Overview of the events of 1983 in British music
List of years in British music
This is a summary of1983 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.
8 January – TheUK singles chart is tabulated from this week forward byThe Gallup Organization and the BMRB manual diary method was ended. Electronic dataport machines were used in selected stores and Gallup would automatically dial up the terminals via telephone lines to gather the sales information. 10 February –John McCabe 's Concerto for Orchestra is given its first performance by theLondon Philharmonic Orchestra , conducted bySir Georg Solti . 14 May – The Symphony No 2Summer Music byWilliam Mathias is performed for the first time by the Liverpool Philharmonic Society 30 May –Elton John releases his albumToo Low for Zero , 31 May –Nigel Osborne 's Sinfonia No 2 is performed for the first time by theLeicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra . 3 June – The operaRaleigh's Dream byIain Hamilton is performed for the first time in Durham, North Carolina 17 July – The Cello Concerto byLennox Berkeley , composed in 1939, is performed for the first time in Manchester. 27 July – The Piano Concerto byDominic Muldowney is performed for the first time in London. 20 August –The Rolling Stones sign a new $28 million contract withCBS Records , the largest recording contract in history up to this time. 1 September –Joe Strummer andPaul Simonon ofThe Clash issue a press statement announcing thatMick Jones has been fired from the group. 20 September – The firstARMS Charity Concert is held at theRoyal Albert Hall in London. 3 October – The first performance of the operaMarching Song byBenjamin Frankel , left in short score at the time of the composer's death ten years earlier, is broadcast by the BBC. 8 November – the first performance ofBenjamin Britten 'sAn American Overture City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted bySimon Rattle . 9 November –The Blue Guitar for solo guitar byMichael Tippett is performed for the first time, at theAmbassador Auditorium , Pasadena, California. 28 November – The firstNow 15 December – The broadcast premiere of Elisabeth Lutyens’Music for Orchestra 1V is given by the City of London Sinfonia, conducted byRichard Hickox . [ 1]
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Note: The year-end charts published inMusic Week BPI Year Book 1984 included the complete charts to the end of 1983.
Best-selling singles [ edit ] [ 3]
Best-selling albums [ edit ] [ 4]
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^ Reached number 2 in 1982 ^ Reached number 2 in 1984 ^ Reached number 2 in 1982 ^ Reached number 1 in 1984 ^ Reached number 3 in 1982 ^ Reached number 5 in 1982 David Bedford Five Diversions , for two flutesThe Valley Sleeper, the Children, the Snakes and the Giant , for orchestraRichard Rodney Bennett Concerto for Wind Quintet Guitar Sonata Letters to Lindbergh , for female voices and piano duetMemento , for flute and string orchestraSeachange , for unaccompanied chorusMichael Berkeley Cello Concerto Or Shall We Die , oratorioHarrison Birtwistle Deowa , for soprano and clarinetDuets for Storab , for two fluteDavid Blake –Rise, Dove , for baritone and orchestraEdward Cowie Ancient Voices , for four voicesMissa Brevis String Quartet No. 3,Creative Arts Quartet String Quartet No. 4,Australia II Gordon Crosse –Wave Songs , for cello and pianoPeter Maxwell Davies Birthday Music for John , trio for flute, viola and celloInto the Labyrinth , cantataSinfonietta Accademica , for chamber orchestraBrian Ferneyhough –Adagissimo , for string quartetMichael Finnissy Australian Sea Shanties , for voices, recorders and pianoOuraa , for ensemble (1982–83)Soda Fountain , for voices and cymbalsVaudeville , for mezzo, baritone and ensembleAlun Hoddinott –Quodlibet on Welsh Nursery Tunes – arr. for brass quintetRobin Holloway Second Idyll for small orchestra Serenade in E flat, for wind quintet and string quintet Elizabeth Maconchy L'Horloge , for soprano, clarinet and pianoTribute , for violin and woodwindsWilliam Mathias Alleluja! Christ is Risen! , anthemAngelus , for women's voicesHorn Concerto Let us Now Praise Famous Men , for chorus and orchestraMissa Brevis Organ Concerto Symphony No. 2, Op.90 (Summer Music ) Tantum Ergo , for choir and organViolin Sonata No. 2 Dominic Muldowney The Duration of Exile , for mezzo and ensemblePiano Concerto A Second Show , for contralto and ensemblePaul Patterson –Mass of the Sea , for soli, chorus and orchestraJohn Pickard –Nocturne in Black and Gold Priaulx Rainier –Grand Duo for cello and pianoJohn Tavener He Hath Entered the Heven , for unaccompanied treblesTo a Child Dancing in the Wind , for soprano, flute, harp and violaMichael Tippett Festal Brass with Blues , for brass ensembleThe Mask of Time (1980–83) for soli, chorus and orchestra18 January – Antony Brant, singer (V )3 March –Katie White , singer (The Ting Tings )8 May –Matt Willis , singer and musician (Busted )16 May –Mince Fratelli , musician (The Fratellis )23 May –Heidi Range , singer (Sugababes )17 June –Lee Ryan , singer (Blue )30 June 7 July – Aaron Buckingham, singer (V)22 July –Jodi Albert , singer (Girl Thing )18 August –Mika , singer25 August –James Righton , musician (The Klaxons )11 September –Matthew Halsall , jazz trumpeter and promoter13 September –James Bourne , singer and musician (Busted ), (Son of Dork )14 September –Amy Winehouse , singer-songwriter25 September –Hayden Powell , jazz trumpeter and composer24 October –V V Brown , English singer-songwriter, model, and producer26 October – Ant Scott-Lee, singer (3SL )8 November – Mark Harle, singer (V)5 January –Amy Evans , operatic soprano, 986 January –Bernard Stevens , composer, 667 January –Edith Coates , operatic mezzo-soprano, 7418 January –Cedric Thorpe Davie , composer, 6928 January –Billy Fury , singer-songwriter, 42 (heart attack)22 February – SirAdrian Boult , conductor, 9323 February –Herbert Howells , composer, 906 March –Howard McFarlane , jazz trumpeter, 898 March – SirWilliam Walton , composer, 8023 March –David Wynne , composer, 8214 April 17 April –Thomas L. Thomas , operatic baritone, 7220 April –Sarah Makem , Northern Irish singer, 826 May –Pat Smythe , jazz pianist, 605 June –Anthony Lewis , musicologist, conductor and composer, 6812 June –Ceinwen Rowlands , operatic soprano, 782 July –Jacqueline Townshend , violinist and pianist, 7112 July –Chris Wood , founding member ofTraffic , 39 (pneumonia)16 July –David Ward , operatic bass, 6131 August –Eve Taylor , music manager, 6811 September –Brian Lawrance , bandleader, 74[ 5] 19 September –Peter Mooney , conductor, 6824 September 19 November –Tom Evans , bassist of the rock groupBadfinger , 36 (suicide)7 December –Norah Blaney , pianist, composer and music hall performer, 908 December –Monica Harrison , operatic soprano, 86The 1983Brit Awards winners were:
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