In the sweltering heat of a steamy studio today we revisited 1987 – The year of the great storm, the stock market crash, and Rick Astley! The top selling singles of 1987 were…
1. Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
2. Nothings Gonna Stop us Now – Starship
3. I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston
4. You Win Again – The Bee Gees
5. China in Your Hand – T’Pau
6. Respectable – Mel and Kim
7. Stand by Me – Ben E King
8. It’s a Sin – Pet Shop Boys
9. Pump up The Volume – MARRS
10. Star Trekkin – The Firm
In the second hour we had some great early Soul Music from Atlantic Records including Tracks from Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Otis Redding, The Drifters, Brook Benton and many more. Geat music for a hot afternoon!
NEXT WEEK… The A-Z of Number one Oldies…