Pop Culture

This Week In 1983: May 6th There’s really no need to talk about who’s sitting at #1, right? Michael Jackson and “Beat It” hold steady in the top spot for yet another week. Hall &

This Week In 1983: April 29th Only out of the top spot for a week, Michael Jackson retakes the #1 position with “Beat It”. In the bottom half of the Top Twenty, Duran Duran meets

This Week In 1983: April 23rd After seven weeks in the top spot, “Billie Jean” is dethroned by Dexys Midnight Runner and their song, “Come On Eileen”. DMR is a true One Hit Wonder here

This Week In 1983: April 8th Michael Jackson bookends the top top with “Beat It” moving into the #10 spot while “Billy Jean” still has a stranglehold on #1. Duran Duran also occupies spots on

This Week In 1983: April 1st An ultra rare phenomena, all of the top ten songs stay in the same position they were in last week (actually the top 11). I did a little research

This Week In 1983: March 25th Michael Jackson and “Billie Jean” continue their reign at #1 for the fourth consecutive week. A month before this, the album Thriller hit #1 on the Billboard album chart

This Week In 1983: March 18th As usual, we’ve got quite a few songs making the slow inevitable slide down the chart as others are still steadily climbing their way up (“Jeopardy”, “Come On Eileen”,