American Top 40 1985 June 22nd

American Top 40 with Casey Kasem aired on radio from July 4, 1970 until August 6, 1988. This recording is a rebroadcast from internet radio.

In this countdown:

A listener asks, "What is the largest group of instrument playing musicians ever to hit the top 40?" Casey says it was five rock 'n' rollers accompanied by 125 members of a marching band.

The act Casey calls "the biggest selling American group in history" has a hit in this countdown.

Casey visits the American Top 40 Hall of Fame to honor the most successful female singer in the history of the charts, Diana Ross.

Casey answers this question; "Has any group ever hit the pop chart with a song whose title was the name of the group?" Casey reports it has happened five times, tells about each time, and then plays the latest song by one of those groups because they have a hit in this countdown.

A listener wants to know (and Casey tells us) whatever happened to the band known as "The Band."

Casey answers the question, "What was the fastest rising song by a woman?" Casey says two songs tie; one about a girl who loses her boyfriend at her own party, and the other about a guy who jumps off a bridge, before playing a portion of each.

40: Smooth Operator - Sade
39: Wake Up (Next To You) - Graham Parker and The Shot
38: Little By Little - Robert Plant
37: Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody - David Lee Roth
36: Never Surrender - Corey Hart
35: Bang A Gong (Get It On) - The Power Station
34: Who's Holding Donna Now - DeBarge
33: People Are People - Depeche Mode
LDD: Desperado - Eagles
32: 19 - Paul Hardcastle
31: Possession Obsession - Daryl Hall & John Oates
30: Cannonball - Supertramp
29: Just As I Am - Air Supply
28: Getcha Back - The Beach Boys
27: Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
26: If You Love Somebody Set Them Free -Sting
25: Sentimental Street - Night Ranger
24: Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes) - Kim Carnes
23: Tough All Over - John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band
22: Never Ending Story - Limahl
AT40 Hall of Fame: Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
21: Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen
20: Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young
19: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough - Cyndi Lauper
18: Fresh - Kool & The Gang
17: You Give Good Love - Whitney Houston
16: Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday
15: Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer
14: Would I Lie To You - Eurythmics
13: Everything She Wants - Wham
12: Smuggler's Blues - Glenn Frey
11: Suddenly - Billy Ocean
10: The Search Is Over - Survivor
9: Walking On Sunshine - Katrina And The Waves
8: Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones
LDD: You've Got A Friend - Carole King
7: In My House - Mary Jane Girls
6: Angel - Madonna
5: A View To A Kill - Duran Duran
4: Raspberry Beret - Prince and The Revolution
3: Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
2: Sussudio - Phil Collins
1: Heaven - Bryan Adams