This is the first year a Balkan country has won the contest, and is also the only win for Yugoslavia as a unified state. May 6 - The 34th annual Eurovision Song Contest, held at Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, is won by Yugoslavian band Riva, with the song " Rock Me".The person turns out to be Michael Jackson shopping in disguise. May 1 – California, US jewelry store employees called the police reporting a suspicious person hanging around their store.April 28 – Jon Bon Jovi marries his high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada, US.April 12 – Michael Jackson is named " King of Pop" after receiving the Soul Train Heritage Awards.April 9 – The Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman announces that he will marry 19-year-old Mandy Smith, his girlfriend for six years.Pepsi drops Madonna as a spokesperson out of fear the video will cause religious groups to boycott the company. March 21 – Madonna's " Like a Prayer" music video, taped in late December 1988, attracts criticism for its use of Catholic Church iconography and for the use of cross burning imagery, but also garners praise for its interpretation of discrimination, rape, and faith.George Michael's Faith wins Album of the Year, while Bobby McFerrin's " Don't Worry, Be Happy" wins both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. February 22 – The 31st Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Billy Crystal.February 17 – Whitesnake's David Coverdale marries Tawny Kitaen.Tiny Tim launches an unsuccessful campaign to be elected mayor of New York City, US.Roy Orbison joins Elvis Presley as the only singers to ever simultaneously have two top 5 albums on the Billboard charts.January 27 – Michael Jackson ends the Bad World Tour in Los Angeles, US.January 23 – James Brown is sentenced in Georgia, US, to six years in jail in connection with a police chase through two different states.Bootleg copies sell for as much as US$1,000 in the United States. January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР ( Back in the USSR) exclusively in the USSR.This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.
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