1989 in music

See also: 1988 in music, other events of 1989, 1990 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

January 14 - Paul McCartney releases Back In The U.S.S.R. exclusively in Russia. Bootleg copies sell for as much as $1,000 in the United States
January 23 - James Brown is sentenced in Georgia to 6 years in jail in connection with a police chase through two different states
January - Phil Keaggy and Randy Stonehill form the "Keaggy/Stonehill Band" for a one time tour that pays tribute to 1960s artists like The Beatles. Tim Chandler plays bass for the band and David Raven plays drums.
February 12 - Tiny Tim launches an unsuccessful campaign to be the mayor of New York City.
February - Roy Orbison joins Elvis Presley as the only singers to ever simultaneously have two Top 5 albums on the Billboard Charts
February 17 - Whitesnake's David Coverdale marries Tawny Kitaen
March 6 - Smokey Robinson's autobiography Inside My Life is published
April - Three young men attempt to mug record producer and author Reed Arvin. Reed, being a rather large man, was able to go home with his money. The three young men were forced to return to their homes empty handed and nursing a few bruises.
April 9 - The Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman announces that he's getting married to 19 year old Mandy Smith, whom he has dated for 6 years
April 28 - Jon Bon Jovi marries his high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
May 1 - California jewelry store employees call the police reporting a suspicious person hanging around their store. The person turned out to be Michael Jackson shopping in disguise
Summer - L7 signa a contract with Sub Pop Records and records Smell The Magic, which will be a blockbuster in 1990
November - The Ozzy Osbourne EP called Just Say Ozzy was recorded live
December - Primus records Frizzle Fry, that will be a blockbuster album in 1990
Guttermouth preformed for the first time
Scatterbrain performed for the first time
The Bad Examples' career begins
Better Than Ezra's career begins
The Black Crowes' career begins
Blues Traveler's career begins
Kid Rock's career begins
Queen Latifah's career begins
Marilyn Manson's career begins
The Chemical Brothers' career begins
Milli Vanilli's career begins
P. Diddy's career begins
Barenaked Ladies forms
Green Day forms
Guttermouth forms and career begins with Derek Davis
Monster Magnet forms
Presidents of the United States of America forms
Rainbow Girls forms
Scatterbrain forms
The Smashing Pumpkins forms
311 forms
Tool forms
Maynard James Keenan and Adam Jones form Tool
Tony Kanal and Adrian Young joins No Doubt
The Plasmatics reunite
Face To Face records their first demos