singer (Sugababes) 4 May – Victoria Hesketh (Little Boots), singer-songwriter, musician, DJ 10 May – Kristyna Myles, singer-songwriter and pianist 14 May – Olly Murs, singer-songwriter 23 June – Duffy, singer 12 July – Gareth Gates, singer 23 July – Matthew Murphy, singer and guitarist (The Wombats) 16 September – Katie Melua, singer and musician 22 September – Ross Jarman, musician (The Cribs) 26 September – Keisha Buchanan, singer, (Sugababes) 16 October – Shayne Ward, singer 27 October – Kelly Osbourne, singer and TV personality 25 December – Jessica Origliasso and Lisa Origliasso, singers (The Veronicas) Deaths 1 January – Alexis Korner, blues musician, 55 (lung cancer) 10 January – Binnie Hale, actress and singer, 84 26 January – Grahame Clifford, singer and actor, 78 3 March – Kathleen Richards, musicologist, pianist and composer, 88 9 March – Imogen Holst, conductor and composer, 76 6 April – Jimmy Kennedy, Irish-born British songwriter, 81 8 June – Gordon Jacob, composer, 89 21 June – Webster Booth, tenor, 82 22 June – Dill Jones, jazz pianist, 60 July – Gervase Hughes, composer, 78 14 August – Peter Wishart, composer, 63 3 September – Dora Labbette, operatic soprano, 86 25 October – Stanford Robinson, conductor and composer, 80 5 November – Jessie Furze, pianist and composer, 81 9 December – Ivor Moreton, singer, pianist and composer, 76 date unknown – Arthur Fear, operatic bass-baritone Music awards BRIT Awards The 1984 BRIT Awards winners were: Best British producer: Steve Levine Best classical recording: Kiri Te Kanawa – "Songs of the Auvergne" Best international artist: Michael Jackson British breakthrough act: Paul Young British female solo artist: Annie Lennox British group: Culture Club British male solo artist: David Bowie Best Selling Single: Culture Club – "Karma Chameleon" Outstanding contribution: George Martin The Sony award for technical excellence: Spandau Ballet See also 1984 in British radio 1984 in British television 1984 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1984 References External links BBC Radio 1's Chart Show The Official Charts Company British music British music by year