1986 in music

Events

January 23rd: First introductions to the Rock'n'roll Hall off Famed: Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Conceited Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
March 29th: The song Rock Me Amadeus of the Austrian singer Falco is the first German song with becoming number 1 with the the United States
April 20th: Concert with Moscow of the pianist Vladimir Horowitz after 61 years of exile.
August 9th: Last concert of Queen to Stevenage (the United Kingdom), in conclusion of the Magic turn
September: exit of Walk This Way by Aerosmith and Run DMC, the first collaboration of a group of Rock'n'roll with a group of Rap

Claudio Abbado is named musical director of the Opéra of State of Vienna (1986 - 1991).
the round for international Amnesty joins together Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Sting and Tracy Chapman

Principal albums of the year

Russian Caster - Accept
Who Made Who - AC/DC
Classics Live - Aerosmith
Scoundrel Days - Have-ha
Rapture - Anita Baker
Licensed to Ill - The Beastie Boys
Nasty, Nasty - Black Blue
Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
Notorious - Duran Duran
Third Training course - Boston
Truthdare Doubledare - Happy
Loneliness/Solitary Bronski - Peter Cetera
18 - Chicago
Night Songs - Cinderella
August - Eric Clapton
Constrictor - Alice Cooper
King off America - Elvis Costello
Strong To persuade - Robert CRAY
Crowded House - Crowded House
Then and Now… the Best off the Monkees - The Monkees
Staring At the Sea: the Individual - The Cleans
Into The Light - Chris de Burgh
Black Celebration - Depeche Mode
Intermission EP - Dio
Balance Off Power - Electric Light Orchestrated
Emerson, Lake and Powell - Emerson, Lake and Powell
Wonderland - Erasure
The Final Countdown - Europe
Cendres of the moon - Mylène Farmer
Mean Business - The Firm
So - Peter Gabriel
Invisible Touch - Genesis
Shot in the Dark - Great White
Live Like has Suicide - Guns Pink
The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & the Range
Somewhere in Time - Iron Maiden
Control - Janet Jackson
Radio operator Raised One - Journey
Turbo - Judas Priest
Brighter than has Thousand Suns - Killing Joke
Change off Address - Krokus
Lightning Strikes - Loudness
Trilogy - Yngwie Malmsteen
True Blue - Madonna
Femmes of today - Jeanne Mas
Peace Sells… Goal Who' S Buying? - Megadeth
Master off The Metal - Messiah Prophet
Master off Puppets - Metallica
Mind' S Eye - Vinnie Moore
Portfolio - The Michael Schenker Group
Orgasmatron - Motörhead
Kicking Against the Pricks - Nick Undermines and the Bad Seeds
Your Funeral… My Trial - Nick Undermines and the Bad Seeds
Little Miss Dangerous - Ted Nugent
The Ultimate Sin - Ozzy Osbourne
Parade - Prince
Look What the Cat Dragged In - Poison
Rage for order - Queensryche
QR III - Quiet Riot
Finyl Vinyl - Rainbow
Dancing Undercover - Ratt
Eat Em' and Spalling hammer - David Lee Roth
Raising Hell - Run DMC
Not off This Earth - Joe Satriani
Like has Rock'n'roll - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
Graceland - Paul Frederic Simon
Reign in Blood - Slayer
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
Live 1975-1985 - Bruce Springsteen
True Stories - Talking Heads
Mechanical Resonance - Tesla
Fahrenheit - Louse
Storms off Life - Randy Travis
When In Rome C Ace The Vandals - The Vandals
5150 - Van Halen
Another View - The Velvet Underground
Inside The Electric Circus - W.A.S.P.
Back In The High Life - Steve Winwood
Skylarking - XTC
Head over Heels - The Headpins
Is What We Are - 2 Live Crew
That' S all - Genesis

Successes of the year in France

Libertine - Mylène Farmer
demons of midnight - Images
Hurricane - Stéphanie of Monaco
Particular Partner - Particular Partner
the Aziza - Daniel Balavoine
Abandoned Captain - Gold
In red and black - Jeanne Farmhouse
Body Physical - Moslem Buzy
- Michel Sardou
the resto du coeur - the Dumbs
Miss Maggie - Renaud
Say you, say me - Lionel Richie
Oh the love - Erasure
You does not go from there - Elsa
Take My Breath Away - Berlin
Russians - Sting
final The countdown - Europe
Voyage, voyage - Desireless
the brown ones do not count for plums - Lio
Andy - Rita Mitsouko
Because of boys - Because of the boys
You my roof - Elli Medeiros
In the army now - Status Quo

Births

February 21st: Charlotte Church, British singer soprano
January 28th: Cedric Catala, student-basketball player France
April 26th: Florian Pin, student-trialiste Vittelois
August 26th: Cassie, American singer of Rnb

Death

January 4th: Phil Lynott, singer of the group of Rock'n'roll Thin Lizzy
January 14th: Daniel Balavoine, French song writer and performer
March 4th: Manual Richard, member of the Canadian rock group The Band
March 31st: O' Kelly Isley, The Isley Brothers
June 13rd: Benny Goodman, called “the King of the swing” musician of Jazz.
June 19th: Coluche, humorist founder of the Dumbs.
September 27th: Cliff Burton, second bass player of the group of heavy metal Metallica
October 16th: Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violonist
February 1st: Lee Dorsey, singer of American twist

Rewards

Grammy Award S (the United States)

Brit Awards (the United Kingdom)

Price Juno (Canada)

Price Felix (Quebec)

Prizes winner of the Felix prices in 1986

Victories of the music (France)

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