July 27, 1985 –
The Eurythmics’ song There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) went to No.1 on the UK singles chart on this date, the duo’s only UK No.1 single.
The song features Stevie Wonder, who provides the harmonica solo. Wonder worked on this own schedule, so when Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart went to Los Angeles to record the song, they weren’t sure if or when he would show up. “It was getting very late and we were getting pessimistic whether he’d even turn up at all,” Lennox recalled in Q magazine. “Finally he showed up, and he was really an adorable person. He had these braids on his hair with beautiful gold beads, and when he plays he shakes his head so the beads make a loud noise. But his assistant, who takes care of him, took out this beanbag thing and gently tied Stevie’s hair into it so it didn’t make a sound down the mikes. The man is a supreme musician, worth waiting for.“
