MTV didn't refuse to play Black artists, and Michael Jackson wasn't the first on the network, but Black artists had reasons ...

Long before most others in the industry, the Thin White Duke called for more black artists on MTV. In the wake of David Bowie’s death, the network resurfaced a now-infamous 1983 interview in ...

Among the wonders of David Bowie’s life that are being rediscovered upon his death: this video -- from 1983 -- of the artist criticizing MTV for featuring so few black artists. Here’s video of ...

MTV had a landmark year in 1983. The network broke into the mainstream following the airing of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” music video in heavy rotation, a decision that was forced upon ...

He released the album Let’s Dance in 1983 and reappeared looking like a true ’80s star. Bowie went mainstream, and the audience loved him. His videos were in full rotation on MTV ...

But that phrase didn't come from the academy. Those are the words uttered by former MTV host Mark Goodman, during a 1983 interview with the late David Bowie. Bowie had interrupted an otherwise ...

On March 10, 1983, MTV played “Billie Jean” for the first time and forever changed… (The Root) — “Billie Jean,” who was not Michael Jackson’s lover, is turning 30 — or at least her ...

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Even Prince’s “1999” single, shut out of pop radio upon its initial release in 1982, was re-launched in mid-1983 and off the back of its belated MTV exposure became a huge pop radio success ...

Long missing from availability, the documentary aired just once on MTV back in 1983. As per Sacks & Co., Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party has a new 4K remaster coming from Crowe’s 16mm source.

A nearly forgotten documentary he co-directed about Petty & the Heartbreakers in 1983, titled “Heartbreakers ... for viewing since its lone showing on MTV in February ‘83, the rock doc is ...