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Way Back Wednesday: The Year End Wrap Up
1983: The Year End Wrap Up Well, kids…here we are. The final post in our year long look at the music of 1983. Several times this year, I’ve been asked why I consider 1983 as CONTINUE READING…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of December 23, 1983
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of December 23, 1983 Well, folks…here we are. The last charting week of 1983. Big jumps this week by Matthew Wilder (who climbs nine spots to land at CONTINUE READING…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of December 16, 1983
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of December 16, 1983 Not a ton of movement on the chart this week. The biggest drop of the week belongs to Michael Jackson as “P.Y.T” drops 16 CONTINUE READING…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of December 9, 1983
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of December 9, 1983 Lionel Richie finally gives up the top spot making way for Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson’s second collaboration of the year, “Say Say Say”. CONTINUE READING…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of December 2, 1983
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of December 2, 1983 We’re in the home stretch people! Only three chart weeks left in this year-long exercise. This is Lionel Richie’s last week in the top CONTINUE READING…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of November 25, 1983
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of November 25, 1983 Lionel Richie and “All Night Long” still holds strong at the top again this week as our top five song remain unchanged. As a CONTINUE READING…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of November 18, 1983
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of November 18, 1983 Lionel Richie and “All Night Long” still holds on to the top spot this week. Quiet Riot reaches their peak of #5. Even though CONTINUE READING…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of November 11, 1983
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…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of November 4, 1983
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…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of October 28, 1983
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…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of October 21, 1983
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…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of October 14, 1983
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…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of October 7, 1983
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…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of September 30, 1983
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…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of September 23, 1983
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…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of September 16, 1983
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…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of September 9, 1983
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…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of September 2, 1983
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…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of August 26, 1983
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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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of August 19, 1983
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of August 19, 1983 The biggest drop of the week belongs to Madness and “Our House” which falls seventeen spots for it’s last week on the countdown. The CONTINUE READING…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of August 12, 1983
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of August 12, 1983 There are so many great songs on this week chart. The main reason for these weekly walks through the charts is to bring attention CONTINUE READING…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of August 5th, 1983
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of Agust 5th, 1983 While there are two future number one songs sitting in the Top Ten right now, it’s going to be another month before we see CONTINUE READING…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of July 29th, 1983
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of July 29th, 1983 Our top four stay the same but The Eurythmics and “Sweet Dreams” move into the top 10 and start to make their play for CONTINUE READING…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of July 22nd, 1983
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of July 22nd, 1983 Another week at the top for The Police and “Every Breath You Take”. In fact, the top six songs remain the same this week CONTINUE READING…
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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of July 15th, 1983
This Week In 1983: The Top Music of July 15th, 1983 Our top four songs remain the same this week. Lots of little moves being made all across the chart. The biggest move is the CONTINUE READING…
