24 December:ROBERT CARMINE = American actor, musician, and film director, lead vocalist of Rooney
27 December:TERJI SKIBENÆS = Faroese guitarist, member of Týr
Timeline of Musical Events
15 January: K.C. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida.
20 January: Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a live bat thrown at him during a performance in Des Moines, Iowa. He thought it was rubber.
21 January: B. B. King donates his personal record collection, which includes nearly 7,000 rare blues records, to the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture.
22 January: Tommy Tucker, writer of "Hi Heel Sneakers", dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning sustained while he was finishing floors in his home.
13 February: A 300-pound (136 kg) gravestone from the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant is stolen from an Orange Park, Florida cemetery. Police found the gravestone 2 weeks later in a dry river bed.
19 February: Ozzy Osbourne gets arrested after urinating on The Alamo, in San Antonio, Texas.
20 February: Pat Benatar marries her guitarist, Neil Giraldo on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
27 February: the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company gave its final performance at the Adelphi Theatre after more than 110 years.
3 March: The Mamas & the Papas begin a reunion tour with a show in the New York club The Other End. Spanky McFarlane replaces Mama Cass.
4 March: Frank Zappa's son Dweezil and daughter Moon Unit form Fred Zeppelin.
5 March: Comedian and Blues Brother John Belushi is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles.
18 March: Teddy Pendergrass is severely injured in a car accident in Philadelphia. Pendergrass's injuries result in him being paralyzed from the waist down.
19 March: Ozzy Osbourne's lead guitarist, Randy Rhoads is killed in a freak accident in Leesburg, Florida when the plane in which he is riding buzzes Osbourne's tour bus and crashes into a house. The plane's pilot and a female passenger are also killed.
28 March: In Los Angeles, David Crosby is arrested for possession of Quaaludes and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon.
13 April: David Crosby is arrested on drug charges for the second time in three weeks when Dallas police catch him preparing cocaine backstage before a show.
15 April: Billy Joel is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Long Island, New York. Joel spends over a month in the hospital undergoing physical therapy for his hand.
17 April: Johnny Cash hosts Saturday Night Live with Cash and Elton John and his classic band as the musical guests. Cash sings I Walk The Line, Folsom Prison Blues, Ring of Fire and Sunday Morning Coming Down. John sings Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) and Ball and Chain. The latter would not appear on the NBC show again until 2011.
24 April: Germany wins the 27th annual Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Harrogate Conference Centre, North Yorkshire, with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden", sung by 17-year-old Nicole. She also records the song in English as "A Little Peace", which becomes the 500th chart-topping single in the UK.
26 April:
Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but is not hurt. The car is recovered several days later.
Joe Strummer vanishes, forcing The Clash to postpone their U.K. tour.
30 April: Influential rock journalist Lester Bangs dies in his New York apartment of an apparent accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
14 May: The first Prince's Trust charity concert is held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. With Prince Charles in attendance, Status Quo, becomes the first contemporary band to play to British royalty.
18 May: Three weeks after disappearing, Joe Strummer and his girlfriend are found living in Paris, two days after they ran the Paris Marathon.
26 May: The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Aberdeen, Scotland.
19 June: Amy Grant marries Gary Chapman.
4 July: Ozzy Osbourne marries his manager Sharon Arden in Maui, Hawaii.
21 July: A second Prince's Trust charity concert is held at the Dominion Theatre in London. Performers include Pete Townshend, Robert Plant, Madness, Phil Collins, Joan Armatrading and Kate Bush.
7 August: Ozzy Osbourne shaves his head completely bald just before a concert in New Orleans, Louisiana.
17 August: The first mass production of the compact disc began in Langenhagen near Hanover, Germany
18 August: Four streets in Liverpool are named after each of The Beatles.
31 August: Ronnie James Dio plays his final show with Black Sabbath (until 1992).
3-5 September: The first US Festival is held over Labor Day Weekend near Devore, California. The Police, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Talking Heads and The B-52's are among the many performers.
7 September: The musical Cats begins its 18 year run on Broadway.
22 September: The Who begin their only formally-announced "farewell" tour in Washington, D.C.
1 October: The first compact discs appear in music stores in Japan.
6 October: Madonna's debut single, "Everybody", is released on Sire Records.
5 November: The first edition of The Tube is broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK.
21 November: Joni Mitchell marries producer and bassist Larry Klein in Malibu.
25-27 November: The Jamaica World Music Festival is held in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Acts over the three-day festival include Peter Tosh, Rick James, The Clash, Grateful Dead, Aretha Franklin and, in their final show before disbanding, Squeeze.
29 November: Sena Jurinac appears on stage for the last time, with the Vienna State Opera.
30 November: Thriller is released by Michael Jackson and goes on to be greatest selling album of all time, with 104 million units sold worldwide.
3 December: The most successful group of the 1970s, Abba, release their final original single "Under Attack". A split is never officially announced.
31 December: The eleventh annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by The Go-Go's, Hall & Oates, Ronnie Milsap, Barry Manilow and Jermaine Jackson.
Published Popular Music
"How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" = lyrics by ALAN BERGMAN & MARILYN BERGMAN; music by MICHEL LeGRAND. From the film 'Best Friends'
"Key Largo" = lyrics & music by SONNY LIMBO & BERTIE HIGGINS
"Let's Go to the Movies" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the film version of the musical 'Annie'
"Sandy (Dumb Dog)" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the film version of the musical 'Annie'
"Sign!" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the film version of the musical 'Annie'
"St. Elsewhere theme song" = music by DAVE GRUSIN
"Up Where We Belong" = lyrics by WILL JENNINGS; music by BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE & JACK NITZSCHE
"We Got Annie" = lyrics by MARTIN CHARNIN; music by CHARLES STROUSE from the film version of the musical 'Annie'
"Where Everybody Knows Your Name" = lyrics & music by JUDY HART ANGELO & GARY PORTNOY, theme from the TV series 'Cheers'
"Without Us" = lyrics by TOM SCOTT; music by JEFF BARRY, theme from the TV series 'Family Ties'
Classical Music
HANS ABRAHAMSEN
Nacht und Trompeten
GEORGE CRUMB
Pastoral Drone for organ
Trio for Strings
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY
Sting Trio for violin, viola, violoncello
ROSS EDWARDS
Piano Concerto in A
LORENZO FERRERO
Thema 44 (ad honorem J. Haydn)
My Blues
My Rag
Respiri
Soleils
DARON HAGEN
Echo's Songs
RUDOLF KOMOROUS
Serenade for Strings
MEL POWELL
String Quartet
ROBERT SIMPSON
String Quartet no. 9, 32 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Haydn
TORU TAKEMITSU
Rain Coming for chamber orchestra
Rain Spell for flute, clarinet, harp, piano and vibraphone
JAY UNGAR
Ashokan Farewell
Opera
NICOLAS FLAGELLO
The Judgment of St Francis
STEPHEN PAULUS
The Postman Always Rings Twice
PETER SCULTHORPE
Quiros
Musical Theatre
ANDY CAPP
(Alan Price)
London production opened at the Aldwych Theatre on September 28 and ran for 99 performances
CATS
(Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 7 and ran for 7485 performances
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
(Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice)
Broadway production opened at the Royale Theatre on January 27 and ran for 747 performances
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
off-Broadway production opened at the Orpheum Theatre on July 27 and ran for 2209 performances
NINE
Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on May 9 and ran for 729 performances
PIRATES OF PENZANCE
London revival
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
(Saul Chaplin, Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer)
Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on July 8 and ran for 5 performances
SONG AND DANCE
(Andrew Lloyd Webber)
London production opened at the Palace Theatre on April 7 and ran for 781 performances
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc
Page created: 21st April 2011
Last edited: 21st February 2024
