"Little roller to first--THE BALL GETS BY BUCKNER!!!!! HERE COMES KNIGHT AND THE METS WIN!!!!!!" This is a day I'll never forget. It was my brother Eddie's 26th birthday. A listener at the station I was working at then (Y107) had invited me to Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. I immediately asked her if my baby bro Eddie could go in my place, for his birthday. Really, I didn't think twice about it. So, I was watching on TV when the impossible became reality and our team, the Mets, staged one of the most incredible comebacks in sports history. I was and am so happy Eddie was able to experience it in person. These were the local top 10 singles that day, Saturday, October 25, 1986.

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  • 10

    "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" by Glass Tiger

    (#7 last week) Good meat-and-potatoes rock & roll! Canadian band backed up vocally here by Bryan Adams, who was superhot at the time. Most people in america would call Glass tiger a one-hit wonder, but their U.S. followup, "Someday", went top 10 nationally (4 top 40 hits in total). No, I couldn't hum it either. In their native land, the band hit the top 40 a whopping 14 times.

  • 9

    "When I Think Of You" by Janet Jackson

    (#4 last week) The third single from Janet's breakthrough album "Control", this was the first national #1 for her. However, it only peaked here at # 4. Interestingly, the first single, "What Have You Done For Me Lately", reversed this: it got to # 3 locally, only to 4 nationally.

  • 8

    "Typical Male" by Tina Turner

    (#8 last week) Talk about a disappearing song! It's not THAT bad! LOL. I'm not sure why radio hasn't given it any love since 1986. For what it's worth, according to wikipedia, "Typical Male" is unusual for a pop song, in that the chorus includes a single measure in 2/4 time.

  • 7

    "Two Of Hearts" by Stacey Q

    (#1 last week; was #1 for 1 week) A surprise local #1 hit last week, this one-hit wonder takes a big fall to 7. About the biggest claim to fame for "Q" was performing the song on the television show "Facts Of Life", in character as "Cinnamon", a rival of "Tootie".

  • 6

    "True Blue" by Madonna

    (#9 last week) You can't get any hotter than Madonna in 1985-1986. This third single from the album of the same name appealed to an even wider audience than usual, sounding a lot like early 60s girl-group pop. We call this in the radio biz a real "mother-daughter" record. I guess in 2014 it's now a "grandmother-mother" record. Ouch!

  • 5

    "Human" by Human League

    (#12 last week) This British synth-pop band had a surprising number of hits in the mid 80s, including this one what has endured surprisingly in many movies, TV shows & commercials. Not well known is that it was written & produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, the whizzes behind Janet Jackson's current album "Control".

  • 4

    "Friends And Lovers" by Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson

    (#2 last week) Two singers, one well-known from starring in the soap opera "Days Of Our Lives", two one-hit wonders. Recorded in 1985, it sat on the shelf until a country version by Juice Newton & Eddie Rabbitt charted. Anderson died in 2004. Loring these days is best known as the ex-wife of Alan Thicke & the mother of Robin "Blurred Lines" Thicke.

  • 3

    "The Rain" by Oran "Juice" Jones

    (#5 last week) The first # 1 hit on Def Jam Records, Jones never had another hit. Asked on VH1 about his status in the music biz (he quit after his third album failed to chart), he said ""Oran "Juice" Jones, he came, he saw, he conquered, he moved on. You dig?" I dig.

  • 2

    "Sweet Love" by Anita Baker

    (#3 last week) The song that broke Baker nationally, this won two Grammys. It peaked at # 8 nationwide but did better here, as you can see. Baker rose out of a tough childhood: her mother abandoned her at age two, and her foster parents both died when she was 12, leaving her to be raised by her older foster sister. At 16, she was already singing in Detroit nightclubs.

  • 1

    "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper

    (#6 last week; 1st week at #1) First single from the album of the same name, this was the only song on that album not written or co-written by Lauper (Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly). The writers first offered it to Anne Murray as a sweeping gospel ballad. Steinberg said in an interview that "Cyndi completely dismantled that sort of traditional arrangement and came up with something that was breathtaking and stark".

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