1983 Saturday Morning Flashback Playlist- September 13, 2025

1983 Saturday Morning Flashback
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This week on Saturday Morning Flashback Annalisa took us to 1983. The year that the final episode of M*A*S*H aired to a record TV viewership, Harold Washington became the first African American mayor of Chicago & Virginia McCaskey took ownership of the Bears and the title of "First Lady of Sports". Join us Saturdays from 9am to Noon on the radio at 93.1 FM, at 93XRT.COM and stream from anywhere using the free Audacy app.
9AM

New Order- “Age Of Consent”
Eurythmics- “Love Is A Stranger”
Plimsouls- “A Million Miles Away”
Burning Sensations- “Belly Of A Whale”
Men At Work- “Overkill”
ZZ Top- “Gimme All Your Lovin’”
The Cure- “Let’s Go To Bed”
B-52’s- “Song For A Future Generation”
The Motels- “Suddenly Last Summer”
Stevie Ray Vaughan- “Love Struck Baby”
Talking Heads- “Swamp”
10AM
Genesis- “Home By The Sea”
Eddy Grant- “Electric Avenue”
Echo & The Bunnymen- “The Cutter”
The Jam- “Beat Surrender”
Greg Kihn- “Jeopardy”
The Police- “Murder By Numbers”
Heaven 17- ‘Let Me Go”

Jackson Browne- “Tender Is The Night”
The Call- “The Walls Came Down”
John Mellencamp- “Crumblin’ Down”
The The- “Uncertain Smile”
11AM
Violent Femmes- “Kiss Off”
U2- “Two Hearts Beat As One”
X- “True Love- Part ll”
The Kinks- “Come Dancing”
The Smiths- “This Charming Man”
R.E.M.- “Radio Free Europe”
Culture Club- “Church Of The Poison Mind”
Tears For Fears- “Change”
Yes- “Changes”
Elvis Costello- “Everyday I Write The Book”
Dave Edmunds- “Slipping Away”

Next week, Johnny Mars takes us to 1995.  The year when the digital revolution took a leap forward with the launch of Windows 95, Richard M. Daley was re-elected mayor of Chicago, Michael Jordan returned to the Chicago Bulls and the Harold Washington Library Center became the largest public library building in the world.

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