Get ready, we’re talking 1982 on this week’s Throwback Tuesday! What a year!
March 3rd – The Mamas & the Papas begin a reunion tour with a show in the New York club The Other End. Spanky McFarlane replaces Mama Cass.
March 5th – Comedian and Blues Brother John Belushi is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles.
http://youtu.be/JQEHxS3k35U
March 22nd – Iron Maiden release The Number of the Beast, the critically acclaimed yet controversial album which is often hailed as Iron Maiden’s greatest. Christians in the USA went out and bought Iron Maiden’s albums (along with those of Ozzy Osbourne’s) and burnt them in protest to what they thought were Satanic lyrics. This album hit number one in the UK charts.
http://youtu.be/EoXuACtVSZ8
August 31st – Ronnie James Dio plays his final show with Black Sabbath (until 1992).
September 7th – The musical Cats begins its 18 year run on Broadway.
September 22nd – The Who begin their only formally announced “farewell” tour in Washington, D.C.
October 6th – Madonna’s debut single, Everybody, is released on Sire Records.
November 30th – Thriller is released by Michael Jackson and goes on to be greatest selling album of all time, with 110 million units sold worldwide.
December 3rd – The most successful group of the 1970s, Abba, release their final original single Under Attack. A split is never officially announced.