Chart Rewind: In 1986, Willie Nelson’s Patriotic ‘Promiseland’ Carried the Torch for Immigration

Nelson has called it "the best patriotic song I ever heard," and he recorded it on Thanksgiving 1985. It debuted on the March 29, 1986 chart and sailed to country's promised land 12 weeks later. The ...
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Rewinding the Charts: In 1986, Robert Palmer’s ‘Addicted’ Ascended to No. 1 on the Hot 100

The dapper Englishman scored his only No. 1 Hot 100 hit thanks in part to an influential music video featuring stone-faced models. By Gary Trust ROBERT PALMER ONCE LOST A BET over the chart position ...
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Rewinding the Country Charts: In 1986, Reba McEntire Went From Nashville to ‘New England’

Her nod to the north topped Hot Country Songs & sparked her first No. 1 on Top Country Albums. By Jim Asker Thirty years ago this week, then 31-year-old Reba Neil McEntire’s “Whoever’s in New England, ...
American Songwriter

On the Charts in 1986, Falco’s Novelty Tune About Mozart Became the First German-Language Song To Top the Hot 100

Forty years ago, on March 29, 1986, Austrian New Wave artist Falco made music history when his quirky, rapped synth-pop tune “Rock Me Amadeus” became the first-ever German-language song to top the ...