1987 in Music
January–February
January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the United States. The other inductees this year consist of The Coasters, Eddie Cochran, Bo Diddley, Marvin Gaye, Bill Haley, Clyde McPhatter, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Smokey Robinson and Jackie Wilson.
January 5 – Elton John, after several months of voice problems, undergoes throat surgery in an Australian hospital. The outcome would hinder his voice permanently and he would soon start singing in a deep register.
January 16 – Beastie Boys become the first act to be censored by American Bandstand.[citation needed]
January 24 – Steve “Silk” Hurley’s innovative “Jack Your Body” becomes the first house music record to top the UK singles chart.
February 6 – Sonny Bono announces his candidacy for mayor of Palm Springs, California.
February 14
Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” reaches #1 in the USA. It would be 1987’s biggest hit song worldwide.
Los Angeles radio station KMET signs off after nineteen years on the air. The station had been a pioneer of underground progressive rock programming.
February 15 – Video Hits premieres on Australian television.
February 24 – The 29th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Billy Crystal. Paul Simon’s Graceland wins Album of the Year, Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love” wins Record of the Year and Dionne Warwick’s cover of “That’s What Friends Are For”, featuring Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder, wins Song of the Year. Bruce Hornsby & the Range win Best New Artist.
February 26 – The first four Beatles albums, Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night and Beatles for Sale are released on compact disc. Capitol Records decides to release the original UK mixes of the Beatles albums, which means that the first four CDs are released in mono. This marks the first time that many of these mono mixes are available in the US.
March–April
March 9
U2 releases The Joshua Tree, an album that launches them into superstar status in the music world. The album would sell over 14 million copies worldwide in 1987 alone and would win the Grammy for “Album of the Year” (at the 1988 ceremony). U2 have two #1 hit songs from this album on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts.
Carole King is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City.
The career that would end in an infamous appearance at The Brit awards and the burning of a million pounds began in Britain, as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu release their debut single, “All You Need Is Love”.
March 13
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In the US, Bryan Adams’ “Heat of the Night” becomes the first single to be commercially released on cassette. Cassette singles become known as cassingles.
March 27 – Inspired by The Beatles’ 1969 rooftop concert, U2 shoots a music video for the song “Where the Streets Have No Name” on a rooftop in Los Angeles.
April 23 — Carole King sues the owner of her record company, Lou Adler, claiming that she is owed more than $400,000 in royalties. King also asks for rights to her old recordings.
May–August
May 9 – Ireland’s Johnny Logan wins the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Brussels, Belgium, with the song “Hold Me Now”, making him the first artist to win the contest twice. The song tops the charts in Ireland, and peaks at No. 2 in the UK.
June 14 – Madonna starts her Who’s That Girl Tour in Osaka, Japan.
June 27 – Whitney Houston’s second album Whitney becomes the first album by a female artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200.
July 4
Kylie Minogue’s recording career begins with the release of her cover version of the Little Eva hit The Loco-Motion; the single spends seven weeks at number one in her native Australia and leads to a contract with UK-based record producers Stock Aitken Waterman.
The first joint rock concert between the United States and the Soviet Union is held in Moscow to promote peace. The Doobie Brothers, James Taylor, Santana and Bonnie Raitt share the bill with Soviet rock group Autograph.
July 21 – American rock group Guns N’ Roses release Appetite for Destruction which, after initial slow sales, will become the best-selling debut album of all time, with more than 18 million copies sold in the US alone to date.
August 1
Dave Stewart of Eurythmics and Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama are married in Normandy, France.
MTV Europe is launched. The first video played is “Money for Nothing” by Dire Straits.
August 3 – Def Leppard releases Hysteria, the longest rock album ever released as a single LP or cassette.
August 5 – The 1st Teens’ Music Festival is held in Japan.
August 19 – Rita Lee starts her Tour 87/88 in Vitória, Brazil.
August 27 – The Jello Biafra criminal trial is dismissed after ending in a hung jury in Los Angeles court. Biafra and his manager had been charged with distributing harmful material to minors due to a poster included in the Dead Kennedys’ Frankenchrist album of a painting depicting rows of sexual organs.
August 31 – Michael Jackson releases Bad, his first studio album since Thriller, the best-selling album of all time. The album would produce five number one singles in the US, a record which has not been broken.
September–October
September 3 – Fugazi plays their first live show (as a three-piece; Guy Picciotto had not joined the band yet) at the Wilson Center in Washington DC.
September 6 – Madonna ends her Who’s That Girl Tour in Florence, Italy.
September 7 – Pink Floyd release A Momentary Lapse of Reason, their first album after the departure of, and legal battle with, bassist Roger Waters. The subsequent tour grossed around $135 million worldwide, a sum that was only equaled by the earnings of Michael Jackson and U2 combined.
September 11 – Reggae musician Peter Tosh is murdered during a robbery in his home.
September 12 – Michael Jackson starts the Bad World Tour, supporting his Bad album.
September 15–October 4 – Johnny Hallyday performs at the Accor Arena for the first time.
September 25 – CBS launches an American version of the long-running UK television show Top of the Pops. It lasts one year.
October 4 – Electronic data gathering completely replaces the old sales diary technique in compiling the UK singles and albums chart. The publication day of new charts is moved from Tuesday to Sunday.
October 8 – Chuck Berry receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
October 19 – Mötley Crüe release the song “You’re All I Need” as a single. MTV refuse to play its video because of the level of violence.
October 24 – The 16th OTI Festival, held at the Teatro São Luiz in Lisbon, Portugal, is won by the son “La felicidad está en un rincón de tu corazón”, written by Luis Gerardo Tovar [es] and Arnoldo Nali, and performed by Alfredo Alejandro representing Venezuela.
October 30 – George Michael releases his first solo studio album, Faith, which would win the Grammy Award for album of the year and sell 11 million copies in the USA alone.
October 31 – The Zorros headline on Halloween for the last-ever show at the Crystal Ballroom, Melbourne’s premier Punk/New Wave venue. The Crystal Ballroom has seen almost ten years of intense musical evolution. The venue has chandeliers, stained glass windows, paisley wallpaper and a tiled foyer.
November–December
November 2 – Dokken released Back for the Attack.
November 13 – Sonny and Cher reunite for a performance on Late Night with David Letterman.
November 18 – CBS Records is sold to the Sony Corporation in a deal worth about $2 billion; the company was renamed Sony Music Entertainment in 1991.
November 19 – Cher returns to the music after five years of absence – time that she took to dedicate herself to the filmmaking business – with the lead single of her second self-titled album (and eighteenth overall), “I Found Someone”, which peaked at number five in UK and number ten in US.
November 24 – ABC airs Rolling Stone Magazine’s 20 Years of Rock ‘n’ Roll television special, chronicling the music and the people of the past twenty years to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Rolling Stone magazine. The special includes new interviews as well as vintage performance footage of many rock legends such as Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Sex Pistols, Bruce Springsteen and many more.
December 16 – John Mellencamp performs two free shows in the small town of Chillicothe, Ohio after one-fifth of the population signs a petition asking him to play.
December 23
Nikki Sixx of the rock band Mötley Crüe suffers a heroin overdose, but is revived shortly thereafter.
Roger Waters finalizes his departure from British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, after a two-year-long legal dispute over the rights to the band’s name and assets.
December 31 – The sixteenth annual New Year’s Rockin’ Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Los Lobos, Barry Manilow, Restless Heart and The Temptations.
Tracks in the 1987 playlist:
| 38 Special – Back To Paradise |
| 4 By Four – Want You For My Girlfriend [45 Version] |
| A-Ha – Cry Wolf |
| ABC – When Smokey Sings [The Miami Mix] |
| Aerosmith – Dude (Looks Like A Lady) |
| Al Jarreau – Moonlighting (Theme) |
| Alexander O’neal – Criticize (Edit) |
| Alexander O’neal – Fake |
| Alisha – Into My Secret (Edited Version) |
| Amazulu – Montego Bay |
| Ana – Shy Boys |
| Anita Baker – Caught Up In The Rapture |
| Anita Baker – No One In The World |
| Anita Baker – Same Ole Love (365 Days A Year) |
| Anita Baker – Sweet Love |
| Ann Wilson – The Best Man In The World |
| Aretha Franklin – Jimmy Lee |
| Aretha Franklin – Rock-A-Lott (Radio Edit) |
| Atlantic Starr – Always |
| Atlantic Starr – One Lover At A Time (7” Version) |
| Bananarama – A Trick Of The Night (7” Version) |
| Bananarama – I Can’t Help It |
| Bananarama – I Heard A Rumour |
| Bangles – Hazy Shade of Winter |
| Bangles – Walking Down Your Street |
| Barbusters (Joan Jett And The Blackhearts) – Light Of Day |
| Beastie Boys – (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!) |
| Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey |
| Beau Coup – Sweet Rachel |
| Bee Gees – You Win Again |
| Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is A Place On Earth |
| Ben E King – Stand By Me (Stereo) |
| Benjamin Orr – Stay the Night |
| Big Trouble – Crazy World |
| Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life |
| Billy Idol – Don’t Need A Gun |
| Billy Idol – Hot In The City |
| Billy Idol – Mony Mony |
| Billy Idol – Sweet Sixteen |
| Billy Idol – To Be A Lover |
| Billy Joel – This Is the Time |
| Billy Joel featuring Ray Charles – Baby Grand |
| Billy Ocean – Love Is Forever |
| Billy Vera & The Beaters – At This Moment |
| Bob Geldof – This Is The World Calling |
| Bob Seger – Miami |
| Bob Seger – Shakedown |
| Bobby Brown – Girlfriend |
| Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer |
| Bon Jovi – Wanted Dead Or Alive |
| Bon Jovi – You Give Love A Bad Name |
| Boston – Amanda |
| Boston – Can’tcha Say Still In Love |
| Boston – We’re Ready |
| Bourgeois Tagg – I Don’t Mind At All |
| Boy George – Live My Life [The Mix] |
| Bruce Hornsby & The Range – Every Little Kiss |
| Bruce Hornsby & The Range – Mandolin Rain |
| Bruce Hornsby & The Range – The Way It Is |
| Bruce Springsteen – Brilliant Disguise |
| Bruce Springsteen – Fire |
| Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel Of Love |
| Bruce Springsteen – War |
| Bruce Willis – Respect Yourself |
| Bruce Willis – Under The Boardwalk |
| Bruce Willis – Young Blood |
| Bryan Adams – Hearts On Fire |
| Bryan Adams – Heat Of The Night |
| Bryan Adams – Victim Of Love |
| Buster Poindexter & His Banshees Of Blue – Hot Hot Hot |
| Cameo – Back And Forth |
| Cameo – Candy |
| Cameo – Word Up |
| Carly Simon – Coming Around Again |
| Carly Simon – Give Me All Night |
| Cars – Strap Me In |
| Cher – I Found Someone |
| Chicago – If She Would Have Been Faithful. . . |
| Chicago – Niagara Falls |
| Chicago – Will You Still Love Me? |
| Chico DeBarge – Talk To Me |
| Chris De Burgh – The Lady In Red |
| Chris Rea – Let’s Dance |
| Cinderella – Nobody’s Fool |
| Cinderella – Somebody Save Me |
| Club Nouveau – Lean On Me |
| Club Nouveau – Why You Treat Me So Bad |
| Colin James Hay – Hold Me |
| Commodores – Goin’ To The Bank |
| Company B – Fascinated (Radio Edit) |
| Corey Hart – Can’t Help Falling In Love |
| Corey Hart – Dancin With My Mirror |
| Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over |
| Crowded House – Something So Strong |
| Crowded House – World Where You Live |
| Curiosity Killed The Cat – Misfit |
| Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight |
| Cutting Crew – I’ve Been In Love Before |
| Cutting Crew – One For The Mockingbird |
| Cyndi Lauper – Boy Blue |
| Cyndi Lauper – Change Of Heart |
| Cyndi Lauper – True Colors |
| Cyndi Lauper – What’s Going On (Single Version) |
| Dan Fogelberg – She Dont Look Back |
| Dan Hill – Never Thought (That I Could Love) |
| Dan Hill (Duet With Vonda Shepard) – Can’t We Try |
| Danny Wilson – Mary’s Prayer |
| Daryl Hall – Foolish Pride |
| Daryl Hall – Someone Like You |
| David & David – Ain’t So Easy |
| David & David – Welcome To The Boomtown |
| David Bowie – Day-In Day-Out |
| David Bowie – Never Let Me Down |
| David Hallyday – He’s My Girl |
| Dead Or Alive – Brand New Lover (LP Version) |
| Dead or Alive – Something in My House |
| Debbie Gibson – Only In My Dreams |
| Debbie Gibson – Shake Your Love (Single Version) |
| Debbie Harry – French Kissin’ |
| Deborah Harry – In Love With Love |
| Def Leppard – Animal |
| Def Leppard – Women |
| Deja – You And Me Tonight |
| Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down Again |
| Depeche Mode – Strangelove |
| Dionne & Kashif – Reservations For Two |
| Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne – Love Power |
| Dokken – Burning Like A Flame |
| Don Johnson – Heartache Away |
| Donna Allen – Serious |
| Donna Summer – Dinner With Gershwin |
| Duran Duran – Meet El Presidente |
| Duran Duran – Notorious |
| Duran Duran – Skin Trade |
| Earth Wind & Fire – System Of Survival (With Narration – 7” Version) |
| Eddie Money – Endless Nights |
| Eddie Money – I Wanna Go Back |
| Eddie Money – Take Me Home Tonight |
| Eddie Money – We Should Be Sleeping |
| Eight Seconds – Kiss You (When It’s Dangerous) |
| El DeBarge – Someone |
| Elton John – Candle In The Wind |
| Eric Carmen – Hungry Eyes (From Dirty Dancing Soundtrack) |
| Europe – Carrie |
| Europe – Cherokee |
| Europe – Rock The Night |
| Europe – The Final Countdown |
| Eurythmics – I Need A Man |
| Eurythmics – Thorn In My Side |
| Expose – Come Go With Me |
| Expose – Let Me Be The One |
| Exposé – Point Of No Return |
| Expose – Seasons Change (Single Version) |
| Fat Boys – Wipeout |
| Five Star – If I Say Yes |
| Fleetwood Mac – Big Love |
| Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere |
| Fleetwood Mac – Little Lies |
| Fleetwood Mac – Seven Wonders |
| Force M.D.’s – Love is a House [radio version] |
| Foreigner – Say You Will |
| Freddie Jackson – Have You Ever Loved Somebody |
| Freddie Jackson – Jam Tonight |
| Freddie Jackson – Tasty Love |
| Frozen Ghost – Should I See |
| Genesis – In Too Deep |
| Genesis – Land Of Confusion |
| Genesis – Tonight Tonight Tonight |
| George Harrison – Got My Mind Set On You |
| George Michael – Faith |
| George Michael – I Want Your Sex |
| George Michael & Aretha Franklin – I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) |
| Georgio – Lover’s Lane |
| Georgio – Sexappeal |
| Georgio – Tina Cherry (Radio Mix) |
| Gino Vannelli – Wild Horses |
| Glass Tiger – I Will Be There |
| Glass Tiger – Someday |
| Glen Burtnick – Follow You |
| Glenn Jones – We’ve Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over) |
| Glenn Medeiros – Lonely Won’t Leave Me Alone |
| Glenn Medeiros – Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You |
| Glenn Medeiros – Watching Over You |
| Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine – Can’t Stay Away From You |
| Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine – Betcha Say That |
| Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine – Rhythm Is Gonna Get You |
| Go West – Don’t Look Down |
| Grace Jones – I’m Not Perfect (But I’m Perfect For You) |
| Grateful Dead – Touch Of Grey |
| Great White – Rock Me |
| Gregory Abbott – I Got The Feelin’ (It’s Over) |
| Gregory Abbott – Shake You Down (Radio Edit) |
| Heart – Alone |
| Heart – There’s The Girl |
| Heart – Who Will You Run To |
| Herb Alpert – Diamonds (Cool Summer 7″ Edit) |
| Herb Alpert – Keep your eye on me |
| Herb Alpert – Making Love In The Rain |
| Hipsway – The Honeythief |
| Hooters – Johnny B. |
| Hooters – Satellite |
| Howard Jones – All I Want |
| Howard Jones – You Know I Love You … Don’t You? |
| Huey Lewis & The News – Doing It All For My Baby |
| Huey Lewis & The News – Hip To Be Square |
| Huey Lewis & The News – I Know What I Like |
| Huey Lewis & The News – Jacob’s Ladder |
| Human League – Human |
| Icehouse – Crazy |
| INXS – Need You Tonight |
| INXS & Jimmy Barnes – Good Times (From The Lost Boys) |
| Jack Wagner – Weatherman Says |
| Janet Jackson – Control |
| Janet Jackson – Let’s Wait Awhile |
| Janet Jackson – The Pleasure Principle (7 Inch Vocal) |
| Jeff Lorber Feat. Karyn White – Facts Of Love |
| Jellybean Featuring Elisa Fiorillo – Who Found Who |
| Jellybean Featuring Steven Dante – The Real Thing |
| Jennifer Rush (Duet With Elton John) – Flames Of Paradise |
| Jesse Johnson (Featuring Sly Stone) – Crazay |
| Jimmy Davis & Junction – Kick The Wall |
| Jody Watley – Don’t You Want Me |
| Jody Watley – Looking For A New Love (Radio Edit) |
| Jody Watley – Still a thrill |
| John Cougar Mellencamp – Paper In Fire |
| John Mellencamp – Cherry Bomb |
| John Parr – Blame It on the Radio |
| John Waite – Don’t Lose Any Sleep |
| John Waite – These Times Are Hard For Lovers |
| Jon Astley – Jane’s Getting Serious |
| Jonathan Butler – Lies |
| Journey – I’ll Be Alright Without You |
| Journey – Why Can’t This Night Go On Forever |
| Julian Cope – World Shut Your Mouth |
| K.T.P. – Certain Things Are Likely |
| Kansas – All I Wanted |
| Kansas – Power |
| Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel – Don’t Give Up |
| Kenny G – Songbird |
| Kenny G. (Vocal By Lenny Williams) – Don’t Make Me Wait For Love |
| Kenny Loggins – Meet Me Half Way |
| Kim Wilde – Say You Really Want Me |
| Kim Wilde – You Keep Me Hangin’ On |
| Kiss – Crazy Crazy Nights |
| KISS – Reason To Live |
| Klymaxx – I’d still say yes |
| Kool & the Gang – Holiday |
| Kool & The Gang – Special Way |
| Kool & The Gang – Stone Love |
| Kool & The Gang – Victory |
| Kool Moe Dee – Go See The Doctor |
| Laura Branigan – Power Of Love |
| Laura Branigan – Shattered Glass |
| Level 42 – Lessons In Love (7″ Version) |
| Level 42 – Running In The Family (Single Version) |
| Levert – Casanova |
| Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram – Somewhere Out There |
| Lionel Richie – Ballerina Girl |
| Lionel Richie – Deep River Woman |
| Lionel Richie – Love Will Conquer All (Radio Edit) |
| Lionel Richie – Se La |
| Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam – Head To Toe |
| Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam – Lost in Emotion |
| Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam Featuring Full Force – Someone To Love Me For Me |
| Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam With Full Force Featuring Paul Anthony & Bow Legged Lou – All Cried Out |
| Living In A Box – Living In A Box |
| Living In A Box – So The Story Goes |
| Ll Cool J – I Need Love |
| LL Cool J – I’m Bad |
| Lone Justice – Shelter |
| Los Lobos – Come On Lets Go |
| Los Lobos – La Bamba |
| Lou Gramm – Midnight Blue |
| Lou Gramm – Ready Or Not |
| Loverboy – Notorious |
| Luther Vandross – Stop To Love |
| Luther Vandross with Gregory Hines – Theres Nothing Better Than Love |
| Madonna – Causing A Commotion |
| Madonna – La Isla Bonita |
| Madonna – Open Your Heart |
| Madonna – True Blue |
| Madonna – Who`s That Girl? |
| MARRS – Pump Up The Volume |
| Martha Davis – Don’t Tell Me The Time |
| Mel & Kim – Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) |
| Men Without Hats – Pop Goes The World |
| Miami Sound Machine – Falling In Love (Uh-Oh) (7” Version) |
| Michael Bolton – That’s What Love Is All About |
| Michael Jackson – Bad |
| Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel |
| Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett – I Just Can’t Stop Loving You (With Spoken Intro) |
| Mick Jagger – Let’s Work |
| Mick Jagger – Throwaway |
| Millions Like Us – Guaranteed For Life |
| Mondo Rock – Primitive Love Rites |
| Motley Crue – Girls Girls Girls |
| Motley Crue – You’re All I Need |
| Mr. Mister – Something Real (Inside Me-Inside You) |
| Nancy Martinez – For Tonight |
| Natalie Cole – I Live For Your Love |
| Natalie Cole – Jump Start (Radio Edit) |
| New Order – True Faith |
| Newcity Rockers – Black Dog |
| Newcity Rockers – Rev It Up |
| Night Ranger – Hearts Away |
| Night Ranger – The Secret Of My Success |
| Nocera – Summertime Summertime (Radio) |
| Noel – Silent Morning |
| Nona Hendryx – Why Should I Cry [45 Version] |
| Nona Hendryx – Why Should I Cry? |
| Nylons – Kiss Him Goodbye |
| Oran Juice Jones – The Rain |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Forever Live and Die |
| Partland Brothers – Soul City |
| Patrick Swayze Featuring Wendy Fraser – She’s Like The Wind |
| Patty Smyth – Downtown Train |
| Patty Smyth – Never Enough |
| Paul Carrack – Don’t Shed A Tear |
| Paul Lekakis – Boom Boom (Lets Go Back To My Room) |
| Paul Simon – Graceland |
| Paul Simon – The Boy In The Bubble |
| Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al |
| Paul Young – Some People (single version) |
| Pepsi & Shirlie – Heartache |
| Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin |
| Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia |
| Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield – What Have I Done To Deserve This? |
| Peter Cetera – Big Mistake [45 Version-Remix Edit] |
| Peter Cetera With Amy Grant – The Next Time I Fall |
| Peter Gabriel – Big Time |
| Peter Wolf – Can’t Get Started |
| Peter Wolf – Come As You Are |
| Pink Floyd – Learning To Fly |
| Pointer Sisters – Goldmine |
| Poison – I Want Action |
| Poison – I Won’t Forget You |
| Poison – Talk Dirty To Me |
| Powersource – Dear Mr. Jesus |
| Pretenders – Don’t Get Me Wrong |
| Pretenders – My Baby |
| Pretty Poison – Catch Me (Im Falling) (From The Film Hiding Out) |
| Pretty Poison – Catch Me I’m Falling |
| Prince – I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man |
| Prince – I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man |
| Prince – If I Was Your Girlfriend |
| Prince – Sign ‘o’ The Times |
| Prince – U Got the Look (Single Cut) |
| Pseudo Echo – Funkytown |
| Pseudo Echo – Funkytown |
| Pseudo Echo – Living In A Dream |
| Psychedelic Furs – Heartbreak Beat |
| R.E.M. – The One I Love |
| Ratt – Dance |
| Ray Parker Jr. – I Don’t Think That Man Should Sleep Alone |
| Ready For The World – Love You Down |
| Ready For The World – Love You Down |
| Regina Belle – Show Me the Way |
| REO Speedwagon – In My Dreams |
| REO Speedwagon – That Ain’t Love |
| REO Speedwagon – Variety Tonight |
| Restless Heart – I’ll Still Be Loving You |
| Ric Ocasek – Emotion in Motion |
| Ric Ocasek – True To You |
| Richard Marx – Don’t Mean Nothing |
| Richard Marx – Should’ve Known Better |
| Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up |
| Rob Jungklas – Make It Mean Something |
| Robbie Nevil – C’est La Vie (Single Version) |
| Robbie Nevil – C’Est La Vie |
| Robbie Nevil – Dominoes |
| Robbie Nevil – Wot’s It To Ya (To Ya Remix) |
| Robert Palmer – I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On |
| Rock And Hyde – Dirty Water |
| Rod Stewart – Every Beat Of My Heart |
| Rod Stewart – Twistin The Night Away |
| Roger – I Want To Be Your Man |
| Ron And The D.C. Crew – Ronnies Rapp |
| Run DMC – It’s Tricky |
| Run-D.M.C. – You Be Illin’ (Remix) |
| Salt’n’Pepa – Push it |
| Samantha Fox – Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) |
| Samantha Fox – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now |
| Samantha Fox – Touch Me (I Want Your Body)(7” Single Version) |
| Sammy Hagar – Eagles Fly |
| Sammy Hagar – Give To Live |
| Sammy Hagar – Winner Takes It All |
| Secret Ties – Dancin In My Sleep [45 Version] |
| Shanice Wilson – (Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance |
| Shanice Wilson – (Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance |
| Sheila E. – Hold Me |
| Shirley Murdock – As We Lay |
| Simon F – American Dream |
| Simply Red – The Right Thing |
| Smokey Robinson – Just To See Her |
| Smokey Robinson – One Heartbeat |
| Smokey Robinson – Whats Too Much |
| Squeeze – 853-5937 |
| Squeeze – Hourglass |
| Stabilizers – One Simple Thing |
| Stacey Q – Shy Girl |
| Stacey Q – We Connect |
| Stacy Lattisaw – Nail It To The Wall (Edit Of 12” Vocal) |
| Starpoint – He Wants My Body |
| Starship – Beat Patrol |
| Starship – It’s Not Over (til It’s Over) |
| Starship – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now |
| Stephanie Mills – (You’re Puttin’) A Rush On Me (Single Version) |
| Steve Winwood – Back In The High Life Again |
| Steve Winwood – Freedom Overspill |
| Steve Winwood – The Finer Things |
| Steve Winwood – Valerie |
| Stevie Wonder – Skeletons |
| Sting – We’ll Be Together |
| Stryper – Honestly |
| Surface – Happy |
| Survivor – How Much Love |
| Survivor – Is This Love |
| Survivor – Man Against The World |
| Suzanne Vega – Luka |
| Suzanne Vega – Solitude Standing |
| Sweet Sensation – Hooked On You |
| Swing Out Sister – Breakout |
| Swing Out Sister – Breakout |
| Swing Out Sister – Twilight World |
| System – Don’t Disturb This Groove |
| T’Pau – Heart And Soul |
| Taja Sevelle – Love Is Contagious |
| Talking Heads – Wild Wild Life |
| Taylor Dayne – Tell It To My Heart |
| Terence Trent D’Arby – If You Let Me Stay (Radio Edit) |
| Tesla – Little Suzi |
| The Alarm – Rain In The Summertime |
| The Bangles – Walk Like An Egyptian |
| The Breakfast Club – Kiss And Tell |
| The Breakfast Club – Right On Track |
| The Cars – You Are The Girl |
| The Communards – Don’t Leave Me This Way |
| The Communards – Don’t Leave Me This Way |
| The Cover Girls – Because Of You |
| The Cover Girls – Show Me |
| The Cover Girls – Show Me |
| The Cover Girls – Spring Love |
| The Cover Girls – Spring Love |
| The Cure – Just Like Heaven |
| The Cure – Why Can’t I Be You? |
| The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Stand Back |
| The Georgia Satellites – Battleship Chains |
| The Georgia Satellites – Keep Your Hands To Yourself |
| The Gregg Allman Band – I’m No Angel |
| The Human League – I Need Your Loving |
| The Jets – Cross My Broken Heart (From Beverly Hills Cop II) |
| The Jets – I Do You |
| The Jets – You Got It All |
| The Kane Gang – Motortown |
| The Monkees – Heart and Soul |
| The Nylons – Happy Together |
| The Other Ones – Holiday |
| The Other Ones – We Are What We Are |
| The Outfield – Since Youve Been Gone |
| The Pointer Sisters – All I Know Is The Way I Feel |
| The Pointer Sisters – Be There (From Beverly Hills Cop II) |
| The Robert Cray Band – Right Next Door (Because Of Me) |
| The Robert Cray Band – Smoking Gun |
| The Silencers – Painted Moon |
| The Truth – Weapons Of Love |
| The Venetians – So Much for Love |
| Thompson Twins – Get That Love |
| Tia – Boy Toy (Radio Mix) |
| Tia – Boy Toy |
| Tiffany – Could’ve Been |
| Tiffany – Could’ve Been |
| Tiffany – I Think We’re Alone Now |
| Til Tuesday – Coming Up Close |
| Timbuk 3 – The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades |
| Timothy B. Schmit – Boys Night Out |
| Tina Turner – Break Every Rule |
| Tina Turner – Two People |
| Tina Turner – What You Get Is What You See |
| Tom Kimmel – That’s Freedom |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Jammin Me |
| Tony Terry – She’s Fly (Short Version) |
| Toto – I’ll Be Over You |
| Toto – Without Your Love |
| U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For |
| U2 – In Gods Country |
| U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name |
| U2 – With or Without You |
| Uptown – (I Know) Im Losing You |
| Wa Wa Nee – Sugar Free |
| Wa Wa Nee – Sugar Free |
| Wang Chung – Everybody Have Fun Tonight |
| Wang Chung – Hypnotize Me (From Innerspace) |
| Wang Chung – Let’s Go! |
| Wendy And Lisa – Waterfall |
| Whispers – Rock Steady |
| Whitesnake – Here I Go Again |
| Whitesnake – Is This Love |
| Whitesnake – Still Of The Night |
| Whitesnake – Still Of The Night |
| Whitney Houston – Didn’t We Almost Have It All |
| Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (Single Version) |
| Whitney Houston – So Emotional (Single Version) |
| Will To Power – Dreamin’ (Manhattan Mix) |
| World Party – Ship Of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow) |
| Yello – Oh Yeah |
| Yello – Oh Yeah |
| Yes – Love Will Find A Way |
| Yes – Rhythm of Love |