This is a list of notable events in music from 1982, a year in which Madonna made her debut and Michael Jackson released Thriller, which still holds the title for the world's best selling album.
January 15 – K.C. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida.
January 20 – Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a live bat thrown at him during a performance in Des Moines, Iowa. He thought it was rubber.
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.
January 22 – Tommy Tucker, writer of "Hi Heel Sneakers", dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning sustained while finishing floors in his home.
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 19 - Ozzy Osbourne is arrested after urinating on The Alamo, in San Antonio, Texas.
February 20 – Pat Benatar marries her guitarist, Neil Giraldo, on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
February 27 – The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company gives its final performance at the Adelphi Theatre after more than 110 years.
March 3 - The Mamas & the Papas begin a reunion tour with a show in the New York club The Other End. Spanky McFarlane replaces Mama Cass.
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.
March 18 – Teddy Pendergrass is severely injured in a car accident in Philadelphia. Pendergrass's injuries result in him being paralyzed from the chest down.
March 19 – Ozzy Osbourne's lead guitarist, Randy Rhoads, is killed in a freak accident in Leesburg, Florida when the plane in which he is riding buzzes Osbourne's tour bus and crashes into a house. The plane's pilot and a female passenger are also killed.
March 22 – Iron Maiden release The Number of the Beast (album), the critically acclaimed yet controversial album which is often hailed as Iron Maiden's greatest. Christians in the United States went out and bought Iron Maiden's albums (along with those of Ozzy Osbourne's) and burned them in protest to what they thought were Satanic lyrics. This album hit number one in the UK charts.
March 28 – In Los Angeles, David Crosby is arrested for possession of Quaaludes and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon.
April 13 - David Crosby is arrested on drug charges for the second time in three weeks when Dallas police catch him preparing cocaine backstage before a show.
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 17 - Johnny Cash hosts Saturday Night Live with Cash and Elton John and his classic band as the musical guests. Cash sings I Walk The Line, Folsom Prison Blues, Ring of Fire and Sunday Morning Coming Down. John sings Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) and Ball and Chain. The latter would not appear on the NBC show again until 2011.
April 24 – Germany wins the 27th annual Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Harrogate Conference Centre, North Yorkshire, with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden", sung by 17-year-old Nicole. She also records the song in English as "A Little Peace", which becomes the 500th chart-topping single in the UK.
April 26
Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but is not hurt. The car is recovered several days later.
Joe Strummer vanishes, forcing The Clash to postpone their U.K. tour.
April 30 - Influential rock journalist Lester Bangs dies in his New York apartment of an apparent accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
May 14 - The first Prince's Trust charity concert is held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. With The Prince of Wales in attendance, Status Quo, becomes the first contemporary band to play to British royalty.
May 18 - Three weeks after disappearing, Joe Strummer and his girlfriend are found living in Paris, two days after they ran the Paris Marathon.
May 26 – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Aberdeen, Scotland.
June 11 – Grease 2, starring Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer (in her feature film debut), is released.
June 16 – James Honeyman-Scott dies of heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance. He was 25 years old.
June 19 – Amy Grant marries Gary Chapman.
July 4 – Ozzy Osbourne marries his manager Sharon Arden in Maui, Hawaii.
July 21 - A second Prince's Trust charity concert is held at the Dominion Theatre in London. Performers include Pete Townshend, Robert Plant, Madness, Phil Collins, Joan Armatrading and Kate Bush.
August 17 – In Langenhagen near Hanover, Germany began the first mass production of the compact disc.
August 18 - Four streets in Liverpool are named after each of The Beatles.
August 31 – Ronnie James Dio plays his final show with Black Sabbath (until 1992).
September 3–5 - The first US Festival is held over Labor Day Weekend near Devore, California. The Police, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Talking Heads and The B-52's are among the many performers.
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.
October 1 – The first compact discs appear in music stores in Japan.
October 6 - Madonna's debut single, "Everybody", is released on Sire Records.
November 1 - Blondie the band breakup is announced publicly.
November 5 – The first edition of The Tube is broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. Guests on the first programme include The Jam, making their last live TV appearance together.
November 21 - Joni Mitchell marries producer and bassist Larry Klein in Malibu.
November 25–27 - The Jamaica World Music Festival is held in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Acts over the three-day festival include Peter Tosh, Rick James, The Clash, Grateful Dead, Aretha Franklin and, in their final show before disbanding, Squeeze.
November 29 – Sena Jurinac appears on stage for the last time, with the Vienna State Opera.
November 30 – Thriller is released by Michael Jackson and goes on to be greatest selling album of all time, with 110 million units sold worldwide.
December 3 – The most successful group of the 1970s, ABBA, release their final original single "Under Attack". A split is never officially announced.
December 31 – The eleventh annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by The Go-Go's, Hall & Oates, Ronnie Milsap, Barry Manilow and Jermaine Jackson.
December Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr is fired and replaced by Nicko McBrain formally of the French band Trust.
See Musical groups established in 1982
Bands disbanded
See Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1982
In the US, the RIAA stated that 2,630 albums, 2,710 cassettes and 2,285 singles were released.
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1982.
"1999" - Prince
"867-5309/Jenny" - Tommy Tutone
"Theme From Harry's Game" – Clannad
"Africa" – Rose Laurens
"Africa" - Toto
"All Quiet on the Western Front" – Elton John
"Annie I'm Not Your Daddy" – Kid Creole & the Coconuts
"Another Sleepless Night" – Anne Murray
"Any Day Now" – Ronnie Milsap
"Back on the Chain Gang" – The Pretenders
"Bad to the Bone" – George Thorogood & The Destroyers
"Ball and Chain" – Elton John
"Being Boiled" – Human League
"Blue Eyes" – Elton John
"Body + Soul" – Jo Kennedy
"Body Language" – Queen
"The Boiler" – Rhoda with The Special AKA
"Break It to Me Gently" – Juice Newton
"Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" - David Bowie
"Caught Up In You" - 38 Special
"Child Come Away" – Kim Wilde
"Christian" – China Crisis
"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
"Dirty Laundry" – Don Henley
"Do You Believe in Love" – Huey Lewis and the News
"Do Ya Wanna Funk – Sylvester
"Don't Leave Me Now" - Supertramp
"Don't Stop Believin' – Journey
"Don't Talk" – Hank Marvin
"Down Under" - Men At Work
"Easier Said Than Done" – Shakatak
"Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" – Elton John
"Enough is Enough" – April Wine
"European Son" – Japan
"Everybody" – Madonna
"Fantastic Day" – Haircut One Hundred
"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
"Glittering Prize" – Simple Minds
"Gloria" – Laura Branigan
"Goin' Down" - Greg Guidry
"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
"Heart of the Night" – Juice Newton
"Heartbreaker" – Dionne Warwick
"Heartlight" – Neil Diamond
"Here Is The News/Ticket To The Moon" – Electric Light Orchestra
"Heat of the Moment" - Asia
"Hey Little Girl" – Icehouse
"Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do" – Huey Lewis and the News
"Hot In The City" - Billy Idol
"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 Love It Loud" – Kiss
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
"I Melt with You" - Modern English
"I Ran (So Far Away)" – A Flock of Seagulls
"I Will Always Love You" – Dolly Parton
"I Will Love You (Everytime We Are Gone)" – The Fureys
"Iron Fist" – Motörhead
"If You Can't Stand the Heat" – Bucks Fizz
"It's Gonna Take a Miracle" – Deniece Williams
"It's Raining Again" – Supertramp
"Jack and Diane" – John Cougar
"Jambo Bwana" – Them Mushrooms
"Jouez Bouzouki" – Dalida
"Landslide" – Olivia Newton-John
"Let's Get It Up" – AC/DC
"Listen" – Stiff Little Fingers
"Little Town – Cliff Richard
"Living on the Ceiling" – Blancmange
"Love Come Down" – Evelyn "Champagne" King
"Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" – Donna Summer
"Love My Way" – The Psychedelic Furs
"Love Will Turn You Around" – Kenny Rogers
"Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me" – Juice Newton
"Maid Of Orleans" – OMD
"Make a Move on Me" – Olivia Newton-John
"Man on the Corner" – Genesis
"Memory" – Barbra Streisand
"Mexican Radio" – Wall of Voodoo
"The Message" – Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
"Mickey" - Toni Basil
"Mirror Man" – Human League
"Mirror Mirror" – Diana Ross
"Muscles" – Diana Ross
"Music" – de Mongie
"Never Give Up on a Good Thing" – George Benson
"Never Say Never" – Romeo Void
"New World Man" – Rush
"Nobody" – Sylvia
"Nova Heart" – Spoons
"The Number of the Beast" – Iron Maiden
"Old Town" – Phil Lynott
"One Perfect Day" – Little Heroes
"Only the Lonely" – The Motels
"Only Time Will Tell" - Asia
"The Only Way Out" – Cliff Richard
"Party Fears Two" – The Associates
"Personally" – Karla Bonoff
"Planet Rock" – Afrika Bambaataa
"Pressure" – Billy Joel
"Pretty Woman" - Van Halen
"Princess" – Elton John
"Promised You a Miracle" – Simple Minds
"Restless" – Gillan
"Right Before Your Eyes" - America
"Rio" – Duran Duran
"Rock the Casbah" – The Clash
"Roll Me Away" – Bob Seger
"Run To The Hills" – Iron Maiden
"The Safety Dance" - Men Without Hats
"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
"Situation" - Yazoo
"Six Months In A Leaky Boat" – Split Enz
"Sole Survivor" - Asia
"Solid Rock" – Goanna
"Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye" – Anne Murray
"Somebody's Baby" - Jackson Browne
"Southern Cross" – Crosby, Stills, and Nash
"Spread a Little Happiness" – Sting
"State of Independence" – Donna Summer
"Steppin' Out" – Joe Jackson
"Still They Ride" – Journey
"Street Of Dreams" - Rainbow
"Sube A Mi Motora" – Menudo
"That Girl" – Stevie Wonder
"Theme From Hill Street Blues" – Mike Post and Larry Carlton
"Theme from 'Missing'" – The Shadows
"There It Is" - Shalamar
"3x3" (EP) – Genesis
"Thru These Walls" – Phil Collins
"Time (Clock of the Heart)" – Culture Club
"Tony" – Dalida
"Treat Me Nice" – The Shadows
"Trouble" – Lindsey Buckingham
"The One Thing" - Inxs
"The Trouble With Me is You" – Hank Marvin
"Under Pressure" – Queen and David Bowie
"Vacation" – The Go-Go's
"Valley Girl" – Frank Zappa
"View from a Bridge" – Kim Wilde
"Waiting for a Girl Like You" – Foreigner
"What About Me" – Moving Pictures
"When the Tigers Broke Free" – Pink Floyd
"Where Do We Go From Here" – Cliff Richard
"White Boy" – Culture Club
"White Wedding" - Billy Idol
"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 and the News
"Yellow Pearl" – Phil Lynott
"Yesterday's Songs" – Neil Diamond
"You and I" – Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle
"You Can Do Magic" - America
"You Can't Hurry Love" – Phil Collins
"You Don't Want Me Anymore" – Steel Breeze
"You Dropped a Bomb on Me" - The Gap Band
"You Got Lucky" – Tom Petty
"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
How Do You Keep the Music Playing? w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Michel LeGrand. From the film Best Friends.
"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
Hans Abrahamsen – Nacht und Trompeten
George Crumb
Pastoral Drone for organ
Trio for Strings
Mario Davidovsky – Sting Trio for violin, viola, violoncello
Ross Edwards – Piano Concerto in A
Morton Feldman
Three Voices
For John Cage, for violin and piano
Lorenzo Ferrero
Thema 44 (ad honorem J. Haydn)
My Blues
Respiri
Soleils
Daron Hagen – Echo's Songs
Rudolf Komorous – Serenade for Strings
György Ligeti – Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano
Mel Powell – String Quartet
Poul Ruders
Manhattan Abstraction for orchestra
Greeting Concertino
Piano Sonata No. 2
Robert Simpson – String Quartet no. 9, 32 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Haydn
Tōru Takemitsu
Rain Coming for chamber orchestra
Rain Spell for flute, clarinet, harp, piano and vibraphone
Jay Ungar – Ashokan Farewell
See List of 1982 ballet premieres
Nicolas Flagello – The Judgment of St Francis
Stephen Paulus – The Postman Always Rings Twice
Peter Sculthorpe – Quiros
Andy Capp (Alan Price) – London production opened at the Aldwych Theatre on September 28 and ran for 99 performances
Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber) – Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 7 and ran for 7485 performances, the longest run in the history of Broadway
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) – Broadway production opened at the Royale Theatre on January 27 and ran for 747 performances
Little Shop of Horrors' - off-Broadway production opened at the Orpheum Theatre on July 27 and ran for 2209 performances
Nine - Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on May 9 and ran for 729 performances
Pirates Of Penzance - London revival
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (Saul Chaplin, Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer) – Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on July 8 and ran for 5 performances
Song and Dance (Andrew Lloyd Webber) – London production opened at the Palace Theatre on April 7 and ran for 781 performances
Alice
Annie
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Disco Dancer
Grease 2
One from the Heart
Parsifal
Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu
Pink Floyd – The Wall
Starstruck
Une chambre en ville
Victor Victoria
Yes, Giorgio
Live at Austin City Limits
Sweeney Todd
Liquid Sky
January 6 – Morgan Lander, Canadian musician (Kittie)
January 11 - Ashley Taylor Dawson, (allSTARS*)
January 14 – Caleb Followill, singer (Kings of Leon)
January 17 – Alex Varkatzas, Greek-American lead vocalist (Atreyu)
January 18
Quinn Allman, guitarist (The Used)
Joanna Newsom, American musician
January 19 – Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress
January 21 - André Lousada, Portuguese conductor
January 25 – Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer
January 28 – Ryan Sheridan, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
January 29 – Adam Lambert, singer, stage actor, American Idol 8 finalist
January 31 – Elena Paparizou, Greek-Swedish singer
February 1 – Kim Jong-wook, South Korean singer
February 3 – Jessica Harp, American singer and guitarist (The Wreckers)
February 4 – Kimberly Wyatt, singer (The Pussycat Dolls)
February 9 – Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer
February 16 – Lupe Fiasco, American rapper
February 25 – Bert McCracken, lead singer of American rock band The Used
March 13 - Darbuka Siva, percussionist and composer
March 20 – Nick Wheeler (The All-American Rejects)
March 21 – Jocie Kok, Chinese-Singaporean singer
March 22 – Pete Bennett, English rock singer (Daddy Fantastic) and television personality (Big Brother 2006)
April 7 - Kelli Young, (Liberty X)
April 8 - Keegan DeWitt, American singer-songwriter and actor (Wild Cub)
April 18 – Marie-Élaine Thibert, Canadian singer
April 21 - Lynn Hilary, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Celtic Woman and Anúna)
April 24 – Kelly Clarkson, first American Idol winner
April 26
Nadja Benaissa, German pop singer
Jon Lee, (S Club 7)
April 30 – Lloyd Banks, African American/Puerto Rican rapper
May 4 – Vera Schmidt, Hungarian singer-songwriter
May 15 – Jessica Sutta, singer from The Pussycat Dolls
June 2 – Jewel Staite, Canadian actress and singer
June 4 – Jin Au-Yeung, Chinese-American rapper
June 7 – Amy Nuttall, British actress and opera singer
June 14 – Lang Lang, pianist
July 5 – Dave Haywood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lady Antebellum)
July 6 – Tay Zonday, American musician, voice actor
July 7 – Cassidy, rapper
July 10 – Alex Arrowsmith, American musician
July 14 – Dmitry Chaplin, Russian So You Think You Can Dance finalist
July 15 – Haley Scarnato, American singer and American Idol finalist
July 17 - Natasha Hamilton, (Atomic Kitten)
July 18 – Ryan Cabrera, American musician and TV host
July 19 – Christopher Bear, American drummer (Grizzly Bear)
July 23 – Claudette Ortiz, American soul singer
August 19 – Willy Denzey, French singer
August 28 – LeAnn Rimes, singer
September 3
Andrew McMahon, American musician
Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model
September 7 – Race Wong, Hong Kong singer/actress, Member of 2R
September 9 – Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer
September 22 – Billie Piper, singer and actress
September 27 – Lil Wayne, American rapper
October 1 – Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish pop singer
October 6 – MC Lars, American rapper
October 7 – Lockett Pundt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deerhunter)
October 18 – Ne-Yo, R&B singer
October 27 – Keri Hilson, American singer
November 13
Michael Copon, American actor model and singer
Kumi Koda, Japanese singer
November 22 – Charlene Choi, Hong Kong singer and actress
December 3 – Jaycee Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
December 13 – Anthony Callea, Australian singer
December 14 – Anthony Way, British singer and actor
December 20
David Cook, American singer
Jason Zhang, Chinese pop singer
December 23 – Beatriz Luengo, singer, dancer and actress
December 24 – Robert Carmine, vocalist (Rooney)
December 27 – Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist (Týr)
Undated – Guanqun Yu, Chinese operatic soprano
January - Sudhin Dasgupta, music director, lyricist, and singer, 52
January 16 - Harald Agersnap, Danish classical musician, 92
January 17 – Tommy Tucker, songwriter, 48 (carbon tetrachloride poisoning)
January 19 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer, 36
January 30
Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer, 91
Lightnin' Hopkins, blues singer, 69
February 4 - Alex Harvey, rock singer and guitarist, 46
February 17 – Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist, 64
February 18 – Nathaniel Shilkret, composer and musician, 92
February 21 – Murray the K, disc jockey, 60
February 25 - Chao Yuen Ren, composer, 89
March 5 – John Belushi, entertainer of The Blues Brothers fame, 33 (drug overdose)
March 19 – Randy Rhoads, guitarist, 25 (plane crash)
March 24 – Aileen Stanley, singer, 84 or 85
March 26 - Ferdinando Garimberti, violin maker, 88
March 29 – Carl Orff, German composer, famous for the choral work Carmina Burana, 86
April 2 – Sam Coslow, songwriter and singer, 79
May 1 – William Primrose, violist, 77
May 5 - Cal Tjader, Latin jazz musician, 56
May 8 – Neil Bogart, owner of Casablanca Records, 39 (cancer)
May 12 - Humphrey Searle, composer, 66
May 13 - Renzo Rossellini, film composer, 74
May 15 – Joëlle Mogensen, French singer, 29 (drug overdose)
May 16 – Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Portuguese composer and singer, 40
May 26 - Nanny Larsén-Todsen, operatic soprano, 97
May 30 - Leon René, songwriter, 80
June 15 – Art Pepper, jazz saxophonist, 56 (brain hemorrhage)
June 16 - James Honeyman-Scott, guitarist, 25 (heart failure from cocaine use)
July 9 – Wingy Manone, jazz trumpeter, 82
July 10 - Maria Jeritza, operatic soprano, 96
July 15 - Bill Justis, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer, 55 (cancer)
July 22 - Sonny Stitt, jazz saxophonist, 58
July 28 – Keith Green, gospel singer, 28 (plane crash)
August 13 - Joe Tex, Southern soul singer, 49
September 1 – Clifford Curzon, pianist, 75
September 12 - Federico Moreno Torroba, composer, 91
September 14 - Christian Ferras, French violinist, 49 (suicide)
September 17 – Manos Loïzos, Greek composer, 44
September 29 – A. L. Lloyd, folk song collector, 74
October 4 – Glenn Gould, pianist, 50 (stroke)
October 16
Jakov Gotovac, composer and conductor, 87
Mario del Monaco, operatic tenor, 67
October 21 – Radka Toneff, Norwegian jazz singer, 30
October 29 – William Lloyd Webber, British organist and composer, 68
November 16 – Al Haig, jazz pianist, 58
December 2 - David Blue, folk singer, 41
December 8 - Marty Robbins, country singer, 57
December 10 - Roy Webb, film composer, 94
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Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1982
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