1989 in music

Events

• January 7 - Genesis'88 and Sunrise/Back to the Future stage large-scale illegal Acid House party in London
• January 14 - Paul McCartney releases Back in the U.S.S.R exclusively in Russia. Bootleg copies sell for as much as $1,000 in the United States
• January 14 - Genesis'88 and Sunrise/Back to the Future stage large-scale illegal Acid House party in London
• January 23 - James Brown is sentenced in Georgia to 6 years in jail in connection with a police chase through two different states
• January - Phil Keaggy and Randy Stonehill form the "Keaggy/Stonehill Band" for a one time tour that pays tribute to 1960s artists like The Beatles. Tim Chandler plays bass for the band and David Raven plays drums.
• January 28- Genesis'88 stage large-scale illegal Acid House (from strength to strength) party in London
• February 12 - Tiny Tim launches an unsuccessful campaign to be the mayor of New York City.
• February - Roy Orbison joins Elvis Presley as the only singers to ever simultaneously have two Top 5 albums on the Billboard Charts
• February 17 - Whitesnake's David Coverdale marries Tawny Kitaen
• March 6 - Smokey Robinson's autobiography Inside My Life is published
• April - Three young men attempt to mug record producer and author Reed Arvin. Reed, being a rather large man, was able to go home with his money. The three young men were forced to return to their homes empty handed and nursing a few bruises.
• April 9 - The Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman announces that he's getting married to 19 year old Mandy Smith, whom he has dated for 6 years
• April 28 - Jon Bon Jovi marries his high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
• May 1 - California jewelry store employees call the police reporting a suspicious person hanging around their store. The person turned out to be Michael Jackson shopping in disguise
• May - The first issue of Ptolemaic Terrascope is published
• July 9 - All four original members of the Monkees reunite in Los Angeles for a concert performance at the Universal Amphitheater. The following day the quartet attend an induction ceremony at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where they receive a star.
• December 12 - Genesis'88 stage large-scale illegal Acid House (the fight goes on) party in London
• December 24 - Genesis'88 and Biology parties stage illegal Acid House party in Slough UK
• December 31 - Genesis'88 and Biology parties stage biggest Acid House (FREE) party (Future Power People) of the night in Slough Panasonic building (15,000 people) Which was later joined by Sunrise/Back to the Future after their event was stopped by police.
• July onwards, UK - sampling/mix group Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers are the year's biggest chart phenomenon. Their montages of classic rock and roll records make them only the third act to top the charts with all of their first three singles.
• Summer - L7 sign a contract with Sub Pop Records
• LL Cool J is booed offstage at the Apollo Theater
• Garth Brooks debut album released, it will reach the top of the Country charts and make top 20 in the American pop charts.
• Guttermouth forms
• Marilyn Manson forms
• The Chemical Brothers form
• Firehouse forms
• The Sweet Children change their name to Green Day, add drummer Al Sobrante and release the EP 1,000 Hours, their debut recording
• The Jerky Boys forms by John G. Brennan
• Leftover Salmon forms
• Monster Magnet forms
• The Plasmatics reunite
• Toadies forms
• Orbital releases their first recording, "Chime", which had premiered on Jackin' Zone the previous year
  

  Albums released

• Eat The heat - Accept
• When Dream and Day Unite - Dream Theater
• Pump - Aerosmith
• After 7 - After 7 (debut)
• Allroy's Revenge - ALL
• Penikufesin EP - Anthrax
• Y Kant Tori Read - Tori Amos (debut)
• Quickness - Bad Brains
• Badlands - Badlands (former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee & former Black Sabbath & then-future KISS drummer Eric Singer's new band's debut)
• No Control - Bad Religion
• Psycho Cafe - Bang Tango (debut)
• Paul's Boutique - The Beastie Boys
• Mr. Music Head - Adrian Belew
• Surprise - Better Than Ezra (debut)
• Headless Cross - Black Sabbath
• Blue Murder - Blue Murder (John Sykes & former King Kobra drummer Carmine Appice's group) (debut)
• Killin' Time - Clint Black
• Garth Brooks - Garth Brooks
• Heart Shaped World - Jackson Browne
• Dig? - Bill Bruford
• Key Lime Pie - Camper Van Beethoven
• Vanity/Nemesis - Celtic Frost
• Journeyman - Eric Clapton
• Steady On - Shawn Colvin
• Trash - Alice Cooper
• Danger Danger - Danger Danger (debut)
• Dangerous Toys - Dangerous Toys (debut)
• Spike - Elvis Costello
• - Crass
• Disintegration - The Cure
• *Recorded live in Nottingham in 1984
• Best Wishes - Cro-Mags
• Sonic Temple - The Cult
• Thrash Zone - D.R.I
• Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr
• Force Majeure - Doro (debut)
• Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
• 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul
• Stuck in Wonderamaland - Dramarama
• Big Thing - Duran Duran
• Oh Mercy - Bob Dylan
• Copperhead Road - Steve Earle
• Extreme - Extreme (debut)
• The Raw and the Cooked - Fine Young Cannibals
• Truth and Soul - Fishbone
• Greatest Hits - Fleetwood Mac
• Trouble Walkin' - Frehley's Comet
• Margin Walker - Fugazi
• 13 Songs - Fugazi
• Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ - Peter Gabriel
• *This album is regarded as a landmark in the popularization of world music
• Long Hard Look - Lou Gramm
• ...Twice Shy - Great White
• 1,000 Hours - Green Day
• Healer - John Lee Hooker
• Heart Shaped World - Chris Isaak
• Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson
• Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
• Rock Island - Jethro Tull
• Sleeping with the Past - Elton John
• Greatest Hits (1977-1987) - Journey
• Hot In The Shade - KISS
• Night of Rage - Kraut
• Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz (debut)
• Cocked And Loaded - L.A. Guns
• The Death of a Dictionary - Live (debut)
• Powertrip - Ludichrist (final album)
• Like a Prayer - Madonna
• Trial by Fire / Live In Leningrad - Yngwie Malmsteen
• Flowers in the Dirt - Paul McCartney
• Ozma - Melvins
• Girl You Know It's True - Milli Vanilli (US release)
• The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste - Ministry
• All Aboard the Mind Train - The Modern Art
• Shine - Mother Love Bone (debut EP)
• Dr. Feelgood - Mötley Crüe
• Mr. Big - Mr. Big (debut)
• Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A
• Helter Stupid - Negativland
• Yellow Moon - The Neville Brothers
• Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails (debut)
• Bleach - Nirvana (debut)
• S&M Airlines - NOFX
• Self-Titled - The Offspring (debut)
• No Rest for the Wicked - Ozzy Osbourne (first album with Zakk Wylde)
• I Enjoy Being a Girl - Phranc
• Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt
• New York - Lou Reed
• Something Inside So Strong Kenny Rogers
• Presto - Rush
• Mystery Girl - Roy Orbison
• A Black & White Night Live - Roy Orbison
• Word from the Wise - Pennywise (EP)
• Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty
• Doolittle - Pixies
• Record Collectors - Poison Idea
• Suck on This - Primus (live debut)
• Batman - Prince
• Lovesexy - Prince
• Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy
• Fight The Power...Live - Public Enemy (live, released on VHS)
• It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
• All Hail the Queen - Queen Latifah (debut)
• Brain Drain - The Ramones
• Mother's Milk - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• The Symphony Sessions - Red Rider
• Don't Tell a Soul - The Replacements
• Hard Volume - Rollins Band
• Samiam - Samiam (debut)
• Early Music - Santana
• Better Than a Stick in the Eye - SNFU
• Flying in a Blue Dream - Joe Satriani
• Best Of Rockers & Ballads - Scorpions
• Buzz Factory - Screaming Trees
• Blood, Sweat & No Tears - Sick of it All
• Skid Row - Skid Row (debut)
• 11 - The Smithereens
• Clam Dip & the Other Delights - Soul Asylum
• Hang Time - Soul Asylum
• Love Among The Cannibals - Starship (final album)
• In Step - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (final album)
• The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (debut)
• Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week - Björk & The Sugarcubes
• Controlled By Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjā Vu - Suicidal Tendencies
• The Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears
• The Great Radio Controversy - Tesla
• Lincoln - They Might Be Giants
• Life Is...Too Short - Too $hort
• Dum Dum - The Vaselines
• 3 - Violent Femmes
• Liberation - Bunny Wailer
• Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich - Warrant (debut)
• The Headless Children - W.A.S.P
• Prime 5 - Ween
• Big Game - White Lion
• Slip of the Tongue - Whitesnake
• Freedom - Neil Young

  Top hits

• "All She Wants Is" - Duran Duran"My Brave Face" - Paul McCartney"Another Day in Paradise" - Phil Collins"Batdance" - Prince"Blame It on the Rain" - Milli Vanilli"Buffalo Stance" - Neneh Cherry"Cartoon" - Soul Asylum"Do You Believe In Shame?" - Duran Duran"Dr. Feelgood" - Mötley Crüe"Eternal Flame" - The Bangles"Eyes Of A Stranger" - Queensr˙che"Heavy Metal" - Judas Priest"If I Could Turn Back Time" - Cher"If Tomorrow Never Comes" - Garth Brooks"Kickstart My Heart" - Mötley Crüe"Killin' Time" - Clint Black"Like a Prayer" - Madonna"Lost in Your Eyes" - Debbie Gibson"Love Shack"- The B-52's"Miss You Much" - Janet Jackson"Monsters Of Rock" - Judas Priest"Open Letter (To A Landlord)" - Living Colour"Rendez-vous chaque soir" - Dalida (inédit)"Right Here Waiting" - Richard Marx"She Drives Me Crazy" - Fine Young Cannibals"Sometime To Return" - Soul Asylum"Straight Up" - Paula Abdul"The Dance" - Garth Brooks"Un soir qu'on oublie pas" - Dalida (inédit)"Veronica" - Elvis Costello"When I See You Smile" - Bad English"We Didn't Start The Fire" - Billy Joel"You Got It" - Roy Orbison

  Published popular music

• "We Didn't Start The Fire" w.m. Billy Joel
• "You Got It"     w.m. Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne & Tom Petty
  

  Classical music

• Michael Chekahlin - Concerto Grosso No. 1
• John McCabe - Flute Concerto
• John Tavener - The Protecting Veil

  Opera

• Conrad Cummings - Photo-Op

  Musical theater

• Aspects of Love (Andrew Lloyd Webber) - London production
• City of Angels     Broadway production
• Grand Hotel     Broadway production
• (Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway revival
• Meet Me in St. Louis     Broadway production
• Miss Saigon (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) - London production
• Pacific Overtures (Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman) - London production
• Welcome to the Club     Broadway production
  

  Musical films

• The Little Mermaid     animated feature film
  

  Births

• August 14? - Lil' Romeo
• October 11 - Jeff Elswick
  

  Deaths

• January 20 - Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress and singer
• March 20 - Archie Bleyer, US arranger and bandleader
• April 26 - Lucille Ball, US actress and singer
• September 14 - Perez Prado, 72, Cuban bandleader and composer
• September 30 - Virgil Thomson, composer
• November 5 - Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
• November 16 - Rose Murphy, US singer and pianist
• December 6 - Sammy Fain, US composer
• December 26 - Sir Lennox Berkeley, composer
  

  Awards

• The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Dion, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones, The Temptations and Stevie Wonder
• Grammy Awards of 1989
• Country Music Association Awards
• Eurovision Song Contest 1989

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