Charlie's 80s Blog

This Day In Music, August 12th

On this day in 1984: As The Olympic Games came to a close, Lionel Richie performed, ‘All Night Long’ live from Los Angeles to an estimated television audience of 2.6 billion people around the world.

On this day in 1986: Prince started a run of five nights at Wembley Arena, London, his first U.K. shows in five years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9RTlFQrsl0

Here are the Top 20 songs on the U.S. singles chart from this day back in 1986:

1 1 GLORY OF LOVE –•– Peter Cetera (Full Moon / Warner Brothers)-10 (2 Weeks at #1) (1)
2 4 PAPA DON’T PREACH –•– Madonna (Sire)-7 (2)
3 6 MAD ABOUT YOU –•– Belinda Carlisle (I.R.S.)-13 (3)
4 2 SLEDGEHAMMER –•– Peter Gabriel (Geffen)-14 (1)
5 9 WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF –•– Jermaine Stewart (Arista)-13 (5)
6 7 LOVE TOUCH –•– Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)-11 (6)
7 3 DANGER ZONE –•– Kenny Loggins (Columbia)-14 (2)
8 12 HIGHER LOVE –•– Steve Winwood (Island)-9 (8)
9 15 VENUS –•– Bananarama (London)-7 (9)
10 13 RUMORS –•– Timex Social Club (Jay)-9 (10)

11 5 INVISIBLE TOUCH –•– Genesis (Atlantic)-11 (1)
12 16 THE EDGE OF HEAVEN –•– Wham! (Columbia)-6 (12)
13 19 DANCING ON THE CEILING –•– Lionel Richie (Motown)-4 (13)
14 8 NASTY –•– Janet Jackson (A&M)-13 (3)
15 18 SWEET FREEDOM –•– Michael McDonald (MCA)-9 (15)
16 17 YOU SHOULD BE MINE (The Woo Woo Song) –•– Jeffrey Osborne (A&M)-12 (16)
17 11 MODERN WOMAN –•– Billy Joel (Columbia)-10 (10)
18 23 TAKE MY BREATH AWAY –•– Berlin (Columbia)-8 (18)
19 10 OPPORTUNITIES (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) –•– Pet Shop Boys (EMI-America)-11 (10)
20 21 SUZANNE –•– Journey (Columbia)-8 (20)

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