Don’s Top 10 For June 30, 1987

(#10 last week) Synthpop R&B, which seemed to have a brief moment in the late 80s. This duo were one-hit wonders on the pop chart, but had three other R&B top 10s.

(#11 last week) Remember how much controversy this song caused (it was banned by the BBC & the video was heavily censored before MTV would play it)? Now it's almost tame. Not sure that's a good thing. Featured on both the "Faith" album & "Beverly Hills Cop II".

(#5 last week) DeBurgh was born Chris Davison, raised in Argentina from Irish parents. The song was written in reference to (though not specifically about) his wife Diane and was released on the album "Into The Light". DeBurgh said that the song was inspired by the memory of when he first saw Diane, and how men so often cannot even remember what their wives were wearing when they first met.

(#6 last week) Honestly, if not for about 20 seconds of the middle here, would you know it was even a Herb Alpert song? Janet recorded for Alpert's label, A&M. Aah! That explains why she's here.

(#4 last week) Grammy winner for Best R&B Vocal Performance. First single from "One Heartbeat".

(#8 last week) One of my favorite rock ballads. I miss Heart! Lucky enough to meet Ann & Nancy after a concert. Radio has it's fringe benefits......

(#9 last week) Saxophone adult contemporary tune from the man who actually holds the Guinness record for biggest-selling instrumental musician of all time.

(#3 last week) Retro Motown-style combined with freestyle makes for a smash. The group, from Queens, had 4 big pop hits locally, 8 on the R&B chart.

(#2 last week) Former #1 hit, hangin' in at #2. This was a HUGE wedding song. It took Atlantic Starr a long time to achieve success. This was from their seventh album.

(#1 last week; 2nd week at #1) Written by Shannon Rubicam & George Merrill who were the one hit wonder group Boy Meets Girl ("Waiting for A Star To Fall"), & had also written "How Will I Know". Blender Magazine ranked this the #275 greatest song of all time.