As 1985 began, I made the first substantial change to my chart since just a few weeks after starting it in 1978, expanding the number of positions from 30 to 35, and revised the look of my chart, now including the label and format used, and also included a code that indicated if the song had any special notations, like if it was former number one, from a movie or TV series, was an instrumental, etc. And early in the year, the song that STILL holds the record for the longest run at #1 was on the chart. The song that today everyone knows as Deadpool’s favorite song, “Careless Whisper” by Wham featuring George Michael (as it was billed in the US; in UK it was George’s solo hit), spent a whopping SEVEN weeks at #1 on my chart. I was obviously in love with that song; it wouldn’t be equaled until FIFTEEN years later, when I revived my chart in 2010, as Hanson‘s summer hit “Thinkin’ ‘Bout You” tied it in 2010. This year also brought a number of new acts who would become short-term staples for one or two albums, including Al Corley, Nolan Thomas, Tommy Shaw, and John Parr. Whitney Houston also debuted, and soared high on both the TKR and National charts, and the R&B charts as well. Soundtracks were again the main thing, with a number of hits from films topping the chart. And also from the stage as well, with UK singer Murray Head capturing his first TKR hit since the full chart began in 1978, and his first radio hit in 15 years with “One Night In Bangkok” from the musical “Chess“. A lot of my regulars were still around, and new regulars were emerging, as was a new influencer – Nick Rocks, Nickelodeon‘s weekend music video show, which often showed videos that MTV wouldn’t touch. Alison Moyet released her debut solo album “Alf“, and her hit single “Invisible” and immediately landed upon my pantheon of favorite artists, where she remains until this day. There were a couple of novelty hits as well, and some others that did well on TKR that completely stiffed or weren’t properly serviced to Top 40 radio, like Jules Shear‘s classic “Steady“, and hits from Peabo Bryson and two other instant pantheon favorites, electrojazz keyboarist Paul Hardcastle (who recently has been back on the newest incarnation of the chart), and UK electropop duo Go West, who was always criminally underrated in the U.S…
JANUARY 5 1985
JANUARY 12 1985
JANUARY 19 1985
JANUARY 26 1985
FEBRUARY 2 1985
FEBRUARY 9 1985
FEBRUARY 16 1985
FEBRUARY 23 1985
MARCH 2 1985
MARCH 9 1985
MARCH 16 1985
MARCH 23 1985
MARCH 30 1985
APRIL 6 1985
APRIL 13 1985
APRIL 20 1985
APRIL 27 1985
MAY 4 1985
MAY 11 1985
MAY 18 1985
MAY 25 1985
JUNE 1 1985
JUNE 8 1985
JUNE 15 1985
JUNE 22 1985
JUNE 29 1985
JULY 6 1985
JULY 13 1985
JULY 20 1985
JULY 27 1985
AUGUST 3 1985
AUGUST 10 1985
AUGUST 17 1985
AUGUST 24 1985
AUGUST 31 1985
SEPTEMBER 7 1985
SEPTEMBER 14 1985
SEPTEMBER 21 1985
SEPTEMBER 28 1985
OCTOBER 5 1985
OCTOBER 12 1985
OCTOBER 19 1985
OCTOBER 26 1985
NOVEMBER 2 1985
NOVEMBER 9 1985
NOVEMBER 16 1985
NOVEMBER 23 1985
NOVEMBER 30 1985
DECEMBER 7 1985
DECEMBER 14 1985
DECEMBER 21 1985
DECEMBER 28 1985
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