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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". At the time, 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

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
About Face - David Gilmour
Agent Provocateur - Foreigner (band)
All Fired Up - Fastway (band)
All Over The Place - The Bangles
All Those Wasted Years - Hanoi Rocks
Animalize - Kiss (band)
Arena(Live Album) - Duran Duran
The Art of Defense - Nona Hendryx
Aural Sculpture - The Stranglers
Back and Forth - Skinny Puppy
Balls to the Wall - Accept
Bananarama - Bananarama
Beverly Hills Cop (soundtrack) - Various Artists
Big Bam Boom - Hall & Oates
The Blitz (album) - Krokus (band)
Body & Soul - Joe Jackson
Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi
Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
Box of Frogs - Box of Frogs
Breaking Curfew - Red Rider
Breaking Hearts - Elton John
Building the Perfect Beast - Don Henley
Burning Oil - Skeletal Family
Burn the Witches - Warlocks (band)
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
March of the Saint - Armored Saint
Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? - Art of Noise
Deia...Vu - Kevin Ayers
Tropico - Pat Benatar
Steeltown - Big Country
Tonight - David Bowie
Self Control - Laura Branigan
Heartbeat City - The Cars
From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Chicago 17 - Chicago
Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Fried - Julian Cope
World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope
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
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
The Splendour of Fear - Felt
The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories - Felt
Gone Fishin' - Flipper
Dancing on the Edge - Lita Ford
Welcome to the Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
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
VOA - Sammy Hagar
Two Steps From The Move - Hanoi Rocks
Walkin' The Razor's Edge - Helix
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
Heart Don't Lie - LaToya Jackson
Centipede - Rebbie Jackson
Victory - Jacksons
Under Wraps - Jethro Tull
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
Opium - KMFDM (Debut Album)
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
Rita Mitsouko - Rita Mitsouko
No Remorse - Motörhead
Hajimemashite (How Do You Do) - Miyuki Nakajima
Work Resumed on the Tower - News from Babel
Penetrator - Ted Nugent
Suddenly - Billy Ocean
Street Talk - Steve Perry
The Honeydrippers: Volume One - 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
Reckoning - R.E.M.
Remission - Skinny Puppy
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
Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths
The Smiths - The Smiths
Sonic Death - Sonic Youth
Hard To Hold - Rick Springfield
Haunting the Chapel EP - Slayer
The Yellow and Black Attack EP - Stryper
Caught In The Act - Styx
Cats Without Claws - Donna Summer
It's My Life - Talk Talk
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
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
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)
Tocsin - Xmal Deutschland
"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

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1984.

#	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, 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, Poland 1 - Jan 1984, Italy 1 of 1984, Germany 1 - Sep 1984, Eire 1 - Sep 1984, New Zealand 1 for 9 weeks Oct 1984, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Jun 1985, Oscar in 1984, Australia 6 of 1984, US CashBox 9 of 1984, US BB 18 of 1984, POP 26 of 1984, Germany 52 of the 1980s, Scrobulate 100 of r & b
2	Band Aid	Do They Know It's Christmas?	1984	/	UK 1 - Dec 1984, 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, Eire 1 - Dec 1984, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Jan 1985, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Sep 1985, Germany 2 - Jan 1985, Scrobulate 6 of Christmas, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1984, Poland 8 - Dec 1984, US BB 13 - Jan 1985, Australia 19 of 1985, Italy 19 of 1985, RYM 24 of 1984, KROQ 25 of 1984, US CashBox 73 of 1985, Europe 78 of the 1980s, OzNet 301, Germany 325 of the 1980s
3	Wham!	Wake Me Up Before You Go Go	1984		UK 1 - May 1984, US BB 1 - Oct 1984, Canada 1 - Oct 1984, Holland 1 - Jun 1984, Sweden (alt) 1 - Jun 1984, Norway 1 - Jun 1984, Eire 1 - Jun 1984, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1985, Switzerland 2 - Jun 1984, Germany 2 - Jun 1984, Australia 5 of 1984, US BB 6 of 1984, Austria 6 - Jul 1984, POP 7 of 1984, US CashBox 19 of 1984, KROQ 20 of 1984, Poland 23 - Jun 1984, Europe 84 of the 1980s, OzNet 146, RYM 195 of 1984, Germany 230 of the 1980s
4	Cyndi Lauper	Girls Just Wanna Have Fun	1984		Norway 1 - Mar 1984, Eire 1 - Feb 1984, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks May 1984, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Dec 1984, UK 2 - Jan 1984, US BB 2 - Jan 1984, US BB 2 of 1984, Canada 2 - Feb 1984, POP 2 of 1984, Holland 3 - Feb 1984, Austria 3 - May 1984, Sweden (alt) 5 - Mar 1984, Switzerland 6 - Apr 1984, Germany 6 - Mar 1984, France 8 - Dec 1983, Australia 9 of 1984, US CashBox 16 of 1984, Italy 16 of 1984, Party 35 of 2007, RYM 63 of 1983, KROQ 65 of 1984, RIAA 122, Germany 388 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 391
5	Frankie Goes To Hollywood	Relax	1984		UK 1 - Nov 1983, Switzerland 1 - Feb 1984, Germany 1 - Feb 1984, TOTP 1, KROQ 1 of 1984, France 2 - Nov 1983, Norway 2 - Feb 1984, Sweden (alt) 4 - Mar 1984, Austria 4 - Mar 1984, Holland 5 - Jan 1984, Canada 7 - Apr 1984, US BB 10 - Feb 1985, US BB 11 of 1985, Italy 11 of 1984, Australia 16 of 1984, POP 16 of 1985, Poland 18 - Feb 1984, RYM 21 of 1983, Virgin 31, Scrobulate 45 of 80s, Germany 72 of the 1980s, Europe 94 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 270, OzNet 574

Top hits

"Agadoo" - Black Lace
"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
"I'll Wait" - Van Halen
"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

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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
May 2 - Rose Falcon
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 15 - Charles Lynch, Irish concert pianist
September 20 - Steve Goodman, singer/songwriter best known for "City of New Orleans"
December 9 - Razzle (Nicholas Dingley), drummer of Hanoi Rocks

1984 in music

Contents

Events

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

Bands reformed

Albums released

Biggest hit singles

Top hits

Christmas songs

Published popular music

Classical music

Opera

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

Awards

Grammy Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Charts

List of No. 1 Hits

List of No. 1 Albums

KROQ

See also