Editing 1987 in music (section)

==Events==
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===January–February===
*[[January 3]] – [[Aretha Franklin]] becomes the first woman inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. The other inductees this year consist of [[The Coasters]], [[Eddie Cochran]], [[Bo Diddley]], [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Bill Haley]], [[Clyde McPhatter]], [[Ricky Nelson]], [[Roy Orbison]], [[Carl Perkins]], [[Smokey Robinson]] and [[Jackie Wilson]].
*[[January 5]] – [[Elton John]], after several months of voice problems, undergoes throat surgery in an Australian hospital. The outcome would hinder his voice permanently and he would soon start singing in a deep register.
*[[January 16]] – [[Beastie Boys]] become the first act to be censored by ''[[American Bandstand]]''.
*[[January 24]] – [[Steve Hurley|Steve "Silk" Hurley]]'s innovative "[[Jack Your Body]]" becomes the first [[house music]] record to top the UK singles chart.
*[[February 6]] – [[Sonny Bono]] announces his candidacy for mayor of [[Palm Springs, California]].
*[[February 14]]
**<!--February 14-->[[Bon Jovi]]'s "[[Livin' on a Prayer]]" reaches #1 in the USA. It would be 1987's biggest hit song worldwide.
**<!--February 14-->Los Angeles radio station [[KMET (FM)|KMET]] signs off after nineteen years on the air. The station had been a pioneer of underground progressive rock programming.
*[[February 15]] – ''[[Video Hits (Australian TV series)|Video Hits]]'' premieres on Australian television.
*[[February 24]] – The [[29th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[Los Angeles]], hosted by [[Billy Crystal]]. [[Paul Simon]]'s ''[[Graceland (album)|Graceland]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], [[Steve Winwood]]'s "[[Higher Love]]" wins [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Dionne Warwick]]'s cover of "[[That's What Friends Are For]]", featuring [[Elton John]], [[Gladys Knight]] and [[Stevie Wonder]], wins [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Bruce Hornsby|Bruce Hornsby & the Range]] win [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].
*[[February 26]] – The first four [[The Beatles|Beatles]] albums, ''[[Please Please Me]]'', ''[[With the Beatles]]'', ''[[A Hard Day's Night (album)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' and ''[[Beatles for Sale]]'' are released on compact disc. Capitol Records decides to release the original UK mixes of the Beatles albums, which means that the first four CDs are released in mono. This marks the first time that many of these mono mixes are available in the US.

===March–April===
*[[March 9]]
**<!--March 9-->[[U2]] releases ''[[The Joshua Tree]],'' an album that launches them into superstar status in the music world.  The album would sell over 14 million copies worldwide in 1987 alone and would win the Grammy for "Album of the Year" (at the 1988 ceremony).  U2 have two #1 hit songs from this album on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts.
**<!--March 9-->[[Carole King]] is inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] in New York City.
**<!--March 9-->The career that would end in [[The KLF#Retirement|an infamous appearance at The Brit awards]] and [[K Foundation Burn a Million Quid|the burning of a million pounds]] began in Britain, as [[The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu]] release their debut single, "[[All You Need Is Love (The JAMs song)|All You Need Is Love]]".
*[[March 13]]
**<!--March 13-->[[Bob Seger]] and the Silver Bullet Band receive a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].
**<!--March 13-->In the US, [[Bryan Adams]]' "Heat of the Night" becomes the first single to be commercially released on cassette. Cassette singles become known as [[cassingle]]s.
*[[March 27]] – Inspired by [[The Beatles]]' 1969 [[The Beatles' rooftop concert|rooftop concert]], [[U2]] shoots a music video for the song "[[Where the Streets Have No Name]]" on a rooftop in Los Angeles.
*[[April 23]] — [[Carole King]] sues the owner of her record company, [[Lou Adler]], claiming that she is owed more than $400,000 in royalties. King also asks for rights to her old recordings.

===May–August===
*[[May 9]] – [[Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest|Ireland]]'s [[Johnny Logan (singer)|Johnny Logan]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1987|Eurovision Song Contest]], held in [[Brussels]], Belgium, with the song "[[Hold Me Now (Johnny Logan song)|Hold Me Now]]", making him the first artist to win the contest twice.  The song tops the charts in Ireland, and peaks at No. 2 in the UK.
*[[June 14]] – Madonna starts her [[Who's That Girl Tour]] in [[Osaka]], Japan.
*[[June 27]] – [[Whitney Houston]]'s second album ''[[Whitney (album)|Whitney]]'' becomes the first album by a female artist to debut at #1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].
*[[July 4]] 
**[[Kylie Minogue]]'s recording career begins with the release of her [[cover version]] of the [[Little Eva]] hit ''[[The Loco-Motion]]''; the single spends seven weeks at number one in her native Australia and leads to a contract with UK-based record producers [[Stock Aitken Waterman]].
**The first joint rock concert between the United States and the Soviet Union is held in Moscow to promote peace. [[The Doobie Brothers]], [[James Taylor]], [[Santana (band)|Santana]] and [[Bonnie Raitt]] share the bill with Soviet rock group [[Autograph (Russian band)|Autograph]].
*[[July 21]] – American rock group [[Guns N' Roses]] release ''[[Appetite for Destruction]]'' which, after initial slow sales, will become the best-selling debut album of all time, with more than 18 million copies sold in the US alone to date.
*[[August 1]]
**<!--August 1--->[[Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)|Dave Stewart]] of [[Eurythmics]] and [[Siobhan Fahey]] of [[Bananarama]] are married in Normandy, France.
**<!--August 1-->[[MTV Europe]] is launched. The first video played is "[[Money for Nothing (song)|Money for Nothing]]" by [[Dire Straits]].
*[[August 3]] – [[Def Leppard]] releases ''[[Hysteria (Def Leppard album)|Hysteria]]'', the longest rock album ever released as a single LP or cassette.
*[[August 27]] – The [[Jello Biafra]] criminal trial is dismissed after ending in a [[hung jury]] in Los Angeles court. Biafra and his manager had been charged with distributing harmful material to minors due to a poster included in the [[Dead Kennedys]]' ''[[Frankenchrist]]'' album of a painting depicting rows of sexual organs.
*[[August 31]] – [[Michael Jackson]] releases ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'', his first studio album since ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'', the best-selling album of all time. The album would produce five number one singles in the US, a record which has not been broken.

===September–October===
*[[September 3]] – [[Fugazi]] plays their first live show (as a three-piece; [[Guy Picciotto]] had not joined the band yet) at the Wilson Center in Washington DC.
*[[September 6]] – [[Madonna]] ends her [[Who's That Girl Tour]] in [[Florence]], Italy.
*[[September 7]] – [[Pink Floyd]] release ''[[A Momentary Lapse of Reason]]'', their first album after the departure of, and legal battle with, bassist [[Roger Waters]]. The subsequent tour grossed around $135 million worldwide, a sum that was only equaled by the earnings of [[Michael Jackson]] and [[U2]] combined.
*[[September 11]] – Reggae musician [[Peter Tosh]] is murdered during a robbery in his home.
*[[September 12]] – [[Michael Jackson]] starts the Bad World Tour, supporting his ''Bad'' album.
* From September 15 to October 4, [[Johnny Hallyday]] starts his performance to [[Accor Arena]] for the first time.
*[[September 25]] – [[CBS]] launches an American version of the long-running UK television show ''[[Top of the Pops]]''. It lasts one year.
*[[October 4]] – Electronic data gathering completely replaces the old sales diary technique in compiling the UK singles and albums chart. The publication day of new charts is moved from Tuesday to Sunday.
*[[October 8]] – [[Chuck Berry]] receives a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].
*[[October 19]] – [[Mötley Crüe]] release the song "[[You're All I Need (song)|You're All I Need]]" as a single. MTV refuse to play its video because of the level of violence.
*[[October 19]] – [[INXS]] releases ‘’KICK’’.
*[[October 30]] – [[George Michael]] releases his first solo studio album, ''[[Faith (George Michael album)|Faith]]'', which would win the [[Grammy Awards of 1989|Grammy Award]] for album of the year and sell 11 million copies in the USA alone.
*[[October 31]] – [[The Zorros]] headline on Halloween for the last-ever show at the [[Crystal Ballroom (Melbourne)|Crystal Ballroom]], Melbourne's premier Punk/New Wave venue. The Crystal Ballroom has seen almost ten years of intense musical evolution. The venue has chandeliers, stained glass windows, paisley wallpaper and a tiled foyer.

===November–December===
*[[November 2]] – [[Dokken]] released ''[[Back for the Attack]]''. 
*[[November 13]] – [[Sonny and Cher]] reunite for a performance on ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]''.
*[[November 18]] – [[Sony Music Entertainment|CBS Records]] is sold to the [[Sony|Sony Corporation]] in a deal worth about $2 billion; the company was renamed [[Sony Music Entertainment]] in 1991.
*[[November 19]] – [[Cher]] returns to the music after five years of absence - time that she took to dedicate herself to the filmmaking business - with the lead single of her [[Cher (1987 album)|second self-titled]] album (and eighteenth overall), "[[I Found Someone#Cher version|I Found Someone]]", which peaked at number five in UK and number ten in US.
*[[November 24]] – [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] airs ''Rolling Stone Magazine's 20 Years of Rock 'n' Roll'' television special, chronicling the music and the people of the past twenty years to commemorate the 20th anniversary of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine. The special includes new interviews as well as vintage performance footage of many rock legends such as [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[The Doors]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[David Bowie]], [[Sex Pistols]], [[Bruce Springsteen]] and many more.
*[[December 16]] – [[John Mellencamp]] performs two free shows in the small town of [[Chillicothe, Ohio]] after one-fifth of the population signs a petition asking him to play.
*[[December 23]]
** [[Nikki Sixx]] of the rock band [[Mötley Crüe]] suffers a heroin overdose, but is revived shortly thereafter.
** [[Roger Waters]] finalizes his departure from British [[progressive rock]] band [[Pink Floyd]], after a two-year-long legal dispute over the rights to the band's name and assets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/pink-floyd-finalizes-breakup/|title=How Roger Waters' Split From Pink Floyd Was Eventually Finalized|first=Jeff|last=Giles|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=December 23, 2015 }}</ref>
*[[December 31]] – The sixteenth annual ''[[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest|New Year's Rockin' Eve]]'' special airs on ABC, with appearances by [[Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam]], [[Los Lobos]], [[Barry Manilow]], [[Restless Heart]] and [[The Temptations]].

===Also in 1987===
*[[Andreas Kisser]] replaces [[Jairo Guedes]] in [[Sepultura]].
*[[Prince (musician)|Prince]] cancels ''[[The Black Album (Prince album)|The Black Album]]'' just before its release. It becomes officially available in 1994.
*[[Naxos Records]] is established as a budget [[classical music]] [[CD]] label by [[Klaus Heymann]], a German-born resident of [[Hong Kong]].