POP LP CHART
Madonna’s “You Can Dance,” a collection of dance mixes of some of her old hits, shot up to No. 34 in just two weeks on the Billboard magazine pop chart. Dokken’s red-hot “Back For the Attack” (No. 17) is a good bet to make the Top 10. Two veteran bands that many had considered has-beens--Earth, Wind and Fire and Jethro Tull--have confounded their critics by cracking the Top 40. Tull’s “Crest of a Knave” is No. 32 while Earth, Wind and Fires’s “Touch the World” is No. 37. Pop singles: George Michael’s “Faith” took over the top spot of the pop chart; Tiffany’s proving that she’s not a one-hit wonder with the fast-rising “Could’ve Been” (No. 38). Bruce Springsteen’s new single, “Tunnel of Love,” is No. 47.
* Stevie Wonder’s new album, “Characters,” is off to a great start--No. 21 after two weeks--even though his single, “Skeletons,” didn’t do quite as well as expected. “Skeletons,” which seemed Top-10-bound, peaked at No. 19.
TITLE RANK RANK WEEKS LAST 2 WKS ON WEEK AGO CHART 1. Dirty Dancing 1 1 13 Soundtrack (RCA) 2. Bad 2 2 12 Michael Jackson (Epic) 3. Whitesnake 3 4 35 Whitesnake (Geffen) 4. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 4 5 12 Pink Floyd (Columbia) 5. Faith 8 15 4 George Michael (Columbia) * Characters 74 ... 2 Stevie Wonder (Motown)
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