Today is the 33rd anniversary of the first ever ARIA top 50 printout.
Here's a full countdown...
Numbers 50 to 26:
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/this-week-in-1983-first-aria-chart-part.html Numbers 25 to 1:
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/this-week-in-1983-first-aria-chart-part_10.html Each week I'll recap the chart from 1983 using the same format as the 25 Years Ago... and 30 Years Ago... posts.
Great idea, thanks Gavin.
Thanks for posting your insight and for bringing the anniversary to my attention.
Week ending July 17, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/this-week-in-1983-july-17-1983.html Electric Avenue, Bad Boys, Buffalo Soldier, Shiny Shiny, We Two and Gotta Give The Grog Away enter the chart.
Top 50 misses from George Benson, Roman Holliday and Hoodoo Gurus.
Week ending July 24, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/this-week-in-1983-july-24-1983.html Candy Girl, (Keep Feeling) Fascination, She Works Hard For The Money, Nobody's Diary, It Must Be You and Never Gonna Die debut.
Plus, top 50 misses from Malcolm McLaren, Venetians, Kenny Everett and Iron Maiden.
Week ending July 31, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/this-week-in-1983-july-31-1983.html Austen Tayshus debuts with the year's number 1 single, plus ELO's last big hit, and long forgotten singles by KC & The Sunshine Band, Men At Work and The Kinks.
Top 50 misses from Al Jarreau, Lionel Richie, The Europeans and Chris De Burgh.
The KC & The Sunshine Band song and comedy song from Col Elliott are the two I don't recall ever hearing from that latest Top 50.
Week ending August 7, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/this-week-in-1983-august-7-1983.html Stand Back, Moonlight Shadow, Never Gonna Let You Go and Midnight Blue.
Plus, top 50 misses from Flash And The Pan, The Hollies, Robert Palmer, U2 and Renee & Renato.
Week ending August 14, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.ae/2016/08/this-week-in-1983-august-14-1983.html Maniac, (I Love It When You) Call Me Names, Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' and My Boyfriend's Back.
Plus top 50 misses from Duran Duran, Carl Wilson, Bee Gees, Toto Coelo and The Radiators.
Week ending August 21, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/this-week-in-1983-august-21-1983.html True, I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues, Maxine, Temptation, Maggie and Show Me Some Discipline debut.
Plus, top 50 misses from Berlin and Diana Ross.
Week ending August 28, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/this-week-in-1983-august-28-1983.html Rain, IOU, Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) and Words debut.
Plus, top 50 misses from Devo, Swanee, Imagination and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.
Week ending September 4, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/this-week-in-1983-september-4-1983.html Billy Joel, Malcolm McLaren, Hall & Oates, Taco, Jackson Browne and Moving Pictures debut.
Plus, top 50 misses from Bryan Adams and Wendy & The Rockets
Week ending September 11, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com/2016/09/this-week-in-1983-september-11-1983.html Bop Girl, The Safety Dance, Made My Day and The Winter's Tale.
Plus, top 50 misses from The Beat and The Church.
Last edited: 11/09/2016 11:07 Week ending September 18, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/this-week-in-1983-september-18-1983.html The Police, The Cure and Paul Anka debut.
Plus, top 50 misses from Renee Geyer and Talking Heads.
Week ending September 25, 1983
https://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/this-week-in-1983-september-25-1983.html Debuts from BJ Thomas and Mezzoforte.
Top 50 misses I'd never heard of from Agnetha Faltskog, Audrey Landers, The Fixx, Dolly Parton, Divinyls, Real Life and one I had by Peter Schilling.
Week ending October 2, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/10/this-week-in-1983-october-2-1983.html Karma Chameleon, Who’s That Girl, Give It Up, Montego Bay, McRawhide, (She’s) Sexy + 17, Big Log and Lined Up debut.
Top 50 misses from Rod Stewart, 10cc and Jimmy The Hoover.
Week ending October 9, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/10/this-week-in-1983-october-9-1983.html Modern Love, I Hear Motion, Making Love Out Of Nothing At All and two America’s Cup-related entries, The Australia’s Cup and We’re Coming To Get You.
Plus, a top 50 miss from Blue Rose
Week ending October 16, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/10/this-week-in-1983-october-16-1983.html Reckless (on the Semantics EP), Just Got Lucky, Love Blonde, Red Red Wine, the original version of How Am I Supposed To Live Without You and a re-release of Down Under debut.
Plus, top 50 misses from Slingshot, Donna Summer, Uncanny X-Men, Little Heroes and Australia Who? Syndicate.
Week ending October 23, 1983
https://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/10/this-week-in-1983-october-23-1983.html Islands In The Stream, Tonight I Celebrate My Love, Gold and Soldier Of Fortune debut.
Plus, top 50 misses from Expression, Cliff Richard and Juluka.
Week ending October 30, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/10/this-week-in-1983-october-30-1983.html David Sylvian/Ryuichi Sakamoto, Elvis Costello & The Attractions and Ray Charles debut.
Plus top 50 misses from Def Leppard, New Edition, New Order and The Lotus Eaters.
And a look at the albums chart.
Week ending November 6, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/this-week-in-1983-november-6-1983.html Say Say Say, Change In Mood, Union Of The Snake, Crystal, Some People (Have All The Fun) and Hold Me Tight/No Sense debut.
Plus, top 50 misses from Sheena Easton, Wham! and World Famous Oralettes.
Week ending November 13, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/this-week-in-1983-november-13-1983.html Uptown Girl, Long Hit Summer, This Is Not A Love Song, Life Gets Better and Life Begins At Forty debut.
Plus, top 50 misses from Machinations, Rita Coolidge, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, The Johnnys and Matt Finish.
Week ending November 20, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/this-week-in-1983-november-20-1983.html All Night Long (All Night), Suddenly Last Summer, Mama, I Can Hear Your Heartbeat and Swear debut.
Plus, top 50 misses from Michael Jackson, Madness, Men At Work, Sharon O'Neill, Rick Springfield, Moving Pictures and The Frames.
Week ending November 27, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com/2016/11/this-week-in-1983-november-27-1983.html Come Back And Stay, Computer One and Staring At The Embers debut.
Plus, a top 50 miss from Heaven 17.
Last edited: 08/03/2017 22:48 Week ending December 4, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/this-week-in-1983-december-4-1983.html Madonna's first top 100 appearance.
Plus, new top 50 entries for Hoodoo Gurus, The Rolling Stones, John Williamson, Michael Sembello, Split Enz and Mental As Anything.
And top 50 misses from Howard Jones and Annabel Lamb.
Week ending December 11, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/this-week-in-1983-december-11-1983.html Twist Of Fate, Why Me?, Listening and Magic debut.
Plus, top 50 misses from The Expression, Vertical Hold and Carpenters.
Week ending December 18, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/this-week-in-1983-december-18-1983.html Original Sin, Cut The Talking, In A Big Country and Only Thinking debut.
Top 50 misses from Adam Ant, KISS, Goanna and Little Heroes.
Week ending December 25, 1983
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/this-week-in-1983-december-25-1983.html The final chart for 1983, with debuts from Come Said The Boy, Cum On Feel The Noize, Owner Of A Lonely Heart and Kissing With Confidence.
Plus, top 50 misses from ABC, Ventians, Glenn Shorrock and Ryuichi Sakamoto.
And the year-end top 100 and links to all the ARIA top 50s from 1983.
I could've used the break between chart flashbacks to have a break from blogging. Instead, I've compiled a list of all the number 2 hits on the Australian chart from the 80s.
Here's part 1, covering 1980-1984:
http://chartbeat.blogspot.com.au/2017/01/number-2-hits-on-australian-charts-80s.html Add a message (*=mandatory field)