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1983 No. 1 hit dance track won an Oscar for 'Best Original Song' 42 years ago

Irene Cara and Giorgio Moroder developed an award-winning track that topped the charts for Jennifer Beals' hit dance film.
Orange County Register

1983: 40 years ago, these were the year’s most influential albums

Imagine you sent a time traveler back to 1983 to bring back the biggest, most influential album of the year. If your time traveler didn’t return with Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” well, you’d just ...
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1983 Hit Ranked Among '40 Biggest Drinking Songs' Became a Classic Breakup Anthem

Anytime the 1983 reggae-pop hit "Red Red Wine" by UB40 makes it onto your going playlist, odds are you have one of two things on your mind—either it's TGIF and time for a little Friday night tipsy ...
American Songwriter

3 Nostalgic Pop Songs From 1983 That We Just Can’t Give Up

Let’s set the stage. The year is 1983. The 1970s are now completely in the rear-view mirror. It’s a new era. A new world. And the music is reflecting it. Everywhere you go—grocery stores, pharmacies ...

To make a good Michael Jackson biopic, you’d have to lose the music

Michael, which tells (part of) the story of Michael Jackson, landed in cinemas last week to fill this post-awards, pre-summer ...