1984 in music

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Events

• January 28 - singer Michael Jackson's hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial.
• February 14 - Elton John marries studio engineer Renate Blauel.
• February 16 - Jerry Lee Lewis surrenders to federal authorities on charges of income tax evasion. Lewis is later acquitted.
• February 29 - KMFDM's first live performance.
• March 1 - Sting plays his last concerts with The Police at the end of the Synchronicity tour; the band takes a "pause" after the tour and only play a few special events together after this.
• April 1 - In Los Angeles, California, Marvin Gaye is shot and killed during an argument with his father.
• May 1 - Mick Fleetwood, of Fleetwood Mac, files for bankruptcy in the United States.
• May 1 - Tipper Gore forms the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) in response to the "filth" she hears on her daughter's Prince album Purple Rain.
• May 2 - Lionel Richie's hit "Hello" becomes Motown's first ever UK million selling single.
• May 5 - The Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde marries Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr.
• June 16-August 11 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood spend nine weeks at the top of the UK singles chart with "Two Tribes".
• July 1 - During his performance at the first ever Cornerstone Festival in Grayslake, Illinois, Steve Taylor falls from the stage, breaking his ankle. Taylor hopped back on stage and finished his show. The next few shows on Taylor's tour were performed from a wheel chair.
• August 31 - Canadian music video channel MuchMusic debuts. The first video played is Rush's "The Enemy Within".
• October 1 - The Jesus & Mary Chain release their first single, "Upside Down".
• October 19 - A-Ha's career begins with the release of the "Take On Me" single in the UK.
• December 1 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood become the first act to take their first three singles to the UK #1 position since Gerry and the Pacemakers in 1963, when "The Power Of Love" tops the chart.
• December 3 - Bob Geldof and Band Aid release the single "Do They Know It's Christmas".
• December 8 - Mötley Crüe member Vince Neil is involved in a serious car accident. He was drunk at the time, and Razzle (Nicholas Dingley) of Hanoi Rocks was killed in the accident.
• December 31 - Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car wreck. He was in the hospital until the next year (1985).
• Menudo and Menudomania reach Asia. Ricky Martin substitutes Ricky Melendez in the group.
• UK singles sales this year are the second highest ever, after 1978.