Overview of the events of 1982 in British music
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This is a summary of1982 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.
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 aboutPeter Maxwell Davies , is broadcast byLondon Weekend Television , presented byMelvyn Bragg .26 April –Rod Stewart is mugged inLos Angeles, California . Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt.10 May –Topper Headon is sacked fromthe Clash for his ongoing addiction to heroin, just a few days prior to the release of the band'sCombat Rock Terry Chimes .15 May – "A Little Peace " becomes the 500th UK number-one single.26 May –The Rolling Stones open their European tour inAberdeen, Scotland .22 August – The first performance ofImage, Reflection, Shadow , by Peter Maxwell Davies takes place at theLucerne Festival in Switzerland.28 August –Eric Burdon is arrested for cocaine possession after a show at theRockpalast inCologne .[ 2] 11 September – The first concert is held at the newSt David's Hall , Cardiff. The official opening is not until five months later.14 September –Thea Musgrave 'sradio opera An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge BBC Radio 3 .22 September –The Who begin their only formally announced "farewell" tour inWashington, D.C. 2 October – The first performance ofImogen Holst ‘s String Quintet takes place at the Cricklade Festival by theEndellion String Quartet withSteven 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 thatthe 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 ofThe Tube Channel 4 .11 December – The Jam give their final performance together, atBrighton Conference Centre , just before their split."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".
The tables below include sales between 1 January and 31 December 1982: the year-end charts reproduced in the issue ofMusic Week
Best-selling singles [ edit ] [ 4]
Best-selling albums [ edit ] [ 5]
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^ Reached number 9 in 1981 ^ Reached number 1 in 1981 ^ Reached number 1 in 1981 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. 4Showpiece , for fourteen 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 OctetHommage 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 – SymphonyLennox 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 [ edit ] The 1982BRIT Awards winners were:
11 January –Ashley Taylor Dawson , singer (allSTARS* )16 January –Preston , singer20 January – Chris Park, singer (Phixx )10 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 , chorister29 December –Cherise Roberts , singer (Big Brovaz ,Booty Luv )date unknown –Charlotte Bray , composer6 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 ofThe Pretenders , 25 (heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance)[ 10] 25 June –Alex Welsh , jazz musician, 52[ 11] 29 June – Pipe MajorDonald 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^ Top 10 crazy music myths ^ "Foreign News Briefs" .UPI . Retrieved6 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. Retrieved13 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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