1983 in music

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Events

• Publication of A Generative Theory of Tonal Music by Fred Lerdahl
  Fred Lerdahl
  
  Fred Lerdahl is the Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical Composition at Columbia University, and a composer and Music theory best known for his work on pitch space and cognition constraints on compositional systems or "musical grammar[s]." As a composer, Lerdahl is widely respected for his chamber works, including Time After Time, a finali...
   and Ray Jackendoff
  Ray Jackendoff
  
  Ray Jackendoff is an United States linguist. He is professor of philosophy, Seth Merrin Chair in the Humanities and, with Daniel Dennett, Co-director of the Center for Cognitive science at Tufts University....
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• February 6 - Madonna
  Madonna (entertainer)
  
  Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
   released her first ever album after signing to Warner Bros.
  Warner Bros.
  
  Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world's largest film producer of film and television.It is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City....
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• February 11 - The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones
  
  The Rolling Stones are an English rock music band formed in 1962 in London when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards....
   concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York.
• July 21 - Diana Ross
  Diana Ross
  
  Diane Ernestine "Diana" Ross is a recording artist, actress, and entertainer. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown Sound as lead singer of The Supremes before leaving for a solo career in the beginning of 1970....
   performs in Central Park
  Central Park
  
  Central Park is a large public, urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually. Most of the areas immediately adjacent to the park are known for impressive buildings and valuable real estate....
   in pouring rain; eventually the storm forces her to postpone the rest of the concert till next day.
• August 19 - Radio Caroline
  Radio Caroline
  
  Radio Caroline is a European radio station that started transmissions on Easter Sunday 1964 from a ship anchored in international waters off the coast of Felixstowe, Suffolk, England....
   broadcasts from MV Ross Revenge
  Ross Revenge
  
  The Merchant vessel Ross Revenge is a radio ship, formerly the offshore radio home of primarily Radio Caroline, but also Radio Monique and various religious broadcasters....
   with a new mast.
• Highest point of the 1981–1985 Menuditis and Menudomania all over Latin America
  Latin America
  
  Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
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• ZTT Records
  ZTT Records
  
  ZTT Records is a record label founded in 1983 by NME journalist Paul Morley, record producer Trevor Horn, producer/engineer Gary Langan and businesswoman Jill Sinclair....
   founded
• The UK singles chart
  UK Singles Chart
  
  The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
   starts to use electronic terminals in selected stores to gather sales information. The old "sales diary" method will be gradually phased out over the next few years.
• Steve, Bob and Rich (soon to become The Rainmakers) release demos for Mercury Records
  Mercury Records
  
  Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US, and are both subsidiaries of Universal Music Group....
  
• "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
  1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
  
  "1983... " is a song by American psychedelic rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience, featured on their 1968 third studio album Electric Ladyland....
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• The members of Kiss
  KISS (band)
  
  Kiss is an United States Rock music Musical ensemble formed in New York City in December 1972. Easily identified by its members' trademark face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid and late-1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, and...
   show their faces without their makeup for the first time on MTV
  MTV
  
  MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
  , simultaneous with the release of their album Lick It Up
  Lick It Up
  
  Lick It Up is an album by the United States hard rock/heavy metal music band Kiss . On the day of the album's release, Kiss appeared on MTV without their trademark makeup....
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• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich becomes the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music
  Pulitzer Prize for Music
  
  The Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943. Joseph Pulitzer did not call for such a prize in his will, but had arranged for a music scholarship to be awarded each year....
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Bands formed

• See Musical groups established in 1983

Bands disbanded

• Bauhaus
  Bauhaus (band)
  
  Bauhaus were an England Rock music band formed in Northampton in 1978. The group consisted of Peter Murphy , Daniel Ash , Kevin Haskins and David J ....
  
• Blondie
  Blondie (band)
  
  Blondie is an United States rock music band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and has so far sold over 30 million albums. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave music and punk rock scenes....
  
• Budgie
  Budgie (band)
  
  Budgie are a Wales Rock music band from Cardiff, South Glamorgan. They are widely considered as one of the first Heavy metal music bands and a seminal influence to many acts of that scene, with fast, heavy rock being played as early as 1971, preceding other influential bands such as Judas Priest....
  
• Minor Threat
  Minor Threat
  
  Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band that formed in Washington, D.C. in 1980 and disbanded in 1983. Despite being so short-lived, the band had a strong influence on the hardcore punk music scene....
  
• The Misfits
• Mission of Burma
  Mission of Burma
  
  Mission of Burma is an United States post-punk band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1979. The band was formed by Roger Miller , Clint Conley , Peter Prescott and Martin Swope ....
  
• Roxy Music
  Roxy Music
  
  Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry . The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson ....
  
• Wall of Voodoo
  Wall of Voodoo
  
  Wall of Voodoo was a Rock music musical ensemble from Los Angeles, California best known for the 1983 hit "Mexican Radio". The band had a sound that was a fusion of synthesizer-based New Wave music with the spaghetti western soundtrack style of Ennio Morricone....
   (reformed in 1985)
• The Who
  The Who
  
  The Who are an England Rock music band formed in 1964. The primary lineup was guitarist Pete Townshend, vocalist Roger Daltrey, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon....
   (reunions throughout the late 1980s and 1990s)

Bands reformed

• The Animals
  The Animals
  
  The Animals were an England music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. Known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, as exemplified by their signature songs "The House of the Rising Sun" and "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", the band balanced tough, rock music-edged pop mu...
  
• The Everly Brothers
  The Everly Brothers
  
  The Everly Brothers are brothers and top-selling country music-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing....
  

Albums released

• A Volar - Menudo
  Menudo (band)
  
  Menudo is a Puerto Rican people boy band that was formed in the 1970s by producer Edgardo Diaz, releasing their first album in 1977. The band achieved much success, especially during the 1980s, becoming the most popular Puerto Rican teen musical group of the era....
  
• Ageless Medley EP - Amy Grant
  Amy Grant
  
  Amy Lee Grant is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music....
  
• Ain't It Good to Be Free - Bo Diddley
  Bo Diddley
  
  Bo Diddley , was an original and influential American rock and roll singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was known as "The Originator" because of his key role in the transition from blues music to rock & roll, influencing a host of legendary acts including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton....
  
• Alive She Cried - The Doors
  The Doors
  
  The Doors were an United States rock music band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California by Singer Jim Morrison, keyboard instrument Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger....
  
• All for One - Raven
  Raven (band)
  
  Raven are an England Heavy metal music band associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. They had a hit with the single "On and On", and refer to their music as "athletic rock"....
  
• All the Best
  All the Best (Stiff Little Fingers album)
  
  All the Best is a Greatest hits by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1983 in music.The album consists of the A-side and B-side of all the band's Single and Extended play recorded and released between 1978 and 1983....
   - Stiff Little Fingers
  Stiff Little Fingers
  
  Stiff Little Fingers are a Punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 1977. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star , doing rock covers, until they discovered punk....
  
• American Made
  American Made
  
  American Made was the 9th album by The Oak Ridge Boys It featured yet another "crossover hit" with the song American Made, #1 on the country charts & a Hot 100 singles chart hit too....
   - The Oak Ridge Boys
  The Oak Ridge Boys
  
  The Oak Ridge Boys are a country music and gospel music group that is based in the United States. The group was founded in 1945 as the Oak Ridge Quartet....
  
• Amore
  Amore (The Hooters album)
  
  Amore is the first studio album by American rock band The Hooters and was released in 1983....
   - The Hooters
  The Hooters
  
  The Hooters are an United States rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By combining a mix of rock and roll, ska and folk music, The Hooters first gained major commercial success in the United States in the mid 1980s due to heavy radio and MTV airplay of several songs including "Day By Day," "And We Danced" and "Where Do The Children Go."...
  
• Another Perfect Day
  Another Perfect Day
  
  Another Perfect Day is the sixth album by the United Kingdom heavy metal music band Mot?rhead. The album was released in 1983 and reached number 20 in the United Kingdom charts....
   - Motörhead
  Motörhead
  
  Mot?rhead are a British hard rock band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy, who has remained the sole constant member. Usually a power trio, Mot?rhead had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles in the UK Singles Chart....
  
• Ark
  Ark (The Animals album)
  
  Ark is a reunion album released in 1983 by the original members of The Animals. It was the second, and last, reunion attempt of the original group....
   - The Animals
  The Animals
  
  The Animals were an England music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. Known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, as exemplified by their signature songs "The House of the Rising Sun" and "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", the band balanced tough, rock music-edged pop mu...
  
• Assault Attack - Michael Schenker Group
  Michael Schenker Group
  
  The Michael Schenker Group is a guitar-oriented hard rock band formed in 1979 by the former Scorpions and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker.It is best described as mostly melodic hard rock with progressive undertones....
  
• At War With Satan - Venom
  Venom (band)
  
  Venom are an English extreme metal band, formed in 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne.Considered a seminal influence for thrash metal and coming to prominence towards the end of the 'New Wave of British Heavy Metal', Venom have found little mainstream success or critical acclaim, but are widely regarded as highly influential, particularly for thei...
  
• Back to Back - Status Quo
  Status Quo
  
  Status Quo, also known as The Quo or just Quo, are an England rock music band whose music is characterized by the twelve-bar blues....
  
• Back to the Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks
  Hanoi Rocks
  
  Hanoi Rocks is a Finland Rock music band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up in 1985 due largely to the death of their drummer....
  
• Balls to the Wall
  Balls to the Wall
  
  Balls to the Wall is the fifth album by the Germany Heavy metal music band Accept, released in 1983 in Germany and 1984 in the United States....
   - Accept
  Accept
  
  Accept were a Germany Heavy metal music band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled in the early 1970s by Udo Dirkschneider. They played an important role in the development of speed metal and Teutonic thrash metal, being part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s along with bands such as He...
  
• Bark at the Moon
  Bark at the Moon
  
  Bark at the Moon is a Heavy metal music album by Ozzy Osbourne, released on December 10, 1983. This album features former Mickey Ratt, Rough Cutt, and Dio guitarist Jake E....
   - Ozzy Osbourne
  Ozzy Osbourne
  
  John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is a Grammy Award winning England singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering English heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-RIAA certification solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre....
  
• Before Hollywood
  Before Hollywood
  
  Before Hollywood was released in May 1983 in the United Kingdom on Rough Trade Records, an independent music record label. It was The Go-Betweens' second album....
   - The Go-Betweens
  The Go-Betweens
  
  The Go-Betweens were an internationally influential indie rock band from Australia, formed by guitarists Robert Forster and Grant McLennan in Brisbane in 1977....
  
• Behind the Scenes - Reba McEntire
  Reba McEntire
  
  Reba Nell McEntire is an United States country music singer, performer and actress. Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country", she is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads....
  
• Believer
  Believer (album)
  
  Believer is the seventh studio album by American Rhythm and blues band Chic , their last for the Atlantic Records label, and the last featuring the classic line-up of Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, Alfa Anderson, Luci Martin, and Tony Thompson....
   - Chic
  Chic (band)
  
  Chic is an United States disco and R&B band that was formed in 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bass guitar Bernard Edwards. It is best-known for its commercially successful disco songs, including "Dance, Dance, Dance " , "Everybody Dance" , "Le Freak" , "I Want Your Love " , "Good Times " , and "My Forbidden Lover" ....
  
• Bent Out of Shape
  Bent Out of Shape
  
  Bent out of Shape was the last studio album released by Rainbow before Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover took part in the Deep Purple reformation....
   - Rainbow
  Rainbow (band)
  
  Rainbow were a hard rock and Heavy metal music band formed by former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975 in music. In addition to Blackmore, the band originally consisted of former Elf members; lead singer Ronnie James Dio , keyboardist Mickey Lee Soule, bassist Craig Gruber, and drummer Gary Driscoll....
  
• The Blasting Concept
  The Blasting Concept
  
  The Blasting Concept was a compilation released in 1983 on SST Records. It was followed by a The_Blasting_Concept_vol._2 in 1985....
   - Various Artists
• Born Again - Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath
  
  Black Sabbath are an English Rock music band. Formed in Birmingham in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward , the band has since experienced multiple lineup changes, with a total of twenty-two former members....
  
• Branigan 2
  Branigan 2
  
  Branigan 2 is the second album by singer Laura Branigan, released in 1983 .The first single released from this album was "Solitaire ", which started climbing the charts in the spring of 1983....
   - Laura Branigan
  Laura Branigan
  
  Laura Branigan was an American singer-songwriter and actor of Irish American ancestry. She is best known for her Top-10 hit "Self Control" , her biggest hit from the Platinum album of the same name....
  
• Break Out - The Pointer Sisters
• Breaking the Chain - Dokken
  Dokken
  
  Dokken is an United States Heavy metal music and hard rock band that was formed in 1978. The group accumulated numerous charting singles and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide....
  
• Built to Destroy - The Michael Schenker Group
• Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat
  Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat
  
  Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat is the sixth overall release from American hardcore punk band The Minutemen ....
   - Minutemen
  Minutemen (band)
  
  The Minutemen were an United States punk rock band formed in San Pedro, California, California in 1980. Comprising guitarist D. Boon, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley, the Minutemen recorded four albums and eight extended play before Boon's unexpected death in December 1985....
  
• Canterbury
  Canterbury (album)
  
  Canterbury is an album by Diamond Head . This is Diamond Head's third album. The album was recorded and released in 1983, reaching Number 32 on the UK Album Chart....
   - Diamond Head
  Diamond Head (band)
  
  Diamond Head are a United Kingdom heavy metal music band formed in 1976 in Stourbridge, England. They were one of the leading members of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and are acknowledged by later bands like Metallica and Megadeth as an important early influence....
  
• Can't Slow Down - Lionel Richie
  Lionel Richie
  
  Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. is an Academy Award and Grammy award-winning United States singer, songwriter, record producer who has sold more than 100 million records....
  
• Cargo
  Cargo (album)
  
  Cargo is the second album by Australian band Men at Work, released in 1983. . Rolling Stone magazine noted that while it lacked a blockbuster hit, "song for song, it is a stronger overall effort than Business as Usual ." ...
   - Men at Work
  Men at Work
  
  Men at Work were an Australian reggae-influenced rock music band which achieved international success in the 1980s. They are the only Australian artists to have a #1 album and single simultaneously in the United States ....
  
• A Christmas Album - Amy Grant
  Amy Grant
  
  Amy Lee Grant is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music....
  
• Colour by Numbers
  Colour by Numbers
  
  Colour by Numbers is an album by New Wave music band Culture Club, released in 1983 . It featured several international hits such as "Church of the Poison Mind" and the worldwide hit "Karma Chameleon" which had sales of over one million in the United Kingdom alone....
   - Culture Club
  Culture Club
  
  Culture Club were a Grammy Award-winning United Kingdom Pop music group that formed in the early 1980s. The band consisted of Boy George , Mikey Craig , Roy Hay , and Jon Moss ....
  
• Confrontation
  Confrontation (album)
  
  Confrontation is a roots reggae album by Bob Marley & the Wailers, released posthumously in May 1983, two years after Marley's death. The songs on this album were compiled from unreleased material and singles recorded during Marley's lifetime....
   - Bob Marley and the Wailers
• Confusion Is Sex
  Confusion Is Sex
  
  Confusion Is Sex is Sonic Youth's first full length album, originally released in 1983. It was reissued in 1995 on Geffen Records with extra tracks from the Kill Yr Idols EP....
   - Sonic Youth
  Sonic Youth
  
  Sonic Youth is an American rock music rock band formed in New York City in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Mark Ibold and Steve Shelley ....
  
• Construction Time Again
  Construction Time Again
  
  Construction Time Again is the third studio album by the British synthpop band Depeche Mode, released in 1983. This was the first Depeche Mode album with Alan Wilder, who composed the songs "Two Minute Warning" and "The Landscape Is Changing" ....
   - Depeche Mode
  Depeche Mode
  
  Depeche Mode is an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. The group's original line-up was Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke ....
  
• The Crossing
  The Crossing (album)
  
  The Crossing is the first studio album released by Scottish band Big Country. In 2002, Mercury released a remastered and expanded version of The Crossing which included the US-only Wonderland extended play and a single version of "Chance."...
   - Big Country
  Big Country
  
  Big Country were a Rock band from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, popular in the early to mid-1980s but still releasing material for a cult following....
  
• Cuts Like a Knife
  Cuts Like a Knife
  
  Cuts Like a Knife is the third studio album by the Canadian Rock music artist Bryan Adams. Released on 18 January 1983 through A&M Records, the album became a huge commercial success in Canada at its time of release, while outside Canada and the United States the album did poorly....
   - Bryan Adams
  Bryan Adams
  
  Bryan Adams, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Canada Rock music singer-songwriter and photographer. Rolling Stone magazine describes Adams as having an ?unerring gift for radio-friendly pop hooks" and in 1992, Adams won the Grammy Awards of 1992, for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" fo...
  
• DaDa
  Dada
  
  Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Z?rich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature?poetry, art manifestoes, aesthetics?theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art...
   - Alice Cooper
  Alice Cooper
  
  Alice Cooper is an American rock music singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, and boa constrictors, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal music, and garage rock to create a theatrical brand of rock musi...
  
• Dagger and Guitar - Sort Sol
  Sort Sol
  
  Sort Sol is a pioneer Rock and roll band from Copenhagen, Denmark. The band was formed in 1977 in music as a punk rock outfit, originally under the name Sods....
  
• Dazzle Ships
  Dazzle Ships (album)
  
  Dazzle Ships is the fourth album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1983.The title and cover art alluded to a painting by vorticist artist Edward Wadsworth based on dazzle camouflage....
   - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
  Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
  
  Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are a synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, England. OMD record for Virgin Records ....
  
• Dancing for Mental Health - Will Powers
  Will Powers
  
  Will Powers was the stage name used by celebrity photographer, Lynn Goldsmith, when she created a self help comedy music album. The album, entitled Dancing for Mental Health, uses affirmations set to music to poke fun at the self help entrepeners who "build the listener's inner self and encourage personal growth through the thoug...
   (actually Lynn Goldsmith)
• Deep Sea Skiving
  Deep Sea Skiving
  
  Deep Sea Skiving is the debut album by the British female vocal group Bananarama, released in 1983 in music. The album peaked at no.7 on the UK album chart and was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry....
   - Bananarama
  Bananarama
  
  Bananarama are an United Kingdom girl group who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Although there have been line-up changes during the years, the group enjoyed its most popular success as a trio, made up of lifelong friends Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin....
  
• Deliver
  Deliver (Oak Ridge Boys album)
  
  Deliver was the 10th album by the Oak Ridge Boys...
   - Oak Ridge Boys
• Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain
  Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain
  
  Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain is the tenth solo album by Kevin Ayers, a founding member of Soft Machine....
   - Kevin Ayers
  Kevin Ayers
  
  Kevin Ayers is an English songwriter and major influential force in the English psychedelic movement. John Peel wrote in his autobiography that "Kevin Ayers' talent is so acute you could perform major eye surgery with it."...
  
• Drastic Measures
  Drastic Measures
  
  Drastic Measures is the ninth studio album, and tenth album overall, by United States rock music band Kansas , released in 1983 .The shift in direction that Kansas took with Vinyl Confessions took its toll before recording began on this album....
   - Kansas
  Kansas (band)
  
  Kansas is an United States progressive rock band which became a popular arena rock group in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind"....
  
• Dreamgirls
  Dreamgirls
  
  Dreamgirls is a Broadway theatre musical theater, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. Based upon the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others, Dreamgirls follows the story of a young female singing trio from Chicago, Illinoi...
   - Original Broadway Cast Album
• Electric Universe - Earth, Wind & Fire
  Earth, Wind & Fire
  
  Earth, Wind & Fire is an United States R&B band led by Maurice White. Formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969, they are known for a number of hit singles, including "Shining Star " and "September ", for their fusion of Latin music, Funk, Soul Music, Jazz, Pop Music, rock music and other genres into one unique sound and the dynamic sound of their...
  
• Eliminator - ZZ Top
  ZZ Top
  
  ZZ Top is an American Rock music trio formed in late 1969 in Houston, Texas, United States. The group members are Billy Gibbons , Dusty Hill , and Frank Beard ....
  
• Europe
  Europe (album)
  
  Europe is the first studio album by the Sweden hard rock band Europe . It was released on February 24, 1983, by Hot Records....
   - Europe
  Europe (band)
  
  Europe is a Sweden Rock music band formed in Upplands V?sby in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest and guitarist John Norum. Although widely associated with glam metal, the band's sound incorporates heavy metal music and hard rock elements....
  
• The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect
  The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect
  
  The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect is Todd Rundgren's tenth studio album, released in 1983. The album is a return to the pop sound Rundgren is generally most lauded for by critics....
   - Todd Rundgren
  Todd Rundgren
  
  Todd Harry Rundgren , is an United States musician, singer-songwriter and record producer....
  
• Everything Went Black
  Everything Went Black
  
  Everything Went Black is a compilation album by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag , released in 1983. It comprises early songs recorded before Henry Rollins became the band's vocalist in 1981, and released initially without the band's name on its cover, due to their lawsuit with Music Corporation of America....
   - Black Flag
  Black Flag (band)
  
  Black Flag was an American punk rock band formed in 1977 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established largely as the brainchild of Greg Ginn: the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes....
  
• Everywhere at Once - The Plimsouls
  The Plimsouls
  
  The Plimsouls are an United States Rock music Musical ensemble formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1978....
  
• Even the Strong Get Lonely - Tammy Wynette
  Tammy Wynette
  
  Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an United States and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
  
• Eyes That See in the Dark
  Eyes That See in the Dark
  
  Eyes That See in the Dark is an album by Kenny Rogers first released by RCA Records in 1983....
   - Kenny Rogers
  Kenny Rogers
  
  Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is an United States country music singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.He has been very successful, charting more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the United States alone....
  
• Fall In a Hole
  Fall In a Hole
  
  Fall In A Hole is a live album by The Fall , released in 1983 on the Flying Nun Records label of New Zealand. Whilst the group have released many live albums in their long career, this one is notable for its length, its initial rarity and for being their only live release to feature in 2 separate reissue programmes....
   - The Fall
• Fantastic
  Fantastic (album)
  
  Fantastic was the debut album by British pop duo Wham!. Released on July 9, 1983, it reached #1 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland charts....
   - Wham!
  WHAM!
  
  Wham! was a pop music band formed in 1981 by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. It was briefly known in the United States as Wham!-UK because of a naming conflict with another band....
   (US)
• Fastway - Fastway
  Fastway (band)
  
  Fastway are a heavy metal music band formed by guitarist, Eddie Clarke, formerly of Mot?rhead, and bassist, Pete Way, formerly of UFO ....
  
• Faster Than the Speed of Night
  Faster Than the Speed of Night
  
  Faster Than the Speed of Night is an album by Bonnie Tyler released in 1983. Her fifth album, and her most successful, it includes her UK and US no.1 hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart"....
   - Bonnie Tyler
  Bonnie Tyler
  
  Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh people Rock music singer. Born Gaynor Hopkins, she is recognisable by her highly distinctive, husky voice....
  
• Fearless - Nina Hagen
  Nina Hagen
  
  Nina Hagen is a singer from East Berlin, Germany....
  
• Feast - The Creatures
  The Creatures
  
  The Creatures were an musical act formed in 1981 as a side-project for Siouxsie & the Banshees members Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie . They recorded music more based on percussion....
  
• Feel My Soul - Jennifer Holliday
  Jennifer Holliday
  
  Jennifer-Yvette Holliday is a two-time Grammy Award-winning United States singer and actress. She started her career on Broadway theatre in musicals such as Dreamgirls, and later became a successful recording artist....
  
• Feline
  Feline (album)
  
  Feline was the seventh studio album by the Stranglers and was released in the new year of 1983 ."Feline" drew heavily on two of the dominant musical influences in Europe of the time, by using only acoustic guitars and electronic drums....
   - The Stranglers
  The Stranglers
  
  The Stranglers are an England Rock and roll group, formed on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey.Scoring a string of UK top ten hits, including "Golden Brown", "No More Heroes " and "Peaches " and UK top forty hits spanning four decades, the Stranglers originally built a following alongside the mid-'70s pub rock scene....
  
• The Final Cut
  The Final Cut (album)
  
  The Final Cut is a rock album by Pink Floyd recorded at various studios in the United Kingdom from July to December 1982. It is the last Pink Floyd studio album to feature the band's bass guitar and primary songwriter Roger Waters....
   - Pink Floyd
  Pink Floyd
  
  Pink Floyd are an English Rock music band who initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock and space rock music, and later, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music....
  
• 1st - Streets
  Streets (band)
  
  Streets was a band made up of singer Steve Walsh , guitarist Mike Slamer, bassist Billy Greer, and drummer Tim Gehrt.Steve Walsh had also been in the band Kansas and Mike Slamer has been in several other bands, including Britain's City Boy....
  
• The First Flower
  The First Flower
  
  The First Floweris Play Dead 's debut album, recorded at the Jungle Records studio in March 1983. Originally titled "The First Flower: A Six Track Album," this album came totally unexpected as the group had disappeared since their last record company Fresh Records had gone under....
   - Play Dead
• The First Four Years
  The First Four Years
  
  The First Four Years was a compilation of early songs by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag recorded before Henry Rollins became the band's vocalist in 1981....
   - Black Flag
  Black Flag (band)
  
  Black Flag was an American punk rock band formed in 1977 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established largely as the brainchild of Greg Ginn: the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes....
  
• First Offence - Corey Hart
  Corey Hart
  
  Corey Mitchell Hart is a Grammy Award-nominated List of Canadian musicians. He was raised in Montreal, Spain, Mexico City, Mexico, and Key Biscayne, Florida, and was raised solely by his mother from the age of 10 ....
  
• Flashdance
  Flashdance (soundtrack)
  
  Flashdance is the soundtrack to the 1983 United States musical film and romance film Flashdance, produced by Don Simpsonand Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri....
  (soundtrack) - Various Artists
• Flick of the Switch
  Flick of the Switch
  
  Flick of the Switch is the ninth album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, recorded shortly after their European Tour at the beginning of 1983....
  - AC/DC
  AC/DC
  
  AC/DC are an Australian rock music rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm Young and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock, and considered pioneers of heavy metal music, they have always classified their music as "rock and roll"....
  
• Forged in Fire - Anvil
  Anvil (band)
  
  Anvil are a Canadian Heavy Metal music band.The roots of Anvil began in April 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, when high school friends Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner began playing music together....
  
• Fortune 410
  Fortune 410
  
  Fortune 410 is the fourth solo album by United States rock music singer Donnie Iris, released in 1983 ....
  - Donnie Iris
  Donnie Iris
  
  Donnie Iris is an United States rock musician known for his work with The Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s, and for his solo albums during the 1980s....
  
• Frontiers
  Frontiers (album)
  
  Frontiers, Journey 's eighth album, was released in February 1983 on the Columbia Records label. It is Journey's second best selling album, behind Escape....
  - Journey
  Journey (band)
  
  Journey is an United States Rock music Musical ensemble formed in San Francisco, California, California in 1973. The band has gone through several phases since its inception by former members of Santana ....
  
• Genesis - Genesis
  Genesis (band)
  
  Genesis are an English rock music band formed in 1967. With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide, Genesis are among the top 30 List of best-selling music artists....
  
• G Force
  G force
  
  The term g-force refers to a measure of the apparent acceleration acting on a body measured in multiples of the sea level acceleration due to gravity on Earth....
  - Kenny G
  Kenny G
  
  Kenneth Gorelick , better known by his stage name Kenny G, is a Grammy winning American saxophonist. His fourth album, Duotones, brought him breakthrough success in 1986....
  
• Good Love & Heartbreak - Tammy Wynette
  Tammy Wynette
  
  Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an United States and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
  
• Greatest Hits Vol. II - Barry Manilow
  Barry Manilow
  
  Barry Manilow is an United States singer-songwriter, musician, arrangement, record producer and conducting, best known for such recordings as "I Write the Songs", "Mandy ", "Weekend in New England" and "Copacabana "....
  
• Hand of Kindness
  Hand of Kindness
  
  Hand Of Kindness is an album by Richard Thompson recorded and released in 1983.After the "Tour From Hell" to promote Shoot Out The Lights Richard Thompson resumed a solo career as a recording and performing artist....
  - Richard Thompson
• Head over Heels - Cocteau Twins
  Cocteau Twins
  
  Cocteau Twins was a Scottish band active from 1979 to 1997....
  
• Headhunter
  Headhunter (album)
  
  Headhunter is the Heavy metal music band Krokus ' seventh album, and was released in 1983. It achieved platinum album status in the United States, and was a gold album in Canada and Switzerland....
  - Krokus
  Krokus (band)
  
  Krokus is a hard rock/heavy metal music band from Switzerland.Krokus was founded in Solothurn in 1974 by bassist and guitarist Tommy Kiefer....
  
• Heart to Heart - Merle Haggard
  Merle Haggard
  
  Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
  
• Hearts and Bones
  Hearts and Bones
  
  Hearts and Bones is a 1983 rock album by Paul Simon. It is his fifth album in his solo career.The album was originally intended to be a Simon & Garfunkel reunion album called Think Too Much, following their The Concert in Central Park in 1981, and the world tour of 1982 - 1983....
  - Paul Simon
  Paul Simon
  
  Paul Frederic Simon is an United States singer-songwriter and musician, perhaps best known for his partnership with Art Garfunkel in the duo Simon & Garfunkel....
  
• Hello Big Man
  Hello Big Man
  
  Hello Big Man is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's 12th album, and 11th studio album, released in 1983 in music. It is also her last album for Warner Bros....
  - Carly Simon
  Carly Simon
  
  Carly Elisabeth Simon is an United States singer-songwriter, actress, writer of children's books and musician. Simon has risen to fame with Hit single that have nominated or won many Grammy Awards for her over a period of several decades....
  
• Hello, I Must Be Going!
  Hello, I Must Be Going! (album)
  
  Hello, I Must Be Going! is the second studio album by England singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It was originally released November 1, 1982 and a Compact disc version released in 1988....
  - Phil Collins
  Phil Collins
  
  Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, Royal Victorian Order, is an England singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as the lead singer and drummer of England progressive rock group Genesis and as a Grammy Award and Academy Award-winning solo artist....
  
• High Land, Hard Rain
  High Land, Hard Rain
  
  High Land, Hard Rain was the debut album by indie pop band Aztec Camera, released in 1983. Three tracks from the album originally appeared on the Oblivious Extended Play which reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1983....
  - Aztec Camera
  Aztec Camera
  
  Aztec Camera were a Scotland New Wave music musical ensemble from Glasgow. They were a sensitive, tuneful pop music band formed in 1980 and centered around the then adolescence singer-songwriter, Roddy Frame....
  
• Hootenanny
  Hootenanny (album)
  
  Hootenanny was the second album by The Replacements. It was recorded from October 1982 to January 1983 at Blackberry Way Studios, and at Stark/Mudge Mobile Unit warehouse, Brooklyn Center, Roseville, Minnesota It was released on April 29, 1983 ....
  - The Replacements
  The Replacements
  
  The Replacements were an American rock music band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota in 1979. The band was composed of guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bassist Tommy Stinson, and drummer Chris Mars for most of their career....
  
• Holy Diver
  Holy Diver
  
  Holy Diver is American heavy metal music band Dio's debut album....
  - Dio
• The Hurting
  The Hurting
  
  The Hurting is the debut album by United Kingdom pop music band Tears for Fears. It was released on March 7, 1983, and peaked at no.1 on the UK Album Chart....
  - Tears for Fears
  Tears for Fears
  
  Tears for Fears are an England pop rock band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the Mod -influenced Graduate , they were initially associated with the New Wave music synthesizer bands of the early 1980s, but later branched out into mainstream rock and pop which led to...
   (debut)
• I Put Away My Idols - Dion DiMucci
• Ich halt zu Dir
  Ich halt zu Dir
  
  Ich halt zu Dir is the twelfth studio album released by Germany Schlager group Die flippers. This proved to be an unsuccessful album and the group's record sales continued to drop after the release of Ich halt zu Dir....
  - Die Flippers
  Die Flippers
  
  Die Flippers are a Germany Schlager group formed in 1964. They are one of the most successful Schlager groups of all time, and have been constantly recording and releasing new music since their self-titled debut album was released in 1970....
  
• Imagination - Helen Reddy
  Helen Reddy
  
  Helen Reddy is an Australian/American singer-songwriter. She has won a Grammy Award, been a theatrical stage performer appearing on Broadway theatre, an actress in feature films and credited with writing and singing one of the most iconic and culturally significant songs of the 1970s, "I Am Woman"....
  
• In Heat - The Romantics
  The Romantics
  
  The Romantics are an United States rock music band from Detroit, Michigan. The band adopted the name "The Romantics" because they formed on Valentine's Day, 1977....
  
• Inarticulate Speech of the Heart
  Inarticulate Speech of the Heart
  
  Inarticulate Speech of the Heart is an album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1983 .Morrison said he arrived at the title from a Shavian saying: "that idea of communicating with as little articulation as possible, at the same time being emotionally articulate"....
  - Van Morrison
  Van Morrison
  
  George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....
  
• Infidels
  Infidels
  
  Infidels is Bob Dylan's 22nd studio album, released in 1983 by Columbia Records.Produced by Mark Knopfler and Dylan himself, Infidels is seen as his return to secular music, following a conversion to Christianity and three evangelism, Gospel music records....
  - Bob Dylan
• Into Glory Ride
  Into Glory Ride
  
  Into Glory Ride is Manowar 's second heavy metal music album and the first to feature drummer Scott Columbus....
  - Manowar
• Into the Unknown
  Into the Unknown
  
  Into the Unknown is the second album by Bad Religion, which was released in 1983.The album was a major change from their previous style, delving into progressive rock heavy in Keyboard instruments, though it wasn't at all popular as fans at the time were confused by the sudden style shift....
  - Bad Religion
  Bad Religion
  
  Bad Religion is an United States punk band, founded in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley , Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz and Jay Ziskrout ....
  
• Introducing The Style Council
  Introducing The Style Council
  
  Introducing The Style Council is the first album by the band The Style Council, released in 1983. The album was released only in Holland and Japan, but the European release was heavily imported to the United Kingdom....
  - The Style Council
  The Style Council
  
  The Style Council were an England musical group formed in 1983 by ex-The Jam singer and guitarist Paul Weller with keyboardist Mick Talbot. The permanent lineup grew to include drummer Steve White and Weller's then-wife, vocalist Dee C....
  
• Japanese Whispers
  Japanese Whispers
  
  Japanese Whispers: The Cure Singles Nov 82:Nov 83 is a compilation album by United Kingdom new wave music musical group The Cure. It was released in late 1983 by their record company, Fiction Records....
  - The Cure
  The Cure
  
  The Cure are an English Rock music band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several lineup changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member....
  
• Johnny 99
  Johnny 99
  
  Johnny 99 is an album by United States country music singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1983 . It is notable for including two covers of Bruce Springsteen songs, "Highway Patrolman" and "Johnny 99 "....
  - Johnny Cash
  Johnny Cash
  
  Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
  
• Kill 'Em All
  Kill 'Em All
  
  Kill 'Em All is the debut album by American heavy metal music band Metallica. The album was recorded in only two weeks on a small budget. Only 1500 copies were initially printed, however it has now been certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA, selling over 3 million copies in the U.S....
  - Metallica
  Metallica
  
  Metallica is an American heavy metal music band that formed in 1981 in Los Angeles. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists....
   (Debut)
• Kilroy Was Here
  Kilroy Was Here (album)
  
  Kilroy Was Here is a rock opera/concept album by the Rock music band Styx . It was released in February 1983. The title comes from a famous graffiti saying "Kilroy was here"....
  - Styx
  Styx (band)
  
  Styx is an American Rock band. Their hit songs have included "Come Sail Away", "Mr. Roboto", "Babe ", "Lady ", "Blue Collar Man" and "The Best of Times ." Styx is the first band to have four consecutive albums certified multi-platinum by the RIAA....
  
• Klass
  Klass (album)
  
  Klass is a compilation by Bad Manners, released in 1983....
  - Bad Manners
  Bad Manners
  
  Bad Manners are an England Second Wave ska revival musical ensemble. They quickly became the novelty favourites of the fad through their bald, enormous-bodied frontman's silly on-stage antics, earning early exposure through their Top of The Pops TV exploits and an appearance in the live film documentary, Dance Craze....
  
• The Kitchen Tapes - The Raincoats
  The Raincoats
  
  The Raincoats are a post-punk band and were formed in 1977 in music by Ana da Silva and Gina Birch while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England....
  
• Labour of Love - UB40
  UB40
  
  UB40 are a United Kingdom reggae band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. Featuring the same line-up of 8 musicians from 1978-2008, the band placed more than 50 singles on the UK charts, and achieved considerable international success as well....
  
• Legendary Hearts
  Legendary Hearts
  
  Legendary Hearts is a 1983 album by rock and roll musician Lou Reed. It was dedicated to Reed's wife, Sylvia....
  - Lou Reed
  Lou Reed
  
  Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock music musician best known as the guitarist, Singing and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground as well as a successful solo artist whose career has spanned several decades....
  
• Lesson Well Learned EP - Armored Saint
  Armored Saint
  
  Armored Saint is a Los Angeles, United States, based Heavy metal band....
  
• Let's Dance - David Bowie
  David Bowie
  
  David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
  
• Let's Start A War (Said Maggie One Day) - The Exploited
  The Exploited
  
  The Exploited are a Scotland punk band from the UK82, formed in 1979.They started out as an Oi! band, before transforming into a faster street punk and hardcore punk band....
  
• Lick It Up
  Lick It Up
  
  Lick It Up is an album by the United States hard rock/heavy metal music band Kiss . On the day of the album's release, Kiss appeared on MTV without their trademark makeup....
  - Kiss
  KISS (band)
  
  Kiss is an United States Rock music Musical ensemble formed in New York City in December 1972. Easily identified by its members' trademark face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid and late-1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, and...
  
• Life
  Life (Thin Lizzy album)
  
  Life is a double live album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1983. . This double album was recorded during their farewell tour in 1983, principally at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, UK....
  - Thin Lizzy
  Thin Lizzy
  
  Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Republic of Ireland in 1969. The band were led throughout their recording career by Bass guitar, songwriter and singer Phil Lynott, and are best known for their songs "Whiskey in the Jar", "Jailbreak " and "The Boys Are Back in Town", all major international hits still played regula...
  
• Live from Earth
  Live from Earth
  
  Live from Earth is the first live album from Pat Benatar and was released in 1983. It also contains two studio tracks, "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Lipstick Lies", and these were produced by Pat Benatar#The band and Peter Coleman....
  - Pat Benatar
  Pat Benatar
  
  Pat Benatar is a four-time Grammy Award-winning United States singer best known for hit songs like "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"....
  
• Lost in the Feeling - Conway Twitty
  Conway Twitty
  
  Conway Twitty was one of the United States most successful country music artists during the 20th century. Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early rock and roll, R&B, and Pop music....
  
• The Luxury Gap - Heaven 17
  Heaven 17
  
  Heaven 17 are a British synthpop band originating from the city of Sheffield in the early 1980s....
  
• Madness
  Madness (album)
  
  Madness is a self-titled compilation album by the United Kingdom ska/pop band Madness . It was released exclusively in the United States in 1983 in order to capitalize on the success of their hit single "Our House " from the 1982 album The Rise & Fall , which had not been available in the United States....
  - Madness
  Madness (band)
  
  Madness are an English Pop music/ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976. As of 2008, the band have continued to perform with their most recognised lineup of seven members, although their lineup has varied slightly over the years....
   (US only compilation)
• Madonna
  Madonna (Madonna album)
  
  Madonna is the debut album by United States singer-songwriter Madonna , released on July 27, 1983 by Sire Records. The album was re-released in 1985 for the European market and re-packaged as Madonna - The First Album....
  - Madonna
  Madonna (entertainer)
  
  Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
  
• Mean Streak - Y&T
  Y&T
  
  Y&T is an United States hard rock/Heavy metal music formed in 1974. They hail from the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The band released two studio albums on London Records as Yesterday & Today in the 1970s, before shortening their name to Y&T and releasing several albums on A&M Records beginning in 1981, as well as albums on Geffen...
  
• Merry Twistmas - Conway Twitty
• Metal Circus
  Metal Circus
  
  Metal Circus is an Extended play by H?sker D?, released in 1983. As one of their early Gramophone record, it was largely rooted in the band's initial hardcore punk style....
  - Hüsker Dü
  Hüsker Dü
  
  H?sker D? was an United States punk rock band formed in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota in 1979. The band's continual members were guitarist Bob Mould, bass guitar Greg Norton, and drummer Grant Hart....
  
• Metal Health
  Metal Health
  
  Metal Health was the breakthrough album for the American Heavy metal music band Quiet Riot and their first record without guitarist Randy Rhoads....
  - Quiet Riot
  Quiet Riot
  
  Quiet Riot was an United States Heavy metal music band whose 1983 US Festival appearance helped to solidify metal's image. They are best known for their hit singles "Cum on Feel the Noize" and "Metal Health ." They were founded in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni, under the name Mach 1....
   (American debut)
• Metal Magic
  Metal Magic
  
  Metal Magic is the first album by the heavy metal music band Pantera, released in 1983 . Like the band's next three releases, this album was musically oriented toward a hard rock/Heavy metal music sound influenced by Kiss and Van Halen, rather than the groove metal style they became famous for playing in the 1990s, starting with the rel...
  - Pantera
  Pantera
  
  Pantera was an American heavy metal music band from Arlington, Texas, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Diamond Darrell , then known as Diamond Darrell, in 1981....
   (Debut)
• Michael Bolton
  Michael Bolton (album)
  
  Michael Bolton's self-titled first recording on Columbia Records in 1983 was his first album recorded under the stage name "Michael Bolton".It features then future Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick on guitar on two songs....
  - Michael Bolton
  Michael Bolton
  
  Michael Bolton , is an United States singer-songwriter and a former heavy metal music singer, best known for his soft rock ballads and tenor vocals....
  
• Midnight at the Lost and Found
  Midnight at the Lost and Found
  
  Midnight at the Lost and Found is a 1983 album by Meat Loaf. This was the last album that Meat Loaf did with the record label Epic until the 1998 release of The Very Best of Meat Loaf....
  - Meat Loaf
  Meat Loaf
  
  Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an United States rock music musician and actor of theatre and film. He is noted for the Bat out of Hell album trilogy that he created consisting of Bat out of Hell, Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell and Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, and several fa...
  
• Mommy's Little Monster
  Mommy's Little Monster
  
  Mommy's Little Monster is the first album released by United States punk rock band Social Distortion, which was released in 1983 .The album was critically-acclaimed but was, however, not commercially successful....
  - Social Distortion
  Social Distortion
  
  Social Distortion is an United States rock music band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California, Orange County, California, California. The band currently consists of Mike Ness , Jonny Wickersham , Brent Harding and Charlie Quintana ....
  
• Murmur
  Murmur (album)
  
  Murmur is the debut album by the United States alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 1983 on I.R.S. Records. Murmur drew critical acclaim upon its release for its sound, defined by singer Michael Stipe's cryptic lyrics and guitarist Peter Buck's jangly guitar style....
  - R.E.M.
  R.E.M.
  
  R.E.M. is an American Rock music band formed in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , in 1980 by Michael Stipe , Peter Buck , Mike Mills , and Bill Berry ....
   (full length debut)
• Neruda
  Neruda (album)
  
  Neruda is the third studio album by the Canada rock music band Red Rider, released in 1983 . The album was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Toronto, Ontario....
  - Red Rider
  Red Rider
  
  Red Rider was a Canada Rock music band popular in the 1980s. While the band achieved great success in Canada, in the United States, the band never had a song in the Top 40....
  
• Never Let You Go
  Never Let You Go (album)
  
  Never Let You Go is a 1983 album by Rita Coolidge and was released on the A&M Records label. The album originally did not contain the song "All Time High" from the movie Octopussy....
  - Rita Coolidge
  Rita Coolidge
  
  Rita Coolidge is a Grammy Award winning United States singing. She is of Cherokee Native Americans in the United States and Scotland descent....
  
• Never Surrender
  Never Surrender (Triumph album)
  
  Never Surrender is the sixth studio album by Canada hard rock band Triumph , released in 1983. The album reached #26 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart assisted by the singles "All the Way", "A World of Fantasy" and "Never Surrender" which hit #2, #3 and #23, respectively, on the Mainstream Rock chart of 1983....
  - Triumph
  Triumph (band)
  
  Triumph is a Canada hard rock band that was popular in the late 1970s through the 1980s. Eight of the band's albums were certified gold or higher, and Triumph was nominated for multiple Juno Awards, including Group of the Year Award in 1979, 1985, 1986 and 1987....
  
• Next Position Please
  Next Position Please
  
  Next Position Please is a studio album by Cheap Trick, produced by Todd Rundgren and released in 1983 in music. It was the band's seventh studio album and eighth release overall....
  - Cheap Trick
  Cheap Trick
  
  Cheap Trick is a United States Rock music band formed in the 1970s and consisting of Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E. Carlos ....
  
• 90125
  90125
  
  90125 is the eleventh album by progressive rock group Yes , released in 1983. It was the first album since the breakup of Yes in 1980. It is also the first album to feature Trevor Rabin, and also features the return of vocalist Jon Anderson, who quit the band in 1979....
  - Yes
  Yes (band)
  
  Yes are an England progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968 in music. Their music is marked by sharp dynamic contrasts, extended song lengths, abstract lyrics, and a general showcasing of instrumental prowess....
  
• Nocturne
  Nocturne (album)
  
  Nocturne is a live double-album by Siouxsie & the Banshees, released in 1983, which features performances recorded at two shows at the Royal Albert Hall on September 30 and October 1, 1983, featuring Robert Smith on guitar....
  - Siouxsie & the Banshees
  Siouxsie & the Banshees
  
  Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British Rock music band formed in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bassist Steven Severin, the only constant members....
  
• No Frills - Bette Midler
  Bette Midler
  
  Bette Midler is an American singing, actress and comedienne, also known as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards....
  
• No Parlez
  No Parlez
  
  No Parlez is a 1983 album by Paul Young. It was released with a different cover for North America. It was his first #1 album in the UK. The single from the album, "Come Back and Stay", had different videos for the US and UK....
  - Paul Young
  Paul Young
  
  Paul Antony Young is an England pop music musician....
  
• No Parole from Rock & Roll - Alcatrazz
  Alcatrazz
  
  Alcatrazz is a melodic Classic Metal band formed in 1983 in Los Angeles by Graham Bonnet, Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea....
  
• No Rest For The Wicked - Helix
  Helix (band)
  
  Helix are a Canada Heavy metal music band that formed in 1974 and are best known for their 1984 single "Rock You". The original lineup was formed by drummer Bruce Arnold, and consisted of lead vocalist Brian Vollmer, guitarists Ron Watson and Rick "Minstrel" Trembley, keyboardist Don Simmons, and bassist Keith "Bert" Zurbrigg....
  
• Now That's What I Call Music - Various Artists
• Offramp
  Offramp
  
  Offramp is the Grammy Award winning third album by the Pat Metheny Group, released in 1982. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1983....
  - The Pat Metheny Group
• Oriental Towers - The Modern Art
  The Modern Art
  
  The Modern Art was a psychedelic rock band formed by Gary Ramon in the 1980s. It had a loose lineup that never played gigs but did see the release of two studio albums and a number of self-produced cassettes....
  
• Out For Blood
  Out For Blood
  
  Out For Blood is Lita Ford's debut solo album.The original cover art for this album featured Lita standing in front of a spider's web holding a broken blood spurting guitar....
  - Lita Ford
  Lita Ford
  
  Lita Ford is an United States rock music musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career during the 1980s....
   (solo debut)
• Outside Inside - The Tubes
  The Tubes
  
  The Tubes are a San Francisco, California-based Rock music musical ensemble, whose 1975 debut album included the hit single, "White Punks on Dope"....
  
• Out of Step - Minor Threat
  Minor Threat
  
  Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band that formed in Washington, D.C. in 1980 and disbanded in 1983. Despite being so short-lived, the band had a strong influence on the hardcore punk music scene....
  
• Old Wave
  Old Wave
  
  Old Wave is an album by Ringo Starr, released in 1983 as the follow-up to 1981's Stop and Smell the Roses.In early 1982, with Stop and Smell the Roses still on the charts, Starr was eager to move on to his next project....
  - Ringo Starr
  Ringo Starr
  
  Richard Starkey Order of the British Empire , better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an England musician, singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles....
  
• Pancho & Lefty - Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson
  Willie Nelson
  
  Willie Hugh Nelson is an United States country music singer-songwriter author, poet and actor. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains Cultural icon, especially in American popular culture....
  
• Peace Thru Vandalism
  Peace Thru Vandalism
  
  Peace thru Vandalism is the debut Extended play by the southern California punk rock band The Vandals, released in 1982 by Epitaph Records. It was one of the first releases to be put out by the Epitaph label, founded in 1981 by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion....
  - The Vandals
  The Vandals
  
  The Vandals are an United States rock music rock band established in 1980 in Huntington Beach, California. Forming as part of the List of musicians in the second wave of punk music of American punk rock, the band has released ten full-length studio albums and two live albums and have toured the world extensively, including performances on the...
  
• Perverted by Language
  Perverted by Language
  
  Perverted by Language is a 1983 album by The Fall . It was the first Fall album to feature Brix Smith, then wife of Mark E. Smith, who performs lead vocals on "Hotel Bl?edel"....
  - The Fall
• Pictures - Atlanta
• Piece of Mind
  Piece of Mind (Iron Maiden album)
  
  Piece of Mind is the fourth studio album by United Kingdom heavy metal music band Iron Maiden. It was originally released in 1983 on EMI, and on Capitol in the US; it was reissued later on Sanctuary/Columbia Records....
  - Iron Maiden
  Iron Maiden
  
  Iron Maiden are an English Heavy metal music band from Leyton, East London, England, formed in 1975. The band is led by founder, bassist and songwriter Steve Harris ....
  
• Pipes of Peace - Paul McCartney
  Paul McCartney
  
  Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
  
• Platinum Blonde
  Platinum Blonde (album)
  
  Platinum Blonde is the self-titled debut Extended play by Platinum Blonde released in 1983. The EP was only released on vinyl and cassette and is also known as Six Track Attack....
  - Platinum Blonde
  Platinum Blonde (band)
  
  Platinum Blonde was a Canada New Wave music group in the 1980s. The band originally consisted of Manchester, England-born expatriate Mark Holmes on vocals and bass, Sergio Galli on guitar and Chris Steffler on drums....
   (debut EP)
• Play Dirty
  Play Dirty (album)
  
  Play Dirty was the fourth studio album by British heavy metal music band, Girlschool, released on Bronze Records in 1983 and produced by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea from the hard rock band Slade....
  - Girlschool
  Girlschool
  
  Girlschool are a long-running United Kingdom all-female Heavy metal music band originating out of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene.Though enjoying little commercial success beyond the early 1980s, they maintain a worldwide cult following and were inspirational for many succeeding female bands....
  
• The Politics of Dancing
  The Politics of Dancing (album)
  
  The Politics of Dancing was the debut album of the band Re-Flex. This album received moderate success in the early eighties. This was Re-Flex's only officially released album....
  - Re-Flex
  Re-Flex
  
  Re-Flex was a United Kingdom New Wave music/ techno-popular music/ dance music band formed in 1981, featuring John Baxter , Paul Fishman , ex-Gloria Mundi member Nigel Ross-Scott , and Roland Kerridge ....
  
• Power, Corruption & Lies
  Power, Corruption & Lies
  
  Power, Corruption & Lies is the second album by Manchester band New Order, released in May 1983. The album achieved more widespread popularity than any of the band's previous releases, including those of previous band Joy Division....
  - New Order
  New Order
  
  New Order are an English alternative rock/electronic band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris . New Order was formed in the wake of the demise of their previous group Joy Division, following the suicide of vocalist Ian Curtis....
  
• Powerlight - Earth, Wind & Fire
  Earth, Wind & Fire
  
  Earth, Wind & Fire is an United States R&B band led by Maurice White. Formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969, they are known for a number of hit singles, including "Shining Star " and "September ", for their fusion of Latin music, Funk, Soul Music, Jazz, Pop Music, rock music and other genres into one unique sound and the dynamic sound of their...
  
• The Principle of Moments
  The Principle of Moments
  
  The Principle of Moments is the second solo album from former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant. It was Plant's second Top 10 album in the United States and United Kingdom....
  - Robert Plant
  Robert Plant
  
  Robert Anthony Plant Order of the British Empire , is an England Rock and Roll singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the former rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career....
  
• Privilege
  Privilege (album)
  
  Privilege is an album by Ivor Cutler, originally released in 1983 on Rough Trade Records. It was produced by David Toop and Steve Beresford, both of whom are better known for their work in ambient music, and unlike Cutler's 1970s recordings it sees Cutler's vocals accompanied by a wide range of musical instruments including keyboards, ban...
  - Ivor Cutler
  Ivor Cutler
  
  Ivor Cutler was a Scotland poet, songwriter and humorist. He became known for his regular performances on BBC radio, and in particular his numerous sessions recorded for John Peel's influential radio programme, and later for Andy Kershaw's programme....
  
• Punch the Clock
  Punch the Clock
  
  Punch the Clock is an album released in 1983 by Elvis Costello. It was Costello's eighth album, his seventh with the Attractions since 1978....
  - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
• Pyromania
  Pyromania (album)
  
  Pyromania is the third studio album by United Kingdom Heavy metal music band Def Leppard, released in 1983. It broke the band across North America and in Japan, and would sell over 10 million copies in the US alone....
  - Def Leppard
  Def Leppard
  
  Def Leppard are an England Rock music band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria , Def Leppard became one of the List of best-selling music artists rock bands throughout the 1980s, selling over 65 million albums worldw...
  
• Q-Feel - Q-Feel
  Q-Feel
  
  Q-Feel was a United Kingdom techno music group. They released their self-titled album in 1983, which included their only hit single, "Dancing in Heaven "....
  
• Queensrÿche
  Queensrÿche (album)
  
  Queensr?che is a 1983 Extended play by the United States progressive metal band Queensr?che . It was originally released independently by 206 Records ....
  - Queensrÿche
  Queensrÿche
  
  Queensr?che is an United States heavy metal music / progressive metal band formed in 1981 in Bellevue, Washington. The band has released ten studio albums and several smaller releases including Extended plays and DVDs and continues to tour and record....
  
• Quick Step and Side Kick
  Quick Step and Side Kick
  
  Quick Step and Side Kick is the third album by the United Kingdom Synthpop group Thompson Twins. It was released in 1983, and was their first album to be released as a trio ....
  - Thompson Twins
  Thompson Twins
  
  The Thompson Twins were a Great Britain Pop music group that were formed in April 1977 and disbanded in May 1993. They achieved considerable popularity in the mid-1980s, scoring a string of hits in the UK, the United States and around the globe....
  
• Ratt EP - Ratt
  Ratt
  
  Ratt is an United States heavy metal music band that formed in San Diego and enjoyed significant commercial success in the 1980s. The band is most notable for their songs "Round and Round ," "Wanted Man ," "Lay It Down ," "You're in Love " and "Back For More." Though the group lost popularity in the following decade, Ratt has been recognized...
  
• The Revölution by Night
  The Revölution by Night
  
  The Rev?lution By Night is a Blue ?yster Cult album released in 1983.The album was intended to capitalize on the unexpected success of Fire Of Unknown Origin just two years prior, hence the album's blend of straight-ahead rock and pop elements....
  - Blue Öyster Cult
  Blue Öyster Cult
  
  Blue ?yster Cult is an American rock music band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2009. The group is especially well known for songs including " The Reaper", "Godzilla", and "Burnin' for You"....
  
• Riding with the King - John Hiatt
  John Hiatt
  
  John Hiatt is an United States rock and roll guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave music, blues and country music....
  
• Right or Wrong
  Right or Wrong
  
  Right or Wrong is the third studio album by George Strait, released in 1983 .Right or Wrong topped Billboard Music Charts's Top Country albums chart, and peaked at #163 on the Billboard 200 albums chart....
  - George Strait
  George Strait
  
  George Harvey Strait is a Grammy Award -winning United States country music singer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend....
  
• Rock for Light
  Rock For Light
  
  Rock for Light is the second official full-length album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains. It was produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars. The 1991 reissue was remixed by Ocasek and bassist Darryl Jenifer....
  - Bad Brains
  Bad Brains
  
  Bad Brains are an American hardcore punk/roots reggae band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1977. They are widely regarded as being among the pioneers of the genre, though the band's members objected to the term "hardcore" to describe their music....
  
• Rock 'n Soul Part 1
  Rock 'n Soul Part 1
  
  Rock 'n Soul Part 1 is a greatest hits album by Daryl Hall and John Oates, released in 1983. It featured two new songs that were both Top 10 US Billboard Hot 100 hits: "Say It Isn't So" and "Adult Education"....
  - Hall & Oates
  Hall & Oates
  
  Hall & Oates are a pop music duet made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates.The act achieved its greatest celebrity in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s....
  
• Samurai
  Samurai (album)
  
  Samurai is the second album by Matti Nyk?nen. It was released in 1993....
  - Grand Prix
  Teenage Fanclub
  
  Teenage Fanclub is an alternative rock band from Bellshill, Scotland. The band is composed of Norman Blake , Raymond McGinley , Gerard Love and Francis MacDonald , with songwriting duties shared equally between Blake, McGinley and Love....
  
• Script for a Jester's Tear
  Script for a Jester's Tear
  
  Script for a Jester's Tear is the first album by the progressive rock band Marillion. Released in 1983, it included songs like "Forgotten Sons" and the title track, regarded by some as modern classics....
  - Marillion
  Marillion
  
  Marillion are a United Kingdom Rock group. Formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England in 1979, their recorded studio output comprises fifteen albums and is generally regarded as comprising two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988 after their first four albums, and the subsequent arr...
  
• Secret Messages
  Secret Messages
  
  Secret Messages is an album by Electric Light Orchestra, released in 1983....
  - Electric Light Orchestra
  Electric Light Orchestra
  
  Electric Light Orchestra, commonly abbreviated ELO, were a symphonic rock group from Birmingham, England, who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001....
  
• Self-Destruction Blues Hanoi Rocks
• Seven and the Ragged Tiger
  Seven and the Ragged Tiger
  
  Seven and the Ragged Tiger is Duran Duran's third studio album, released globally in November 1983. It would prove to be the last studio album for the band's original lineup until 2004's Astronaut ....
  - Duran Duran
  Duran Duran
  
  Duran Duran are an English music group from Birmingham, United Kingdom. They were one of the most commercially successful of the 1980s bands and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States....
  
• She Works Hard For The Money - Donna Summer
  Donna Summer
  
  Donna Summer is an United States singer-songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of music.Summer was trained as a gospel music singer prior to her introduction to the music industry....
  
• Shine On
  Shine On
  
  Shine On can refer to:* Shine On, a song from the Christian Rock band Needtobreathe.* Shine On , a 1971 single by the band, later album by Peter Frampton...
  - George Jones
  George Jones
  
  George Glenn Jones , is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
  
• Shout at the Devil
  Shout at the Devil
  
  Shout at the Devil is the second album by Heavy metal music band M?tley Cr?e, released on September 26, 1983. "Looks that Kill" and " Too Young to Fall in Love" became huge hits and "Shout at the Devil " became very popular as well....
  - Mötley Crüe
  Mötley Crüe
  
  M?tley Cr?e are a Grammy Award-nominated American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1981.The band was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drum kit Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil....
  
• Show No Mercy
  Show No Mercy
  
  Show No Mercy is the debut album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released in December 1983 through Metal Blade Records. Brian Slagel signed the band to Metal Blade after watching the band perform the song "Phantom of the Opera " by Iron Maiden....
  - Slayer
  Slayer
  
  Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981. The band was founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King....
   (debut)
• Sirens - Savatage
  Savatage
  
  Savatage is a progressive metal band founded by the brothers Jon Oliva and Criss Oliva in 1978 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Although they were known mainly as a progressive metal band, their origins could be attributed to classic Heavy metal music, as expressed by their debut album, Sirens ....
   (debut)
• Sleep in Safety
  Sleep in Safety
  
  Sleep In Safety is the title of the American deathrock band 45 Grave's debut studio album, originally released in 1983. The album was remastered in 1993 on Restless Records with two additional bonus tracks, "School's Out" and the single version of "Party Time", and is contained in a translucent green jewel case....
  - 45 Grave
  45 Grave
  
  45 Grave, formed in 1979, is an American rock music rock band from Los Angeles, California, noted for their influential roles in the horror punk and deathrock genres and association with goth rock....
  
• Song and Legend - Sex Gang Children
  Sex Gang Children
  
  Sex Gang Children were an early gothic rock group that formed in the early 1980s in England. Although the group only released one official studio album, they remain one of the more well-known bands out of the early Batcave scene....
  
• Sound Elixir
  Sound Elixir
  
  Track listingAll songs wrtiiten by Dan McCafferty/Manny Charlton/Peter Agnew/Darrell Sweet/Billy Rankin except indicated#"Why Don't You Read The Book" - 3:47...
  - Nazareth
  Nazareth (band)
  
  Nazareth are a Scottish rock music band that had several hard rock chart-topper in the mid 1970s, including the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant songwriter ballad, "Love Hurts."...
  
• Southern Death Cult EP - Southern Death Cult
  Southern Death Cult
  
  Southern Death Cult was a gothic rock band in the early 1980s. It is now primarily known for having given its lead singer and parts of its name to the multi-platinum hard rock band The Cult....
   (first release by the band to eventually be known as The Cult)
• Speaking in Tongues
  Speaking in Tongues (album)
  
  Speaking in Tongues is the fifth studio album released by the band Talking Heads; it was released in 1983.The album was a commercial breakthrough that produced the band's first American Top 10 hit, "Burning Down the House"....
  - Talking Heads
  Talking Heads
  
  Talking Heads was an American rock music rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison....
  
• Sports
  Sports (album)
  
  Sports is the third album by American rock music band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1983 . This was the album that truly made the band famous, going to #1 on the Billboard 200 on June 30, 1984, and making the band internationally known....
  - Huey Lewis & The News
  Huey Lewis & the News
  
  Huey Lewis and the News are a Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated United States rock music band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually scoring a total of 19 Top Ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock Charts....
  
• Standing in the Light
  Standing in the Light
  
  Standing in the Light is the fourth studio album released by the British jazz-funk band Level 42. The album generated to the group's first top 10 in the UK album charts, peaking in #9....
  - Level 42
  Level 42
  
  Level 42 is an England pop rock and jazz-funk music band who had a number of worldwide and UK hits during the 1980s and 1990s. The band gained fame for its high-calibre musicianship - especially that of Mark King , whose percussive Slapping guitar technique provided the driving groove of many of the band's hits....
  
• Star People - Miles Davis
  Miles Davis
  
  Miles Dewey Davis III was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s: he played on various early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jaz...
  
• Steeler
  Steeler (album)
  
  Steeler is an album by the Steeler. It was the only album released by the band until a 2005 compilation album released by Ron Keel. After the album was released the band broke up....
  - Steeler
  Steeler
  
  Steeler was an early 1980s American Heavy metal music band from Nashville, Tennessee. Band members included: Axel Rudi Pell playing guitar as one the original members, Ron Keel on Singing and guitar, Michael Dunigan on lead guitar, Bobby Eva on Drum kit and Tim Morrison on bass guitar....
   (Yngwie Malmsteen & Ron Keel's 1st band, This band's only release)
• Subterranean Jungle
  Subterranean Jungle
  
  Subterranean Jungle is the seventh studio album by the American punk band the Ramones. It was released in February 1983 and peaked at position eighty-three on the Billboard album music chart....
  - The Ramones
  Ramones
  
  The Ramones were an American Rock music band often regarded as the first punk rock group. Formed in Forest Hills, Queens, Queens, New York, in 1974, all of the band members adopted stage names ending with "Ramone", though none of them were actually related....
  
• Subject: Aldo Nova - Aldo Nova
  Aldo Nova
  
  Aldo Nova is a Canada guitarist, keyboardist, singer and record producer, Nova gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova in 1981, and its accompanying single "Fantasy ", which climbed to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100....
  
• Suicidal Tendencies
  Suicidal Tendencies (album)
  
  Suicidal Tendencies is the eponymous debut album by the band Suicidal Tendencies, released in 1983 in music on Frontier Records. It became one of the best-selling hardcore punk albums at the time and launched the band into its future success....
  - Suicidal Tendencies
  Suicidal Tendencies
  
  Suicidal Tendencies is an American hardcore punk and Heavy metal music band. They were formed in Venice, Los Angeles, California, in 1981 by the leader and only permanent member, singer Mike Muir....
   (debut)
• Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
  Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
  
  Sweet Dreams is the second album by United Kingdom music duo Eurythmics.After two years of initial commercial failure for the Eurythmics project, this album became a commercial breakthrough for the duo on both sides of the Atlantic, with the title track being especially popular: it remains one of Eurythmics' most recognizable songs, an...
  - Eurythmics
  Eurythmics
  
  Eurythmics are a United Kingdom musical duet, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart.The pair have achieved significant global, commercial and critical success, selling 75 million records worldwide, winning numerous awards, and have undertaken several successful world tours....
  
• Swordfishtrombones
  Swordfishtrombones
  
  Swordfishtrombones is an album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1983 . It was the first album that Waits produced himself and is marked as such by a sense of artistic freedom that would increasingly characterize his later work....
  - Tom Waits
  Tom Waits
  
  Thomas Alan Waits is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, composer and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of Bourbon whiskey, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorpo...
  
• Synchronicity
  Synchronicity (album)
  
  Synchronicity is the fifth and final studio album by The Police, released in 1983. Their most popular release together, Synchronicity includes the number one single, "Every Breath You Take."...
  - The Police
  The Police
  
  The Police were an English Power trio Rock music band consisting of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland . The band became globally popular in the late 1970s, playing a style of rock that was influenced by jazz, punk rock and reggae music....
  
• Take It to the Limit - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
  Willie Nelson
  
  Willie Hugh Nelson is an United States country music singer-songwriter author, poet and actor. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains Cultural icon, especially in American popular culture....
  
• Take it to the River - Willie Nelson
  Willie Nelson
  
  Willie Hugh Nelson is an United States country music singer-songwriter author, poet and actor. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains Cultural icon, especially in American popular culture....
  
• Texas Flood
  Texas Flood
  
  Texas Flood is an electric blues album by blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band Double Trouble , released in 1983 . More popular than any blues album in nearly twenty years, Texas Flood was a surprise success for Vaughan, who had labored in obscurity for years....
  - Stevie Ray Vaughan
  Stevie Ray Vaughan
  
  Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan was an United States blues-rock guitarist, whose broad appeal made him an influential electric blues guitarist. To date, a total of 18 albums of Vaughan's work have been released....
  
• That's the Way Love Goes - Merle Haggard
  Merle Haggard
  
  Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
  
• Thunder and Lightning
  Thunder and Lightning
  
  Thunder and Lightning is the twelfth and final studio album by heavy-rock band Thin Lizzy, released in 1983 . Following the departure of Snowy White and the appointment of John Sykes, there was a longer delay between 1981's Renegade and this album, released in the UK in March 1983....
  - Thin Lizzy
• Too Low for Zero - Elton John
  Elton John
  
  Sir Elton Hercules John Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s....
  
• Touch
  Touch (album)
  
  Touch is the third album by New wave music duo Eurythmics, released in 1983 in music. The album was the duo's first UK number-one album, and also reached the top 10 in the US....
  - Eurythmics
  Eurythmics
  
  Eurythmics are a United Kingdom musical duet, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart.The pair have achieved significant global, commercial and critical success, selling 75 million records worldwide, winning numerous awards, and have undertaken several successful world tours....
  
• Tougher than Leather - Willie Nelson
• Travels
  Travels (album)
  
  Travels is the Pat Metheny Group's first live album, released in 1983. The album consists of two CDs worth of live material recorded at various venues including Philadelphia, Dallas, Sacramento and Hartford....
  - The Pat Metheny Group
• Treeless Plain
  Treeless Plain
  
  Treeless Plain is the debut album by The Triffids, released in November, 1983 in music. The album was recorded at Emerald City Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in twelve midnight to dawn sessions, during August through to September, 1983....
  - The Triffids
  The Triffids
  
  The Triffids were an Australian rock band who achieved some international success in the 1980s. Formed in Perth, Western Australia in the late 1970s and disbanded in 1989, their best known songs are "Wide Open Road " and "Bury Me Deep in Love"....
  
• Trouble in Paradise - Randy Newman
  Randy Newman
  
  Randall Stuart ?Randy? Newman is an Academy Award?winning United States singer/songwriter, arrangement, composer, singer and pianist who is notable for his wiktionary:mordant pop songs and for his many film scores....
  
• True
  True (Spandau Ballet album)
  
  True was the third studio album by United Kingdom band Spandau Ballet. It was released in March 1983, and was heavily influenced by jazz, soul music, and Rhythm and blues....
  - Spandau Ballet
  Spandau Ballet
  
  Spandau Ballet are a popular United Kingdom band famous in the 1980s. Initially inspired by the New Romantic fashion, they quickly steered in to a mixture of funk, jazz, soul and synthpop, then eventually mellowed into a mainstream pop music act....
  
• Urban Dance Floor Guerillas - P-Funk All Stars
• Under A Blood Red Sky
  Under a Blood Red Sky
  
  Under a Blood Red Sky is a live album by Republic of Ireland rock music band U2, produced by Jimmy Iovine and released in 1983. Along with its companion concert film, Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky, the release helped establish U2's reputation as a remarkable live band, making the band a popular live college rock act....
  - U2
  U2
  
  U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
  
• Violent Femmes
  Violent Femmes (album)
  
  Violent Femmes is the debut album by Violent Femmes, released in 1982. The album went platinum about ten years after it was released.In 2002, Rhino Records remastered the album, filled out the disc's length with demo , and added another disc of live tracks and a radio interview for a 20th anniversary special edition, with liner notes by...
  - Violent Femmes
  Violent Femmes
  
  The Violent Femmes, formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1980, are an American alternative rock band, noted for laying the groundwork for folk punk....
   (debut)
• Walk into Light
  Walk into Light
  
  Walk Into Light is the first solo album released byJethro Tull frontmanIan Anderson . . In many ways Walk Into Light is a two - hander, with Anderson working closely with then keyboard player in Jethro Tull, Peter-John Vettese....
  - Ian Anderson
  Ian Anderson (musician)
  
  Ian Scott Anderson, Order of the British Empire is a Scotland singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work as the head of British rock and roll band Jethro Tull ....
  
• War
  War (album)
  
  War is the third studio album by Republic of Ireland rock and roll band U2, released on . The album has come to be regarded as U2's first overtly political album, in part because of songs like "Sunday Bloody Sunday ", "New Year's Day ", as well as the title, which stems from the band's perception of the world at the time; Bono stated that...
  - U2
  U2
  
  U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
  
• Warriors
  Warriors (Gary Numan album)
  
  Warriors is the seventh studio album by electronic music pioneer Gary Numan, released in 1983. It is his last studio album released on Beggars Banquet Records....
  - Gary Numan
  Gary Numan
  
  Gary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of commercial electronic music and has been described as the "King of synthpop." Numan is widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars "....
  
• The Waterboys
  The Waterboys (album)
  
  This eponymously named debut album from The Waterboys was recorded in several studio sessions between December 1981 and November 1982. Allmusic describes the sound of the album as "part Van Morrison, part U2"....
  - The Waterboys
  The Waterboys
  
  The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott . The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England....
   (debut)
• Water Sign
  Water Sign (album)
  
  Water Sign is an album by Chris Rea, released in 1983. It forms one of the cornerstones of the career of Chris Rea, since it was almost never released....
  - Chris Rea
  Chris Rea
  
  Christopher Anton Rea is a singer-songwriter from Middlesbrough, England, recognisable for his distinctive, raspy voice. Rea has sold over 30 million albums worldwide....
  
• Waylon & Company - Waylon Jennings
  Waylon Jennings
  
  Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....
  
• We Are One
  We Are One
  
  "We Are One" is a song by the United States hard rock group Kiss released on their 1998 in music album Psycho Circus.Written and sung by vocalist/bassist Gene Simmons, the song is a return to his Beatles-reminiscent melodic style he previously displayed on songs like "Great Expectations", "See You Tonite", "Mr....
  - Maze
  Maze (band)
  
  Maze a Soul music / quiet storm band , was established in San Francisco, California in the early 1970s....
   featuring Frankie Beverly
  Frankie Beverly
  
  Frankie Beverly is a singer, wiktionary:Founder, record producer, and songwriter, known primarily for his sound recording and reproduction with the soul music and funk unit, Maze ....
  
• We've Got Tonight - Kenny Rogers
  Kenny Rogers
  
  Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is an United States country music singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.He has been very successful, charting more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the United States alone....
  
• Weeds & Water
  Weeds & Water
  
  Weeds and Water is a studio recording by the Western music band Riders in the Sky, released in 1983. It is available as a single CD. The album features cowboy music standards like "Cool Water," "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Streets of Laredo," along with several originals....
  - Riders in the Sky
  Riders in the Sky
  
  Riders In The Sky is a Western swing and comedy group which began performing in 1977; their style also appeals to children, and they are sometimes considered a children's music....
  
• "Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic
  "Weird Al" Yankovic
  
  Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, comedian and satire. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts....
  
• What Makes a Man Start Fires?
  What Makes a Man Start Fires?
  
  What Makes a Man Start Fires? is the second full-length album and fifth release overall by influential American hardcore punk band power trio Minutemen ....
   - Minutemen
  Minutemen (band)
  
  The Minutemen were an United States punk rock band formed in San Pedro, California, California in 1980. Comprising guitarist D. Boon, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley, the Minutemen recorded four albums and eight extended play before Boon's unexpected death in December 1985....
  
• What's Funk?
  What's Funk?
  
  What's Funk? is a 1983 album by Grand Funk Railroad. Full Moon / Warner ....
   - Grand Funk
  Grand Funk Railroad
  
  Grand Funk Railroad is an United States Rock music band. The Grand Funk Railroad lineup was highly popular during the 1970s, selling over 25 million records, selling out arenas worldwide and being awarded four RIAA gold albums in 1970, the most for any American group that year....
  
• Windows in the Jungle
  Windows in the Jungle
  
  Windows in the Jungle is the ninth studio album by British pop band 10cc. It was released in 1983 and was the last album by the band for nine years....
   - 10cc
  10cc
  
  10cc were an England art rock rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. Initially comprising four musicians ? Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme ? who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the ?10cc? name in 1972....
  
• With Sympathy
  With Sympathy
  
  With Sympathy is the debut album by Ministry . The album was released in 1983 through Arista Records, with Ministry's members at the time being Al Jourgensen and Stephen George....
   - Ministry
  Ministry (band)
  
  Ministry was an United States industrial metal band founded by frontman Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s....
   (Debut)
• Wild Hart - Stevie Nicks
  Stevie Nicks
  
  Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and has sold nearly 120 million albums....
  
• Without a Song - Willie Nelson
• Works
  Works (Pink Floyd album)
  
  Works is a Pink Floyd compilation album released in 1983 by their former American label, Capitol Records, to compete with their then-current album The Final Cut ....
   - Pink Floyd
• Works - Status Quo
  Status Quo
  
  Status Quo, also known as The Quo or just Quo, are an England rock music band whose music is characterized by the twelve-bar blues....
  
• Yes Sir, I Will
  Yes Sir, I Will
  
  Yes Sir, I Will, released by Crass in 1983 , was the band's penultimate 'official' album. The record consists of one continuous piece of music spread over the two sides of the original vinyl release , although this is intercut with two brief interludes; a section of self-parody and a ballad-style piano section sung by drummer Penny Rimba...
   - Crass
  Crass
  
  Crass were an English punk band, formed in 1977, which promoted anarchism as a political ideology, lifestylism, and as a resistance movement. Crass popularized the seminal anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, and advocated direct action, animal rights, and environmentalism....
  
• Yentl (soundtrack) - Barbra Streisand
  Barbra Streisand
  
  Barbra Streisand is an United states singer and film and theatre actress. She has also achieved note as a composer, political activist, film producer and film director....
  
• Yokan (Hunch) - Miyuki Nakajima
  Miyuki Nakajima
  
  is a Japanese people vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, composer and radio personality. As a principal Japanese female veteran singer-songwriter who is often compared with Yumi Matsutoya, she has released 35 studio albums, 40 singles, 2 live albums and multiple compilations to date, and those sales have been estimated more than 21 million copies....
  
• You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
  You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (album)
  
  You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet is a compilation album by Bachman-Turner Overdrive. It was released in 1983 by Polygram Records....
   - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
  Bachman-Turner Overdrive
  
  Bachman-Turner Overdrive is a Canadian rock group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that enjoyed a string of hit albums and singles in the 1970s, selling over 7 million albums just in that decade....
  
• You and Me Both
  You and Me Both
  
  You and Me Both is the second, and final, album released by British synthpop duo Yazoo in 1983. As was their debut, the record was produced by Yazoo members Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet along with E.C....
   - Yazoo
  Yazoo (band)
  
  Yazoo are an England synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex, England. They had a number of top ten hits in the United Kingdom charts in the early 1980s....
  
• You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll
  You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll
  
  You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll is Twisted Sister's second full-length album, released on June 27, 1983....
   - Twisted Sister
  Twisted Sister
  
  Twisted Sister is an United States Heavy metal music band from New York City. Their work fuses the shock rock tactics of Alice Cooper, the rebellious mood of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and the extravagant image of glam rock bands such as New York Dolls notably for the makeup....
  
• You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish
  You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish
  
  You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish is the second solo album by George Clinton .The album was released by Capitol Records in 1983, during the same week that the CBS Associated Label released "Urban Dancefloor Guerillas" by the P-Funk All-Stars....
   - George Clinton
  George Clinton (funk musician)
  
  George Clinton is an United States musician and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the musical bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and is a solo funk artist as of 1981....
  
• Zebra
  Zebra
  
  Zebras are African equids best known for their distinctive white and black stripes. Their stripes come in different patterns unique to each individual....
   - Zebra
  Zebra (band)
  
  Zebra is a hard rock band that came together in 1975 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It features Randy Jackson , Felix Hanemann and Guy Gelso . Their mainstream debut on Atlantic Records was in 1983, highlighted by the singles "Tell Me What You Want" and "Who's Behind The Door"....
  
• Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T.
  Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T.
  
  Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. is the second Recording studio album by the Berlin-based musical group Einst?rzende Neubauten. Some Bizzare Records released the album in 1983 ....
   (Drawings of Patient O. T.) - Einstürzende Neubauten
  Einstürzende Neubauten
  
  Einst?rzende Neubauten is a Germany avant-garde music band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld , Alexander Hacke , N.U....
  
• Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture
  Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture
  
  Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture is a live album by David Bowie, corresponding to the Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars . The music was recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on , although the album was not issued by RCA Records until 1983 ....
   - David Bowie
  David Bowie
  
  David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
  
• Zones
  Zones (album)
  
  Zones is an album by Hawkwind released in 1983 consisting of studio demos from 1981 and live performances between 1980 and 1982....
   - Hawkwind
  Hawkwind
  
  Hawkwind are a United Kingdom Rock Band , one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. Notable fantasy fiction and science fiction writer Michael Moorcock was an occasional collaborator....
  

• Country (music group) Atlanta releases 'Atlanta Burned Again Last Night' on independent MDJ Records. Song breaks into the top ten in Billboard's Country Charts.

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