American Top 40 from March 9th 1991

American Top 40 from March 9th 1991. "Someday" by Mariah Carey becomes her 3rd #1 in a row. 4 debuts this week and the 4 debuts are "Chasing the Wind" by Chicago (#39), "Cry For Help" by Rick Ashley (#7), "Baby Baby" by Amy Grant (#1 for 2 weeks) & "The Star Spangled Banner" from Super Bowl XXV by Whitney Houston (#20).

1st of 2 LDD comes from a very emotional topic, War. It came from a daughter to her father serving in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf.

And to those who served our country, Thank You For Your Service.

The 2nd comes from a woman in Michigan in memory of her stepfather who taught her the meaning of life.

Enigma (Michael Cretu) has the biggest mover with "Sadeness Part I" moving up 12 notches & "I Saw Red" by Warrant was the biggest dropper (15 notches). The oldest song this week was "The First Time" by Surface (#1 for 2 weeks) with its 16th week in the 40.

An AT40 Flashback goes back to the year WHAM! became the 1st major music act to perform in China, VH1 which launch on January 1st 1985, Capital Cities bought ABC for $3.5 billion.

Top 5 this week in 1985:
5. "Material Girl" by Madonna
4. "California Girls" by David Lee Roth
3. "The Heat Is On" by Glenn Frey
2. "Careless Whisper" by WHAM!
1. "Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon

(#) Peak Position of song