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38 unusual facts about 1983 in music


1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season

Dick Stockton narrated the video, and Irene Cara's 1983 hit single "What A Feeling" is the official theme song for the video documentary.

A Distant Shore

The track "Plain Sailing" coupled with a cover of The Monochrome Set's "Goodbye Joe" was released as a single in January 1983.

Bad Timing and Other Stories

Bad Timing and Other Stories is the second official recording by The Triffids, released as a 7" EP in April, 1983.

Blanco y Negro Records

Blanco y Negro Records (Spanish: "White and Black"), a subsidiary of WEA Records Ltd., was established in 1983 by Geoff Travis of Rough Trade Records and Mike Alway of Cherry Red.

Bollock Brothers

Always on the lookout for clever publicity, their 1983 electro version of the Sex Pistols' album Never Mind The Bollocks received critical acclaim and featured Michael Fagan, the man who famously entered the Queen's bedchamber at Buckingham Palace.

Bruiseology

Bruiseology is the second and final album by the early 1980s new wave band, The Waitresses, released in 1983.

C. W. McCall's Greatest Hits

W. McCall's Greatest Hits, as the title suggests, is a greatest hits compilation of country musician C. W. McCall's work, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music) on Polydor Records, rereleased on September 21, 1993 and containing songs from the first five out of his six albums of original music, including the ever-popular "Convoy" and its sequel, "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck".

Ceol Aduaidh

Ceol Aduaidh is the first (studio) album by Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (who would go on to found the Irish band Altan), originally released in 1983 on the Gael-Linn Records label.

Cezary Ostrowski

He is best known for his work as a leader of the critically acclaimed new wave band Bexa Lala, established in 1983.

Dancing Cat Records

Dancing Cat Records is a record label founded in 1983 by pianist George Winston to publish both his music and music in the Hawaiian slack-key guitar style.

Deep Sea Skiving

Deep Sea Skiving is the debut album by the British female vocal group Bananarama, released in 1983.

Don't Leave Me Lonely

"Don't Leave Me Lonely" is a song by the Canadian musician Bryan Adams featured on his 1983 album Cuts Like a Knife.

Dragontown

The album peaked on Billboard's "Top Independent Albums" Chart at #12, and the Billboard 200 at #197, his lowest album chart performance since 1983’s DaDa, which didn't chart at all.

Drama of Exile

The re-make was held up for two years, and was finally released in 1983 by Invisible Records.

Dungeon Tape

This tape was only sold at the Triffids’ performances in the eastern states of Australia in 1983.

Figure imposée

Figure imposée (Compulsory routine) is the fifth album by French rocker Alain Bashung, issued in 1983 on Philips Records.

Freewheel Burning

The song was a released in late 1983, several months prior to "Defenders of the Faith".

His Heart-Touching Magic

His Heart-Touching Magic is a 20-track collection of previously recorded songs by Bobby Vinton, released in 1983.

Inarticulate Speech of the Heart

Inarticulate Speech of the Heart is the fourteenth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music).

Lawyers in Love

Lawyers in Love is the seventh album by American singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music).

Let's Start a War

Let's Start a War, or Let's Start a War... (Said Maggie One Day), is the third album by the punk band The Exploited, released in 1983 through Pax Records.

Looking for the Sunshine

Looking for the Sunshine is an album by the American folk music group The Kingston Trio, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music).

Lower Manhattan

The protagonist of Billy Joel's 1983 hit "Uptown Girl" contrasts himself (a "downtown man") with the purportedly staid uptown world.

Mama Say

The song samples Michael Jackson's 1983 single "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" in the repeated line "Mama say, mama sa mama cu sa" in its chorus; the title is taken from both this sample and the song "Soul Makossa", which inspired the Jackson tune.

Nervous Shakedown

"Nervous Shakedown" is the fourth song on the AC/DC album Flick of the Switch, released in 1983.

Planet Colors

The first single from the album, "What a Feeling", features American singer Irene Cara and is a cover version of her 1983 song "Flashdance... What a Feeling".

Rant N' Rave with the Stray Cats

Rant N' Rave with the Stray Cats is the third album from the rockabilly band Stray Cats, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music).

Red London

Their first release was the "Sten Guns in Sunderland" EP in 1983 followed by the "This is England" LP in 1984.

Ron Johnson Records

Ron Johnson Records was an UK independent record label based in Long Eaton operating between 1983 and 1988.

She Works Hard for the Money

She Works Hard for the Money is the eleventh studio album by Donna Summer, released in 1983.

Somewhere in Afrika

Somewhere in Afrika is an album released in 1983 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

Swordfishtrombones

Swordfishtrombones is an album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1983.

Tales from the Lush Attic

Tales from the Lush Attic, released in 1983, was the second studio album by neo-progressive rock group IQ, following the cassette-only Seven Stories into Eight.

The Right Side

The song (along with many others) was cut from the motion picture but was used, nineteen years after Poppins premiered, in Welcome to Pooh Corner in 1983.

The Summer Collection: Greatest Hits

Mercury, another division of Polygram and a sister company to Casablanca, released that album entitled She Works Hard for the Money in 1983.

The Wind Cries Mary

"The Wind Cries Mary" and "Highway Chile" were re-released in 1983, on The Singles Album compilation.

Waylon and Company

Waylon and Company is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Records in 1983 and featuring duets with a large number of influential artists, including Hank Williams, Jr., Jessi Colter, Willie Nelson, Ernest Tubb, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed, Emmylou Harris, Tony Joe White and actor James Garner.

You Bought It – You Name It

You Bought It – You Name It is the sixth studio album by American rock musician Joe Walsh, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music).