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  1. Billboard Hot 100August 4, 1958
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    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.
  2. Billboard Hot 100September 7, 1985
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    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”.