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This is a summary of 1982 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.
Events
20 January – Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a bat thrown at him during a performance, mistaking it for a toy.
3 March – The Barbican Arts Centre in London is opened by the Queen.
21 March – The Musical House that Max Built, a documentary about Peter Maxwell Davies, is broadcast by London Weekend Television, presented by Melvyn Bragg.
26 April – Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles, California. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt.
10 May – Topper Headon is sacked from the Clash for his ongoing addiction to heroin, just a few days prior to the release of the band's Combat Rock album. He is replaced by original Clash drummer Terry Chimes.
15 May – "A Little Peace" becomes the 500th UK number-one single.
26 May – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Aberdeen, Scotland.
22 August – The first performance of Image, Reflection, Shadow, by Peter Maxwell Davies takes place at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland.
28 August – Eric Burdon is arrested for cocaine possession after a show at the Rockpalast in Cologne.
11 September – The first concert is held at the new St David's Hall, Cardiff. The official opening is not until five months later.
22 September – The Who begin their only formally announced "farewell" tour in Washington, D.C.
2 October – The first performance of Imogen Holst‘s String Quintet takes place at the Cricklade Festival by the Endellion String Quartet with Steven 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 that the 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 of The Tube on Channel 4.
11 December – The Jam give their final performance together, at Brighton Conference Centre, just before their split.
Charts
= Number-one singles
="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".
= Number-one albums
=Year-end charts
The tables below include sales between 1 January and 31 December 1982: the year-end charts reproduced in the issue of Music Week dated 26 December 1982 and played on Radio 1 on 2 January 1983 only include sales figures up until 11 December 1982.
= Best-selling singles
== Best-selling albums
=Notes:
Classical music
= New works
=Malcolm Arnold – Trumpet Concerto
David Bedford – The Juniper Tree, for soprano, recorder and harpsichord
Richard Rodney Bennett
After Syrinx, for oboe and piano
Anniversaries, for ensemble
Freda's Fandango, for ensemble
Summer Music, for flute and piano
Lennox Berkeley
Mazurka for piano
Sonnet for high voice and piano
Michael Berkeley
The Crocodile and Father William, for girls choir
Easter, anthem for choir, organ and brass
Gregorian Variations for orchestra
Guitar Sonata in one movement
Nocturne for flute, harp, violin, viola and cello
Piano Trio
Romance of the Rose, for orchestra
David Blake
Change is Going to Come, for mezzo, baritone, chorus and four players
String Quartet No. 3
Edward Cowie
Choral Symphony (Symphonies of Rain, Sea and Speed) (1981-2)
Harp Concerto
Kate Kelly's Roadshow, music theatre
Kelly Ballet
Symphony No 2, Australian
Gordon Crosse
A Wake, for flute, clarinet, cello and piano
Rhymes and Reasons, Trio for clarinet, cello and piano
Peter Maxwell Davies
Image, Reflection, Shadow, for ensemble
Organ Sonata
Pole Star March for brass quintet or band
Sea Eagle, for horn
Sinfonia Concertante for chamber orchestra
Songs of Hoy, masque for children's voices
Peter Dickinson – The Unicorns, for soprano and brass band
Brian Ferneyhough – Carceri d'Invenzione for chamber orchestra
Michael Finnissy
Aijal, for flute, oboe and percussion
Anninnia, for soprano and piano
Banumbirr, for ensemble
Dilok, for oboe and piano
Gerhana, for solo percussion
Mississippi Hornpipe, for violin and piano
Tya, for ensemble
Warara, for tenor, flute, clarinet and two percussion
Iain Hamilton
Love is Life's Spring, for soprano and piano
St Mark's Passion, for soli and chorus
Robin Holloway
Anthem, for unaccompanied voices
Concertino No. 4 Showpiece, 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 orchestra
Suite for saxophone
Women in War, review for four female soloists and piano
Gordon Jacob – Flute concerto No. 2, for flute and strings
Wilfred Josephs
High Spirits, orchestral overture
Percussion Concerto, for percussion and brass
Two Flute Studies
Viola Concerto
Kenneth Leighton – Fantasy Octet Hommage to Percy Grainger
John McCabe
Concerto for Orchestra
Desert III: Landscape, for violin, cello and piano
Lamentation Rag, for piano
String Quartet No. 4
Elizabeth Maconchy
My Dark Heart, song cycle for soprano and ensemble
William Mathias
Antiphonies, for organ
Lux Aeterna, for soli, chorus, organ and orchestra
Salvator Mundi, for female choir, piano duet, percussion and strings
Nicholas Maw
Night Thoughts, for solo flute
Spring Music, for orchestra
String Quartet No. 2
Thea Musgrave – Fanfare for brass quintet
Paul Patterson – Sinfonia for strings
John Tavener
Doxa, for chorus
The Lamb, for unaccompanied chorus
Lord's Prayer, for chorus
Mandoodles, for a young pianist
Towards the Son: Ritual Procession for chamber orchestra
Michael Tippett – The Mask of Time, oratorio
William Walton
Passacaglia, for solo cello
Prologo e Fantasia, for orchestra
Hugh Wood – Symphony
= Opera
=Lennox 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
Michael Nyman – The Draughtsman's Contract directed by Peter Greenaway.
Musical theatre
Anthony Burgess – Blooms of Dublin
Geoffrey Burgon – Orpheus
Music awards
= BRIT Awards
=The 1982 BRIT Awards winners were:
Best British producer: Martin Rushent
Best classical recording: Gustav Mahler's – "Symphony No. 10"
Best selling album: Adam and the Ants – "Kings of the Wild Frontier"
British breakthrough act: The Human League
British female solo artist: Randy Crawford
British group: The Police
British male solo artist: Cliff Richard
Outstanding contribution: John Lennon
Births
11 January – Ashley Taylor Dawson, singer (allSTARS*)
16 January – Preston, singer
20 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 presenter
7 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 singer
18 June – Haydon Eshun, singer (Ultimate Kaos)
20 June – Example, singer-songwriter, musician and rapper
30 June
Andy Knowles, musician (Franz Ferdinand)
Ashley Walters, rapper and actor
17 July – Natasha Hamilton, singer (Atomic Kitten)
22 September – Billie Piper, singer and actress
4 October – YolanDa Brown, jazz saxophonist
14 December – Anthony Way, chorister
29 December – Cherise Roberts, singer (Big Brovaz, Booty Luv)
date unknown – Charlotte Bray, composer
Deaths
6 January – Katherine Bacon, concert pianist, 85
12 January
Hervey Alan, operatic bass and voice teacher, 71
Dorothy Howell, pianist and composer, 83
18 January – Alec Robertson, music critic, 89
30 January – Stanley Holloway, actor, singer and monologist, 91
4 February – Alex Harvey, rock singer and entertainer, 46 (heart attack)
20 March – Roy Fox, American-born dance bandleader, 80
1 May – William Primrose, violist, 77
6 May – Rosamond Harding, music scholar, 84
12 May – Humphrey Searle, composer, 66
24 May – Richard Hall, composer, 78
16 June – James Honeyman-Scott, guitarist of The Pretenders, 25 (heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance)
25 June – Alex Welsh, jazz musician, 52
29 June – Pipe Major Donald MacLeod, bagpipe musician and composer, 65
4 July – Maurice Blower, composer, 88
1 September – Clifford Curzon, classical pianist, 75
29 September – A. L. Lloyd, folk song collector, 74
6 October – Philip Green, film and TV composer and conductor, 71
8 October – Erik Routley, hymn writer and composer, 64
16 October – Rory McEwen, artist and musician, 50
29 October – William Lloyd Webber, organist and composer, 68
1 November
Dorothy Gow, composer, 89
Leighton Lucas, composer, 79
13 November – Chesney Allen, entertainer, 88
16 November – Arthur Askey, entertainer, 82
5 December – Caryl Brahms, musician and writer, 80
19 December – Lawrance Collingwood, conductor, composer and record producer, 95
date unknown – Bob Roberts, folk singer, 74/75
See also
1982 in British radio
1982 in British television
1982 in the United Kingdom
List of British films of 1982
References
External links
BBC Radio 1's Chart Show
The Official Charts Company