KRISTY LEE COOK = American country singer, American Idol 2008 finalist
BENJI SCHWIMMER = American professional dancer, choreographer and actor. On August 16, 2006 he was announced as the winner of the second season of So You Think You Can Dance
20 January:TONI GONZAGA = Filipina actress and singer
9 February:HAN GENG = Chinese singer in Korea, member of Super Junior
15 February:DOROTA RABCZEWSKA = Polish singer and model
25 February:LUÍSA HANAE MATSUSHITA bka LOVEFOXXX = Brazilian lead singer of indie band Cansei de Ser Sexy
18 March:VONZELL SOLOMON = American singer
20 March:CHRISTY CARLSON ROMANO = American actress and singer
25 March:KATHARINE McPHEE = American actress, singer and songwriter. She gained fame in May 2006 as the runner-up on the fifth season of American Idol
26 March:STÉPHANIE LAPOINTE = Canadian singer
6 April:MAX BEMIS = American musician, member of Say Anything
10 April:MANDY MOORE = American actress, singer, and songwriter
22 April:AMELLE BERRABAH, British singer, member of Sugababes
24 April:TYSON RITTER = American singer-songwriter, musician, actor and model, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, pianist, and songwriter of the pop punk band The All-American Rejects
27 April:PATRICK STUMP = American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor, and music critic. He is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, pianist and composer for the rock band Fall Out Boy
1 May:KEIICHIRO KOYAMA = Japanese musician and leader of the Johnny's Entertainment group NEWS, and actor
3 May:CHERYL BURKE = American dancer, model and TV Host
5 May:WADE MacNEIL = Canadian guitarist
25 May:
MARION RAVEN = Norwegian singer-songwriter, member of M2M
NIKOLAI POKOTYLO = Russian singer
4 June:RAINIE YANG = Taiwanese singer
17 June:JOHN GALLAGHER, Jr. = American actor, singer and dancer
23 June:DUFFY = Welsh singer-songwriter
29 June:HAN JI-HYE = Korean actress/singer
30 June:FANTASIA BARRINO = American singer
4 July:
GINA GLOCKSEN = American singer, who was the ninth-place finisher on the sixth season of American Idol
9 July:JACOB HOGGARD = Canadian singer/lead singer of Hedley
12 July:GARETH GATES = English singer
17 July:ASAMI KIMURA = Japanese singer
24 July:
DHANI LENNEVALD = Swedish Pop/R&B dancer and singer. He was a former member of the pop group A*Teens
TYLER KYTE = Canadian actor/singer
25 July:DONG-HYEK LIM = South Korean pianist
26 July:ALEX PARKS = English singer-songwriter
3 August:CARAH FAYE CHARNOW = American singer for the band Shiny Toy Guns
5 August:TAYLOR LOCKE = American musician, former member of Rooney
21 August:
ALIZÉE = French singer, dancer and voice actress
MELISSA SCHUMAN = American singer and actress. Schuman is best known for her role in the all-girl teen band Dream
24 August:YESUNG = Korean singer, member of Super Junior
31 August:WILL MARTIN = New Zealand-born classical crossover singer
September:WU DI = Chinese-American pianist
1 September:JOE TROHMAN = American musician
16 September:
SABRINA BRYAN = American actress and singer
KATIE MELUA = Georgian singer and musician
22 September:THERESA FU = Hong Kong singer and actress
23 September:LOUIS STEPHENS = American musician, former member of Rooney
26 September:KEISHA BUCHANAN = English singer-songwriter and was a founding member of the BRIT Award-winning girl group the Sugababes
27 September:AVRIL LAVIGNE = Canadian rock singer and musician
28 September:MELODY THORNTON =, American singer, member of Pussycat Dolls
3 October:ASHLEE SIMPSON = American singer-songwriter, actress, and media personality
4 October:LENA KATINA = Russian singer, member of t.A.T.u.
10 October:STEPHANIE CHENG = Hong Kong singer
12 October:MATTHEW DEWEY = Australian composer
16 October:SHAYNE WARD = English singer and actor, who rose to fame as the winner of the second series of The X Factor
25 October:
SARA LUMHOLDT = Swedish pop singer. She was a member of the Swedish quartet A*Teens
KATY PERRY = American singer and songwriter
27 October:KELLY OSBOURNE = British singer-songwriter, actress, television presenter and fashion designer. The daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne
9 November:
DELTA GOODREM = Australian singer and actress
SE7EN = South Korean singer
12 November:SANDARA PARK = South Korean singer, actress and host, member of South Korean girl group 2NE1
14 November:LUIZ FILIPE COELHO = Brazilian violinist
18 November:JOHNNY CHRIST = American bassist, member of Avenged Sevenfold
21 November:WILLY MASON = American singer-songwriter
24 November:WOLF HUDSON = Dominican American film director, street dancer and actor
28 November:TREY SONGZ = American singer
15 December:JOSHUA THIRD = English guitarist, member of The Horrors
17 December:ASUKA FUKUDA = Japanese singer
20 December:DAVID TAVARÉ = Spanish singer
22 December:JONAS ERIK ALTBERG = Swedish singer
25 December:
JESS ORIGLIASSO = Australian singer, member of The Veronicas
LISA ORIGLIASSO = Australian singer, member of The Veronicas
Timeline of Musical Events
21 January: "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.
27 January: Michael Jackson's scalp is burned during the filming of a Pepsi commercial and he is admitted to hospital. Around this time, Jackson also releases the title track from his Thriller album as the LP's final single.
14 February:
Elton John marries studio engineer Renate Blauel
Joe Perry and Brad Whitford attend an Aerosmith concert and re-join the band, which embarks on a reunion tour "Back In The Saddle" later in the year.
16 February: Jerry Lee Lewis surrenders to federal authorities on charges of income tax evasion. Lewis is later acquitted.
28 February: Recovering from the scalp burns sustained a month earlier, Michael Jackson wins eight Grammy Awards out of twelve nominations, breaking the record for the most Grammys 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.
1 March: 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.
March: Alice Cooper, who has not toured for his last two albums, parts ways with his longtime label Warner Bros. and goes on hiatus from the music industry. Cooper begins mulling over plans for a comeback, which he would carry out in 1986.
1 April: In Los Angeles, California, Marvin Gaye is shot and killed during an argument with his father.
1 May: Mick Fleetwood, of Fleetwood Mac, files for bankruptcy in the United States.
2 May: Lionel Richie's hit "Hello" becomes Motown's first ever UK million selling single.
5 May:
The Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde marries Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr.
**In Luxembourg, the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 is won by the Swedish entry, "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley", performed by the Herreys, UK Entry: Love Games performed by Belle and the Devotions ends up 7th.
8 June: Billy Joel performs at Wembley Arena; the concert is later broadcast on BBC Television in two parts.
16 June: Frankie Goes to Hollywood begin a nine-week stay at the top of the UK singles chart with "Two Tribes".
18 June: At the climax of a Judas Priest concert at Madison Square Garden, fans begin ripping out the cushions from the seats and throwing them on stage. Judas Priest pay damages through insurance and are banned from MSG for life over the incident.
1 July: During his performance at the first ever Cornerstone Festival in Grayslake, Illinois, Steve Taylor jumps off the stage, breaking his ankle. Taylor hops back on stage and finishes his show. The next few shows on Taylor's tour were performed from a wheel chair.
10 July: The last original member of Menudo, Ricky Meléndez, leaves the group and is replaced by Ricky Martin. Meanwhile, Menudomania reaches Asia in 1984.
14 July: Eddie Van Halen makes a special guest appearance at a concert by The Jacksons in Dallas, Texas, playing the guitar solo for "Beat It" live.
9 August: Iron Maiden kicks off the World Slavery Tour in Warsaw, Poland, with shows in Hungary and Yugoslavia soon to follow. This marks the first time a Western band has ever brought a full concert production behind the Iron Curtain.
25 August: Kathleen Battle makes her solo recital debut at the Salzburg Festival.
27 August: British band Depeche Mode releases their 4th album Some Great Reward. The first single People Are People is the first big Depeche Mode hit in the USA.
31 August: Canadian music video channel MuchMusic debuts. The first video played is Rush's "The Enemy Within".
2 September: Van Halen concludes its 1984 world tour with a show in Nuremberg, Germany as part of the Monsters of Rock festival tour. This would be the band's last concert with David Lee Roth as lead singer until 2007.
7 September: Janet Jackson elopes with fellow singer James DeBarge. The marriage would be annulled in 1985.
11 September: Country singer Barbara Mandrell suffers serious injuries in a head-on automobile collision on a Tennessee highway. She will make a comeback after spending over a year rehabilitating.
14 September: The first annual MTV Video Music Awards are held in New York City. Herbie Hancock wins the most awards with five, and The Cars take the highest prize of Video Of The Year for "You Might Think". Much attention is garnered by Madonna's controversial performance of her hit single "Like a Virgin" in which she rolls around on the stage, revealing lacy stockings and garters, and grinds her crotch against her veil.
21 September: The first compact disc manufacturing plant in North America opens in Terre Haute, Indiana. CDs have previously had to be imported from Japan. Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. is designated as the first CD ever made in the United States.
27 October: Turner Broadcasting System launches Cable Music Channel, a music video channel intended to compete directly with MTV. The first video played is "I Love L.A." by Randy Newman. The channel would only last 34 days.
20 November: Michael Jackson receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame directly in front of Mann's Chinese Theater. Jackson leaves after only three minutes at the request of security, as the crush of 5,000 onlookers becomes a safety concern.
25 November: The Band Aid single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" is recorded at SARM Studios in Notting Hill, London, by a gathering of performers that includes Paul Young, Simon Le Bon, Bono, Phil Collins, Paul Weller, Sting, Boy George and Tony Hadley.
28 November: The Bring Me Sunshine charity concert at the London Palladium, in memory of Eric Morecambe, includes musical performances by Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Des O'Connor and Ernie Wise.
1 December: Frankie Goes to Hollywood become the first act to take their first three singles to the UK #1 position since Gerry & The Pacemakers in 1963, when "The Power of Love" tops the chart.
3 December: Bob Geldof and Band Aid release the single "Do They Know It's Christmas", which becomes the fastest- selling single of all time in the UK.
8 December: Motley Crue member Vince Neil is involved in a serious car accident. He is drunk at the time, and Razzle (Nicholas Dingley) of Hanoi Rocks is killed in the accident.
9 December: The Jacksons conclude their Victory Tour with the last of six concerts at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The tour, which consisted of 55 shows over five months, has reportedly grossed $75 million, a new industry record.
December: Tipper Gore forms the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) in response to the "filth" she hears on her daughter's Prince album Purple Rain.
31 December: Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen loses his left arm in a car wreck.
Published Popular Music
"After All These Years" = lyrics by FRED EBB; music by JOHN KANDER from the musical 'The Rink'
"The Cosby Show theme song" = music by STU GARDNER and BILL COSBY
"Cover Me" = lyrics & music by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Every Time I Turn Around" = lyrics & music by JUDY HART ANGELO & GARY PORTNOY, theme from the TV series 'Punky Brewster'
"Friends" = music by JOHN LEFFLER, theme from the TV series 'Kate and Allie'
"Ghostbusters" = lyrics & music by RAY PARKER, Jr.
"Hallelujah" = lyrics & music by LEONARD COHEN
"I Just Called to Say I Love You" = lyrics & music by STEVIE WONDER
"Let's Go Crazy" = lyrics & music by PRINCE and the REVOLUTION
"Like a Virgin" = lyrics & music by BILLY STEINBERG & TOM KELLY
"Lights Out" = lyrics & music by PETER WOLF & DON COVAY
"Missing You" = lyrics & music by JOHN WAITE, CHAZ SANFORD & MARK LEONARD
"Murder, She Wrote theme song" = music by JOHN ADDISON
"No More Lonely Nights" = lyrics & music by PAUL McCARTNEY
"Rock You Like a Hurricane" = lyrics & music by RUDOLF SCHENKER, KLAUS MEINE & HERMAN RAREBELL
"Time After Time" = lyrics & music by CYNDI LAUPER & ROB HYMAN
"To All the Girls I've Loved Before" = lyrics HAL DAVID; music by ALBERT HAMMOND
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" = lyrics & music by GEORGE MICHAEL
"What's Love Got To Do With It?" = lyrics & music by TERRY BRITTEN & GRAHAM LYLE
"When Doves Cry" = lyrics & music by PRINCE
Classical Music
SAMUEL ADLER
Sonata for viola and piano
ELLIOTT CARTER
Canon for 4, Homage to William, for flute, bass clarinet, violin, and cello
Esprit rude/esprit doux, for flute and clarinet
Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi, for violin
BRIAN CHERNEY
Into the Distant Stillness
GEORGE CRUMB
A Haunted Landscape for orchestra
The Sleeper for soprano and piano
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY
Divertimento for cello and orchestra
LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Altissimo
LORENZO FERRERO
Ombres for orchestra and live electronics
FRANS GEYSEN
A + B = A/B, for keyboard instrument
Kataloog in grijs 1, for marimba
Late spiegels, for flute, oboe, piano and double bass
Omtrent a-b-c, for recorder quintet
Tonen-Trappenhuisje voor Hanne, for keyboard instrument
Twee orgels, for two organs
KAREL GOEYVAERTS
Aquarius-Tango, for piano
Zum Wassermann, for chamber orchestra
De Zang van Aquarius, for 8 bass clarinets
DARON HAGEN
A Walt Whitman Requiem
JOHN HARBISON
String Quartet no. 1
ROBIN HOLLOWAY
Concerto for Viola
MAURICIO KAGEL
Der Eid des Hippokrates, for piano 3 hands
IAN McDOUGALL
Concerto for Clarinet
ELIZABETH MACONCHY
String Quartet no. 13, Quartetto Corto
INGRAM MARSHALL
Voces Resonae
HENRI POUSSEUR
Chronique canine, for 2 pianos
Cortege des belles tenebreuses au jardin boreal, for cor anglais, viola, horn, tuba, and 2 percussionists
L'etoile des langues, for narrators and 4 singers
Litanie du cristal des fleurs, for piano left hand
Litanie du miel matinal, for high melody instrument
Les noces d'Icare et de Mnemosyne, for variable forces
Patchwork des tribus americaines, for wind orchestra
Sixieme vue sur les jardins interdits, for string trio
Sonate des maitres viennois ("Dicte par … no.4"), for piano
Tango de Jeanne-la-Sibylle, for piano left hand
STEVE REICH
The Desert Music
TORU TAKEMITSU
Riverrun for piano and orchestra
ROBERT WARD
Saxophone Concerto
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
A Pilgrim Liturgy - for soloists, mixed choir & orchestra
Cortege for a Warrior for orchestra
Hymna Titu for piano solo
Symphony No. 7
Opera
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
The Mask of Orpheus
PHILIP GLASS
Akhnaten
the CIVIL warS (Rome section)
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
The Black Mask
PETER SCHICKELE
The Abduction of Figaro, attributed to P. D. Q. Bach.
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Samstag aus Licht
Musical Theatre
Opening: 9 February 1984 @ Martin Beck Theatre, New York, NY
THE RINK [Original production]
(Musical)
Music by: John Kander; Book by: Terrence McNally; Lyrics by: Fred Ebb
Closing: 4 August 1984 Performance Count: 204
Opening: 27 March 1984 @ the Apollo Victoria Theatre, London
STARLIGHT EXPRESS [Original production]
(Musical)
Music by: Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by: Richard Stilgoe
Closing: 12 January 2002 Performance Count: 7,406
Opening: 5 April 1984 @ Royale Theatre, New York, NY
THE HUMAN COMEDY [Original production]
(Musical, Opera)
Music by: Galt MacDermot; Libretto by: William Dumaresq
Closing: 15 April 1984 Performance Count: 13
Opening: 29 April 1984 @ Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York, NY
OLIVER! [Revival production]
(Musical)
Music by: Lionel Bart; Book by: Lionel Bart; Lyrics by: Lionel Bart
Closing: 13 May 1984 Performance Count: 17
Opening: 2 May 1984 @ Booth Theatre, New York, NY
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE [Original production]
(Musical)
Music by: Stephen Sondheim; Book by: James Lapine; Lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim
Closing: 13 October 1985 Performance Count: 604
Opening: 24 May 1984 @ Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York, NY
THE WIZ [Revival production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music by: Charlie Smalls; Book by: William F. Brown; Lyrics by: Charlie Smalls
Closing: 3 June 1984 Performance Count: 13
Opening: 8 August 1984 @ the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London
42ND STREET [Revival production]
(Musical)
Music by: Harry Warren; Book by: Mark Bramble, Michael Stewart; Lyrics by: Al Dubin
Opening: 25 September 1984 @ Jack Lawrence Theatre, New York, NY
QUILTERS [Original production]
(Musical)
Music by: Barbara Damashek; Book by: Barbara Damashek, Molly Newman; Lyrics by: Barbara Damashek
Closing: 14 October 1984 Performance Count: 24
Opening: 11 November 1984 @ Broadway Theatre, New York, NY
THE THREE MUSKETEERS [Revival production]
(Musical)
Music by: Rudolf Friml; Book by: William Anthony McGuire; Lyrics by: Clifford Grey, P. G. Wodehouse
Closing: 18 November 1984 Performance Count: 9
Opening: 18 November 1984 @ Latin Quarter, New York, NY
ANDRÉ DESHIELDS' HAARLEM NOCTURNE [Original production]
(Musical, Revue)
Book by: André De Shields, Murray Horwitz
Closing: 30 December 1984 Performance Count: 49
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
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Last edited: 21st February 2024
