![]() Lillo Thomas - "Who Do You Think You Are?" Melba Moore - "Keepin' My Lover Satisfied" Mtume - "Would You Like To (Fool Around)" Lionel Richie - "All Night Long (All Night)"Īretha Franklin - "Every Girl (Wants My Guy)" Maze f/ Frankie Beverly - "Never Let You Down" Michael Jackson - "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"ĭonna Summer - "She Works Hard for the Money" George Benson - "Inside Love (So Personal)"Ĭulture Club - "Time (Clock of the Heart)" ![]() Oliver Cheatham - "Get Down Saturday Night" Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame - "Weak at the Knees" Lenny White - "Didn't Know About Love (Till I Found You)" Gladys Knight & the Pips - "Save the Overtime (For Me)" The Isley Brothers - "Between the Sheets"ĭavid Joseph - "You Can't Hide (Your Love from Me)" The Temptations - "Love on My Mind Tonight" ![]() Tavares - "Got to Find My Way Back to You" Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame - "Nobody Can Be You"Ĭulture Club - "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" Stephanie Mills - "You Can't Run from My Love" Favorites 41-44 appear in their place, at the end of the playlist.Įarth, Wind & Fire - "Fall in Love with Me" *These songs are not available on Spotify in the U.S. Lenny White - "Didn't Know About Love (Till I Found You)" Ĥ0. Stephanie Mills - "You Can't Run from My Love" ģ9. Michael Jackson - " Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" ģ6. Oliver Cheatham - "Get Down Saturday Night" *ģ5. Jeffrey Osborne - "Don't You Get So Mad" Ģ7. Gladys Knight & the Pips - " Save the Overtime (For Me)" Ģ6. Jeffrey Osborne - "Stay with Me Tonight" Ģ5. The O'Jays - "Put Our Heads Together" *Ģ4. Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame - "Weak at the Knees" ġ8. David Joseph - "You Can't Hide (Your Love from Me)" ġ0. The Isley Brothers - " Between the Sheets" ħ. This was also the year Knuckles released his first commercial remix - a Top 15 club update of First Choice's " Let No Man Put Asunder."įorty favorite singles that hit Billboard's Black Singles chart during 1983, followed by a Spotify playlist and month-based Top Ten lists:ġ. Given the recent passing of legendary DJ, remixer, and producer Frankie Knuckles, it must be noted that he deepened the impact of several of the songs in the subjective chart/playlist below, including numbers five and nine (the former of which he brilliantly remixed in 1989). The same month also brought the Isley Brothers' "Between the Sheets," one of the year's many phenomenal ballads along with a pair of number ones from DeBarge and the 808s and heartbreak of the Jam & Lewis-produced S.O.S. April was particularly memorable - and sugar-coated - for being the month when several of the year's best singles, including "Juicy Fruit," "Candy Man," "Candy Girl," and "Peanut Butter," reached airwaves. It really started to roll in January '83, once second single " Billie Jean" hit radio and, eventually, MTV, the cutting edge music video channel that had played clips by dozens of stodgy, past-their-peak rock acts while ignoring progressive black artists like Rick James and Shalamar.Įven if MJ hadn't been active, R&B had plenty happening throughout the year. Thriller, released in November 1982 - during an era when the majority of an album's sales were not made within its first couple weeks of availability - gradually became a pop culture phenomenon. ![]() Michael Jackson's dominance throughout 1983 (and 1984) cannot be disproved.
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