America's Top 10 July 9, 1988 Casey Kasem *Tim Farriss INXS*

What a week this was, July 9,1988, not only did Michael Jackson descend from the # 1 spot with his record setting 5th consecutive # 1 hit "Dirty Diana" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBpB1Ok6JA from his # 1 LP "Bad", but a group from Rockford, Illinois achieved it's greatest accomplishment in it's long career by reaching # 1 with "The Flame" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muhFxXce6nA .Cheap Trick was no stranger to the Top 40 or the Top 10 in the U.S. They first hit the Hot 100 in 1978 with the classic "Surrender" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sAm5UCJ9vA , interesting the song only reached # 62 , but better things awaited the next year.In 1979 they claimed their first Top 10 with "I Want You To Want Me" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBQ9dm7zaQU a live version from the 3 million selling "Cheap Trick At Budokan" lp, which is their highest charting lp at # 4. It would be 9 years later that they once again returned to the top 10 with "The Flame" and a few months later with a remake of Elvis' "Don't Be Cruel" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4n0T5PiASU a # 4 hit in 1988.
In all, Cheap Trick had 16 Hot 100 hits, 8 of them were Top 40, and only 3 were top 10.
The other hits of Cheap Trick are:
# 35 (1979) "Ain't That A Shame" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye4U7Qp5sNU
# 26 (1979) "Dream Police" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yRRqxJHQmA
# 32 (1980) "Voices" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Talf6QuVLLM
# 44 (1980) "Everything Works If You Let It" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7qZXGpqla4
# 48 (1980) "Stop This Game" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV--EYENBLo
# 45 (1982) "If You Want My Love" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8qMLWpzwPc
# 65 (1982) She's Tight" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADWG6EXrbcE
# 44 (1985) "Tonight It's You" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s4kNVwQ-L0
# 33 (1988) "Ghost Town" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwI5kzDRn8c
# 75 (1989) "Never Had A Lot To Lose" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0e0E6hxdQo
# 12 (1990) "Can't Stop Fallin' In Love" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqCG8hFpHz4
# 50 (1990) "Wherever Would I Be" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCqPUczFRYY

What were the other hits "Beyond the Top 10"?:
# 18 I Still Believe,Brenda K Starr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjQzQqUDBxI&feature=fvst
# 20 Kiss Me Deadly,Lita Ford http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fckR5u2ukeQ
# 22 Paradise,Sade http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0BLKudnyNo
# 23 Beds Are Burning,Midnight Oil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E
# 26 Tall Cool One,Robert Plant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiH9yXKSMVM
# 28 Do You Love Me,The Contours http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke4rJwRApEk
# 29 The Colour Of Love,Billy Ocean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4DFmqozSIg
# 33 I Should Be So lucky,Kylie Minogue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnOvjWXhpkI
# 34 Love Changes(Everything),Climie Fisher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPav44v545Y
# 35 Trouble,Nia Peeples http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4nq9WIYPiQ
# 36 The Twist,The Fat Boys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcqdHKqqc3M
# 38 Rag Doll,Aerosmith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgRJ81hTFG0
# 39 Tomorrow People,Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM8M-HHSbp0
# 41 Supersonic,JJ Fad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3nPLoODtGU
# 45 I Know You're Out There Somewhere,Moody Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjImFYf2Vzc

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[SaskRider2]

Do you have any episodes of AT10 between 1985 & 1991, when Whitney Houston had a string of #1 hits?

[tnawcwvictoria]

Well guys, during that time, the late Ray Combs took over as host of Family Feud for CBS Daytime and on syndication, and plus, the late Randy Savage was still the WWE Heavyweight Champion

NBC still had The Cosby Show, Cheers, The Golden Girls and HUNTER as well as $ale of the Century, SCRABBLE, Super Password and Wheel of Fortune

and we still had Full House, A Different World, Square One TV, Classic Concentration, plus SuperStation WTBS was still SuperStation TBS Celebrate

Those were the days

[lookwhatcatdragdin]

Poison :)

[louie77]

@BillboardClassic MJ will always be the first person to do it, and is still the only male

[catrod24]

@SaskRider2 OK, thanks. Glad to hear the reason behind it.

[SaskRider2]

@catrod24 Nah, BC09 had to edit it because of copyrights.

[catrod24]

So Cheap Trick had the #1 song and the music video is shown for about 7 seconds. Lame.

[BillboardClassic]

I hope Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night" will hit #1 and become the first solo female artist to have 5 no.1 singles from the same album.

Michael Jackson is only artist to have that record.