1983  

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1983 was the 983rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 83rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1980s decade. The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.

Art and culture

Literature

• Midnight Movies by Jeffrey Hoberman and Jonathan Rosenbaum
• Critique of Cynical Reason by Sloterdijk
• The Style of the Century by Bevis Hillier
• The Tears of the White Man by Pascal Bruckner

Film

• Videodrome by David Cronenberg
• Brainstorm by Douglas Trumbull
• Scarface by Brian De Palma
• The Hunger by Tony Scott
• Zelig by Woody Allen
• Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? by Henry Jaglom
• The King of Comedy by Martin Scorsese
• Bad Boys by Rick Rosenthal
• The Right Stuff by Philip Kaufman

Documentary

• Style Wars

Music

• Trax Records is founded
• Digital sampling is launched with the Emulator
  • 1983: The new Emulator -- the first digital sampling keyboard. When sounds were programmed into it, the Emulator could "play" breaking glass or vocal fragments from other records, or it could make countermelodies out of just about any sound "tuned" as a musical note. Its first use in a dance record was a subtle one: in Cuba Gooding's revival of his former group The Main Ingredient's "Happiness Is Just Around The Bend" coproducer John Robie created a background chorus out of one syllable, "bop," sung into the Emulator and played back as a chord. Of course, sampling had gone on for much longer ... because ... what is sampling but digitized scratching? --jahsonic [Jul 2004]

Albums

• Padlock EP by Gwen Guthrie
• Future Shock by Herbie Hancock featuring "Rockit"
• Noir & Blanc by Hector Zazou and Bony Bikaye
• Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
• Synchro System by King Sunny Adé And His African Beats
• Tower of Meaning by Arthur Russell
• Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren
• Today's Latin Project by Yasuaki Shimizu

Singles

• Cavern by Liquid Liquid
• Clear by Cybotron
• Let the Music Play by Shannon
• Struggle for Pleasure by Wim Mertens
• Rude Movements by Sun Palace
• You Are in My System by The System
• White Lines by Grandmaster Flash
• Cavern by Liquid Liquid
• Adventures in Success by Will Powers
• Peanut Butter by Gwen Guthrie
• Cargo de Nuit by Axel Bauer
• Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) by Hashim
• In Strict Tempo by Dave Ball
• Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
• No Sell Out by Malcolm X
• Beat Bop by Rammellzee Vs. K Rob
• Rockit by Material and Herbie Hancock
• Cooky Puss by the Beastie Boys
• Moments in Love by Art of Noise
• This Is Not a Love Song by Public Image Ltd
• It's like That by Run-D.M.C.
• Love Is Just Around The Bend by Cuba Gooding
• Baby I'm Scared Of You by Womack & Womack
• I Need You Now by Sinnamon
• Life Is Something Special by NYC Peech Boys
• Problèmes d'amour by Alexander Robotnick
• Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean by Club House or Slingshot
• It's Like That by Run–D.M.C (released in 1983, charted in 1998)
• Jamaica Running by The Pool
• Buffalo Gals by Malcolm McLaren
• You Can't Hide (Your Love From Me) by David Joseph
• Nobody's Bizness by Billie
• C-Bank - One More Shot
• Freeez - I.O.U.
• Monyaka - Go Deh Yaka (Go To The Top)
• Fonda Rae - Heobah
• Captain Rapp - Bad Times (I Can't Stand It)
• Tracy Weber - Sure Shot
• Loose Joints - Tell You (Today)
• Tania Maria - Come With Me
• Gwen McCrae - Keep The Fire Burning
• Doctor's Cat - Feel the Drive
• Oliver Cheatham - Saturday Night
• Eddy Louiss - Taureau

Births

• September 14 – Amy Winehouse, British singer (d. 2011)

Deaths

• January 24 – George Cukor, American film director (b. 1899)
• July 29 – Luis Buñuel, Spanish-born filmmaker (b. 1900)
• December 5 – Robert Aldrich, American film director (b. 1918)