Results
- Billboard combined the existing sales, jukebox, and radio charts into the unified Hot 100. The first song to top the new chart was “Poor Little Fool” by Ricky Nelson.
- For the first time in the rock era, the first three songs on the Hot 100 had all been written for films: No. 1 was “St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)” by John Parr, No. 2 was “The Power of Love” by Huey Lewis & the News from “Back to the Future”, and No. 3 was “We Don't Need Another Hero” by Tina Turner from “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome”.
