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1987 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1987.

Events
January–FebruaryJanuary 3Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the United States. The other inductees this year consist of The Coasters, Eddie Cochran, Bo Diddley, Marvin Gaye, Bill Haley, Clyde McPhatter, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Smokey Robinson and Jackie Wilson. • January 5Elton John, after several months of voice problems, undergoes throat surgery in an Australian hospital. The outcome would hinder his voice permanently and he would soon start singing in a deep register. • January 16Beastie Boys become the first act to be censored by American Bandstand. • January 24Steve "Silk" Hurley's innovative "Jack Your Body" becomes the first house music record to top the UK singles chart. • February 6Sonny Bono announces his candidacy for mayor of Palm Springs, California. • February 14Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" reaches #1 in the USA. It would be 1987's biggest hit song worldwide. • Los Angeles radio station KMET signs off after nineteen years on the air. The station had been a pioneer of underground progressive rock programming. • February 15Video Hits premieres on Australian television. • February 24 – The 29th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Billy Crystal. Paul Simon's Graceland wins Album of the Year, Steve Winwood's "Higher Love" wins Record of the Year and Dionne Warwick's cover of "That's What Friends Are For", featuring Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder, wins Song of the Year. Bruce Hornsby & the Range win Best New Artist. • February 26 – The first four Beatles albums, Please Please Me, With the Beatles, ''A Hard Day's Night and Beatles for Sale'' are released on compact disc. Capitol Records decides to release the original UK mixes of the Beatles albums, which means that the first four CDs are released in mono. This marks the first time that many of these mono mixes are available in the US. March–AprilMarch 9U2 releases The Joshua Tree, an album that launches them into superstar status in the music world. The album would sell over 14 million copies worldwide in 1987 alone and would win the Grammy for "Album of the Year" (at the 1988 ceremony). U2 have two #1 hit songs from this album on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts. • Carole King is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City. • The career that would end in an infamous appearance at The Brit awards and the burning of a million pounds began in Britain, as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu release their debut single, "All You Need Is Love". • March 13Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. • In the US, Bryan Adams' "Heat of the Night" becomes the first single to be commercially released on cassette. Cassette singles become known as cassingles. • March 27 – Inspired by The Beatles' 1969 rooftop concert, U2 shoots a music video for the song "Where the Streets Have No Name" on a rooftop in Los Angeles. • April 23Carole King sues the owner of her record company, Lou Adler, claiming that she is owed more than $400,000 in royalties. King also asks for rights to her old recordings. May–AugustMay 9Ireland's Johnny Logan wins the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Brussels, Belgium, with the song "Hold Me Now", making him the first artist to win the contest twice. The song tops the charts in Ireland, and peaks at No. 2 in the UK. • June 14 – Madonna starts her Who's That Girl Tour in Osaka, Japan. • June 27Whitney Houston's second album Whitney becomes the first album by a female artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. • July 4Kylie Minogue's recording career begins with the release of her cover version of the Little Eva hit The Loco-Motion; the single spends seven weeks at number one in her native Australia and leads to a contract with UK-based record producers Stock Aitken Waterman. • The first joint rock concert between the United States and the Soviet Union is held in Moscow to promote peace. The Doobie Brothers, James Taylor, Santana and Bonnie Raitt share the bill with Soviet rock group Autograph. • July 21 – American rock group Guns N' Roses release Appetite for Destruction which, after initial slow sales, will become the best-selling debut album of all time, with more than 18 million copies sold in the US alone to date. • August 1Dave Stewart of Eurythmics and Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama are married in Normandy, France. • MTV Europe is launched. The first video played is "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits. • August 3Def Leppard releases Hysteria, the longest rock album ever released as a single LP or cassette. • August 5 – The 1st Teens' Music Festival is held in Japan. • August 27 – The Jello Biafra criminal trial is dismissed after ending in a hung jury in Los Angeles court. Biafra and his manager had been charged with distributing harmful material to minors due to a poster included in the Dead Kennedys' Frankenchrist album of a painting depicting rows of sexual organs. • August 31Michael Jackson releases Bad, his first studio album since Thriller, the best-selling album of all time. The album would produce five number one singles in the US, a record which has not been broken. September–OctoberSeptember 3Fugazi plays their first live show (as a three-piece; Guy Picciotto had not joined the band yet) at the Wilson Center in Washington DC. • September 6Madonna ends her Who's That Girl Tour in Florence, Italy. • September 7Pink Floyd release A Momentary Lapse of Reason, their first album after the departure of, and legal battle with, bassist Roger Waters. The subsequent tour grossed around $135 million worldwide, a sum that was only equaled by the earnings of Michael Jackson and U2 combined. • September 11 – Reggae musician Peter Tosh is murdered during a robbery in his home. • September 12Michael Jackson starts the Bad World Tour, supporting his Bad album. • September 15October 4Johnny Hallyday performs at the Accor Arena for the first time. • September 25CBS launches an American version of the long-running UK television show Top of the Pops. It lasts one year. • October 4 – Electronic data gathering completely replaces the old sales diary technique in compiling the UK singles and albums chart. The publication day of new charts is moved from Tuesday to Sunday. • October 8Chuck Berry receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. • October 19Mötley Crüe release the song "You're All I Need" as a single. MTV refuse to play its video because of the level of violence. • October 24 – The 16th OTI Festival, held at the Teatro São Luiz in Lisbon, Portugal, is won by the son "", written by and Arnoldo Nali, and performed by Alfredo Alejandro representing Venezuela. • October 30George Michael releases his first solo studio album, Faith, which would win the Grammy Award for album of the year and sell 11 million copies in the USA alone. • October 31The Zorros headline on Halloween for the last-ever show at the Crystal Ballroom, Melbourne's premier Punk/New Wave venue. The Crystal Ballroom has seen almost ten years of intense musical evolution. The venue has chandeliers, stained glass windows, paisley wallpaper and a tiled foyer. November–DecemberNovember 2Dokken released Back for the Attack. • November 13Sonny and Cher reunite for a performance on Late Night with David Letterman. • November 18CBS Records is sold to the Sony Corporation in a deal worth about $2 billion; the company was renamed Sony Music Entertainment in 1991. • November 19Cher returns to the music after five years of absence - time that she took to dedicate herself to the filmmaking business - with the lead single of her second self-titled album (and eighteenth overall), "I Found Someone", which peaked at number five in UK and number ten in US. • November 24ABC airs ''Rolling Stone Magazine's 20 Years of Rock 'n' Roll television special, chronicling the music and the people of the past twenty years to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Rolling Stone'' magazine. The special includes new interviews as well as vintage performance footage of many rock legends such as Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Sex Pistols, Bruce Springsteen and many more. • December 16John Mellencamp performs two free shows in the small town of Chillicothe, Ohio after one-fifth of the population signs a petition asking him to play. • December 23Nikki Sixx of the rock band Mötley Crüe suffers a heroin overdose, but is revived shortly thereafter. • Roger Waters finalizes his departure from British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, after a two-year-long legal dispute over the rights to the band's name and assets. • December 31 – The sixteenth annual ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' special airs on ABC, with appearances by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Los Lobos, Barry Manilow, Restless Heart and The Temptations. Also in 1987Andreas Kisser replaces Jairo Guedes in Sepultura. • Prince cancels The Black Album just before its release. It becomes officially available in 1994. • Naxos Records is established as a budget classical music CD label by Klaus Heymann, a German-born resident of Hong Kong. ==Bands formed==
Bands formed
See Musical groups established in 1987 ==Bands disbanded==
Bands disbanded
See Musical groups disestablished in 1987 ==Bands reformed==
Bands reformed
Blue Öyster CultThe Doobie BrothersLynyrd SkynyrdPrism ==Albums released==
Albums released
January–March April–June July–September October–December Release date unknown2X4Guadalcanal Diary25 Years CelebrationThe DublinersThe 77sThe 77sAkwaba BeachMory KantéAll Our Love - Gladys Knight & the PipsAnnual WaltzJohn HartfordBabbleThat Petrol EmotionBack Again in the DHSS - Half Man Half BiscuitBallot ResultMinutemenBetween Two WorldsPatrick O'HearnBennett/BerlinTony BennettBird DogThe VerlainesThe Blanton-Webster YearsDuke EllingtonBrave WordsThe ChillsBrenda K. StarrBrenda K. StarrCasque Colonial - Golden SoundsCatui - Catui • The Chipmunk Adventure: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - The Chipmunks and The ChipettesThe Cowboy Way – Riders in the Sky • D & KDeGarmo and Key • ''Daddy's Highway'' – The BatsDawnCurrent 93DesireToyahDrive by Shooting (EP) – Henry RollinsEmergency BroadcastWhite HeartExilesDan FogelbergEye of the HurricaneThe AlarmFrozen GhostFrozen GhostFünf auf der nach oben offenen RichterskalaEinstürzende NeubautenGluey Porch TreatmentsMelvinsGreen Eggs and CrackToo Much JoyHai HaiRoger HodgsonHold to a Dream - New Grass RevivalHot Animal MachineHenry RollinsHuevosMeat PuppetsHot NumberThe Fabulous ThunderbirdsI Predict 1990Steve TaylorIf I Were Your WomanStephanie MillsI Remember Blind Joe DeathJohn FaheyIrène Schweizer & Louis MoholoIrène Schweizer and Louis MoholoThe Killer Inside MeGreen on RedLaw of the FishThe Radiators • ''Little Baby Buntin''' – KilldozerLive and Loud!!Sham 69 – Live • Live, Love, Larf & LoafFrench Frith Kaiser ThompsonLone Star State of MindNanci GriffithMenjaring MatahariEbiet G. AdeNicely, NicelyBlake BabiesNight Mood: The Music of Ivan LinsMark MurphyNo Pain for CakesThe Lounge LizardsOne Thousand Years of TroubleAge of ChanceOut of SilenceYanniPain of Mind - NeurosisPlayersToo ShortPoem of the RiverFeltThe Royal TreatmentBilly Joe RoyalSaddle PalsRiders in the SkySafety In NumbersDavid Van TieghemSee How We AreXShaka ZuluLadysmith Black MambazoSilenceStephan EicherSongs from the Stage and ScreenMichael CrawfordThe Sound of MusicThe dB'sSoy AsíJosé JoséSpeed Metal SymphonyCacophonyStinkfistClint Ruin and Lydia LunchStrange CargoWilliam OrbitTaj - Taj MahalThis Means War!PetraToo Late To CryAlison KraussThe TribeBernie TaupinTrouble Over Here - Trouble FunkVICircle JerksThe WalkingJane SiberryWasted...AgainBlack FlagWildest DreamsSagaYoung and FreeRock Goddess ==Biggest hit singles==
Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1987. ==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
Top 40 Chart hit singles
Other Chart hit singles ==Notable singles==
Notable singles
Other Notable singles ==Published popular music==
Published popular music
• "Last Midnight" w.m. Stephen Sondheim • "Children Will Listen" w.m. Stephen Sondheim • "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" w.m. Gloria Estefan & E. E. Garcia • "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" w.m. Franke Previte, Donald Markowitz & John DeNicola ==Classical music==
Classical music
Pascal Bentoiu – Symphony No. 8 ("Imagini"), Op. 30 • John CageAs Slow as PossibleMario Davidovsky – Quartet for flute, violin, viola and violoncello • James Dillon - Helle Nacht, large orchestra (90 players) • Joël-François DurandLichtungPetr EbenJob, for organ • Philip FeeneyMémoire imaginaire (ballet) • Morton FeldmanSamuel Beckett, Words and Music, for 2 flutes, vibraphone, piano, violin, viola, and cello • For Samuel Beckett, for 23 instruments • Piano, Violin, Viola, CelloBrian Ferneyhough - Third String Quartet • Lorenzo FerreroOstinatoNon parto, non restoMalcolm Forsyth – ''Songs from the Qu'appelle Valley'' • Karel GoeyvaertsAanloop en kreet (Run and Cry), for symphony orchestra and chorus • Henryk Górecki - Totus Tuus, Op. 60 • Sofia Gubaidulina • String Quartet No. 2 • String Quartet No. 3 • Toshio Hosokawa - Ferne Landschaft IGyörgy KurtágKafka-Fragmente for soprano and violin • Requiem for a Friend to Poems by Rimma Dalos • Helmut Lachenmann - Staub for orchestra • Francisco Llácer PlaRicercare ConcertantePhilippe Manoury - Jupiter for flute and live electronics, op. 15a • Nicholas MawOdysseyConlon Nancarrow - String Quartet #3 • Luigi Nono1° Caminantes.....Ayacucho, for alto, flute, small and large chorus, organ, orchestra and live electronics • 2° No hay caminos, hay que caminar.....Andrej Tarkowskij, for seven ensembles • Post-prae-ludium No. 1 per Donau, for tuba and live electronics • Découvrir la subversion. Hommage à Edmond Jabès, for alto, narrator, flute, tuba, French horn and live electronics • Per Nørgård - Violin Concerto No. 1 Helle NachtHenri PousseurTraverser la forêtWolfgang RihmKlangbeschreibung IKlangbeschreibung IIKlangbeschreibung IIIKaija Saariaho - Nymphéa, for string quartet and electronics • Somei Satoh - Stabat MaterAhmed Adnan Saygun – Cello Concerto • Byambasuren Sharav – Symphony No. 2 • Juan Maria SolareDoce variaciones 1987 (for piano) • Toru TakemitsuAll in TwilightI Hear the Water DreamingSignals from HeavenJoan TowerFanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1 Galina Ustvolskaya - Symphony No. 4 - Prayer, for contralto, piano, trumpet and tam-tam • Kevin Volans - String Quartet No. 2 Hunting: GatheringIannis XenakisAta, for orchestra • À r. (Hommage à Ravel), for piano • Jalons, for piccolo, oboe, bass clarinet, doublebass clarinet, contrabassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, harp, string quintet • Kassandra, for baritone/psalterion and percussion • XAS, for saxophone quartet • Taurhiphanie, 2-track • Tracées, for orchestra ==Opera==
Opera
John AdamsNixon in ChinaFriedrich CerhaDer Rattenfänger (The Pied Piper)Michael NymanVital StatisticsJudith WeirA Night at the Chinese Opera, 8 July, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, England ==Jazz==
Musical theater
Abyssinia, with music by Ted Kociolek and lyrics by James Racheff – Off-Broadway production at the CSC Repertory Theater • Up on the Roof by Simon Moore and Jane Prowse—Portsmouth, UK production • Roza, with music by Gilbert Bécaud and lyrics and book by Julian More based on Romain Gary's novel La vie devant soi – Broadway production opened at the Royale Theatre and closed after only 10 days • Anything Goes – Broadway revival • Bless the Bride – West End revival • Cabaret (Kander and Ebb) – Broadway revival • Dreamgirls – Broadway revival • Into the Woods – Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 765 performances • Les Misérables – Broadway production opened at The Broadway Theatre and ran for a total of 6680 performances, the second-longest run of any Broadway musical after CatsOil City Symphony – off-Broadway production ran for 626 performances • Stardust musical by Mitchell Parish opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 102 performances • Starlight Express (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe) – Broadway production opened at the Gershwin Theatre and ran for 761 performances ==Musical films==
Births
January 2Syesha Mercado, American singer and actress • January 7Sirusho, Armenian singer • January 9Paolo Nutini, British singer • January 12Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (d. 2020) • Sunday (Jin Bo-ra), Korean pop singer (TSZX The Grace) • January 16Jake Epstein, Canadian actor and singer • January 18Stefan Filipović, Montenegrin pop singer • January 19Rahma Riad, Iraqi singer • January 22Angel Olsen, American folk and indie rock singer • January 27Katy Rose, American singer-songwriter, producer, musician and actress • Ashley Grace, American singer-songwriter (Ha*Ash) • January 31Marcus Mumford, British singer-songwriter, musician and producer • February 1Heather Morris, American actress, dancer, singer and model • February 2Heather Bright, American pop singer-songwriter, DJ and record producer • Victoria Song, Chinese pop singer (f(x)) • February 3Elvana Gjata, Albanian singer • February 5Darren Criss, American actor and singer-songwriter • February 6DJ Raiden, Korean DJ and producer • February 7Kerli, Estonian singer-songwriter • Monika Brodka, Polish singer • February 10Choi Si Won, Korean actor and pop singer • Poli Genova, Bulgarian singer and TV presenter • February 12O'Ryan (Browner), American R&B singer • Titanic Sinclair, American director, producer, singer-songwriter and internet personality • February 17Lee Bo-ram, K-pop singer (SeeYa) • February 23Ab-Soul, American rapper (Black Hippy) • February 24Kim Kyu-jong, Korean pop singer (SS501) • February 25Eva Avila, Canadian singer-songwriter • February 27Cory Henry, American jazz organist, pianist, gospel musician, and producer (Snarky Puppy) • March 1Kesha, American singer-songwriter, author, activist, musician • March 2Ken Hung, Hong Kong singer and actor • March 4Aja Volkman, American singer-songwriter and musician. • March 8 - Tobe Nwigwe, American rapper, singer and actor • March 9Bow Wow, American hip-hop artist, actor • March 10Emeli Sandé, Scottish singer-songwriter • Mod Sun, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and rapper (Four Letter Lie and Scary Kids Scaring Kids; working with Avril Lavigne (dated), Travis Barker, Bella Thorn, Tana Mongeau, Dove Cameron, Megan Fox and Becky G, blackbear) • March 12Hiroomi Tosaka, Japanese singer • March 20Jonas Rivanno, Indonesian actor, model and singer • March 25Jason Castro, American singer • March 26YUI, Japanese pop singer • March 27Polina Gagarina, Russian singer-songwriter, actress and model • March 31 – Jeff Montalvo (Seven Lions), American electronic music producer • April 3 – • Park Jung-min, Korean pop singer (SS501) • Rachel Bloom, American actress, comedian, singer, writer, producer, songwriter and mental health activist • April 9Jesse McCartney, American singer-songwriter, musician, voice actor and actor • Jazmine Sullivan, American singer • April 10Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano singer • April 11Lights, Canadian singer-songwriter • Joss Stone, English soul singer-songwriter • April 12Brendon Urie, American vocalist and musician • April 15Iyaz, British Virgin Islands singer • April 17Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Canadian actress, disc jockey, singer and television host • April 18Samantha Jade, Australian singer and actress • April 20Anna Rossinelli, Swiss singer-songwriter • April 21Anastasia Prikhodko, Ukrainian folk rock and traditional pop singer • April 24Jessica Pratt, American singer-songwriter • Sharon Doorson, Dutch singer-songwriter (Twenty 4 Seven) • April 30Nikki Webster, Australian pop singer/businesswoman/actress • May 2Nana Kitade, Japanese singer • May 4Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer • May 6Moon Geun-young, South Korean actress • Meek Mill, American rapper • May 7Asami Konno, Japanese singer • May 13Hunter Parrish, American actor and singer • Candice King, American actress and singer • Charlotte Wessels, Dutch singer-songwriter (Delain, Phantasma, Kamelot) • May 15Ammo, American record producer and songwriter • Jennylyn Mercado, Filipina actress, singer, television personality • May 16Can Bonomo, Turkish-Jewish singer • May 17DJ Akademiks, Jamaican-American blogger who covers hip-hop • May 18Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress, singer and model (Michael Buble) • May 21Hit-Boy, American record producer, rapper and singer-songwriter • May 24Jimena Barón, Argentine actress and singer • May 29Ak'Sent, American rapper • May 30Joyce Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actress • June 2Matthew Koma, American songwriter-singer, DJ and record producer (married to Hilary Duff) • June 8Ty Segall, American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and record producer • June 10Dotter, Swedish singer-songwriter • June 12Ryu Deok-hwan, South Korean actor • June 16Diana DeGarmo, singer, American Idol contestant • Ali Stroker, American musician, singer, actress and advocate • June 17Kendrick Lamar, American rapper and songwriter (Black Hippy) • June 17Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) • June 19Miho Fukuhara, Japanese singer and actress (Sweetbox) • June 21Khatia Buniatishvili, Georgian pianist • Kim Ryeowook, Korean pop singer (Super Junior) • June 22Oh Yeon-seo, South Korean singer and actress (Luv) • June 23Jacob Lusk, American singer • Caitlin Rose, American country singer • June 27Tomoya Kanki, Japanese musician (One Ok Rock) • July 1Yoga Lin, Taiwanese pop singer, One Million Star, Season 1 winner • July 4Jah Prayzah, Zimbabwean musician • July 6Kate Nash, English pop singer-songwriter and musician • July 9Rebecca Sugar, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and songwriter • July 10 - Buck Meek, American Musician and member of Big Thief, (works with and was married to Adrianne Lenker) • July 11Shigeaki Kato, Japanese singer and actor (NEWS and K.K.Kity) • July 13Eva Rivas, Russian-Armenian singer • July 14Drew Fortier, American musician, songwriter, filmmaker and actor • Dan Reynolds, American singer-songwriter, activist (Imagine Dragons and Egyptian) • Peter Vives, Spanish actor, singer and classical pianist • July 17Chloe Lowery, American singer-songwriter • Jeremih, American recording artist and producer • July 19Nicola Benedetti, Scottish violinist • July 23Felipe Dylon, Brazilian singer • July 25Alan Dawa Dolma (better known as "Alan"), Chinese singer • Jax Jones, English singer, producer and DJ • Gor Sujyan, Armenian rock singer, lead singer of DoriansMitchell Burgzorg, Dutch footballer and rapper • July 26Evelina Sašenko-Statulevičienė, Lithuanian jazz singer of Polish-Ukrainian descent • July 28Sevak Khanagyan, Russian-Armenian singer • John Stevens, American singer • July 29 - Illangelo, Canadian record producer, songwriter, musician and mixing engineer (The Weeknd, Grimes) • July 30Elise Estrada, Canadian singer • August 2Nayer, American pop singer • Jessie Daniels, American actress, songwriter and musician • August 3Kim Hyung-jun, South Korean singer and DJ • August 6Aditya Narayan, Bollywood actor and singer • August 6Sezairi Sezali, Singaporean musician and singer-songwriter • August 9 – Noonie Boa, Swedish singer-songwriter and record producer • August 19John Ryan, also known as John the Blind and JRY, American singer-songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist (Niall Horan, Sabrina Carpenter, One Direction, De;ta Goodrem) • Anaïs Lameche, Swedish singer (Play) • August 21Kim Kibum, Korean actor and pop singer • August 24Daichi Miura, Japanese singer-songwriter, dancer and choreographer • August 26Gin Lee, Malaysian singer based in Hong Kong • September 1Dann Hume, New Zealand musician, music producer, mix engineer and songwriter (Amy Shark) • Sevdaliza, Irish Dutch singer-songwriter and record producer • September 2Audrey Tait, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand, Hector Bizerk) • Spencer Smith, American musician, songwriter and talent agent (Panic! at the Disco) • September 6Ramiele Malubay, Filipino-American singer • September 7Evan Rachel Wood, American singer and actress • September 8Wiz Khalifa, American rapper and singer • September 9Afrojack, Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer • September 13Snoh Aalegra, Swedish singer based in Los Angeles • September 16Sarah Hay, American ballerina and actress • September 18Luísa Sobral, Portuguese singer and songwriter • September 19Sam Ellis, Canadian singwriter and record producer • September 21Elly, Japanese dancer, rapper, choreographer (Sandaime J Soul Brothers) • September 22Tom Felton, English actor and musician • September 23Skylar Astin, American actor and singer • September 26Rosie Munter, Swedish vocalist and dancer • September 28Hilary Duff, American singer-songwriter, author and actress (married to Matthew Koma, sister of Haylie Duff, Sutton Foster) • Chloë Hanslip, English violinist • September 29Gryffin, American musician, DJ, record producer. • October 3Starley, Australian singer-songwriter • Kaci Battaglia, American singer, songwriter and dancer • Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rivan actress, television host, dancer, model and beauty queen • October 7Lauren Mayberry, Scottish singer-songwriter, writer and journalist (Chvrches) • October 17Stephanie (Kim Bo-kyung), American-born Korean pop singer (TSZX The Grace) • October 18Zac Efron, American actor, dancer, singer, musical star • October 23Faye, Swedish singer, songwriter and model (Play) • October 28Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter • October 29Tove Lo, Swedish singer-songwriter, dancer and activist • October 29Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume) • November 3Courtney Barnett, Australian singer-songwriter/musician • November 4Tim Douwsma, Dutch singer • T.O.P, Korean rapper • November 5Kevin Jonas, American musician (Jonas Brothers) • November 9Zahara, South African Afro-soul singer-songwriter (d. 2023) • November 10Charles Hamilton, American rapper and producer • November 12Jamison Ross, American drummer and vocalist • November 20Siouxsie Medley, American musician (Dead Sara) • November 24Sermstyle, English singer-songwriter, remixer, record producer and DJ • November 25Dolla, American rapper • November 26Kat DeLuna, American singer-songwriter and dancer • November 29Cashmere Cat, Norwegian DJ, record producer, musician and turntablist (Ariana Grande) • November 30Dougie Poynter, English pop-rock bass guitarist (McFly) • December 1Vance Joy, Australian musician • December 2Teairra Mari, American R&B singer-songwriter, dancer, model and actress • December 7Aaron Carter, American pop singer and rapper (d. 2022) • December 14 - Alex Gaskarth, English-born American singers-songwriter • December 15 - Lady Leshurr, British hip-hop grime dancehall rapper, singer-songwriter and producer • December 18Ayaka, Japanese pop singer • December 20Barrie-James O'Neill, Scottish singer-songwriter, working with Lana Del ReyDecember 22Lisa Andreas, English-Cypriot singer • December 25Julian Lage, American guitarist and composer • December 27Yui Okada, Japanese pop singer • Unknown: Fabiana Palladino, English singer-songwriter and musician ==Deaths==
Deaths
January 6Jaidev, Bollywood composer, 67 • January 10Marion Hutton, singer and actress, 67 • January 15Ray Bolger, Wizard of Oz actor, 83 (cancer) • January 30Harold Loeffelmacher, musician and bandleader (Six Fat Dutchmen), 81 • February 2Spike Hughes, jazz double bass player, composer and journalist, 78 • Alfred Lion, record executive and co-founder of Blue Note Records, 78 • February 4Liberace, US pianist, 67 (AIDS-related) • February 8Tony Destra, glam metal drummer, 32 (car accident) • February 18Dmitri Kabalevsky, composer • February 23Zeca Afonso, folk musician, 57 • March 3Danny Kaye, actor, singer, dancer and comedian, 76 • March 6Eddie Durham, jazz musician, 80 • March 7Evelyn Dove, singer, 85 • March 15Don Gant, singer/songwriter, record producer, 44 (complications following boating accident) • March 18Elizabeth Poston, composer, 82 • March 20Rita Streich, coloratura soprano, 66 • March 21Dean Paul Martin, singer and actor, 35 (plane crash) • Robert Preston, actor and singer, 68 • March 28Maria von Trapp, subject of The Sound of Music, 82 • March 29Felix Prohaska, conductor • April 2Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer, 69 (brain tumor) • April 7Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (The Wailers), 36 (murdered) • April 8Anni Frind, German lyric soprano, 87 • April 14Karl Höller, German composer, 79 • May 2Larry Clinton, US bandleader and songwriter, 75 • May 3Dalida, singer, actress and Miss Egypt 1954, 54 (suicide) • May 4Paul Butterfield, blues vocalist and harmonica player, 44 (drug overdose) • May 5Allen Jones, record producer (heart attack) • May 13Signe Amundsen, operatic soprano, 87 • Ismael Rivera, salsa composer and singer, 55 (heart attack) • May 14Rita Hayworth, dancer and film star, 68 • May 24Hermione Gingold, actress and singer • May 26Robert Wilkins, blues guitarist and singer, 91 • May 29Phyllis Tate, avant-garde composer, 76 • June 3Andrés Segovia, guitar virtuoso, 94 • June 18Kid Thomas Valentine, jazz trumpeter & bandleader, 91 • June 21Abram Chasins, pianist and composer, 84 • June 22Fred Astaire, dancer, actor and singer, 88 • Frank Rehak, jazz trombonist • June 25Boudleaux Bryant, Hall of Fame songwriter, 67 • June 26Henk Badings, composer, 80 • Gábor Rejtő, cellist, 70 • July 1Snakefinger, guitarist, 38 (heart attack) • July 7Tibor Frešo, composer, 69 • Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, pianist, 85 • July 10John Hammond, producer and musician, 76 • July 15Pete King, drummer (After The Fire, BAP), 28 (testicular cancer) • July 25Alex Sadkin, saxophonist and record producer, 37 or 38 (motor accident) • July 26Joe Liggins, R&B, jazz and blues pianist, 72 • July 30Ramón González Barrón, composer and choral conductor, 89 • August 2David Martin, bassist (Sam the Sham), 50 (heart attack) • August 12Sally Long, Ziegfeld Follies star, 85 • August 14Vincent Persichetti, composer, 72 • August 27Bruce Holder, violinist, conductor and composer, 82 • Scott La Rock, hip-hop DJ and producer, 25 (shot) • September 3Morton Feldman, composer, 51 (pancreatic cancer) • September 11Peter Tosh, reggae musician, 42 (shot and killed in a house invasion/robbery) • September 21Jaco Pastorius, jazz bassist, 35 (brain damage resulting from fight) • September 23Bob Fosse, dancer, choreographer and director of musicals, 60 (heart attack) • September 29Sebastian Peschko, pianist, 77 • October 3Hans Gál, composer, 97 • October 13Kishore Kumar, singer, actor, filmmaker, writer, musician and composer, 58 • October 14Rodolfo Halffter, composer, 86 • October 19Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist, 42 (multiple sclerosis) • October 28Woody Herman, US jazz clarinetist and bandleader, 74 • November 12Cornelis Vreeswijk, Swedish singer-songwriter, 50 (liver cancer) • November 16Zubir Said, composer, 80 • November 22Verna Arvey, librettist and pianist • November 23Joseph Beer, composer, 79 • December 5Pappy Daily, country music entrepreneur and record producer, 85 • December 8Annelies Kupper, operatic soprano, 81 • December 10Jascha Heifetz, violinist • December 12Clifton Chenier, zydeco singer and accordionist, 62 • December 18Conny Plank, record producer, 47 • December 21John Spence, ska musician, 18 (suicide) • December 22Luca Prodan, rock musician, 34 (cirrhosis of the liver) • Unknown – Emani Sankara Sastry, veena player and composer, 65 ==Awards==
Charts
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