September 5, 1987

----- DROPOUTS -----
Alone - Heart --- 1 (3) / 15  
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine --- 5 / 12
Shakedown - Bob Seger --- 1 (1) / 14  
Jam Tonight - Freddie Jackson --- 32 / 3


40 --- Fake - Alexander O' Neal (46)
39 --- Never Let Me Down - David Bowie (48 )
28 38 --- Cross My Broken Heart - The Jets
22 37 --- Back In The High Life Again - Steve Winwood
36 --- Let Me Be The One - Exposé (47)
39 35 --- Making Love In The Rain - Herb Alpert
34 --- Casanova - LeVert (45)
23 33 --- Give To Live - Sammy Hagar
37 32 --- Paper In Fire - John Cougar Mellencamp
38 31 --- Who Will You Run To - Heart

33 30 --- Jump Start - Natalie Cole
35 29 --- U Got The Look - Prince
18 28 --- Heart And Soul - T'Pau
27 27 --- Lies - Jonathan Butler
17 26 --- Living In A Box - Living In A Box
11 25 --- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2    
29 24 --- One Heartbeat - Smokey Robinson
26 23 --- Mary's Prayer - Danny Wilson
31 22 --- Carrie - Europe
30 21 --- Lost In Emotion - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

25 20 --- Who Found Who - Jellybean / Elisa Fiorillo
13 19 --- I Want Your Sex - George Michael
24 18 --- I Need Love - L.L. Cool J.
21 17 --- I Heard A Rumour - Bananarama
20 16 --- Wipeout - Fat Boys (w/ The Beach Boys)
19 15 --- Touch Of Grey - Grateful Dead
09 14 --- It's Not Over (`Til It's Over) - Starship
04 13 --- Luka - Suzanne Vega
12 12 --- Love Power - Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne
16 11 --- When Smokey Sings - ABC

14 10 --- Doing It All For My Baby - Huey Lewis & The News
07 09 --- Rock Steady - The Whispers
15 08 --- Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
10 07 --- Can't We Try - Dan Hill w/ Vonda Shepard
03 06 --- Don't Mean Nothing - Richard Marx
08 05 --- Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston
05 04 --- Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson
02 03 --- Who's That Girl - Madonna  
06 02 --- I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett
01 01 --- La Bamba - Los Lobos    


Making their debut this week are R&B group LeVert.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 5-11 September 1987

01 01 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley *
02 02 WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS? Pet Shop Boys + Dusty Springfield
03 19 WIPEOUT The Fat Boys + The Beach Boys
04 04 TOY BOY Sinitta
05 06 SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY Wet Wet Wet
06 05 CALL ME Spagna
07 03 I JUST CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson w/Siedah Garrett **
08 18 WONDERFUL LIFE Black
09 28 HEART AND SOUL T'Pau
10 08 FUNKY TOWN Pseudo Echo

11 13 U GOT THE LOOK Prince
12 12 BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax
13 11 WHENEVER YOU'RE READY Five Star
14 14 DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL? Whitney Houston
15 22 SOME PEOPLE Cliff Richard
16 10 SOMEWHERE OUT THERE Linda Ronstadt + James Ingram
17 09 ANIMAL Def Leppard
18 23 THE MOTIVE Then Jericho
19 07 TRUE FAITH New Order
20 34 CASANOVA Levert

21 35 HOURGLASS Squeeze
22 -- NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN Depeche Mode
23 15 LA BAMBA Los Lobos **
24 17 LABOUR OF LOVE Hue and Cry
25 16 GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA The Smiths
26 20 WHO'S THAT GIRL? Madonna *
27 -- ME AND THE FARMER The Housemartins
28 25 JUST CALL Sherrick
29 26 NEVER SAY GOODBYE Bon Jovi
30 30 WILD FLOWER The Cult

31 24 ALONE Heart
32 31 PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE The Temptations
33 21 ROADBLOCK Stock / Aitken / Waterman
34 -- I DON'T WANT TO BE A HERO Johnny Hates Jazz
35 -- PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S
36 27 ALWAYS Atlantic Starr
37 33 HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS The Jesus and Mary Chain
38 -- LIES Jonathan Butler
39 29 THE $5.98 E.P. - GARAGE DAYS REVISITED Metallica
40 -- SCREAM UNTIL YOU LIKE IT W.A.S.P.

-- 32 SAY YOU REALLY WANT ME Kim Wilde
-- 36 JIVE TALKIN' Boogie Box High
-- 37 I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama
-- 38 I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN IT Luther Vandross
-- 39 GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS Motley Crue
-- 40 UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis


A couple of acronymic starts: M/A/R/R/S and W.A.S.P.