This Week In 1983: The Top Music of November 11, 1983 Kenny and Dolly give way to Lionel Richie as he moves into the #1 spot this week with “All Night Long (All Night)”. He’ll CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of November 4, 1983 Kenny and Dolly still sit atop the charts. Big movers this week include Culture Club (up fourteen spots), John Cougar Mellencamp (up six spots), CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of October 28, 1983 Bonnie Tyler finally drops from the top spot as Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton take over with “Islands In The Stream”. It’s a song CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of October 21, 1983 It’s Bonnie Tyler’s last week in the top spot. Meanwhile, Quiet Riot, Pat Benatar and Jackson & McCartney make big moves up the chart. CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of October 14, 1983 Big debuts on the chart this week. “Everyday People” from Joan Jett, “Everyday I Write The Book” by Elvis Costello, Pat Benatar’s “Love Is CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of October 7, 1983 Bonnie Tyler still holds down the top spot this week. She’ll be there for the entire month, in fact. We have three notable debuts CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of September 30, 1983 This week’s big movers include Lionel Richie moving into the Top 40 with “All Night Long” as does David Bowie’s latest single “Modern Love” CONTINUE READING…
There are all sorts of Halloween treats popping up on the The Retro Network. Keeping with the Halloween season the comic ads we’ll be looking at come from a horror comic book. Unfortunately the ads CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of September 23, 1983 Billy Joel moves into the top spot with “Tell Her About It”. This weeks big movers include Stevie Nicks’ new single, “If Anyone Falls” CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of September 16, 1983 We’ve Michael Sembello sitting in the top spot for a second straight week. Air Supply (“Making Love Out Of Nothing At All”) and Naked CONTINUE READING…
I originally planned to showcase ads from the Shadow of the Bat issue #1 for this installment, but when I looked through the comic the ads were less than memorable. I guess a good story CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of September 9, 1983 This week’s biggest tumble happens for David Bowie and “China Girl” (a song originally released by Iggy Pop in the late 70’s) which tumbles CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of September 2, 1983 Several big names take big tumbles this week on their way out of the countdown: Stevie Nicks, Loverboy, Duran Duran, Def Leppard all fall CONTINUE READING…
Over on the Wizards Podcast, Adam and Michael will occasionally extoll the virtues of comics with gimmick covers from the 90’s. I thought I’d dig out one such comic and see what the ads looked CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of August 26, 1983 Billy Joel and Bonnie Tyler both jump ten spots this week (to #12 and #20, respectively) while Spandau Ballet (a phrase the band saw CONTINUE READING…
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