| W/E |
Artist |
Song |
Weeks at No.1 |
Comments |
19th Jan |
Foreigner |
I Want To Know What Love
Is |
3 |
Only UK No 1 for this New
York soft rock band led by London-born Mick Jones,
who wrote the song. |
9th Feb |
Elaine Paige & Barbara
Dickson |
I Know Him So Well |
4 |
From the musical "Chess",
written by Tim Rice with Benny Andersson and
Bjorn Ulvaeus of Abba. It gave Benny and Bjorn
their 10th No 1 as writers. |
9th Mar |
Dead Or Alive |
|
2 |
Only UK No 1 for this Liverpool
group was led by Pete Burns. First No 1 for producers
Stock, Aitken & Waterman. |
23rd Mar |
Philip Bailey & Phil
Collins |
Easy Lover |
4 |
Bailey was a former vocalist
with Earth Wind & Fire. Collins produced,
drummed and sang on this. |
20th Apr |
USA For Africa |
We Are The World |
2 |
US artists' answer to Band
Aid. Written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson,
who performed with Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner,
Diana Ross and many others. |
4th May |
Phillis Nelson |
Move Closer |
1 |
US soul singer who wrote the
song herself. She became a One-hit Wonder,
but Tom Jones returned the song to the charts
in 1989. |
11th May |
Paul Hardcastle |
19 |
5 |
Only UK No 1 for this British
producer and synth player with his commentary
on the age of US service men in the Viet Nam
war. |
15th Jun |
Crowd |
You'll Never Walk Alone |
2 |
Charity record, fund raising
for the Bradford football fire. Gerry Marsden
returned, with others, to remake his 1963 No
1. |
29th Jun |
Sister Sledge |
Frankie |
4 |
Only UK No 1 for this long-established
soul trio from Philadelphia, produced by Nile
Rodgers from Chic. |
27th Jul |
Eurythmics |
There Must Be An Angel (Playing
With My Heart) |
1 |
Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart
were one of the most successful acts of the 1980s,
with 22 hits in that decade although this was
their only UK No 1. |
3rd Aug |
Madonna |
Into The Groove |
4 |
Her first UK No 1 with a song from her movie "Desperately
Seeking Susan". |
31st Aug |
UB 40 & Chrissie Hynde |
I Got You Babe |
1 |
A 2nd UK No 1 for both acts with this song that
had been a No 1 hit for Sonny & Cher
exactly 20 years earlier. |
7th Sep |
David Bowie & Mick Jagger |
Dancing in the Streets |
4 |
The video was featured on Live Aid and the record
went straight to No 1 upon release. All royalties
went to the Live Aid Trust for famine relief. This
was the 5th and final UK No 1 for Bowie, and the
only solo UK No 1 for Jagger. |
5th Oct |
Midge Ure |
If I Was |
1 |
This was his only solo UK No 1. He had a No 1
in 1976 with Slik, and in 1984 with Band Aid. His
former band, Ultravox took him only as high as
No 2 with the classic, "Vienna". |
12th Oct |
Jennifer Rush |
The Power Of Love |
5 |
Only UK No 1 for this New Yorker, recorded in
Germany. This
million seller became the biggest single ever for
a woman in the UK. |
16th Nov |
Feargal Sharkey |
A Good Heart |
2 |
Only UK No 1 for this Ulsterman who was formerly
with the Undertones. He
gave up music and became a UK Radio Authority executive. |
30th Nov |
Wham! |
I'm Your Man |
2 |
A 3rd UK No 1 for Wham! Back at the top after
their "Last
Christmas" was
held at No 2 by the Band Aid hit (on which they
performed). |
14th Dec |
Whitney Houston |
Saving All My Love For You |
2 |
First UK No 1 for Whitney. She came from a musical
family in New Jersey, and launched a major career
with this debut solo single. |
28th
Dec |
Shakin' Stevens |
Merry Christmas Everyone |
2 |
A 4th and final UK No 1 for the rivalist rocker
with this seasonal offering. |
