American_Top_40_1987_September_5th torrent

"We're counting down the biggest hits in the land and the hits don't stop till we reach the top."


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

As of this broadcast:

There is a band in the countdown that holds the record for the longest time (17 years) between first hitting the hot 100 and finally making the top 40 with their latest song.

There is only woman to ever hit the top ten on the Pop, Soul, Dance, and Country charts. She is in this countdown.

The most common girl's name ever to be featured in top 40 song titles is in this countdown.

Casey gives an AT40 report on snakes, because the band Whitesnake has a hit in the countdown.

L.L. Cool J has his first top 40 hit at number 18, "I Need Love," and Dan Hill (Sometimes When We Touch) is back in the top 40 (at number 7) for the first time since 1978.

Casey announces the title of every song on the chart except for, "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael, at number 19.

As of this countdown there is a song in the top ten that is over 300-years-old.

40: Fake - Alexander O'Neal
39: Never Let Me Down - David Bowie
38: Cross My Broken Heart - The Jets
37: Back In The High Life Again - Steve Winwood
36: Let Me Be The One - Expose
35: Making Love In The Rain - Herb Alpert
34: Casanova - Levert
33: Give To Live - Sammy Hagar
32: Paper In Fire - John Cougar Mellencamp
31: Who Will You Run To - Heart
LDD: Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You - Glenn Medeiros
30: Jump Start - Natalie Cole
29: U Got The Look - Prince
28: Heart And Soul - T'Pau
27: Lies - Jonathan Butler
26: Living In A Box - Living In A Box
25: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
24: One Heartrbeat - Smokey Robinson
23: Mary's Prayer - Danny Wilson
22: Carrie - Europe
21: Lost In Emotion - Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam
20: Who Found Who - Jelly Bean
19: I Want Your Sex - George Michael
18: I Need Love - L.L. Cool J
17: I Heard A Rumor - Bananarama
16: Wipeout - The Fat Boys And The Beach Boys
15: Touch Of Grey - The Grateful Dead
14: It's Not Over ('Til It's Over) - Starship
13: Luka - Suzanne Vega
LDD: Lean On Me - Club Nouveau
12: Love Power - Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne
11: When Smokey Sings - ABC
10: Doing It All For My Baby - Huey Lewis And The News
9: Rock Steady - Whispers
8: Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
7: Can't We Try - Dan Hill With Vonda Shepard
6: Don't Mean Nothing - Richard Marx
5: Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston
4: Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson
3: Who's That Girl - Madonna
2: I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson
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