Music In 1986

Events
January 23 - The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame takes place. The first artists to be honoured are Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley.
February 21 - The Dead Kennedys play their last concert at UC Davis in Davis, California, USA.
February 23 - 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 15 - "Heartbeat '86", a charity concert for the Birmingham Children's Hospital, is held at the NEC. Performers include Roy Wood, UB40, The Moody Blues, Electric Light Orchestra and Robert Plant. George Harrison makes a surprise appearance playing Johnny B. Goode with everyone at the end of the show.
March 27 - Sammy Hagar performs his first concert as the lead singer of Van Halen.
April 12 - Former Go's-Go's singer Belinda Carlisle marries actor Morgan Mason.
May 2 - Country music superstar Dolly Parton opens her Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA.
May 5 - In New York, USA, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame chairman Ahmet Ertegün announces that Cleveland, Ohio has been chosen as the city where the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be built
May 10 - Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe marries actress Heather Locklear.
May 25 - Norwegian band a-ha wins a record-breaking eight awards at the MTV Video Music Awards show.
May 30 - The Monkees begin a highly successful tour of American stadiums on their 20th Anniversary Reunion Tour
June 4 - 15 - 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 United States on behalf of Amnesty International, playing five cities on the tour. The final show at New Jersey's Giants Stadium 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 6 - After 29 years, CHUM (AM) in Toronto, Canada drops its legendary Top 40 format in favor of gold-based adult contemporary music. Additionally, the final CHUM Chart is published (with Madonna's "Live To Tell" the final number one song).
June 27 - Black Flag play their last concert, in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
August 28 - Tina Turner receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
September 27 - A tour bus carrying the heavy metal band Metallica crashes in Sweden, killing their most influential bassist, Cliff Burton.
October - The Smiths play their final gig as a five-piece.
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.
Black Flag breaks up.
Madness breaks up.
Prince and the Revolution breaks up.
Wham! breaks up.
The Boomtown Rats breaks up.
Garth Brooks marries his first wife, Sandy.
Italian singer Ernesto Bonino loses his voice after a surgical intervention.
Alice Cooper returns to the mainstream after a two year hiatus. The Nightmare Returns Tour goes on to become.

Births
January 6 - Alex Turner, singer and guitarist Arctic Monkeys
January 26 - Matt Heafy, singer, and guitarist (Trivium)
February 2 - Blaine Larsen, US country singer
February 19 - Maria Mena, singer
February 21 - Charlotte Church, singer
March 3 - Stacie Orrico, singer
March 12 - Danny Jones, singer and guitarist, McFLY
March 15 - Adrianne Leon, actress and singer
March 22 - Amy Studt, singer, songwriter and musician
May 13 - Robert Pattinson, actor
May 30 - Claudia Beni, singer
June 28 - Kellie Pickler, American Idol singer
July 2 - Lindsey Lohan, actress, singer
September 12 - Emmy Rossum, actress and singer
November 5 - BoA, singer

[edit] Deaths
January 4 - Phil Lynott, bassist/singer and co-founder of Thin Lizzy, 36 (heart failure & pneumonia)
January 6 - Joe Farrell, jazz saxophonist, 48 (bone cancer)
January 8 - Pierre Fournier, cellist
February 2 - Francisco Mignone, composer
February 14 - Edmund Rubbra, composer
March 4
Richard Manuel, The Band, 42 (suicide)
Howard Greenfield, songwriter, 49 (AIDS)
March 11 - Sonny Terry, blues musician
March 21 - Raymond Burke, jazz clarinetist
March 22 - Mark Dinning, US singer, 52 (heart attack)
March 30 - James Cagney, US actor, singer and dancer
March 31 - O'Kelly Isley of the Isley Brothers, 48 (heart attack)
April 3 - Peter Pears, opera singer and partner of Benjamin Britten
April 13 - Dorothy Ashby, jazz harpist and composer, 53 (cancer)
April 19
Dag Wirén, composer
Estelle Yancey, blues singer
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, singer
July 31 - Teddy Wilson, jazz pianist
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 Bárdos, composer and conductor
November 22 - Scatman Crothers, singer, dancer and musician
December 10 - Kate Wolf, folk singer and songwriter, 44 (leukemia)

[edit] 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.

This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-one singles of 1986.

Issue Date-Song-Artist
January 4 "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie
January 11[1] "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie
January 18[2] "That's What Friends Are For" Dionne and Friends
January 25[3] "That's What Friends Are For" Dionne and Friends
February 1 "That's What Friends Are For" Dionne and Friends
February 8[4] "That's What Friends Are For" Dionne and Friends
February 15[5] "How Will I Know" Whitney Houston
February 22[6] "How Will I Know" Whitney Houston
March 1[7] "Kyrie" Mr. Mister
March 8 "Kyrie" Mr. Mister
March 15 "Sara" Starship
March 22[8] "These Dreams" Heart
March 29[9] "Rock Me Amadeus" Falco
April 5[10] "Rock Me Amadeus" Falco
April 12 "Rock Me Amadeus" Falco
April 19[11] "Kiss" Prince and the Revolution
April 26[12] "Kiss" Prince and the Revolution
May 3[13] "Addicted to Love" Robert Palmer
May 10[14] "West End Girls" Pet Shop Boys
May 17[15] "Greatest Love of All" Whitney Houston
May 24[16] "Greatest Love of All" Whitney Houston
May 31 "Greatest Love of All" Whitney Houston
June 7[17] "Live to Tell" Madonna
June 14[18] "On My Own" Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald
June 21[19] "On My Own" Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald
June 28[20] "On My Own" Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald
July 5[21] "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean
July 12 "Holding Back the Years" Simply Red
July 19 "Invisible Touch" Genesis
July 26[22] "Sledgehammer" Peter Gabriel
August 2[23] "Glory of Love" Peter Cetera
August 9[24] "Glory of Love" Peter Cetera
August 16[25] "Papa Don't Preach" Madonna
August 23[26] "Papa Don't Preach" Madonna
August 30[27] "Higher Love" Steve Winwood
September 6[28] "Venus" Bananarama
September 13 "Take My Breath Away" Berlin
September 20 "Stuck with You" Huey Lewis and the News
September 27 "Stuck with You" Huey Lewis and the News
October 4[29] "Stuck with You" Huey Lewis and the News
October 11[30] "When I Think of You" Janet Jackson
October 18[31] "When I Think of You" Janet Jackson
October 25[32] "True Colors" Cyndi Lauper
November 1 "True Colors" Cyndi Lauper
November 8[33] "Amanda" Boston
November 15[34] "Amanda" Boston
November 22[35] "Human" Human League
November 29 "You Give Love a Bad Name" Bon Jovi
December 6[36] "The Next Time I Fall" Peter Cetera with Amy Grant
December 13[37] "The Way It Is" Bruce Hornsby & the Range
December 20 "Walk Like an Egyptian" The Bangles
December 27[38] "Walk Like an Egyptian" The Bangles


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