On this day in 1987: Def Leppard scored their first U.K. #1 album with Hysteria which also became #1 on the U.S. album chart in July the following year after spending forty-nine weeks working its way to the top.

Also on this day in 1987: Rick Astley’s debut hit ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, started a five-week run at #1 on the U.K. singles chart. It became the biggest selling single of 1987 and the song won Best British Single at the 1988 Brit Awards.

Also on this day in 1987: Los Lobos started a three week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with ‘La Bamba’, a #31 hit in the U.K. Taken from the film about the life of Ritchie Valens.

Let’s take a look at the complete Top 20 on the U.S. Singles chart from this day back in 1987:

1 2 LA BAMBA –•– Los Lobos (Slash)-10 (1) (1 Week at #1)
2 1 WHO’S THAT GIRL –•– Madonna (Sire)-8 (1)
3 4 DON’T MEAN NOTHING –•– Richard Marx (Manhattan)-12 (3)
4 3 LUKA –•– Suzanne Vega (A&M)-13 (3)
5 7 ONLY IN MY DREAMS –•– Debbie Gibson (Atlantic)-17 (5)
6 10 I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU –•– Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett (Epic)-4 (6)
7 8 ROCK STEADY –•– The Whispers (Solar)-13 (7)
8 16 DIDN’T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL –•– Whitney Houston (Arista)-5 (8)
9 11 IT’S NOT OVER (‘Til It’s Over) –•– Starship (Grunt)-10 (9)
10 12 CAN’T WE TRY –•– Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard (Columbia)-13 (10)

11 6 I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR –•–U2 (Island)-12 (1)
12 13 LOVE POWER –•– Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne (Arista)-8 (12)
13 5 I WANT YOUR SEX –•– George Michael (Columbia)-13 (2)
14 19 DOING IT ALL FOR MY BABY Huey Lewis & The News (Chrysalis)-7 (14)
15 20 HERE I GO AGAIN –•– Whitesnake (Geffen)-9 (15)
16 18 WHEN SMOKEY SINGS –•– ABC (Mercury)-9 (16)
17 17 LIVING IN A BOX –•– Living In A Box (Chrysalis)-11 (17)
18 9 HEART AND SOUL –•– T’Pau (Virgin)-18 (4)
19 25 TOUCH OF GREY –•– Grateful Dead (Arista)-6 (19)
20 23 WIPE OUT –•– Fat Boys & Beach Boys (Tin Pan Apple)-8 (20)