American Top 40 1985 June 1st Guest Host Charlie Van Dyke

Originally broadcast on June 1st, 1985, this program is brought to you by RocketMan's College of Musical Knowledge in conjunction with the CoPilot of the Airwaves (and his faithful dog Shukatoom). This is American Top 40 with Casey Kasem.

In this countdown (which has many magnificent network commercials) Charlie tells how Tina Turner made her comeback, not by recording a hit album, but by recording a hit single, just like they did in the old days. Tina is at #37 with "Show Some Respect."

Cissy Houston's favorite daughter Whitney has the highest debut of the week, "You Give Good Love" (at #34).

Charlie tells the story of "The Kids Of New York" and how they sang "We Are The World" as a fundraiser. He plays a sample of the kids’ version right before playing the popular version by USA For Africa (at #24).

A listener wants to know if any artist ever hit the Top 40 as a solo act, AND as part of a duo, AND as part of a trio, AND as part of a quartet, AND as part of a quintet! Believe it or not, Charlie says it has happened twice; once by a fellow named Paul and once by a fellow named Graham.

Charlie informs us that the latest song by Phil Collins ("Sussidio" at #17) was recorded in his bedroom. In fact, the whole album was, while he was on his honeymoon!

Madonna opens For Madonna! She is at #14 with "Angel" and #13 with "Crazy For You."

Mr. Van Dyke reports which country has had more #1 recording acts in proportion to their population than any other. It is the homeland of the Chief Engineer of the Starship Enterprise as well as the group Simple Minds, at #4 with "Don’t You (Forget About Me)."

We're told Axel F (at #3 by Harold Faltermeyer) is only the 4th instrumental to hit the Top 40 in the 80's. Chuck lists the other three. I looked at the sheet music to this one back at the time of this countdown. Guess what key it is in? F!

Charlie says The Bee Gees were the first act in chart history to get three #1 singles from one album until last week when Wham (still at #1 this week) saw their third single from the album "Make It Big." "Everything She Wants" is in the top spot.

40: Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes) – Kim Carnes
39: Everytime You Go Away – Paul Young
38: Lucky In Love – Mick Jagger
37: Show Some Respect – Tina Turner
36: The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough – Cyndi Lauper
35: Tough All Over – John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band
34: You Give Good Love – Whitney Houston
33: Obsession – Animotion
32: ‘Til My Baby – Luther Vandross
31: Invisible – Alison Moyer
30: New Attitude – Patti Labelle
29: Don’t Come Around Here No More – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
28: Voices Carry – ‘Til Tuesday
27: A View To A Kill – Duran Duran
LDD: You’re The Inspiration - Chicago
26: Would I Lie To You – Eurythmics
25: Raspberry Baret – Prince and The Revolution
24: We Are The World – USA For Africa
23: Rhythm Of The Night – DeBarge
22: The Search Is Over – Survivor
21: Say You’re Wrong – Julian Lennon
20: Never Ending Story – Limahl
19: One Lonely Night – REO Speedwagon
18: Smuggler’s Blues – Glenn Frey
17: Sussidio – Phil Collins
16: Some Like It Hot – The Power Station
15: One Night In Bangkok – Murray Head
14: Angel – Madonna
13: Crazy For You – Madonna
12: Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody – David Lee Roth
11: Walking On Sunshine – Katrina and The Waves
10: Fresh – Kool & The Gang
9: In My House – Mary Jane Girls
8: Things Can Only Get Better – Howard Jones
7: Heaven – Bryan Adams
LDD: One More Night – Phil Collins
6: Smooth Operator – Sade
5: Suddenly – Billy Ocean
4: Don’t You (Forget About Me) – Simple Minds
3: Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer
2: Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Tears For Fears
1: Everything She Wants – Wham