1987 in music
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[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
- U2 releases "The Joshua Tree", an album that launches them into superstar status in the music world. The album would sell over 14 million copies worldwide in 1987 alone and would win the Grammy for "Album of the Year" (at the 1988 ceremony). U2 have two #1 hit songs from this album on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts.
- Carole King is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City.
- The career that would end in an infamous appearance at The Brit awards and the burning of a million pounds began in Britain, as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu release their debut single, "All You Need Is Love".
- March 13 - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Alice Cooper almost dies on stage when one of the props, the Gallows, malfunctions
- March 13 - In the US, Bryan Adams' "Heat of the Night" becomes the first single to be commercially released on cassette. Cassette singles become known as cassingles.
- 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.
- 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 first 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 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 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.
[edit] Bands formed
[edit] Bands Disbanded
[edit] Bands reformed
[edit] Albums released
| Contents: | Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December |
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[edit] January
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | The House of Blue Light | Deep Purple | - |
| 20 | The Return of Bruno | Bruce Willis | Debut |
| 26 | Control: The Remixes | Janet Jackson | Europe; Remix |
| Yo! Bum Rush the Show | Public Enemy | - | |
| ? | Warehouse: Songs and Stories | Hüsker Dü | double album |
| Famous Blue Raincoat | Jennifer Warnes | US; Leonard Cohen covers LP |
[edit] February
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Exposure | Exposé | - |
| Midnight to Midnight | The Psychedelic Furs | UK | |
| The Cost of Loving | The Style Council | UK | |
| 17 | Lee Aaron | Lee Aaron | - |
| 23 | The World Won't Listen | The Smiths | Compilation |
| ? | Ready or Not | Lou Gramm | - |
| Up for a Bit with The Pastels | The Pastels | - |
[edit] March
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Through the Looking Glass | Siouxsie & the Banshees | - |
| Trio | Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton | - | |
| 3 | Criminal Minded | Boogie Down Productions | - |
| 9 | Wild Frontier | Gary Moore | - |
| Men and Women | Simply Red | - | |
| The Joshua Tree | U2 | - | |
| 17 | Deathcrush | Mayhem | EP |
| 19 | Tribute | Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads | Live 1981 |
| 22 | Among the Living | Anthrax | - |
| 24 | Into the Fire | Bryan Adams | - |
| 30 | The Circus | Erasure | UK |
| Sign o' The Times | Prince | double album | |
| Louder Than Bombs | The Smiths | US, compilation | |
| ? | Locust Abortion Technician | Butthole Surfers | - |
| Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1 | Helloween | - | |
| Running in the Family | Level 42 | - |
[edit] April
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solitude Standing | Suzanne Vega | - |
| 4 | Whitesnake | Whitesnake | US |
| Now That's What I Call Music 9 (UK series) | Various Artists | Compilation | |
| 6 | Electric | The Cult | - |
| 13 | Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town | Johnny Cash | - |
| Tango in the Night | Fleetwood Mac | - | |
| F.L.M. | Mel and Kim | UK | |
| 16 | The Perfect Prescription | Spacemen 3 | - |
| 17 | Rock the House | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | - |
| 21 | Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | - |
| 23 | The Ultra-Violence | Death Angel | - |
| 27 | Never Let Me Down | David Bowie | - |
| ? | Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) |
Happy Mondays | - |
| Out & Intake | Hawkwind | Compilation | |
| Tell No Tales | TNT | - |
[edit] May
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Frehley's Comet | Ace Frehley | - |
| Pleased to Meet Me | The Replacements | - | |
| 11 | Under the Sign of the Black Mark | Bathory | - |
| Live in the City of Light | Simple Minds | Live | |
| It's Better To Travel | Swing Out Sister | - | |
| 15 | Girls, Girls, Girls | Mötley Crüe | - |
| 20 | Beverly Hills Cop II: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | Soundtrack |
| 25 | Scream Bloody Gore | Death | - |
| Bad Animals | Heart | - | |
| 26 | Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me | The Cure | - |
| 29 | Bring the Family | John Hiatt | - |
[edit] June
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Let it Loose | Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine | - |
| 6 | Bad Animals | Heart | - |
| 9 | Contagious | Y&T | - |
| 15 | Abigail | King Diamond | - |
| Radio K.A.O.S. | Roger Waters | - | |
| 19 | Sammy Hagar | Sammy Hagar | later re-titled I Never Said Goodbye |
| 21 | Pride | White Lion | - |
| Priest...Live! | Judas Priest | Live | |
| Keel | Keel | - | |
| Wild in the Streets | Helix | - | |
| 25 | Cleanse Fold and Manipulate | Skinny Puppy | - |
| 22 | Clutching at Straws | Marillion | - |
| 29 | Once Bitten... | Great White | - |
| Whitney | Whitney Houston | - | |
| 30 | La Bamba soundtrack | Los Lobos et al. | Soundtrack |
| Life | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | - | |
| ? | Classics Live II | Aerosmith | Live |
| Sold | Boy George | - | |
| 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) | The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu | recalled over copyright violation claim | |
| Sister | Sonic Youth | - |
[edit] July
[edit] August
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Hysteria | Def Leppard | - |
| 7 | Hurricane Eyes | Loudness | Japan |
| 10 | Between The Lines | Five Star | - |
| 17 | Substance | New Order | - |
| 18 | Out of the Blue | Debbie Gibson | - |
| Permanent Vacation | Aerosmith | - | |
| 21 | The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited | Metallica | Covers EP |
| Dirty Dancing soundtrack | Various Artists | Soundtrack | |
| 24 | The Lonesome Jubilee | John Mellencamp | - |
| 31 | Bad | Michael Jackson | - |
| ? | Jane's Addiction | Jane's Addiction | Live |
| Diesel and Dust | Midnight Oil | - | |
| White Fields | The Escape Club | - |
[edit] September
[edit] October
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Heaven on Earth | Belinda Carlisle | - |
| Raise Your Fist and Yell | Alice Cooper | - | |
| Introducing the Hardline According to... | Terence Trent D'Arby | US | |
| 7 | Pleasures of the Flesh | Exodus | - |
| 9 | Tunnel of Love | Bruce Springsteen | - |
| 13 | ...Nothing Like the Sun | Sting | - |
| 19 | Kick | INXS | - |
| 26 | Live at Wembley | Meat Loaf | UK; Live |
| 30 | Faith | George Michael | - |
| Schizophrenia | Sepultura | - | |
| ? | Raising Fear | Armored Saint | EP |
| Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll | Chuck Berry | Soundtrack | |
| Perfect Timing | McAuley Schenker Group | - | |
| Pop Goes the World | Men Without Hats | - | |
| Surfing With the Alien | Joe Satriani | - | |
| A Very Special Christmas | Various Artists | - |
[edit] November
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cloud Nine | George Harrison | - |
| All the Best! | Paul McCartney | Greatest Hits | |
| Don't Let's Start (EP) | They Might Be Giants | EP | |
| 3 | Cher | Cher | - |
| 4 | The Lion and the Cobra | Sinéad O'Connor | - |
| Rhyme Pays | Ice T | - | |
| 6 | How Ya Like Me Now | Kool Moe Dee | - |
| N.W.A. and the Posse | N.W.A. | Compilation "debut" | |
| Less Than Zero soundtrack | Various Artists | Soundtrack | |
| Characters | Stevie Wonder | - | |
| 7 | Secrets of the Beehive | David Sylvian | - |
| Calm Before the Storm | Venom | - | |
| 9 | Nightfall | Candlemass | - |
| Savage | Eurythmics | UK | |
| 13 | Floodland | The Sisters of Mercy | - |
| 16 | Whenever You Need Somebody | Rick Astley | - |
| The Eternal Idol | Black Sabbath | - | |
| 17 | Back for the Attack | Dokken | - |
| You Can Dance | Madonna | Remix | |
| 24 | Make It Last Forever | Keith Sweat | - |
| 26 | Live...In the Raw | W.A.S.P. | Live |
| ? | I'm the Man | Anthrax | EP |
| The Princess Bride Soundtrack | Mark Knopfler | Soundtrack |
[edit] December
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persecution Mania | Sodom | - |
| 4 | Inside Information | Foreigner | - |
| 5 | Now That's What I Call Music 10 (UK series) | Various Artists | Compilation |
| 14 | You're Living All Over Me | Dinosaur Jr. | - |
| ? | Sinitta! | Sinitta | UK |
| The Old Masters Box Three | Frank Zappa | Box Set |
[edit] Release Date Unknown
- Alphabet City - ABC
- Yesterday Started Tomorrow (EP) - Angry Samoans
- Strength of Steel - Anvil
- Jackomo - Little Annie Anxiety Bandez
- Daddy's Highway - The Bats
- Bennett/Berlin - Tony Bennett
- Annihilate This Week (EP) - Black Flag
- Wasted...Again - Black Flag
- Career of Evil: The Metal Years - Blue Öyster Cult
- Speed Metal Symphony - Cacophony
- Secrets Of Synthesis - Wendy Carlos
- King's Record Shop - Rosanne Cash
- Brave Words - The Chills
- Saint Julian - Julian Cope
- Dawn - Current 93
- The Best Of Dalida, Vol. 2 - Dalida (compilation)
- Silence - Stephan Eicher
- The Blanton-Webster Years - Duke Ellington
- Menjaring Matahari - Ebiet G. Ade
- Death Before Dishonour - The Exploited
- Poem of the River - Felt
- One Night Stand - Flamin' Groovies
- Official Version - Front 242
- The Initial Command - Front Line Assembly
- State of Mind - Front Line Assembly
- Tallulah - The Go-Betweens
- 2X4 - Guadalcanal Diary)
- Music to Strip By - Half Japanese
- Bring the Family - John Hiatt
- Get Close To My Love - Jennifer Holliday
- Will Power - Joe Jackson
- Live 1980/86 - Joe Jackson
- Akwaba Beach - Mory Kanté
- Too Late To Cry - Alison Krauss
- Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- By the Light of the Moon - Los Lobos
- Diminuendo - Lowlife
- Lubricated Goat Plays the Devil's Music (debut) - Lubricated Goat
- Immaculate Deception - Ludichrist
- Mirador - Magnum
- Swing Street - Barry Manilow
- Fighting the World - Manowar
- Richard Marx - Richard Marx
- Huevos - Meat Puppets
- Gluey Porch Treatments - The Melvins
- Ballot Result - Minutemen
- Post-Mersh Vol. 1 - Minutemen
- Post-Mersh Vol. 2 - Minutemen
- Stereoland - The Modern Art
- Pool It! - The Monkees
- Raindancing - Alison Moyet
- Escape From Noise - Negativland
- In Dreams: The Greatest Hits - Roy Orbison
- Taking Over - Overkill
- Signs of Life - Penguin Cafe Orchestra
- Maggots: The Record - Plasmatics
- Buster Poindexter - Buster Poindexter
- Right Now! - Pussy Galore
- Life's a Bitch - Raven
- Dancing with Strangers - Chris Rea
- The Cowboy Way - Riders in the Sky
- Saddle Pals - Riders in the Sky
- Best of the West - Riders in the Sky
- Kane Roberts - Kane Roberts (former Alice Cooper guitarist's solo debut)
- Drive by Shooting (EP) - Henry Rollins
- Hot Animal Machine - Henry Rollins
- Life Time - Rollins Band
- I Prefer The Moonlight - Kenny Rogers
- Stinkfist - Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch
- Live and Loud!! - Sham 69
- The Walking - Jane Siberry
- Coming Around Again - Carly Simon
- Brenda K. Starr - Brenda K. Starr
- Mark Stewart - Mark Stewart
- The Cost of Loving - The Style Council
- Join the Army - Suicidal Tendencies
- Tribe - Bernie Taupin
- Never Again - TexA.N.S.
- Close to the Bone - Thompson Twins
- Bridge of Spies - T'Pau
- Calenture - The Triffids
- Love Is for Suckers - Twisted Sister (final album)
- To the Power of Three - 3
- Bird Dog - The Verlaines
- Triumph And Agony - Warlock (final album)
- Whitecross - Whitecross
- Come as You Are - Peter Wolf
- Live At The Ritz - Ronnie Wood & Bo Diddley
- Starting Up - Roy Wood
- Out of Silence - Yanni
- The Young Gods - The Young Gods
- 3.V - Zebra
[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
- "Alone" - Heart
- "Animal" - Def Leppard
- "Angel" - Angela Winbush
- "At This Moment" - Billy Vera and the Beaters
- "Back in the High Life Again" - Steve Winwood
- "Bad" - Michael Jackson
- "Ballerina Girl" - Lionel Richie
- "Barcelona" - Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé
- "Behind the Wheel - Depeche Mode
- "Big Love" - Fleetwood Mac
- "Big Time" - Peter Gabriel
- "Can't We Try" - Dan Hill and Vonda Shepard
- "Casanova" - Levert
- "Catch Me (I'm Falling)" - Pretty Poison
- "Causing a Commotion" - Madonna
- "C'est la ouate" - Caroline Loeb
- "C'est la Vie" - Robbie Nevil
- "Change of Heart" - Cyndi Lauper
- "Cherry Bomb" - John Cougar Mellencamp
- "Citizen Jane" - Bernie Taupin
- "Come as You Are" - Peter Wolf
- "Come Go with Me" - Exposé
- "Control" - Janet Jackson
- "Criticize" - Alexander O'Neal
- "Cross My Broken Heart" - The Jets
- "Didn't We Almost Have It All" - Whitney Houston
- "Doing It All for My Baby" - Huey Lewis and the News
- "Don't Dream It's Over" - Crowded House
- "Don't Mean Nothing" - Richard Marx
- "Don't Shed a Tear" - Paul Carrack
- "Down To Earth" - Curiosity Killed the Cat (released in 1986)
- "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" - Aerosmith
- "Electric Blue" - Icehouse
- "Electrica Salsa" - OFF
- "Ella elle l'a" - France Gall
- "Étienne" - Guesch Patti
- "Every Little Kiss" - Bruce Hornsby and the Range
- "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" - Wang Chung (released in 1986)
- "Everywhere" - Fleetwood Mac
- "Faith" - George Michael
- "The Game" - Echo & the Bunnymen
- "Hazy Shade of Winter" - The Bangles
- "Head to Toe" - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
- "Heart and Soul" - T'Pau
- "Heat of the Night" - Bryan Adams
- "Here I Go Again" - Whitesnake
- "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" - Belinda Carlisle
- "Hysteria" - Def Leppard
- "I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone" - Ray Parker, Jr.
- "I Get Weak" - Belinda Carlisle
- "I Found Someone" - Cher
- "I Heard a Rumour" - Bananarama
- "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" - Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett
- "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" - Cutting Crew
- "I Knew You Were Waiting for Me" - Aretha Franklin and George Michael
- "I Know What I Like" - Huey Lewis and the News
- "I Need Love" - LL Cool J
- "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - U2
- "I Think We're Alone Now" - Tiffany
- "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" - Whitney Houston
- "I Want Your Sex" - George Michael
- "Im Nin'Alu" - Ofra Haza
- "In Too Deep" - Genesis
- "Is This Love" - Whitesnake
- "I'm No Angel" - Gregg Allman Band
- "It Doesn't Have To Be This Way" - The Blow Monkeys
- "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" - R.E.M.
- "Jacob's Ladder" - Huey Lewis and the News
- "Joe le taxi" - Vanessa Paradis
- "Just to See Her" - Smokey Robinson
- "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" - The Georgia Satellites
- "Kiss Him Goodbye" - The Nylons
- "Là-bas" - Jean-Jacques Goldman and Sirima
- "La Bamba" - Los Lobos
- "La Isla Bonita" - Madonna
- "Land of Confusion" - Genesis
- "Lean on Me" - Club Nouveau
- "Let's Go" - Wang Chung
- "Let Me Be the One" - Exposé
- "Let's Wait Awhile" - Janet Jackson
- "Lips Like Sugar" - Echo & the Bunnymen
- "Little Lies" - Fleetwood Mac
- "Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi
- "Looking for a New Love" - Jody Watley
- "Lost in Emotion" - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
- "Love Bites" - Def Leppard
- "Love Will Find a Way" - Yes
- "Love You Down" - Ready for the World
- "Luka" - Suzanne Vega
- "Mandolin Rain" - Bruce Hornsby and The Range
- "Midnight Blue" - Lou Gramm
- "Misfit" - Curiosity Killed the Cat (released in 1986)
- "Mony Mony" - Billy Idol
- "Mr. Manic and Sister Cool" - Shakatak
- "Need You Tonight" - INXS
- "New Sensation" - INXS
- "Never Gonna Give You Up" - Rick Astley
- "Never Let Me Down Again" - Depeche Mode
- "No One In the World" - Anita Baker
- "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" - Starship
- "Notorious" - Duran Duran
- "One Heartbeat" - Smokey Robinson
- "Only in My Dreams" - Debbie Gibson
- "Open Your Heart" - Madonna
- "Ordinary Day" - Curiosity Killed the Cat
- "Out of the Blue" - Debbie Gibson
- "Paper in Fire" - John Cougar Mellencamp
- "People Are Strange" - Echo & the Bunnymen
- "The Pleasure Principle" - Janet Jackson
- "Point of No Return" - Exposé
- "Pour Some Sugar on Me" - Def Leppard
- "The Power of Love" - Laura Branigan
- "Rag Doll" - Aerosmith
- "Respect Yourself" - Bruce Willis
- "Rock Steady" - The Whispers
- "Rocket" - Def Leppard
- "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
- "Sans contrefaçon" - Mylène Farmer
- "Shake You Down" - Gregory Abbott
- "Shake Your Love" - Debbie Gibson
- "Shakedown" - Bob Seger
- "Someday" - Glass Tiger
- "Songbird" - Kenny G
- "Something So Strong" - Crowded House
- "Somewhere Out There" - Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
- "Stone Love" - Kool & the Gang
- "Strangelove" - Depeche Mode
- "Surrender" - Swing Out Sister
- "Sweet Child o' Mine" - Guns 'n' Roses
- "The Final Countdown" - Europe
- "The Finer Things" - Steve Winwood
- "The Lady in Red" - Chris DeBurgh
- "The One I love" - R.E.M.
- "The Way It Is" - Bruce Hornsby and the Range
- "True Blue" - Madonna
- "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" - Genesis
- "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" - Samantha Fox
- "Touch of Grey" - Grateful Dead
- "Tristana" - Mylène Farmer
- "Twilight World" - Swing Out Sister
- "U Got the Look" - Prince and Sheena Easton
- "Une autre histoire" - Gérard Blanc
- "Victory" - Kool & the Gang
- "Wait" - White Lion
- "Wanted Dead or Alive" - Bon Jovi
- "Walking Down Your Street" - The Bangles
- "War" - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
- "Welcome to the Jungle" - Guns 'n' Roses
- "We're Ready" - Boston
- "What's Going On" - Cyndi Lauper
- "Where the Streets Have No Name" - U2
- "Who Found Who?" - Jellybean featuring Elisa Fiorillo
- "Who Will You Run To?" - Heart
- "Who's That Girl" - Madonna
- "Will You Still Love Me?" - Chicago
- "Wonderful Life" - Black
- "You're the Voice" - John Farnham
- "With or Without You" - U2
- "You Got It All" - The Jets
- "You Keep Me Hanging On" - Kim Wilde
[edit] Other Singles
- "Shattered Glass" - Laura Branigan
- "Somebody Save Me" - Cinderella
- "Freedom" - Alice Cooper
- "Why Can't I Be You?" - The Cure
- "Just Like Heaven" - The Cure
- "Pour en arriver là" - Dalida
- "Les hommes de ma vie" - Dalida
- "Midnight Blue" - Lou Gramm
- "Bring Him Back Home" - Hugh Masekela
- "Beds Are Burning" - Midnight Oil
- "True Faith" - New Order
- "In The Dutch Mountains" - The Nits
- "Pressure Down" - John Collits
- "We Connect"- Stacey Q.
- "Free" - Stryper
- "Something inside so strong" - Labi Siffre
- "China in Your Hand" - T'Pau
- "Hot Love" - Twisted Sister
- "Sugar Free" - WaWaNee
[edit] Published popular music
- "Last midnight" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
- "Children Will Listen" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
- Rhythm Is Gonna Get You w.m. Gloria Estefan & E. E. Garcia
- "The Time Of My Life" w.m. Franke Previte, Donald Markowitz & John DeNicola
[edit] Classical music
- Mario Davidovsky - Quartetto for flute, violin, viola and violoncello
- Philip Feeney - Mémoire Imaginaire (ballet)
- Malcolm Forsyth - Songs from the Qu'appelle Valley
- Nicholas Maw - Odyssey
- Juan Maria Solare - Doce variaciones 1987 (for piano)
- Joan Tower - Fanfare for the uncommon woman no 1
[edit] Opera
- John Adams - Nixon in China
- Friedrich Cerha - Der Rattenfänger (The Pied Piper)
- Michael Nyman - Vital Statistics
- Judith Weir - A Night at the Chinese Opera
[edit] Musical theater
- Anything Goes - Broadway- revival
- Bless the Bride - West End revival
- Cabaret (Kander and Ebb) - Broadway revival
- Dreamgirls - Broadway revival
- Into the Woods - Broadway production
- Les Misérables - Broadway production
- Oil City Symphony - Broadway production
- Phantom of the Opera - Broadway production
- Starlight Express (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe) - Broadway production
[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)
- 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
- Dean Paul Martin, singer and actor, 35 (plane crash)
- Robert Preston, star of The Music Man, Mame, etc.
- 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
- Fred Astaire, dancer, actor and singer
- Frank Rehak, jazz trombonist
- 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
- Emani Sankara Sastry, Veena player and composer
- Allen Jones, record producer
- Gabor Rejto, cellist
[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] Glenn Gould Prize
- R. Murray Schafer (laureate)
[edit] Charts
[edit] References
- ^ www.acclaimedmusic.net
