See also: [edit] Events - January - Steve "Silk" Hurley's innovative "Jack Your Body" becomes the first house music record to top the UK singles chart.
- January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- January 16 - The Beastie Boys become the first act to be censored by American Bandstand.
- February 6 - Sonny Bono announces his candidacy for mayor of Palm Springs, California
- February 14–March 7 - Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" is the #1 song. It would be 1987's biggest hit song.
- March 7 - The first five Beatles albums, Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles for Sale and Help! are released on Compact disc. Capitol Records decides to release the original UK mixes of the Beatles albums, which means that the first four CDs are released in mono. This marks the first time that many of these mono mixes are available in the US.
- March 9
- March 13
- March 27 - Inspired by The Beatles' 1969 rooftop concert, U2 shoots a music video for the song "Where the Streets Have No Name" on a rooftop in Los Angeles, California
- April 23 - Carole King sues the owner of her record company, Lou Adler, claiming that she is owed more than $400,000 in royalties. King also asks for rights to her old recordings.
- May 9 - Ireland's Johnny Logan wins the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Brussels, Belgium, with the song "Hold Me Now", making him the first artist to win the contest twice. The song tops the charts in Ireland, and peaks at No. 2 in the UK.
- June 14 - Madonna starts her Who's That Girl Tour in Osaka, Japan.
- June 27 - Whitney Houston's second album Whitney becomes the first album by a female artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200
- July 21 - Guns N' Roses release their debut album Appetite for Destruction
- August 3 - Def Leppard release their 4th studio album Hysteria
- August 18 - Aerosmith release their comeback album Permanent Vacation, their first multi-platinum album in ten years
- August 31 - Michael Jackson releases his second studio album after 1982's Thriller, Bad. The album would produce five number one singles in USA, a record which hasn't been broken yet.
- September 6 - Madonna ends her Who's That Girl Tour in Florence, Italy.
- September 12 - Michael Jackson starts the Bad World Tour, supporting his Bad album.
- September 25 - Matthew Garrison Chapman is born as the first child of Amy Grant and Gary Chapman. Lead Me On, Amy's 1988 album, is said to have been dedicated to Matt
- September 28 - Depeche Mode's 6th album Music for the Masses provides the band with mainstream success in the United States for the first time since Some Great Reward, and the new styles of music that appeared on the album and its predecessor Black Celebration formed the foundation for their 1990 breakthrough effort, Violator.
- October - electronic data gathering completely replaces the old sales diary technique in compiling the UK singles and albums chart. The publication day of new charts is moved from Tuesday to Sunday.
- October 12 - Twisted Sister breaks up - they would not reunite until the end of the 1990s.
- October 19 - Mötley Crüe release the song "You're All I Need" as a single. Its lyrics cause MTV to refuse to play its video. Radio stations never play the song either.
- October 30 - George Michael releases his first solo studio album, Faith, which would win the Grammy Award for album of the year and sell 11 million copies in USA alone.
- October 31 -The Zorros headline on the Halloween for the last ever show at the Crystal Ballroom, Saint Kilda Melbourne's premier Punk/ New Wave Venue. The Crystal Ballroom has seen almost ten years of intense Musical Evolution. The venue has Chandeliers, stained glass windows, paisley wallpaper and a tiled foyer.
- November 13 - Sonny and Cher reunite for a performance on Late Night with David Letterman
- December 23 - Nikki Sixx of the rock band Mötley Crüe suffers a heroin overdose, but is revived shortly thereafter.
- Social Distortion returns to record Prison Bound
- Winger signs to Atlantic Records
- Kylie Minogue's recording career begins, when her cover version of the Little Eva hit The Loco-Motion spends seven weeks at number one in her native Australia and leads to a contract with UK-based record producers Stock Aitken Waterman.
- Lynyrd Skynyrd reform and now has Ronnie Van Zant's little brother Johnny Van Zant as lead singer.
- The Smiths disband after guitarist and songwriter Johnny Marr leaves the band.
- Andreas Kisser replaces Jairo Guedes in Sepultura.
- Alice Cooper almost dies on stage when one of the props, the Gallows, malfunctions.
[edit] Bands formed [edit] Bands Disbanded [edit] Bands reformed [edit] Albums released [edit] January [edit] February [edit] August [edit] September [edit] October [edit] November [edit] December [edit] Release Date Unknown [edit] Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1987. | # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries | | 1 | Los Lobos | La Bamba | 1987 |  | UK 1 - Jul 1987, US BB 1 - Jul 1987, Switzerland 1 - Aug 1987, Italy 1 of 1987, Éire 1 - Jul 1987, New Zealand 1 for 7 weeks Aug 1987, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Apr 1988, Holland 2 - Aug 1987, Australia 2 of 1987, Austria 4 - Oct 1987, Norway 4 - Aug 1987, US BB 8 of 1987, POP 8 of 1987, Germany 9 - Aug 1987, US CashBox 11 of 1987, Sweden 12 - Aug 1987, Poland 17 - Sep 1987, South Africa 17 of 1987, Scrobulate 75 of Latin, KROQ 81 of 1987, RYM 116 of 1987, Party 227 of 1999, Acclaimed 2050 | | 2 | Rick Astley | Never Gonna Give You Up | 1987 |  | UK 1 - Aug 1987, US BB 1 - Jan 1988, Holland 1 - Sep 1987, France 1 - Aug 1987, Norway 1 - Oct 1987, Germany 1 - Sep 1987, New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Feb 1988, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Jun 1988, South Africa 1 of 1988, US CashBox 2 of 1988, Switzerland 2 - Sep 1987, Sweden 3 - Sep 1987, Austria 4 - Nov 1987, Australia 5 of 1988, Italy 13 of 1987, US BB 34 of 1988, POP 61 of 1988, Germany 140 of the 1980s, OzNet 765 | | 3 | Whitney Houston | I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) | 1987 | | UK 1 - May 1987, US BB 1 - May 1987, Holland 1 - May 1987, Switzerland 1 - May 1987, Norway 1 - May 1987, Germany 1 - May 1987, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Jun 1987, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jan 1988, US CashBox 2 of 1987, Sweden 2 - May 1987, Austria 3 - Jun 1987, Poland 4 - Jun 1987, South Africa 4 of 1987, France 10 - Jun 1987, Italy 10 of 1987, Australia 11 of 1987, POP 22 of 1987, Germany 67 of the 1980s | | 4 | The Pet Shop Boys | It's a Sin | 1987 | | UK 1 - Jun 1987, Sweden 1 - Aug 1987, Austria 1 - Aug 1987, Switzerland 1 - Jul 1987, Norway 1 - Jul 1987, Poland 1 - Jul 1987, Germany 1 - Jul 1987, Éire 1 - Jul 1987, Holland 3 - Jul 1987, France 5 - Jun 1987, US BB 9 - Sep 1987, South Africa 18 of 1987, Italy 21 of 1987, KROQ 27 of 1987, RYM 34 of 1987, Germany 94 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 1308 | | 5 | U2 | With or Without You | 1987 |  | US BB 1 - Apr 1987, Poland 1 - Mar 1987, Éire 1 - Apr 1987, Holland 2 - Mar 1987, UK 4 - Mar 1987, Sweden 5 - Apr 1987, Europe 5 of the 1980s, RYM 6 of 1987, Germany 7 - Apr 1987, KROQ 9 of 1987, Switzerland 10 - Apr 1987, POP 10 of 1987, US CashBox 12 of 1987, US BB 14 of 1987, Poland 14 of all time, Austria 15 - Jun 1987, Belgium 24 of all time, OzNet 44, TheQ 47, Scrobulate 93 of rock, WXPN 116, Rolling Stone 131, Party 168 of 2007, Acclaimed 309 | [edit] Top hits on record [edit] Other Singles [edit] Published popular music [edit] Classical music [edit] Musical theater [edit] Most Critically Acclaimed Songs of 1987 This info is taken from Acclaimed Music.[1] Songs - 1. "Sweet Child O' Mine", Guns N' Roses
- 2. "Sign 'O' the Times", Prince
- 3. "Bring the Noise", Public Enemy
- 4. "Pump Up the Volume", M/A/R/R/S
- 5. "With or Without You", U2
- 6. "It's the End of the World As We Know It", R.E.M.
- 7. "Just Like Heaven", The Cure
- 8. "Rebel Without a Pause", Public Enemy
- 9. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", U2
- 10. "Paid in Full", Eric B. & Rakim
[edit] Births - January 12 - Sunday The Grace, Korean pop singer
- January 27 - Katy Rose
- January 27 - Ashley Perez Moza
- February 7 - Kerli Kõiv, Estonian singer and songwriter
- February 10 - Choi Si Won, Korean actor and pop singer
- February 12 - O'Ryan
- February 24 - Kim Kyu Jong, Korean pop singer
- March 9 - Bow Wow, American Hip-Hop artist
- March 26 - YUI, Japanese pop singer
- April 3 - Park Jung Min, Korean pop singer
- April 9 - Jesse McCartney, American singer and actor
- April 10 - Hayley Westenra, soprano singer
- April 11 - Joss Stone, soul singer-songwriter
- April 30 - Nikki Webster, pop singer
- June 16 - Diana DeGarmo, American Idol contestant
- June 21 - Kim Ryeo Wook, Korean pop singer
- July 1 - Yoga Lin, Taiwanese pop singer, One Million Star, Season 1 winner
- July 6 - Kate Nash, English pop singer
- August 21 - Kim Ki Bum, Korean actor and pop singer
- September 26 - Rosie Munter, Swedish vocalist and dancer
- September 28 - Hilary Duff, American singer and actress
- September 28 - Chloe Hanslip, violinist
- October 17 - Stephanie The Grace, Korean pop singer
- November 30 - Dougie Poynter, bassist, McFLY
- December 7 - Aaron Carter, pop singer
- December 18 - ayaka, Japanese pop singer
- December 27 - Yui Okada, Japanese pop singer
[edit] Deaths - January 6 - Jaidev, Bollywood composer
- January 10 - Marion Hutton, singer and actress
- January 15 - Ray Bolger, Wizard of Oz actor (cancer)
- January 30 – Harold Loeffelmacher, musician and bandleader (Six Fat Dutchmen), 81
- February 2 - Spike Hughes, jazz musician, composer and journalist
- February 4 - Liberace, US pianist
- February 8 - Tony Destra, drummer, 32 (car accident)
- February 18 - Dmitri Kabalevsky, composer
- February 23 - Zeca Afonso, folk musician
- February 24 - Jim Connors, radio DJ, 46 (car crash)
- March 3 - Danny Kaye, actor, singer, dancer and comedian
- March 15 - Don Gant, singer/songwriter, record producer
- March 20 - Rita Streich, coloratura soprano
- March 21
- March 28 - Maria von Trapp, subject of The Sound of Music
- March 29 - Felix Prohaska, conductor
- April 2 - Buddy Rich, jazz drummer, 69 (brain tumor)
- April 7 - Maxine Sullivan, US singer
- April 17 - Carlton Barrett, reggae drummer (The Wailers), 36 (murdered)
- May 2 - Larry Clinton, US bandleader and songwriter
- May 3 - Dalida, singer, 54 (suicide)
- May 4 - Paul Butterfield, 44 (drug overdose)
- May 14 - Rita Hayworth, dancer and film star
- May 24 - Hermione Gingold, actress and singer
- May 29 - Phyllis Tate, avant-garde composer
- June 3 - Andrés Segovia, guitar virtuoso
- June 18 - Kid Thomas Valentine, jazz trumpeter & bandleader
- June 21 - Abram Chasins, pianist and composer
- June 22
- June 25 - Boudleaux Bryant, Hall of Fame songwriter
- July 1 - Snakefinger, guitarist, 38 (heart attack)
- July 7 - Tibor Frešo, composer, 69
- July 15 - Pete King, drummer (After The Fire, BAP), 28 (testicular cancer)
- August 12 - Sally Long, Ziegfeld Follies star
- August 14 - Vincent Persichetti, composer
- September 3 - Morton Feldman, composer
- September 11 - Peter Tosh, reggae musician, 42 (shot and killed in a house invasion/robbery)
- September 21- Jaco Pastorius, jazz bassist, 35 (brain damage resulting from fight)
- September 23 - Bob Fosse, dancer, choreographer and director of musicals, 60 (heart attack)
- October 13 - Kishore Kumar, singer, actor, filmmaker, writer, musician and composer
- October 19 - Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist, 42 (multiple sclerosis)
- October 28 - Woody Herman, US bandleader
- November 12 - Cornelis Vreeswijk, Swedish singer-songwriter, 50 (liver cancer)
- November 22 - Verna Arvey, librettist and pianist
- December 5 - Pappy Daily, country music entrepreneur and record producer
- December 10 - Jascha Heifetz, violinist
- December 18 - Conny Plank, record producer
- December 21 - John Spence, Ska musician, 18 (suicide)
- December 22 - Luca Prodan, rock musician, 34 (cirrhosis of the liver)
- date unknown
[edit] Awards - The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Coasters, Eddie Cochran, Bo Diddley, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Bill Haley, B. B. King, Clyde McPhatter, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Smokey Robinson, Big Joe Turner, Muddy Waters, and Jackie Wilson
[edit] Grammy Awards [edit] Country Music Association Awards Gary P. Blueyes Walker - CMA Air Personality of the Year / KYKX [edit] Eurovision Song Contest [edit] Charts [edit] References |
