''See also:''
- January 15 - K.C. And The Sunshine Band 's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida .
- January 17 - Tommy Tucker , writer of "Hi Heel Sneakers", dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning sustained while he was finishing floors in his home
- January 20 - Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a live bat thrown at him during a performance.
- January 21 - B.B. King donates his personal record collection, which includes nearly 7,000 rare blues records, to the University Of Mississippi 's Center for the Study of Southern Culture.
- February 13 - A 300 pound (136 kg) gravestone from the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant is stolen from an Orange Park, Florida cemetery. Police found the gravestone 2 weeks later in a dry river bed.
- February 20 - Pat Benatar marries her guitarist, Neil Giraldo on the Hawaii an island of Maui
- March 4 - Frank Zappa 's son Dweezil and daughter Moon Unit form Fred Zeppelin
- March 5 - Comedian and Blues Brother John Belushi is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles, California
- March 18 - Teddy Pendergrass is severely injured in a car accident in Philadelphia . Pendergrass' injuries result in him being paralyzed from the waist down
- March 19 - Ozzy Osbourne 's lead guitarist, Randy Rhoads is killed in a freak accident in Leesburg, Florida when the plane he's riding in buzzes Osbourne's tour bus and crashes into a house. The plane's pilot and a female passenger are also killed.
- March 28 - In Los Angeles, California , David Crosby is arrested for possession of Quaaludes and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of Cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon
- March 29 - Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney release their single " Ebony And Ivory ", which will remain at #1 for 7 weeks
- March 31 - The Doobie Brothers announce that they are breaking up
- April 15 - Billy Joel is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Long Island, New York . Joel spends over a month in the hospital undergoing physical therapy for his hand.
- April - Amy Grant marries Gary Chapman
- April 26 - Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles, California . Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt.
- August 17 - In Langenhagen near Hanover , Germany began the first mass production of the Compact Disc .
- September 7 - The musical '' Cats '' begins its 18 year run on Broadway
- September 22 - The Who begin their only formally-announced "farewell" tour in Washington, D.C.
- November 5 - First broadcast of The Tube was shown on Channel 4 in the UK.
- December 1 - '' is released by superstar ''' Michael Jackson ''' and goes on to be the greatest selling album of all time, with 104 million units sold worldwide
- The first Compact Disc s appear in music stores in Asia.
- A Benefit Concert takes place in Downey, California to replace the guitars belonging to Daniel Amos which were stolen early in the year. Performers included Tom Howard , Mark Heard and Randy Stonehill .
- Janet Jackson releases first recording
- Caution and Plee Fresh begin recording; this is the birth of a distinctively Chicago sound in Hip Hop Music
- Lee Aaron 's solo career begins
- Ronnie James Dio leaves Black Sabbath for solo career
- Wendy O. Williams leaves the Plasmatics for a solo career
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1982.
# Physical - Olivia Newton-John
# Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
# I Love Rock and Roll - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
# Ebony And Ivory - Paul McCartney / Stevie Wonder
# Centerfold - J. Geils Band
# Don't You Want Me - The Human League
# Jack and Diane - John Cougar
# Hurts So Good - John Cougar
# Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
# Hard to Say I'm Sorry - Chicago
# Tainted Love - Soft Cell
# Chariots Of Fire - Vangelis
# Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
# Rosanna - Toto
# I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) - Hall & Oates
# 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
# Key Largo - Bertie Higgins
# You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester
# Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner
# Don't Talk to Strangers - Rick Springfield
# The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) - Juice Newton
# Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson
# Shake It Up - The Cars
# Let It Whip - The Dazz Band
# We Got the Beat - The Go-Go's
# The Other Woman - Ray Parker Jr.
# Turn Your Love Around - George Benson
# Sweet Dreams - Air Supply
# Only the Lonely - The Motels
# Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work
# Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac
# Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project
# Let's Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire
# Open Arms - Journey
# Leader of the Band - Dan Fogelberg
# Leather and Lace - Stevie Nicks / Don Henley
# Even the Nights Are Better - Air Supply
# I've Never Been to Me - Charlene
# '65 Love Affair - Paul Davis
# Heat of the Moment - Asia
- January 17 - Tommy Tucker , songwriter
- January 30 - Stanley Holloway , English actor and singer
- February 17 - Thelonious Monk
- February 21 - Murray The K , Disc Jockey
- March 5 - John Belushi US entertainer of '' The Blues Brothers ''
- March 19 - Randy Rhoads US guitarst
- March 24 - Aileen Stanley , US singer
- March 29 - Carl Orff , German Composer , famous for the choral work '' Carmina Burana ''
- April 2 - Sam Coslow , US songwriter and sometime singer
- April 9 - Jim Davidson , 79, Australian bandleader in Bowral, NSW
- May 1 - William Primrose , violist
- May 8 - Neil Bogart , 39, Owner of Casablanca Records , cancer
- May 15 - Joëlle , French singer, drug overdose
- June 13 - Poompuang Duangchan , 31, Thai singer and actress, SLE disease
- July 9 - Wingy Manone , jazz trumpeter
- July 28 - Keith Green , gospel singer, plane crash
- September 1 - Clifford Curzon , pianist
- October 4 - Glenn Gould , pianist
- October 16
- --- Jakov Gotovac , composer and conductor
- --- Mario Del Monaco , operatic tenor
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