Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Continuing the series, running late for February:

What were the top songs of the month in February 1987 (30 years ago)?  Well, looking at Billboard's Hot 100, ranking by peak position during the month, with ties settled by average position over the 5 weeks of the month....  and presenting the top 40:

              Song  -  Artist  -  Peak

  1. Livin' On APrayer  -  Bon Jovi  -  1
  2. Open Your Heart  -  Madonna  -  1
  3. Keep Your Hands To Yourself  -  The Georgia Satellites  -  2
  4. Jacob s Ladder  -  Huey Lewis  -  2
  5. At This Moment  -  Billy Vera  -  2
  6. Will You Still Love Me?  -  Chicago  -  3
  7. Change Of Heart  -  Cyndi Lauper  -  3
  8. Touch Me (I Want Your Body)  -  Samantha Fox  -  4
  9. You Got It All  -  The Jets  -  5
  10. Somewhere Out There (From "An American Tail")  -  Linda Ronstadt  -  6
  11. Land Of Confusion  -  Genesis  -  6
  12. Ballerina Girl  -  Lionel Richie  -  7
  13. Respect Yourself  -  Bruce Willis  -  7
  14. (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)  -  Beastie Boys  -  8
  15. Someday  -  Glass Tiger  -  8
  16. Love You Down  -  Ready For The World  -  9
  17. Big Time  -  Peter Gabriel  -  9
  18. We're Ready  -  Boston  -  9
  19. C est La Vie  -  Robbie Nevil  -  11
  20. MandolinRain  -  Bruce Hornsby  -  12
  21. Nobody s Fool  -  Cinderella  -  13
  22. Shake You Down  -  Gregory Abbott  -  13
  23. I ll Be Alright Without You  -  Journey  -  14
  24. Stop To Love  -  Luther Vandross  -  15
  25. Let s Wait Awhile  -  Janet Jackson  -  15
  26. Control  -  Janet Jackson  -  16
  27. I Wanna Go Back  -  Eddie Money  -  17
  28. Brand New Lover  -  Dead Or Alive  -  20
  29. This Is The Time  -  Billy Joel  -  20
  30. Talk To Me  -  Chico DeBarge  -  21
  31. Nothing s Gonna Stop Us Now  -  Starship  -  21
  32. Lean On Me  -  Club Nouveau  -  22
  33. Come Go With Me  -  Expose  -  23
  34. Can t Help Falling In Love  -  Corey Hart  -  24
  35. Stay The Night  -  Benjamin Orr  -  24
  36. Facts Of Love  -  Jeff Lorber  -  27
  37. Tonight,Tonight, Tonight  -  Genesis  -  27
  38. Candy  -  Cameo  -  28
  39. Jimmy Lee  -  Aretha Franklin  -  28
  40. Victory  -  Kool  -  29
Aside, the Bostn video is from the show we saw in 2016 (but not mine)...


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