American Top 40 1987 March 28th

Originally broadcast on March 28th, 1987, this program is brought to you by RocketMan's College of Musical Knowledge in conjunction with the CoPilot of the Airwaves (and his faithful dog Shukatoom). This is American Top 40 with Casey Kasem.

In this countdown:

Television commercials sell products, but in Britain they also happen to be selling old hit songs used in those commercials; 30 year old American songs that are now going back to the top of the British chart.

Robert Cray's first hit is at #33, "Smoking Gun." He is the blues guitarist who played the most famous fraternity party in history, the toga party in Animal House.

There is a record called "Dominoes" by Robbie Nevil (at #29), so Casey tells about a record FOR dominoes, the Guinness Book of World Record for Domino Tumbling. It took over a month to set them up, and almost an hour to knock them down (some shot rockets!).

As an AT40 Extra, Casey plays a song from a movie about a fictional town where dancing in public is against the law, then he tells about the real Oklahoma town where dancing in public is illegal (you gotta fight for your right to party!).

Casey tells listeners whatever happened to Rupert "Pina Colada" Holmes. A song he wrote is in this countdown.

A listener asks, "In the 70's, what act had the most #1 songs?" Casey lists the Top five acts, and the family act at the top had 9 #1's in the 70's.

When Phil Collins did so much solo work in the early 80's, we all thought he might have taken an exodus from Genesis but since they are in this countdown (at #4 with "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"), the fact that Genesis was still together should come as no revelation.

LW#1: Lean On Me - Club Nouveau
40: Serious - Donna Allen
39: La Isla Bonita - Madonna
38: I Will Be There - Glass Tiger
37: Light Of Day - The Barbusters (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts w/ Michael J. Fox)
36: Can'tcha Say (You Believe In Me)/Still In Love - Boston
35: What's Going On - Cyndi Lauper
34: (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew
33: Smoking Gun - The Robert Cray Band
32: Candy - Cameo
LDD: Hip To Be Square - Huey Lewis & The News
31: I Wanna Go Back - Eddie Money
30: Come As You Are - Peter Wolf
29: Dominoes - Robbie Nevil
28: Brand New Lover - Dead Or Alive
27: (You Gotta) Fight For The Right To Party - Beastie Boys
26: Looking For A New Love - Jody Whatley
25: Stone Love - Kool & The Gang
TX: Footloose - Kenny Loggins
24: The Honeythief - Hipsway
23: As We Lay - Shirley Murdock
22: You Got It All - The Jets
21: Walking Down Your Street- The Bangles
20: The Finer Things - Steve Winwood
19: Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
18: Respect Yourself - Bruce Willis
17: That Ain't Love - REO Speedwagon
16: Big Time - Peter Gabriel
15: What You Get Is What You See - Tina Turner
14: Sign O' The Times - Prince
13: Jacob's Ladder - Huey Lewis & The News
12: Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
11: Let's Go - Wang Chung
10: I Knew You Were Waiting For Me - Aretha Franlklin & George Michael
9: Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
8: The Final Countdown - Europe
7: Come Go With Me - Expose
6: Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
5: Mandolin Rain - Bruce Hornsby & The Range
4: Tonight, Tonight, Tonight - Genesis
LDD: Against All Odds - Phil Collins
3: Let's Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson
2: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
1: Lean On Me - Club Nouveau