Promo posters as seen on "WKRP in Cincinnati" #99

Albums: Diana Ross - Diana (Motown, 1980)
Episode: Season 3, Episode 7, "Bah, Humbug"
Original air date: Saturday, December 20, 1980


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Top 50 Jazz Albums of 1983

According to the December 24, 1983 edition of Billboard magazine. Chart peaks are from that publication's jazz, pop, and R&B album charts, respectively. If the album was released in a year prior to 1983, that information is noted following the album title.

	Album	Artist	Jazz	Pop	R&B
1	Two of a Kind ('82)	Bob James & Earl Klugh	1	44	23
2	Jarreau	Al Jarreau	1	13	4
3	As We Speak ('82)	David Sanborn	1	70	32
4	Offramp ('82)	Pat Metheny Group	1	50	43
5	In Your Eyes	George Benson	1	27	6
6	Breakin' Away ('81)	Al Jarreau	1	9	1
7	December ('82)	George Winston	2	54
8	Incognito ('82)	Spyro Gyra	2	46	39
9	The Best is Yet to Come ('82)	Grover Washington, Jr.	1	50	8
10	Winter Into Spring ('82)	George Winston	14	127
11	Casino Lights ('82)	Various Artists	1	63	32
12	Hands Down ('82)	Bob James	3	72
13	The George Benson Collection ('81)		1	14	5
14	Low Ride	Earl Klugh	2	38	27
15	Dave Grusin & the NY/LA Dream Band ('82)		4	181	54
16	Autumn ('80)	George Winston	7	139
17	The Hunter	Joe Sample	3	125	44
18	Rit/2 ('82)	Lee Ritenour	5	99	53
19	Off the Top ('82)	Jimmy Smith	5
20	Procession	Weather Report	3	96	46
21	Quartet ('82)	Herbie Hancock	5	202
22	Touchstone ('82)	Chick Corea	9	207
23	Star People	Miles Davis	4	136
24	Friends	Larry Carlton	6	126
25	Travels	Pat Metheny Group	3	62

	Album	Artist	Jazz	Pop	R&B
26	The Genie	Bob James	5	77	43
27	Mirage à Trois	Yellowjackets	7	134
28	We are One ('82)	Pieces of a Dream	4	114	22
29	Think of One	Wynton Marsalis	1	102
30	Learning to Love ('82)	Rodney Franklin	9	190	45
31	Live at The Plugged Nickel ('82)	Miles Davis	16
32	Dreams of Tomorrow	Lonnie Liston Smith	11	193	46
33	Desire ('82)	Tom Scott	5	164
34	Gentle Fire	Wilton Felder	8		55
35	Kenny G ('82)	Kenny G	10
36	Tour de Force - Live ('82)	Al Di Meola	8	165
37	Journey to a Rainbow	Chuck Mangione	10	154
38	Les Fleurs	Ramsey Lewis	10	206
39	Havana Moon	Carlos Santana	13	31	55
40	Finesse	John Klemmer	10
41	Out of the Shadows ('82)	Dave Grusin	4	88
42	Home Again ('82)	Stanley Turrentine	11
43	City Kids	Spyro Gyra	2	66
44	Steps Ahead	Steps Ahead	24
45	Passion, Grace & Fire	John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola & Paco de Lucía	9	171
46	California Here I Come ('82)	Bill Evans	12
47	Winelight ('80)	Grover Washington, Jr.	1	5	2
48	Mr. Nice Guy	Ronnie Laws	6	98	24
49	Crazy and Mixed Up ('82)	Sarah Vaughan	22
50	Crazy for You ('81)	Earl Klugh	2	53	14

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Speaking of jazz albums from 1983, why don't you give Dr. Smooth's flashback a listen:

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Top Singles of December 17, 1983

Let's take a look at what was topping the various single charts on December 17, 1983.

	Billboard	CashBox	Radio & Records
1	"Say Say Say" Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson	"Say Say Say" Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson	"Say Say Say" Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
2	"Say It Isn't So" Daryl Hall & John Oates	"All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie	"Say It Isn't So" Daryl Hall & John Oates
3	"All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie	"Union of the Snake" Duran Duran	"Union of the Snake" Duran Duran
4	"Uptown Girl" Billy Joel	"Love is a Battlefield" Pat Benatar	"Owner of a Lonely Heart" Yes
5	"Union of the Snake" Duran Duran	"Say It Isn't So" Daryl Hall & John Oates	"Twist of Fate" Olivia Newton-John
6	"Love is a Battlefield" Pat Benatar	"Uptown Girl" Billy Joel	"Undercover of the Night" The Rolling Stones
7	"Owner of a Lonely Heart" Yes	"Cum On Feel the Noize" Quiet Riot	"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" Elton John
8	"Islands in the Stream" Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton	"Crumblin' Down" John Cougar Mellencamp	"Talking in Your Sleep" The Romantics
9	"Twist of Fate" Olivia Newton-John	"Owner of a Lonely Heart" Yes	"Synchronicity II" The Police
10	"Church of the Poison Mind" Culture Club	"Church of the Poison Mind" Culture Club	"Major Tom (Coming Home)" Peter Schilling

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Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:

1. "Say Say Say" (30 points)
2. "Say It Isn't So" (24 pts)
3. "Union of the Snake" (22 pts)
4. "All Night Long (All Night)" (17 pts)
5. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (13 pts)
6. (tie) "Uptown Girl" and "Love is a Battlefield" (12 pts)
8. "Twist of Fate" (8 pts)
9. "Undercover of the Night" (5 pts)
10. (tie) "Cum On Feel the Noize" and "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (4 pts)
12. (tie) "Islands in the Stream," "Crumblin' Down," and "Talking in Your Sleep" (3 pts)
15. (tie) "Church of the Poison Mind" and "Synchronicity II" (2 pts)
17. Major Tom (Coming Home) (1 pt)

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Here's what MTV was playing around that time:

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Promo posters as seen on "WKRP in Cincinnati" #98

Albums: Huey Lewis and The News - Huey Lewis and The News (Chrysalis, 1980), The Babys - On The Edge (Chrysalis, 1980)
Episode: Season 3, Episode 14, "Ask Jennifer"
Original air date: Saturday, February 14, 1981


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Taken from "The Back Page" - Radio & Records #1's of 1984

Week	Contemporary Hit Radio	Adult/Contemporary	AOR/Hot Tracks	Black/Urban
Jan 6	"Owner of a Lonely Heart" Yes	"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" Elton John	"That's All" Genesis	"If Only You Knew" Patti LaBelle
Jan 13			"Jump" Van Halen
Jan 20	"Karma Chameleon" Culture Club	"Joanna" Kool & The Gang
Jan 27
Feb 3		"An Innocent Man" Billy Joel		"Yah Mo Be There" James Ingram with Michael McDonald
Feb 10	"Thriller" Michael Jackson			"Encore" Cheryl Lynn
Feb 17	"Jump" Van Halen	"This Woman" Kenny Rogers		"Somebody's Watching Me" Rockwell
Feb 24
Mar 2		"Got a Hold on Me" Christine McVie	"Footloose" Kenny Loggins
Mar 9			"Runner" Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Mar 16			"You Might Think" The Cars
Mar 23	"Footloose" Kenny Loggins	"Hello" Lionel Richie		"She's Strange" Cameo
Mar 30
Apr 6
Apr 13	"Against All Odds" Phil Collins
Apr 20				"Hello" Lionel Richie
Apr 27			"Oh Sherrie" Steve Perry
May 4		"The Longest Time" Billy Joel
May 11	"Let's Hear it for the Boy" Deniece Williams		"Magic" The Cars	"Let's Hear it for the Boy" Deniece Williams
May 18		"Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper
May 25			"Dancing in the Dark" Bruce Springsteen
June 1	"Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper
June 8				"Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming" Jermaine Jackson
June 15
June 22	"The Reflex" Duran Duran	"Almost Paradise" Mike Reno & Ann Wilson		"When Doves Cry" Prince
June 29	"Dancing in the Dark" Bruce Springsteen
July 6	"When Doves Cry" Prince	"If Ever You're in My Arms Again" Peabo Bryson
July 13			"Rock Me Tonite" Billy Squier
July 20		"Stuck on You" Lionel Richie	"Missing You" John Waite
July 27
Aug 3	"Ghostbusters" Ray Parker, Jr.
Aug 10				"Ghostbusters" Ray Parker, Jr.
Aug 17				"You Me and He" Mtume
Aug 24	"Stuck on You" Lionel Richie	"Leave a Tender Moment Alone" Billy Joel
Aug 31	"Missing You" John Waite		"Cover Me" Bruce Springsteen	"Just the Way You Like It" S.O.S. Band
Sept 7		"Drive" The Cars
Sept 14	"Let's Go Crazy" Prince			"Let's Go Crazy" Prince
Sept 23			"Are We Ourselves?" The Fixx
Sept 28		"I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder	"Blue Jean" David Bowie	"I Feel for You" Chaka Khan
Oct 5
Oct 12	"Hard Habit to Break" Chicago
Oct 19	"I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder
Oct 26		"What About Me?" Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes & James Ingram	"Pride (In the Name of Love)" U2
Nov 2	"Purple Rain" Prince	"Penny Lover" Lionel Richie
Nov 9			"Run to You" Bryan Adams	"Cool It Now" New Edition
Nov 16	"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham!			"Solid" Ashford & Simpson
Nov 23
Nov 30	"Out of Touch" Daryl Hall & John Oates	"No More Lonely Nights" Paul McCartney		"Operator" Midnight Star
Dec 7	"The Wild Boys" Duran Duran		"The Boys of Summer" Don Henley
Dec 14	"Like a Virgin" Madonna	"All I Need" Jack Wagner
Dec 21
Week	Contemporary Hit Radio	Adult/Contemporary	AOR/Hot Tracks	Black/Urban

Painstakingly compiled from primary sources and presented here for purposes of comparison (and because I was curious and am mildly addicted to chart data).

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