1989 in music: Encyclopedia - 1989 in music

1989 in music

See also: 1988 in music, other events of 1989, 1990 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music'

1989 in music - Events

• January 7 - Genesis '88 and Sunrise/Back to the Future stage large-scale illegal Acid House party in London
• 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 14 - Genesis '88 and Sunrise/Back to the Future stage large-scale illegal Acid House party in London
• 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.
• January 28- Genesis '88 stage large-scale illegal Acid House (from strength to strength) party in London
• 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
• March 21 - Madonna's Like a Prayer music video attracts criticism for its use of Catholic iconography and for the use of cross burning imagery, but also garnered praise for its interpretation of discrimination, rape, and faith. Pepsi drops Madonna as a spokesperson out of fear the video will cause religious groups to boycott the company.
• 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
• May - The first issue of Ptolemaic Terrascope is published
• July 9 - All four original members of the Monkees reunite in Los Angeles for a concert performance at the Universal Amphitheater. The following day the quartet attend an induction ceremony at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where they receive a star.
• December 12 - Genesis '88 stage large-scale illegal Acid House (the fight goes on) party in London
• December 17 - Gloria Mills "Millie" Chapman is born as the second child of Amy Grant and Gary Chapman. Amy's 1991 hit "Baby Baby" was dedicated to her.
• December 24 - Genesis '88 and Biology parties stage illegal Acid House party in Slough UK
• December 31 - Genesis '88 and Biology parties stage biggest Acid House (FREE) party (Future Power People) of the night in Slough Panasonic building (15,000 people), which was later joined by Sunrise/Back to the Future after their event was stopped by police.
• July onwards, UK - sampling/mix group Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers are the year's biggest chart phenomenon. Their montages of classic rock and roll records make them only the third act to top the charts with all of their first three singles.
• Summer - L7 sign a contract with Sub Pop Records
• LL Cool J is booed offstage at the Apollo Theater
• Garth Brooks debut album released, it will reach the top of the Country charts and make top 20 in the American pop charts.
• 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
• The Jerky Boys forms by John G. Brennan
• Leftover Salmon forms
• Monster Magnet forms
• The Plasmatics reunite
• Therapy? forms
• Toadies forms
• Orbital releases their first recording, "Chime", which had premiered on Jackin' Zone the previous year
• Café Tacuba forms

1989 in music - Albums released

• Eat The heat - Accept
• When Dream and Day Unite - Dream Theater
• Pump - Aerosmith
• After 7 - After 7 (debut)
• Allroy's Revenge - ALL
• Penikufesin EP - Anthrax
• Cosmic Thing - The B-52's
• Quickness - Bad Brains
• Badlands - Badlands (former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee & former Black Sabbath & then-future KISS drummer Eric Singer's new band's debut)
• No Control - Bad Religion
• Psycho Cafe - Bang Tango (debut)
• Different Light - The Bangles
• Paul's Boutique - The Beastie Boys
• Mr. Music Head - Adrian Belew
• Best Shots - Pat Benatar
• Surprise - Better Than Ezra (debut)
• Headless Cross - Black Sabbath
• Blue Murder - Blue Murder (John Sykes & former King Kobra drummer Carmine Appice's group) (debut)
• Killin' Time - Clint Black
• Realm Of Chaos - Slaves To Darkness - Bolt Thrower
• Garth Brooks - Garth Brooks
• Heart Shaped World - Jackson Browne
• Dig? - Bill Bruford
• The Sensual World - Kate Bush
• Key Lime Pie - Camper Van Beethoven
• Vanity/Nemesis - Celtic Frost
• Heart of Stone - Cher
• Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry (debut)
• Journeyman - Eric Clapton
• Steady On - Shawn Colvin
• Trash - Alice Cooper
• Boomerang - The Creatures
• Oh Yes I Can - David Crosby
• Danger Danger - Danger Danger (debut)
• Dangerous Toys - Dangerous Toys (debut)
• Spike - Elvis Costello
• Christ: The Bootleg - Crass
  • Recorded live in Nottingham in 1984
• Best Wishes - Cro-Mags
• Sonic Temple - The Cult
• Thrash Zone - D.R.I.
• Leprosy - Death
• Yo Frankie - Dion DiMucci
• Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr.
• Force Majeure - Doro (debut)
• 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul
• Stuck in Wonderamaland - Dramarama
• Big Thing - Duran Duran
• Oh Mercy - Bob Dylan
• Copperhead Road - Steve Earle
• Wild ! - Erasure
• Extreme - Extreme (debut)
• The Raw and the Cooked - Fine Young Cannibals
• Truth and Soul - Fishbone
• All That Jazz - Ella Fitzgerald
• Greatest Hits - Fleetwood Mac
• 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
• Kiss Of Life - Gene Loves Jezebel
• Long Hard Look - Lou Gramm
• ...Twice Shy - Great White
• 1,000 Hours - Green Day
• Def, Dumb & Blonde - Deborah Harry
• Healer - John Lee Hooker
• Enter the Realm - Iced Earth (demo EP)
• Heart Shaped World - Chris Isaak
• Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson
• Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
• Rock Island - Jethro Tull
• Sleeping with the Past - Elton John
• Bulletproof Heart - Grace Jones
• City Streets - Carole King
• Hot In The Shade - KISS
• Night of Rage - Kraut
• Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz (debut)
• Cocked And Loaded - L.A. Guns
• A Night To Remember - Cyndi Lauper
• The Death of a Dictionary - Live (debut)
• Powertrip - Ludichrist (final album)
• Kite - Kirsty MacColl
• Like a Prayer - Madonna
• Trial by Fire / Live In Leningrad - Yngwie Malmsteen
• Flowers in the Dirt - Paul McCartney
• Touch - Sarah McLachlan
• Ozma - Melvins
• Girl You Know It's True - Milli Vanilli (US release)
• The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste - Ministry
• All Aboard the Mind Train - The Modern Art
• Altars Of Madness - Morbid Angel
• Shine - Mother Love Bone (debut EP)
• Dr. Feelgood - Mötley Crüe
• Mr. Big - Mr. Big (debut)
• Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.
• Helter Stupid - Negativland
• Yellow Moon - The Neville Brothers
• The Other Side Of The Mirror - Stevie Nicks
• Disintegration - The Cure
• Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails (debut)
• Bleach - Nirvana (debut)
• S&M Airlines - NOFX
• Wrong - NoMeansNo
• Self-Titled - The Offspring (debut)
• No Rest for the Wicked - Ozzy Osbourne (first album with Zakk Wylde)
• White Limozeen - Dolly Parton
• I Enjoy Being a Girl - Phranc
• Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt
• New York - Lou Reed
• Something Inside So Strong Kenny Rogers
• Presto - Rush
• The Early Years - Roxy Music
• Mystery Girl - Roy Orbison
• A Black & White Night Live - Roy Orbison
• Word from the Wise - Pennywise (EP)
• Consuming Impulse - Pestilence
• Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty
• Doolittle - Pixies
• Record Collectors - Poison Idea
• Suck on This - Primus (live debut)
• Batman - Prince
• Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy
• Fight The Power...Live! - Public Enemy (live, released on VHS)
• All Hail the Queen - Queen Latifah (debut)
• Brain Drain - The Ramones
• Mother's Milk - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Blow - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
• The Symphony Sessions - Red Rider
• Don't Tell a Soul - The Replacements
• Hard Volume - Rollins Band
• Workin' Overtime - Diana Ross
• Samiam - Samiam (debut)
• Early Music - Santana
• Better Than a Stick in the Eye - SNFU
• Flying in a Blue Dream - Joe Satriani
• Best Of Rockers & Ballads - Scorpions
• Buzz Factory - Screaming Trees
• Blood, Sweat & No Tears - Sick of it All
• Street Fighting Years - Simple Minds
• Skid Row - Skid Row (debut)
• Rabies - Skinny Puppy
• 11 - The Smithereens
• Love Among The Cannibals - Starship (final album)
• In Step - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (final album)
• The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (debut)
• Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week! - Björk & The Sugarcubes
• Controlled By Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu - Suicidal Tendencies
• Another Place & Time - Donna Summer
• The Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears
• The Great Radio Controversy - Tesla
• Lincoln - They Might Be Giants
• Life Is...Too Short - Too $hort
• Foreign Affair - Tina Turner
• Peace Thru Vandalism/When in Rome Do as the Vandals - The Vandals
• Dum Dum - The Vaselines
• 3 - Violent Femmes
• Liberation - Bunny Wailer
• Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich - Warrant (debut)
• The Headless Children - W.A.S.P.
• Prime 5 - Ween
• Big Game - White Lion
• Slip of the Tongue - Whitesnake
• Freedom - Neil Young
• Broadway the Hard Way - Frank Zappa
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 - Frank Zappa
• Bitches Suck Black Penis - Crack Head

1989 in music - Top hits

• "All She Wants Is" - Duran Duran
• "My Brave Face" - Paul McCartney
• "Another Day in Paradise" - Phil Collins
• "Batdance" - Prince
• "Bat Attack '89" - Crime Fighters Inc
• "Beds are Burning" - Midnight Oil
• "Blame It on the Rain" - Milli Vanilli
• "Buffalo Stance" - Neneh Cherry
• "Cartoon" - Soul Asylum
• "Compulsory Hero" - 1927
• "Chained To The Wheel" - Black Sorrows
• "Cherish" - Madonna
• "Cry In Shame" Johnny Disel + The Injectors
• "Do You Believe In Shame?" - Duran Duran
• "Dr. Feelgood" - Mötley Crüe
• "Drama!" - Erasure
• "Eternal Flame" - The Bangles
• "Express Yourself" - Madonna
• "Eyes Of A Stranger" - Queensrÿche
• "Hangin' Tough" - New Kids On The Block
• "Heavy Metal" - Judas Priest
• "I Drove All Night" - Cyndi Lauper
• "I Feel The Earth Move" - Martika
• "I Want You (Inside Me)" - Jake Fag and the Fagettes
• "If I Could" - 1927
• "If I Could Turn Back Time" - Cher
• "If Tomorrow Never Comes" - Garth Brooks
• "Kickstart My Heart" - Mötley Crüe
• "Killin' Time" - Clint Black
• "Leave A Light On For Me" - Belinda Carlisle
• "Like a Prayer" - Madonna
• "Listen to Your Heart" - Roxette
• "Lost in Your Eyes" - Debbie Gibson
• "Love Shack"- The B-52's
• "Make Me Smile" - Nick Barker + The Reptiles
• "Miss You Much" - Janet Jackson
• "Monsters Of Rock" - Judas Priest
• "Open Letter (To A Landlord)" - Living Colour
• "Orange Crush" R.E.M
• "Personal Jesus" - Depeche Mode
• "Rendez-vous chaque soir" - Dalida (inédit)
• "Right Here Waiting" - Richard Marx
• "Ring My Bell" - Collette
• "Rock 'N' Roll Music" - Mentals
• "Say Goodbye" - Indecent Obssesion
• "She Drives Me Crazy" - Fine Young Cannibals
• "She Has To Be Loved" - Jenny Morris
• "Sometime To Return" - Soul Asylum
• "Soul Revival" - Johnny Disel + The Injectors
• "Stand" - R.E.M.
• "Stop" - Sam Brown
• "Straight Up" - Paula Abdul
• "Stuck On You" - Paul Norton
• "Talk It Over" - Grayson Hugh
• "The Crack-Up" - The Black Sorrows
• "The Dance" - Garth Brooks
• "The Look" - Roxette
• "The World Seems Difficult" - Mentals
• "Toy Soldiers" - Martika
• "Tucker's Daughter" - Ian Moss
• "Un soir qu'on oublie pas" - Dalida (inédit)
• "Veronica" - Elvis Costello
• "When I See You Smile" - Bad English
• "Where Are You Now?" by Jimmy Harnen w/ Synch
• "We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel
• "Wild Thing" - Sam Kinson
• "Wild Thing" - Tone Loc
• "You Got It" - Roy Orbison
• "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" - New Kids On The Block
• "Young Years" - Dragon
• "You'll Never Know" - 1927

1989 in music - Published popular music

• "We Didn't Start The Fire" w.m. Billy Joel
• "You Got It"     w.m. Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne & Tom Petty

1989 in music - Classical music

• Michael Chekahlin - Concerto Grosso No. 1
• John McCabe - Flute Concerto
• Einojuhani Rautavaara - Piano Concerto No. 2
• John Tavener - The Protecting Veil

1989 in music - Opera

• Conrad Cummings - Photo-Op
• Anthony Davis - Under the Double Moon

1989 in music - Musical theater

• Aspects of Love (Andrew Lloyd Webber) - London production
• City of Angels     Broadway production
• Grand Hotel     Broadway production
• Gypsy (Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway revival
• Meet Me in St. Louis     Broadway production
• Miss Saigon (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) - London production
• Pacific Overtures (Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman) - London production
• Welcome to the Club     Broadway production

1989 in music - Musical films

• The Little Mermaid—Animated

feature film

1989 in music - Births

• February 22 - Anna Sundstrand, singer
• March 25 - Alyson Michalka, singer and actress
• June 18 - Renee Olstead, singer and actress
• July 13 - Sayumi Michishige, singer
• August 15 - Belinda Peregrin, singer and actress
• August 19 - Lil' Romeo, rapper
• October 1 - Brie Larson, singer and actress
• October 11 - Jeff Elswick
• November 11 - Reina Tanaka, singer

1989 in music - Deaths

• January 20 - Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress and singer
• February 5 - Joe Raposo, composer and lyricist, Bein' Green
• February 23 - Florencio Morales Ramos, singer and composer
• March 19 - Alan Civil, horn player
• March 20 - Archie Bleyer, US arranger and bandleader
• April 26 - Lucille Ball, US actress and singer
• May 10 - Woody Shaw
• July 16 - Herbert von Karajan, conductor
• August 1 - John Ogdon, pianist
• August 2 - Luiz Gonzaga, Brazilian musician
• August 21 - Raul Seixas, singer and songwriter
• September 14 - Perez Prado, 72, Cuban bandleader and composer
• September 15 - Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano
• September 30 - Virgil Thomson, composer
• October 17 - Morteza Hannaneh, composer
• October 22 - Ewan MacColl, folk singer
• November 5 - Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
• November 16 - Rose Murphy, US singer and pianist
• December 6 - Sammy Fain, US composer
• December 26 - Sir Lennox Berkeley, composer

1989 in music - 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

1989 in music - Charts

1989 in music - List of No. 1 Hits

• Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1989

1989 in music - KROQ

• KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1988

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