
Click on the image below to open a pdf file of the "Rock Short Takes" album reviews from Musician magazine's February 1983 issue. Artists include Diana Ross, Heaven 17, Chic, and Talk Talk.
Week | Contemporary Hit Radio | Adult/Contemporary | AOR/Hot Tracks | AOR/Albums |
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Jan 7 | "Down Under" Men at Work |
"Baby, Come to Me Patti Austin with James Ingram |
"Your Love is Driving Me Crazy" Sammy Hagar |
Long After Dark Tom Petty |
Jan 14 | The Distance Bob Seger | |||
Jan 21 | "Heart to Heart" Kenny Loggins | "Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran | ||
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Feb 4 | "You Are" Lionel Richie |
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Feb 11 | "Shame on the Moon" Bob Seger | "Separate Ways" Journey |
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Feb 18 | "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" Culture Club |
Frontiers Journey |
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Mar 4 | "You Are" Lionel Richie |
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Mar 11 | "Billie Jean" Michael Jackson |
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Mar 18 | "Photograph" Def Leppard |
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Mar 25 | "Separate Ways" Journey | "Make Love Stay" Dan Fogelberg |
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Apr 1 | Pyromania Def Leppard |
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Apr 8 | "Jeopardy" Greg Kihn Band | "It Might Be You" Stephen Bishop |
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Apr 15 | "I Won't Hold You Back" Toto | "Overkill" Men at Work |
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Apr 29 | "Beat It" Michael Jackson | Cargo Men at Work |
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May 6 | "Overkill" Men at Work | "My Love" Lionel Richie | "She's a Beauty" The Tubes |
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May 20 | Outside/Inside The Tubes |
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May 25 | "Flashdance (What a Feeling)" Irene Cara | Cargo Men at Work |
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June 3 | "Never Gonna Let You Go" Sergio Mendes | "Every Breath You Take" The Police | Pyromania Def Leppard |
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June 10 | ||||
June 17 | Synchronicity The Police |
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June 24 | ||||
Jul 1 | "Every Breath You Take" The Police | "All This Love" DeBarge |
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July 8 | ||||
July 15 | "Every Breath You Take" The Police |
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July 22 | ||||
July 29 | "Don't Cry" Asia |
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Aug 5 | "All Time High" Rita Coolidge |
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Aug 12 | "King of Pain" The Police |
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Aug 19 | "Human Nature" Michael Jackson |
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Aug 26 | "Maniac" Michael Sembello |
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Sept 2 | "Tell Her About It" Billy Joel | "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Laura Branigan |
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Sept 9 | "Tell Her About It" Billy Joel |
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Sept 16 | "How Can I Refuse" Heart |
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Sept 23 | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler | "True" Spandau Ballet |
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Oct 7 | "Love is a Battlefield" Pat Benatar |
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Oct 14 | "King of Pain" Police | "All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie | Live from Earth Pat Benatar |
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Oct 28 | "All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie | "Crumblin' Down" John Cougar Mellencamp | Uh-Huh John Cougar Mellencamp |
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Nov 11 | "Undercover of the Night" The Rolling Stones |
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Nov 18 | "Say Say Say" Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson | "Uptown Girl" Billy Joel | "Owner of a Lonely Heart" Yes | Undercover The Rolling Stones |
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Dec 2 | "Say Say Say" Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson | 90125 Yes |
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Dec 9 | "Read 'Em and Weep" Barry Manilow |
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Dec 16 | ||||
Week | Contemporary Hit Radio | Adult/Contemporary | AOR/Hot Tracks | AOR/Albums |
Billboard
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Rolling Stone
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1
| Beauty and the Beat
The Go-Go's | Beauty and the Beat
The Go-Go's | Freeze-Frame The J. Geils Band |
2
| Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band | Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band |
Ghost in the Machine The Police |
3
| I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts |
Beauty and the Beat The Go-Go's |
4
| 4 Foreigner | Escape Journey |
Tattoo You Rolling Stones |
5
| Escape Journey | Ghost in the Machine
The Police |
4 Foreigner |
6
| Chariots of Fire
Vangelis | Physical Olivia Newton-John |
Private Eyes Daryl Hall & John Oates |
7
| Ghost in the Machine
The Police | Hooked on Classics Royal Phil. Orch. |
Quarterflash
Quarterflash |
8
| Physical Olivia Newton-John | Chariots of Fire
Vangelis |
Escape Journey |
9 | Great White North
Bob & Doug McKenzie | Private Eyes
Daryl Hall & John Oates |
Shake It Up The Cars |
10
| Get Lucky Loverboy | 4 Foreigner |
Hooked on Classics Royal Phil. Orch. |