On this day in 1984: After setting a new record for advanced orders, 1,099,500 copies, Frankie Goes To Hollywood went to #1 on the UK album chart with their debut LP ‘Welcome To The Pleasure Dome.’ They also made their debut TV appearance on this day in ’84 on Saturday Night Live performing ‘Two Tribes’ and ‘Born […]
Tag: Billboard Hot 100
This Day In 80s Music, November 9th
On this day in 1985: Jan Hammer went to #1 on the U.S. singles chart with the ‘Miami Vice Theme’. It would spend one week in the top spot. It was first presented as part of the television broadcast of the show in September 1984, was released as a single in 1985 and peaked at […]
This Day In 80s Music, November 8th
On this day in 1986: Boston started a two week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with ‘Amanda.’ It was released as the first single from the band’s third album, ‘Third Stage’ in 1986, six years after it was recorded. Although the song did not have a promotional music video, “Amanda” became the band’s […]
This Day In 80s Music, November 7th
On this day in 1981: Hall & Oates started a two week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with ‘Private Eyes’. This single was the band’s third of six number one hits (the first two being ‘Rich Girl’ and ‘Kiss On My List’), and their second #1 hit of the 1980s at the […]
This Day In 80s Music, November 6th
On this day in 1982: Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker started a three week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with a song taken from the film ‘An Officer And A Gentleman’, ‘Up Where We Belong’. The song was written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Will Jennings and recorded by Joe Cocker […]
This Day In 80s Music, November 5th
On this day in 1983: Billy Joel went to #1 on the U.K. singles chart with ‘Uptown Girl’, which stayed at the top of the chart for five weeks. It would be Billy Joel’s only #1 hit in the U.K. The song was initially written about his relationship with his then-girlfriend Elle Macpherson, but it ended up […]
This Day In 80s Music, November 4th
On this day in 1984: Prince played the first of seven nights at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan which was the start of his 87-date North American Purple Rain tour. The outing marked the live debut of his new band The Revolution. On this day in 1989: Roxette scored their second U.S. #1 […]
This Day In 80s Music, November 3rd
On this day in 1984: Billy Ocean started a two week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with ‘Caribbean Queen’. Co-written and produced by Keith Diamond, it climbed to #1 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Billboard R&B Chart and went to #6 on the U.K. singles chart. The song won Billy […]
This Day In 80s Music, November 2nd
On this day in 1985: Stevie Wonder went to #1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Part-Time Lover.” It would spend one week in the top spot. “Part-Time Lover” is from his 1985 album ‘In Square Circle.’ The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, R&B, dance, and adult contemporary charts, becoming Wonder’s final […]
This Day In 80s Music, November 1st
On this day in 1980: Bruce Springsteen went to #1 on the U.S. album chart with ‘The River’ his first #1 album. ‘The River’ was Bruce’s 5th studio album and was released on October 17, 1980. Originally, Springsteen intended The River to be a single album, entitled ‘The Ties That Bind.’ The single album version was eventually released as one […]