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American Bandstand Season 27 Episodes
Season 27 Episode Guide
40 Episodes 1981 - 1984
Episode 1
Episode #27.1
Sat, Sep 10, 198360 mins
Michael Sembello performs "Maniac" and "Automatic Man." Music video: Menudo - "Like A Cannonball."
Episode 2
Episode #27.2
Sat, Sep 17, 198360 mins
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)."
Episode 3
Episode #27.3
Sat, Oct 1, 198360 mins
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."
Episode 4
Episode #27.4
Thu, Oct 8, 198160 mins
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."
Episode 5
Episode #27.5
Sat, Oct 15, 1983
Paul Anka sings "Hold Me 'Til The Mornin' Comes" and "Gimme The Word." Music video: Loverboy - "Queen of the Broken Hearts."
Episode 6
Episode #27.6
Sat, Oct 29, 198360 mins
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."
Episode 7
Episode #27.7
Sat, Nov 5, 198360 mins
Dave Davies (of The Kinks) performs "Love Gets You." The Mary Jane Girls (protégées of Rick James) sing "All Night Long" and "Candy Man."
Episode 8
Episode #27.8
Sat, Nov 12, 198360 mins
Midnight Star perform "Wet My Whistle." Michael Stanley Band perform "My Town" and "Hard Time." Music video: Culture Club - "Church of the Poison Mind."
Episode 9
Episode #27.9
Sat, Dec 3, 198360 mins
James Ingram sings "Party Animal." Glenn Shorrock performs "Don't Girls Get Lonely" and "Till I Love You" Music video: Human League - "Mirror Man."
Episode 10
Episode #27.10
Sat, Dec 24, 198360 mins
1983 Christmas Show. DeBarge sing "Time Will Reveal." The Romantics perform "Talking in Your Sleep" and "Rock You Up."
Episode 11
Episode #27.11
Sat, Dec 31, 198360 mins
ABC perform "That Was Then But This Is Now" and "S.O.S." Oingo Boingo perform "Wake Up (It's 1984)."
Episode 12
Episode #27.12
Sat, Jan 7, 198460 mins
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."
Episode 13
Episode #27.13
Sat, Jan 14, 198460 mins
Madonna sings "Holiday." Quarterflash perform "Take Me to Heart" and "Take Another Picture."
Episode 14
Episode #27.14
Sat, Jan 21, 198460 mins
The Eric Martin Band perform "Letting It Out" and "Sucker for a Pretty Face." Tavares perform "Words and Music."
Episode 15
Episode #27.15
Sat, Jan 28, 198460 mins
Stephanie Mills sings "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" Matthew Wilder performs "Break My Stride" and "The Kid's American."
Episode 16
Episode #27.16
Sat, Feb 4, 198460 mins
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.")
Episode 17
Episode #27.17
Sat, Feb 25, 198460 mins
Eddie Money performs "The Big Crash" and "Club Michelle." Deborah Allen sings "Baby I Lied."
Episode 18
Episode #27.18
Sat, Mar 3, 198460 mins
Toni Basil sings "Over My Head." Night Ranger perform "(You Can Still) Rock In America" and "Rumors in the Air."
Episode 19
Episode #27.19
Sat, Mar 10, 198460 mins
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."
Episode 20
Episode #27.20
Sat, Mar 17, 198460 mins
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."
Episode 21
Episode #27.21
Sat, Mar 24, 198460 mins
Paul Young performs "Come Back and Stay" and "Love of the Common People." UB40 perform "Red Red Wine."
Episode 22
Episode #27.22
Sat, Mar 31, 198460 mins
K.C. sings "Give It Up." Madness performs "The Sun and the Rain" and "Keep Moving."
Episode 23
Episode #27.23
Sat, Apr 7, 198460 mins
Shalamar perform "Dancing In The Sheets." Dwight Twilley performs "Girls" and "Don't You Love Her?"
Episode 24
Episode #27.24
Sat, Apr 14, 198460 mins
The Alarm perform "68 Guns" and "Marching On." Patti Austin sings "It's Gonna Be Special." Music video: Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell."
Episode 25
Episode #27.25
Sat, Apr 21, 198460 mins
Shannon sings "Let the Music Play" and "Give Me Tonight." Golden Earring perform "Clear Night Moonlight."
Episode 26
Episode #27.26
Sat, Apr 28, 198460 mins
Bon Jovi perform "Runaway" and "She Don't Know Me." Mr. Mister perform "Hunters of the Night." Music video: Rick Springfield - "Love Somebody."
Episode 27
Episode #27.27
Sat, May 5, 198460 mins
Christine McVie (of Fleetwood Mac) performs "Got A Hold on Me" and "Love Will Show Us How." Wire Train perform "Chamber Of Hellos."
Episode 28
Episode #27.28
Sat, May 12, 198460 mins
Berlin perform "No More Words" and "Now It's My Turn." Yarbrough and Peoples sing "Don't Waste Your Time."
Episode 29
Episode #27.29
Sat, May 19, 198460 mins
Kim Fields (from the sitcom "Facts of Life") sings "Dear Michael." Wang Chung perform "Dance Hall Days" and "Don't Let Go."
Episode 30
Episode #27.30
Sat, May 26, 198460 mins
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).
Episode 31
Episode #27.31
Sat, Jun 2, 198460 mins
Singer-songwriter Van Stephenson performs "Modern Day Delilah" and "What the Big Girls Do." The five-week dance contest begins.
Episode 32
Episode #27.32
Sat, Jun 9, 198460 mins
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.
Episode 33
Episode #27.33
Sat, Jun 16, 198460 mins
Bananarama perform "Robert De Niro's Waiting" and "Cruel Summer."
Episode 34
Episode #27.34
Sat, Jun 23, 198460 mins
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.
Episode 35
Episode #27.35
Sat, Jun 30, 198460 mins
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.
Episode 36
Episode #27.36
Sat, Jul 7, 198460 mins
Howard Jones performs "What Is Love?" and "New Song." Dennis Edwards sings "(You're My) Aphrodisiac." Music video: The Greg Kihn Band - "Reunited."
Episode 37
Episode #27.37
Sat, Jul 14, 198460 mins
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.
Episode 38
Episode #27.38
Sat, Jul 28, 198460 mins
Corey Hart sings "Sunglasses at Night." John Waite performs "Missing You" and "Tears."
Episode 39
Episode #27.39
Sat, Aug 18, 198460 mins
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."
Episode 40
Episode #27.40
Sat, Aug 25, 198460 mins
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."