1982 in music

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See also:

• 1982 in music (UK)
• Record labels established in 1982
• list of 'years in music'

Events

• January 15 – K.C. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida.
• January 17 – Tommy Tucker, writer of "Hi Heel Sneakers", dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning sustained while he was finishing floors in his home
• January 20 – Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a live bat thrown at him during a performance.
• January 21 – B. B. King donates his personal record collection, which includes nearly 7,000 rare blues records, to the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture.
• February 13 – A 300 pound (136 kg) gravestone from the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant is stolen from an Orange Park, Florida cemetery. Police found the gravestone 2 weeks later in a dry river bed.
• February 20 – Pat Benatar marries her guitarist, Neil Giraldo on the Hawaiian island of Maui
• February 27 - the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company gave its final performance at the Adelphi Theatre after more than 110 years.
• March 1 - 80's popstar Laura Branigan (d. 2004) releases her debut album, Branigan, featuring the mega hit single that launched her career and earned her a grammy nomination (Branigan's first of four), Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song). The Album certified gold and the single certified platinum.
• March 4 – Frank Zappa's son Dweezil and daughter Moon Unit form Fred Zeppelin
• March 5 – Comedian and Blues Brother John Belushi is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles, California
• March 18 – Teddy Pendergrass is severely injured in a car accident in Philadelphia. Pendergrass's injuries result in him being paralyzed from the waist down.
• March 19 – Ozzy Osbourne's lead guitarist, Randy Rhoads is killed in a freak accident in Leesburg, Florida when the plane he's riding in buzzes Osbourne's tour bus and crashes into a house. The plane's pilot and a female passenger are also killed.
• March 28 – In Los Angeles, California, David Crosby is arrested for possession of Quaaludes and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon
• March 29 – Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney release their single "Ebony and Ivory", which will remain at #1 for 7 weeks
• March 31 – The Doobie Brothers announce that they are breaking up
• April 15 – Billy Joel is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Long Island, New York. Joel spends over a month in the hospital undergoing physical therapy for his hand.
• April 24 - Germany wins the 27th annual Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Harrogate Conference Centre, North Yorkshire, with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden", sung by 17-year-old singer Nicole. She also records the song in English as "A Little Peace", which becomes the 500th chart-topping single in the UK.
• April 26 – Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles, California. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt.
• May 26 – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Aberdeen, Scotland.
• June 19 - Amy Grant marries Gary Chapman.
• August 17 – In Langenhagen near Hanover, Germany began the first mass production of the compact disc.
• August 28 - Eric Burdon getting arrested after a show at the Rockpalast in Cologne
• September 7 – The musical Cats begins its 18 year run on Broadway
• September 22 – The Who begin their only formally-announced "farewell" tour in Washington, D.C.
• November 5 – First broadcast of The Tube was shown on Channel 4 in the UK.
• November
  • Most successful group of the 1970s Abba release their final two singles "Under Attack" followed by the re-release of 1977's "Thank You For The Music". But a split is never officially announced.
  • Sena Jurinac appears on stage for the last time, with the Vienna State Opera.
• November 30 – Thriller is released by superstar Michael Jackson and goes on to be greatest selling album of all time, with 104 million units sold worldwide
• The first compact discs appear in music stores in Asia.
• A benefit concert takes place in Downey, California to replace the guitars belonging to Daniel Amos which were stolen early in the year. Performers included Tom Howard, Mark Heard and Randy Stonehill.
• Madonna's recording career begins when she signs to both Warner Bros. Records and Sire Records.
• Caution and Plee Fresh begin recording; this is the birth of a distinctively Chicago sound in hip hop music.
• Lee Aaron's solo career begins.
• Ronnie James Dio leaves Black Sabbath for solo career.
• Wendy O. Williams leaves the Plasmatics for a solo career.

Bands formed

• See Musical groups established in 1982

Bands disbanded

• ABBA (retired)
• Adam and the Ants
• Average White Band (they reform in 1989)
• Bad Company (they reform in 1986)
• Blondie (they reform in 1997)
• The Doobie Brothers (they reform in 1988)
• Eagles (they reform in 1994)
• Hotel
• The Jam
• Japan
• Klaatu
• The Magic Band (following Captain Beefheart's retirement from music to concentrate on painting and poetry)
• The Only Ones
• The Skids
• The Wild Swans (they reform in 1985)

Albums released

• Abominog - Uriah Heep
• Absolutely Live - Rod Stewart
• After the Snow - Modern English
• Age To Age – Amy Grant
• Album - Generic Flipper – Flipper
• All Four One – The Motels
• Ambient 4: On Land – Brian Eno
• American Fool – John Cougar Mellencamp
• Another Day/Another Dollar – Gang of Four
• The Anvil – Visage
• Are You Ready – Bucks Fizz
• Asia – Asia
• Assault Attack – The Michael Schenker Group
• Avalon – Roxy Music
• Back from Samoa – Angry Samoans
• Bad Brains – Bad Brains
• Barry Live in Britain – Barry Manilow
• Bean-Spill (EP) – The Minutemen
• Beasts (EP) - Sex Gang Children
• Beat – King Crimson
• Beautiful Vision – Van Morrison
• Before a Word Is Said – Gowen, Miller, Sinclair, Tomkins
• Big Science – Laurie Anderson
• Black Metal – Venom
• Black Tiger – Y&T
• Blackout – Scorpions
• The Blue Mask – Lou Reed
• Bobbie Sue – The Oak Ridge Boys
• Branigan – Laura Branigan
• The Broadsword and the Beast – Jethro Tull
• A Broken Frame – Depeche Mode
• Business as Usual – Men at Work (US)
• The Changeling – Toyah
• Chase the Dragon – Magnum
• Chicago 16 – Chicago
• Choose Your Masques – Hawkwind
• Chris Rea – Chris Rea
• Christ – The Album – Crass
• Chronic Town (EP) – R.E.M.
• Church of Hawkwind – Hawkwind
• Circus Animals – Cold Chisel
• Coda – Led Zeppelin
• Comeback - Eric Burdon
• Combat Rock – The Clash
• Complete Madness – Madness (greatest hits)
• Computer Games – George Clinton
• The Concerts in China - Jean-Michel Jarre
• Creatures of the Night – Kiss
• Dawn Patrol – Night Ranger
• Death Wish II – Jimmy Page
• The Distance – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
• Diver Down – Van Halen
• Donna Summer – Donna Summer
• The Dreaming – Kate Bush
• D.S. al Coda – National Health
• Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 – Eagles
• The Early Tapes/Strategy – Level 42
• Eddie Murphy – Eddie Murphy (Debut)
• Electric Rendezvous - Al Di Meola
• English Settlement – XTC
• Enter K – Peter Hammill
• Everything Falls Apart – Hüsker Dü
• …Famous Last Words… – Supertramp
• Fantastic – Wham!
• Fast Women & Slow Horses – Dr. Feelgood
• Five Miles Out – Mike Oldfield
• Flex Your Head – Various Artists
• Flieg' Vogel flieg' – Hans-Joachim Roedelius
• Forever Now – The Psychedelic Furs
• Forging Ahead – Bad Manners
• Friend or Foe – Adam Ant
• Gap Band IV – The Gap Band
• Garista – :$OVIET:FRANCE:
• Garlands – Cocteau Twins
• The Getaway – Chris de Burgh
• Get Nervous – Pat Benatar
• The Gift – The Jam
• Going Where the Lonely Go - Merle Haggard
• The Golden Age of Wireless – Thomas Dolby
• Groovy Decay – Robyn Hitchcock
• The Great Twenty-Eight – Chuck Berry
• H₂O – Daryl Hall & John Oates
• Hello, I Must Be Going! – Phil Collins
• Here Comes the Night – Barry Manilow
• Hex Enduction Hour – The Fall
• The High and the Mighty – Donnie Iris
• Homotopy to Marie – Nurse With Wound
• Hot Space – Queen
• Hour Live – Toots & the Maytals
• How Could Hell Be Any Worse? – Bad Religion (debut full-length)
• Humans Only – Earthstar
• The Hunter – Blondie
• I, Assassin – Gary Numan
• I Paralyze – Cher
• Identity Crisis – Sweet (final album)
• ...If I Die, I Die – Virgin Prunes
• Imperial Bedroom – Elvis Costello & the Attractions
• In the Name of Love – Thompson Twins
• Iron Fist – Motörhead
• It's Alright (I See Rainbows) – Yoko Ono
• It's Hard – The Who
• The John Lennon Collection – John Lennon
• Jinx - Rory Gallagher
• Junkyard – The Birthday Party (final album)
• Kansuigyo – Miyuki Nakajima
• Keep On Doing – The Roches
• Kenny G – Kenny G (debut)
• A Kiss in the Dreamhouse – Siouxsie And The Banshees
• Kissing to Be Clever – Culture Club
• Langkah Berikutnya (and then Tokoh-Tokoh) – Ebiet G. Ade
• The Lee Aaron Project – Lee Aaron
• Leichenschrei – SPK
• Lexicon of Love – ABC
• Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie
• Live Evil – Black Sabbath
• Living My Life – Grace Jones
• Love over Gold – Dire Straits
• Love Will Turn You Around – Kenny Rogers
• Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets (debut)
• Mesopotamia – The B-52's
• Metal on Metal – Anvil
• Miami – The Gun Club
• Midnight Love – Marvin Gaye
• Milo Goes to College – The Descendents
• Mirage – Fleetwood Mac
• Mondialement vôtre – Dalida
• Music for a New Society – John Cale
• Naked – Sex Gang Children
• Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen
• New Britain – Whitehouse
• New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) – Simple Minds
• Night and Day – Joe Jackson
• The Nightfly – Donald Fagen
• 1999 – Prince
• Nona – Nona Hendryx
• Nothing Can Stop Us – Robert Wyatt
• Nothing to Fear – Oingo Boingo
• Now and Forever – Air Supply
• Now Then... – Stiff Little Fingers
• Nugent – Ted Nugent
• The Number of the Beast – Iron Maiden
• Nylon Curtain – Billy Joel
• Offene Türen – Hans-Joachim Roedelius
• Oh, No! It's Devo – Devo
• On Land – Brian Eno
• One Night at Budokan - Michael Schenker Group
• 1+9+8+2 – Status Quo
• One to One – Carole King
• The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away - Bootsy Collins
• One Vice at a Time – Krokus
• Only Theatre of Pain – Christian Death (debut)
• Oriental Beat – Hanoi Rocks
• The Party's Over – Talk Talk
• Peter Gabriel also known as Security – Peter Gabriel
• Pictures at Eleven – Robert Plant (former Led Zeppelin Vocalist's solo debut)
• Picture This – Huey Lewis & The News
• Plastic Surgery Disasters - Dead Kennedys
• Pleasure Victim - Berlin
• Pornography – The Cure
• Power Play – April Wine
• Prairie Serenade – Riders in the Sky
• Private Audition – Heart
• Psychopathia Sexualis – Whitehouse
• The Pursuit of Accidents – Level 42
• The Record – Fear
• Revelations – Killing Joke
• Rio – Duran Duran
• The Rise & Fall – Madness
• Rock in a Hard Place – Aerosmith
• Room To Live – The Fall
• Rough Diamonds – Bad Company
• Ruff Cuts EP – Twisted Sister
• Saints & Sinners – Whitesnake
• Screaming Blue Murder – Girlschool
• Screaming for Vengeance – Judas Priest
• Send Me A Lullaby – The Go-Betweens
• Set – Thompson Twins
• Shabooh Shoobah – INXS
• Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch – Frank Zappa
• Shoot Out the Lights – Richard and Linda Thompson
• Showtime! – The J. Geils Band (live)
• Signals – Rush
• Silk Electric – Diana Ross
• The Singles: The First Ten Years – ABBA
• The Sky's Gone Out – Bauhaus
• Sleepwalking – Gerry Rafferty
• Somewhere in Afrika – Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• Songs of the Free – Gang of Four
• Sonic Youth – Sonic Youth
• Speak of the Devil – Ozzy Osbourne (Live)
• Spécial Dalida – Dalida
• Stand by Your Man (EP) – Motörhead & Girlschool
• Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium – Stevie Wonder
• Stink – The Replacements
• Straight Between the Eyes – Rainbow
• Sweets From a Stranger – Squeeze
• 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - Midnight Oil
• Tenebrae – Simonetti-Morante-Pignatelli (Goblin)
• Three Lock Box – Sammy Hagar
• Three Sides Live – Genesis
• Thriller – Michael Jackson
• Time and Tide – Split Enz
• Time Pieces: Best of Eric Clapton – Eric Clapton (Best of 1969-1979)
• Too Fast for Love – Mötley Crüe (debut re-release)
• Too-Rye-Ay – Dexys Midnight Runners
• Toto IV – Toto
• Tough – Kurtis Blow
• Trance – Chris & Cosey
• Troops of Tomorrow – The Exploited
• Tug of War – Paul McCartney
• The Tunes of Two Cities – The Residents
• TV Party (EP) – Black Flag
• 2x45 – Cabaret Voltaire
• 2XS – Nazareth
• UB44 - UB40
• Under the Big Black Sun – X
• Under the Blade – Twisted Sister (debut album)
• Underwater Kites – The Modern Art (debut)
• Upstairs at Eric's – Yazoo
• Vs – Mission of Burma
• Walk Among Us - The Misfits
• Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour – Toyah (live)
• Wasted Youth – Girl
• We Are...The League - Anti-Nowhere League
• What Time Is It? – The Time
• White Eagle – Tangerine Dream
• White Heat – Dusty Springfield
• Wild in the Streets – Circle Jerks
• The Winning Hand – Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Brenda Lee & Dolly Parton
• Wiped Out – Raven
• World Radio – Leo Sayer
• Zapp II – Zapp
• Zipper Catches Skin – Alice Cooper

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1982.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Survivor	Eye of the Tiger	1982		UK 1 – Jul 1982, US BB 1 – Jun 1982, US CashBox 1 of 1982, Canada 1 – Jun 1982, Norway 1 – Aug 1982, Australia 1 of 1982, Éire 1 – Sep 1982, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Aug 1983, Holland 2 – Sep 1982, Austria 2 – Sep 1982, South Africa 2 of 1982, Sweden (alt) 5 – Aug 1982, Switzerland 6 – Aug 1982, US BB 7 of 1982, France 7 – Jan 1983, POP 7 of 1982, Germany 18 – Jan 1983, Scrobulate 20 of 80s, Italy 23 of 1982, Poland 24 – Jul 1982, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1982, Europe 46 of the 1980s, OzNet 82
2	Men at Work	Down Under	1982		UK 1 – Jan 1983, US BB 1 – Nov 1982, Canada 1 – Sep 1982, Switzerland 1 – Jun 1982, Poland 1 – Jan 1983, Éire 1 – Jan 1983, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Feb 1982, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Nov 1982, Holland 2 – Mar 1982, Norway 2 – Feb 1983, France 4 – Aug 1982, Sweden (alt) 6 – Feb 1983, US CashBox 8 of 1983, South Africa 8 of 1982, OzNet 8, Germany 10 – Mar 1983, POP 16 of 1983, US BB 21 of 1983, Australia 24 of 1982, Europe 36 of the 1980s, KROQ 70 of 1982, Scrobulate 83 of 80s, RYM 96 of 1981
3	Joan Jett & The Blackhearts	I Love Rock 'n' Roll	1982		US BB 1 – Feb 1982, Canada 1 – Jan 1982, Holland 1 – Apr 1982, Sweden (alt) 1 – Jun 1982, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Jun 1982, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1983, Poland 2 – May 1982, Switzerland 3 – Mar 1982, UK 4 – Apr 1982, POP 4 of 1982, US CashBox 5 of 1982, Austria 5 – May 1982, Germany 6 – Apr 1982, Australia 7 of 1982, South Africa 7 of 1982, US BB 8 of 1982, France 10 – Mar 1982, KROQ 71 of 1982, Party 80 of 1999, RIAA 177, Acclaimed 295, Germany 348 of the 1980s, TheQ 463, Rolling Stone 484
4	Dexys Midnight Runners	Come On Eileen	1982		UK 1 – Jul 1982, US BB 1 – Feb 1983, Canada 1 – Nov 1982, Switzerland 1 – Nov 1982, Éire 1 – Aug 1982, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Nov 1982, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1983, POP 2 of 1983, Holland 4 – Aug 1982, US BB 5 of 1983, France 5 – Jan 1983, Germany 5 – Jan 1983, Austria 9 – Nov 1982, RYM 11 of 1982, US CashBox 12 of 1983, Australia 12 of 1982, Scrobulate 15 of 80s, Party 36 of 2007, Virgin 85, OzNet 117, Germany 244 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 1040
5	The Human League	Don't You Want Me	1982		UK 1 – Dec 1981, US BB 1 – Apr 1982, Norway 1 – Feb 1982, Éire 1 – Dec 1981, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks May 1982, Canada 2 – Feb 1982, France 2 – Jan 1982, Sweden (alt) 3 – Feb 1982, Switzerland 4 – Mar 1982, Holland 5 – Jan 1982, KROQ 5 of 1982, US CashBox 6 of 1982, Germany 6 – Feb 1982, South Africa 16 of 1982, RYM 18 of 1981, US BB 21 of 1982, POP 28 of 1982, Italy 33 of 1982, Scrobulate 34 of 80s, Virgin 46, 93 in 2FM list, Acclaimed 175, OzNet 741

Chronological Table of US and UK Number One Hit Singles

Published popular music

• How Do You Keep the Music Playing? w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Michel LeGrand. From the film Best Friends.
• "Key Largo" w.m. Sonny Limbo & Bertie Higgins
• "Let's Go to the Movies" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the film version of the musical Annie
• "Sandy (Dumb Dog)" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the film version of the musical Annie
• "Sign!" w. Martin Charnin w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the film version of the musical Annie
• "St. Elsewhere theme song" m. Dave Grusin
• "Up Where We Belong"     w. Will Jennings m. Buffy Sainte-Marie & Jack Nitzsche
• "We Got Annie" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the film version of the musical Annie
• "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" w.m. Judy Hart Angelo & Gary Portnoy, theme from the TV series Cheers
• "Without Us" w. Tom Scott m. Jeff Barry, theme from the TV series Family Ties

Classical music

• Hans Abrahamsen – Nacht und Trompeten
• George Crumb – Pastoral Drone for organ
• George Crumb – Trio for Strings
• Mario Davidovsky – Sting Trio for violin, viola, violoncello
• Ross Edwards – Piano Concerto in A
• Lorenzo Ferrero
  • Thema 44 (ad honorem J. Haydn)
  • My Blues
  • My Rag
  • Respiri
  • Soleils
• Daron Hagen – Echo's Songs
• Rudolf Komorous – Serenade for Strings
• Mel Powell – String Quartet
• Robert Simpson – String Quartet no. 9, 32 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Haydn
• Tōru Takemitsu – Rain Coming for chamber orchestra
• Tōru Takemitsu – Rain Spell for flute, clarinet, harp, piano and vibraphone
• Jay Ungar – Ashokan Farewell

Opera

• Nicolas Flagello – The Judgment of St Francis
• Stephen Paulus – The Postman Always Rings Twice
• Peter Sculthorpe - Quiros

Musical theater

• Andy Capp (Alan Price) – London production opened at the Aldwych Theatre on September 28 and ran for 99 performances
• Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber) – Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 7 and ran for 7485 performances
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) – Broadway production opened at the Royale Theatre on January 27 and ran for 747 performances
• Little Shop of Horrors     off-Broadway production opened at the Orpheum Theatre on July 27 and ran for 2209 performances
• Nine      Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on May 9 and ran for 729 performances
• Pirates Of Penzance     London revival
• Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (Saul Chaplin, Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer) – Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on July 8 and ran for 5 performances
• Song and Dance (Andrew Lloyd Webber) – London production opened at the Palace Theatre on April 7 and ran for 781 performances

Musical films

• Annie
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Grease 2
• HMS Pinafore
• Iolanthe
• The Mikado
• Patience
• Pink Floyd The Wall
• Pirates of Penzance
• Ruddigore
• The Sorcerer
• Victor/Victoria
• The Yeomen Of The Guard

Musical television

• Live at Austin City Limits
• Sweeney Todd
• Liquid Sky

Births

• January 14 - Caleb Followill, singer (Kings of Leon)
• January 18 – Quinn Allman, guitarist (The Used)
• January 29 - Adam Lambert, singer, stage actor, American Idol 8 finalist
• March 20 – Nick Wheeler (The All-American Rejects)
• April 24 - Kelly Clarkson, first American Idol winner
• April 26 – Jon Lee (S Club 7)
• June 14 - Lang Lang, pianist
• July 7 – Cassidy, rapper
• August 28 – LeAnn Rimes, singer
• September 22 – Billie Piper, singer and actress
• October 18 – Ne-Yo, R&B singer
• December 23 - Beatriz Luengo, singer, dancer and actress
• December 24 – Robert Carmine, vocalist (Rooney)

Deaths

• January 16 - Harald Agersnap, Danish classical musician (b. 1889)
• January 17 – Tommy Tucker, songwriter (b. 1933) (carbon tetrachloride poisoning)
• January 30 – Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer (b. 1890)
• February 17 – Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist (b. 1917)
• February 21 – Murray the K, disc jockey (b. 1922)
• March 5 – John Belushi, entertainer of The Blues Brothers fame (b. 1949) (cocaine overdose)
• March 19 – Randy Rhoads, guitarist (b. 1956) (plane crash)
• March 24 – Aileen Stanley, singer (b. 1897)
• March 29 – Carl Orff, German composer, famous for the choral work Carmina Burana (b. 1895)
• April 2 – Sam Coslow, songwriter and sometime singer (b. 1902)
• May 1 – William Primrose, violist (b. 1904)
• May 8 – Neil Bogart, owner of Casablanca Records (b. 1943) (cancer)
• May 15 – Joëlle Mogensen, French singer (b. 1953) (drug overdose)
• May 16 – Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Portuguese composer and singer (b. 1942)
• June 15 – Art Pepper, jazz saxophonist (b. 1925) (brain haemorrhage)
• July 9 – Wingy Manone, jazz trumpeter
• July 28 – Keith Green, gospel singer (b. 1953) (plane crash)
• September 1 – Clifford Curzon, pianist (b. 1907)
• September 17 – Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (b. 1937)
• October 4 – Glenn Gould, pianist (b. 1932) (stroke)
• October 16
  • Jakov Gotovac, composer and conductor (b. 1895)
  • Mario del Monaco, operatic tenor (b. 1915)
• October 29 – William Lloyd Webber, British organist and composer (b. 1914)
• November 16 – Al Haig, jazz pianist (b. 1924)

Awards

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1982

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Charts

List of No. 1 Hits

• Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1982