Billboard AC Chart Flashback: October 17, 1987

[johnm1120]

October 17, 1987

TW LW 2W Artist - Title (Final Peak)

01 01 06 Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies (1)
02 05 10 Kenny G f/Lenny Williams - Don't Make Me Wait For Love (2)
03 02 03 ABC - When Smokey Sings (2)
04 03 02 Dan Fogelberg - Lonely in Love (2)
05 10 13 Cutting Crew - I've Been in Love Before (2)
06 04 01 Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have It All (1)
07 12 16 Swing Out Sister - Breakout (1)
08 07 07 Smokey Robinson - One Heartbeat (2)
09 09 08 Carly Simon - The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (8)
10 06 04 Huey Lewis & The News - Doing It All For My Baby (2)

11 08 05 Michael Jackson f/Siedah Garrett - I Just Can't Stop Loving You (1)
12 14 18 REO Speedwagon - In My Dreams (6)
13 11 09 Anita Baker - No One in the World (9)
14 13 11 Restless Heart - Why Does it Have to Be (Wrong or Right) (11)
15 18 27 Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise (5)
16 21 ** Elton John - Candle in the Wind (2)
17 17 22 Al Jarreau - Since I Fell For You (10)
18 19 24 The Cars - You Are the Girl (12)
19 15 15 The Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey (15)
20 16 12 Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne - Love Power (1)

21 24 26 Michael Bolton - That's What Love is All About (3)
22 DEBUT Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes (I've Had) The Time of My Life (1)
23 28 ** Richard Carpenter - Something in Your Eyes (12)
24 DEBUT Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Betcha Say That (19)
25 DEBUT Dionne & Kashif - Reservations For Two (7)
26 23 21 Dan Hill f/Vonda Shepard - Can't We Try (2)
27 DEBUT Kool & The Gang - Special Way (6)
20 28 14 Los Lobos - La Bamba (4)
29 DEBUT Steve Winwood - Valerie (2)
30 25 17 The Nylons - Happy Together (16)

[Libra]

Wow, lots of #2 hits in the Top 10.

I remember looking through the #1s archive on Wiki...didn't Fleetwood Mac have a long run on top?

[Adam (UTR)]

Oct 18, 2010 16:10:00 GMT -5 Libra said:

Wow, lots of #2 hits in the Top 10.

I remember looking through the #1s archive on Wiki...didn't Fleetwood Mac have a long run on top?

It was #1 for 4 weeks, taken over by Swing Out Sister.

[esoteric76]

"When Smokey Sings" and Smokey Robinson both in the Top 10. That's pretty cool!

[Libra]

Oct 19, 2010 9:54:25 GMT -5 esoteric76 said:

"When Smokey Sings" and Smokey Robinson both in the Top 10. That's pretty cool!

That also happened on the October 3 Hot 100 - ABC fell 5-8 while Smokey himself moved up to #10.

[Hervard]

I love song #27. Definitely Kool & The Gang's most underrated single.

[johnnywest]

Thanks for posting.

How long did songs usually stay in the top 30?

[johnm1120]

On this chart, Can't We Try spent the longest on the chart lasting for 29 weeks. Candle in the Wind and I've Had the Time of My Life were in 2nd with 26 weeks.

Of the songs in the top 10 that week, ABC and Carly Simon only lasted 17 weeks.