This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.
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- January 14 - Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР (Back in the USSR) exclusively in the USSR. Bootleg copies sell for as much as $1,000 in the United States.
- January 23 - James Brown is sentenced in Georgia, USA to six years in jail in connection with a police chase through two different states.
- January 25 - Madonna files for divorce from Sean Penn after three-and-a-half years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.
- January 27 - Michael Jackson ends the Bad World Tour in Los Angeles, USA.
- February - Roy Orbison joins Elvis Presley as the only singers to ever simultaneously have two top 5 albums on the Billboard Charts.
- February 12 - Tiny Tim launches an unsuccessful campaign to be elected mayor of New York City, USA.
- February 17 - Whitesnake's David Coverdale marries Tawny Kitaen
- March 21 - Madonna's "Like a Prayer" music video, taped in late December 1988 attracts criticism for its use of Catholic iconography and for the use of cross burning imagery, but also garners 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 9 - The Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman announces that he will marry 19-year-old Mandy Smith, his girlfriend for six years.
- April 12 - Michael Jackson was named King of Pop after receving the Soul Train Heritage Awards.
- April 28 - Jon Bon Jovi marries his high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- May 1 - California, USA jewellery store employees called the police reporting a suspicious person hanging around their store. The person turns out to be Michael Jackson shopping in disguise.
- July 9 - All four original members of The Monkees reunite in Los Angeles, USA, for a concert performance at the Universal Amphitheatre. The following day the quartet attend an induction ceremony at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where they receive a star.
- July 23 - Former Beatle Ringo Starr forms his own band named Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.
- August 11–August 12 - The Moscow Music Peace Festival is held in the Soviet Union. The event is put together by Doc McGhee and the Make a Wish Foundation and headline acts include Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe, Skid Row, Cinderella, and the Scorpions.
- August 31 - The Rolling Stones open their Steel Wheels North American tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- September 9- Madonna performs a rather risque but nonetheless entertaining performance at the MTV VMA's clad in baggy black sweatpants and a black bustier, she rocked the audience by simultating masturbation. the version of the song used in the show would later serve as the opening number of 1990's "Blond Ambition World Tour"
- September 14 - Madonna is granted a divorce from Sean Penn.
[edit] Bands formed [edit] Bands disbanded [edit] Bands reformed
[edit] Albums released All releases are an LP unless otherwise stated.
Multiple entries for the same day are arranged alphabetically by the album's name.
Release dates may vary in different countries. [edit] January - March [edit] April - June [edit] July - September [edit] October - December [edit] Release Date Unknown [edit] Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1989. | # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries | | 1 | Madonna | Like a Prayer | 1989 |  | UK 1 - Mar 1989, US BB 1 - Mar 1989, US CashBox 1 of 1989, Sweden 1 - Mar 1989, Switzerland 1 - Mar 1989, Norway 1 - Mar 1989, Poland 1 - Apr 1989, Éire 1 - Mar 1989, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Apr 1989, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Sep 1989, Holland 2 - Mar 1989, Austria 2 - Apr 1989, Australia 2 of 1989, Germany 2 - Mar 1989, France 4 - Mar 1989, Italy 5 of 1989, POP 5 of 1989, RYM 13 of 1989, US BB 14 of 1989, Scrobulate 33 of pop, Europe 49 of the 1980s, Germany 96 of the 1980s, OzNet 161, Rolling Stone 300, Acclaimed 629 | | 2 | The Bangles | Eternal Flame | 1989 | | UK 1 - Feb 1989, US BB 1 - Feb 1989, Holland 1 - Mar 1989, Sweden 1 - Apr 1989, Norway 1 - May 1989, Australia 1 of 1989, Éire 1 - Apr 1989, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Oct 1989, Switzerland 2 - May 1989, Austria 3 - May 1989, Germany 5 - May 1989, US CashBox 7 of 1989, France 10 - Feb 1989, US BB 11 of 1989, POP 25 of 1989, Europe 27 of the 1980s, Scrobulate 70 of 80s, RYM 73 of 1989, OzNet 141, Germany 196 of the 1980s | | 3 | Phil Collins | Another Day in Paradise | 1989 |  | US BB 1 - Nov 1989, Sweden 1 - Nov 1989, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1989, Norway 1 - Nov 1989, Poland 1 - Nov 1989, Germany 1 - Jan 1990, Grammy in 1990, UK 2 - Nov 1989, Holland 2 - Oct 1989, Austria 2 - Dec 1989, Italy 3 of 1990, France 9 - Nov 1989, POP 21 of 1989, Europe 60 of the 1980s, Scrobulate 67 of ballad, RYM 133 of 1989, Germany 195 of the 1990s, OzNet 214 | | 4 | Roxette | The Look | 1989 |  | US BB 1 - Feb 1989, Sweden 1 - Jan 1989, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1989, Norway 1 - Mar 1989, Germany 1 - Apr 1989, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Nov 1989, Holland 2 - Mar 1989, Austria 2 - May 1989, Australia 3 of 1989, France 4 - Apr 1989, US CashBox 6 of 1989, UK 7 - Apr 1989, Poland 8 - Apr 1989, Italy 9 of 1989, US BB 21 of 1989, Germany 30 of the 1980s, POP 39 of 1989, RYM 94 of 1989, OzNet 567 | | 5 | The B-52's | Love Shack | 1989 | | US BB 1 of 1989, Éire 1 - Mar 1990, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Jan 1990, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Mar 1990, POP 1 of 1989, UK 2 - Mar 1990, KROQ 2 of 1989, US BB 3 - Sep 1989, Party 3 of 2007, France 4 - Oct 1989, Australia 16 of 1990, Holland 18 - Dec 1989, Sweden 20 - Mar 1990, RYM 37 of 1989, Scrobulate 61 of 80s, TheQ 238, Rolling Stone 243, RIAA 243, OzNet 311, WXPN 498, Acclaimed 662 | [edit] Top hits [edit] Most Critically Acclaimed Songs of 1989 This info is taken from Acclaimedmusic.net [1] "Fight the Power", Public Enemy "Fools Gold", The Stone Roses "Monkey Gone to Heaven", Pixies "Like a Prayer", Madonna "Debaser", Pixies "Rockin' in the Free World", Neil Young "Back to Life", Soul II Soul "Personal Jesus", Depeche Mode "Me Myself and I", De La Soul [edit] Published popular music [edit] Classical music [edit] Births - January 13 - Triinu Kivilaan, singer and model
- January 14 - Frankie Sandford, British singer (S Club Juniors & The Saturdays)
- January 24 - Calvin Goldspink, British singer (S Club Juniors)
- January 25 - Yasmien Kurdi, singer and actress
- February 17 - Stacey McClean, British singer (S Club Juniors)
- February 22 - Anna Sundstrand, singer and model
- March 1 - Sonya Kitchell, jazz singer-songwriter
- March 21 - Rochelle Wiseman, British singer (S Club Juniors & The Saturdays)
- March 25 - Alyson Michalka, singer-songwriter and actress
- April 8 - Hitomi Takahashi, singer
- April 19 - Fiona MacGillivray, vocalist
- May 5 - Chris Brown, singer and actor
- May 28 - Asuca Hayashi, singer
- May 30 - Kevin Covais, American Idol finalist
- June 13 - Lisa Tucker, singer
- June 14 - Lucy Hale, actress and singer
- June 18 - Renee Olstead, actress and jazz singer
- July 13 - Sayumi Michishige (Morning Musume)
- August 15
- August 19 - Lil' Romeo, entertainer
- September 1 - Bill and Tom Kaulitz of Tokio Hotel
- September 10 - Sanjaya Malakar, American Idol finalist
- October 1 - Brie Larson, actress and singer-songwriter
- October 30 - Jay Asforis, British singer (S Club Juniors)
- November 2 - Katelyn Tarver, singer-songwriter
- November 11 - Reina Tanaka (Morning Musume)
- November 30 - Daisy Evans, British singer (S Club Juniors)
- December 13 - Taylor Swift, country pop singer
- December 22 - Jordin Sparks, American Idol Season 6 winner
[edit] Deaths - January 20 - Beatrice Lillie, 94, Canadian actress and singer
- February 5 - Joe Raposo, composer and lyricist, Bein' Green
- February 6 - King Tubby Jamaican DJ and composer, father of dub reggae (gun shot wounds)
- February 14 - Vincent Crane (The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown)
- February 23 - Florencio Morales Ramos, singer and composer
- March 19 - Alan Civil, 59, horn player
- March 20 - Archie Bleyer, US arranger and bandleader
- April 26 - Lucille Ball, 77, US actress and singer
- May 10 - Woody Shaw, 44, jazz musician (kidney failure)
- May 30 - Zinka Milanov, operatic soprano
- June 14 - Pete de Freitas, 27, drummer with Echo & the Bunnymen (motorcycle accident)
- June 24 - Hibari Misora, 52, Japanese enka singer (hepatitis)
- July 5 - Ernesto Halffter, 84, Spanish composer and conductor
- July 16 - Herbert von Karajan, 81, conductor
- August 1 - John Ogdon, 52, pianist (diabetes-related)
- August 2 - Luiz Gonzaga, 76, Brazilian musician
- August 21 - Raul Seixas, 44, singer and songwriter (diabetes-related)
- August 25 - Gunnar Berg, Danish composer
- September 14 - Perez Prado, 72, Cuban bandleader and composer
- September 15 - Jan DeGaetani, 56, mezzo-soprano (leukemia)
- September 22 - Irving Berlin, 101, composer, lyricist
- September 30 - Virgil Thomson, 92, composer
- October 17 - Morteza Hannaneh, 66, composer
- October 19 - Alan Murphy, 35, guitarist, member of Level 42 and Go West (AIDS-related)
- October 22 - Ewan MacColl, 74, folk singer
- October 31 - Conrad Beck, 88, Swiss composer
- November 5 - Vladimir Horowitz, 86, pianist
- November 15 - Alejo Duran, 80, composer of vallenatos
- December - Billy Lyall, 46, keyboardist of Pilot, Bay City Rollers (AIDS-related)
- December 6 - Sammy Fain, 87, US composer
- December 21 - Ján Cikker, 78, Slovak composer
- December 26 - Sir Lennox Berkeley, 86, composer
[edit] Awards [edit] Charts [edit] See also [edit] References - ^ Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1989
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