Don’s Top 10 For June 16, 1986

(#5 last week) The British synth-pop group gets it's biggest hit with this movie song. It was played during the final scene of the much loved Molly Ringwald flick "Pretty In Pink". Interestingly, it wasn't a hit in the U.K., only peaking at #48 there.

(#15 last week) Billy Ocean was so all over the radio from 1984 to 1986, then he basically went away. Strange. BTW, this became the 600th #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100. Hey, have you seen what Billy looks like in 2012? No vanity, for sure.

(#8 last week) For some reason, I'd always lumped together "If you Leave" & this song in my mind, & maybe it's because both synth-pop dittys were in the top 10 at the same time. Prior to joining Level 42, member Phil Gould played on M's 1979 #1 hit "Pop Muzik".

(#10 last week) Even though Andrew Ridgeley is on the chorus & plays guitar on this, it's credited as George Michael's first American solo single. Poor Andrew. I hope he was compensated justly.

(#14 last week) Second single from Control". Guess who choreographed this video? A then-unknown Paula Abdul. #79 on Rolling Stone's list Of The 100 Best Pop Songs Of all Time.

(#6 last week) Lead singer here was the late Paul Young, but he was NOT the Paul Young who had several solo hits in the 80s.

(#4 last week) I kinda wish there was a band in 1986 named the METS, but the Jets were on instead. :-) The Jets were a Minnesota brother-and-sister act, eight in all, but get this: there were NINE other siblings! Yep, their parents had 17 kids!

(#3 last week) Madonna's second ballad hit, I always loved this one. It's haunting & sounded like nothing else on the radio. Too bad it was from the not-so-great movie "At Close Range".

(#2 last week) First a hit for George Benson in 1977, Whitney took this song to a whole 'nother level, both vocally & chart-wise, which wasn't the only time she pulled that feat off.

(#1 last week; 6th at #1) Forgot how much I liked this song. Forgot how BIG it was locally. It would spend nine weeks in the top spot & become the #1 hit of the year, 1986.