text: 30 April – Marcus Dods, composer, 66
  1 May – Muriel Herbert, composer, 87
  8 June – Gordon Jacob, composer, 89
  21 June – Webster Booth, tenor, 82
  22 June – Dill Jones, jazz pianist, 60
  8 July – Reginald Stewart, conductor, 84
  July – Gervase Hughes, composer, 78
  14 August – Peter Wishart, composer, 63
  17 August – Mostyn Thomas, operatic baritone, 88
  3 September – Dora Labbette, operatic soprano, 86
  16 October – Constance Warren, composer, 79
  25 October – Stanford Robinson, conductor and composer, 80
  5 November – Jessie Furze, pianist and composer, 81
  22 November – Denis Rose, jazz pianist and trumpeter, 62
  8 December – Razzle, rock drummer (Hanoi Rocks), 24 (road accident)
  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