Top 50 best selling singles, August '87

[K-Bee]

Another week.....another chart from the golden pages of Blues & Soul magazine. This one is a nice mix of US and UK tracks.

Here goes:

1. Atlantic Starr - Always
2. Freddie Mcgregor - Just Want To Be Lonely
3. Mel & Kim - F.L.M.
4. Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head ('87 Remix)
5. Kenny G. - Songbird
6. Luther Vandross - I Really Didn't Mean It
7. Stock Aitken & Waterman - Roadblock
8. Errol Brown - Personal Touch
9. Terence Trent D'arby - Wishing Well
10. Jackie Wilson - Higher And Higher
11. Mantronix - Scram
12. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
13. Swing Out Sister - Fooled By A Smile
14. Joyce Simms - Lifetime Love
15. Beastie Boys - She's On It
16. Mirage - Serious Mix '87
17. Prince - If I Was Yoyr Girlfriend
18. King Sun-D - Hey Love
19. Lanier & Co. - Dancin' In The Night
20. Was Not Was - Spy In The House of Love
21. Sly & Robbie - Fire
22. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe
23. Jody Watley - Looking For A New Love
24. The Beatmasters Feat. Cookie Crew - Rock Da House
25. Trouble Funk - Woman of Principle
26. David Grant - Change
27. Dennis Edwards - Don't Look Any Further
28. Herb Alpert Feat. Janet Jackson - Diamonds
29. Alexander O'Neil - Fake
30. Keni Stevens - Cannot Live Without Your Love
31. Sherrick - Just Call
32. Run DMC - It's Tricky
33. Aretha Franklin - Rock A Lot
34. Kid 'N Play - Last Night
35. Regina Belle - Show me The Way
36. Jonathan Butler - Lies
37. Robert Cray Band - Right Next Door
38. LL Cool J - I'm Bad
39. Ruby Turner - In My Life
40. Paul Johnson - Are We Strong Enough
41. Princess - Red Hot
42. BobbyWomack - How Could You Break My Heart
43. Russ Brown - Take My Love
44. Kool Chip - Jazz It Up
45. Well Red - Get Lucky
46. Jody Watley - Still A Thrill
47. First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder
48. Heavy D & The Boyz - Chunky But Funky
49. Duane & Company - Hardcore (On The One)
50. Lillo Thomas - Downtown

This chart was noticable for many reasons but mostly because the high number of reissued singles that appear on it.
That goes for the songs by: Jackie Wilson (#18)
- the 60's soul singer died in the early 80's after being in a coma for years.
Dennis Edwards: (#27)
- The former Temptations singer who struck gold for the second time with this 1984 song.
The Gap Band: (#4)
- It was a slightly remixed version of "Oops.." but you really couldn't hear it.

Also: #24 by the cookie crew was the first UK produced single in the short-lived "Hip-House" style (rapping on top of house music beats)

[Adam]

Thanks for the list K-Bee! :thumbsup3

[Prefab Sprouter]

God the charts back then were soo good werent they??????

Thanks K-Bee!

[timster]

Atlantic Starr's 'Always'...classic wedding slow jam!

[ustim]

Is this chart, as it seems, a blues and soul music chart or the official Danish sales chart for the period?

[K-Bee]

No, this is a chart taken from an 1987 issue of the UK music magazine "Blues & Soul" Pratically none of these songs ever charted in my home country

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