October 25, 1986 –
For the first time in the Billboard Chart’s history, the top three positions are all held by solo female artists: No. 1 was Cyndi Lauper’s single True Colors,
Lauper’s good friend Gregory Natal had recently died of AIDS when Lauper heard the demo of the song. She was thinking of Natal when she came up with her approach to the vocal, particularly the soft, whispering sections. “I realized it had to be a voice that whispers to you,” she told 60 Minutes. “A voice that’s almost childlike so it will speak to the softest, most gentle part of a human being. It’s a voice whispering to you, telling you it’s going to be OK.”
the No. 2 spot was Tina Turner’s single Typical Male,
and the third spot was Janet Jackson’s single, Nasty.
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