This week, Johnny Mars took us to 1986. Halley's Comet passed Earth for the first time in 76 years, The Oprah Winfrey Show debuted nationwide, the biggest movies included Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Labyrinth, and Top Gun, and everybody in Chicago learned The Super Bowl Shuffle after the Bears defeated the Patriots to win Super Bowl XX.
The Police- "Don't Stand So Close to Me" ('86-12")
Jackson Browne- "Lawless Avenues"
Genesis- "Land of Confusion"
Til Tuesday- "Coming Up Close"
Rolling Stones- "One Hit (To The Body)"
Talk Talk- "Life's What You Make It"
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- "Thunder Road (Live)"
Eurythmics- "Thorn In My Side"
Moody Blues- "Your Wildest Dreams"
World Party- "Ship of Fools"
Fabulous Thunderbirds- "Tuff Enuff"
R.E.M.- "Fall On Me"
Howard Jones- "No One Is to Blame"
Iggy Pop- "Cry For Love"
David & David- "Welcome to the Boomtown"
John Mellencamp- "Under The Boardwalk"
The Call- "I Still Believe"
Robert Cray- "Right Next Door"
Psychedelic Furs- "Pretty In Pink"
Joe Cocker- "You Can Leave Your Hat On"
The Smiths- "Bigmouth Strikes Again"
Eric Clapton- "It's In the Way That You Use It"
Bodeans- "Still The Night"
Don Dixon- "Praying Mantis"
Wang Chung- "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"
The Cult- "She Sells Sanctuary"
New Order- "Bizarre Love Triangle"
Steve Winwood- "The Finer Things"
The Pretenders- "Don't Get Me Wrong"
Peter Gabriel- "Big Time"
Crowded House- "Don't Dream It's Over"
Siouxsie & The Banshees- "Cities In Dust"
Next week, Frank E. Lee brings us to 1976. The Bicentennial year that Rocky ruled the Box Office, Jimmy Carter was elected to serve in the Oval Office and The Apple Computer Company was founded from a garage office.
