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Contents
Events
- January 30 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame holds its first induction ceremony with many rock pioneers attending.[1]
- February 12 - Element Ethan forms the band 666 with Minnie Baker prior to The Thickest Tour which Raven, who formerly opened for him, opens for them again in France.
- May 28 - The Monkees held a press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City to officially announce that they would embark on a 100-plus city tour. The tour became one of the biggest grossing tours of the year.[2]
- June 10 - Bob Geldof was awarded with a knighthood in recognition of his work in organizing Live Aid and other concerts that raised millions of dollars for the starving people of Africa.[3]
- June 30 - Madonna releases her "True Blue" album, which tops the charts in over 28 countries & becomes the best selling album of 1986.[4]
- September 27 – A tour bus carrying the heavy metal band Metallica crashes in Sweden, killing their influential bassist, Cliff Burton.[5]
- November 17–18 - Billy Eckstine makes his final recordings, later released on his album Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter.[6]
- December 12 - The Smiths play Brixton Academy, their last ever gig before their dissolution.[7]
- Approximate date - Axé (music) originates in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Bands formed
Bands disbanded
Albums released
- Graceland Paul Simon
- So Peter Gabriel
- Parade Prince and The Revolution
- Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi
- A Kind of Magic Queen
- Invisible Touch Genesis
Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1986.
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falco | "Rock Me Amadeus" | 1986 | 23x15pxScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | UK 1 – Mar 1986, US BB 1 – Feb 1986, Canada 1 – Dec 1985, Sweden 1 – Aug 1985, Sweden (alt) 1 – Sep 1985, Austria 1 – May 1985, Germany 1 – Jun 1985, Éire 1 – Apr 1986, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1986, France 2 – Nov 1985, Switzerland 2 – Jun 1985, Netherlands 3 – May 1986, South Africa 3 of 1986, Norway 6 – Apr 1986, Italy 18 of 1985, US CashBox 19 of 1986, Poland 24 – Jun 1985, POP 29 of 1986, US BB 30 of 1986, Germany 50 of the 1980s, RYM 63 of 1985, Scrobulate 65 of 80s, KROQ 74 of 1986 |
| 2 | Madonna | "Papa Don't Preach" | 1986 | 23x15pxScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | UK 1 – Jun 1986, US BB 1 – Jul 1986, Sweden 1 – Aug 1986, Norway 1 – Jul 1986, Italy 1 of 1986, Éire 1 – Jun 1986, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Mar 1987, Netherlands 2 – Jun 1986, Switzerland 2 – Jul 1986, Poland 2 – Aug 1986, Germany 2 – Jul 1986, Austria 4 – Aug 1986, Australia 9 of 1986, US CashBox 18 of 1986, US BB 19 of 1986, POP 35 of 1986, 37 in 2FM list, RYM 43 of 1986, Germany 215 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 761 |
| 3 | Europe | "The Final Countdown" | 1986 | 23x15pxScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | UK 1 – Nov 1986, Netherlands 1 – Aug 1986, Sweden 1 – May 1986, Austria 1 – Nov 1986, Switzerland 1 – Sep 1986, Poland 1 – Nov 1986, Germany 1 – Sep 1986, Éire 1 – Nov 1986, Italy 2 of 1987, Norway 4 – Jul 1986, South Africa 7 of 1987, US BB 8 – Feb 1987, France 9 – Apr 1986, Australia 10 of 1987, Europe 14 of the 1980s, US BB 19 of 1987, Scrobulate 20 of Swedish, POP 29 of 1987, Germany 90 of the 1980s, RYM 93 of 1986 |
| 4 | Berlin | "Take My Breath Away" | 1986 | 23x15pxScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | UK 1 – Oct 1986, US BB 1 – Jul 1986, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1986, Sweden 1 – Sep 1986, Éire 1 – Oct 1986, Oscar in 1986, Switzerland 2 – Oct 1986, Germany 3 – Sep 1986, Austria 4 – Nov 1986, Norway 4 – Oct 1986, Poland 4 – Nov 1986, Australia 6 of 1986, POP 7 of 1986, US BB 13 of 1992, RYM 16 of 1986, US CashBox 21 of 1986, Italy 37 of 1986, TOTP 37, Scrobulate 80 of 80s, OzNet 251, Germany 310 of the 1980s |
| 5 | Pet Shop Boys | "West End Girls" | 1985 | 23x15pxScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | UK 1 – Nov 1985, US BB 1 – Mar 1986, Norway 1 – Jan 1986, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1986, US CashBox 2 of 1986, Switzerland 2 – Jan 1986, Netherlands 3 – Jan 1986, Sweden 3 – Jan 1986, Germany 3 – Jan 1986, Austria 5 – Feb 1986, France 7 – Oct 1985, KROQ 11 of 1984, Poland 14 – Jan 1986, RYM 15 of 1985, US BB 16 of 1986, South Africa 18 of 1986, Scrobulate 32 of 80s, POP 43 of 1986, Germany 232 of the 1980s, WXPN 478, OzNet 694, Acclaimed 890 |
Singles released
- I Want You Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Published popular music
- "All I Ask of You" w.m. Andrew Lloyd Webber
- "Crush On You" w.m. Jerry Knight & Aaron Zigman
- "I Used To Be An Animal, But I'm Alright Now" w.m. Eric Burdon
- "The Lady in Red" w.m. Chris de Burgh
- "True Colors" Cyndi Lauper
- Montego Bay Amazulu – a minor hit in the U.S. in September.
Music festivals
- Inaugural Festival International de Louisiane
Births
- January 2 - Trombone Shorty, American trumpet and trombone player
- January 3 - Lloyd Polite, American singer (N-Toon)
- January 5 — Teppei Koike, Japanese singer and actor
- January 6 – Alex Turner, singer and guitarist (Arctic Monkeys)
- January 11 - Mithoon, film score composer and singer
- January 20 - Victoria Asher, American keyboard player
- January 26
- Hero, Korean singer (TVXQ)
- Matt Heafy, singer, and guitarist (Trivium)
- February 2 – Blaine Larsen, US country singer
- February 6 — U-Know, Korean singer (TVXQ)
- February 14 – Tiffany Thornton, American actress
- February 19 – Maria Mena, singer
- February 21 – Charlotte Church, singer
- February 25 — Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer
- February 26 — Crystal Kay, Japan-born singer
- February 26 - Juliet Simms, American singer-songwriter.
- March 3 – Stacie Orrico, singer
- March 12 – Danny Jones, singer and guitarist (McFLY)
- March 15 – Adrianne Leon, actress and singer
- March 22 – Amy Studt, singer, songwriter and musician
- March 26 — Jonny Craig, Canadian singer and songwriter
- March 28 – Lady Gaga, singer, songwriter, and pianist
- April 2 — Lee DeWyze, singer
- April 4 — Eunhyuk, Korean singer (Super Junior)
- April 8
- Bridget Kelly, American singer-songwriter
- Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress and singer
- May 13 — Alexander Rybak, Norwegian singer
- May 14
- Alyosha, Ukrainian singer
- Joseph Attieh, Lebanese singer
- May 21 — Myra, singer
- May 30 – Claudia Beni, singer
- May 31 — Sopho Khalvashi, Georgian musician
- June 10 — Tinchy Stryder, English rapper and producer
- June 25 - Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer
- June 27 – Drake Bell, actor, singer
- June 28 – Kellie Pickler, American Idol singer
- June 29 – Austin Drage, British actor and singer
- July 2 – Lindsay Lohan, actress, singer
- July 5 – Adam Young, American singer-songwriter and producer (Owl City and Sky Sailing)
- August 19 - Christina Perri, Americcan singer/songwriter
- August 26
- Laza Morgan, singer
- Cassie, singer
- September 12 – Emmy Rossum, actress and singer
- September 19 – Ilya Salmanzadeh, music producer
- October 22 - Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, actress
- October 24 - Drake, rapper, actor, entertainer.
- November 5 – BoA, singer
- November 15 – Jerry Roush, American singer-songwriter (Of Mice & Men, Sky Eats Airplane, and Glass Cloud)
- November 20 — Oliver Sykes, English heavy metal vocalist (Bring Me the Horizon)
- December 15 — Xiah, Korean singer (TVXQ)
- December 20 — Anoop Desai, American singer-songwriter
- December 30 — Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter
Deaths
- January 4 – Phil Lynott, bassist/singer and co-founder of Thin Lizzy, 36 (heart failure & pneumonia)
- January 6 – Joe Farrell, jazz saxophonist, 48 (bone cancer)
- January 8 – Pierre Fournier, cellist, 79
- February 2 – Francisco Mignone, composer, 88
- February 14 – Edmund Rubbra, composer, 84
- February 15 – Galliano Masini, operatic tenor, 90
- March 4
- Richard Manuel (The Band), 42 (suicide)
- Howard Greenfield, songwriter, 49 (AIDS)
- March 11 – Sonny Terry, blues musician, 74
- March 21 – Raymond Burke, jazz clarinetist, 81
- March 22 – Mark Dinning, US singer, 52 (heart attack)
- March 30 – James Cagney, US actor, singer and dancer, 86
- March 31 – O'Kelly Isley of the Isley Brothers, 48 (heart attack)
- April 1 – Donald Grobe, operatic tenor, 56
- April 3 – Peter Pears, opera singer and partner of Benjamin Britten, 75
- April 8 – Yukiko Okada, singer, 18 (suicide)
- April 13 – Dorothy Ashby, jazz harpist and composer, 53 (cancer)
- April 19
- Dag Wirén, composer, 80
- Estelle Yancey, blues singer, 90
- June 3 – Anna Neagle, actress, singer and dancer, 81
- June 13 – Benny Goodman, bandleader, 77
- June 14 – Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist, 67
- June 16 – Maurice Duruflé, composer, 84
- June 17 – Kate Smith, singer, 79
- June 29 - Dusolina Giannini, operatic soprano, 83
- July 3 – Rudy Vallee, singer, 84
- July 18 – Don Wilkerson, saxophonist
- July 31 – Teddy Wilson, jazz pianist, 73
- September 27 – Cliff Burton (Metallica), 24 (tour bus accident)
- September 28 – Robert Helpmann, dancer and choreographer, 77
- October 16 – Arthur Grumiaux, violinist, 65
- October 22 – Thorgeir Stubø, Norwegian jazz guitarist, 42
- November 1 – Sippie Wallace, blues singer, 88
- November 3 – Eddie Davis, saxophonist, 64
- November 6 - Elisabeth Grümmer, operatic soprano, 75
- November 7 – Tracy Pew, bass guitarist, 28 (brain hemorrhage)
- November 13 – Rudolf Schock, operatic tenor, 71
- November 18 – Lajos Bárdos, composer and conductor, 87
- November 22 – Scatman Crothers, singer, dancer and musician, 76
- December 1 – Horace Heidt, pianist and bandleader, 85
- December 10 - Kate Wolf, folk singer and songwriter, 44 (leukemia)
- Unknown - Boris Gutnikov, violinist
Awards
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened; the following artists were the first inductees: Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and record producer Sam Phillips.
- Grammy Awards of 1986
- Eurovision Song Contest 1986
- 28th Japan Record Awards
Charts
List of no. 1 hits
- Hot 100 no. 1 hits of 1986 – U.S.
US Top 40 Hits of 1986
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See also
References
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