On this day in 1980: David Bowie scored his fourth U.K. #1 album with his fourteenth studio album ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps).’ The album featured the singles ‘Ashes to Ashes’ and ‘Fashion’.
On this day in 1986: The Beatles’ track ‘Twist and Shout’ re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 over twenty-five years after it first appeared, after the song was featured in the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Here’s a look at the Top 20 on the U.S. singles chart from this day in 1986:
1 1 STUCK WITH YOU –•– Huey Lewis & The News (Chrysalis)-9 (2 Weeks at #1) (1)
2 3 FRIENDS AND LOVERS –•– Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson (USA Carrere)-13 (2)
3 2 DANCING ON THE CEILING –•– Lionel Richie (Motown)-11 (2)
4 6 WALK THIS WAY –•– Run-D.M.C. & Aerosmith (Profile)-10 (4)
5 8 DON’T FORGET ME (When I’m Gone) –•– Glass Tiger (Manhattan)-12 (5)
6 9 DREAMTIME –•– Daryl Hall (RCA)-9 (6)
7 14 WHEN I THINK OF YOU –•– Janet Jackson (A&M)-8 (7)
8 15 TWO OF HEARTS –•– Stacey Q (Atlantic)-12 (8)
9 4 TAKE MY BREATH AWAY –•– Berlin (Columbia)-15 (1)
10 11 LOVE ZONE –•– Billy Ocean (Jive)-10 (10)
11 5 WORDS GET IN THE WAY –•– Miami Sound Machine featuring Gloria Estefan (Epic)-16 (5)
12 17 THROWING IT ALL AWAY –•– Genesis (Atlantic)-7 (12)
13 19 TYPICAL MALE –•– Tina Turner (Capitol)-5 (13)
14 20 HEARTBEAT –•– Don Johnson (Epic)-6 (14)
15 10 BABY LOVE –•– Regina (Atlantic)-15 (10)
16 18 MISSIONARY MAN –•– Eurythmics (RCA)-10 (16)
17 7 VENUS –•– Bananarama (London)-14 (1)
18 23 ALL CRIED OUT –Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force (Columbia)-10 (18)
19 22 HEAVEN IN YOUR EYES –•– Loverboy (Columbia)-9 (19)
20 16 THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART –•– Double (A&M)-14 (16)