The ballad wrapped its unequaled run atop the Hot 100. Plus, remembering feats by Carrie Underwood, The Beatles & Belinda Carlisle.
Your weekly recap celebrating significant milestones from more than seven decades of Billboard chart history.
March 13, 1976
The 4 Seasons topped the Billboard Hot 100 with "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)." In 1994, a remixed version of the song rose to No. 14.
March 14, 1987
Big news! On this date 30 years ago, Huey Lewis & The News logged their third (and most recent) No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Jacob's Ladder." The song was written by Lewis' good friend Bruce Hornsby and Bruce's brother John (with Bruce Hornsby and the Range releasing their own version in 1988). Lewis & The News had previously led with "The Power of Love" in 1985 and "Stuck With You" in 1986.