Billboard's top ten 1987

[jamesanthony]

Another year end list. Which of these are still good records? Which do you look back on and wonder "why was that so popular?"

Hot 100

1- Walk Like An Egyptian-Bangles
2- Alone- Heart
3- Shake You Down- Gregory Abbott
4- I Wanna Dance With Somebody WHo Loves Me- Whitney Houston
5- Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now- Starship
6- Cest La Vie- Robbie Nevil
7- The Way it is- Bruce Hornsby and the Range
8- Here I Go Again- Whitesnake
9- Shakedown- Bob Seger
10-Livin On A Prayer- Bon Jovi

to artist: Madonna

r&B

1- Stop to Love- Luther Vandross
2- Always- Atlantic Starr
3- As We Lay- Shirley Murdock
4- Victory- Kool and the Gang
5- Control- Janet Jackson
6- Casanova- Levert
7- Love You Down- Ready for the World
8- Looking for A New Love- Jody Watley
9- Just to See Her- Smokey Robinson
10- Love is A House- Force MDs

top artist: Freddie Jackson

Adult Contemporary

1- Can't We Try- Dan Hill/Vonda Shepherd
2- Somewhere Out there- Linda Ronstadt/James Ingram
3- Will You Still Love Me- Chicago
4- Balllerina Girl- Lionel Richie
5- This is the Time- Billy Joel
6- Love is Forever- Billy Ocean
7- Didn't We Almost Have it All- Whitney Houston
8- Mandolin Rain- Bruce Hornsby and the Rage
9- I Wanna Dance With Somebody- Whitney Houston
10- Songbird- Kenny G

top artist: Bruce Hornsby and the Range

[vashti1999]

Any chance you can combine some of these threads or not post so many so as not to push other threads down the page?

[jamesanthony]

1- Walk Like An Egyptian-Bangles- never liked this then or now
2- Alone- Heart- same as Bangles
3- Shake You Down- Gregory Abbott- he's like a lounge singer
4- I Wanna Dance With Somebody Who Loves Me- Whitney Houston- Not too bad and her high notes at the end are more pleasant and less jarring than Mariah Carey's antics. I don't think Houston could hit those notes now though after all the coke/crack etc
5- Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now- Starship- nothing to get worked up over
6- Cest La Vie- Robbie Nevil- why was this so popular?
7- The Way it is- Bruce Hornsby and the Range- the best song in this list, intelligent lyrics, well sung and good piano
8- Here I Go Again- Whitesnake- not my taste
9- Shakedown- Bob Seger- average
10-Livin On A Prayer- Bon Jovi- not my taste

to artist: Madonna

r&B

1- Stop to Love- Luther Vandross- nice in spite of the cheezy synths
2- Always- Atlantic Starr- ok about as good now as then
3- As We Lay- Shirley Murdock- never liked this
4- Victory- Kool and the Gang- average
5- Control- Janet Jackson- never liked this
6- Casanova- Levert- liked it a lot in 87, the instrumentation is too much
7- Love You Down- Ready for the World- never liked
8- Looking for A New Love- Jody Watley- never liked
9- Just to See Her- Smokey Robinson- nice record and since he divorced that year I guess autobiographical
10- Love is A House- Force MDs- nice song, very underrated

top artist: Freddie Jackson

Adult Contemporary

1- Can't We Try- Dan Hill/Vonda Shepherd- nothing special
2- Somewhere Out there- Linda Ronstadt/James Ingram- OK for a song from a movie about mice but not the best either has done
3- Will You Still Love Me- Chicago- OK but we miss Peter Cetera
4- Balllerina Girl- Lionel Richie- nothing special
5- This is the Time- Billy Joel- nothing special
6- Love is Forever- Billy Ocean- his best ballad though his singing is generally too boombastic
7- Didn't We Almost Have it All- Whitney Houston- don't like this one, it's not her singing the song itself is inconsequential
8- Mandolin Rain- Bruce Hornsby and the Range- nice enough then and now
9- I Wanna Dance With Somebody- Whitney Houston
10- Songbird- Kenny G- OK

top artist: Bruce Hornsby and the Range [/B][/QUOTE]

[jamesanthony]

Originally posted by vashti1999
Any chance you can combine some of these threads or not post so many so as not to push other threads down the page?

I don't know how to combine what's already up here. Can't older threads be bumped up?