1983 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983.

Contents 1 Events 2 Bands formed 3 Bands disbanded 4 Bands reformed 5 Albums released 5.1 January 5.2 February 5.3 March 5.4 April 5.5 May 5.6 June 5.7 July 5.8 August 5.9 September 5.10 October 5.11 November 5.12 December 6 Biggest hit singles 7 Top hits on record 8 Published popular music 9 Classical music 10 Opera 11 Musical theater 12 Musical films 13 Musical television 14 Births 15 Deaths 16 Awards 16.1 Grammy Awards 16.2 Country Music Association Awards 16.3 Eurovision Song Contest 17 Charts 17.1 List of No. 1 Hits //

Events January - ZTT Records is founded. January 8 - The UK singles chart is tabulated from this week forward by The Gallup Organization. In 1984 electronic terminals will be used in selected stores to gather sales information, and the old "sales diary" method will be gradually phased out over the next few years. February 2 - "Menudomania" comes to New York as 3,500 screaming girls crowd Kennedy Airport to catch a glimpse of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, who are playing six sold-out shows at the Felt Forum. February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York. February 13 - Marvin Gaye performs a soulful, extraordinary rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner before the NBA All-Star Game. February 26 - Michael Jackson's Thriller album hits #1 on the US charts, the first of thirty-seven (non-consecutive) weeks it would spend there on its way to becoming the greatest-selling album of all time. April - Publication of A Generative Theory of Tonal Music by Fred Lerdahl and Ray Jackendoff. April 5 - US Interior Secretary James Watt causes controversy when he effectively bans the Beach Boys from a return performance at the Fourth of July festivities in Washington, announcing that Wayne Newton would perform instead. Watt claims that rock bands attract "the wrong element". That same week President Reagan, himself an avowed Beach Boys fan, presents Watt with a plaster foot with a hole in it, symbolizing that Watt had shot himself in the foot. April 18 - Ellen Taaffe Zwilich becomes the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. May - Singer Anna Vissi marries composer Nikos Karvelas. May 16 - The Motown 25 Special airs on NBC, celebrating a quarter century of Motown. The most talked-about performance is by Michael Jackson, who unveils his famous moonwalk dance move during an electrifying performance of Billie Jean. May 28-30 and June 4 - The second US Festival is held at Glen Helen Park in California. June 18-19 - Menudo's second visit to New York is an even bigger event. This time, the band plays four shows at Madison Square Garden; all 80,000 available tickets had sold out within three days of going on sale. June 20 - Catalunya Ràdio begins broadcasting. July 19 - Simon and Garfunkel begin their North American summer tour in Akron, Ohio. July 21 - Diana Ross performs a filmed concert in Central Park in pouring rain; eventually the storm forces her to postpone the rest of the concert till next day. July 27 - Madonna releases her first ever album on Warner Bros.. July 29 - Friday Night Videos premieres on NBC. August 16 Johnny Ramone suffers a near-fatal head injury during a fight over a girl in front of his East Village apartment. Singer Paul Simon marries actress Carrie Fisher. August 20 - The Rolling Stones sign a new $28 million contract with CBS Records, the largest recording contract in history up to this time. September 4 - Phil Lynott performs his final show with Thin Lizzy in Nuremberg, Germany. September 18 - The members of Kiss show their faces without their makeup for the first time on MTV, simultaneous with the release of their album Lick It Up. September 20 - The first ARMS Charity Concert is held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. November 26 - Quiet Riot's Metal Health album tops the US album charts, the first heavy metal album to hit #1 in America. This commercial breakthrough confirms the ascendancy of "glam metal", which will remain popular with America's youth for the next eight years. December 2 - Michael Jackson's extravagant 14-minute music video for Thriller is premièred on MTV. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1983 Bands disbanded See Musical groups disestablished in 1983 Bands reformed The Animals The Everly Brothers Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 3 Never Surrender Triumph - Beatitude Rick Ocasek - 14 Nena Nena - 17 Live Evil Black Sabbath Live 18 Cuts Like a Knife Bryan Adams - 20 American Made The Oak Ridge Boys - Pyromania Def Leppard - 21 The Law of Devil's Land Loudness - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics - 31 Another Page Christopher Cross - Frontiers Journey - - The Art of Falling Apart Soft Cell - Dancing With Danger Streetheart - The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect Todd Rundgren - Feline The Stranglers - Neruda Red Rider - Pancho & Lefty Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson - Trouble in Paradise Randy Newman - What Makes a Man Start Fires? Minutemen - What's Funk? Grand Funk - February Day Album Artist Notes 1 Money and Cigarettes Eric Clapton - 4 Porcupine Echo & The Bunnymen - 7 Powerlight Earth, Wind & Fire - 17 Tougher Than Leather Willie Nelson - 24 Europe Europe - 28 Kilroy Was Here Styx - War U2 - - Confusion Is Sex Sonic Youth - Kihnspiracy Greg Kihn Band - Making Contact UFO - Subterranean Jungle Ramones - The Closer You Get Alabama - We've Got Tonight Kenny Rogers - When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going Bow Wow Wow - Youngblood Carl Wilson - March Day Album Artist Notes 4 Thunder and Lightning Thin Lizzy - True Spandau Ballet - 7 The Hurting Tears For Fears - 11 Metal Health Quiet Riot - 14 Script for a Jester's Tear Marillion - 21 The Final Cut Pink Floyd - 28 Jarreau Al Jarreau - Baby Snakes Frank Zappa Soundtrack The Man From Utopia Frank Zappa - - Branigan 2 Laura Branigan - A Child's Adventure Marianne Faithfull - Dazzle Ships Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Headhunter Krokus - Inarticulate Speech of the Heart Van Morrison - Julio Julio Iglesias - Legendary Hearts Lou Reed - Local Hero Mark Knopfler Soundtrack Naked Eyes Naked Eyes - No Guts, No Glory Molly Hatchet - One Night with a Stranger Martin Briley - Power & the Glory Saxon - So Fired Up Le Roux - Dig That Groove Baby Toy Dolls - April Day Album Artist Notes 8 The Luxury Gap Heaven 17 - 11 Sirens Savatage - 13 Murmur R.E.M. - 14 Let's Dance David Bowie - 26 "Weird Al" Yankovic "Weird Al" Yankovic - 27 Whammy! The B-52s - 29 Hootenanny The Replacements - - Cargo Men At Work - Faster Than the Speed of Night Bonnie Tyler - Fastway Fastway - Flashdance Various Artists Soundtrack High Land, Hard Rain Aztec Camera - It Pulp - It's Only Rock & Roll Waylon Jennings - Living in Oz Rick Springfield - The Key Joan Armatrading - Madness Madness US Compilation Michael Bolton Michael Bolton - Midnight at the Lost and Found Meat Loaf - Out of Step Minor Threat - Steve Miller Band Live! Steve Miller Band Live Take It to the Limit Willie Nelson with Waylon Jennings - May Day Album Artist Notes 2 Power, Corruption & Lies New Order - 8 Who's Greatest Hits The Who Compilation 10 With Sympathy Ministry - 10 Burlap & Satin Dolly Parton - 15 Feast The Creatures - Ring of Changes Barclay James Harvest - 16 Piece of Mind Iron Maiden - 21 You Bought It, You Name It Joe Walsh - 23 Confrontation Bob Marley & The Wailers - 25 Holy Diver Dio - 27 Crises Mike Oldfield - 31 Speaking in Tongues Talking Heads - Wrap Your Arms Around Me Agnetha Faltskog - - Back to Mystery City Hanoi Rocks - Cool Kids Kix - The Eleventh Hour Magnum - The First Flower Play Dead - Head First Uriah Heep - In Your Eyes George Benson - Learning to Cope with Cowardice Mark Stewart - Mama Africa Peter Tosh - The Net Little River Band - Siogo Blackfoot - June Day Album Artist Notes 3 Your Move America - 4 Another Perfect Day Motörhead - 6 Allies Crosby, Stills & Nash Live +2 new studio tracks 9 London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 Frank Zappa - Plays Live Peter Gabriel Live 10 Body Wishes Rod Stewart - State of Confusion The Kinks - The Wild Heart Stevie Nicks - 13 She Works Hard for the Money Donna Summer - Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan debut 16 Old Wave Ringo Starr - 17 Synchronicity The Police - 27 You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll Twisted Sister - - Album Joan Jett - All for One Raven - At War With Satan Venom - Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain Kevin Ayers - Farewell Tour Doobie Brothers Live Fortune 410 Donnie Iris - Girl At her Volcano EP Rickie Lee Jones - Hand of Kindness Richard Thompson - Keep it Up Loverboy - Oil on Canvas Japan - Secret Messages Electric Light Orchestra - Sound Elixir Nazareth - The Southern Death Cult Southern Death Cult - Staying Alive Bee Gees et al. Soundtrack Too Low for Zero Elton John - Works Pink Floyd - You Broke My Heart in 17 Places Tracey Ullman - Zig-Zag Walk Foghat - July Day Album Artist Notes 4 You and Me Both Yazoo - 5 Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies - 9 Fantastic Wham! - 11 The Look Shalamar - The Principle of Moments Robert Plant - 13 Fire Dances Killing Joke - 15 The Crossing Big Country - 16 Kill 'em All Metallica - 18 No Parlez Paul Young - 21 Burning Farm Shonen Knife - 26 Alpha Asia - 27 Everybody's Rockin' Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks - Madonna Madonna debut - All of the Good Ones Are Taken Ian Hunter - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks Brian Eno - Burning from the Inside Bauhaus - Drastic Measures Kansas - Outa Hand Coney Hatch - Out For Blood Lita Ford - The Waterboys The Waterboys - Works Status Quo Compilation August Day Album Artist Notes 1 No Frills Bette Midler - 2 Lawyers in Love Jackson Browne - 5 Punch the Clock Elvis Costello and the Attractions - 7 Born Again Black Sabbath - 9 An Innocent Man Billy Joel - 10 Stompin' at the Savoy Rufus Live 12 Queensrÿche Queensrÿche - 15 Flick of the Switch AC/DC - Next Position Please Cheap Trick - Rant N' Rave with the Stray Cats The Stray Cats - 20 Passionworks Heart - 22 Construction Time Again Depeche Mode - 23 Ratt EP Ratt - 24 Bent Out of Shape Rainbow - 28 The Present Moody Blues - 30 Mummer XTC - 31 Hello Big Man Carly Simon - - Ark The Animals - Candy Girl New Edition - Cold Blooded Rick James - Dirty Looks Juice Newton - Eyes That See in the Dark Kenny Rogers - Script of the Bridge The Chameleons - Torment and Toreros Marc and the Mambas - White Feathers Kajagoogoo - September Day Album Artist Notes 12 Heads or Tales Saga - Labour of Love UB40 - 15 Sports Huey Lewis & The News - 16 Warriors Gary Numan - 18 Breaking the Chains Dokken US Remix Lick It Up Kiss - 20 Time-Line Renaissance - 26 Shout at the Devil Mötley Crüe - Into Battle with the Art of Noise Art of Noise EP 28 DaDa Alice Cooper - - Built to Destroy Michael Schenker Group - Canterbury Diamond Head - Good For Your Soul Oingo Boingo - Hard Gang of Four - In Heat The Romantics - Johnny 99 Johnny Cash - Live in Tokyo Public Image Ltd. Live Mean Streak Y & T - Mike's Murder Joe Jackson Soundtrack More Fun in the New World X - Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker The Joe Perry Project - One Particular Harbour Jimmy Buffett - Subject: Aldo Nova Aldo Nova - Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits - Windows in the Jungle 10cc - October Day Album Artist Notes 3 Genesis Genesis - 6 Right or Wrong George Strait - 7 Uh-Huh John Cougar Mellencamp - 11 Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie - 14 She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper - Snap! The Jam Compilation 16 Life Thin Lizzy Live 18 Rock 'n Soul Part 1 Hall & Oates - Voice of the Heart The Carpenters - 20 Deliver Oak Ridge Boys - 23 Without a Song Willie Nelson - 27 Infidels Bob Dylan - 30 Melissa Mercyful Fate - 31 Head over Heels Cocteau Twins - Pipes of Peace Paul McCartney - - Alive, She Cried The Doors Live Caught in the Game Survivor - Colour by Numbers Culture Club - Live from Earth Pat Benatar Live +2 new studio tracks Man of Steel Hank Williams Jr. - Metal Circus Hüsker Dü EP Never Let You Go Rita Coolidge - No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll Alcatrazz - Play Dirty Girlschool - The Revölution by Night Blue Öyster Cult - Soul Mining The The - Standing in the Light Level 42 - Star Fleet Project Brian May + Friends - Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture David Bowie Live 1973 Zones Hawkwind - November Day Album Artist Notes 4 Hearts and Bones Paul Simon - 6 Break Out Pointer Sisters - 7 Under a Blood Red Sky U2 Live Undercover The Rolling Stones - 10 Rebel Yell Billy Idol - 14 Believer Chic - 90125 Yes - 18 Walk Into Light Ian Anderson - 21 Seven and the Ragged Tiger Duran Duran - 25 Nocturne Siouxie and the Banshees Live 26 Touch Eurythmics - - A Todo Rock Menudo - Back to Back Status Quo - Beauty Stab ABC - Cloak and Dagger Witchfynde - Conflicting Emotions Split Enz - Electric Universe Earth, Wind & Fire - Greatest Hits Volume II Barry Manilow Compilation Have You Ever Been In Love Leo Sayer - Midnight Madness Night Ranger - Music For Films Volume 2 Brian Eno - Now That's What I Call Music Various Artists Compilation Treeless Plain The Triffids - Yentl Barbra Streisand Soundtrack December Day Album Artist Notes 3 The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome Slade - 6 Japanese Whispers The Cure Compilation 12 Perverted By Language The Fall - 14 Service Yellow Magic Orchestra - - Balls to the Wall Accept - Bark at the Moon Ozzy Osbourne - Show No Mercy Slayer - Urban Dancefloor Guerillas P-Funk All-Stars - You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish George Clinton - A Call to Us All - Teri Desario Ageless Medley EP - Amy Grant Ain't It Good to Be Free - Bo Diddley All Alone with Friends - Hank Marvin All the Best - Stiff Little Fingers Amore - The Hooters Angstlos - Nina Hagen Bad Influence - Robert Cray Bay of Kings - Steve Hackett Before Hollywood - The Go-Betweens Behind the Scenes - Reba McEntire The Belle Stars - The Belle Stars (debut) The Blasting Concept - Various Artists Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat - Minutemen Catch As Catch Can - Kim Wilde A Christmas Album - Amy Grant Court in the Act - Satan Crystal Logic - Manilla Road Dagger and Guitar - Sort Sol Dancing for Mental Health - Will Powers (actually Lynn Goldsmith) Dressed for the Occasion - Cliff Richard and The London Philharmonic Orchestra (Live) Emergency Third Rail Power Trip - Rain Parade Everywhere at Once - The Plimsouls Even the Strong Get Lonely - Tammy Wynette Fall In a Hole - The Fall Feeding the Flame - Sad Lovers and Giants Feel My Soul - Jennifer Holliday 1st - Streets The First Four Years - Black Flag First Offense - Corey Hart Forged in Fire - Anvil Friends of Hell - Witchfinder General G Force - Kenny G Golden Shower of Hits - Circle Jerks Good Love & Heartbreak - Tammy Wynette Heart to Heart - Merle Haggard Ich halt zu Dir - Die Flippers Imagination - Helen Reddy Into Glory Ride - Manowar Into the Unknown - Bad Religion Introducing The Style Council - The Style Council Killer Dwarfs - Killer Dwarfs (Debut) Klass - Bad Manners The Kitchen Tapes - The Raincoats Lesson Well Learned EP - Armored Saint Let's Start a War - The Exploited Live after Dark - Streetheart - Live Lost in the Feeling - Conway Twitty Love Is the Law - Toyah Merry Twistmas - Conway Twitty Metal Magic - Pantera (Debut) Mommy's Little Monster - Social Distortion Night Dubbing - Imagination No Rest For The Wicked - Helix Oriental Towers - The Modern Art Outside Inside - The Tubes Over the Edge - Wipers Platinum Blonde - Platinum Blonde (debut EP) The Politics of Dancing - Re-Flex Privilege - Ivor Cutler Prodigal Sons - The Dubliners Q-Feel - Q-Feel Quick Step and Side Kick - Thompson Twins Riding with the King - John Hiatt Rudimentary Peni - Death Church Seal in Red - Rufus Shine On - George Jones Shock Troops - Cock Sparrer Silver - Cliff Richard Sleep in Safety - 45 Grave Song and Legend - Sex Gang Children Speeding Time - Carole King Stages - Elaine Paige Star People - Miles Davis Steeler - Steeler (Yngwie Malmsteen & Ron Keel's 1st band, This band's only release) Strive to Survive Causing the Least Suffering Possible - Flux of Pink Indians Strong Stuff - Hank Williams Jr. Synchro System King Sunny Ade and his African Beats Thank You for the Music: A Collection of Love Songs - ABBA - compilation That's the Way Love Goes - Merle Haggard This Means War - Tank Travels - The Pat Metheny Group 21 Years On - The Dubliners (live) A Walk Across the Rooftops - Blue Nile Water Sign - Chris Rea We Are One - Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Weeds & Water - Riders in the Sky Words and Music - Tavares XXV - The Shadows Yes Sir, I Will - Crass Yokan (Hunch) - Miyuki Nakajima You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Compilation Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. (Drawings of Patient O. T.) - Einstürzende Neubauten Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1983.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1 Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" 1983 UK 1 - January 1983, US BB 1 - January 1983, Canada 1 - February 1983, Switzerland 1 - March 1983, Éire 1 - March 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks February 1984, Holland 2 - January 1983, Sweden (alt) 2 - March 1983, France 2 - January 1983, US CashBox 3 of 1983, Austria 3 - April 1983, Poland 3 - February 1983, Germany 3 - March 1983, Australia 4 of 1983, RYM 4 of 1983, POP 4 of 1983, Norway 6 - April 1983, Italy 8 of 1983, South Africa 15 of 1983, 15 in 2FM list, Scrobulate 16 of pop, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1983, Acclaimed 33, Europe 40 of the 1980s, Party 53 of 2007, Rolling Stone 58, Germany 139 of the 1980s, OzNet 249, WXPN 620 2 Culture Club "Karma Chameleon" 1983 UK 1 - September 1983, US BB 1 - December 1983, Canada 1 - December 1983, Holland 1 - September 1983, Sweden (alt) 1 - October 1983, Switzerland 1 - October 1983, Norway 1 - October 1983, Éire 1 - September 1983, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks October 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks July 1984, Austria 3 - November 1983, Germany 3 - January 1984, South Africa 7 of 1984, Poland 8 - September 1983, Australia 8 of 1983, US CashBox 14 of 1984, POP 15 of 1984, Italy 16 of 1983, KROQ 25 of 1983, US BB 29 of 1984, RYM 49 of 1983, Scrobulate 71 of 80s, Germany 159 of the 1980s, OzNet 979 3 Irene Cara "Flashdance...What a Feeling" 1983 US BB 1 - April 1983, US CashBox 1 of 1983, Canada 1 - May 1983, Sweden (alt) 1 - May 1983, France 1 - July 1983, Switzerland 1 - June 1983, Norway 1 - June 1983, Italy 1 of 1983, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks July 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks May 1984, Oscar in 1983, UK 2 - June 1983, Australia 2 of 1983, POP 3 of 1983, Austria 4 - August 1983, Germany 4 - June 1983, US BB 6 of 1983, Japan 7 of all time (international songs), South Africa 9 of 1983, Holland 13 - April 1983, Poland 21 - July 1983, Scrobulate 31 of gay, AFI 55, Germany 57 of the 1980s, RYM 121 of 1983, OzNet 243, RIAA 256 4 David Bowie "Let's Dance" 1983 UK 1 - March 1983, US BB 1 - April 1983, Canada 1 - March 1983, Holland 1 - March 1983, Sweden (alt) 1 - April 1983, France 1 - March 1983, Switzerland 1 - April 1983, Norway 1 - March 1983, Éire 1 - April 1983, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks April 1983, Austria 2 - May 1983, Germany 2 - April 1983, US CashBox 4 of 1983, Poland 5 - April 1983, KROQ 6 of 1983, US BB 15 of 1983, Italy 19 of 1983, Australia 24 of 1983, RYM 32 of 1983, Scrobulate 40 of 80s, POP 47 of 1983, Germany 172 of the 1980s, Belgium 258 of all time, Acclaimed 1445 5 The Police "Every Breath You Take" 1983 UK 1 - May 1983, US BB 1 - June 1983, US BB 1 of 1983, Canada 1 - May 1983, Éire 1 - June 1983, US CashBox 2 of 1983, Sweden (alt) 2 - June 1983, Norway 2 - June 1983, KROQ 3 of 1983, Poland 5 - June 1983, South Africa 5 of 1983, Holland 6 - May 1983, Switzerland 6 - July 1983, Austria 8 - August 1983, Germany 8 - June 1983, France 10 - May 1983, Australia 10 of 1983, Italy 10 of 1983, Virgin 12, Scrobulate 13 of 80s, US BB 16 of 1983, RYM 16 of 1983, Europe 33 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 38, OzNet 38, RIAA 44, POP 49 of 1983, Poland 68 of all time, TheQ 76, Rolling Stone 84, 90 in 2FM list, Belgium 110 of all time, WXPN 216 Top hits on record "1999" - Prince "A Girl Called Johnny" - The Waterboys "Add It Up" - Violent Femmes "Africa" - Rose Laurens "Africa" - Toto "All Night Long (All Night)" - Lionel Richie "All Time High" - Rita Coolidge "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" - Naked Eyes "Another State of Mind" - Social Distortion "Australiana" - Austen Tayshus #1 (a) "Authority Song" - John Mellencamp "Baby, Come to Me" - Patti Austin with James Ingram (released in 1982) "Baby Jane" - Rod Stewart "Baby You're Dynamite"/"Ocean Deep" - Cliff Richard "Bad Boys" - Wham! "Bad Day" - Carmel "Balls to the Wall" - Accept "Bark at the Moon" - Ozzy Osbourne "Beat It" - Michael Jackson "Big Log" - Robert Plant "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson "Blind Vision" - Blancmange "Blister In The Sun" - Violent Femmes "Bloodstone" - Judas Priest "Blue Monday" - New Order "Blue World" - The Moody Blues "Bop Girl - Pat Wilson #1 (a) "Borderline" - Madonna "Boxerbeat" - JoBoxers "Breakaway - Tracey Ullman "Breaking Us In Two" - Joe Jackson "Buffalo Soldier" - Bob Marley & The Wailers "Buried Treasure" - Kenny Rogers "Burning Down the House" - Talking Heads "Burning Up" - Madonna "Calling Your Name" - Marilyn "Candy Girl" - New Edition "Can't Get Used To Losing You" - The Beat "Cattle And Cane" - The Go-Betweens "Chance" - Big Country "Change" - Tears for Fears "Change In Mood" - Kids in the Kitchen "China Girl" - David Bowie "Chinese Cafe" - Joni Mitchell "Church of the Poison Mind" - Culture Club "Club Tropicana" - Wham! "Come Back And Stay" - Paul Young "Computer One" - Dear Enemy "Countdown/New World Man" - Rush "Crumblin' Down" - John Mellencamp "Cry Me A River" - Mari Wilson "Cum on Feel the Noize" - Quiet Riot "Cuts Like a Knife" - Bryan Adams "Dancing in the Dark - Kim Wilde "Dark Is The Night" - Shakatak "Der Kommissar" - After the Fire "Dead Giveaway" - Shalamar "Dear Prudence" - Siouxsie and the Banshees "Delirious" - Prince "Diamonds" - The Shadows "Did You Have To Love Me Like You Do?" - The Coconuts "Dirty Laundry" - Don Henley "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" - Culture Club "Don't Cry" - Asia "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" - Phil Collins "Don't Talk To Me About Love" - Altered Images "Don't You Want Me" - The Human League (Released 1981) "Double Dutch" - Malcolm McLaren "Down Under" - Men at Work "Drifting" - Cliff Richard and Shelia Walsh "Drop The Pilot" - Joan Armatrading "Electric Avenue" - Eddy Grant "Every Breath You Take" - The Police "Everyday I Write The Book" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions "Everything Counts" - Depeche Mode "Far From Over" - Frank Stallone "Family Man" - Hall & Oates "Faithfully" - Journey "Femme" - Dalida "Fields Of Fire (400 Miles)" - Big Country "Flashdance... What a Feeling" - Irene Cara "Foolin'" - Def Leppard "Freak-A-Zoid" - Midnight Star "Garden Party" - Marillion "Garden Party" - Mezzoforte "Gimme All Your Lovin'" - ZZ Top "Gloria" - Laura Branigan "Goin' Home (Theme from 'Local Hero')" - Mark Knopfler "Goin' Home (Theme from 'Local Hero')" - The Shadows "Gold" - Spandau Ballet "The Hawk and the Dove" - Hank Marvin "He Knows You Know" - Marillion "Heart & Soul" - Huey Lewis and the News "Heartache Avenue" - The Maisonettes (released in 1982) "Holiday" - Madonna "Holy Diver" - Dio "Home by the Sea" - Genesis "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You" - Laura Branigan "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" - Dionne Warwick & Luther Vandross "Human Nature" - Michael Jackson "Hungry Like The Wolf" - Duran Duran "I Am (I'm Me)" - Twisted Sister "I Am Love" - Jennifer Holliday "I Cannot Believe It's True" - Phil Collins "I Don't Care Anymore" - Phil Collins "I Don't Remember (Live)" - Peter Gabriel "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" - Elton John (feat. Stevie Wonder) "I Like It" - DeBarge "I Love Rocky Road" - "Weird Al" Yankovic" "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" - Culture Club "I'm Still Standing" - Elton John "In A Big Country" - Big Country "In The Neighborhood" - Tom Waits "Invisible Man" - Hank Marvin "I.O.U." - Freeez "Irresistible Bitch" - Prince "Is There Something I Should Know?" - Duran Duran "Islands in the Stream" - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton "It Don't Matter To Me" - Phil Collins "Johnny B. Goode" - Peter Tosh "Karma Chameleon" - Culture Club "Keep Feeling (Fascination)" - The Human League "Kiss The Bride" - Elton John "Lawyers in Love" - Jackson Browne "Let The Music Play" - Shannon "Let's Dance" - David Bowie "Lick It Up" - Kiss "Listen To The Radio:Atmospherics" - Tom Robinson "Little Red Corvette" - Prince "Long Hot Summer" - The Style Council "Looks That Kill" - Mötley Crüe "Love Blonde" - Kim Wilde "Love Is a Battlefield" - Pat Benatar "Love is a Stranger" - Eurythmics "Love is for All Time" - The Animals "Love of the Common People" - Paul Young "Love on Your Side" - Thompson Twins "Love Town" - Booker Newberry III "Voice of the Heart" - The Carpenters "Major Tom (Coming Home)" - Peter Schilling "Make Believe It's Your First Time" (single) - The Carpenters "Mama" - Genesis "Maniac" - Michael Sembello "Many Rivers To Cross" - UB40 "Marguerita Time" - Status Quo "Market Square Heroes" - Marillion "Maxine" - Sharon O'Neil "Modern Love" - David Bowie "Moonlight Shadow" - Mike Oldfield "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" - Bananarama "Nasty Girl" - Vanity 6 "Never Stop" - Echo & the Bunnymen "Never Gonna Let You Go" - Sergio Mendes "New Frontier" - Donald Fagen "New Song" - Howard Jones "New Year's Day" - U2 "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" - Cliff Richard "Nobody's Diary" - Yazoo "Oblivious" - Aztec Camera "One on One" - Hall & Oates "One Thing Leads to Another" - The Fixx "Only For Love" - Limahl "Only You" - Rita Coolidge "Only You" - The Flying Pickets "Orchard Road" - Leo Sayer "Ooh To Be Ah" - Kajagoogoo "Our House" - Madness "Over and Over" - Shalamar "Our Lips Are Sealed" - Fun Boy Three "Owner of a Lonely Heart" - Yes "Pale Shelter" - Tears for Fears "Photograph" - Def Leppard "Pink Houses" - John Mellencamp "Pills and Soap" - The Imposter "Pipes Of Peace" - Paul McCartney "Please Don't Fall in Love" - Cliff Richard "Pressure Sway" - Machinations "Pride and Joy" - Stevie Ray Vaughan "Promises, Promises" - Naked Eyes "Puttin' on the Ritz" - Taco "Radio Free Europe" - R.E.M. "Rainbow in the Dark - Dio "Reckless" - Australian Crawl #1 "Ricky" - "Weird Al" Yankovic "Rio" - Duran Duran "Rip It Up" - Orange Juice "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" - Electric Light Orchestra "Rock of Ages" - Def Leppard "Rock the Casbah" - The Clash (released in 1982) "Rockit" - Herbie Hancock "Run Runaway - Slade "Saved by Zero" - The Fixx "Say Say Say" - Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney "Screaming for Vengeance" - Judas Priest "Send Her My Love" - Journey "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" - Journey "Sex (I'm a...)" - Berlin "Shame on the Moon - Bob Seger "Sharp Dressed Man" - ZZ Top "She Blinded Me with Science" - Thomas Dolby (released in 1982) "She Means Nothing to Me" - Phil Everly and Cliff Richard "She Works Hard For The Money" - Donna Summer "She's a Beauty" - The Tubes "Shiny Shiny" - Haysi Fantazee "Shipbuilding" - Robert Wyatt "Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash "Shout at the Devil" - Mötley Crüe "Sign of the Times" - The Belle Stars "Solitaire" - Laura Branigan "Song To The Siren" - This Mortal Coil "Soul Inside" - Soft Cell "Space Age Love Song" - A Flock of Seagulls "Speak Like a Child" - The Style Council "Stand Back" - Stevie Nicks "Steppin' Out" - Joe Jackson "Straight from the Heart" - Bryan Adams "Straight to Hell - The Clash "Street of Dreams" - Rainbow "Suddenly Last Summer" - The Motels "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" - Eurythmics "Synchronicity 2" - The Police "Take Me To Heart" - Quarterflash "Talking In Your Sleep" - The Romantics "Tell Her About It" - Billy Joel "Tell Her No" - Juice Newton "Temptation" - Heaven 17 "Tender Is the Night" - Jackson Browne "That's All" - Genesis "The Big Apple" - Kajagoogoo "The Border" - America "The Celtic Soul Brothers" - Dexys Midnight Runners "The Chinese Way" - Level 42 "The Cutter" - Echo & the Bunnymen "The First Picture Of You" - The Lotus Eaters "The Love Cats" - The Cure "The Night" - The Animals "The Safety Dance" - Men Without Hats "The Shape You're In" - Eric Clapton "The Story Of The Blues" - Wah! (released in 1982) "The Sun and the Rain" - Madness "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)" - Level 42 "The Walk" - The Cure "The Way He Makes Me Feel" - Barbra Streisand "They Don't Know" - Tracey Ullman "This Charming Man" - The Smiths "This Is The Day" - The The "This Time" - Bryan Adams "Thriller" - Michael Jackson "Thunder And Lightning" - Thin Lizzy "Tomorrow's Just Another Day" - Madness "Tonight I Celebrate My Love" - Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack "Too Low For Zero" - Elton John (in US & Australia; not released in the rest of UK and Europe until 1985/86) "Too Shy" - Kajagoogoo "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler "Tour de France" - Kraftwerk "True" - Spandau Ballet "True Love Ways" - Cliff Richard and The London Philharmonic Orchestra (Live) "2000 Miles" - The Pretenders "Tunnel of Love" - Fun Boy Three "Twilight Zone" - Golden Earring (released in 1982) " Twist of fate" - Olivia Newton John "Twisting by the Pool" - Dire Straits "Under Attack" - ABBA "Thank You For The Music" - ABBA (released in 1977) "Undercover of the Night" - The Rolling Stones "Union of the Snake" - Duran Duran "Up Where We Belong" - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes "Uptown Girl" - Billy Joel "Vintage '77 (EP)" - The Heartbreakers "Vision In Blue" - Ultravox "A Volar" - Menudo "Walk Out To Winter" - Aztec Camera "Walkin' The Line" - Brass Construction "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson "Watching You Watching Me" - David Grant "Waterfront" - Simple Minds "We Are Detective" - Thompson Twins "We've Got Tonight" Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton "What Is Love?" - Howard Jones "What Kinda Boy You're Lookin' For (Girl)" - Hot Chocolate "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" - Paul Young "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" - Grandmaster and Melle Mel "Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning?" - Phil Collins "Wings Of A Dove" - Madness "Wishing On A Star" - Rose Royce "You Are" - Lionel Richie "You Can't Hurry Love" - Phil Collins (released in 1982) See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1983 Published popular music " I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" w. Bernie Taupin m. Elton John "An Innocent Man" w.m. Billy Joel "Karma Chameleon" w.m. George O'Dowd, John Moss, Roy Hay, Mickey Craig & Phil Rickett "Uptown Girl" w.m. Billy Joel "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Jim Steinman Classical music John Cage - Thirty Pieces for String Quartet Friedrich Cerha - Requiem für Hollensteiner George Crumb - Processional for piano Jean Daetwyler - Concerto for Alphorn, Flute, Saxophone and Strings No. 2 Mario Davidovsky - Romancero, for soprano, flute (piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), violin and violoncello Lorenzo Ferrero Ellipse for flute Onde for guitar My Rock for piano Jacques Hétu - Clarinet Concerto Witold Lutosławski - Symphony No. 3 (1972–83) Krzysztof Penderecki - Viola Concerto John Pickard - Nocturne in Black and Gold Peter Sculthorpe - Piano concerto Iannis Xenakis - Shaar Opera Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives (An opera for television) Leonard Bernstein - A Quiet Place Oliver Knussen - Where the Wild Things Are (children's) Olivier Messiaen - Saint François d'Assise Per Nørgård - Det guddommelige Tivoli (The Divine Circus) Musical theater Baby Broadway production La Cage aux Folles Broadway production Doonesbury Broadway production Mame (Jerry Herman) - Broadway revival Merlin Broadway production Oliver! (Lionel Bart) - London revival On Your Toes Broadway revival My One and Only Broadway production Singin' in the Rain London production The Tap Dance Kid Broadway production Zorba Broadway revival Musical films Eddie and the Cruisers Flashdance The Pirates of Penzance Rock & Rule Staying Alive Yentl Musical television Salad Days Births January 13 – William Hung, American musician January 18 – Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress January 19 - Hikaru Utada, singer and songwriter January 20 – Mari Yaguchi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) and host January 25 – Andrée Watters, Canadian singer February 8 – Jim Verraros, American singer February 19 – Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer and actress March 3 - Katie White, singer (The Ting Tings) March 8 - Piano Squall, pianist March 9 – Mayte Perroni, Mexican singer and actress March 10 - Carrie Underwood, singer March 14 - Taylor Hanson (Hanson) March 15 – Florencia Bertotti, Argentine actress and singer March 19 - Ana Rezende (Cansei de Ser Sexy) March 29 - Luiza Sá (Cansei de Ser Sexy) March 30 – Hebe Tian, member of the Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E April 16 – Marié Digby, American singer April 24 – Taio Cruz, British R&B singer May 8 – Matt Willis, British musician (Busted) and presenter May 11 - Holly Valance, singer and actress May 14 – Anahi, Mexican singer and actress June 2 – Brooke White, American singer June 17 Connie Fisher, British actress and singer Lee Ryan, British singer June 27 – Evan Taubenfeld, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter Cheryl Tweedy, member of Girls Aloud Patrick Wolf,singer/songwriter July 1 Leeteuk, singer Marit Larsen, Norwegian musician (M2M) July 2 - Michelle Branch (The Wreckers) July 4 – Ben Jorgensen, American singer, guitarist, member of Armor For Sleep July 9 - Lucia Micarelli, violinist and actress July 10 - Heechul, singer July 11 - Marie Serneholt (A*Teens) July 18 – Aaron Gillespie, drummer (Underoath) July 21 – Eivør Pálsdóttir, Faroese singer and composer August 7 – Christian Chávez, Mexican singer and actor August 18 Danny!, American record producer/recording artist Mika, British singer August 28 – Alfonso Herrera, Mexican singer and actor August 30 – Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor September 14 - Amy Winehouse, English singer September 17 - Jennifer Peña, singer and actress September 26 – Samantha Hammel, American producer, actress and singer September 30 – T-Pain, American rapper & singer-songwriter October 10 – Alyson Hau, Hong Kong radio DJ October 24 – Adrienne Bailon, American singer and actress October 26 – Houston, American R&B singer October 29 Amit Sebastian Paul, Swedish singer (A*Teens) Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor/musician October 30 – Diana Karazon, Jordanian singer November 7 – Forrest Kline, American singer and songwriter (Hellogoodbye) November 10 – Miranda Lambert, American country musician November 14 – Lil Boosie, American rapper November 16 Fallon Bowman, South African–born guitarist (Kittie) K, South Korean singer November 18 – Mila J, American singer/rapper December 17 – Kosuke Saito, Japanese DJ December 29 – Jessica Andrews, American country music singer December 31 – Sayaka Ichii, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) Deaths January 5 - Amy Evans, operatic soprano and actress (b. 1884) January 7 - Edith Coates, operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1908) January 28 - Billy Fury, singer (b. 1940) (heart attack) February 4 - Karen Carpenter, singer (b. 1950) (cardiac arrest due to anorexia nervosa) February 8 Charles Kullman, operatic tenor (b. 1903) Alfred Wallenstein, cellist (b. 1898) February 12 - Eubie Blake, pianist (b. 1887) February 22 - Sir Adrian Boult, conductor (b. 1889) February 23 - Herbert Howells, organist and composer (b. 1892) February 28 - Winifred Atwell, pianist (b. 1914) March 6 - Cathy Berberian, singer and composer (b. 1925) March 7 Igor Markevitch, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1912) William Walton, British composer (b. 1902) April 4 - Danny Rapp (Danny and the Juniors) (b. 1941) (suicide by gunshot) April 5 - Cliff Carlisle, country and blues singer (b. 1903) April 13 - Dolo Coker, jazz pianist and composer (b. 1927) April 14 - Pete Farndon (The Pretenders) (b. 1952) (drug overdose) April 30 Muddy Waters (b. 1913) heart attack George Balanchine, choreographer (b. 1904) May 23 George Bruns, film composer (b. 1914) Finn Mortensen, composer and music critic (b. 1922) May 25 - Paul Quinichette, saxophonist (b. 1916) June 2 - Stan Rogers, musician (b. 1949) June 25 - Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (b. 1916) July 4 - Claus Adam, cellist (b. 1917) July 5 - Harry James, bandleader (b. 1916) July 23 - Georges Auric, composer, member of Les Six (b. 1899) July 27 - Jerome Moross, composer, conductor and orchestrator (b. 1913) August 3 - Helge Bonnén, pianist and composer (b. August 13 - Zdeněk Liška, film composer (b. 1922) August 14 - Omer Létourneau, pianist, organist, composer and conductor (b. 1891) August 17 - Ira Gershwin, lyricist (b. 1896) August 24 - Arkady Filippenko, composer (b. 1912) September 5 - John Gilpin, dancer (b. 1930) (heart attack) September 24 - Isobel Baillie, operatic soprano (b. 1895) September 25 - Paul Jacobs, pianist (b. 1930) (AIDS-related) October 16 Øivin Fjeldstad, violinist and conductor (b. 1903) George Liberace, violinist and arranger (b. 1911) November 3 - Alfredo Antonini, conductor (b. 1901) November 7 - Germaine Tailleferre, composer, only female member of Les Six (b. 1892) November 19 - Tommy Evans, bassist of the rock group Badfinger (b. 1947) (suicide) December 6 - Lucienne Boyer, singer (b. 1903) December 28 - Dennis Wilson, member of the Beach Boys (b. 1944) (drowned) date unknown - Pat Smythe, jazz pianist (b. 1923) Awards Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1983 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1983 Charts List of No. 1 Hits Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1983