1982 in music

1982 in music
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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
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' 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 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.
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 70s 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.
December 1 – 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 signs on to Warner Bros. Records and both Sire Records
Janet Jackson releases first recording
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

Bands disbanded

ABBA
Adam And The Ants
Bad Company (they reform in 1986)
Blondie (they reform in 1997)
The Doobie Brothers (they reform in 1988)
The Eagles (they reform in 1994)
Hotel
The Jam
The Only Ones
The Average White Band (they reform in 1989)
The Teardrop Explodes
Japan
The Skids
The Wild Swans (they reform in 1985)

Albums released

Thriller – Michael Jackson (greatest selling album of all time)
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
Avalon – Roxy Music
Back from Samoa – Angry Samoans
Bad Brains – Bad Brains
Barry Live in Britain – Barry Manilow
Bean-Spill (EP) – The Minutemen
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)
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
Combat Rock – The Clash
Complete Madness – Madness (greatest hits)
Computer Games – George Clinton
Creatures of the Night – Kiss
Damaged – Black Flag
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)
English Settlement – XTC
Enter K – Peter Hammill
Entrave et Etouffement – Entrave et Etouffement
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
Groovy Decay – Robyn Hitchcock
H₂O – Daryl Hall & John Oates
Hello, I Must Be Going! – Phil Collins
Here Comes the Night – Barry Manilow
Hérésie – Virgin Prunes
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
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
La Folie – The Stranglers
Langkah Berikutnya (and then Tokoh-Tokoh) – Ebiet G. Ade
Le Disque d'Or du Mundial '82 – Dalida (compilation)
The Lee Aaron Project – Lee Aaron
Leichenschrei – SPK
Lexicon of Love – ABC
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
Mommy's Little Monster – Social Distortion
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
1+9+8+2 – Status Quo
One to One – Carole King
The One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away-William Bootsy Collins
One Vice At A Time – Krokus
Only Theatre of Pain – Christian Death (debut)
Oriental Beat – Hanoi Rocks
Original Musiquarium – Greatest Hits – Stevie Wonder
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
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
Shoot out the Lights – Richard and Linda Thompson
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
Stink – The Replacements
Straight Between the Eyes – Rainbow
Sweets From a Stranger – Squeeze
Tenebrae – Simonetti-Morante-Pignatelli (Goblin)
There For No One To See – Grand Prix
The Golden Age of Wireless – Thomas Dolby
Three Lock Box – Sammy Hagar
Three Sides Live – Genesis
Time and Tide – Split Enz
Timepieces: 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 and 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
Under the Big Black Sun – X
Under The Blade – Twisted Sister (debut album)
Underwater Kites – The Modern Art (debut)
(untitled) – an untitled album by :$OVIET:FRANCE:
Upstairs at Eric's – Yazoo
Vs – Mission of Burma
Walk Among Us - The Misfits
Wasted Youth – Girl
What Time Is It? – The Time
White Eagle – Tangerine Dream
Wiped Out – Raven
Zapp II – Zapp
Zipper Catches Skin – Alice Cooper
Plastic Surgery Disaster - Dead Kennedys
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 - Midnight Oil

Biggest hit singles

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

#	Artist	Title	Year	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

UK Number One Singles and Artist
(Weeks at Number One)

US Number One Singles and Artist
(Weeks at Number One)

"Don't You Want Me" – Human League (3 weeks in 1981 + 2 weeks in 1982)
"Land of Make Believe" – Bucks Fizz (2)
"Oh Julie" – Shakin' Stevens (1)
"The Model" – Kraftwerk (1)
"Town Called Malice" – The Jam (3)
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" – Tight Fit (3)
"Seven Tears" – Goombay Dance Band (3)
"My Camera Never Lies" – Bucks Fizz (1)
"Ebony and Ivory" – Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder (3)
"A Little Peace" – Nicole (2)
"House of Fun" – Madness (2)
"Goody Two Shoes" – Adam Ant (2)
"I've Never Been to Me" – Charlene (1)
"Happy Talk" – Captain Sensible (2)
"Come on Eileen" – Dexy's Midnight Runners (4) best selling single of the year
"Eye of the Tiger" – Survivor (4)
"Pass the Dutchie" – Musical Youth (3)
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" – Culture Club (3)
"I Don't Wanna Dance" – Eddy Grant (3)
"Beat Surrender" – The Jam (2)
"Save Your Love" – Renee & Renato (2 weeks in 1982 + 2 weeks in 1983)

"Physical" – Olivia Newton-John (6 weeks in 1981 + 4 weeks in 1982) best selling single of the year
"I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" – Daryl Hall & John Oates (1)
"Centerfold" – J. Geils Band (6)
"I Love Rock 'N Roll" – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (7)
"Titles" – Vangelis (1)
"Ebony And Ivory" – Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder (7)
"Don't You Want Me" – Human League (3)
"Eye Of The Tiger" – Survivor (6)
"Abracadabra" – Steve Miller Band (2)
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry" – Chicago (2)
"Jack And Diane" – John Cougar (4)
"Who Can It Be Now?" – Men at Work (1)
"Up Where We Belong" – Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes (3)
"Truly" – Lionel Richie (2)
"Mickey" – Toni Basil (1)
"Maneater" – Daryl Hall & John Oates (2 weeks in 1982 + 2 weeks in 1983)
Or see: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1982

Other significant singles of the year

"867-5309/Jenny" – Tommy Tutone
"Theme From Harry's Game" – Clannad
"'65 Love Affair" – Paul Davis
"Ain't No Pleasing You" – Chas & Dave
"Another Sleepless Night" – Anne Murray
"Any Day Now" – Ronnie Milsap
"Bad to the Bone" – George Thorogood & The Destroyers
"Being Boiled" – Human League
"Blue Eyes" – Elton John
"Body + Soul" – Jo Kennedy
"Body Language" – Queen
"Burning Up" – Madonna
"The Boiler" – Rhoda with The Special AKA
"Confidences sur la Fréquence" – Dalida
"Crimson and Clover" – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
"Dancing in the street" - Van Halen
"The Day Before You Came" – ABBA
"Danza" – Dalida
"Don't Go" – Yazoo
"Don't Talk to Strangers" – Rick Springfield
"Do You Believe in Love" – Huey Lewis & The News
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" – Culture Club
"Don't Stop Believin' – Journey
"Easier Said Than Done" – Shakatak
"Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" – Elton John
"European Son" – Japan
"Eye In The Sky" – The Alan Parsons Project
"Eye of the Tiger" – Survivor
"Everybody" – Madonna
"Fantastic Day" – Haircut 100
"Flying high again" – Ozzy Osbourne
"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" – Elkie Brooks
"Forever Now" – Cold Chisel
"Forget Me Nots" – Patrice Rushen
"Freeze Frame" – J. Geils Band
"Ghosts" – Japan
"Girls On Film" – Duran Duran
"Gloria" – Laura Branigan
"Golden Brown" – The Stranglers
"Great Southern Land" – Icehouse
"Gypsy" – Fleetwood Mac
"Hand to hold on to" - John Cougar
"Harden My Heart" – Quarterflash
"Head Over Heels" – ABBA
"Heart Attack" – Olivia Newton-John
"Heartbreaker" – Dionne Warwick
"Heartlight" – Neil Diamond
"Here Is The News/Ticket To The Moon" – Electric Light Orchestra
"Hey Little Girl" – Icehouse
"Hold Me" – Fleetwood Mac
"Hope You Love me Like You Say You do" – Huey Lewis & The News
"Hungry Like The Wolf" – Duran Duran
"Hurts So Good" – John Cougar
"I Can Make You Feel Good" – Shalamar
"I Know What Boys Like" – The Waitresses
"I Ran (So Far Away)" – A Flock of Seagulls
"I Will Always Love You" – Dolly Parton
"Iron Fist" – Motörhead
"It's Raining Again" – Supertramp
"Jack and Diane" – John Cougar
"Jouez Bouzouki" – Dalida
"Just An Illusion" – Imagination
"Kids in America" – Kim Wilde
"Landslide" – Olivia Newton-John
"Let's Get It Up" – AC/DC
"Listen" – Stiff Little Fingers
"Living On The Ceiling" – Blancmange
"Love Is In Control (Finger On the Trigger)" – Donna Summer
"Love My Way" – The Psychedelic Furs
"Love Plus One" – Haircut 100
"Love Will Turn You Around" – Kenny Rogers
"Maid Of Orleans" – OMD
"Make a Move On Me" – Olivia Newton-John
"Memory" – Barbra Streisand
"Mexican Radio" – Wall of Voodoo
"The Message" – Grandmaster Flash
"Mirror Man" – Human League
"Mirror Mirror" – Diana Ross
"Muscles" – Diana Ross
"Never Give Up On A Good Thing" – George Benson
"Never Say Never" – Romeo Void
"New World Man" – Rush
"Nobody" – Sylvia
"The Number of the Beast" – Iron Maiden
"Old Town" – Phil Lynott
"One Perfect Day" – Little Heroes
"Only the Lonely" – The Motels
"Only You" – Yazoo
"Open Arms" – Journey
"Party Fears Two" – The Associates
"Personally" – Karla Bonoff
"Planet Rock" – Afrika Bambaataa
"Pressure" – Billy Joel
"Pretty Woman" Van Halen
"Restless" – Gillan
"Rio" – Duran Duran
"Rock the Casbah" – The Clash
"Roll Me Away" – Bob Seger
"Run To The Hills" – Iron Maiden
"Save A Prayer" – Duran Duran
"Say Hello Wave Goodbye" – Soft Cell
"Senses Working Overtime" – XTC
"She's Got a Way" – Billy Joel
"Should I Stay or Should I Go" – The Clash
"Shy Boy" – Bananarama
"Since You're Gone" – The Cars
"Six Months In A Leaky Boat" – Split Enz
"Solid Rock" – Goanna
"Southern_Cross_(Crosby,_Stills_and_Nash_song)" – Crosby, Stills, and Nash
"Spread A Little Happiness" – Sting
"State Of Independence" – Donna Summer
"Steppin' Out" – Joe Jackson
"Still They Ride" – Journey
"Sube A Mi Motora" – Menudo
"T' Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It" – Fun Boy Three and Bananarama
"That Girl" – Stevie Wonder
"Theme From Hill Street Blues" – Mike Post and Larry Carlton
"3x3 (EP) – Genesis
"Time (Clock of the Heart)" – Culture Club
"Tony" – Dalida
"Trouble" – Lindsey Buckingham
"Vacation" – The Go-Go's
"Valley Girl" – Frank Zappa
"Waiting for a Girl Like You" – Foreigner
"What About Me" – Moving Pictures
"White Boy" – Culture Club
"When The War Is Over" – Cold Chisel
"Why" – Carly Simon
"Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" by A Flock of Seagulls
"Work That Body" – Diana Ross
"Workin' For a Livin' "- Huey Lewis & The News
"Yellow Pearl" – Phil Lynott
"You and I" – Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle
"You Can't Hurry Love" – Phil Collins
"You Don't Want Me Anymore" – Steel Breeze
"You Should Hear How She Talks About You" – Melissa Manchester
"You've Got Another Thing Comin'" – Judas Priest
"Young Guns (Go For It)" – Wham!
"Young Turks" – Rod Stewart

Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 Hits of 1982

Physical – Olivia Newton-John
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
I Love Rock and Roll – Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Ebony and Ivory – Paul McCartney/Stevie Wonder
Centerfold – J. Geils Band
Don't You Want Me – The Human League
Jack and Diane – John Cougar
Hurts So Good – John Cougar
Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band
Hard to Say I'm Sorry – Chicago
Tainted Love – Soft Cell
Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
Harden My Heart – Quarterflash
Rosanna – Toto
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) – Hall & Oates
867-5309/Jenny – Tommy Tutone
Key Largo – Bertie Higgins
You Should Hear How She Talks About You – Melissa Manchester
Waiting for a Girl Like You – Foreigner
Don't Talk to Strangers – Rick Springfield
The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) – Juice Newton
Always on My Mind – Willie Nelson
Shake It Up – The Cars
Let It Whip – The Dazz Band
We Got the Beat – The Go-Go's
The Other Woman – Ray Parker Jr.
Turn Your Love Around – George Benson
Sweet Dreams – Air Supply
Only the Lonely – The Motels
Who Can It Be Now? – Men at Work
Hold Me – Fleetwood Mac
Eye in the Sky – Alan Parsons Project
Let's Groove – Earth, Wind & Fire
Open Arms – Journey
Leader of the Band – Dan Fogelberg
Leather and Lace – Stevie Nicks/Don Henley
Even the Nights Are Better – Air Supply
I've Never Been to Me – Charlene
'65 Love Affair – Paul Davis
Heat of the Moment – Asia

Published popular music

"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
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