American Bandstand

- Season 27

(1983)

Michael Sembello performs "Maniac" and "Automatic Man." Music video: Menudo - "Like A Cannonball."

Scott Baio performs "Some Girls" and "She's Trouble." Amy Holland sings "I Hang on Your Every Word" and "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)."

Frank Stallone performs "Far from Over." Bonnie Tyler sings "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" Music video: Lionel Richie - "All Night Long."

Eric Burdon and The Animals perform "The Night." Marshall Crenshaw performs "Our Town" and "Whenever You're on My Mind." Music video: Shalamar - "Dead Giveaway."

Paul Anka sings "Hold Me 'Til The Mornin' Comes" and "Gimme The Word." Music video: Loverboy - "Queen of the Broken Hearts."

The Gap Band perform "Party Train." Huey Lewis and the News perform "The Heart of Rock and Roll" and "Heart and Soul." Music video: Billy Joel - "Tell Her About It."

Dave Davies (of The Kinks) performs "Love Gets You." The Mary Jane Girls (protégées of Rick James) sing "All Night Long" and "Candy Man."

Midnight Star perform "Wet My Whistle." Michael Stanley Band perform "My Town" and "Hard Time." Music video: Culture Club - "Church of the Poison Mind."

James Ingram sings "Party Animal." Glenn Shorrock performs "Don't Girls Get Lonely" and "Till I Love You" Music video: Human League - "Mirror Man."

1983 Christmas Show. DeBarge sing "Time Will Reveal." The Romantics perform "Talking in Your Sleep" and "Rock You Up."

ABC perform "That Was Then But This Is Now" and "S.O.S." Oingo Boingo perform "Wake Up (It's 1984)."

Peter Schilling sings "Major Tom (Coming Home)." Kim Carnes sings "Invisible Hands" and "You Make My Heart Beat Faster (And That's All That Matters)." Music video: John Cougar Mellencamp - "Crumblin' Down."

Madonna sings "Holiday." Quarterflash perform "Take Me to Heart" and "Take Another Picture."

The Eric Martin Band perform "Letting It Out" and "Sucker for a Pretty Face." Tavares perform "Words and Music."

Stephanie Mills sings "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" Matthew Wilder performs "Break My Stride" and "The Kid's American."

Anita Baker sings "You're The Best Thing Yet." The Commodores (according to the Dick Clark Media Archives) perform "Turn Off The Lights" and "Only You." (Newspaper TV schedules list a different Commodores song, "Ooo, Woman You.")

Eddie Money performs "The Big Crash" and "Club Michelle." Deborah Allen sings "Baby I Lied."

Toni Basil sings "Over My Head." Night Ranger perform "(You Can Still) Rock In America" and "Rumors in the Air."

Mick Fleetwood's Zoo perform "Angel Come Home" and "You Might Need Somebody." Grace Slick sings "All the Machines." Music video: Eurythmics - "Here Comes the Rain Again."

Cyndi Lauper sings "Time After Time" and "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." Glenn Scarpelli performs "Don't Mess Up This Good Thing." Music video: John Lennon - "Nobody Told Me."

Paul Young performs "Come Back and Stay" and "Love of the Common People." UB40 perform "Red Red Wine."

K.C. sings "Give It Up." Madness performs "The Sun and the Rain" and "Keep Moving."

Shalamar perform "Dancing In The Sheets." Dwight Twilley performs "Girls" and "Don't You Love Her?"

The Alarm perform "68 Guns" and "Marching On." Patti Austin sings "It's Gonna Be Special." Music video: Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell."

Shannon sings "Let the Music Play" and "Give Me Tonight." Golden Earring perform "Clear Night Moonlight."

Bon Jovi perform "Runaway" and "She Don't Know Me." Mr. Mister perform "Hunters of the Night." Music video: Rick Springfield - "Love Somebody."

Christine McVie (of Fleetwood Mac) performs "Got A Hold on Me" and "Love Will Show Us How." Wire Train perform "Chamber Of Hellos."

Berlin perform "No More Words" and "Now It's My Turn." Yarbrough and Peoples sing "Don't Waste Your Time."

Kim Fields (from the sitcom "Facts of Life") sings "Dear Michael." Wang Chung perform "Dance Hall Days" and "Don't Let Go."

The Romantics perform "One in a Million" and "Open Your Door." Sergio Mendes, with vocalist Joe Pizzulo, performs "Olympia" (the theme song to the upcoming 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles).

Singer-songwriter Van Stephenson performs "Modern Day Delilah" and "What the Big Girls Do." The five-week dance contest begins.

Laura Branigan sings "Self Control" and "Satisfaction." Music video: Deniece Williams - "Let's Hear It for the Boy." A second look at the couples in the annual dance contest.

Bananarama perform "Robert De Niro's Waiting" and "Cruel Summer."

Slade perform "Run Runaway" and "My Oh My." Music video: R.E.M. - "South Central Rain." A fourth look at the couples competing in the dance contest.

La Toya Jackson and Howard Hewett sing "Heart Don't Lie." La Toya Jackson sings "Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'." This year's dance contest wraps up with a final look at the competing couples.

Howard Jones performs "What Is Love?" and "New Song." Dennis Edwards sings "(You're My) Aphrodisiac." Music video: The Greg Kihn Band - "Reunited."

The Australian band Real Life perform "Send Me An Angel" and "Catch Me I'm Falling." Viewers are given a final look at the couples competing in this year's dance contest.

Corey Hart sings "Sunglasses at Night." John Waite performs "Missing You" and "Tears."

Eddy Grant performs "Romancing the Stone." Deniece Williams sings "Let's Hear It for the Boy" and "Next Love." Music video: Roger Taylor - "Man On Fire."

The Bangles perform "Hero Takes a Fall." Icicle Works perform "Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)" and "In the Cauldron of Love." Music video: Scandal featuring Patty Smyth - "The Warrior."