1989 in music
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2 Albums released 3 Top hits 4 Published popular music 5 Musical theater 6 Musical films 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 Awards |
Events
- 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 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.
- 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
- Summer - L7 sign a a contract with Sub Pop Records
- LL Cool J is booed offstage at the Apollo Theater
- 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
- Leftover Salmon forms
- Monster Magnet forms
- The Plasmatics reunite
- Orbital releases their first recording, "Chime", which had premiered on Jackin' Zone the previous year
Albums released
- Stay on These Roads - A-Ha
- After 7 - After 7 (debut)
- Allroy's Revenge - ALL
- Penikufesin EP - Anthrax
- State Of Euphoria - Anthrax
- Y Kant Tori Read - Tori Amos (debut)
- Quickness - Bad Brains
- No Control - Bad Religion
- Paul's Boutique - The Beastie Boys
- Surprise - Better Than Ezra (debut)
- headless Cross - Black Sabbath
- Blue Murder - Blue Murder (John Sykes group) (debut)
- New Jersey - Bon Jovi
- Killin' Time - Clint Black
- 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
- Spike - Elvis Costello
- - Crass
- Recorded live in Nottingham in 1984
- Best Wishes - Cro-Mags
- Sonic Temple - The Cult
- Thrash Zone - D.R.I
- - Danzig
- Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr
- Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
- 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul
- Big Thing - Duran Duran
- Oh Mercy - Bob Dylan
- Copperhead Road - Steve Earle
- The Raw and the Cooked - Fine Young Cannibals
- 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
- ...Twice Shy - Great White
- 1,000 Hours - Green Day
- G.N.R. Lies - Guns n' Roses
- Healer - John Lee Hooker
- Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son - Iron Maiden
- 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
- Ram It Down - Judas Priest
- Night of Rage - Kraut
- Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz (debut)
- The Death of a Dictionary - Live (debut)
- Powertrip - Ludichrist (final album)
- Like a Prayer - Madonna
- Odyssey - Yngwie J. Malmsteen
- Ozma - Melvins
- Girl You Know It's True - Milli Vanilli (US release)
- The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste - Ministry
- Shine - Mother Love Bone (debut EP)
- Dr. Feelgood - Moetley Cruee
- 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)
- Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt
- New York - Lou Reed
- Presto - Rush
- Mystery Girl - Roy Orbison
- Word from the Wise - Pennywise (final EP)
- Doolittle - Pixies
- Record Collectors - Poison Idea
- Suck on This - Primus (live debut)
- Batman - Prince
- Lovesexy - Prince
- ''Fight The Power...Live'\' - Public Enemy
- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
- All Hail the Queen - Queen Latifah (debut)
- Mother's Milk - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Self-titled - Samiam (debut)
- Early Music - Santana
- Better Than a Stick in the Eye - SNFU
- Flying in a Blue Dream - Joe Satriani
- Blood, Sweat & No Tears - Sick of it All
- Prison Bound - Social Distortion
- Clam Dip & the Other Delights - Soul Asylum
- Hang Time - Soul Asylum
- In Step - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (final album)
- The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
- Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week - Bjoerk & The Sugarcubes
- Controlled By Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Deja Vu - Suicidal Tendencies
- Lincoln - They Might Be Giants
- Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty
- Liberation - Bunny Wailer
- Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich - Warrant
- Prime 5 - Ween
- Slip of the Tongue - Whitesnake
- Freedom - Neil Young
Top hits
- "All She Wants Is" - Duran Duran
- "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" - Moetley Cruee
- "Eyes Of A Stranger" - Queensryche
- "Heavy Metal" - Judas Priest
- "If I Could Turn Back Time" - Cher
- "Kickstart My Heart" - Moetley Cruee
- "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
- "Right Here Waiting" - Richard Marx
- "She Drives Me Crazy" - Fine Young Cannibals
- "Sometime To Return" - Soul Asylum
- "Straight Up" - Paula Abdul
- "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
Musical theater
- Aspects of Love London production
- City of Angels Broadway production
- Grand Hotel Broadway production
- Gypsy Broadway revival
- Meet Me in St. Louis Broadway production
- Miss Saigon London production
- Pacific Overtures London production
- Welcome to the Club Broadway production
Musical films
- The Little Mermaid animated feature film
Births
- August 14? - Lil' Romeo
Deaths
- November 5 - Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
- November 16 - Rose Murphy, US singer and pianist
- December 6 - Sammy Fain, US 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