Music year 1985

Music year 1985
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Music year 1985

This article covers the music year 1985 .

Bruce Springsteen was one of the most successful artists . With Born in the USA he brought out the most successful album in Germany . The most successful single in Germany and Switzerland was Live Is Life by the Austrian band Opus .

Events

Popular music

• January 28th : In response to the famine in Ethiopia , well-known artists record a benefit song called USA for Africa , We Are the World .
• February 14th : Whitney Houston's self-titled debut album is released.
• April 7th : Wham! in Beijing , China .
• July 13 : In London's Wembley Stadium finds the Live Aid concert instead.
• September 6th : Michael Jackson buys the rights to most Beatles songs, outbidding Paul McCartney .

Classical music

• February 3 : The opera The Goggolori . A Bavarian fairy tale with music by Wilfried Hiller with the libretto by Michael Ende will be premiered at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich.
• February 16 : World premiere of the opera Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke by Siegfried Matthus at the reopened State Opera in Dresden (Semperoper).
• May 5th : The unabridged version of the opera König Hirsch by Hans Werner Henze goes on stage for the first time in the Great House of the Württemberg State Theater in Stuttgart . Before that, the work had only been performed with great sacrifices. Therefore, this date represents the actual day of the premiere.

German charts

Annual hit parade

Singles	position	Albums
Live Is Life Opus Music: Ewald Pfleger, Herwig Rüdisser, Kurt Plisnier, Günter Grasmuck, Peter Niklas Gruber ; Text: Ewald Pfleger	1	Born in the USA Bruce Springsteen
You're My Heart, You're My Soul Modern Talking Steve Benson	2	Private dancer Tina Turner
Rock Me Amadeus Falco Music: Robert J. Bolland, Ferdinand D. Bolland ; Text: Robert J. Bolland, Ferdinand D. Bolland, Johann Hölzl	3	4630 Bochum Herbert Grönemeyer
(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena Sandra Music: Michael Cretu , Hubert Kemmler , Markus Löhr; Text: Richard William Palmer-James , Hubert Kemmler	4th	Like a Virgin Madonna
We Don't Need Another Hero Tina Turner Graham Hamilton Lyle , Terry Britten	5	Whose Side Are You On Matt Bianco
19 Paul Hardcastle Music: Paul Hardcastle, Mike Oldfield ; Text: Paul Hardcastle	6th	Jennifer Rush Jennifer Rush
Tarzan Boy Baltimora Music: Maurizio Bassi ; Text: Naimy Hackett	7th	Brothers in Arms Dire Straits
One Night in Bangkok Murray Head Benny Göran Bror Andersson , Björn K. Ulvaeus , Timothy Miles Bindon Rice	8th	No Jacket Required Phil Collins
Cheri, Cheri Lady Modern Talking Dieter Bohlen	9	The 1st album Modern Talking
Shout Tears for Fears Roland Orzabal , Ian Stanley	10	Diamond Life Sade

Number one hits

The longest number one hit singles

Songs that spent most of the other year at number one on the charts are not listed here.

1. Opus - Live Is Life (7 weeks)
2. Modern Talking - You're My Heart, You're My Soul (6 weeks)
3. Paul Hardcastle - 19 (6 weeks)

The longest number one hit albums

Albums that spent most of the time at number one on the charts during another year are not listed here.

1. Jennifer Rush - Movin ' (14 weeks)
2. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA (11 weeks)
3. Sade - Diamond Life (10 weeks)

All number one hits

→ Main article : List of the number one hits in Germany (1985)

Charts in other countries

See also: Number One Hits 1985 in Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Spain , the United States and in the UK .

See also : Category: Music 1985

Music awards

Grammy winner and artist with the most successful album of the year in Switzerland: Tina Turner (1985)

1985 Grammy Awards

Single of the year (Record of the Year):

• What's Love Got to Do with It by Tina Turner

Album of the Year:

• Can't Slow Down by Lionel Richie

Song of the Year:

• What's Love Got to Do with It by Tina Turner (Authors: Terry Britten, Graham Lyle )

Best New Artist:

• Cyndi Lauper

→ Main article : 1985 Grammy Awards

Oscar 1985

Best Score (Original Score)

Maurice Jarre - Journey to India (A Passage to India)

Randy Newman - The Natural (The Natural)

Alex North - Under the Volcano (Under the Volcano)

John Williams - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

John Williams - People by the River (The River)

Best Score (Original Song Score)

Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain

Kris Kristofferson - The songwriters (songwriters)

Jeff Moss - The Muppets Take Manhattan (The Muppets Take Manhattan)

Best movie song

" I Just Called to Say I Love You " from The Woman in Red (The Woman in Red) - Stevie Wonder

" Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) " from Against All Odds (Against All Odds) - Phil Collins

" Footloose " from Footloose - Kenny Loggins , Dean Pitchford

" Ghostbusters " from Ghostbusters - The Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.

" Let's Hear It for the Boy " from Footloose - Dean Pitchford , Tom Snow

Best sound mix

Mark Berger , Todd Boekelheide , Christopher Newman , Thomas Scott - Amadeus

Nick Alphin , Richard Portman , David M. Ronne , Robert Thirlwell - People on the River (The River)

Michael A. Carter , Graham V. Hartstone , Nicolas Le Messurier , John W. Mitchell - Journey to India (A Passage to India)

Michael J. Kohut , Gene S. Cantamessa , Aaron Rochin - 2010: The Year We Contact (2010)

Steve Maslow , Kevin O'Connell , Nelson Stoll , Bill Varney - The Desert Planet (Dune)

Annual leaderboards

The Dire Straits were among the most successful artists of the year

Music Express

Albums

1. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
2. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
3. Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles
4. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
5. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
6. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
7. The Cure - The Head on the Door
8. Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time
9. The Style Council - Our Favorite Shop
10. Scorpions - World Wide Live

Songs

1. Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
2. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
3. Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
4. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
5. Marillion - Kayleigh
6. David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing in the Street
7. Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Out in the Fields
8. Paul Hardcastle - 19th
9. USA for Africa - We Are the World
10. A-ha - Take On Me

Eurovision Song Contest

1. Bobbysocks - La det swinge ( Norway ) 
2. Wind - For everyone ( BR Germany ) 
3. Kikki Danielsson - Bra vibrationer ( Sweden ) 
4. Vikki - Love Is… ( Ukraine ) 
5. Izhar Cohen - Olé, olé ( Israel ) 

→ Main article : Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Deaths

January

• 0January 1 : Hermann Reutter , German composer and musician (* 1900 )
• 0January 3 : Lucien Cailliet , American composer and clarinetist (* 1891 )
• 0January 3 : René Leroy , French flautist and music teacher (* 1898 )
• 0January 3 : Wolfgang Vacano , German-American conductor and music teacher (* 1906 )
• January 10 : Anton Karas , Austrian composer and musician (* 1906 )
• January 28 : Paul Wittmann , Romanian German church musician and composer (* 1900 )

February

• 0February 2 : Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux , Canadian composer (* 1938 )
• February 16 : Alí Rafael Primera Rossell , Venezuelan musician (* 1942 )
• February 22nd : Albert Volkmann , German composer (* 1908 )
• February 22nd : Efrem Zimbalist , American composer, music teacher and conductor (* 1889 )
• February 26 : Gerd Böttcher , German pop singer and actor (* 1936 )
• February 28 : David Byron , English musician (* 1947 )

March

• March 13 : Bob Shad , American music producer (* 1920 )
• March 15 : Alan A. Freeman , Australian music producer (* 1920 )
• March 16 : Roger Sessions , American composer (* 1896 )
• March 21 : Oldřich Halma , Czech choir director and composer (* 1907 )
• March 23 : Zoot Sims , American jazz musician (* 1925 )
• March 24th : George London , opera singer (* 1920 )

April

• 0April 1 : Herman Roelstraete , Belgian composer and conductor (* 1925 )
• 0April 6 : Mark Lothar , German composer (* 1902 )
• 0April 8 : Boris Koschewnikow , Russian composer and professor (* 1906 )
• April 19 : Willie Mabon , American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist (born 1925 )
• April 22nd : José de Lima Siqueira , Brazilian composer and conductor (* 1907 )
• April 25 : Zoltán Horusitzky , Hungarian composer, pianist and music teacher (* 1903 )

May

• 0May 8 : Karl Marx , German composer and teacher (* 1897 )
• May 11 : Piet van Mever , Dutch composer (* 1899 )
• May 12 : Rodolfo Arizaga , Argentine composer (* 1926 )
• May 12 : Bohdan Wodiczko , Polish conductor and music teacher (* 1911 )
• May 14 : María Luisa Escobar , Venezuelan composer, pianist and singer (* 1903 )
• May 19 : Hilding Rosenberg , Swedish composer and conductor (* 1892 )
• May 19 : Johannes Petzold , church musician, composer of several hymn book songs (* 1912 )
• May 28 : Nils Nobach , German pop composer and producer (* 1918 )

June

• June 1 : Ines Alfani-Tellini , Italian opera singer (soprano) and music teacher (* 1896 )
• June 17th : Czesław Marek , Polish composer (* 1891 )
• June 25 : Connie Curtis Crayton , American blues singer and guitarist (born 1914 )
• June 28 : Mischa Spoliansky , composer (revue, film music) (* 1898 )

July

• July 17 : Wynn Stewart , American country musician (born 1934 )
• July 25 : Willie Perryman , American blues musician (* 1911 )

August

• 0August 1st : Sam Wooding , jazz pianist, arranger and bandleader (* 1895 )
• 0August 4th : Zbyněk Vostřák , Czech composer (* 1920 )
• 0August 5 : Juozas Žilevičius , Lithuanian composer, organist, music pedagogue and scholar (* 1891 )
• 0August 9 : Fred Åkerström , Swedish songwriter and singer (* 1937)
• August 24 : Paul Creston , American musician and composer (* 1906 )
• August 25 : Rudi Blesh , American jazz author (* 1899 )
• August 27 : Walter Frey , Swiss pianist and music teacher (* 1898 )
• August 28 : Isidro Benítez , Cuban musician, conductor and composer (* 1900 )

September

• September 11th : William Alwyn , English composer (* 1905 )
• September 15 : Cootie Williams , American jazz trumpeter (* 1911 )
• September 30 : Cuto Estévez , Dominican musician and composer (* 1915 )

October

• 0October 7 : Cemal Reşid Rey , Turkish composer (* 1904 )
• October 10 : Yul Brynner , American actor and singer (* 1920 )
• October 11 : Tex Williams , American country singer and band leader (born 1917 )
• October 12 : John Davis , American blues pianist and singer (* 1913 )
• October 17 : Josef Garovi , Swiss composer (* 1908 )
• October 18 : Stefan Askenase , Belgian-Polish pianist (* 1896 )

November

• 0November 2 : Robert Biberti , singer (* 1902 )
• 0November 7th : Sid Robin , American lyricist and composer (* 1912 )
• November 14th : Julito Deschamps , Dominican singer, pianist and guitarist (* 1930 )
• November 18 : Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due , Norwegian violinist and music teacher (* 1919 )
• November 19 : Juan Arvizu , Mexican singer (* 1900 )
• November 26 : José Antonio Zorrilla , Mexican composer, writer, screenwriter and director (* 1915 )

December

• 0December 9 : Cees See , Dutch jazz drummer and percussionist (* 1934 )
• December 12th : Ian Stewart , British pianist (* 1938 )
• December 23 : Artur Gelbrun , Israeli violinist, violist, music teacher, conductor and composer of Polish origin (* 1913 )
• December 31 : Ricky Nelson , teenage star in the United States (born 1940 )

Day unknown

• Kornel Schimpl , Czech conductor, music teacher and composer (* 1907 )
• Norman Woodlieff , American old-time musician (* 1901 )

Web links

• Musikexpress - The best albums and songs of 1985 , Poplist.de, German