Pop Shots – A Look At The Charts … From 39 Years Ago
Welcome to your weekly dose of pop world musings. Covering all things pop culture, this week I’m hopping into my time machine again, this time setting the coordinates for 39 years ago this week. Touching down in March of 1986, first off, the New York Mets are about to embark on a dream season, which is something I hope they can repeat in the present. Musically speaking, Starship was at #1 this week back in ’86 with a breakup song titled “Sara” (probably not the same Sara from the 1975 Hall & Oates song “Sara Smile”), and while “Sara” didn’t end up a classic, there were a plethora of songs that followed it on the chart that we still crank up today … one of which isn’t even in English! So let’s get into this exploration in chart history! Of course, since this is Pop Shots, you know everything is seasoned with a little bit of attitude. 5. Whitney Houston – How Will I Know While she had singles before this, it could be argued “How Will I Know” is the song that launched Whitney H...
