* Saltini A. Storia delle scienze agrarie, 4 vols, Bologna 1984 – 89, ISBN 978-88-206-2412-5, ISBN 978-88-206-2413-2, ISBN 978-88-206-2414-9, ISBN 978-88-206-2414-9

* 1984 – Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.

* 1900 – Leo Robin, American songwriter and composer ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Max Bemis, American singer, musician, and songwriter ( Say Anything, Two Tongues, and Max Bemis and the Painful Splits )

* 1984 – Siboniso Gaxa, South African footballer

* 1984 – Michaël Ciani, French footballer

* 1984 – Shawn Daivari, American wrestler and manager

* 1984 – Lee Roache, English footballer

* 1896 – Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress ( d. 1984 )

* 1906 – Ed Gein, American serial killer ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – David Bentley, English footballer

* 1984 – Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer

* 1906 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Sofia Essaïdi, French-Moroccan singer, dancer, and actress

* 1984 – Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer

* 1984 – Paul Gallagher, Scottish footballer

* 1984 – L ' Aura, Italian singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer

* 1984 – Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer

* 1984 – Lidi Lisboa, Brazilian actress

* 1984 – Boone Logan, American baseball player

* 1984 – James Morrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bodyline, a fictionalised television miniseries based on the " Bodyline " Ashes series of 1932 – 33, screened in Australia in 1984, to significant public interest and critical acclaim.

* 1907 – Mary Hamman, American writer ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer

* 1984 – Marvin Gaye, American singer ( The Moonglows ) ( b. 1939 )

Tonight ( 1984 ), another dance-oriented album, found Bowie collaborating with Tina Turner and, once again, Iggy Pop.

Medley also had solo success: In 1984, he scored country hits with " Till Your Memory's Gone " and " I Still Do " ( which crossed over to the adult contemporary charts and later became a " cult " hit with the Carolina Beach / Shag dance club circuit ); and in late 1987, his duet with Jennifer Warnes — "( I've Had ) The Time of My Life ", which appeared on the soundtrack for Dirty Dancing — topped the Billboard Hot 100 and won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for a Motion Picture ( for the three songwriters, which did not include Medley ) as well as a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ( which, of course, did ).

* 1984: British Pop impresario Malcolm McLaren wrote and performed a UK hit single, " Madame Butterfly ( Un bel dì vedremo )", produced by Stephen Hague, based on the opera and featuring the famous aria.

* Pop ( 1984 )

It included a cover of the song " It's My Life ", which had originally been a hit for synthpop group Talk Talk in 1984, and earned No Doubt a Grammy nomination for Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal.

* Commercial Radio Chinese Pop Songs Award winner 1984

Sting won " Song of the Year " and The Police won " Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal " at the Grammy Awards of 1984 for " Every Breath You Take ".

She won the 1983 Academy Award for Best Song ( Oscar ), 1984 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, 1984 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and American Music Awards for Best R & B Female Artist and Best Pop Single of the Year.

Benatar also earned Grammy Award nominations in 1984 for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female with " We Belong " and in 1986 for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Duo or Group as a member of Artists United Against Apartheid for their single, " Sun City ".

* The Art of Defense, 1984, RCA ( Pop # 167 )

In the 22 December 1984 Billboard magazine interview, Houston admitted to "' no real commercial success ' since the single ' Don't Leave Me This Way ' broke on the Pop charts in late 1976 " indicating that the disco backlash had left her with " no real base of audience support " and that her current album Qualifying Heat, executive produced by Houston herself, was a concentrated initiative to restore her as a viable chart presence ; the album featured three cuts from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis-including the single " You Used to Hold Me So Tight "-and production work from Glen Ballard, Dennis Lambert, Cliff Magness and-in his first known recording work-Lenny Kravitz ( then billed as Romeo Blue ), who each produced a cut apiece.

Easton was, again, Grammy nominated for " Best Female Pop / Rock Vocal Performance " in 1984.

Singer-Songwriters, Pop Music's Performer-Composers, from A to Zevon, Billboard Books, 1984.

* From 1984 to 1991 the award was known as Best Latin Pop Performance

In 1972 the album chart's title was changed to Top LPs & Tapes ; in 1984 it was retitled Top 200 Albums ; in 1985 it was retitled again to Top Pop Albums ; in 1991 it became The Billboard 200 Top Albums ; and it was given its current title of The Billboard 200 on March 14, 1992.

Starting from 1984 the Latin field was expanded to Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, Best Tropical Performance and Best Mexican / Mexican American Performance.

The penultimate episode of Pop Quiz in 1984 featured a face-off between pop bands Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran, and in 1994 he returned to host a one-off special of the show for the anniversary of Top Of The Pops.

Pop musician Steve Rinaldi of the bands Rinaldi Sings and The Moment, who featured a map of the town on the cover of their first single, " In This Town " ( 1984 ), is originally from Haverhill.

UK based specialist reissue label Cherry Red Records will be re-releasing both the Animotion ( 1984 ) and Strange Behavior ( 1986 ) albums via its Cherry Pop imprint on 17 August 2009 ( UK ) and a week later in the US ( according to Amazon. com ).

Antti Tapani Tuisku ( born 27 February 1984, in Rovaniemi ) is a Finnish pop singer, made famous by the 2003 Idols talent show, the Finnish version of Pop Idol.

* Pop Culture-Trivial Pursuit version Genus II, published in 1984 consists of the following question.