Editing 1982 in music (section)

=== January–March ===
*[[January 15]] – [[K.C. and the Sunshine Band]]'s [[Harry Wayne Casey]] is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida.
*[[January 20]] – [[Ozzy Osbourne]] bites the head off a live bat thrown at him during a performance in [[Des Moines, Iowa]]. He thought it was rubber.<ref>[http://www.upvenue.com/article/1437-top-10-crazy-music-myths.html Top 10 crazy music myths]</ref>
*[[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.
*[[January 22]] – [[Tommy Tucker (singer)|Tommy Tucker]], writer of "[[Hi-Heel Sneakers]]", dies of [[carbon tetrachloride]] poisoning sustained while finishing floors in his home.
*[[February 13]] – A 300-pound (136&nbsp;kg) gravestone from the grave of [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] singer [[Ronnie Van Zant]] is stolen from an [[Orange Park, Florida]], cemetery. Police find the gravestone two weeks later in a dry river bed.
*[[February 19]] – [[Ozzy Osbourne]] is arrested after urinating on [[Alamo Mission in San Antonio|The Alamo]], in [[San Antonio]], Texas.
*[[February 20]] – [[Pat Benatar]] marries her guitarist, [[Pat Benatar#Band|Neil Giraldo]], on the Hawaiian island of [[Maui]].
*[[February 24]] – The [[24th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[Los Angeles]], hosted by [[Quincy Jones]] (who wins a total of five awards). [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]]'s ''[[Double Fantasy]]'' (the final album released by Lennon in his lifetime) wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], while [[Kim Carnes]]' "[[Bette Davis Eyes]]" wins both [[Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Sheena Easton]] wins [[Best New Artist]].
*[[February 27]] – The [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]] gives its final performance at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] after more than 110 years.
*[[March 3]] – [[The Mamas & the Papas]] begin a reunion tour with a show in the New York club The Other End with original members [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]] and [[Denny Doherty]], along with [[Mackenzie Phillips]] and [[Spanky and Our Gang|Spanky McFarlane]] replacing [[Michelle Gilliam]] and [[Mama Cass]] respectively.
*[[March 4]] – [[Frank Zappa]]'s son [[Dweezil]] and daughter [[Moon Unit]] form [[Fred Zeppelin]].
*[[March 5]] – Comedian and [[The Blues Brothers|Blues Brother]] [[John Belushi]] is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the [[Chateau Marmont]] in Los Angeles.
*[[March 18]] – [[Teddy Pendergrass]] is severely injured in a car accident in [[Philadelphia]]. Pendergrass's injuries result in him being paralyzed from the chest down.
*[[March 19]] – [[Ozzy Osbourne]]'s lead guitarist, [[Randy Rhoads]], is killed in a freak accident in [[Leesburg, Florida]], when the plane in which he is riding buzzes Osbourne's tour bus and crashes into a house. The plane's pilot and a female passenger are also killed.
* [[March 22]] – [[Iron Maiden]] release [[The Number of the Beast (album)|''The Number of the Beast'']], the critically acclaimed yet controversial album often hailed as Iron Maiden's greatest.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} This was Iron Maiden's first album to feature singer [[Bruce Dickinson]] and their first to hit number one in the UK charts.
*[[March 28]] – In Los Angeles, [[David Crosby]] is arrested for possession of Quaaludes and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of [[cocaine]] and carrying a concealed weapon.