| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | BILLBOARD TOP 40 $400: Madonna touched No. 1 on the Billboard Top 40 "for the very first time" with this 1984 song "Like A Virgin" |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | BILLBOARD TOP 40 $800: "Hey Ya!", by this duo, spent about 30 weeks in the Top 40 in 2003 & 2004 OutKast |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | BILLBOARD TOP 40 $1200: "Rockstar", by him featuring Roddy Ricch, topped the Billboard charts in July 2020 DaBaby |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | BILLBOARD TOP 40 $1600: ABBA had 14 songs on the Billboard chart, but only this disco-themed one made it to No. 1 "Dancing Queen" |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | BILLBOARD TOP 40 $2000: "Weird Al" Yankovic made a foray into the Top 40 with this Michael Jackson parody "Eat It" |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | "YES" "NO" "OR" "MAY" "BE" $400: In 1965 this Beatles song was No. 1 on Billboard's Top 40 for 4 weeks "Yesterday" |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | DIDN'T MAKE THE BILLBOARD TOP 40 $400: Relased in '67 & only reaching No. 67, his "Foxy Lady" Jimi Hendrix |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | DIDN'T MAKE THE BILLBOARD TOP 40 $800: At No. 83, his "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" Bruce Springsteen |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | DIDN'T MAKE THE BILLBOARD TOP 40 $1200: At No. 55, their "Let's Spend The Night Together" The Rolling Stones |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | DIDN'T MAKE THE BILLBOARD TOP 40 $1600: At No. 84, "Runnin' With The Devil" by these rockers Van Halen |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | DIDN'T MAKE THE BILLBOARD TOP 40 $2000: At No. 76, this New Wave band with "I Melt With You" Modern English |
| #6595, aired 2013-04-26 | SINGLE NAMED SINGERS $1600: "But we're never gonna survive, unless" you name this singer who went "Crazy" on Billboard's Top 40 in 1991 Seal |
| #6593, aired 2013-04-24 | RADIO, RADIO $400: Fayetteville's KXUA boasts that it plays no music that has been on this publication's Top 40 chart "in the last 50 years" Billboard |
| #5260, aired 2007-06-22 | "H"E MAN $400: "All Along The Watchtower" was this guitar virtuoso's only Billboard Top 40 hit Jimi Hendrix |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN $1600: The "Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" describes this "Right Place Wrong Time" man as a "swamp-rock singer/pianist" Dr. John |
| #4829, aired 2005-09-15 | WHO THE "H" ARE YOU? $800: In 1991 "The Star-Spangled Banner" entered the Billboard Top 40 for the first time, sung by her Whitney Houston |
| #4783, aired 2005-05-25 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY $600: 1 of 2 country women who hit the Billboard Top 40 in 1997 with "How Do I Live" LeAnn Rimes (or Trisha Yearwood) |
| #4266, aired 2003-03-03 | FAMOUS PAIRS $400: In 1960 this piano-playing pair made the Billboard Top 40 with their theme from "Exodus" Ferrante & Teicher |
| #3760, aired 2000-12-29 | POP MUSIC $500: This single-named singer-turned aactress is aalphabetically first in "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" Aaliyah |
| #3748, aired 2000-12-13 | BRIGHT "LIGHT"S $200: It burned up the Billboard charts as the Doors' first Top 40 hit "Light My Fire" |
| #3569, aired 2000-02-24 | DO THE HITS $400: On the U.S. Billboard Top 40 chart, this UB40 hit climbed to No. 34 in 1984 & to No. 1 in 1988 "Red Red Wine" |
| #3392, aired 1999-05-11 | "Y"s $400: This 3-letter "Y" word begins the title of over 125 Billboard Top 40 hits you |
| #3069, aired 1997-12-25 | THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY $800: On Nov. 21, 1970 this song, which was featured on their first album, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top 40 "I Think I Love You" |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $300 (Daily Double): This record by the Harry Simeone Chorale reached the Billboard Top 40 5 times from 1958 to 1962 "The Little Drummer Boy" |
| #1452, aired 1990-12-18 | 1984 $200: In June, his "Born in the USA" album began a 96-week run on Billboard's Top 40 chart Bruce Springsteen |
| #1222, aired 1989-12-19 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $400: This song made Billboard's Top 40 in '55, '57, '60, '61 & '62 "White Christmas" |
| #1189, aired 1989-11-02 | U.S. POLITICS $1,000 (Daily Double): While Senate Minority Leader, he made the Billboard Top 40 in 1967 with the following:
"Down through the years..." Everett Dirksen |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | "LIGHT" $400: Debby Boone's only No.1 Hit; it was on Billboard's Top 40 for 21 weeks in 1977-8 "You Light Up My Life" |
| #910, aired 1988-07-15 | THE BEATLES $800: In Billboard's list of The Beatles' 49 Top-40 hits, this is the only body part mentioned hand |
| #840, aired 1988-04-08 | PALINDROMES $600: Alphabetically, this group is 1st in "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" ABBA |
| #789, aired 1988-01-28 | "M.B." $400: Colorful title of Melissa Manchester's 1st Billboard top 40 hit Midnight Blue |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | "ANGEL"IC SONGS $500 (Daily Double): Only Billboard Top 40 hit for Alan O'Day, it climbed all the way to No. 1:
"Cryin' on my pillow, lonely in my bed /
Then I heard a voice beside me, and she softly said /
Wonder is your night light, magic is your dream..." "Undercover Angel" |
| #743, aired 1987-11-25 | "TIP" "TOP" $300: This rock group is last entry alphabetically in "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" ZZ Top |
| #699, aired 1987-09-24 | ONE-WORD SONGS $200: Though this Michael Jackson song never got higher than #4 on the Billboard Top 40, it was a #1 video "Thriller" |
| #572, aired 1987-02-17 | MULTIPLE CHOICE $400: The only 1 of Elvis Presley's 107 Billboard Top 40 Hits whose title is an article of clothing "Blue Suede Shoes" |
| #562, aired 1987-02-03 | "WORLD"LY SONGS $400: Pop-religious song of 1958 that was Laurie London's only song to make Billboard Top 40 "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" |
| #446, aired 1986-05-26 | REPUBLICANS $1000: '60s Senate Minority Leader whose record "Gallant Men" made Billboard Top 40 & won a Grammy Everett Dirksen |
| #418, aired 1986-04-16 | X, Y, & Z $600: Only song starting with "X" ever to make Billboard's Top 40, it a"muse"d Olivia Newton-John "Xanadu" |
| #410, aired 1986-04-04 | TOP 40 $100: With 21, this group had the most #1 Hits on Billboard's chart The Beatles |
