	1984		UK 1 - May 1984, US BB 1 - Oct 1984, US BB 6 of 1984, US CashBox 19 of 1984, Canada 1 - Oct 1984, Holland 1 - Jun 1984, Sweden (alt) 1 - Jun 1984, Austria 6 - Jul 1984, Switzerland 2 - Jun 1984, Norway 1 - Jun 1984, Australia 5 of 1984, Germany 230 of the 1980s, Germany 2 - Jun 1984, Éire 1 - Jun 1984, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1985, Europe 84 of the 1980s, RYM 195 of 1984, POP 7 of 1984, KROQ 20 of 1984, OzNet 146
4	Cyndi Lauper	Girls Just Wanna Have Fun	1984		UK 2 - Jan 1984, US BB 2 - Jan 1984, US BB 2 of 1984, US CashBox 16 of 1984, Canada 2 - Feb 1984, Holland 3 - Feb 1984, Sweden (alt) 5 - Mar 1984, France 8 - Dec 1983, Austria 3 - May 1984, Switzerland 6 - Apr 1984, Norway 1 - Mar 1984, Australia 9 of 1984, Germany 388 of the 1980s, Germany 6 - Mar 1984, Éire 1 - Feb 1984, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks May 1984, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Dec 1984, RYM 63 of 1983, POP 2 of 1984, RIAA 122, Acclaimed 391, KROQ 65 of 1984, Party 35 of 2007
5	Prince	When Doves Cry	1984		UK 4 - Jun 1984, US BB 1 - Jun 1984, US BB 11 of 1984, US CashBox 1 of 1984, Canada 1 - Jun 1984, Holland 5 - Jul 1984, Sweden 9 - Sep 1984, Sweden (alt) 18 - Aug 1984, Austria 19 - Oct 1984, Switzerland 17 - Aug 1984, Norway 10 - Sep 1984, Australia 14 of 1984, Germany 22 - Aug 1984, Australia 1 for 1 weeks May 1985, Europe 98 of the 1980s, Belgium 259 of all time, Rolling Stone 52, 59 in 2FM list, RYM 1 of 1984, POP 57 of 1984, Scrobulate 9 of funk, WXPN 564, Acclaimed 40, KROQ 39 of 1984, OzNet 206

Top hits

• "Against All Odds" - Phil Collins
• "All Cried Out" - Alison Moyet
• "All Through the Night" - Cyndi Lauper
• "An Innocent Man" - Billy Joel
• "Automatic" - Pointer Sisters
• "Be My Number Two" - Joe Jackson
• "Better Be Good To Me" - Tina Turner
• "Big City Nights" - The Scorpions
• "Borderline" - Madonna
• "Blue Jean" - David Bowie
• "Breakdance" - Irene Cara
• "Breakin'... There's No Stoppin' Us" - Ollie & Jerry
• "Careless Whisper" -George Michael
• "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run)" - Billy Ocean
• "Centipede" - Rebbie Jackson
• "Cherry Oh Baby" - UB40
• "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
• "Distant Early Warning" - Rush
• "Doctor! Doctor!" - Thompson Twins
• "Don't Tell Me" - Blancmange
• "Drive" - The Cars
• "Easy Lover" - Phillip Bailey duet with Phil Collins
• "Eyes Without a Face" - Billy Idol
• "Flame Trees" - Cold Chisel
• "Flesh For Fantasy" - Billy Idol
• "Footloose" - Kenny Loggins
• "Forest Fire" - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
• "Freedom" - Wham!
• "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper
• "Ghostbusters" - Ray Parker Jr.
• "God Bless the USA" - Lee Greenwood
• "Half A Boy Half A Man" - Nick Lowe
• "Hammer to Fall" - Queen
• "Heaven's On Fire" - Kiss
• "Hello" - Lionel Richie
• "Here Comes the Rain Again" - Eurythmics
• "High on Emotion" - Chris De Burgh
• "Heaven (Must Be There)" - Eurogliders #1 (a)
• "Hold Me Now" - Thompson Twins
• "Hold On To Love" - Gary Moore
• "Hot Water" - Level 42
• "Human Touch" - Rick Springfield
• "I Scare Myself" - Thomas Dolby
• "I Want A New Drug" 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
• "Infatuation" - Rod Stewart
• "Invisible" - Alison Moyet
• "If This Is It" - Huey Lewis and the News
• "It's A Hard Life" - Queen
• "It's a Miracle" - Culture Club
• "Joanna" - Kool & The Gang
• "Jokerman" - Bob Dylan
• "Jump" - Van Halen
• "Kalimba De Luna" - Dalida
• "L'Innamorata" - Dalida
• "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
• "Locomotion" - OMD
• "Love Somebody" - Rick Springfield
• "Lucky Star" - Madonna
• "Madam Butterfly" - Malcolm McLaren
• "Magic" - The Cars
• "Master and Servant" - Depeche Mode
• "Message To My Girl" - Split Enz
• "Michael Caine" - Madness
• "Missing You" - John Waite
• "Miss Me Blind"- Culture Club
• "Mistake No. 3" - Culture Club
• "My Ever Changing Moods" - Style Council
• "No Mercy" - The Stranglers
• "No More Lonely Nights" - Paul McCartney
• "Oh Sherrie" - Steve Perry
• "One Love/People Get Ready" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
• "One Night In Bangkok" - Murray Head
• "Original Sin" - INXS
• "Panama" - Van Halen
• "Pearl In The Shell" - Howard Jones
• "Pearly Dewdrops' Drops" - Cocteau Twins
• "Penny Lover" - Lionel Richie
• "People Are People" - Depeche Mode
• "Perfect Skin" - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
• "Pour te dire je t'aime" - Dalida
• "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
• "Relax" - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• "Robert De Niro's Waiting..." - Bananarama
• "Rock You Like a Hurricane" - The Scorpions
• "Round and Round" - RATT
• "Run Runaway" - Slade
• "Run To You" - Bryan Adams
• "Running With the Night" - Lionel Richie
• "Saturday Night" - Cold Chisel
• "Self Control" - Laura Branigan
• "Seven Seas" - Echo and the Bunnymen
• "She Bop" - Cyndi Lauper
• "She Was Hot" - Rolling Stones
• "Shout" - Tears for Fears
• "Shout To The Top" - Style Council
• "Silver" - Echo and the Bunnymen
• "Skin Deep" - Stranglers
• "Soul Kind Of Feeling - Dynamic Hepnotics
• "Smooth Operator" - Sade
• "So Tired" - Ozzy Osbourne
• "Soleil" - Dalida
• "Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell
• "Some Guys Have All The Luck" - Rod Stewart
• "Standing In The Shadows" - Whitesnake
• "Strut" - Sheena Easton
• "Stuck On You" - Lionel Richie, Trevor Walters
• "Sunglasses at Night" - Corey Hart
• "That's All" - Genesis
• "The Killing Moon" - Echo and the Bunnymen
• "The Heart of Rock and Roll" - Huey Lewis and the News
• "The Longest Time" - Billy Joel
• "The Lucky One" - Laura Branigan
• "The More You Live The More You Love" - A Flock of Seagulls
• "The Never Ending Story" - Limahl
• "The Power of Love" - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• "The Reflex" - Duran Duran
• "The War Song" - Culture Club
• "The Wild Boys" - Duran Duran
• "Thin Line Between Love And Hate" - Pretenders
• "Ti Amo" - Laura Branigan
• "Time After Time" - Cyndi Lauper
• "Tinseltown In The Rain" - 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
• "Torture" - Jacksons
• "TV Dinners" - 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!
• "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 Gonna Make A Living" - Sade
• "When Doves Cry" - Prince
• "When Love Breaks Down" - Prefab Sprout
• "Where The Rose Is Sown" - Big Country
• "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 Think You're a Man" - Divine
• "You're The Best Thing" - Style Council
• "Young At Heart" - The Bluebells
• "Your Love Is King" - Sade

Christmas songs

• "Do They Know It's Christmas" - Band Aid
• "Last Christmas" - Wham!
• "Thank God It's Christmas" - Queen
• "Another Rock And Roll Christmas" - Gary Glitter

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.
• "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
• Brian Cherney - Into the Distant Stillness
• George Crumb - A Haunted Landscape for orchestra
• George Crumb - The Sleeper for soprano and piano
• Mario Davidovsky - Divertimento for cello and orchestra
• Ludovico Einaudi - Altissimo
• Daron Hagen - A Walt Whitman Requiem
• John Harbison - String Quartet no. 1
• Robin Holloway - Viola concerto
• Ian McDougall - Concerto for Clarinet
• Elizabeth Maconchy - String Quartet no. 13, Quartetto Corto
• Ingram Marshall - Voces Resonae
• Steve Reich - The Desert Music
• Tōru Takemitsu - riverrun for piano and orchestra
• Robert Ward - Saxophone Concerto

Opera

• Harrison Birtwistle - The Mask of Orpheus
• Philip Glass - Akhnaten
• Philip Glass - the CIVIL warS (Rome section)
• Krzysztof Penderecki - The Black Mask
• Peter Schickele - The Abduction of Figaro, attributed to P. D. Q. Bach.

Musical theater

• Starlight Express - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe
• 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

• The Cotton Club
• Hard To Hold
• The Muppets Take Manhattan
• Breakin'

Births

• February 25 - Lovefoxxx, Cansei de Ser Sexy
• March 18 - Vonzell Solomon, US singer
• March 20 - Winta
• August 5 - Taylor Locke, Rooney
• April 10 - Mandy Moore
• April 24 - Tyson Ritter, The All-American Rejects
• June 29 - Han Ji-hye, Korean actress/singer
• June 30 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer
• July 24 - Dhani Lennevald, of the A-Teens
• July 26 - Alex Parks, singer
• August 21
• Alizée, singer
• Melissa Schuman, Singer Dream (Group)
• September 16 - Katie Melua, Georgian singer and musician
• September 23 - Louis Stephens, Rooney
• September 27 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian Rock Singer and Musician
• October 3 - Ashlee Simpson, singer
• October 4 - Elena Katina, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
• October 10 - Stephanie Cheng, singer
• October 12 - Matthew Dewey, Australian Composer
• October 25 - Sara Helena Lumholdt, youngest of A-Teens
• October 27 - Kelly Osbourne, singer
• November 9 - Delta Goodrem, Australian singer and actress
• November 21 - Willy Mason

Deaths

• February 15 - Ethel Merman
• April 1 - Marvin Gaye
• April 6 - Jimmy Kennedy, Irish-born British songwriter
• April 26 - Count Basie, jazz musician
• May 1 - Gordon Jenkins, US conductor, songwriter and pianist
• June 15 - Meredith Willson, US songwriter
• June 28 - Mischa Spoliansky, Russian born composer and conductor
• July 31 - Paul Le Flem, composer
• September 6 - Ernest Tubb, country western musician
• September 20 - Steve Goodman, singer/songwriter best known for "City of New Orleans"
• December 9 - Razzle (Nicholas Dingley), drummer of Hanoi Rocks

Awards

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1984

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1984

Charts

List of No. 1 Hits

• Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1984

List of No. 1 Albums

• Billboard Top 200 No. 1 Albums of 1984 (USA)

KROQ

• KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1984

See also

• other events of 1984
• list of 'years in music'
• 1980s in music