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657 relations: "Weird Al" Yankovic (album), A Flock of Seagulls, A-Teens, ABBA, ABC (band), AC/DC, Accept (band), Adam Ant, Adrian Boult, Agnetha Fältskog, Akron, Ohio, Al Jarreau, Alberto Ginastera, Aldo Nova, Alice Cooper, America (band), Amy Grant, Amy Winehouse, An Innocent Man, Anna Vissi, Another Perfect Day, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, Aretha Franklin, Armor for Sleep, Art of Noise, Ashley Johnson, Asia (band), Aztec Camera, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Bad Brains, Bad Manners, Bad Religion, Badfinger, Bananarama, Barbra Streisand, Barclay James Harvest, Bark at the Moon, Barry Manilow, Bauhaus (band), Bec Hewitt, Bee Gees, Bent Out of Shape, Berlin (band), Bernie Taupin, Bette Midler, Bill Nelson (musician), Billboard Hot 100, Billie Jean, Billy Bragg, Billy Fury, ... Expand index (607 more) »
"Weird Al" Yankovic (album)
"Weird Al" Yankovic is the debut studio album by the American parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic.
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A Flock of Seagulls
A Flock of Seagulls are an English new wave band formed in Liverpool in 1979.
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A-Teens
A-Teens are a Swedish pop music group from Stockholm.
ABBA
ABBA are a Swedish pop supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
ABC (band)
ABC is an English pop band that originated in Sheffield in 1980, evolving from the earlier ensemble Vice Versa.
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AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in 1973.
Accept (band)
Accept is a German heavy metal band from Solingen, formed in 1976 by lead guitarist Wolf Hoffmann, singer Udo Dirkschneider and bassist Peter Baltes.
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Adam Ant
Stuart Leslie Goddard, better known as Adam Ant (born 3 November 1954), is an English singer, musician, and actor.
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Adrian Boult
Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH (8 April 1889 – 22 February 1983) was a British conductor.
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Agnetha Fältskog
Åse Agneta Fältskog (born 5 April 1950), known as Agnetha Fältskog and Anna Fältskog, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and a member of the pop group ABBA.
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Akron, Ohio
Akron is a city in and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, United States.
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Al Jarreau
Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter.
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Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (April 11, 1916June 25, 1983) was an Argentine composer of classical music.
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Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova is the stage name of Aldo Caporuscio (born November 13, 1956), a Canadian hard rock musician and music producer.
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Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer and songwriter whose career spans sixty years.
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America (band)
America are a British-American rock band formed in London in 1970 by English-born American Dewey Bunnell and Americans Dan Peek and Gerry Beckley.
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Amy Grant
Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
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Amy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues, reggae and jazz.
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An Innocent Man
An Innocent Man is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on August 8, 1983.
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Anna Vissi
Anna Vissi (Άννα Βίσση,,; born 20 December 1957) is a Greek Cypriot singer and songwriter.
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Another Perfect Day
Another Perfect Day is the sixth studio album by English rock band Motörhead.
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Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks is a studio album by the British musician and producer Brian Eno, the Canadian producer Daniel Lanois, and Brian Eno's brother, composer Roger Eno.
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist.
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Armor for Sleep
Armor for Sleep is an American rock band from New Jersey.
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Art of Noise
Art of Noise (also The Art of Noise) were a British avant-garde synth-pop group formed in early 1983 by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with keyboardist/arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and music journalist Paul Morley.
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Ashley Johnson
Ashley Suzanne Johnson (born August 9, 1983) is an American actress.
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Asia (band)
Asia are an English rock supergroup formed in London in 1981.
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Aztec Camera
Aztec Camera were a Scottish pop/new wave band founded by Roddy Frame, the group's singer, songwriter and only consistent member.
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Bachman–Turner Overdrive
Bachman–Turner Overdrive, often abbreviated BTO, are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, founded by three brothers: Randy Bachman, Robbie Bachman and Tim Bachman; along with Fred Turner, in 1973.
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Bad Brains
Bad Brains are an American rock band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1976.
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Bad Manners
Bad Manners are an English two-tone and ska band led by frontman Buster Bloodvessel.
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Bad Religion
Bad Religion is an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980.
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Badfinger
Badfinger were a Welsh rock band formed in 1961 in Swansea, Wales.
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Bananarama
Bananarama are an English pop group formed in London in 1980.
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Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director.
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Barclay James Harvest
Barclay James Harvest were an English progressive rock band, which following a split in 1998 now exists as two successor bands.
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Bark at the Moon
Bark at the Moon is the third studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, released on 18 November 1983 in the US and on 2 December 1983 in the UK.
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Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades.
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Bauhaus (band)
Bauhaus were an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978.
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Bec Hewitt
Rebecca June Hewitt (Cartwright; born 23 July 1983) is an Australian actress, television presenter and singer.
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Bee Gees
The Bee Gees --> were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.
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Bent Out of Shape
Bent Out of Shape is the seventh studio album released by English hard rock band Rainbow.
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Berlin (band)
Berlin is an American new wave/synth-pop band formed in Los Angeles in 1978.
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Bernie Taupin
Bernard John Taupin (born 22 May 1950) is an English lyricist and visual artist.
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Bette Midler
Bette Midler (Inside the Actors Studio, 2004 born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, comedian, and author.
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Bill Nelson (musician)
William Nelson (born 18 December 1948) is an English singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer, painter, video artist, writer and experimental musician.
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Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.
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Billie Jean
"Billie Jean" is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson, released by Epic Records on January 3, 1983, as the second single from his sixth studio album, Thriller (1982).
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Billy Bragg
Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, author and political activist.
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Billy Fury
Ronald Wycherley (17 April 1940 – 28 January 1983), better known by his stage name Billy Fury, was an English musician.
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Billy Joel
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist.
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Black Flag (band)
Black Flag is an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California.
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne.
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Blackfoot (band)
Blackfoot is an American Southern rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 1970.
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Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult (sometimes abbreviated BÖC or BOC) is an American hard rock band formed on Long Island in Stony Brook, New York, in 1967.
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Blue Monday (New Order song)
"Blue Monday" is the fifth single by the British rock band New Order.
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Bo Diddley
Ellas Otha Bates (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known professionally as Bo Diddley, was an American guitarist and singer who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll.
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Bob Marley and the Wailers
Bob Marley and the Wailers (previously known as the Wailers and prior to that the Wailing Rudeboys, the Wailing Wailers and the Teenagers) were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band.
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Bob Seger
Robert Clark Seger (born May 6, 1945) is a retired American singer, songwriter, and musician.
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Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey.
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Bonnie Tyler
Gaynor Sullivan (née Hopkins; born 8 June 1951), known professionally as Bonnie Tyler, is a Welsh singer who is known for her distinctive husky voice.
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Born Again (Black Sabbath album)
Born Again is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath.
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Bow Wow Wow
Bow Wow Wow are an English new wave band, created by manager Malcolm McLaren in 1980.
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Branigan 2
Branigan 2 is the second studio album by American singer Laura Branigan, released in March 1983 by Atlantic Records.
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Brian May
Sir Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, animal rights activist and astrophysicist.
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British Hit Singles & Albums
British Hit Singles & Albums (originally known as The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums) was a music reference book originally published in the United Kingdom by the publishing arm of the Guinness breweries, Guinness Superlatives.
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Brooke Fraser
Brooke Gabrielle Ligertwood (née Fraser; born 15 December 1983), professionally known as Brooke Fraser, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter.
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Bryan Adams
Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer.
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Burning Spear
Winston Rodney OD (born 1 March 1945), better known by the stage name Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist, and musician.
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Busted (band)
Busted are an English pop-punk band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, consisting of James Bourne, Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson.
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Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers are an American rock band formed in San Antonio, Texas, by singer Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary in 1981.
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Cabaret Voltaire (band)
Cabaret Voltaire were an English music group formed in Sheffield in 1973 and initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk, and Chris Watson.
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Cameo (band)
Cameo is an American funk band that formed in 1974.
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Canterbury (album)
Canterbury is the third studio album by British heavy metal band Diamond Head.
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Cargo (album)
Cargo is the second studio album by the Australian pop rock band Men at Work, which was released in April 1983.
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Carl Wilson
Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician who co-founded the Beach Boys.
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Carlos Santana
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the rock band Santana.
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Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1943) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, memoirist, and children's author.
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Carole King
Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has been active since 1958.
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Carrie Fisher
Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer.
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Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American singer.
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Cathy Berberian
Catherine Anahid Berberian (July 4, 1925 – March 6, 1983) was an American mezzo-soprano and composer based in Italy.
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Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer.
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Central Park
Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City that was the first landscaped park in the United States.
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Charly García
Carlos Alberto García Moreno (born October 23, 1951), better known by his stage name Charly García, is an Argentine singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and record producer, considered one of the most important and avant-garde figures of Argentine and Latin American music.
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Chaz Jankel
Charles Jeremy "Chaz" Jankel (born 16 April 1952) is an English musician and songwriter.
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Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973 by guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson, lead vocalist Robin Zander and drummer Bun E. Carlos.
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Chicago (band)
Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1967.
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China Crisis
China Crisis are an English new wave and synth-pop band formed in Kirkby, near Liverpool, Merseyside in 1979 with a core of lead vocalist/keyboardist Gary Daly and guitarist/vocalist Eddie Lundon.
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Chris Rea
Christopher Anton Rea (born 4 March 1951) is an English rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist from Middlesbrough.
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Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from San Antonio, Texas.
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Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer and actor.
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Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins were a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997.
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Colour by Numbers
Colour by Numbers is the second album by the British new wave group Culture Club, released in October 1983.
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Come On Eileen
"Come On Eileen" is a song by the English group Dexys Midnight Runners (credited to Dexys Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express), released in the United Kingdom in June 1982 as a single from their second studio album Too-Rye-Ay.
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Commodores
Commodores, often billed as the Commodores, are an American funk and soul group.
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Compact disc
The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was codeveloped by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings.
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Coney Hatch
Coney Hatch is a Canadian hard rock band who released three albums in the 1980s and released their fourth album Four in 2013.
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Confrontation (Bob Marley and the Wailers album)
Confrontation is the thirteenth and final studio album by Bob Marley & the Wailers and the only one to be released posthumously in May 1983, two years after Marley's death.
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Construction Time Again
Construction Time Again is the third studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 22 August 1983 by Mute Records.
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Corey Hart (singer)
Corey Mitchell Hart (born May 31, 1962) is a Canadian singer, musician and songwriter known for his hit singles "Sunglasses at Night", "Never Surrender" and "It Ain't Enough".
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Crises (album)
Crises is the eighth studio album by English musician and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released on 27 May 1983 on Virgin Records.
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) was a folk-rock supergroup comprising American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash.
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Culture Club
Culture Club are an English new wave band formed in London in 1981.
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Cuts Like a Knife
Cuts Like a Knife is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams.
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Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist.
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Dalida
Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida (داليدا), was a French singer and actress, born in Egypt to Italian parents.
Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.
Danny & the Juniors
Danny & the Juniors was an American doo-wop and rock and roll vocal group formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Danny Rapp
Daniel Earl Rapp (May 9, 1941 – April 3, 1983) was an American singer and the frontman for the group Danny & the Juniors.
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Dave Edmunds
David William Edmunds (born 15 April 1944) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer.
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Dave Mustaine
David Scott Mustaine (born September 13, 1961) is an American musician.
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David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.
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David Crosby
David Van Cortlandt Crosby (August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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David Grisman
David Jay Grisman (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist.
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David Thomas (musician)
David Lynn Thomas (born 1953) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, now based in the UK.
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December 31
It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Year’s Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day.
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Deep Sea Skiving
Deep Sea Skiving is the debut studio album by British vocal group Bananarama, released on 7 March 1983 by London Records.
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield.
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Dennis Wilson
Dennis Carl Wilson (December 4, 1944 – December 28, 1983) was an American musician who co-founded <!-- DO NOT CAPITALIZE -->the Beach Boys.
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Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980.
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Devin Bronson
Devin Bronson (born Seattle, Washington, May 15, 1983) is a guitarist, songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles, having worked with artists such as Avril Lavigne, David Cook and Sebastian Bach.
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Dexys Midnight Runners
Dexys Midnight Runners (currently Dexys, their former nickname, styled without an apostrophe) are an English pop rock band from Birmingham, with soul influences, who achieved major commercial success in the early to mid- 1980s.
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Diamond Head (British band)
Diamond Head are an English heavy metal band formed in Stourbridge, West Midlands, in 1976.
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Diana Karazon
Diana Karazon (ديانا كرزون; born October 30, 1983) is a Jordanian singer of Arabic pop, television host, and actress.
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Diana Ross
Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress.
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Dio (band)
Dio was an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio.
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Dionne Warwick
Marie Dionne Warwick (born Warrick; December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host.
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums and percussion).
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Divinyls
Divinyls were an Australian rock band that were formed in Sydney in 1980.
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Dokken
Dokken is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1978.
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music.
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Don Henley
Donald Hugh Henley (born July 22, 1947) is an American musician who is a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he is the drummer and co-lead vocalist, as well as the sole continuous member of the band.
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Donna Summer
Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter.
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Dr. John
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr.
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Drastic Measures
Drastic Measures is the ninth studio album by American rock band Kansas, released in 1983.
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Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978 by singer Stephen Duffy, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist/bassist John Taylor.
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Earl Hines
Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" Hines (December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.
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Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire (EW&F or EWF) is an American band whose music spans the genres of jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, Latin, and Afro-pop.
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Echo & the Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978.
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Eivør (singer)
Eivør Pálsdóttir (pronounced; born 21 July 1983), known mononymously as Eivør, is a Faroese singer-songwriter and actress.
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Elaine Paige
Elaine Jill Paige (born 5 March 1948) is an English singer and actress, best known for her work in musical theatre.
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Electric Light Orchestra
The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan.
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Eliminator (album)
Eliminator is the eighth studio album by American rock band ZZ Top.
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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born April 30, 1939) is an American composer, the first female composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television presenter.
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Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
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Eubie Blake
James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music.
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Europe (band)
Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979, by lead vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, bassist Peter Olsson, and drummer Tony Reno.
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Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union.
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Eurovision Song Contest 1983
The Eurovision Song Contest 1983 was the 28th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.
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Eurythmics
Eurythmics were a British pop duo formed in 1980, consisting of Scottish vocalist Annie Lennox and English musician and producer Dave Stewart.
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Evan Taubenfeld
Evan David Taubenfeld (born June 27, 1983) is an American singer and musician, best known for being Avril Lavigne's lead guitarist, music director and frequent collaborator.
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Every Breath You Take
"Every Breath You Take" is a song by the English rock band the Police from their album Synchronicity (1983).
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Fallon Bowman
Fallon Bowman (born 16 November 1983) is a Canadian guitarist and singer best known for her involvement with the metal band Kittie.
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Fanfare
A fanfare (or fanfarade or flourish) is a short musical flourish which is typically played by trumpets (including fanfare trumpets), French horns or other brass instruments, often accompanied by percussion.
Farewell Tour (album)
Farewell Tour is the first live album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1983.
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Faroe Islanders
Faroese people or Faroe Islanders (føroyingar; færinger) are an ethnic group native to the Faroe Islands.
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February 14
It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day.
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Felix Pappalardi
Felix A. Pappalardi Jr. (December 30, 1939 – April 17, 1983) was an American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist.
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Flamenco
Flamenco is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Murcia.
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Flashdance
Flashdance is a 1983 American romantic drama dance film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Jennifer Beals as a passionate young dancer, Alex Owens, who aspires to become a professional ballerina, alongside Michael Nouri, who plays her boyfriend and the owner of the steel mill where she works by day in Pittsburgh.
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Flick of the Switch
Flick of the Switch is the ninth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC.
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Flux of Pink Indians
Flux of Pink Indians was an English punk rock band from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, active between 1980 and 1986.
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Foghat
Foghat are an English rock band formed in London in 1971.
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader.
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Fred Lerdahl
Alfred Whitford (Fred) Lerdahl (born March 10, 1943) is an American music theorist and composer.
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Frontiers (Journey album)
Frontiers is the eighth studio album by the American rock band Journey, released in February 1983, by Columbia Records.
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Fun Boy Three
Fun Boy Three were an English new wave pop band, active from 1981 to 1983 and formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left the Specials.
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Gang of Four (band)
Gang of Four are an English post-punk band, formed in 1976 in Leeds.
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Gary Numan
Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English musician.
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Genesis (band)
Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, in 1967.
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Genesis (Genesis album)
Genesis is the twelfth studio album by English rock band Genesis, released on 3 October 1983 by Charisma and Virgin Records in the UK and by Atlantic Records in the US and Canada.
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George Balanchine
George Balanchine (Various sources.
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George Benson
George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
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George Clinton (funk musician)
George Edward Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and bandleader.
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George Crumb
George Henry Crumb Jr. (24 October 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an American composer of avant-garde contemporary classical music.
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George Jones
George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter.
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George Liberace
George Liberace (July 31, 1911 – October 16, 1983) was an American musician and television performer.
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George Strait
George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer.
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Georges Auric
Georges Auric (15 February 1899 – 23 July 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, France.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Germaine Tailleferre (born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse; 19 April 18927 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as Les Six.
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Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud are a British-Irish pop girl group that was created through the ITV talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002.
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Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips were an American R&B, soul, and funk family music group from Atlanta, Georgia, that remained active on the music charts and performing circuit for over three decades starting from the early 1950s.
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Golden Earring
Golden Earring was a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as The Tornados.
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Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music.
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Graham Parker
Graham Thomas Parker (born 18 November 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, who is best known as the lead singer of the British band Graham Parker & the Rumour.
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Grammy Award for Album of the Year
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an award presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales, chart position, or critical reception." Commonly known as "The Big Award", Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammy Awards, and is one of the four general field categories alongside Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year that have been presented annually since the 1st Annual Grammy Awards in 1959.
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Grammy Award for Best New Artist
The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1960, but was not presented in 1967.
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Grammy Award for Record of the Year
The Grammy Award for Record of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to sales or chart position." The Record of the Year award is one of the four "General Field" categories at the awards (alongside Best New Artist, Song of the Year and Album of the Year) presented annually since the 1st Annual Grammy Awards in 1959.
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Grammy Award for Song of the Year
The Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.
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Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad (often shortened to Grand Funk) is an American rock band formed in Flint, Michigan, in 1969 by Mark Farner (vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica), Don Brewer (drums, vocals), and Mel Schacher (bass).
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György Ligeti
György Sándor Ligeti (28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music.
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Hall & Oates
Daryl Hall & John Oates, commonly known as Hall & Oates, were an American rock duo formed in Philadelphia in 1970.
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Hank Marvin
Hank Brian Marvin (born Brian Robson Rankin, 28 October 1941) is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter.
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Hank Williams Jr.
Randall Hank Williams (born May 26, 1949), known professionally as Hank Williams Jr. or Bocephus, is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
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Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks were a Finnish rock band formed in 1979.
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Hanson (band)
Hanson is an American pop rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, formed by brothers Isaac Hanson (guitar, vocals, bass, piano), Taylor Hanson (keyboards, vocals, percussion), and Zac Hanson (drums, vocals, piano).
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Harry James
Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band to great commercial success from 1939 to 1946.
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Have You Ever Been in Love (album)
Have You Ever Been in Love is the tenth studio album by recording artist Leo Sayer.
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Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band known as one of the earliest space rock groups.
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Hüsker Dü
Hüsker Dü was an American punk rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1979.
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Head over Heels (Cocteau Twins album)
Head over Heels is the second studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Cocteau Twins.
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Heart (band)
Heart is an American/Canadian rock band formed in 1973 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Heart failure
Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to fill with and pump blood.
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Hearts and Bones
Hearts and Bones is the sixth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon.
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Heaven 17
Heaven 17 are an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1980.
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Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.
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Helen Reddy
Helen Maxine Reddy (25 October 194129 September 2020) was an Australian-American singer, actress, television host, and activist.
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Helix (band)
Helix is a Canadian hard rock and heavy metal band.
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Herbert Howells
Herbert Norman Howells (17 October 1892 – 23 February 1983) was an English composer, organist, and teacher, most famous for his large output of Anglican church music.
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Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer.
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Hikaru Utada
, also known by the mononym Utada, is an American and Japanese singer, songwriter and producer.
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Holly Valance
Holly Rachel Candy (born 11 May 1983), known professionally as Holly Valance, is an Australian and British former actress, singer and model, and a right-wing political activist.
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Holy Diver
Holy Diver is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Dio, released in 1983.
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Home Taping Is Killing Music
"Home Taping Is Killing Music" was the slogan of a 1980s anti-copyright infringement propaganda campaign by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), a British music industry trade group.
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Howard Dietz
Howard Dietz (September 8, 1896 – July 30, 1983) was an American publicist, lyricist, and librettist, best remembered for his songwriting collaboration with Arthur Schwartz.
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Howard Jones (British musician)
John Howard Jones (born 23 February 1955) is a British musician, singer and songwriter.
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Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California.
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Ian Anderson
Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician best known for his work as the singer, flautist, acoustic guitarist, primary songwriter, and sole continuous member of the rock band Jethro Tull.
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Iannis Xenakis
Giannis Klearchou Xenakis (also spelled for professional purposes as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; Γιάννης "Ιωάννης" ΚλέαρχουΞενάκης,; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born Greek-French avant-garde composer, music theorist, architect, performance director and engineer.
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Infidels (Bob Dylan album)
Infidels is the twenty-second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on October 27, 1983, by Columbia Records.
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Into Glory Ride
Into Glory Ride is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Manowar and the first to feature drummer Scott Columbus.
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Into the Unknown (Bad Religion album)
Into the Unknown is the second studio album by Bad Religion, released in August 1983 through Epitaph Records.
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INXS
INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as the Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney.
IQ (band)
IQ are a British neo-prog band founded by Mike Holmes and Martin Orford in 1981 Band formed in 1981.
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Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century.
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Irene Cara
Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022) was an American singer and actress who rose to prominence for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical film Fame, and for recording the film's title song "Fame", which reached No.
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.
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Is There Something I Should Know?
"Is There Something I Should Know?" is the eighth single by English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 14 March 1983.
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It (Pulp album)
It is the debut studio album by English rock band Pulp, released on 18 April 1983 by Red Rhino Records.
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Ivor Cutler
Ivor Cutler (born Isadore Cutler, 15 January 1923 – 3 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, singer, musician, songwriter, artist and humorist.
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Jackson Browne
Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American rock musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States.
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James G. Watt
James Gaius Watt (January 31, 1938 – May 27, 2023) was an American lawyer, lobbyist, and civil servant who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior in the Ronald Reagan administration from 1981 to 1983.
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James Ingram
James Edward Ingram (February 16, 1952 – January 29, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.
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James Jamerson
James Lee Jamerson (January 29, 1936 – August 2, 1983) was an American bass player.
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January 1
January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years).
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Japan (band)
Japan were an English new wave band formed in 1974 in Catford, South London by David Sylvian (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steve Jansen (drums) and Mick Karn (bass guitar), joined the following year by Richard Barbieri (keyboards) and Rob Dean (lead guitar).
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Japanese Whispers
Japanese Whispers is the second compilation album by British group The Cure.
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Jean Daetwyler
Jean Daetwyler (24 January 1907, Basel – 4 June 1994, Sierre) was a Swiss composer and musician.
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Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel André Jarre (born 24 August 1948) is a French composer, performer and record producer.
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Jennifer Peña
Jennifer Marcella Peña (born September 17, 1983) is a Grammy Awards and Latin Grammy Awards nominated Mexican American Tejano/Latin pop singer known as "The Princess of Tejano".
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Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter who has performed as a vocalist on a number of film soundtracks.
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Jerry Herman
Gerald Sheldon Herman (July 10, 1931December 26, 2019) was an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway theatre.
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Jim Capaldi
Nicola James Capaldi (2 August 1944 – 28 January 2005) was an English singer-songwriter and drummer.
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Jim Gordon (musician)
James Beck Gordon (July 14, 1945 – March 13, 2023) was an American musician, songwriter, and convicted murderer.
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Jim Steinman
James Richard Steinman (November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021) was an American composer, lyricist and record producer.
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Jim Verraros
James Conrad Verraros (born February 8, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor, who placed ninth on the first season of American Idol. Raised by deaf parents, he is fluent in American Sign Language and gained notoriety on American Idol for signing the lyrics to his audition song.
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Jimmy Buffett
James William Buffett (December 25, 1946 – September 1, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter.
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading (born 9 December 1950) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.
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Joan Jett
Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin; September 22, 1958) is an American rock singer, guitarist, songwriter, record producer, and actress.
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Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements.
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Joe Jackson (musician)
David Ian "Joe" Jackson (born 11 August 1954) is an English musician, singer and songwriter.
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Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), known professionally as Joe Strummer, was a British musician.
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Joe Walsh
Joseph Fidler Walsh (born Joseph Woodward Fidler; November 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
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Joel Whitburn
Joel Carver Whitburn (November 29, 1939 – June 14, 2022) was an American author and music historian, responsible for setting up the Record Research, Inc.
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John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist.
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John Denver
Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer and songwriter.
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John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport is a major international airport serving New York City and its metropolitan area, in the United States.
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John Foxx
John Foxx (born Dennis Leigh; 26 September 1948) is an English singer, musician, artist, photographer, graphic designer, writer, teacher and lecturer.
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John Hiatt
John Robert Hiatt (born August 20, 1952) is an American singer-songwriter.
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John Mellencamp
John J. Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American singer-songwriter.
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Johnny B. Goode
"Johnny B. Goode" is a song by American musician Chuck Berry, written and sung by Berry in 1958.
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Johnny Ramone
John William Cummings (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004), better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American musician who was the guitarist and a founding member of the Ramones, a band that helped pioneer the punk movement.
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Jon and Vangelis
Jon and Vangelis was a music collaboration between British rock singer Jon Anderson (lead vocalist of the progressive rock band Yes) and Greek synthesiser musician Vangelis.
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Jon Moss
Jonathan Aubrey Moss (born 11 September 1957) is an English drummer, best known as a member of the 1980s pop group Culture Club.
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Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Michael Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.
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José José
José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz (17 February 1948 – 28 September 2019), known professionally as José José, was a Mexican singer.
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Journey (band)
Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1973 by former members of Santana, the Steve Miller Band, and Frumious Bandersnatch.
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Judas Priest
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969.
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Juice Newton
Juice Newton (born Judith Kay Newton; February 18, 1949) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician.
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July 2
This date marks the halfway point of the year.
Kajagoogoo
Kajagoogoo were a British new wave band, best known for their 1983 hit single "Too Shy", which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and the top 10 in numerous other countries.
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Kansas (band)
Kansas is an American rock band that formed in 1973 in Topeka, Kansas, and became popular during the decade initially on album-oriented rock charts and later with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind".
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Karel Goeyvaerts
Karel August Goeyvaerts (8 June 1923 – 3 February 1993) was a Belgian composer.
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Karen Carpenter
Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer who formed half of the highly successful duo Carpenters with her older brother Richard.
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen (22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.
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Katrina Elam
Katrina Ruth Elam (born December 12, 1983) is an American country music singer and songwriter.
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KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band is an American disco and funk band that was founded in 1973 in Hialeah, Florida.
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Kenny G
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), known professionally as Kenny G, is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, and producer.
Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter.
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Kevin Ayers
Kevin Ayers (16 August 1944 – 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was active in the English psychedelic music movement.
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Kill 'Em All
Kill 'Em All is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released on July 25, 1983, through the independent label Megaforce Records.
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Killing Heidi
Killing Heidi are an Australian rock band, formed in Violet Town, Victoria in 1996, initially as a folk-pop duo by siblings Ella and Jesse Hooper.
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Killing Joke
Killing Joke are an English rock band formed in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in 1979 by Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards), Paul Ferguson (drums), Geordie Walker (guitar) and Youth (bass).
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Kilroy Was Here (album)
Kilroy Was Here is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band Styx, released on February 22, 1983.
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Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer.
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King Sunny Adé
Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye (born 22 September 1946), known professionally as King Sunny Adé, is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is regarded as one of the first African pop musicians to gain international success and has been called one of the most influential musicians of all time.
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Kirk Hammett
Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Metallica since 1983.
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Kiss (band)
Kiss (often styled as KISS) was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals) and Peter Criss (drums, vocals).
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Kittie
Kittie is a Canadian heavy metal band from London, Ontario, formed in 1996 by lead guitarist Fallon Bowman and the Lander sisters, drummer Mercedes and lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Morgan.
Kix (band)
Kix (stylized as KIX) was an American glam metal and hard rock band formed in 1976, that achieved popularity during the 1980s.
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Klaus Nomi
Klaus Sperber (January 24, 1944 – August 6, 1983), known professionally as Klaus Nomi, was a German countertenor noted for his wide vocal range and an unusual, otherworldly stage persona.
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Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk ("power plant") are a German electronic band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider.
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Krokus (band)
Krokus is a Swiss hard rock and heavy metal band formed in 1975.
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Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) was a Polish composer and conductor.
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La Cage aux Folles (musical)
La Cage aux Folles is a musical with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and a book by Harvey Fierstein.
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Laura Branigan
Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004) was an American singer.
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Lawyers in Love
Lawyers in Love is the seventh album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1983 by Asylum Records.
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Leo Sayer
Gerard Hugh "Leo" Sayer (born 21 May 1948) is an English-Australian singer and songwriter who has been active since the early 1970s.
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Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein (born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian.
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Les Six
"Les Six" is a name given to a group of six composers, five of them French and one Swiss, who lived and worked in Montparnasse.
Let the Music Play (Shannon song)
"Let the Music Play" is a song recorded by American singer Shannon and released on September 19, 1983, as both her debut single and the lead single from her 1984 debut studio album of the same name.
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Let's Dance (David Bowie album)
Let's Dance is the fifteenth studio album by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released on 14 April 1983 through EMI America Records.
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Level 42
Level 42 are an English jazz-funk band formed on the Isle of Wight in 1979.
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Life (Thin Lizzy album)
Life (subtitled Live, and labelled Life:Live on the original vinyl LP editions) is a double live album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, released in 1983.
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Limahl
Christopher Hamill (born 19 December 1958), known professionally as Limahl (an anagram of Hamill), is a British pop singer.
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music.
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Lionel Bart
Lionel Bart (1 August 1930 – 3 April 1999) was an English writer and composer of pop music and musicals.
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Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality.
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List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1983
These are the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one hits of 1983.
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Lita Ford
Lita Rossana Ford (born September 19, 1958) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.
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Little River Band
Little River Band (LRB) are a rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in March 1975.
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Live Evil (Black Sabbath album)
Live Evil is the first official live album by English rock band Black Sabbath.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
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Los Prisioneros
Los Prisioneros ("The Prisoners") were a Chilean rock band formed in San Miguel, Santiago, in 1982.
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Lou Reed
Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942October 27, 2013) was an American musician and songwriter.
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Loudness (band)
is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 1981 by guitarist Akira Takasaki and drummer Munetaka Higuchi.
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Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States.
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Loverboy
Loverboy is a Canadian rock band formed in 1979 in Calgary, Alberta.
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Lucienne Boyer
Lucienne Boyer (18 August 1901 – 6 December 1983) was a French diseuse and singer, best known for her song "Parlez-moi d'amour".
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Luxembourg
Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg; Luxemburg; Luxembourg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a small landlocked country in Western Europe.
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Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City.
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Madness (band)
Madness are an English ska and pop band from Camden Town, north west London, who formed in 1976.
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Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
Madonna (album)
Madonna is the eponymous debut studio album by American singer Madonna, released on July 27, 1983, by Sire Records.
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Malcolm McLaren
Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (3 September 1946 – 8 April 2010) was a Yemeni-Born fashion designer and music manager.
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Mame (musical)
Mame is a musical with a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman.
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band are an English rock band formed by South African musician Manfred Mann.
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Manowar
Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York.
Marc and the Mambas
Marc and the Mambas were a new wave group, formed by Marc Almond in 1982 as an offshoot project from Soft Cell.
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Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English rock singer.
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Marie Serneholt
Marie Eleonor Serneholt (born 11 July 1983) is a Swedish singer and model.
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Marillion
Marillion are a British neo prog band, formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, in 1979.
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Mario Davidovsky
Mario Davidovsky (March 4, 1934 – August 23, 2019) was an Argentine-American composer.
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Mark Hellinger Theatre
The Mark Hellinger Theatre (formerly the 51st Street Theatre and the Hollywood Theatre) is a church building at 237 West 51st Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, which formerly operated as a cinema and Broadway theater.
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Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler (born 12 August 1949) is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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Marshall Crenshaw
Marshall Howard Crenshaw (born November 11, 1953) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for hit songs such as "Someday, Someway," a US top 40 hit in 1982, "Cynical Girl," and "Whenever You're on My Mind." He is also the co-author of one of the biggest radio hits of the 1990s, the Gin Blossoms's "Til I Hear It from You." His music has roots in classic soul music and Buddy Holly, to whom Crenshaw was often compared in the early days of his career, and whom he portrayed in the 1987 film La Bamba.
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Martin Briley
Martin Steven Briley (born August 17, 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist. He was born in London and has recorded with and written for a variety of well-known musicians, as well as releasing several solo albums.
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Marty Balin
Martyn Jerel Buchwald (January 30, 1942 – September 27, 2018), known as Marty Balin, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and musician.
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Mary Jane Girls
The Mary Jane Girls were an American girl group formed in 1983, best known for their songs "In My House", "All Night Long", "Candy Man", and their cover version of "Walk Like a Man".
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Matricide
Matricide (or maternal homicide) is the act of killing one's own mother.
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Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, California, in 1981 by bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, with guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil joining right after.
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Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows.
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Melle Mel
Melvin Glover (born May 15, 1961), better known by his stage name Grandmaster Melle Mel or simply Melle Mel, is an American rapper who was the lead vocalist and songwriter of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
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Men at Work
Men at Work are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1978 and best known for breakthrough hits such as "Down Under", "Who Can It Be Now?", "Be Good Johnny", "Overkill", and "It's a Mistake".
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Men Without Hats
Men Without Hats are a Canadian new wave and synth-pop band, originally from Montreal, Quebec.
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Menudo (group)
Menudo is a Puerto Rican boy band formed by producer Edgardo Díaz.
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Merchant Ivory Productions
Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant (1936–2005) and director James Ivory (b. 1928).
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Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann.
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Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
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Metal Circus
Metal Circus is an EP by American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released in 1983 by SST Records.
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Metal Health
Metal Health is the third studio album by the American heavy metal band Quiet Riot, released on February 28, 1983.
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Metal Magic
Metal Magic is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released on June 10, 1983 by Metal Magic Records.
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Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band.
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Michael Bolton
Michael Bolotin (born February 26, 1953), known professionally as Michael Bolton, is an American singer and songwriter.
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Michael Franks (musician)
Michael Franks (born September 18, 1944) is an American singer and songwriter, considered a leader of the quiet storm movement.
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Michael Sembello
Michael Andrew Sembello (born April 17, 1954) is an American singer, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer and producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Michael W. Smith
Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957) is an American musician who has charted in both contemporary Christian and mainstream charts.
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Michelle Branch
Michelle Jacquet Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.
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Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist)
Michael Geoffrey Jones (born 26 June 1955) is a British musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as co-founder and lead guitarist of punk rock band the Clash, until his dismissal by frontman Joe Strummer in 1983.
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Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboard) and Martin Rotsey (guitar).
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Mika Nakashima
is a Japanese singer and actress.
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Mike Oldfield
Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English former musician, songwriter and producer best known for his debut studio album Tubular Bells (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success.
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Mikey Craig
Michael Emile Craig (born 15 February 1960) is a British musician and DJ best known as the bassist of the pop/soul/new wave group Culture Club.
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Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
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Ministry (band)
Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1981 by producer, singer, and instrumentalist Al Jourgensen.
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Minor Threat
Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band, formed in 1980 in Washington, D.C., by vocalist Ian MacKaye and drummer Jeff Nelson.
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Misfits (band)
The Misfits are an American punk rock band often recognized as the pioneers of the horror punk subgenre, blending punk and other musical influences with horror film themes and imagery.
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Models (band)
Models (also sometimes known as The Models) are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne, Victoria in August 1978.
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Molly Hatchet
Molly Hatchet is an American rock band formed by guitarist Dave Hlubek in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1971.
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Moonlight Shadow
"Moonlight Shadow" is a song written and performed by English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, released as a single in May 1983 by Virgin Records, and included on his eighth album, Crises, of the same year.
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Morning Musume
, formerly and commonly known as and colloquially referred to as, is a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top-ten singles, having 64 of them.
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Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926 – September 3, 1987) was an American composer.
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Motörhead
Motörhead were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox.
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Mr. Roboto
"Mr.
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MTV
MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.
Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913April 30, 1983), known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues".
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Munich
Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.
Murmur (album)
Murmur is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on April 12, 1983, by I.R.S. Records.
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Musique pour Supermarché
Musique pour Supermarché (English title: Music for Supermarkets) is the sixth studio album by electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre.
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Naked Eyes
Naked Eyes are an English new wave duo"All Eyes on Pete Byrne", Newsday, 15 October 2013 that rose to prominence in the early 1980s.
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Nazareth (band)
Nazareth are a Scottish hard rock band formed in Dunfermline in 1968 that had many hit singles and albums in Canada, the United Kingdom, and a number of other European countries beginning in the early 1970s.
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Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer and songwriter.
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Neruda (album)
Neruda is the third studio album by the Canadian rock band Red Rider, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music).
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Never Surrender (album)
Never Surrender is the sixth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1982.
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New Edition
New Edition is an American R&B/pop group from the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1978 by singer/rapper Bobby Brown with Ralph Tresvant serving as the group's lead singer for over 40 years.
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New Order (band)
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook, and drummer Stephen Morris.
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Next Position Please
Next Position Please is the seventh studio album by American rock band Cheap Trick, produced by Todd Rundgren and released in 1983.
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Nick Lowe
Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.
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Night Ranger
Night Ranger is an American hard rock band from San Francisco, California.
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Nina Hagen
Catharina "Nina" Hagen (born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress.
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (sometimes abbreviated NGDB), known as the Dirt Band from 1978 to 1983, is an American country rock band formed in 1966.
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Nocturne (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)
Nocturne is a live double album and video by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released on 25 November 1983 by Polydor Records.
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Now That's What I Call Music!
Now That's What I Call Music! (often shortened to NOW) is a series of various artists compilation albums released in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Sony Music and Universal Music (Universal/Sony Music) which began in 1983.
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Nuremberg
Nuremberg (Nürnberg; in the local East Franconian dialect: Nämberch) is the largest city in Franconia, the second-largest city in the German state of Bavaria, and its 544,414 (2023) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany.
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Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo was an American new wave band formed by songwriter Danny Elfman in 1979.
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Oliver Knussen
Stuart Oliver Knussen (12 June 1952 – 8 July 2018) was a British composer of contemporary classical music and conductor.
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Oliver!
Oliver! is a stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart.
Olivia Newton-John
Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British and Australian singer and actress.
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Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist.
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One Night with a Stranger
One Night with a Stranger is the second album by the English rock musician Martin Briley, released in 1983 by Mercury Records.
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Orange Juice (band)
Orange Juice were a Scottish jangle pop band founded in the Glasgow suburb of Bearsden as the Nu-Sonics in 1976.
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are an English electronic band formed in the Wirral, Merseyside, in 1978.
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Out of Step (album)
Out of Step is the only studio album by American hardcore punk band Minor Threat.
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Outa Hand
Outa Hand is an album by Canadian band Coney Hatch.
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Outside Inside (The Tubes album)
Outside Inside is the sixth studio album by The Tubes, released in 1983.
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Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English musician and media personality.
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Pantera
Pantera is an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed in 1981 by the Abbott brothers (guitarist Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul), and currently composed of vocalist Phil Anselmo, bassist Rex Brown, and touring musicians Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
Parliament-Funkadelic
Parliament-Funkadelic (abbreviated as P-Funk) is an American music collective of rotating musicians headed by George Clinton, primarily consisting of the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, both active since the 1960s.
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Pat Benatar
Patricia Mae Giraldo (Andrzejewski; formerly Benatar; born January 10, 1953) is an American singer and songwriter.
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Pat Metheny Group
The Pat Metheny Group was an American jazz band founded in 1977 by guitarist and composer Pat Metheny, along with his core collaborating member, keyboardist and composer Lyle Mays.
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Pat Wilson
Patricia Mary Wilson (née Higgins; born 11 June 1948) is an Australian singer and journalist.
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Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress.
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Paul Quinichette
Paul Quinichette (May 17, 1916 – May 25, 1983) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
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Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter known both for his solo work and his collaboration with Art Garfunkel.
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Paul Simonon
Paul Gustave Simonon (born 15 December 1955) is an English musician and artist best known as the bassist for the Clash.
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Paul Young
Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English musician, singer and songwriter.
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Peabo Bryson
Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson (born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter.
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Per Nørgård
Per Nørgård (born 13 July 1932) is a Danish composer and music theorist.
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Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English musician.
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Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter and human rights activist.
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Peter Schilling
Peter Schilling (born Pierre Michael Schilling; 28 January 1956) is a German synthpop musician whose songs often feature science-fiction themes like aliens, astronauts and catastrophes.
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Peter Sculthorpe
Peter Joshua Sculthorpe (29 April 1929 – 8 August 2014) was an Australian composer.
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Petra (band)
Petra is an American music group regarded as a pioneer of the Christian rock and contemporary Christian music genres and was, for many years, regarded as the "world's most popular Christian rock band".
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Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
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Phil Lynott
Philip Parris Lynott (20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) was an Irish musician, songwriter, and poet.
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Phish
Phish is an American rock band formed in Burlington, Vermont, in 1983.
Piece of Mind
Piece of Mind is the fourth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
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Power, Corruption & Lies
Power, Corruption & Lies is the second studio album by the English rock band New Order, released on 2 May 1983 by Factory Records.
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Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958April 21, 2016) was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and actor.
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Prism (band)
Prism (styled as PRiSM) is a Canadian rock band formed in Vancouver in 1977.
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Pseudo Echo
Pseudo Echo are an Australian New wave band formed in 1982 by Brian Canham (vocals, guitar, and keyboards), Pierre Gigliotti (bass keyboards and bass guitar), and Tony Lugton (keyboards).
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Public Image Ltd
Public Image Ltd (abbreviated and stylized as PiL) are an English post-punk band formed by lead vocalist John Lydon (previously, as Johnny Rotten, lead vocalist of Sex Pistols), guitarist Keith Levene (a founder member of The Clash), bassist Jah Wobble, and drummer Jim Walker in May 1978.
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Puerto Rico
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Pulitzer Prize for Music
The Pulitzer Prize for Music is one of seven Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually in Letters, Drama, and Music.
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Pulp (band)
Pulp are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978.
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Punch the Clock
Punch the Clock is the eighth studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, and his seventh with the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas (no relation).
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Puttin' On the Ritz
"Puttin' On the Ritz" is a song written by Irving Berlin.
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Pyromania (album)
Pyromania is the third studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 20 January 1983 through Vertigo Records in UK and Europe and through Mercury Records in the US.
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Queensrÿche
Queensrÿche is an American progressive metal band.
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Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band founded in Los Angeles in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni.
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Rainbow (rock band)
Rainbow (also known as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow or Blackmore's Rainbow) are a British-American rock band formed in London and Los Angeles in 1975 by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore.
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Randy Newman
Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter, arranger, pianist, composer and conductor known for his non-rhotic Southern-accented singing style, early Americana-influenced songs (often with mordant or satirical lyrics), and various film scores.
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Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar (born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer.
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Ray Jackendoff
Ray Jackendoff (born January 23, 1945) is an American linguist.
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RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.
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Reach the Beach
Reach the Beach is the second studio album by English new wave band the Fixx, released in May 1983 by MCA Records.
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Reba McEntire
Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955), or simply Reba, is an American country singer and actress.
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Rebel Yell (album)
Rebel Yell is the second studio album by the English rock singer Billy Idol, released on 10 November 1983 by Chrysalis Records.
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Red Rider
Red Rider, later known as Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, is a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s.
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Richard Thompson (musician)
Richard Thompson (born 3 April 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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Rick James
James Ambrose Johnson Jr. (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004), better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.
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Rick Springfield
Richard Lewis Springthorpe (born 23 August 1949), known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian-American musician and actor.
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Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter.
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Riders in the Sky (band)
Riders in the Sky is an American Western music and comedy group which began performing in 1977.
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Right or Wrong (George Strait album)
Right or Wrong is the third studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on October 6, 1983, by MCA Records.
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Ringo Starr
Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles.
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Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945) is an American recording artist.
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Robert Ashley
Robert Reynolds Ashley (March 28, 1930 – March 3, 2014) was an American composer, who was best known for his television operas and other theatrical works, many of which incorporate electronics and extended techniques.
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Robert Cray
Robert William Cray (born August 1, 1953) is an American blues guitarist and singer.
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Robert Palmer
Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer and songwriter.
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Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter.
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Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945) is a retired English musician.
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Roberta Flack
Roberta Cleopatra Flack (born February 10, 1937) is a retired American singer who topped the ''Billboard'' charts with the No.
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Rock the Casbah
"Rock the Casbah" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, released in 1982 as the second single from their fifth album, Combat Rock.
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Rockit (instrumental)
"Rockit" is a composition recorded by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and produced by Bill Laswell and Michael Beinhorn.
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Rod Stewart
Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter.
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Rose Royce
Rose Royce is an American soul and R&B group.
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Roxy Music
Roxy Music are an English rock band formed in 1970 by lead vocalist and principal songwriter Bryan Ferry and bassist Graham Simpson.
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Roy Hay (musician)
Roy Ernest Hay (born 12 August 1961) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.
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Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England.
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Rufus (band)
Rufus is an American funk band from Chicago best known for launching the career of lead singer Chaka Khan.
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Rush (band)
Rush was a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto in 1968 that primarily comprised Geddy Lee (vocals, bass guitar, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitar) and Neil Peart (drums, percussion).
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S.H.E
S.H.E is a Taiwanese girl group whose members are Selina Jen, Hebe Tien, and Ella Chen.
Saga (band)
Saga is a Canadian rock band from Oakville, Ontario.
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Salad Days (musical)
Salad Days is a musical with music by Julian Slade, and with book and lyrics by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade.
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Samantha Mumba
Samantha Tamania Anne Cecilia Mumba (born 18 January 1983) is an Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, fashion model and TV presenter.
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Savatage
Savatage is an American heavy metal band founded by brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1979 in Tarpon Springs, Florida.
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Saxon (band)
Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in Barnsley in 1975.
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Séance
A séance or seance is an attempt to communicate with spirits.
Sérgio Mendes
Sérgio Santos Mendes (born February 11, 1941) is a Brazilian musician.
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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by reoccurring episodes of psychosis that are correlated with a general misperception of reality.
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Script for a Jester's Tear
Script for a Jester's Tear is the debut studio album by British neo-prog band Marillion, released in the United Kingdom on 14 March 1983 by EMI Records.
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September
September is the ninth month of the year in both the Gregorian calendar and the less commonly used Julian calendar.
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Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Seven and the Ragged Tiger is the third studio album by the English rock band Duran Duran, released on 21 November 1983 through EMI and Capitol Records.
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Sex Gang Children
Sex Gang Children are an early gothic rock and post-punk band that formed in early 1982 in Brixton in London, England.
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Shalamar
Shalamar is an American R&B and soul music vocal group created by Dick Griffey and Don Cornelius in 1977 and active throughout the 1980s.
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Shannon (American singer)
Brenda Shannon Greene (born May 2, 1958), known professionally as Shannon, is an American singer and songwriter of freestyle and dance-pop music.
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She's So Unusual
She's So Unusual is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released on October 14, 1983, by Portrait Records.
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Sheena Easton
Sheena Shirley Easton (born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish singer and actress who achieved recognition in an episode of the reality television series The Big Time: Pop Singer, which recorded her attempts to gain a record deal and her eventual signing with the EMI label.
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Shonen Knife
Shonen Knife is a Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka in 1981.
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Shout at the Devil
Shout at the Devil is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on September 23, 1983.
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Show No Mercy
Show No Mercy is the debut studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released in December 1983 by Metal Blade Records.
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Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkel.
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin.
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Sirens (Savatage album)
Sirens is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Savatage, released on April 11, 1983.
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Slade
Slade are an English rock band formed in Wolverhampton in 1966.
Slayer
Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya.
Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (S&W) is an American firearm manufacturer headquartered in Maryville, Tennessee, United States.
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Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.
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Soft Cell
Soft Cell are an English synth-pop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s.
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Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City and formed in 1981.
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Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.
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Southern Death Cult
Southern Death Cult were a British post-punk/gothic rock band that formed in Bradford during the early 1980s.
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Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet were an English pop band formed in Islington, London, in 1979.
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Sparks (band)
Sparks is an American pop and rock duo formed by brothers Ron (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals) in Los Angeles.
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Split Enz
Split Enz were a New Zealand band formed in 1972.
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Sports (Huey Lewis and the News album)
Sports is the third album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released on September 15, 1983, by Chrysalis Records.
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St Ives, New South Wales
St Ives is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia 18 kilometres north of the Sydney Central Business District in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council.
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Stan Rogers
Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter.
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Status Quo (band)
Status Quo are a British rock band.
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Steve Hackett
Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English guitarist who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977.
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Steve Miller Band
The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1966.
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Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stephen Ray Vaughan (also known as SRV; October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble.
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Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris (Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.
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Stiff Little Fingers
Stiff Little Fingers are a Northern Irish punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Stray Cats
Stray Cats are an American rockabilly band formed in 1979 by guitarist and vocalist Brian Setzer, double bassist Lee Rocker, and drummer Slim Jim Phantom in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York.
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Styx (band)
Styx is an American rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1972.
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Subterranean Jungle
Subterranean Jungle is the seventh studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, released by Sire Records on February 23, 1983.
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Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies is an American crossover thrash band formed in 1980 in Venice, California, by vocalist Mike Muir.
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Suicidal Tendencies (album)
Suicidal Tendencies is the debut studio album by American hardcore punk band Suicidal Tendencies, released on July 5, 1983 through Frontier Records.
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Survivor (band)
Survivor is an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1978 by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan.
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (album)
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) is the second studio album by British pop duo Eurythmics, released on 4 January 1983 by RCA Records.
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Swordfishtrombones
Swordfishtrombones is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1983 on Island Records.
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Synchronicity (The Police album)
Synchronicity is the fifth and final studio album by the British rock band the Police, released on 17 June 1983 by A&M Records.
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Syreeta Wright
Syreeta Wright (February 28, 1946 – July 6, 2004), who recorded professionally under the mononym Syreeta, was an American singer-songwriter, best known for her music during the early 1970s through the early 1980s.
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Taco (musician)
Taco Ockerse (born 21 July 1955), known mononymously as Taco, is an Indonesian-born Dutch musician and entertainer who started his career in Germany.
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Talking Heads
Talking Heads were an American new wave band formed in 1975 in New York City.
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Tammin Sursok
Tammin Sursok (born 19 August 1983) is a South African-born Australian-American actress, model and singer.
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Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh; May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer and songwriter, considered among the genre's most influential and successful artists.
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Tanpura
The tanpura (also referred to as tambura, tanpuri, tamboura, or tanpoura) is a long-necked, plucked, four-stringed instrument originating in the Indian subcontinent, found in various forms in Indian music.
Tavares (group)
Tavares (also known as The Tavares Brothers) is an American R&B and soul music group composed of five Cape Verdean-American brothers.
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Taylor Hanson
Jordan Taylor Hanson (born March 14, 1983) is an American musician best known as a member of the eponymous pop rock band Hanson.
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Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal.
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Texas Flood
Texas Flood is the debut studio album by the American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, released on June 13, 1983, by Epic Records.
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The Animals
The Animals (also billed as Animals & Friends and Eric Burdon and the Animals) are an English rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1963.
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The Australian
The Australian, with its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian, is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.
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The B-52s
The B-52s, originally presented as the B-52's (with an apostrophe; used until 2008), are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976.
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.
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The Beat (British band)
The Beat (known in the United States and Canada as the English Beat and in Australia as the British Beat) are an English band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1978.
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The Belle Stars
The Belle Stars were an all female British pop/rock band.
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The Church (band)
The Church are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980.
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The Clash
The Clash were an English rock band that formed in London in 1976 and were key players in the original wave of British punk rock.
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The Creatures
The Creatures were an English band formed in 1981 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and drummer Budgie of the group Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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The Crossing (Big Country album)
The Crossing is the debut album released by Scottish band Big Country in July 1983.
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The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex.
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The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band formed in 1970 in San Jose, California, known for their flexibility in performing across numerous genres and their vocal harmonies.
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The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, comprising vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore.
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The Dubliners
The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, named after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners.
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The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers were an American rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing.
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The Exploited
The Exploited are a Scottish punk rock band from Edinburgh, formed in 1978 by Stevie Ross and Terry Buchan, with Buchan soon replaced by his brother Wattie Buchan.
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The Fall (band)
The Fall were an English post-punk group, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester.
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The Final Cut (album)
The Final Cut is the twelfth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 21 March 1983 through Harvest and Columbia Records.
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The First Four Years (album)
The First Four Years is a compilation album by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag.
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The Fixx
The Fixx are a rock band from London, England, founded in 1979.
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The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens were an Australian indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1977.
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The Golden Section
The Golden Section is a 1983 album by English musician John Foxx.
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The Hooters
The Hooters are an American rock band, which was founded in Philadelphia in 1980.
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The Hurting
The Hurting is the debut studio album by British new wave band Tears for Fears, released on 7 March 1983 by Mercury Records distributed by Phonogram Inc. The album peaked at No.
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The Jam
The Jam were an English rock band formed in 1972 in Woking, Surrey.
The Jazz Butcher
The Jazz Butcher was the alias of British singer/songwriter Pat Fish (20 December 1957 – 5 October 2021).
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The Joe Perry Project
The Joe Perry Project is an American rock band formed by Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry.
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The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in May 1964.
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The Motels
The Motels are an American new wave band from Berkeley, California, that is best known for the singles "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer", each of which peaked at No.
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The Nightingales
Nightingales (a.k.a. The Nightingales) are a British post-punk/alternative rock band, formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England, by four members of Birmingham's punk group The Prefects.
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The Oak Ridge Boys
The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet originating in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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The Plimsouls
The Plimsouls were an American rock band known for their hit 1982 single "A Million Miles Away", which was featured in the movie Valley Girl.
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The Pointer Sisters
The Pointer Sisters are an American girl group from Oakland, California, who achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s.
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The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977.
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The Pretenders
The Pretenders are a British-American rock band formed in March 1978.
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The Raincoats
The Raincoats are a British experimental post-punk band.
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The Reels
The Reels was an Australian rock band which formed in Dubbo, New South Wales in 1976.
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The Replacements (band)
The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979.
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
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The Smiths
The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, composed of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums).
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The Star-Spangled Banner
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States.
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The Stranglers
The Stranglers are an English rock band.
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The Style Council
The Style Council were a British band formed in late 1982 by Paul Weller, the former lead vocalist, principal songwriter and guitarist with the Jam, and keyboardist Mick Talbot, previously a member of Dexys Midnight Runners, the Bureau and the Merton Parkas.
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The The
are an English post-punk band.
The Trooper
"The Trooper" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released as the second single on 20 June 1983 from the band's fourth studio album, Piece of Mind (1983).
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The Tubes
The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band.
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The Waitresses
The Waitresses were an American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, best known for their singles "I Know What Boys Like" and "Christmas Wrapping." They released two albums, Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? and Bruiseology, and one EP, I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts.
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The Waterboys
The Waterboys are a rock band formed in 1983 by Scottish musician and songwriter Mike Scott.
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The Waterboys (album)
The Waterboys is the debut studio album by the Waterboys, released by Ensign Records in July 1983.
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The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964.
The Wreckers
The Wreckers were an American country music duo formed in 2005 by Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp, both of whom had solo recordings before the duo's foundation.
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Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969.
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Thomas Dolby
Thomas Morgan Robertson (born 14 October 1958), known by the stage name Thomas Dolby, is an English musician, producer, composer, entrepreneur and teacher.
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Thompson Twins
Thompson Twins were a British pop band, formed in 1977 in Sheffield.
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Thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and fast tempo.
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Thriller (album)
Thriller is the sixth studio album by the American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson, released on November 29, 1982, by Epic Records.
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Thunder and Lightning (album)
Thunder and Lightning is the twelfth and final studio album by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy, released on 4 March 1983.
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Tim Finn
Brian Timothy Finn (born 25 June 1952) is a New Zealand singer, songwriter, musician, and composer.
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Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth and as a side project from Talking Heads.
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Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter and actor.
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Tony Banks (musician)
Anthony George Banks (born 27 March 1950) is an English musician primarily known as the keyboardist and founding member of the rock band Genesis.
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Total Eclipse of the Heart
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is the lead single by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler from her fifth studio album, Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983) written and produced by Jim Steinman and recorded in 1982, released as a single by CBS/Columbia in 1983.
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Toto (band)
Toto is an American pop rock band formed in 1977 in Los Angeles, California.
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Toto IV
Toto IV is the fourth studio album by American rock band Toto, released on April 8, 1982 by Columbia Records.
Touch (Eurythmics album)
Touch is the third studio album by British pop duo Eurythmics, released on 14 November 1983 by RCA Records.
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Toy Dolls
Toy Dolls are an English punk rock band formed in 1979.
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Tracey Ullman
Tracey Ullman (born Trace Ullman; 30 December 1959) is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, writer, producer, and director.
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Triumph (band)
Triumph were a Canadian hard rock band formed in 1975 that was popular during the late 1970s and the 1980s, building on its reputation and success as a live band.
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True (Spandau Ballet album)
True is the third studio album by English pop band Spandau Ballet, released on 4 March 1983 by Chrysalis Records.
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Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band formed in 1972, originally from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and later based on Long Island, New York.
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U2
U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976.
UB40
UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England.
Uday Shankar
Uday Shankar (born Uday Shankar Choudhary; 8 December 1900 – 26 September 1977) was an Indian dancer and choreographer, best known for creating a fusion style of dance, adapting European theatrical techniques to Indian classical dance, imbued with elements of Indian classical, folk, and tribal dance, which he later popularised in India, Europe, and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s.
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UFO (band)
UFO were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.
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Under a Blood Red Sky
Under a Blood Red Sky is a live mini-album by Irish rock band U2, produced by Jimmy Iovine and released on 21 November 1983.
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Underoath
Underoath (styled as Underøath or UnderOath) is an American rock band from Tampa, Florida.
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Uriah Heep (band)
Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969.
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US Festival
The US Festival ("us") was the name of two early 1980s music and culture festivals held near San Bernardino, California.
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Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a singer-songwriter and musician from Northern Ireland whose recording career spans seven decades.
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Vanessa Amorosi
Vanessa Joy AmorosiSharon Verghis:, The Sun-Herald, 18 October 2009, Archived from on 6 March 2016.
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Vanity 6
Vanity 6 was an American female vocal trio that gained popularity in the early 1980s.
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes are an American folk punk band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Violent Femmes (album)
Violent Femmes is the debut album by Violent Femmes.
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Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin" is a song by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson recorded for his sixth studio album Thriller (1982).
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War (U2 album)
War is the third studio album by Irish rock band U2.
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Was (Not Was)
Was (Not Was) is an American band founded in 1979 in Detroit, Michigan, by David Weiss and Don Fagenson, who adopted the stage names David Was and Don Was.
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Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.
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Wayne Newton
Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942), mostly known as Mr.
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Wham!
Wham! (briefly known in the US as Wham! UK) were an English pop duo formed in Bushey in 1981 consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.
Whammy!
Whammy! is the third studio album by American new wave band the B-52's, released on April 27, 1983, by Warner Bros. Records.
William Hung
William Hing Cheung Hung (born November 10, 1982) is a Hong Kong-born American motivational speaker and former singer who gained fame in 2004 as a result of his unsuccessful audition singing Ricky Martin's hit song "She Bangs" on the third season of the television series American Idol.
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William Walton
Sir William Turner Walton (29 March 19028 March 1983) was an English composer.
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Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country singer, guitarist and songwriter.
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Winifred Atwell
Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April 1910 or 1914There is some uncertainty over her date and year of birth. Many sources suggest 27 February 1914, but there is a strong suggestion that her birthday was 27 April. Most sources give her year of birth as 1914, but her gravestone states that she died at the age of 73, suggesting that she was born in 1910.
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Wipers (band)
Wipers was a punk rock band formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Greg Sage, along with drummer Sam Henry and bassist Dave Koupal.
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Witchfinder General (band)
Witchfinder General was an English heavy metal band from Stourbridge.
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With Sympathy
With Sympathy is the debut studio album by American industrial band Ministry, released on May 10, 1983 by Arista Records.
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Witold Lutosławski
Witold Roman Lutosławski (25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and conductor.
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Wojciech Kilar
Wojciech Kilar (17 July 1932 – 29 December 2013) was a Polish classical and film music composer.
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Works (Pink Floyd album)
Works is a compilation album of songs by British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in 1983.
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X (American band)
X is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles.
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XTC
XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972.
Y&T
Y&T (originally known as Yesterday & Today) is an American hard rock/heavy metal band that formed in Oakland, California; the classic lineup that recorded the first album was cemented in 1974.
Yazoo (band)
Yazoo (known as Yaz in North America) were an English synth-pop duo from Basildon, Essex, consisting of former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke (keyboards) and Alison Moyet (vocals).
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Yello
Yello is a Swiss electronic music band, which formed in Zürich in 1979.
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra (abbreviated to YMO) was a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals, occasional keyboards) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, vocals).
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Yes (band)
Yes are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by lead singer Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Peter Banks, keyboardist Tony Kaye, and drummer Bill Bruford.
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Yes Sir, I Will
Yes Sir, I Will was the fifth and penultimate album released in March 1983 by anarcho-punk band Crass.
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You Bought It – You Name It
You Bought It – You Name It is the sixth studio album by the American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Walsh.
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You Can't Hurry Love
"You Can't Hurry Love" is a 1966 song originally recorded by the Supremes on the Motown label.
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Zakir Hussain (musician)
Zakir Hussain (born 9 March 1951) is an Indian tabla player, composer, percussionist, music producer and film actor.
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ZTT Records
ZTT Records is a British record label founded in 1983 by the record producer Trevor Horn, the businesswoman Jill Sinclair and the NME journalist Paul Morley.
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ZZ Top
ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969.
10cc
10cc are a British rock band formed in Stockport in 1972.
25th Annual Grammy Awards
The 25th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 23, 1983, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles.
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45 Grave
45 Grave is an American rock band from Los Angeles formed in 1979.
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90125
90125 is the eleventh studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 7 November 1983 by Atco Records.
99 Luftballons
"99 Luftballons" (Neunundneunzig Luftballons, "99 balloons") is a song by the West German band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. An English-language version titled "99 Red Balloons", with lyrics by Kevin McAlea, was also released by Nena on the album 99 Luftballons in 1984 after widespread success of the original in Europe and Japan.
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References
Also known as List of 1983 albums.
, Billy Joel, Black Flag (band), Black Sabbath, Blackfoot (band), Blue Öyster Cult, Blue Monday (New Order song), Bo Diddley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bob Seger, Bon Jovi, Bonnie Tyler, Born Again (Black Sabbath album), Bow Wow Wow, Branigan 2, Brian May, British Hit Singles & Albums, Brooke Fraser, Bryan Adams, Burning Spear, Busted (band), Butthole Surfers, Cabaret Voltaire (band), Cameo (band), Canterbury (album), Cargo (album), Carl Wilson, Carlos Santana, Carly Simon, Carole King, Carrie Fisher, Carrie Underwood, Cathy Berberian, Celine Dion, Central Park, Charly García, Chaz Jankel, Cheap Trick, Chicago (band), China Crisis, Chris Rea, Christopher Cross, Cliff Richard, Cocteau Twins, Colour by Numbers, Come On Eileen, Commodores, Compact disc, Coney Hatch, Confrontation (Bob Marley and the Wailers album), Construction Time Again, Corey Hart (singer), Crises (album), Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Culture Club, Cuts Like a Knife, Cyndi Lauper, Dalida, Dallas, Danny & the Juniors, Danny Rapp, Dave Edmunds, Dave Mustaine, David Bowie, David Crosby, David Grisman, David Thomas (musician), December 31, Deep Sea Skiving, Def Leppard, Dennis Wilson, Depeche Mode, Devin Bronson, Dexys Midnight Runners, Diamond Head (British band), Diana Karazon, Diana Ross, Dio (band), Dionne Warwick, Dire Straits, Divinyls, Dokken, Dolly Parton, Don Henley, Donna Summer, Dr. John, Drastic Measures, Duran Duran, Earl Hines, Earth, Wind & Fire, Echo & the Bunnymen, Eivør (singer), Elaine Paige, Electric Light Orchestra, Eliminator (album), Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Eubie Blake, Europe (band), Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision Song Contest 1983, Eurythmics, Evan Taubenfeld, Every Breath You Take, Fallon Bowman, Fanfare, Farewell Tour (album), Faroe Islanders, February 14, Felix Pappalardi, Flamenco, Flashdance, Flick of the Switch, Flux of Pink Indians, Foghat, Frank Zappa, Fred Lerdahl, Frontiers (Journey album), Fun Boy Three, Gang of Four (band), Gary Numan, Genesis (band), Genesis (Genesis album), George Balanchine, George Benson, George Clinton (funk musician), George Crumb, George Jones, George Liberace, George Strait, Georges Auric, Germaine Tailleferre, Girls Aloud, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Golden Earring, Gordon Lightfoot, Graham Parker, Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Grand Funk Railroad, György Ligeti, Hall & Oates, Hank Marvin, Hank Williams Jr., Hanoi Rocks, Hanson (band), Harry James, Have You Ever Been in Love (album), Hawkwind, Hüsker Dü, Head over Heels (Cocteau Twins album), Heart (band), Heart failure, Hearts and Bones, Heaven 17, Heavy metal music, Helen Reddy, Helix (band), Herbert Howells, Herbie Hancock, Hikaru Utada, Holly Valance, Holy Diver, Home Taping Is Killing Music, Howard Dietz, Howard Jones (British musician), Huey Lewis and the News, Ian Anderson, Iannis Xenakis, Infidels (Bob Dylan album), Into Glory Ride, Into the Unknown (Bad Religion album), INXS, IQ (band), Ira Gershwin, Irene Cara, Iron Maiden, Is There Something I Should Know?, It (Pulp album), Ivor Cutler, Jackson Browne, James G. Watt, James Ingram, James Jamerson, January 1, Japan (band), Japanese Whispers, Jean Daetwyler, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jennifer Peña, Jennifer Warnes, Jerry Herman, Jim Capaldi, Jim Gordon (musician), Jim Steinman, Jim Verraros, Jimmy Buffett, Joan Armatrading, Joan Jett, Joe Cocker, Joe Jackson (musician), Joe Strummer, Joe Walsh, Joel Whitburn, John Cage, John Denver, John F. Kennedy International Airport, John Foxx, John Hiatt, John Mellencamp, Johnny B. Goode, Johnny Ramone, Jon and Vangelis, Jon Moss, Jonathan Richman, José José, Journey (band), Judas Priest, Juice Newton, July 2, Kajagoogoo, Kansas (band), Karel Goeyvaerts, Karen Carpenter, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Katrina Elam, KC and the Sunshine Band, Kenny G, Kenny Rogers, Kevin Ayers, Kill 'Em All, Killing Heidi, Killing Joke, Kilroy Was Here (album), Kim Wilde, King Sunny Adé, Kirk Hammett, Kiss (band), Kittie, Kix (band), Klaus Nomi, Kraftwerk, Krokus (band), Krzysztof Penderecki, La Cage aux Folles (musical), Laura Branigan, Lawyers in Love, Leo Sayer, Leonard Bernstein, Les Six, Let the Music Play (Shannon song), Let's Dance (David Bowie album), Level 42, Life (Thin Lizzy album), Limahl, Linda Ronstadt, Lionel Bart, Lionel Richie, List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1983, Lita Ford, Little River Band, Live Evil (Black Sabbath album), Los Angeles, Los Prisioneros, Lou Reed, Loudness (band), Louisville, Kentucky, Loverboy, Lucienne Boyer, Luxembourg, Madison Square Garden, Madness (band), Madonna, Madonna (album), Malcolm McLaren, Mame (musical), Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manowar, Marc and the Mambas, Marianne Faithfull, Marie Serneholt, Marillion, Mario Davidovsky, Mark Hellinger Theatre, Mark Knopfler, Marshall Crenshaw, Martin Briley, Marty Balin, Marvin Gaye, Mary Jane Girls, Matricide, Mötley Crüe, Meat Loaf, Melle Mel, Men at Work, Men Without Hats, Menudo (group), Merchant Ivory Productions, Mercyful Fate, Merle Haggard, Metal Circus, Metal Health, Metal Magic, Metallica, Michael Bolton, Michael Franks (musician), Michael Sembello, Michael W. Smith, Michelle Branch, Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist), Midnight Oil, Mika Nakashima, Mike Oldfield, Mikey Craig, Miles Davis, Ministry (band), Minor Threat, Misfits (band), Models (band), Molly Hatchet, Moonlight Shadow, Morning Musume, Morton Feldman, Motörhead, Mr. Roboto, MTV, Muddy Waters, Munich, Murmur (album), Musique pour Supermarché, Naked Eyes, Nazareth (band), Neil Young, Neruda (album), Never Surrender (album), New Edition, New Order (band), Next Position Please, Nick Lowe, Night Ranger, Nina Hagen, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Nocturne (Siouxsie and the Banshees album), Now That's What I Call Music!, Nuremberg, Oingo Boingo, Oliver Knussen, Oliver!, Olivia Newton-John, Olivier Messiaen, One Night with a Stranger, Orange Juice (band), Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Out of Step (album), Outa Hand, Outside Inside (The Tubes album), Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera, Paris, Parliament-Funkadelic, Pat Benatar, Pat Metheny Group, Pat Wilson, Patti LaBelle, Paul Quinichette, Paul Simon, Paul Simonon, Paul Young, Peabo Bryson, Per Nørgård, Pete Townshend, Peter Gabriel, Peter Schilling, Peter Sculthorpe, Petra (band), Phil Collins, Phil Lynott, Phish, Piece of Mind, Power, Corruption & Lies, Prince (musician), Prism (band), Pseudo Echo, Public Image Ltd, Puerto Rico, Pulitzer Prize for Music, Pulp (band), Punch the Clock, Puttin' On the Ritz, Pyromania (album), Queensrÿche, Quiet Riot, Rainbow (rock band), Randy Newman, Ravi Shankar, Ray Jackendoff, RCA Records, Reach the Beach, Reba McEntire, Rebel Yell (album), Red Rider, Richard Thompson (musician), Rick James, Rick Springfield, Rickie Lee Jones, Riders in the Sky (band), Right or Wrong (George Strait album), Ringo Starr, Rita Coolidge, Robert Ashley, Robert Cray, Robert Palmer, Robert Plant, Robert Wyatt, Roberta Flack, Rock the Casbah, Rockit (instrumental), Rod Stewart, Rose Royce, Roxy Music, Roy Hay (musician), Royal Albert Hall, Rufus (band), Rush (band), S.H.E, Saga (band), Salad Days (musical), Samantha Mumba, Savatage, Saxon (band), Séance, Sérgio Mendes, Schizophrenia, Script for a Jester's Tear, September, Seven and the Ragged Tiger, Sex Gang Children, Shalamar, Shannon (American singer), She's So Unusual, Sheena Easton, Shonen Knife, Shout at the Devil, Show No Mercy, Simon & Garfunkel, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sirens (Savatage album), Slade, Slayer, Smith & Wesson, Smokey Robinson, Soft Cell, Sonic Youth, Sony Music, Southern Death Cult, Spandau Ballet, Sparks (band), Split Enz, Sports (Huey Lewis and the News album), St Ives, New South Wales, Stan Rogers, Status Quo (band), Steve Hackett, Steve Miller Band, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stevie Wonder, Stiff Little Fingers, Stray Cats, Styx (band), Subterranean Jungle, Suicidal Tendencies, Suicidal Tendencies (album), Survivor (band), Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (album), Swordfishtrombones, Synchronicity (The Police album), Syreeta Wright, Taco (musician), Talking Heads, Tammin Sursok, Tammy Wynette, Tanpura, Tavares (group), Taylor Hanson, Tears for Fears, Texas Flood, The Animals, The Australian, The B-52s, The Beach Boys, The Beat (British band), The Belle Stars, The Church (band), The Clash, The Creatures, The Crossing (Big Country album), The Cure, The Doobie Brothers, The Doors, The Dubliners, The Everly Brothers, The Exploited, The Fall (band), The Final Cut (album), The First Four Years (album), The Fixx, The Go-Betweens, The Golden Section, The Hooters, The Hurting, The Jam, The Jazz Butcher, The Joe Perry Project, The Moody Blues, The Motels, The Nightingales, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Plimsouls, The Pointer Sisters, The Police, The Pretenders, The Raincoats, The Reels, The Replacements (band), The Rolling Stones, The Smiths, The Star-Spangled Banner, The Stranglers, The Style Council, The The, The Trooper, The Tubes, The Waitresses, The Waterboys, The Waterboys (album), The Who, The Wreckers, Thin Lizzy, Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins, Thrash metal, Thriller (album), Thunder and Lightning (album), Tim Finn, Tom Tom Club, Tom Waits, Tony Banks (musician), Total Eclipse of the Heart, Toto (band), Toto IV, Touch (Eurythmics album), Toy Dolls, Tracey Ullman, Triumph (band), True (Spandau Ballet album), Twisted Sister, U2, UB40, Uday Shankar, UFO (band), Under a Blood Red Sky, Underoath, Uriah Heep (band), US Festival, Van Morrison, Vanessa Amorosi, Vanity 6, Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes (album), Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', War (U2 album), Was (Not Was), Waylon Jennings, Wayne Newton, Wham!, Whammy!, William Hung, William Walton, Willie Nelson, Winifred Atwell, Wipers (band), Witchfinder General (band), With Sympathy, Witold Lutosławski, Wojciech Kilar, Works (Pink Floyd album), X (American band), XTC, Y&T, Yazoo (band), Yello, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Yes (band), Yes Sir, I Will, You Bought It – You Name It, You Can't Hurry Love, Zakir Hussain (musician), ZTT Records, ZZ Top, 10cc, 25th Annual Grammy Awards, 45 Grave, 90125, 99 Luftballons.