1987
- January 10 - Eric Clapton - "It's in the Way That You Use It" - 1 week
- January 17 - The Pretenders - "My Baby" - 2 weeks
- January 31 - Bon Jovi - "Livin' on a Prayer" - 2 weeks
- February 14 - Lou Gramm - "Midnight Blue" - 5 weeks
- March 21 - Gregg Allman Band - "I'm No Angel" - 1 week
- March 28 - Peter Wolf - "Come As You Are" - 1 week
- April 4 - U2 - "With or Without You" - 5 weeks
- May 9 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "Jammin' Me" - 4 weeks
- June 6 - Bob Seger - "Shakedown" - 4 weeks
- July 4 - Richard Marx – "Don't Mean Nothing" - 1 week
- July 11 - Sammy Hagar - "Give to Live" - 3 weeks
- August 1 - Grateful Dead - "Touch of Grey" - 3 weeks
- August 22 - John Mellencamp - "Paper in Fire" - 5 weeks
- September 26 - Pink Floyd - "Learning to Fly" - 3 weeks
- October 17 - Bruce Springsteen - "Brilliant Disguise" - 1 week
- October 24 - Yes - "Love Will Find a Way" - 3 weeks
- November 14 - John Mellencamp - "Cherry Bomb" - 1 week
- November 21 - Bruce Springsteen - "Tunnel of Love" - 4 weeks
- December 19 - Foreigner - "Say You Will" - 4 weeks
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