1986 in music

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See also: 1985 in music, other events of 1986, 1987 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music'

Events

• 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)
• February 11 - Culture Club lead singer Boy George appears on an episode of The A-Team
• February 14 - Frank Zappa appears on an episode of the popular television series Miami Vice. Zappa portrays a crime boss named "Mr. Frankie".
• February 21 - The Dead Kennedys play their last concert at UC Davis in Davis, California.
• 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.
• March 27 - Sammy Hagar performs his first concert as the lead singer of Van Halen
• April 12 - The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle marries actor Morgan Mason
• May 2 - Country music superstar Dolly Parton opens her Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
• 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
• May 10 - Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe marries actress Heather Locklear.
• 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 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.
• May 21 - Harrison Birtwistle's opera The Mask of Orpheus is premiered in London
• May 30 - The Monkees begin a highly successful tour of American stadiums on their 20th Anniversary Reunion Tour
• 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 Statium 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.
• June 27 - Black Flag play their last concert, in Detroit, Michigan.
• August 28 - Tina Turner receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
• October 20 - Duran Duran begin their career as a three piece with the release of the "Notorious" single
• Jello Biafra/Dead Kennedys taken to court by the PMRC for content in their album Frankenchrist; Biafra wins
• Cacophony forms
• The Escape Club signs a contract to EMI Records
• Public Enemy signs a contract to Def Jam Records
• Black Flag breaks up
• White Zombie begin performing
• Poison begins their recording career
• Dick Dale mounts a comeback effort
• Pixies forms
• Bolt Thrower forms
• Skid Row forms
• 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.
• The Vaselines forms
• Ernesto Bonino loses his voice after a surgical intervention
• Wham! featuring George Michael breaks up
• Metallica releases their masterpiece, Master of Puppets.
• Megadeth releases their masterpiece, Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?.

Albums released

• ABBA Live - ABBA
• Russian Roulette - Accept
• Who Made Who - AC/DC
• Classics Live - Aerosmith
• Scoundrel Days - a-ha
• Dangerous Games - Alcatrazz
• American Girls - American Girls
• I Against I - Bad Brains
• Rapture - Anita Baker
• True Confessions - Bananarama
• Licensed to Ill - The Beastie Boys
• Atomizer - Big Black (debut full-length)
• The Seer - Big Country
• Nasty, Nasty - Black N' Blue
• The Sisterhood - Gift
• Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
• Third Stage - Boston
• Strange Land - Box of Frogs
• In America EP - Britny Fox
• Truthdare Doubledare - Bronski Beat
• Camper Van Beethoven - Camper Van Beethoven
• Solitude/Solitaire - Peter Cetera
• 18 - Chicago
• Dreaming In Sequence - Chrome
• Night Songs - Cinderella (debut)
• Tom Cochrane & Red Rider - Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
• Horse Rotorvator - Coil
• Constrictor - Alice Cooper
• King of America - Elvis Costello
• A Date With Elvis - The Cramps
• Strong Persuader - Robert Cray
• Crowded House - Crowded House
• From Luxury to Heartache - Culture Club
• Then and Now...the Best of the Monkees - The Monkees
• - The Cure
• Le Visage de l'Amour - Dalida
• Le sixième jour - Dalida (compilation)
• The Best Of Dalida - Dalida (compilation)
• Hwgr Grawth-Og - Datblygu
• Into The Light - Chris de Burgh
• Black Celebration - Depeche Mode
• Intermission EP - Dio
• Velvet & Steel - Dion DiMucci
• Notorious - Duran Duran
• Guitar Town - Steve Earle
• Emerson, Lake and Powell - Emerson, Lake and Powell
• Wonderland - Erasure
• The Final Countdown - Europe
• August - Eric Clapton
• Whispering Jack - John Farnham
• Trick or Treat - Fastway
• The Good Earth - The Feelies
• Mean Business - The Firm
• So - Peter Gabriel
• The Divine Punishment - Diamanda Galás
• Invisible Touch - Genesis
• Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express - The Go-Betweens
• The Collection - Amy Grant
• Shot in the Dark - Great White
• Live Like A Suicide EP - Guns N' Roses
• The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & the Range
• Somewhere in Time - Iron Maiden
• Rendez-Vous - Jean-Michel Jarre
• Control - Janet Jackson
• Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain
• Highlights of a Dangerous Life - The Johnnys
• Tones - Eric Johnson
• Raised On Radio - Journey
• Turbo - Judas Priest
• 10 Kola Nuts - Mory Kante
• The Final Frontier - Keel
• Stand Tall - Killer Dwarfs
• Thrill of a Lifetime - King Kobra
• What Do You Know Deutschland? - KMFDM
• Change of Address - Krokus
• Alive & Screaming - Krokus
• True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
• Home Of The Brave - Laurie Anderson
• Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
• Menace to Society - Lizzy Borden
• Lightning Strikes - Loudness
• Lyle Lovett - Lyle Lovett
• Permanent Sleep - Lowlife
• True Blue - Madonna
• Trilogy - Yngwie Malmsteen
• Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? - Megadeth
• Master of The Metal - Messiah Prophet
• Master of Puppets - Metallica
• Mind's Eye - Vinnie Moore
• Portfolio - The Michael Schenker Group
• Orgasmatron - Motörhead
• 36.5 C - Miyuki Nakajima
• Kicking Against the Pricks - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• Your Funeral, My Trial - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• Sex Mad - NoMeansNo
• Little Miss Dangerous - Ted Nugent
• The Ultimate Sin - Ozzy Osbourne
• Parade - Prince and the Revolution
• Look What the Cat Dragged In - Poison (debut)
• Rage for Order - Queensrÿche
• QR III - Quiet Riot
• Finyl Vinyl - Rainbow
• Dancing Undercover - Ratt
• Paint Your Wagon - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
• They Don't Make Them Like They Used To - Kenny Rogers
• Eat Em' and Smile - David Lee Roth
• Want Some - Rough Cutt
• Raising Hell - Run DMC
• Not of This Earth - Joe Satriani
• Weird Love - The Scientists
• Like A Rock - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
• Graceland - Paul Simon
• - Skinny Puppy
• Reign in Blood - Slayer
• The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
• Sound Of Confusion - Spaceman 3
• Live 1975-1985 - Bruce Springsteen
• Better Than Heaven - Stacey Q.
• Bring On The Night - Sting
• The Yellow and Black Attack - Stryper
• To Hell With the Devil - Stryper
• True Stories - Talking Heads
• Mechanical Resonance - Tesla (debut)
• They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (debut)
• Christ Knows - Toll
• Rat in the Kitchen - UB40
• Storms of Life - Randy Travis
• When In Rome Do As The Vandals - The Vandals
• 5150 - Van Halen
• Another View - The Velvet Underground
• Vinnie Vincent Invasion - Vinnie Vincent Invasion
• Synthetic Socks - Ween
• Inside the Electric Circus - W.A.S.P.
• True as Steel - Warlock
• White Tiger - White tiger
• Back In The High Life - Steve Winwood
• Skylarking - XTC
• Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. - Dwight Yoakam
• Zebra/3.V|3.V - Zebra
• High Priest Of Love EP Zodiac Mindwarp

Top hits

• "A Matter of Trust" - Billy Joel
• "Addicted To Love" - Robert Palmer
• "All I Need is a Miracle" - Mike + The Mechanics
• "Breakout" - Swing Out Sister
• "Bizarre Love Triangle" - New Order
• "Captain of Her Heart" - Double
• "Dancing on the Ceiling" - Lionel Richie
• "Danger Zone" - Kenny Loggins
• "Dreams" - Van Halen
• "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" - The Police
• "Freedom Overspill" - Steve Winwood
• "French Kissin' In The USA" - Debbie Harry
• "Funkytown" - Pseudo Echo
• "Glory Of Love" - Peter Cetera
• "Harlem Shuffle" - Rolling Stones
• "Hey, You!" - Divine
• "Higher Love" - Steve Winwood
• "Hip To Be Square" - Huey Lewis and the News
• "Holding Back The Years" - Simply Red
• "Holding Out For A Hero" - Bonnie Tyler
• "How Will I Know" - Whitney Houston
• "Hymn To Her" - The Pretenders
• "I Want To Wake Up With You" - Boris Gardiner
• "Kiss" - Prince and the Revolution
• "Kyrie" - Mr. Mister
• "Invisible Touch" - Genesis
• "If She Knew What She Wants" - The Bangles
• "Lady In Red" - Chris de Burgh
• "Le sixième jour" - Dalida
• "Little Baby" - Divine
• "Live to Tell" - Madonna
• "Livin' On A Prayer"- Bon Jovi
• "Living In America" - James Brown
• "Locked In" - Judas Priest
• "Love Touch" - Rod Stewart
• "Love Walks In" - Van Halen
• "Manic Monday" - The Bangles
• "Modern Woman" - Billy Joel
• "Mountains" - Prince
• "Move Away" - Culture Club
• "My Hometown" - Bruce Springsteen
• "Nasty" - Janet Jackson
• "No Lies" - Noiseworks
• "No More I Love You's" - The Lover Speaks
• "Notorious" - Duran Duran
• "On My Own" - Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald
• "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" - Pet Shop Boys
• "Papa Don't Preach" - Madonna
• "Parce que je ne t'aime plus" - Dalida
• "Pressure Down" - John Farnham
• "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" - Iggy Pop
• "Rock Me Amadeus" - Falco
• "Rough Boy" - ZZ Top
• "Ruthless People" - Mick Jagger
• "Sara" - Starship
• "Silent Running" - Mike + The Mechanics
• "Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel
• "Sometimes" - Erasure
• "Stay For Awhile" - Amy Grant
• "Stimulation - Wa Wa Nee
• "Stuck With You" - Huey Lewis & the News
• "Sweet Freedom" - Michael McDonald
• "Take Me Home" - Phil Collins
• "Take My Breath Away" - Berlin
• "Taken In" - Mike + The Mechanics
• "That Was Then, This Is Now" - The Monkees
• "That's What Friends Are For" - Dionne Warwick
• "The Final Countdown" - Europe
• "The Greatest Love of All" - Whitney Houston
• "The Next Time I Fall" - Peter Ceterawith Amy Grant
• "The Way It Is" - Bruce Hornsby and the Range
• "(There's Gonna Be) A Showdown - The Johnnys
• "Throw Your Arms Around Me" - Hunters + Collectors
• "Throwing It All Away" - Genesis
• "Turbo Lover" - Judas Priest
• "True Colors" - Cyndi Lauper
• "Two Of Hearts" - Stacey Q
• "Venus" - Bananarama
• "Walk Like An Egyptian" - The Bangles
• "Walk of Life" - Dire Straits
• "War" - Bruce Springsteen
• "West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys
• "What Have You Done For Me Lately" - Janet Jackson
• "When I Think of You" - Janet Jackson
• "Why Can't This Be Love" - Van Halen
• "You Give Love A Bad Name" - Bon Jovi
• "You're The Voice" - John Farnham (in Australia & Canada; not released in the US until 1990)

Published popular music

• "All I Ask Of You" w.m. Andrew Lloyd Webber
• "Crush On You"     w.m. Jerry Knight & Aaron Zigman
• "The Lady In Red"     w.m. Chris de Burgh
• "True Colors" Cyndi Lauper

• Elliott Carter - String Quartet No.4
• George Crumb - An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) for amplified flute and percussion (three players).
• George Crumb - Federico's Little Songs for Children for soprano, flute/piccolo/alto flute/bass flute, and harp
• Mario Davidovsky - Salvos for flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, violin and cello
• Ludovico Einaudi - Movimento
• Peter Eötvös - Chinese Opera
• Krzysztof Penderecki - The Song of Cherubin
• Paul Schoenfield - Café Music for Piano Trio

• Rudolf Brucci - Gilgamesh
• Lee Hoiby - The Tempest
• Gian-Carlo Menotti - Goya
• Michael Nyman - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

• La Cage aux Folles     London production
• Charlie Girl     London revival
• Chess     London production
• Me and My Girl     Broadway production
• The Phantom Of The Opera     London production
• Sweet Charity     Broadway revival

• HMS Pinafore
• Little Shop of Horrors

Musical television

• Barnum

Births

• February 19 - Maria Mena, singer
• February 21 - Charlotte Church, singer
• March 3 - Stacie Orrico, singer
• March 15 - Adrianne Leon, actress and singer
• March 22 - Amy Studt, singer, songwriter and musician
• May 30 - Claudia Beni, singer
• June 28 - Kellie Pickler, American singer
• September 12 - Emmy Rossum, actress and singer
• November 5 - BoA, singer

Deaths

• January 4 - Phil Lynott, rock musician
• January 8 - Pierre Fournier, cellist
• February 14 - Edmund Rubbra, composer
• March 4 - Richard Manuel, The Band, suicide
• March 4 - Howard Greenfield, songwriter
• March 11 - Sonny Terry, blues musician
• March 21 - Raymond Burke, jazz clarinetist
• March 22 - Mark Dinning, US singer
• March 30 - James Cagney, US actor, singer and dancer
• March 31 - O'Kelly Isley, the Isley Brothers
• April 3 - Peter Pears, opera singer and partner of Benjamin Britten
• June 3 - Anna Neagle, actress and singer
• June 13 - Benny Goodman, bandleader
• June 16 - Maurice Duruflé, composer
• June 17 - Kate Smith, singer
• July 3 - Rudy Vallee
• September 27 - Cliff Burton, Metallica, tour bus accident
• September 28 - Robert Helpmann, dancer
• October 16 - Arthur Grumiaux, violinist
• November 1 - Sippie Wallace, blues singer
• November 3 - Eddie Davis, saxophonist
• November 18 - Lajos Bardos, composer and conductor
• November 22 - Scatman Crothers, singer, dancer and musician

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.

• Grammy Awards of 1986

• Eurovision Song Contest 1986

Charts

• Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1986

• KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1986

External Charts

• [Pop Culture Madness 1986 Music Chart]

 

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