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In 1981, The number one Billboard Pop Hit: “Bette Davis Eyes,” Kim Carnes. Bette Davis responds by sending roses to Carnes when the song wins a Grammy. The song is first recorded by Jackie DeShannon.
In 1982, First-time director Barry Levinson premiered the film “Diner,” which recounts the collective coming-of-age of a group of Baltimore friends. The movieʹs cast includes relative newcomers Kevin Bacon, Ellen Barkin, Timothy Daly, Steve Guttenburg, Paul Reiser, Mickey Rourke and Daniel Stern.
In 1982, Willie Nelson was at #1 on the US Country charts with, "Always on My Mind", a song originally recorded by Brenda Lee in 1972. Over 300 artists have recored the song, including Elvis Presely who scored a hit with his version in 1972. Nelson won a Grammy Award for his version of the song.
In 1982, “Conan The Barbarian” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger opened in movie theaters in the U.S.A.
In 1982, “Fast” Eddie Clark quit Motorhead in the middle of a U.S. tour. Guitarist Brian Robertson of Thin Lizzy flew to the United States to replace him.
In 1983, R.C., “New Yearʹs Day” by U2 peaked at #53 on the pop singles chart.
In 1983, R.C., “Rio” by Duran Duran peaked at #14 on the pop singles chart.
In 1983, R.C., “She Blinded Me With Science” by Thomas Dolby peaked at number five on the pop singles chart.
In 1983, R.C., “Sign Of The Times” by Belle Stars peaked at #75 on the pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Wizards And Warriors”, TV Adventure; last aired on CBS.
In 1984, Eight p.m./ET “Blondes vs. Brunettes” (ABC): Joan Collins and Morgan Fairchild share the spotlight in this lighthearted attempt to dispel myths about personality traits of blondes and brunettes. Sketches include a “Dynasty” takeoff, with Joan playing Krystle and Morgan playing Alexis. On tap to address the question “Do blondes have more fun?” are Doctor Joyce Brothers, Don Novello (Father Guido Sarducci) and Kerry Millerick, who conducts interviews in Venice, California, discos.
In 1986, Genesisʹ “Invisible Touch” single was released.
In 1987, Captain Furillo turned in his gun and his badge after 146 episodes as Hill Street Blues ceased production with its final episode titled “It Ainʹt Over Until Itʹs Over”
In 1987, Frank Sinatra — criticized by anti-apartheid forces for playing South Africa in 1981 — attacked the system of racial separation…calling South African President P-W Botha “a bum.”
In 1987, The 1986 movie “Little Shop of Horrors” opened in movie theaters in Germany.
In 1988, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones reunited as Led Zeppelin for Atlanticʹs 40th Birthday Celebrations with Jason Bonham on drums, replacing his late father, John; other performers included Wilson Pickett, the Bee Gees, the Coasters, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and The Rascals.
In 1989, The “Family Ties” finale aired on NBC. Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox) graduates from college and finally leaves Columbus, Ohio, for a job on Wall Street.
In 1989, “Moonlighting”, TV Crime Drama; last aired on ABC. Blue Moon Investigations ceases operations, the Anselmo case having never been solved. “With Love and Thanks to Glenn Gordon Caron.” Bruce Willis will go on do make several hit movies, while Cybill Shepherd will go on to do…her hair.
In 1982, "Conan the Barbarian" was released by Universal Pictures / Dino De Laurentiis Corporation; John Milius (director/screenplay); Oliver Stone (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, Ben Davidson, Cassandra Gava, Gerry Lopez, Mako, Valérie Quennessen, William Smith, Max von Sydow, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Jorge Sanz, Nadiuska; Epic, Sword and Sorcery; Live Action
In 1982, "The House Where Evil Dwells" was released by MGM/UA Entertainment Company / Cohen / Commercial Credit Holdings / Toei Company; Kevin Connor (director); Robert Suhosky (screenplay); Edward Albert, Susan George, Doug McClure, Amy Barrett, Mako Hattori, Tsuiyuki Sasaki, Toshiya Maruyama, Tsuyako Okajima, Henry Mittwer, Mayumi Umeda, Shuren Sakurai, Hiroko Takano, Shoji Ohara, Jiro Shirai, Kazuo Yoshida, Kunihiko Shinjo, Gentaro Mori, Tomoko Shimizu, Misao Arai, Chiyoko Hardiman, Hideo Shimado; Horror; Live Action
In 1982, "The Return of the Soldier" was released by 20th Century Fox; Alan Bridges (director); Hugh Whitemore (screenplay); Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson, Ann-Margret, Ian Holm, Frank Finlay, Jeremy Kemp, Hilary Mason, John Sharp; Drama; Live Action
In 1982, "Wrong Is Right" was released by Columbia Pictures; Richard Brooks (director/screenplay); Sean Connery, Robert Conrad, George Grizzard, Katharine Ross, G.D. Spradlin, John Saxon, Henry Silva, Leslie Nielsen, Hardy Krüger, Robert Webber, Ron Moody, Rosalind Cash, Dean Stockwell, Cherie Michan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mickey Jones; Comedy, Thriller; Live Action
In 1986, "Sweet Liberty" was released by Universal Pictures; Alan Alda (director/screenplay); Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bob Hoskins, Lise Hilboldt, Lillian Gish, Saul Rubinek, Lois Chiles, Linda Thorson; Comedy; Live Action
In 1988, “Dreamin' Of Love” by Stevie B. peaked at number 80 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “I'm Still Searching” by Glass Tiger peaked at number 31 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Love Struck” by Jesse Johnson peaked at number 78 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Mornin'” by Al Jarreau peaked at number 21 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “My Girl” by Suavé peaked at number 20 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “New Year's Day” by U2 peaked at number 53 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “One Good Reason” by Paul Carrack peaked at number 28 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Rio” by Duran Duran peaked at number 14 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Shattered Dreams” by Johnny Hates Jazz peaked at number 2 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Sign Of The Times” by The Belle Stars peaked at number 75 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Smiling Islands” by Robbie Patton peaked at number 52 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Stand Up” by David Lee Roth peaked at number 64 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Turn Off The Lites” by World Class Wreckin Cru peaked at number 84 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1983, ✪✪ “She Blinded Me With Science” by Thomas Dolby peaked at number 5 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Angel” by Aerosmith peaked at number 11 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Beat It” by Michael Jackson peaked at number 1 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Even Now” by Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band peaked at number 35 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Photograph” by Def Leppard peaked at number 32 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Welcome To Heartlight” by Kenny Loggins peaked at number 37 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Wishing Well” by Terence Trent D'Arby peaked at number 3 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1983, ✪✪ “Lies” by Thompson Twins peaked at number 12 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1983, ✪✪ “The Safety Dance” by Men Without Hats peaked at number 11 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Electric Blue” by Icehouse peaked at number 10 on the Alt-Canada pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Pamela” by Toto peaked at number 32 on the Alt-Canada pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Say This To Me” by NEO A4 peaked at number 54 on the Alt-Canada pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Underneath The Radar” by Underworld peaked at number 69 on the Alt-Canada pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Where Do Broken Hearts Go” by Whitney Houston peaked at number 6 on the Alt-Canada pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Yes” by Merry Clayton peaked at number 77 on the Alt-Canada pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Alphabet Street” by Prince peaked at number 9 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “And When The Night Comes” by Jon and Vangelis peaked at number 97 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Baby I Don't Care” by Elvis Presley peaked at number 61 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Bad Boy” by Adicts peaked at number 75 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Blue Monday 1988” by New Order peaked at number 3 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Born Again” by The Christians peaked at number 25 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Careless Love” by Swimming With Sharks peaked at number 63 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Catch 23” by GBH peaked at number 82 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Creatures Of The Night” by KISS peaked at number 34 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Don't Look Any Further” by Dennis Edwards featuring Siedah Garrett peaked at number 97 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Don't Stop” by Sylvester peaked at number 77 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Fall Down” by Mighty Lemon Drops peaked at number 89 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Faster Than The Speed Of Night” by Bonnie Tyler peaked at number 43 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “For The Money” by True Mathmatics peaked at number 92 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Future Generation” by The B-52's peaked at number 63 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Go” by Scott Fitzgerald peaked at number 52 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Harmless Piece Of Fun” by Eddy Grant peaked at number 90 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “I Want Your (Hands On Me)” by Sinéad O'Connor peaked at number 77 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “If You Want To Hear” by Band Aka peaked at number 79 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “In The Streets” by Prince Charles and The City Beat Band peaked at number 80 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Indigo Eyes” by Peter Murphy peaked at number 95 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Market Square Heroes” by Marillion peaked at number 53 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Mind Over Matter” by E.G. Daily peaked at number 96 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “My Love” by Lionel Richie peaked at number 70 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Not Now John” by Pink Floyd peaked at number 30 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Nothin' But A Good Time” by Poison peaked at number 35 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Out Come The Freaks (Again)” by Was (Not Was) peaked at number 44 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Perfect” by Fairground Attraction peaked at number 1 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Sho Nuff Funky” by Afrika Bambaataa and Family featuring Sluggo peaked at number 99 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Si La Vie Cadeu” by Corrine Hermes peaked at number 100 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Start Talking Love” by Magnum peaked at number 22 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Stubborn Kind Of Fellow” by Fat Larry's Band peaked at number 83 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Sweet Pretender” by Phil Everly peaked at number 88 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Weekend” by Class Action peaked at number 49 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, ✪✪ “Loadsamoney (Doin' Up The House)” by Harry Enfield peaked at number 4 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, ✪✪ “Miss The Girl” by The Creatures peaked at number 21 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, ✪✪ “Mr. Roboto” by Styx peaked at number 94 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, ✪✪ “Pump Up The Bitter” by Star Turn On 45 (Pints) peaked at number 12 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1988, ✪✪ “The Worst Song Ever” by Boss Squad peaked at number 88 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Can't Take My Eyes Off You / Disco Kicks (Remix)” by Boys Town Gang peaked at number 21 on the Australian pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Cars and Girls” by Prefab Sprout peaked at number 41 on the Australian pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Dreaming” by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark peaked at number 33 on the Australian pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Drop The Pilot / Business Is Business” by Joan Armatrading peaked at number 6 on the Australian pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Eat City / Let Me In” by The Angels (Australia) peaked at number 22 on the Australian pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Rev It Up” by Jerry Harrison peaked at number 3 on the Australian pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Siren (Never Let You Go) / Elsie” by Divinyls peaked at number 45 on the Australian pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Spirit Got Lost / Not Enough” by Mental As Anything peaked at number 20 on the Australian pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Suedehead” by Morrissey peaked at number 45 on the Australian pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Under The Milky Way” by The Church peaked at number 22 on the Australian pop singles chart.
In 1988, “When I Fall In Love / My Arms Keep Missing You” by Rick Astley peaked at number 5 on the Australian pop singles chart.
In 1983, ✪✪ “Buffalo Gals / Buffalo Gals (Trad. Square)” by Malcolm McLaren and The World Famous Supreme Team Show peaked at number 19 on the Australian pop singles chart.
In 1983, ✪✪ “Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang / Don't Mention My Name” by Monte Video and The Cassettes peaked at number 11 on the Australian pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Tell It To My Heart” by Taylor Dayne peaked at number 7 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.
In 1988, “That's The Way I Wanna Rock and Roll” by AC/DC peaked at number 35 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.
In 1983, “The Birthday Party” by Bad Seed peaked at number 28 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Time (Clock Of The Heart)” by Culture Club peaked at number 4 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.
In 1983, ⏺ “Der Kommissar” by After The Fire peaked at number 13 on the New Zealand pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Beat It” by Michael Jackson peaked at number 1 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Bedrock” by Georgio peaked at number 33 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Drop The Boy” by Bros peaked at number 23 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Everywhere” by Fleetwood Mac peaked at number 4 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Food For Thought (Live)” by UB40 peaked at number 5 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Heart” by Pet Shop Boys peaked at number 11 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Here We'll Stay” by Frida peaked at number 34 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1988, “I Want You Back” by Bananarama peaked at number 49 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1988, “La différence” by BZN peaked at number 22 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Love Is Contagious” by Taja Sevelle peaked at number 20 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Love Lies” by Ellert peaked at number 18 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Song For Nadim” by Yann Anderson peaked at number 36 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1983, “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five featuring Melle Mel and Duke Bootee peaked at number 10 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” by Bonnie Tyler peaked at number 18 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Treat Me Good” by Frizzle Sizzle peaked at number 47 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Weekend” by Class Action peaked at number 37 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Wi-j goat noar de kermis” by Normaal peaked at number 34 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Wishing I Was Lucky” by Wet Wet Wet peaked at number 19 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1983, “You Are” by Lionel Richie peaked at number 29 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1983, ✪✪ “Rawhide” by The Chaps peaked at number 6 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Is There Something I Should Know?” by Duran Duran peaked at number 16 on the Sweden pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Jeopardy” by The Greg Kihn Band peaked at number 8 on the Sweden pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Scatterlings Of Africa” by Juluka peaked at number 12 on the Sweden pop singles chart.
In 1988, “N'importe quoi” by Florent Pagny peaked at number 1 on the France pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Paid In Full” by Eric B. and Rakim peaked at number 49 on the France pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Sye bwa” by Kassav' peaked at number 19 on the France pop singles chart.
In 1988, “To Be Reborn” by Boy George peaked at number 16 on the France pop singles chart.
In 1988, “One More Try” by George Michael peaked at number 7 on the Norway pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Cross My Broken Heart” by Sinitta peaked at number 19 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Die Sennerin vom Königsee” by Kiz peaked at number 3 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Girlfriend” by Pebbles peaked at number 13 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Heart” by Pet Shop Boys peaked at number 1 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Here I Am” by Dominoe peaked at number 4 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.
In 1983, “Let's Dance” by David Bowie peaked at number 1 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Stay On These Roads” by a-ha peaked at number 10 on the Switzerland pop singles chart.
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