Overview of the events of 1982 in British music
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This is a summary of 1982 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.
Events
20 January – Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a bat thrown at him during a performance, mistaking it for a toy.[ 1] 3 March – The Barbican Arts Centre in London is opened by the Queen.21 March – The Musical House that Max Built , a documentary about Peter Maxwell Davies , is broadcast by London Weekend Television , presented by Melvyn Bragg .26 April – Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles, California . Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt.10 May – Topper Headon is sacked from the Clash for his ongoing addiction to heroin, just a few days prior to the release of the band's Combat Rock Terry Chimes .15 May – "A Little Peace " becomes the 500th UK number-one single.26 May – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Aberdeen, Scotland .22 August – The first performance of Image, Reflection, Shadow , by Peter Maxwell Davies takes place at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland.28 August – Eric Burdon is arrested for cocaine possession after a show at the Rockpalast in Cologne .[ 2] 11 September – The first concert is held at the new St David's Hall , Cardiff. The official opening is not until five months later.22 September – The Who begin their only formally announced "farewell" tour in Washington, D.C. 2 October – The first performance of Imogen Holst ‘s String Quintet takes place at the Cricklade Festival by the Endellion String Quartet with Steven Isserlis on cello. It is this work that Holst herself said made her “a real composer”.30 October – Paul Weller shocks fans, and his bandmates, by announcing that the Jam are to disband, just prior to a short UK tour. "Beat Surrender " would be the band's final single, and became their fourth and final UK number one.5 November – First broadcast of The Tube Channel 4 .11 December – The Jam give their final performance together, at Brighton Conference Centre , just before their split.
Charts
Number-one singles
"The Model"/"Computer Love" was the first single by a German artist to top the chart since its establishment 29 years earlier. By the end of 1982, there had been two further number ones by German artists, "Seven Tears" and "A Little Peace".
Number-one albums
Year-end charts
The tables below include sales between 1 January and 31 December 1982: the year-end charts reproduced in the issue of Music Week
Best-selling singles
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Best-selling albums
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Notes:
^ Reached number 9 in 1981
^ Reached number 1 in 1981
^ Reached number 1 in 1981
Classical music
New works
Malcolm Arnold – Trumpet ConcertoDavid Bedford – The Juniper Tree , for soprano, recorder and harpsichordRichard Rodney Bennett
After Syrinx , for oboe and pianoAnniversaries , for ensembleFreda's Fandango , for ensembleSummer Music , for flute and pianoLennox Berkeley
Mazurka for piano
Sonnet for high voice and piano Michael Berkeley
The Crocodile and Father William , for girls choirEaster , anthem for choir, organ and brassGregorian Variations for orchestraGuitar Sonata in one movement
Nocturne for flute, harp, violin, viola and cello
Piano Trio
Romance of the Rose , for orchestraDavid Blake
Change is Going to Come , for mezzo, baritone, chorus and four playersString Quartet No. 3 Edward Cowie
Choral Symphony (Symphonies of Rain, Sea and Speed) (1981-2)Harp Concerto
Kate Kelly's Roadshow , music theatreKelly Ballet Symphony No 2, Australian Gordon Crosse
A Wake , for flute, clarinet, cello and pianoRhymes and Reasons , Trio for clarinet, cello and pianoPeter Maxwell Davies
Image, Reflection, Shadow , for ensembleOrgan Sonata
Pole Star March for brass quintet or bandSea Eagle , for hornSinfonia Concertante for chamber orchestra
Songs of Hoy , masque for children's voicesPeter Dickinson – The Unicorns , for soprano and brass bandBrian Ferneyhough – Carceri d'Invenzione for chamber orchestraMichael Finnissy
Aijal , for flute, oboe and percussionAnninnia , for soprano and pianoBanumbirr , for ensembleDilok , for oboe and pianoGerhana , for solo percussionMississippi Hornpipe , for violin and pianoTya , for ensembleWarara , for tenor, flute, clarinet and two percussionIain Hamilton
Love is Life's Spring , for soprano and pianoSt Mark's Passion , for soli and chorusRobin Holloway
Anthem , for unaccompanied voicesConcertino No. 4 Showpiece , for forteen players
From Hills and Valleys , for brass band (1981-2)Men Marching for brass band (1981-2)Serenata Notturna , for four horns and small orchestraSuite for saxophone
Women in War , review for four female soloists and pianoGordon Jacob – Flute concerto No. 2, for flute and stringsWilfred Josephs
High Spirits , orchestral overturePercussion Concerto, for percussion and brass
Two Flute Studies
Viola Concerto Kenneth Leighton – Fantasy Octet Hommage to Percy Grainger John McCabe
Concerto for Orchestra
Desert III: Landscape , for violin, cello and pianoLamentation Rag , for pianoString Quartet No. 4 Elizabeth Maconchy
My Dark Heart , song cycle for soprano and ensembleWilliam Mathias
Antiphonies , for organLux Aeterna , for soli, chorus, organ and orchestraSalvator Mundi , for female choir, piano duet, percussion and stringsNicholas Maw
Night Thoughts , for solo fluteSpring Music , for orchestraString Quartet No. 2 Thea Musgrave – Fanfare for brass quintetPaul Patterson – Sinfonia for stringsJohn Tavener
Doxa , for chorusThe Lamb , for unaccompanied chorusLord's Prayer , for chorusMandoodles , for a young pianistTowards the Son: Ritual Procession for chamber orchestraMichael Tippett – The Mask of Time , oratorioWilliam Walton
Passacaglia , for solo celloPrologo e Fantasia , for orchestraHugh Wood - Symphony
Opera
Lennox Berkeley – Faldon Park
Gavin Bryars – Medea Alexander Goehr – Behold the Sun Wilfred Josephs - The Montgolfier's Famous Flying Club , operetta for schools
Film and Incidental music
Musical theatre
Music awards
BRIT Awards
The 1982 BRIT Awards winners were:
Births
11 January – Ashley Taylor Dawson , singer (allSTARS* )16 January – Preston , singer10 March – Jonathan Ansell , tenor (G4 )6 March - Sinead Shepard, Irish singer (Six )11 March - Kyle Anderson, Northern Irish singer (Six)23 March - Emma O'Driscoll, Irish singer (Six) and TV presenter7 April - Kelli Young , singer (Liberty X )26 April – Jon Lee , singer (S Club 7 )30 April - Cleo Higgins , singer (Cleopatra )7 June – Amy Nuttall , actress and opera singer18 June - Haydon Eshun, singer (Ultimate Kaos )20 June – Example , singer-songwriter, musician and rapper30 June
17 July – Natasha Hamilton , singer (Atomic Kitten )22 September – Billie Piper , singer and actress4 October – YolanDa Brown , jazz saxophonist14 December – Anthony Way , choristerdate unknown – Charlotte Bray , composer
Deaths
6 January – Katherine Bacon , concert pianist, 8512 January
18 January – Alec Robertson , music critic, 8930 January – Stanley Holloway , actor, singer and monologist, 91[ 6] 4 February – Alex Harvey , rock singer and entertainer, 46 (heart attack)[ 7] 20 March – Roy Fox , American-born dance bandleader, 801 May – William Primrose , violist, 77[ 8] 6 May – Rosamond Harding , music scholar, 8412 May – Humphrey Searle , composer, 66[ 9] 24 May – Richard Hall , composer, 7816 June – James Honeyman-Scott , guitarist of The Pretenders , 25 (heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance)[ 10] 25 June – Alex Welsh , jazz musician, 52[ 11] 29 June – Pipe Major Donald MacLeod , bagpipe musician and composer, 654 July – Maurice Blower , composer, 881 September – Clifford Curzon , classical pianist, 7529 September – A. L. Lloyd , folk song collector, 74[ 12] 6 October – Philip Green , film and TV composer and conductor, 718 October – Erik Routley , hymn writer and composer, 6416 October – Rory McEwen , artist and musician, 5029 October – William Lloyd Webber , organist and composer, 68[ 13] 1 November
13 November – Chesney Allen , entertainer, 88[ 14] 16 November – Arthur Askey , entertainer, 82[ 15] 5 December – Caryl Brahms , musician and writer, 80[ 16] 19 December – Lawrance Collingwood , conductor, composer and record producer, 95date unknown – Bob Roberts , folk singer, 74/75
See also
References
^ Top 10 crazy music myths ^ "Foreign News Briefs" . UPI . Retrieved 6 October 2020 .^ "The Official Top 50 best-selling songs of 1982" . Official Charts ^ Rees, Dafydd; Lazell, Barry; Jones, Alan (1983). "The Top 100 UK Singles". Chart File Volume 2 . London, England: Virgin Books. pp. 80–81. ISBN 0-907080-73-1 ^ Rees; Lazell; Jones (1983). "The Top 100 UK Albums". pp. 82–83.
^ Midwinter, Eric. "Holloway, Stanley Augustus (1890–1982)" , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004, online edition, January 2011, accessed 21 April 2011 (subscription required)
^ Nick Talevski (1999). The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries ISBN 978-0-7119-7548-4 ^ The Annual Obituary ISBN 978-0-312-03877-9 ^ David Mason Greene; Constance Green (1985). Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers ISBN 978-0-385-14278-6 ^ "INTERVIEW / Ol' blue eyes is back", The Independent , 1 May 1994 . Accessed 11 March 2014^ Ian Carr; Digby Fairweather; Brian Priestley; Chris Parker (1995). Jazz: The Rough Guide ISBN 978-1-85828-137-7 ^ Colin Larkin (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music ISBN 978-1-85227-937-0 ^ Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2 ^ "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" . OUP. Retrieved 13 October 2013 .^ Film Review ISBN 978-0-491-03012-0 ^ Sherrin, Ned. "Abrahams, Doris Caroline [Caryl Brahms] (1901–1982)" , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 24 September 2011 (subscription required)
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