No. 1 Hits of the 80s Vol.20 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jan Hammer

Jan Hammer came to us from Prague, in the Czech Republic, and has been recording tunes since 1968. Hammer was a close associate of Jeff Beck and worked with him in the 1970s. In the 1980s, the producers of the television series "Miami Vice" asked him to write music for the series, and the theme song evolved from that request.

The song hit the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in late 1985 for a one week stay, and Hammer was rewarded with two Grammy Awards for it. He continued to write for the show until 1988, and then branched out into feature films.

Answer: When I Think of You

Jackson's 1986 release of "When I Think of You" provided her with the first of many number one hits through the rest of the 1980s and into the 1990s. This song spent two weeks at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in the fall of 1986. Of the others mentioned "Nasty" was the highest Hot 100 charting single, reaching a peak of number three on the charts.

Answer: True Colors

"True Colors" was a 1986 single and was the title track of the album of the same name. Lauper uncharacteristically did not write the tune, but changed the arrangement once it was given to her. The result was a two week stay at the top of the U.S. Billboard charts and in Canada, as well as a Top 10 placing in nine other countries.

Answer: False

Nope. The hit single "Didn't We Almost Have It All" came off her second album entitled "Whitney" in 1987. The song spent two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the fall that year. It was nominated for Song of The Year at the 1988 Grammy Awards.

Answer: Whitesnake

Whitesnake had been on the charts since 1979, and even recorded a version of "Here I Go Again" in 1982, but it was the 1987 re-recorded release that went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for a one week stay.

Answer: Sweet Child O' Mine

The song that made it to the top was "Sweet Child O' Mine", a 1988 release that spent two weeks at the top of the charts in the fall of that year. It was the third release from the group's smash album "Appetite for Destruction". It also reached number six on the U.K. charts. The song is listed on Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" at number 196.

Answer: First acapella song ever to reach number one on Billboard Hot 100 charts

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" was indeed the first acapella song to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts when it spent two weeks there in the fall of 1988. The song was taken from a phrase that was often used by Indian mystic Meher Baba. McFerrin's song won three 1989 Grammy Awards.

Answer: Right Here Waiting

All the listed song were off Marx' highly successful album called "Repeat Offender" but the only one of the four that went to the top was "Right Here Waiting" which spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the summer of 1989. It also reached number two in the U.K. The song was written by Marx as a love letter to his wife while he was on the road.

Answer: Paula Abdul

It was Paula Abdul who reached the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts with "Cold Hearted" in September of 1989, remaining there for only one week. The song was off the album called "Forever Your Girl" and was the third song from the album to hit the top of the charts. Abdul later became an idol, an American Idol, that is.

Answer: Tough

New Kids on the Block were responsible for "Hangin' Tough" which became a number one tune for the group when it hit the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in the late summer of 1989. It was also a number one tune in the U.K.