1983 in music

none July 2013 February 2012 1983 1983 music radio television film This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983. 3 Specific locations 1983 in British music 1983 in Japanese music 1983 in Norwegian music 1983 in Nordic music Specific genres 1983 in country music 1983 in heavy metal music 1983 in hip-hop music 1983 in jazz 1983 in progressive rock Trends CDs become popular among classical music listeners.https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/oct/19/arts.digitalmedia The Guardian CDs, downloads ... and now band launches the memory-stick single Bobbie Johnson 19 October 2006 20 June 2015 Events January–April January 1 ZTT Records is founded. The Merchant Ivory film Heat and Dust is released. On the soundtrack, composed by Zakir Hussain, Ivory is featured on tanpura with Hussain (who also appears in the film) on tabla.January 2026 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. January – Surtitles are first used in a live opera performance at a Canadian Opera Company production of Elektra.Reich Howard 1986-10-19 Queen of captions https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-queen-of-captions-by-how/159615760/ Chicago Tribune 12-13 2024-11-23 Newspapers.com 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.April 2026 February 11 – The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York.https://archive.org/details/americanfilmdist0000dona/page/296/mode/1up American film distribution : the changing marketplace Donahue Suzanne Mary 1987 UMI Research Press 296 February 13 – Marvin Gaye performs "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the NBA All-Star Game.April 2026 February 23 – The 25th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by John Denver. Toto win both Album of the Year (for Toto IV) and Record of the Year (for "Rosanna"), while Willie Nelson's cover of "Always on My Mind" wins Song of the Year. Men at Work win Best New Artist.http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=1982&genre=All 1982 Grammy Award Winners Grammy.com 1 May 2011 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 biggest-selling album of all time.Anderson Trevor 2026-05-12 Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ Returns to No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart for First Time in 4 Decades https://www.billboard.com/lists/michael-jackson-thriller-returns-number-one-rb-hiphop-chart/ 2026-10-11 Billboard en-US March 2 – Compact discs go on sale in the Europe and North America. They had first been released in Japan the previous October.https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=1189#:~:text=Visitors%20by%20ABBA-,.,United%20States%20and%20other%20markets. The Compact Disc (CD) is Developed historyofinformation.com 9 February 2023 March 4 – Neil Young cancels the remainder of his tour after collapsing backstage in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, after playing for seventy-five minutes.Flu-stricken musician Neil Young ended his concert early Friday... - UPI Archives https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/03/05/Flu-stricken-musician-Neil-Young-ended-his-concert-early-Friday/8917415688400/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250822004249/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/03/05/Flu-stricken-musician-Neil-Young-ended-his-concert-early-Friday/8917415688400/ 2025-08-22 2026-10-11 UPI en March 5 – Thompson Twins have their first chart success as "Love on Your Side" enters the Top 10 in the UK.https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19863/thompson-twins/ Thompson Twins Official Charts March 26 Duran Duran enter the UK Singles Chart at number 1 with their first UK number 1 single "Is There Something I Should Know?".https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19830320/7501/ Official Singles Chart Top 100 20 March 1983 – 26 March 1983 Official Charts Tears for Fears debut album The Hurting reaches number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19830320/7502/ Official Albums Chart Top 100 20 March 1983 – 26 March 1983 Official Charts April 5 – US Interior Secretary James G. 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.Clines Francis X. Watt Reverses Ban on Rock Music at Concert https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/08/us/watt-reverses-ban-on-rock-music-at-concert.html 10 July 2017 The New York Times 8 April 1983 April 9 – David Bowie achieves his fourth UK number 1 single with "Let's Dance".https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19138/david-bowie/ David Bowie Official Charts April 11 – Dave Mustaine is dismissed from Metallica just as the band is set to begin recording its début album, to be replaced by Kirk Hammett.https://loudwire.com/dave-mustaine-fired-from-metallica-anniversary/ April 11, 2022 June 1, 2022 39 Years Ago: Dave Mustaine Fired From Metallica Jon Wiederhorn Loudwire June 1, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220601095832/https://loudwire.com/dave-mustaine-fired-from-metallica-anniversary/ live April 14 – David Bowie releases Let's Dance, his first album since parting ways with RCA Records and his fifteenth studio album overall. With its deliberate shift to mainstream dance-rock, it would become Bowie's biggest commercial success, at 10.7 million copies sold worldwide.December 2024 April 18 – Ellen Taaffe Zwilich becomes the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. April 23 – French singer Corinne Hermès, representing Luxembourg, wins the 28th annual Eurovision Song Contest, held at Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle in Munich, with the song "Si la vie est cadeau".https://eurovision.tv/event/munich-1983/final Official Eurovision Song Contest 1983 scoreboard Eurovision Song Contest May–August May 15 – Rita Lee concludes her Tour Brasil 83 at Maracanãzinho as the first Brazilian artist to carry out a tour in arenas and stadiums, with a record audience of 500,000 attendees.Okky de Souza A aclamação da rainha https://goread.com.br/viewer/veja/rita-rainha-do-rock/ 1983-05-11 Editora Abril São Paulo VEJA 766 72–78 0100-7122 pt-br subscription May 16 Singer Anna Vissi marries composer Nikos Karvelas.January 2026 The Motown 25 Special airs on NBC, celebrating a quarter century of Motown Records. Michael Jackson unveils his moonwalk dance move during a performance of "Billie Jean".Janette Williams https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2009/06/25/michael-jackson-left-indelible-mark-on-pasadena/ Michael Jackson left indelible mark on Pasadena Whittier Daily News June 25, 2009 October 14, 2020 May 28 – June 4 – The second US Festival is held at Glen Helen Park in California. June 3 – American rock drummer Jim Gordon commits matricide during a schizophrenic episode. June 18–19 – Menudo make their second visit to New York. The band plays four shows at Madison Square Garden and all 80,000 tickets sell out within three days of going on sale. June 20 – Catalunya Ràdio begins broadcasting. July 1 – Chilean Band Los Prisioneros debut at the Miguel Leon Prado High School Song festival. They will come to personify the rebellion of young Chileans leading to protests against Augusto Pinochet.Illiano Roberto Sala Massimiliano Music and dictatorship in Europe and Latin America Brepols Turnhout 978-2-503-52779-6 671–684 https://sites.google.com/site/dparty/publications-1/beyondprotest 11 October 2014 2009 July 6 – As a statement of protest against music piracy in the form of home taping, Jean-Michel Jarre releases only one pressing of his latest album "Music for Supermarkets", which is sold at an auction to a French real estate dealer for 69,000 francs (about US$8960). The auction is broadcast live on Radio Luxembourg which also plays the album in full for the first and only time. 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 heavy rain; eventually the storm forces her to postpone the rest of the concert until next day. July 29 – Friday Night Videos is broadcast for the first time 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–December September 1 – Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon of The Clash issue a press statement announcing Mick Jones has been dismissed from the group.May 2025 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, simultaneously 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. October 29 – The 12th OTI Festival, held at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., United States, is won by the song "pt Estrela de papel no", written by Jessé and Elifas Andreato, and performed by Jessé himself representing Brazil. November 12 – Duran Duran start their SING BLUE SILVER World Tour. The tour begins with sold-out shows in Australia November 26 – Quiet Riot's Metal Health album tops the US album charts, the first heavy metal album to hit #1 in America. December 2 The Uday-Ustav Festival, a tribute to Uday Shankar, is staged at the instigation of Uday's younger brother, Ravi Shankar.Asian Theatre Journal, Volumes 3-5 University of Hawaii Press 1986 275 Michael Jackson's 14-minute music video for Thriller is premiered on MTV. Phish play their first show.http://phish.net/setlists/?d=1983-12-02 Dec 02, 1983 Setlist phish.net December 25 – Marvin Gaye gives his father, as a Christmas present, an unlicensed Smith & Wesson .38 special caliber pistol so that Gaye could protect himself from intruders.http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/celebrity/marvin_gaye/13.html The Domestic Dispute that ended the life of Marvin Gaye trutv.com June 18, 2012 A few months later, Gaye Sr would use it to shoot his son dead. December 31 – The twelfth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by Culture Club, Rick James, Laura Branigan, Barry Manilow, Mary Jane Girls and David Frizzell. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1983 Bands disbanded See Musical groups disestablished in 1983 Albums released January DayAlbumArtistNotes4 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics -10 Trans Neil Young -14 ExtendedancEPlay Dire Straits EPTimeline DireStraits.com https://www.direstraits.com/about/ 2022-01-29 www.direstraits.com 28 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230128095618/https://www.direstraits.com/about/ dead Feline The Stranglers - Nena Nena -17 Trouble in Paradise Randy Newman -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 -28 Never Surrender Triumph -31 Money and Cigarettes Eric Clapton US Another Page Christopher Cross -? The Art of Falling Apart Soft Cell - The Belle Stars The Belle Stars Debut G Force Kenny G - Live Evil Black Sabbath Live Making Contact UFO - Strive to Survive Causing Least Suffering Possible Flux of Pink Indians - Touch the Sky Smokey Robinson - What Makes a Man Start Fires? Minutemen - What's Funk? Grand Funk - February DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Frontiers Journey -3 Powerlight Earth, Wind & Fire -4 All the Best Stiff Little Fingers - Porcupine Echo & The Bunnymen -8 Michael W. Smith Project Michael W. Smith Debut11 Lucky Marty Balin -18 Somewhere in Afrika Manfred Mann's Earth Band UK22 Kilroy Was Here Styx -23 Subterranean Jungle Ramones -28 Metal Health Quiet Riot - War U2 - So Fired Up Le Roux - The Key Joan Armatrading -? Confusion Is Sex Sonic Youth Debut High Land, Hard Rain Aztec Camera Debut Kihnspiracy The Greg Kihn Band - Quick Step and Side Kick/Side Kicks Thompson Twins - Rock Goddess Rock Goddess - Seal in Red Rufus - Strong Stuff Hank Williams Jr. - Waiting Fun Boy Three - Youngblood Carl Wilson - March DayAlbumArtistNotes4 Dazzle Ships Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Thunder and Lightning Thin Lizzy - True Spandau Ballet -7 Cool Kids Kix - The Hurting Tears For Fears Debut Deep Sea Skiving Bananarama -11 No Rest for the Wicked Helix -14 Europe Europe Debut Script for a Jester's Tear Marillion Debut16 Outside Inside The Tubes -21 The Final Cut Pink Floyd -23 Eliminator ZZ Top -28 Baby Snakes Frank Zappa Soundtrack Jarreau Al Jarreau - The Man from Utopia Frank Zappa -30 Living in Oz Rick Springfield -31 Dancing With Danger Streetheart -? The Abominable Showman Nick Lowe - Baila Conmigo Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho International album Branigan 2 Laura Branigan -A Child's Adventure Marianne Faithfull - Dig That Groove Baby Toy Dolls - The High Road Roxy Music Live EP If You Leave Me Now Chicago Compilation Inarticulate Speech of the Heart Van Morrison - Julio Julio Iglesias - Legendary Hearts Lou Reed - Local Hero Mark Knopfler Soundtrack Naked Eyes Naked Eyes Titled "Burning Bridges" in the UK No Guts...No Glory Molly Hatchet - Power & the Glory Saxon - April DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Havana Moon Carlos Santana -8 Faster Than the Speed of Night Bonnie Tyler - The Luxury Gap Heaven 17 -11 Let's Dance David Bowie - Flashdance Various Artists Soundtrack Sirens Savatage - Style Cameo -12 Murmur R.E.M. Debut13 Death Party The Gun Club EP Forged in Fire Anvil - Mary Jane Girls Mary Jane Girls Debut Violent Femmes Violent Femmes -15 Rock for Light Bad Brains -18 It Pulp Debut White Feathers Kajagoogoo Debut22 Midnight at the Lost and FoundNews Record Mirror 9 April 1983 6 Meat Loaf -25 Headhunter Krokus -27 Whammy! The B-52s -29 Cargo Men At Work - Listen A Flock of Seagulls - Hootenanny The Replacements -? You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll Twisted Sister UK; US release in June Fastway Fastway - In Outer Space Sparks - Information Dave Edmunds - Madness Madness US Compilation Michael Bolton Michael Bolton - Out of Step Minor Threat - Pride Robert Palmer Scoop Pete Townshend Compilation of unreleased tracks Take It to the Limit Willie Nelson with Waylon Jennings - Tumult The Ex - Steve Miller Band Live! Steve Miller Band Live May DayAlbumArtistNotes2 Burlap & Satin Dolly Parton - Power, Corruption & Lies New Order -3 "Weird Al" Yankovic "Weird Al" Yankovic Debut10 With Sympathy Ministry Debut11 Zig-Zag Walk Foghat -16 Piece of Mind Iron Maiden -18 In Your Eyes George Benson -23 Confrontation Bob Marley & The Wailers -25 Holy Diver Dio Debut27 Crises Mike Oldfield - Duck Rock Malcolm McLaren - Filth Swans Debut31 Too Low for Zero Elton John - Wrap Your Arms Around Me Agnetha Fältskog -? Another Perfect Day Motörhead https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/569/mode/1up?q=Lemmy+Kilmister&view=theater The Great Rock Discography 1995 569 9780862415419 Strong Martin Charles Canongate Press Back to Mystery City Hanoi Rocks - Before Hollywood The Go-Betweens - Bruiseology The Waitresses - C'est C Bon Carlene Carter - Chimera Bill Nelson - The Eleventh Hour Magnum - Feast The Creatures Debut The First Flower Play Dead Debut Head First Uriah Heep - Learning to Cope with Cowardice Mark Stewart Debut Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy Billy Bragg Debut Mama Africa Peter Tosh - The Net Little River Band - Private Collection Jon and Vangelis - Reach the Beach The Fixx - Ring of Changes Barclay James Harvest - Siogo Blackfoot - Who's Greatest Hits The Who US Compilation You Bought It, You Name It Joe Walsh - June DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Speaking in Tongues Talking Heads -3 Your Move America -6 Plays Live Peter Gabriel Live Allies Crosby, Stills & Nash Live +2 new studio tracks9 London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 Frank Zappa - Ross Diana Ross -10 Body Wishes Rod Stewart - Metal Magic Pantera debut Mommy's Little Monster Social Distortion - Oil on Canvas Japan Live State of Confusion The Kinks - This Means War Tank - The Wild Heart Stevie Nicks -13 It's Only Rock & Roll Waylon Jennings - Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan debut Seance The Church - She Works Hard for the Money Donna Summer -15 Escapade Tim Finn -16 Old Wave Ringo Starr -17 Bite Altered Images - Synchronicity The Police -24 Secret Messages Electric Light Orchestra -30 Keep it Up Loverboy -? Works Pink Floyd Compilation Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain Kevin Ayers - Farewell Tour Doobie Brothers Live Field Day Marshall Crenshaw - The Fugitive Tony Banks - Girl at Her Volcano Rickie Lee Jones EP Hand of Kindness Richard Thompson - Sound Elixir Nazareth - Staying Alive Bee Gees Soundtrack You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess Yello - Variations on a Theme David Thomas & the Pedestrians - July DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Fantastic Wham! Debut Into Glory Ride Manowar -4 You and Me Both Yazoo -5 Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies Debut11 The Look Shalamar -14 Get It Right Aretha Franklin -15 The Principle of Moments Robert Plant - Burning from the Inside Bauhaus - Fire Dances Killing Joke - The Waterboys The Waterboys Debut21 Burning Farm Shonen Knife - Golden Shower of Hits Circle Jerks -22 No Parlez Paul Young Debut25 Kill 'em All Metallica Debut26 Good for Your Soul Oingo Boingo -27 Everybody's Rockin' Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks - It's Your Night James Ingram Debut Madonna Madonna Debut29 The Crossing Big Country Debut Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks Brian Eno -? Album Joan Jett - All of the Good Ones Are Taken Ian Hunter - Close to the Bone Tom Tom Club - Beat Street Prism - Butthole Surfers Butthole Surfers Debut EP Drastic Measures Kansas - Outta Hand Coney Hatch - Out For Blood Lita Ford - The Real Macaw Graham Parker - Salute Gordon Lightfoot - Works Status Quo Compilation August DayAlbumArtistNotes1 No Frills Bette Midler -2 Lawyers in Love Jackson Browne -5 Cold Blooded Rick James - Punch the Clock Elvis Costello and the Attractions -8 An Innocent Man Billy Joel - Script of the Bridge The Chameleons Debut9 Ark The Animals -10 Stompin' at the Savoy Rufus Live12 Alpha Asia - Queensrÿche Queensrÿche EP15 Next Position Please Cheap Trick - Rant N' Rave with the Stray Cats The Stray Cats - Future Shock Herbie Hancock -19 Angstlos Nina Hagen - Flick of the Switch AC/DC -22 Construction Time Again Depeche Mode -23 Ratt Ratt EP26 Standing in the Light Level 42 https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Level+42&titel=Standing+In+The+Light&cat=a Level 42 albums30 Mummer XTC -31 Eyes That See in the Dark Kenny Rogers - Hello Big Man Carly Simon -? The Present Moody Blues - All for One Raven - Passionworks Heart - Dirty Looks Juice Newton - The Crackdown Cabaret Voltaire - Torment and Toreros Marc and the Mambas - September DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits -2 Built to Destroy Michael Schenker Group -9 Bent Out of Shape Rainbow - Blue Sunshine The Glove -12 Born Again Black Sabbath - Labour of Love UB40 -14 Commodores 13 Commodores -15 Sports Huey Lewis and the News -16 CanterburyNews Record Mirror 10 September 1983 Diamond Head - Warriorshttps://archive.beggars.com/numan-gary-warriors/ Numan, Gary - Warriors Arkive - Beggars 1 February 2026 Gary Numan - Little Robbersalbum r13499 The Motels -22 Lick It Up Kiss https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Kiss&ti=Lick+It+Up&format=Album&type=#search_section RIAA certifications Recording Industry Association of America 26 Shout at the Devil Mötley Crüe - The Golden Section John Foxx - Into Battle with the Art of Noise Art of Noise EP Live in Tokyo Public Image Ltd. Live28 DaDa Alice Cooper - How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye Dionne Warwick - Righeira Righeira Debut29 Caught in the Game Survivor - Heads or Tales Saga -? Breaking the Chains Dokken US Remix Born to Laugh at Tornadoes Was (Not Was) - Hard Gang of Four - In Heat The Romantics - Is Nothing Sacred? The Lords of the New Church - Johnny 99 Johnny Cash - Land The Comsat Angels - 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 - Pitt Street Farmers The Reels EP Subject...Aldo Nova Aldo Nova - Windows in the Jungle 10cc - What's New Linda Ronstadt - October DayAlbumArtistNotes3 Genesis Genesis -6 Right or Wrong George Strait -10 Colour by Numbers Culture Club -13 She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper Debut Whodini Whodini -14 Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie - Snap! The Jam Compilation18 Rock 'n Soul Part 1 Hall & Oates Compilation Voice of the Heart The Carpenters -20 Deliver Oak Ridge Boys -21 Silver Cliff Richard - Soul Mining The The -24 Catch as Catch Can Kim Wilde - Head over Heels Cocteau Twins - Without a Song Willie Nelson -25 Uh-Huh John Cougar Mellencamp -27 Midnight Madness Night Ranger - Infidels Bob Dylan -28 North of a Miracle Nick Heyward - Zones Hawkwind -31 Pipes of Peace Paul McCartney - Star Fleet Project Brian May + Friends EP Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two China Crisis -? 1st Streets - Alive, She Cried The Doors Live Feel My Soul Jennifer Holliday - Hell Hath No Fury Rock Goddess - Life Thin Lizzy Live Live from Earth Pat Benatar Live +2 new studio tracks Man of Steel Hank Williams Jr. - Melissa Mercyful Fate - Metal Circus Hüsker Dü EP Never Let You Go Rita Coolidge - No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll Alcatrazz - White Shoes Emmylou Harris - Ziggy Stardust – The Motion Picture David Bowie Live 1973 November DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Break Out Pointer Sisters https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Pointer+Sisters&ti=Break+Out&format=Album&type=#search_section RIAA Recording Industry Association of America 2 What a Feelin' Irene Cara -4 Electric Universe Earth, Wind & Fire - Have You Ever Been In Love Leo Sayer - Hearts and Bones Paul Simon -7 90125 Yes http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/discography.asp?qrtypeid=1&ftype=1&qreleaseid=15 90125 7 November 2023 Undercover The Rolling Stones - Strip Adam Ant -8 Play Dirty Girlschool - The Revölution by Night Blue Öyster Cult - Yentl Barbra Streisand Soundtrack10 Rebel Yell Billy Idol -11 First Offense Corey Hart - Speeding Time Carole King -12 Bombom Rita Lee -14 Beauty Stab ABC - Believer Chic - Touch Eurythmics -15 It's About Time John Denver -18 Walk Into Light Ian Anderson -21 Seven and the Ragged Tiger Duran Duran - Under a Blood Red Sky U2 Live25 Back to Back Status Quo - I'm in Love Again Patti LaBelle - Nocturne Siouxsie and the Banshees Live You Broke My Heart in 17 Places Tracey Ullman -28 Now That's What I Call Music Various Artists Compilation30 Into the Unknown Bad Religion -? Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat Minutemen - Bombom Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho - Clics Modernos Charly Garcia - Cloak and Dagger Witchfynde - Conflicting Emotions Split Enz - Greatest Hits Volume II Barry Manilow Compilation Music For Films Volume 2 Brian Eno - The Politics of Dancing Re-Flex - Treeless Plain The Triffids - December DayAlbumArtistNotes2 The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome Slade - Show No Mercy Slayer - Bark at the Moon Ozzy Osbourne -5 Balls to the Wall Accept -12 Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood Misfits - Perverted By Language The Fall -14 Service Yellow Magic Orchestra -16 Japanese Whispers The Cure Compilation20 You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish George Clinton -? Amore The Hooters - Crystal Logic Manilla Road - Release date unknown 30em 21 Years On – The Dubliners (live) Ageless Medley EP – Amy Grant Ain't It Good to Be Free – Bo Diddley All Alone with Friends – Hank Marvin Andrew Cyrille Meets Brötzmann in Berlin – Andrew Cyrille and Peter Brötzmann Bad Influence – Robert Cray Bay of Kings – Steve Hackett Behind the Scenes – Reba McEntire The Brightest Smile in Town (Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, Vol. 2) – Dr. John Burnin' the Ice - Die Haut A Call to Us All – Teri Desario Cheap at Half the Price – Fred Frith Chazablanca – Chaz Jankel A Christmas Album – Amy Grant Come Away with ESG – ESG Dagger and Guitar – Sort Sol Dancing for Mental Health – Will Powers (actually Lynn Goldsmith) David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas – David Grisman Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass – David Grisman Desperate – Divinyls Dressed for the Occasion – Cliff Richard and The London Philharmonic Orchestra (Live) Doot-Doot – Freur Emergency Third Rail Power Trip – Rain Parade Even the Strong Get Lonely – Tammy Wynette Everywhere at Once – The Plimsouls Fall in a Hole – The Fall Feeding the Flame – Sad Lovers and Giants The First Four Years – Black Flag The Fittest of the Fittest – Burning Spear The Fugitive – Tony Banks Fortune 410 – Donnie Iris Friends of Hell – Witchfinder General Good as Gold – Red Rockers Good Love & Heartbreak – Tammy Wynette Gravity Talks – Green on Red Heart to Heart – Merle Haggard Ich halt zu Dir – Die Flippers Imagination – Helen Reddy Introducing The Style Council – The Style Council Jonathan Sings! – Jonathan Richman Killer Dwarfs – Killer Dwarfs (Debut) The Kitchen Tapes – The Raincoats Klass – Bad Manners Lesson Well Learned EP – Armored Saint Let's Go – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Let's Start a War – The Exploited Love Is the Law – Toyah Merry Twistmas – Conway Twitty Music for the Hard of Thinking – Doug and the Slugs Naked – Kissing the Pink Night Dubbing – Imagination Not of this World – Petra One Night with a Stranger – Martin Briley Over the Edge – Wipers Party Tonight – Modern Romance Passionfruit – Michael Franks Platinum Blonde – Platinum Blonde (debut EP) Playback – SSQ Privilege – Ivor Cutler Prodigal Sons – The Dubliners Neruda – Red Rider Railroad – John Fahey Riding with the King – John Hiatt Secretos – José José Shine On – George Jones Shock Troops – Cock Sparrer Sleep in Safety – 45 Grave Song and Legend – Sex Gang Children The Southern Death Cult – Southern Death Cult The Spell – Syreeta Wright Stages – Elaine Paige Star People – Miles Davis Steeler – Steeler (Yngwie Malmsteen & Ron Keel's 1st band, This band's only release) Struggle for Pleasure – Wim Mertens Syncro System – King Sunny Ade and his African Beats Tales from the Lush Attic – IQ Thank You for the Music – ABBA – compilation That's the Way Love Goes – Merle Haggard Third Generation – Hiroshima A Todo Rock – Menudo Tougher Than Leather – Willie Nelson Travels – The Pat Metheny Group Trick of the Light – Modern Romance Urban Dancefloor Guerillas – P-Funk All-Stars Visions (Gladys Knight & the Pips album) – Gladys Knight & the Pips Water Sign – Chris Rea We Are One – Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Weeds & Water – Riders in the Sky We've Got Tonight – Kenny Rogers When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going – Bow Wow Wow 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 Zungguzungguguzungguzeng! - Yellowman Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1983. # Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1 Irene Cara "Flashdance... What a Feeling" 1983 US US Billboard 1 - Apr 1983 (25 weeks), US CashBox 1 of 1983, US Radio 1 of 1983 (peak 1 16 weeks), Canada 1 - May 1983 (13 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - May 1983 (28 weeks), France (SNEP) 1 - Sep 1983 (4 months), France 1 - Jul 1983 (5 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Jun 1983 (26 weeks), Switzerland 1 of 1983, Norway 1 - Jun 1983 (20 weeks), Italy 1 of 1983, Italy 1 for 9 weeks - Nov 1983, Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - May 1983, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks - Jul 1983, Japan 1 for 2 weeks - Aug 1983, Australia 1 for 7 weeks - Jul 1983, Springbok 1 - Jul 1983 (18 weeks), France 1 for 7 weeks - Oct 1983, Oscar in 1983 (film 'Flashdance'), Golden Globe in 1983 (film 'Flashdance'), UK 2 - Jun 1983 (14 weeks), ARC 2 of 1983 (peak 1 21 weeks), Australia 2 of 1983, Grammy in 1983 (Nominated), US BB 3 of 1983, ODK Germany 3 - Jul 1983 (31 weeks) (14 weeks in top 10), POP 3 of 1983, Austria 4 - Aug 1983 (7 months), Germany 4 - Jun 1983 (6 months), Canada 4 of 1983, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1983), Japan 7 of all time (international songs) (sales 0.75), France (InfoDisc) 9 of the 1980s (peak 1, 28 weeks, 1,365k sales estimated, 1983), South Africa 9 of 1983, Holland 13 - Apr 1983 (6 weeks), Belgium 20 - May 1983 (4 weeks), Poland 21 - Jul 1983 (6 weeks), Brazil 23 of 1983, nuTsie 26 of 1980s, Billboard 50th song 26, 55th Billboard 100 30 (1983), Billboard100 31, Scrobulate 31 of gay, AFI 55, Germany 57 of the 1980s (peak 3 22 weeks), OzNet 243, RIAA 256, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jul 1983), RYM 121 of 1983 2 The Police "Every Breath You Take" 1983 UK UK 1 - May 1983 (11 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Jun 1983 (22 weeks), US BB 1 of 1983, ARC 1 of 1983 (peak 1 20 weeks), Canada 1 - May 1983 (17 weeks), Eire 1 for 4 weeks - May 1983, Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Jun 1983, Canada 1 of 1983, Springbok 1 - Jul 1983 (22 weeks), Spain 1 for 1 week - Aug 1983, Top Song of 1983 of the Billboard 50th list, US CashBox 2 of 1983, US Radio 2 of 1983 (peak 1 16 weeks), Sweden (alt) 2 - Jun 1983 (28 weeks), Norway 2 - Jun 1983 (15 weeks), nuTsie 2 of 1980s, Grammy in 1983 (Nominated), MTV Video of the year 1984 (Nominated), KROQ 3 of 1983, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 1983), Poland 5 - Jun 1983 (12 weeks), South Africa 5 of 1983, Holland 6 - May 1983 (9 weeks), Switzerland 6 - Jul 1983 (6 weeks), Brazil 7 of 1983, Austria 8 - Aug 1983 (3 months), Belgium 8 - Jun 1983 (7 weeks), Germany 8 - Jun 1983 (4 months), ODK Germany 8 - Jun 1983 (19 weeks) (6 weeks in top 10), France (SNEP) 9 - Sep 1983 (1 month), France 10 - May 1983 (1 week), Australia 10 of 1983, Italy 10 of 1983, Virgin 12, Scrobulate 13 of 80s, DMDB 16 (1983), Billboard 50th song 25, 55th Billboard 100 28 (1983), Billboard100 29, Holland free40 33 of 1983, Europe 33 of the 1980s (1983), Acclaimed 38 (1983), OzNet 38, Japan (Tokyo) 41 - Nov 1988 (3 weeks), RIAA 44, POP 49 of 1983, Poland 68 of all time, TheQ 76, Rolling Stone 84, 90 in 2FM list, Vinyl Surrender 97 (1983), Belgium 110 of all time, WXPN 216, UK Silver (certified by BPI in May 1983), RYM 16 of 1983, BBC Rich Song 8 (songwriter royalties $22.3M), one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 3 Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" 1983 US UK 1 - Jan 1983 (30 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Jan 1983 (24 weeks), Canada 1 - Feb 1983 (16 weeks), Sweden 1 - Jul 2009 (15 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Mar 1983 (33 weeks), Belgium 1 - Feb 1983 (12 weeks), Italy 1 for 7 weeks - May 1983, Eire 1 for 2 weeks - Feb 1983, Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Mar 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks - Apr 1983, Europe 1 for 3 weeks - Mar 1983, France 1 for 3 weeks - May 1983, nuTsie 1 of 1980s, US BB 2 of 1983, Holland 2 - Jan 1983 (19 weeks), Sweden (alt) 2 - Mar 1983 (22 weeks), France (SNEP) 2 - Feb 1983 (4 months), France 2 - Jan 1983 (2 weeks), Brazil 2 of 1983, ODK Germany 2 - Feb 1983 (40 weeks) (11 weeks in top 10), Springbok 2 - Apr 1983 (17 weeks), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Feb 1989), US CashBox 3 of 1983, ARC 3 of 1983 (peak 1 18 weeks), Austria 3 - Apr 1983 (5 months), Poland 3 - Feb 1983 (14 weeks), Germany 3 - Mar 1983 (4 months), Australia 4 of 1983, UK Gold (certified by BPI in Mar 1983), POP 4 of 1983, Norway 5 - Apr 1983 (17 weeks), US Radio 7 of 1983 (peak 1 12 weeks), Switzerland 7 of 1983, Italy 8 of 1983, Canada 9 of 1983, US Songs 2014-23 peak 14 - Jun 2014 (1 week), South Africa 15 of 1983, 15 in 2FM list, Scrobulate 16 of pop, DMDB 23 (1983), Vinyl Surrender 30 (1982), Acclaimed 33 (1982), Europe 40 of the 1980s (1983), Rolling Stone 58, Billboard 50th song 71, 55th Billboard 100 81 (1983), Billboard100 83, France (InfoDisc) 96 of the 1980s (peak 1, 22 weeks, 1,089k sales estimated, 1983), Germany 139 of the 1980s (peak 2 15 weeks), OzNet 249, WXPN 620, RYM 4 of 1983, Guardian Pop 63, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1983, Party 53 of 2007, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 4 Culture Club "Karma Chameleon" 1983 UK UK 1 - Sep 1983 (21 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Dec 1983 (21 weeks), Canada 1 - Dec 1983 (13 weeks), Holland 1 - Sep 1983 (11 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - Oct 1983 (20 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Oct 1983 (14 weeks), Norway 1 - Oct 1983 (18 weeks), Belgium 1 - Oct 1983 (11 weeks), Eire 1 for 4 weeks - Sep 1983, Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Jan 1984, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks - Oct 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks - Oct 1983, Springbok 1 - Dec 1983 (22 weeks), Europe 1 for 12 weeks - Oct 1983, Spain 1 for 2 weeks - Dec 1983, Brit best song 1984, ODK Germany 2 - Sep 1983 (20 weeks) (9 weeks in top 10), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Oct 1983), ARC 3 of 1984 (peak 1 16 weeks), France (SNEP) 3 - Nov 1983 (4 months), Austria 3 - Nov 1983 (4 months), Germany 3 - Jan 1984 (4 months), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Feb 1984), Switzerland 5 of 1983, Canada 5 of 1984, UK sales 7 of the 1980s (1,400 k in 1983), South Africa 7 of 1984, Poland 8 - Sep 1983 (6 weeks), Australia 8 of 1983, US BB 10 of 1984, US Radio 13 of 1984 (peak 1 12 weeks), US CashBox 14 of 1984, POP 15 of 1984, Italy 16 of 1983, KROQ 25 of 1983, Brazil 34 of 1984, Scrobulate 71 of 80s, nuTsie 89 of 1980s, Holland free40 93 of 1983, UKMIX 148, Germany 159 of the 1980s (peak 2 14 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 227 of the 1980s (peak 5, 29 weeks, 720k sales estimated, 1983), OzNet 979, RYM 49 of 1983 5 Michael Jackson "Beat It" 1983 US US Billboard 1 - Feb 1983 (25 weeks), Holland 1 - Apr 1983 (11 weeks), France (SNEP) 1 - Jun 1983 (4 months), France 1 - May 1983 (4 weeks), Belgium 1 - Apr 1983 (12 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Apr 1983, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks - May 1983, Europe 1 for 1 week - Jun 1983, Grammy in 1983, Canada 2 - Mar 1983 (17 weeks), Switzerland 2 - May 1983 (24 weeks), Germany 2 - May 1983 (3 months), ODK Germany 2 - May 1983 (35 weeks) (7 weeks in top 10), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Feb 1989), UK 3 - Apr 1983 (21 weeks), US BB 5 of 1983, US Radio 6 of 1983 (peak 1 15 weeks), Austria 6 - Jul 1983 (3 months), US CashBox 7 of 1983, ARC 8 of 1983 (peak 1 19 weeks), Brazil 8 of 1983, Norway 8 - Sep 1983 (10 weeks), Canada 8 of 1983, Springbok 8 - Jul 1983 (12 weeks), Australia 9 of 1983, Poland 13 - Apr 1983 (5 weeks), Scrobulate 13 of pop, Germany 2000s 14 - Jul 2009 (26 weeks), POP 17 of 1983, Sweden (alt) 19 - Aug 1983 (2 weeks), nuTsie 23 of 1980s, Sweden 37 - Oct 2009 (2 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 63 of the 1980s (peak 2, 27 weeks, 1,182k sales estimated, 1983), Europe 68 of the 1980s (1983), Italy 71 of 1983, RIAA 76, Acclaimed 154 (1982), OzNet 158, Germany 280 of the 1980s (peak 2 12 weeks), Rolling Stone 337, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Apr 1983), RYM 14 of 1983, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 Top 40 Chart hit singles Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1983 Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s) "1999" Prince January 1983 12 25 2 (Australia) See chart performance entry 1982 overlap "2000 Miles" The Pretenders November 1983 n/a 15 11 (Belgium) 13 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) – 14 (Ireland) – 30 (Australia) – 36 (New Zealand) "99 Luftballons" NenaBrent Mann 99 Red Balloons: And 100 Other All Time Great One-Hit Wonders https://books.google.com/books?id=NDUGbT9d4hcC 2003 Citadel Press 978-0-8065-2516-7 46 March 1983 2 n/a (11 countries) See chart performance entry "The One Thing" INXS March 1983 30 n/a 14 (Australia) 2 (U.S. Billboard Top Tracks) – 30 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) – 31 (Canada) 1982 overlap "All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie September 1983 1 2 1 (6 countries) See chart performance entry "All Time High" Rita Coolidge June 1983 36 75 36 (United States) 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) – 1 (Canada Adult Contemporary) – 38 (Canada) – 80 (Australia) "Almost Over You" Sheena Easton December 1983 25 89 23 (United States) 1 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) – 4 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) – 23 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) – 35 (Canada) – 68 (Australia) – 86 (U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs) Number One hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Date reached number one Weeks at number one Country(s) "99 Luftballons" Nena 1983-01 1983-04 14 weeks 10 countries "Africa" Toto 1983-02 1983-02 1 week Canada, United States "All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie 1983-11 1983-11 4 weeks 9 countries "Australiana" Austen Tayshus 1983-08 1983-10 8 weeks Australia "Baby Jane" Rod Stewart 1983-06 1983-07 3 weeks 8 countries "Baby, Come to Me" Patti Austin and James Ingram 1983-02 1983-02 2 weeks United States "Baila conmigo" Rita Lee 1983-04 1983-06 1 week Spain "Beat It" Michael Jackson 1983-04 1983-05 3 weeks 6 countries" "Billie Jean" Michael Jackson 1983-03 1983-04 7 weeks 12 countries "Candy Girl" New Edition 1983-05 1983-05 1 week South Africa, United Kingdom "C'est la ouate" Caroline Loeb 1983-12 1984-02 3 weeks Italy "Come On Eileen" Dexys Midnight Runners 1983-04 1983-04 4 weeks 8 countries "Dolce Vita" Ryan Paris 1983-07 1983-11 4 weeks 5 countries "Down Under" Men at Work 1983-01 1983-02 4 weeks 7 countries "Every Breath You Take" The Police 1983-07 1983-09 8 weeks 6 countries "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Irene Cara 1983-05 1983-07 6 weeks 14 countries "Give It Up" KC and the Sunshine Band 1983-08 1983-08 3 weeks Ireland, United Kingdom "Gloria" Laura Branigan 1983-02 1983-04 7 weeks Australia, Canada "I Like Chopin" Gazebo 1983-08 1983-10 9 weeks 7 countries "I Was Only 19" Redgum 1983-03 1983-05 2 weeks Australia "Is There Something I Should Know?" Duran Duran 1983-03 1983-04 2 weeks United Kingdom "Islands in the Stream" Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton 1983-10 1983-10 2 weeks 4 countries "Juliet" Robin Gibb 1983-05 1983-07 6 weeks 4 countries "Karma Chameleon" Culture Club 1983-10 1983-12 5 weeks 14 countries "Let's Dance" David Bowie 1983-05 1983-05 1 week 15 countries "Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst)" Peter Schilling 1983-01 1983-03 8 weeks 5 countries "Maneater" Daryl Hall & John Oates 1982-12 1983-01 4 weeks Spain, United States "Maniac" Michael Sembello 1983-09 1983-09 2 weeks Canada, United States "Moonlight Shadow" Mike Oldfield 1983-06 1983-09 11 weeks 10 countries "Reckless" Australian Crawl 1983-09 1983-11 1 week Australia "Red Red Wine" UB40 1983-09 1983-09 3 weeks 7 countries "Save Your Love" Renée and Renato 1983-06 1983-06 2 weeks 6 countries "Say Say Say" Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson 1983-12 1984-01 6 weeks 9 countries "Sunshine Reggae" Laid Back 1983-08 1983-10 6 weeks 4 countries "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Eurythmics 1983-09 1983-09 1 week Canada, Iceland, United States "Tell Her About It" Billy Joel 1983-09 1983-09 1 week United States "Too Shy" Kajagoogoo 1983-02 1983-02 2 weeks 5 countries "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler 1983-10 1983-10 4 weeks 9 countries "True" Spandau Ballet 1983-04 1983-05 4 weeks 4 countries "Up Where We Belong" Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes 1983-04 1983-05 4 weeks 4 countries "Uptown Girl" Billy Joel 1983-12 1984-01 5 weeks 6 countries "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" Paul Young 1983-07 1983-08 3 weeks Ireland, United Kingdom "Words" F. R. David 1983-01 1983-03 8 weeks 14 countries "You Can't Hurry Love" Phil Collins 1983-01 1983-01 2 weeks 5 countries Other Chart hit singles 30em "A Volar" – Menudo "Australiana" – Austen Tayshushttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/austen-tayshus-sends-a-postcard-from-the-edge/story-e6frg7eo-1226544570936 Austen Tayshus sends a postcard from the edge Ross Fitzgerald Ross Fitzgerald The Australian 29 December 2012 29 December 2012 (# 1 Australia) "Baby Jane" – Rod Stewart "Bad Boys" – Wham! "Big Log" – Robert Plant "Billie Jean" – Michael Jackson "Blue Monday" – New Order "Bop Girl" – Pat WilsonDavid Kent David Kent (historian) Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 Australian Chart Book St Ives 1993 341 0-646-11917-6 "Boxerbeat" – JoBoxers "Breakaway" – Tracey Ullman "Buffalo Soldier" – Bob Marley & The Wailers "Burning Down the House" – Talking Heads "Calling Your Name" – Marilyn "Candy Girl" – New Edition David Roberts 2006 British Hit Singles & Albums 19th Guinness World Records Limited London 1-904994-10-5 423 "Can't Get Used to Losing You" – The Beat "Change" – Tears for Fears "China Girl" – David Bowie "Church of the Poison Mind" – Culture Club "Club Tropicana" – Wham! "Come Back and Stay" – Paul Young "Come On Eileen" – Dexys Midnight Runners (released in 1982) "Communication" – Spandau Ballet "Countdown/New World Man" – Rush "Crumblin' Down" – John Mellencamp "Dancing in the Dark" – Kim Wilde "Dead Giveaway" – Shalamar "Dear Prudence" – Siouxsie and the Banshees "Delirious" – Prince "Der Alpen-Rap" – Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung "Der Kommissar" – After the Fire "Din Daa Daa" – George KranzBillboard The Perfect Beats https://books.google.com/books?id=JwoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4 17 October 1998 Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 4 "Dirty Laundry" – Don HenleyWhitburn, Joel 2004 The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition Billboard Publications 282 "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" – Culture Club "Don't Let It End" – Styx "Double Dutch" – Malcolm McLaren "Down Under" – Men at Work "Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive" – Men At Work "Drop the Pilot" – Joan Armatrading "Electric Avenue" – Eddy Grant "Every Breath You Take" – The Police "Everything Counts" – Depeche Mode "Family Man" – Hall & Oates "Faithfully" – Journey "Femme" – Dalida "Gimme All Your Lovin'" – ZZ Top "Give It Up" – KC and the Sunshine Band "Gloria" – Laura Branigan (released in 1982) "Gold" – Spandau Ballet "Guardian Angel" – MasqueradeAustralian Chart Book 1970–1992 Kent David David Kent (historian) Australian Chart Book St Ives, NSW 1993 0-646-11917-6 Kent Music Report "Heart and Soul" – Huey Lewis and the News "High Life" – Modern Romance "Holiday" – Madonna "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" – Laura Branigan "Human Nature" – Michael Jackson "Hungry Like the Wolf" (1982) – Duran Duran "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" – Elton John (feat. Stevie Wonder) "I'm Still Standing" – Elton John "In a Big Country" – Big Country "I.O.U." – Freeez "Is There Something I Should Know?" – Duran Duran "Islands in the Stream" – Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton "It's a Mistake" – Men At Work "Jeopardy" – The Greg Kihn Band "Johnny B. Goode" – Peter Tosh "Karma Chameleon" – Culture Club "King of Pain" – The Police "Kiss the Bride" – Elton John "Let The Music Play" – Shannon "Let's Dance" – David Bowie "Little Red Corvette" – Prince "Long Hot Summer" – The Style Council "The Love Cats" – The Cure "Love Is a Battlefield" – Pat Benatar "Love Is a Stranger" – Eurythmics "Love of the Common People" – Paul Young "Love On Your Side" – Thompson Twins "Mad World"- Tears For Fears "Major Tom (Coming Home)" – Peter Schilling "Mama" – Genesis "Maniac" – Michael Sembello "Many Rivers to Cross" – UB40 "Marguerita Time" – Status Quo "Modern Love" – David Bowie "Mon ami m'a quittée" – Celine Dion "Moonlight Shadow" – Mike Oldfield "Mr. Roboto" – Styx "My Oh My" – Slade "Nasty Girl" – Vanity 6 "Never Gonna Let You Go" – Sergio Mendes "New Song" – Howard Jones "New Year's Day" – U2 "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" – Various "Our House" – Madness "Our Lips Are Sealed" – Fun Boy Three "Over and Over" – Shalamar "Overkill" – Men at Work "Owner of a Lonely Heart" – Yes "Pale Shelter" – Tears for Fears "Photograph" – Def Leppard "Physical Attraction"- Madonna "Pink Houses" – John Mellencamp "Pipes Of Peace" – Paul McCartney "Power and the Passion" – Midnight Oil "Pride and Joy" – Stevie Ray Vaughan "Promises, Promises" – Naked Eyes "Puttin' on the Ritz" – Taco "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (1982) – Michael Jackson "Queen of the Broken Hearts" – Loverboy "Radio Free Europe" (I.R.S. version) – R.E.M. "Rainbow in the Dark" – Dio "Rio" (1982) – 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 "Runaway" – Bon Jovi "The Safety Dance" – Men Without Hats "Saved by Zero" – The Fixx "Say Say Say" – Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney "Screaming for Vengeance" (1982) – 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 Works Hard for the Money" – Donna Summer "She's a Beauty" – The Tubes "Shipbuilding" – Robert Wyatt "Should I Stay or Should I Go" – The Clash "Shout at the Devil" – Mötley Crüe "Si la vie est cadeau" – Corinne Hermèshttps://eurovision.tv/event/munich-1983 Munich 1983 Eurovision Song Contest 18 February 2019 "Solitaire" – Laura Branigan "Speak Like a Child" – The Style Council "Stand Back" – Stevie Nicks "Steppin' Out" – Joe Jackson "Straight from the Heart" – Bryan Adams "Suddenly Last Summer" – The Motels "The Sun and the Rain" – Madness "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)" – Level 42 "Sunday Bloody Sunday" – U2 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" – Eurythmics "Synchronicity II" – The Police "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 "Thank You For The Music" – ABBA (released in 1977) "That's All" – Genesis "That's Love" – Jim Capaldi "Always Something There to Remind Me" – Naked Eyes "They Don't Know" – Tracey Ullman "This Charming Man" – The Smiths "This Time" – Bryan Adams "Thunder And Lightning" – Thin Lizzy "Time (Clock of the Heart)" – Culture Club "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 "The Trooper" – Iron Maiden "True" – Spandau Ballet "Twilight Zone" – Golden Earring (released in 1982) "Twist of Fate" – Olivia Newton-John "Twisting by the Pool" – Dire Straits "Under Attack" – ABBA "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 "Vamos a la playa" – Righeira "Walking in the Rain" – Modern Romance "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (1982) – Michael Jackson "The Way He Makes Me Feel" – Barbra Streisand "We Are Detective" – Thompson Twins "We've Got Tonight" – Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton "What Is Love?" – Howard Jones "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" – Paul Young "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" – Grandmaster and Melle Mel "Why Me?" – Irene Cara "Wings of a Dove" – Madness "Wishing on a Star" – Rose Royce "The Word Is Out" – Jermaine Stewart "Wrapped Around Your Finger" – The Police "You Are" – Lionel Richie "You Can't Hurry Love" – Phil Collins (released in 1982) "Gravity Talks" – Green On Red "Seance" – The Church "Fervor" – Jason & The Scorchers Notable singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s)"Cattle and Cane" The Go-Betweens February 1983 4 (UK INdie Charts)"Original Sin" INXS December 1983 See chart performance entry"Radio Free Europe" R.E.M. April 1983 25 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock) – 78 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)"Rip It Up" Orange Juice February 1983 8 (UK Single Charts) – 23 (Ireland) – 42 (New Zealand)"Sunday Bloody Sunday" U2 March 1983 3 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]/[Single Top 100]) – 7 (U.S. Billboard Top Tracks) – 11 (Belgium)"Synchronicity II" The Police October 1983 12 (Ireland) – 15 (U.S. Cashbox) – 16 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100) – 17 (UK Singles Chart) – 21 (Canada)"Temptation" Heaven 17 April 1983 See chart performance entry"This Charming Man" The Smiths October 1983 1 (UK Indie Charts) – 15 (New Zealand) – 25 (UK Singles Chart) – 52 (Australia) Other Notable singles 30em "Crafty Fag" b/w "How to Age" – The Nightingales "Hope (I Wish You'd Believe Me)" b/w Sleep" – Wah! "I Hear Motion" – Models "Listening" – Pseudo Echo "Nag" b/w "Bits and Pieces" – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 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, Jon Moss, Roy Hay, Mikey Craig & Phil Rickett "Uptown Girl" w.m. Billy Joel "Total Eclipse of the Heart" – w.m. Jim Steinman Classical music Premieres + Sortable table Composer Composition Date Location Performers Ligeti, György Sonata for Solo Cello 1983-10-24 FRA Paris Stilz|- Schott Music Compositions Vyacheslav Artyomov – Tristia for solo piano, organ, trumpet, vibraphone and strings Jean-Baptiste Barrière – Chreode I 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 Karel Goeyvaerts – Aquarius I (Voorspel)—L'ère du Verseau, for orchestra Jacques Hétu – Clarinet Concerto Simeon ten Holt – Lemniscaat, for keyboard (1982–1983) Wojciech Kilar – fanfare Victoria for mixed choir and orchestra Witold Lutosławski – Symphony No. 3 (1972–83) Krzysztof Penderecki – Viola Concerto John Pickard – Nocturne in Black and Gold Peter Sculthorpe – Piano concerto Karlheinz Stockhausen – Luzifers Tanz, for wind orchestra Iannis Xenakis – Shaar Morton Feldman – Crippled Symmetry 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) Jazz 1983 in jazz Musical theater La Cage aux Folles – Broadway production opened at the Palace Theatre and ran for 1781 performances Doonesbury – Broadway production opened at the Biltmore Theatre and ran for 104 performances Mame (Jerry Herman) – Broadway revival Merlin – Broadway production opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre and ran for 199 performances Oliver! (Lionel Bart) – London revival On Your Toes – Broadway revival My One and Only – Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre and ran for 767 performances Singin' in the Rain – London production The Tap Dance Kid – Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre and ran for 699 performances Zorba – Broadway revival Musical films Carmen Eddie and the Cruisers Flashdance Le Bal Mangammagari Manavadu Narcissus Neti Bharatam The Pirates of Penzance Rock & Rule Staying Alive Yentl Musical television Salad Days Births births January–April births May–August births September–December births yes January–April January January 1 – Jona Weinhofen, Australian musician January 6 - Darja Schabad, Latvian actress and singer January 7 – Tosin Abasi, Nigerian-American musician (Animals As Leaders) January 7 - Hayley Jensen, Australian singer and songwriter January 11 – Seun Kuti, Nigerian musician and singer January 14 – Takako Uehara, Japanese singer January 16 – Syml (Brian Fennell) January 18 Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress Mike Ezay, American R&B singer (Git Fresh) Katie White, British singer (The Ting Tings) January 19 – Hikaru Utada, Japanese singer and songwriter January 20 – Mari Yaguchi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) and host January 21 – Rapsody, American rapper January 24 – Frankie Grande, American actor, singer, and dancer January 25 – Andrée Watters, Canadian singer January 27 – John Lundvik, British-Swedish singer-songwriterhttps://www.billboard.com/music/pop/john-lundvik-eurovision-too-late-for-love-8501802/ Sweden Sends John Lundvik to Eurovision with 'Too Late for Love' Fred Bronson 3 September 2019 Billboard 28 January 2026 January 30 – Ella Hooper, Australian rock singer-songwriter, musician, radio presenter and TV personality (Killing Heidi + The Verses) February February 1 – Andrew VanWyngarden, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (MGMT) February 3 Gilad Hekselman, Israeli guitarist and composer Linus Wiklund, Swedish songwriter and music producer February 5 – Baby K, Singaporean-Italian singer-songwriter February 8 – Jim Verraros, American singer February 10 – Bless, Canadian rapper February 13 – Joel Little, New Zealand record producer, musician and Grammy Award-winning songwriter (Lorde, Taylor Swift) February 14 – Davidior, a Korean-American record producer, audio engineer, musician, songwriter and singer. February 17 – Kevin Rudolf, American record producer and musician February 17 - Shaya, Greek singer (Hi-5) February 19 – Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer and actress February 28 – Linda Király, Hungarian-American singer-songwriter March March 8 – Piano Squall, American pianist March 9 – Mayte Perroni, Mexican singer and actress March 10 Carrie Underwood, American singer/songwriter Che'Nelle, Malaysian R&B singer March 11 – Thiaguinho, Brazilian singer-songwriter March 14 – Taylor Hanson American band member (Hanson) March 15 – Florencia Bertotti, Argentine actress and singer March 19 – Ana Rezende (Cansei de Ser Sexy), Brazilian March 20 - Jenni Vartiainen, Finnish pop singer March 29 Luiza Sá (Cansei de Ser Sexy), Brazilian Jamie Woon, British singer, songwriter and record producer, March 30 Hebe Tian, member of the Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E Scott Moffatt, Canadian guitarist and singer (The Moffats) March 31 40, Canadian record producer, songwriter, record executive, advocate, and former child actor from Toronto, Ontario. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, American trumpeter April April 4 – Tei, Korean ballad singer April 8 - Jay, South Korean singer (TRAX) April 15 – Margo Price, American singer-songwriter April 16 – Marié Digby, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist April 18 Ameerah, Belgian singer-songwriter Reeve Carney, American singer-songwriter and actor April 20 – Sebastian Ingrosso, Swedish DJ, actor and record producer April 21 – Lily Chan, Chinese singer May–August May May 8 Bondan Prakoso, Indonesian singer Matt Willis, British musician (Busted) and presenter May 10 – Moshe Peretz, Israeli musician May 11 Holly Valance, Australian actress, singer and modelhttp://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/holly-valance Holly Valance | Miss 'Kiss-Kiss' FHM 1 February 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140420064545/http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/holly-valance 20 April 2014 Park Hee-von, South Korean singer (Milk) May 14 – Anahí, Mexican singer and actress May 15 – Devin Bronson, American guitarist, songwriter and producer May 21 - Robert Harvey, English singer, DJ, musician and songwriter (The Streets) May 23 - Heidi Range, English singer May 27 – Sean Douglas, American songwriter and record producer May 31 David Hernandez, American singer Michael Lynche, American singer June June 2 – Brooke White, American singer June 3 – Kelela, American singer and songwriter. June 7 – Indiggo, Romanian-born American twin sisters, singer-songwriters, and reality TV personalities June 8 – Lee Harding, Australian singer June 9 – Marina Lizorkina, Russian singer June 10 – Jason Evigan, American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. June 15 – Laura Imbruglia, Australian indie rock singer-songwriter. June 16 – Jen Majura, German guitarist, bassist and singer. June 17 Connie Fisher, British actress and singer Lee Ryan, British singer Magnus Skylstad, Norwegian musician and record producer (Frequent collaborator with Aurora) June 24 – Shermain Jeremy, Antiguan singer and beauty pageant contestant June 27 – Evan Taubenfeld, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter (Avril Lavigne) June 30 Patrick Wolf, English singer-songwriter Cheryl, former member of Girls Aloud, British singer-songwriter and television personality Jamie Morrison, English drummer (Stereophonics) July July 1 Leeteuk, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor. Marit Larsen, Norwegian musician (M2M) Jang Jin-young, South Korean singer (Black Beat) July 2 – Michelle Branch, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Wreckers) July 3 Matt Papa, American singer-songwriter July 4 Ben Jorgensen, American singer, guitarist, member of Armor For Sleep Andrew Mrotek, American drummer (The Academy Is...) Melanie Fiona, Canadian singer-songwriter July 7 – Ciara Newell, Irish singer (Bellefire) July 9 – Lucia Micarelli, American violinist and actress July 10 – Heechul, South Korean singer, songwriter July 11 Megan Marie Hart, American opera singer Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer and model (A*Teens) July 14 – Khalil Fong, Hong Kong singer/songwriter and producer (d. 2025) July 17 – Joker Xue, Chinese singer-songwriter July 18 – Aaron Gillespie, American drummer (Underoath) July 20 – Jason Chan, Hong Kong Canadian singer and actor July 21 – Eivør Pálsdóttir, Faroese singer and composer July 22 Sharni Vinson, Australian dancer, actor and television personality Arsenium, Moldovan singer (O-Zone) Jodi Albert, Irish singer (Girl Thing) (Married to Kian Egan, Worked with Shane Filan) Toya, American R&B singee July 23 – Bec Hewitt, Australian singer, dancer, and actor July 24 – Morgan Sorne, American singer-songwriter and multi-media artist July 31 – Yola, English singer-songwriter, musician, and actress August August 7 – Christian Chávez, Mexican singer and actor August 8 – Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer/songwriter August 9 – Ashley Johnson, American actress and singer August 14 – Sunidhi Chauhan, playback singer August 18 Danny!, American record producer/recording artist Mika, British singer Emma McKenna, Canadian singer-songwriter August 19 Tammin Sursok, South African-born Australian actress and singer. Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter, musician and actress. August 21 – Brody Jenner, American dj August 25 – James Righton, English musician, multi instrumentalist August 28 – Alfonso Herrera, Mexican singer and actorhttps://lifeandstyle.expansion.mx/entretenimiento/2020/11/17/entrevista-la-travesia-de-alfonso-herrera Entrevista: la travesía de Alfonso Herrera Expansión November 17, 2020 December 2, 2020 August 30 – Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor September–December September September 2 – Aimee Osbourne, English actress and singer September 12 Frank Dukes, Canadian record producer and DJFebruary 2026 Carly Smithson, Irish singerhttps://www.aaemusic.com/artist/carly-smithson/ Carly Smithson artist profile AAE Music 1 February 2026 September 14 – Amy Winehouse, English soul, jazz, blues and rnb singer-songwriter (died 2011)Sturges Fiona 25 July 2011 Amy Winehouse: Singer who won the hearts of millions but was unable to overcome her dependency on drink and drugs https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/amy-winehouse-singer-who-won-the-hearts-of-millions-but-was-unable-to-overcome-her-dependency-on-drink-and-drugs-2319847.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110919085242/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/amy-winehouse-singer-who-won-the-hearts-of-millions-but-was-unable-to-overcome-her-dependency-on-drink-and-drugs-2319847.html 19 September 2011 1 August 2024 none The Independent September 17 – Jennifer Peña, American singer and actress September 20 – A-Lin, Taiwanese singer September 25 – Donald Glover, American actor, comedian, writer, director, rapper, and DJ September 30 – T-Pain, American rapper & singer-songwriter October October 7 – Flying Lotus, American rapper and producer, founded Brainfeeder October 10 Alyson Hau, Hong Kong radio DJ Jack Savoretti, English acoustic artist (Kylie Minogue) Lzzy Hale, American singer, songwriter, and musician. (Halestorm) October 16 – Loreen, Swedish singer-songwriter and two-time winner of Eurovision Song Contest October 20 – Alona Tal, Israeli singer and actress. October 22 – Plan B, English hip-hop rapper Byul, South Korean singer 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 November 7 – Forrest Kline, American singer and songwriter (Hellogoodbye) November 10 – Miranda Lambert, American country musician November 14 Lil Boosie, American rapper Chelsea Wolfe, American singer-songwriter November 16 Fallon Bowman, South African–born guitarist (Kittie) K, South Korean singer November 17 – El Guincho, a Spanish musician, singer, and record producer November 20 – Future, American rapper November 22 – Xiao Yu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter November 23 – Tristen Gaspadarek, American singer-songwriter and musician November 24 – Adam22, American hip-hop podcaster November 27 – Nyla, Jamaican singer and songwriter (Brick & Lace) November 28 Rostam Batmanglij, American record producer, musician, singer, songwriter, and composer (Vampire Weekend) Tyler Glenn, American alternative singer (Neon Trees) December December 3 – Sherri DuPree, American singer-songwriter December 12 – Katrina Elam, American country singer-songwriter December 15 – Brooke Fraser, New Zealand singer-songwriter, musician December 17 Kosuke Saito, Japanese DJ Domino Kirke, British-American singer, doula, and actress December 29 – Jessica Andrews, American country music singer December 30 - Stevie Nicholson, Australian TV personality December 31 – Sayaka Ichii, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) Birth date unknown unknown Dan Sultan, Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter-guitarist Joseph Tawadros, Egyptian-born Australian oud virtuoso Riopy, French-born British pianist and composer RIOPY De gira con Thrive, su nuevo álbum https://whatthefrance.org/es/riopy-de-gira-con-thrive-su-nuevo-album/ What the France 29 May 2023 1 July 2024 Deaths deaths January–April deaths May–August deaths September–December deaths yes January–April deaths January January 5 – Amy Evans, operatic soprano and actress, 98 January 7 – Edith Coates, operatic mezzo-soprano, 7410.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.111776 Coates, Edith Mary (1905–1983) January 12 - Rebop Kwaku Baah, rock and jazz percussionist with Traffic and Can, 38 January 28 – Billy Fury, singer, 42 (heart attack) January 31 – Lorraine Ellison, soul singer, 51 February February 4 – Karen Carpenter, singer and drummer, 32 (cardiac arrest due to anorexia nervosa) Seiler Michael February 5, 1983 Singer Karen Carpenter Dies of Heart Failure 1, 23 Los Angeles Times February 8 Charles Kullman, operatic tenor, 80 Alfred Wallenstein, cellist, 84Folkart Burk A. Noted Conductor Albert Wallenstein Dies in N.Y. at 84 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-la-phil-alfred-wallenstein-obit-19830210-story.html Archived at the Wayback Machine. Los Angeles Times 10 February 1983 26 December 2022 13 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160313014428/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-la-phil-alfred-wallenstein-obit-19830210-story.html bot: unknown February 12 – Eubie Blake, pianist, 96Eubie Blake, Ragtime Composer, Dies 5 Days After 100th Birthday https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/13/obituaries/eubie-blake-ragtime-composer-dies-5-days-after-100th-birthday.html The New York Times February 13, 1983 December 5, 2014 Wilson John S. February 18 – Leopold Godowsky, Jr., violinist and chemist, 82 February 22 – Sir Adrian Boult, conductor, 93https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/sir-adrian-boult Sir Adrian Boult Westminster Abbey 13 May 2022 February 23 – Herbert Howells, organist and composer, 90 February 28 – Winifred Atwell, Trinidadian pianist, 69 March March 6 – Cathy Berberian, American-born mezzo-soprano and composer, heart attack, 57 March 7 Igor Markevitch, Ukrainian composer and conductor, 70 Claude Vivier, Canadian-born composer, murder, 34 William Walton, English composer, 80 April April 4 – Danny Rapp (Danny and the Juniors), 41 (suicide by gunshot).A Death on the Road. For Danny Rapp, The Hop Went On and On Philadelphia Daily News April 12, 1983 10 April 13 – Dolo Coker, jazz pianist and composer, 55 April 14 – Pete Farndon (The Pretenders), English bassist, 30 (drug overdose) April 17 – Felix Pappalardi, American producer and bassist, 43 (gunshot) April 23 – Earl Hines, American jazz pianist, 79 April 30 Muddy Waters, blues singer and guitarist, 70 (heart attack)Robert Palmer May 1, 1983 Muddy Waters, Blues Performer, Dies https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0404.html Archive.nytimes.com George Balanchine, Russian-American choreographer, 79 May–August deaths May May 23 George Bruns, film composer, 68 (heart attack)http://www.originalmmc.com/bruns.html The Original Mickey Mouse Club Show: Big George Originalmmc.com December 3, 2012 December 25, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225173857/http://www.originalmmc.com/bruns.html dead Finn Mortensen, composer and music critic, 61https://snl.no/Finn_Mortensen Finn Mortensen Store Norsk Leksikon no 27 January 2026 May 25 – Paul Quinichette, saxophonist, 67The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music Colin Larkin Guinness Publishing 1992 First 0-85112-939-0 2025 June June 2 – Stan Rogers, folk musician, 33 (smoke inhalation)http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR86-02.pdf Bureau of Accident Investigation NTSB/AAR-86/02 January 31, 1986 National Transportation Safety Board Washington, D.C. https://web.archive.org/web/20060322014736/http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR86-02.pdf March 22, 2006 usurped AirDisaster.Com June 25 – Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer, 67Alberto Ginastera Argentine composer Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alberto-Ginastera www.britannica.com 27 April 2022 en July July 4 – Claus Adam, cellist, 66 July 5 – Harry James, bandleader, 67 July 12 – Chris Wood, rock musician, 39 July 23 – Georges Auric, French composer, member of Les Six, 84 July 27 – Jerome Moross, composer, conductor and orchestrator, 69 July 30 – Howard Dietz, lyricist, 86 August August 2 – James Jamerson, bassist, 47 August 3 – Helge Bonnén, pianist and composer, 87 August 6 – Klaus Nomi, singer, 39 (complications from AIDS) August 13 – Zdeněk Liška, Czech film composer, 61https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/sep/17/film-music-revolutionary-czech-composer-zdenek-liska 'He should be known as a film music revolutionary': revitalising the legacy of Czech composer Zdeněk Liška 17 September 2025 Miloš Hroch Guardian 28 January 2026 August 14 – Omer Létourneau, pianist, organist, composer and conductor, 92 August 17 – Ira Gershwin, American lyricist, 86 August 24 – Arkady Filippenko, composer, 71 September–December September 5 John Gilpin, dancer, 53 (heart attack) Antonio Mairena, Andalusian flamenco singer, 73https://allflamenco.net/en/blog/antonio-mairena-biography-part-i/ 40 years without Antonio Mairena (Part 1) 5 September 2023 All Flamenco 28 January 2026 September 11 – Brian Lawrance, Australian bandleader, 741983-09-13 Obituary for Brian Vinrance LAWRANCE https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-obituary-for-b/175108001/ 2025-06-23 The Sydney Morning Herald 19 September 24 – Isobel Baillie, operatic soprano, 88 September 25 – Paul Jacobs, American pianist, 53 (complications from AIDS) October 16 Øivin Fjeldstad, violinist and conductor, 80 George Liberace, violinist and arranger, 72 November 3 – Alfredo Antonini, conductor, 82 November 7 – Germaine Tailleferre, composer, only female member of Les Six, 88Lindsey C. Harnsberger Essential Dictionary of Music: The Most Practical and Useful Music Dictionary for Students and Professionals Los Angeles Alfred Publishing Co. 1997 260 978-0-88284-728-3 November 15 – John Grimaldi, English keyboard player and songwriter (Argent), 28 November 19 – Tommy Evans, bassist of the rock group Badfinger, 36 (suicide) December 6 – Lucienne Boyer, French singer, 80Reuters 1983-12-08 Lucienne Boyer, a Singer; Popular in Paris in 1930's en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/08/obituaries/lucienne-boyer-a-singer-popular-in-paris-in-1930-s.html 2023-01-09 0362-4331 December 11 – Simon Laks, Polish composer and violinist, 82 December 28 – Dennis Wilson, American singer, songwriter and drummer, 39 (drowned) Death date unknown date unknown – Pat Smythe, Scottish-born jazz pianist, 59 or 60 Awards Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1983 Country Music Association Awards 1983 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1983 Charts List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1983 1983 in British music#Charts :Category:Record labels established in 1983 List of Oricon number-one singles of 1983 See also Ronald Reagan in music References Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year