Saturday, June 18, 2016

This Month In Music - June 1986



June 1986...  30 years ago!  What was happening in the music world:

There were four Saturdays in June, '86, so there the charts came out 4 times.  But only 2 songs made it to #1. Madonna started atop the charts with "Live To Tell", but Patti Labelle took over and held the last 3 weeks of the month with "On My Own:.

Here's the Top 10 songs of the month, based on average chart position over the 4 weeks:
  • Song  -  Artist   -  June Ave
  • On My Own  -  Patti LaBelle  -  1.3
  • There ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)  -  Billy Ocean  -  4.3
  • Live To Tell  -  Madonna  -  4.5
  • Crush On You  -  The Jets  -  4.8
  • I Can t Wait  -  Nu Shooz  -  6.0
  • A Different Corner  -  George Michael  -  7.8
  • No One Is To Blame  -  Howard Jones  -  8.3
  • Holding Back The Years  -  Simply Red  -  9.8
  • Greatest Love Of All  -  Whitney Houston  -  10.5
  • Who s Johnny ("Short Circuit" Theme)  -  El DeBarge  -  11.8

Eighteen (18) songs made their chart debuts.  Listed below with their peak position during the month:
  • Song  -  Artist   -  June Ave
  • InvisibleTouch  -  Genesis  -  8.0
  • Nasty  -  Janet Jackson  -  9.0
  • Danger Zone  -  Kenny Loggins  -  14.0
  • Opportunities (Let s Make Lots Of Money)  -  Pet Shop Boys  -  23.0
  • Mountains  -  Prince And The Revolution  -  24.0
  • Mad About You  -  Belinda Carlisle  -  25.0
  • Dreams  -  Van Halen  -  26.0
  • Love Touch (Theme From "Legal Eagles")  -  Rod Stewart  -  27.0
  • One Hit (ToThe Body)  -  The Rolling Stones  -  28.0
  • Modern Woman (From "Ruthless People")  -  Billy Joel  -  30.0
  • Digging Your Scene  -  The Blow Monkeys  -  31.0
  • Glory Of Love (Theme From "The Karate Kid Part II")  -  Peter Cetera  -  32.0
  • If She Knew What She Wants  -  Bangles  -  33.0
  • We Don t Have To Take Our Clothes Off  -  Jermaine Stewart  -  35.0
  • Secret Separation  -  The Fixx  -  36.0
  • Out Of Mind Out Of Sight  -  Models  -  37.0
  • You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)  -  Jeffrey Osborne  -  39.0
  • Hyperactive  -  Robert Palmer  -  40.0


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